by student | Feb 26, 2013 | 2012-2013, Uncategorized
One of the events the seventh grade is studying in social studies is the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials started in the small Puritan community of Salem Village Massachusetts in 1692. One evening, a group of girls gathered at the house of a man named...
by student | Feb 26, 2013 | 2012-2013, Uncategorized
Millions of young girls are forced into marriage every year. Child Marriage is a worldwide phenomenon that must be stopped. When girls are married at a young age, their futures are erased, and education is no longer a part of the picture. Being wed as a child can...
by student | Feb 26, 2013 | 2012-2013, Uncategorized
On the morning on February 15th people across russia looked out their windows to find a long white contrail formed across the sky. It was a meteorite. A meteorite is “a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earths atmosphere, appearing in the...
by student | Feb 8, 2013 | 2012-2013
Carolyn Meyer has written more than fifty books in her lifetime, and to this day, is still writing new books. Her newest book is called The Wild Queen, and will come out in paperback in June. The Wild Queen is the seventh book in Carolyn Meyers Young Royals series....
by student | Feb 8, 2013 | 2012-2013, Uncategorized
Ai Weiwei was born August 28th,1957 in Beijing, China. He is the child of famous poet, Ai Qing and writer Gao Ying. He is a contemporary artist who creates sculpture, installation, architecture, does some curating, photography, film, and political criticism. Ai Weiwei...
by student | Feb 8, 2013 | 2012-2013, Uncategorized
Footsteps echo down the cold, empty courtroom as one middle eastern woman’s fate hangs in suspension. She has applied for gender based asylum to the United States because of the extreme abuse she suffered from her husband. She received no aid from her local...