2010 Scholastic Book Fair!

I have three words for you Scholastic. Book. Fair. This year it came to Harlan Community Middle School last week on March 18-25 during conferences. The book fair was filled with a variety of different books like scary, mysteries, romance, and even action packed novels!
They also had a nice selection of different gizmos, such as massive pencils, duck erasers, cell phone stickers, petite note pads, and gigantic posters. As you can see the book fair has a very nice selection for about you would need for a regular school day.
Something that defiantly is an eye catcher when you walk in is the teacher wish list. The teacher wish list is a large board with all the teachers names on it with slips of paper in there slot where they have books they would like for there classroom. This is here for generous individuals who would like to buy a book for a teacher’s classroom.
Mrs. Gray is the cashier for the book fair which means she is in charge of the whole entire book fair. She spent a lot of time and was very helpful to any student that was looking for anything. Mrs. Gray if you are reading this you have earned yourself a free prize from the vending machine! Congrats.
Next thing about the book fair is not just what we think of it but how others feel, and how others think about it. We interviewed Broc Sorensen.

Jess and Maddie- did you enjoy the book fair?
Broc- It was alright
Jess and Maddie-What a really cool thing you saw at the book fair-
Broc- Greatest Sports Moments. It was a really cool book

Jess and Maddie- So did you buy anything?
Broc- Nope but if I did I would’ve gotten that book.

Another big thing at the book fair is there posters. They have posters of basically anything you want. Like Nebraska huskers logo, Robert Patterson, Zac Efron, animals of all kinds, and signs about sports logos. Now you know lots about this book fair. A thing we may have forgotten was that it was in our own Harlan Community Middle Schools library. We also interviewed Mrs. Gray about the book fair.

Jess and Maddie- How many items were sold?
Mrs. Gray- Over 2000 dollars of items.

Jess and Maddie-What was the hottest item sold?
Mrs. Gray- Bug Eye Pen. All of them were gone!

Jess and Maddie- How many books did the school get to keep from the book fair?
Mrs. Gray- kept over 140 books, the library bought at least two books for each teacher who put there names on the “Teacher wish list.”

Maddie and Jess- What was the most popular book or series sold this year?
Mrs. Gray- The Miley Cyrus book, and the series Diary of a Wimpy Kid.


Here are some pictures of the book fair.

We really take pleasure in keeping you updated with the school news so keep coming back for our next videos. If you like our videos please leave us a comment! Thanks, Jess Schaben, and Maddie Keast from the Middle School news.

Eighth Grade Graduation(:

This is Tanisha and Ashtun's video over eighth grade graduation for the class of 2014.

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EAT RIGHT. EXERCISE. HAVE FUN.

  Summer is fast approaching.  This summer why not think about finding a balance between food and fun.!!
  A few simple changes will make your daily diet healthier.  Adding physical exercise to your daily routine
  will add tons of fun to your summer! 

**Don’t sugar coat it** Choose food and beverages that do not have sugar and caloric sweeteners as one
     of the first ingredients.

**Vary your veggies**  Go dark green and orange with your vegetables—eat spinach, broccoli, carrots and
     sweet potatoes.

**Focus on fruits**  Eat them at meals, and at snack time too.  Choose fresh, frozen, canned or dried.   Go
    easy on the fruit juice.

**Make half your grains whole**   Choose whole-grain foods, such as whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, brown
     rice and low fat popcorn.

**Go lean with protein** Eat lean or low fat meat, chicken, turkey and fish.  Try more dried beans and peas. 

**Get calcium rich foods**   To build stong bones drink low fat and fat free milk or eat other milk products
     several times a day.

  Exercise every day!!  Children need 60 minutes of physical activity every day.

**Instead of sitting in front of the TV or computer get up and move it! 

**Set aside time each day to walk, jog, skate, cycle or swim.

**Participate in team sports.

**Have an activity party.  Make your next birthday party centered around a physical activity like swimming
     or bowling.

** Make it fun.  Involve your whole family in your physical activities. 


This article is from Deb Jauron at Home and Public Health at HMU

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Most Memorable Teacher of 2010

The students of HCMS have voted and this video is about the winners of the most memorable teacher of 2010. Enjoy:)

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HCMS News Podcast #5

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Mrs.Buman

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Meet Mr. Wagner-New HCHS Superintendent

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Middle School News:)

       Hello I’m Tanisha Mikels and I’m going to tell you about the middle school news class. There are thirteen middle school students in the seventh and eighth grades. We all take part in this class by making a video, a pod cast, or written stories. We are expected to make one of these items per week and get them posted on our school news page. You have a partner in this class as well, who you keep as a partner all quarter. Each week you are doing a different type of story. One week it will be a video, the next a pod cast, then a written story and so on. It isn’t as easy as it sounds.

       When we create our stories we get to choose the topic, which is sometimes a hard task. There are a lot of things we could write about, but the class is called Middle School News, not world news. So our stories have to all be Middle School related. Sometimes thing just aren’t very interesting things happening in the middle school every week, but we manage to come up with something. I asked Melissa Kite if she thought Middle School News sounded interesting and she said, “No, I don’t think I’d be interested in that kind of class.” I also asked Zach Gross what he thought and he responded “It could be fun, maybe.”
        Our teacher in Middle School News is Mr. Bruns, who also teaches High School News as well as U.S History. In my opinion Mr. Bruns is an amazing teacher. He makes this class exciting not just a regular boring news class. So, that’s what Middle School News is. If you’re interested, try it next year! (:

Middle School Wrestling

Our story is about the middle school wrestlers, and their season. We interviewed some of the middle school wrestlers about their experiences in wrestling. Hope you enjoy.

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HCMS Jazz Band

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HCMS News Podcast #4

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Extended School Days(:

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                                                Extended School Days

           Obviously we all now know about the new extended school days here in Harlan Community School District. The reason for the new extended school days here in Harlan Schools is because we have had so many snow days this year that it pushed our school year into June. The teachers thoroughly thought this over and thought that most kids would rather be stuck inside a warm school than be held inside school when its sunny and hot outside and they could be outside. So they brought this to Mr. Mueller and he brought it up to the School District and they decided that adding on half an hour to our school days would be a better solution.

 So now our days are longer, but our school year is shorter. We have to continue with these extended school days for 2 and half months. Some kids think this is a better idea than having to go until June. I asked Leah Fields what she thought about the longer school days and she replied “It’s dumb, because um you have to get up earlier and we start classes earlier and we don’t have time to actually sit before class and talk to people like we used to.” I also asked her if she thought it was a good thing since it doesn’t keep us in school in June. Leah then replied “t was a good thing since it doesn’t keep us in school in June. Leah then replied “Yeah, that’s the only good part about it.” So that’s Leah’s opinion.

 

 I also asked Majesta Musich what she thought of the new school days. She replied, “I haven’t really noticed much of a difference, I don’t mind it.” I then asked her what I also asked Leah about it being better by keeping us out of school in June she said, “Yeah, I like that. Because I don’t want to be at school when I could be swimming.” So as you see, some kids mind the new school days and others don’t. Personally, I’d rather be in a warm school in the winter rather than be sitting in school in June wishing I was outside. But like I said, kids think differently. That’s just my opinion on the new school days. So bottom line, whether we like it or not, we have extended days for 2 and half months. And there’s nothing we can do to change that. But there are some advantages to the new days, think positive!

Mr. Brand 7th Grade S.S Teacher

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HCMS at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

On the recent 8th grade class trip to Washington DC, HCMS students were able to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  Four students were selected to do this:  Hannah Havick, Josh Buman, Liz Blum, and Adam Juhl.  


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2010 Winter Olympics

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