Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Why I Honor The American Flag By Julie Eldridge
In most schools in America, a red, white, and blue flag hangs high on a wall. Everyday, children and teens alike, express their allegiance to the flag. They do this by saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Whether they say it at school, or at home, or someplace else, it is important to do.
We honor the flag because it is symbol of justice and freedom in the world. This justice and freedom is the aftermath of people who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Their life. So many service members have given their lives, for our freedom. And having this freedom, is one of the best things we could ever, ever ask for.
Many in America take for granted what we really have. We have everything some countries only dream of. We don't see what we truly have. We have freedom. We have the freedom of speech, religious freedom, the right to assemble, and so much more.
The red in the American flag symbolized hardiness, and valor, the courage to face danger. The white suggest purity, and innocence. Then finally, the blue. The blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice. Notice the word perseverance. Perseverance means the constancy in doing something despite the hardships, difficulty, or delay in gaining success.
To me this is truly an honor to understand the colors we celebrate. Many teens and children around the word think the flag is just something we pledge to, but really it is a symbol of our opportunity of freedom. Over 1.2 million people died for this, died for our parents, us, our kids, our grand kids even.
Sometimes our lives become so busy we forget about this, much like mine has. But at least once a day, I believe we should try to thank the soldiers who died for us anyway we can. Whether it be, saying the pledge of allegiance, thanking a soldier you know, or writing a letter to a soldier across the world, or sea. After all, they did risk, or give their lives, for us to have our freedom we have today.
We honor the flag because it is symbol of justice and freedom in the world. This justice and freedom is the aftermath of people who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Their life. So many service members have given their lives, for our freedom. And having this freedom, is one of the best things we could ever, ever ask for.
Many in America take for granted what we really have. We have everything some countries only dream of. We don't see what we truly have. We have freedom. We have the freedom of speech, religious freedom, the right to assemble, and so much more.
The red in the American flag symbolized hardiness, and valor, the courage to face danger. The white suggest purity, and innocence. Then finally, the blue. The blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice. Notice the word perseverance. Perseverance means the constancy in doing something despite the hardships, difficulty, or delay in gaining success.
To me this is truly an honor to understand the colors we celebrate. Many teens and children around the word think the flag is just something we pledge to, but really it is a symbol of our opportunity of freedom. Over 1.2 million people died for this, died for our parents, us, our kids, our grand kids even.
Sometimes our lives become so busy we forget about this, much like mine has. But at least once a day, I believe we should try to thank the soldiers who died for us anyway we can. Whether it be, saying the pledge of allegiance, thanking a soldier you know, or writing a letter to a soldier across the world, or sea. After all, they did risk, or give their lives, for us to have our freedom we have today.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Why I Honor The American Flag by Nathan Cole
I honor the American Flag because it’s important to stand up for the men and women that have died and are serving today. When I stand up for the pledge I wonder what else our Flag represents. I found out that the stripes represent the 13 colonies so that we don’t forget them, and how it affected our country back then. The stars represent the 50 states of our Union.
Our Flag resembles the Bald Eagle because of it’s great strength and long life. The reason why I said that is because it reminds me of the Military, Navy, and Special Ops. That is because they risk their life and are willing to give up their own lives for our lives, and how respectful they are to serve in our country. They are such amazing cadets and serve with the desire to protect not only the people in our country, but have the desire to protect people in other countries as. The Flag represents some of the Pledge of Allegiance. For example, Indivisible means that the Nation cannot be split apart from each other. The Pledge of allegiance means that you promise to be loyal even if you don’t say the Pledge.
I think the Flag means to be loyal to any person no matter their race or what they stand for. The Flag is a very important part in our country because it represents the freedom that everyone in our country has the opportunity to take part of. I believe that everyone deserves freedom and rights no matter what country they live in and should have the right to choose their path. These freedoms and rights are what makes our nation so great. It is the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Our Flag resembles the Bald Eagle because of it’s great strength and long life. The reason why I said that is because it reminds me of the Military, Navy, and Special Ops. That is because they risk their life and are willing to give up their own lives for our lives, and how respectful they are to serve in our country. They are such amazing cadets and serve with the desire to protect not only the people in our country, but have the desire to protect people in other countries as. The Flag represents some of the Pledge of Allegiance. For example, Indivisible means that the Nation cannot be split apart from each other. The Pledge of allegiance means that you promise to be loyal even if you don’t say the Pledge.
I think the Flag means to be loyal to any person no matter their race or what they stand for. The Flag is a very important part in our country because it represents the freedom that everyone in our country has the opportunity to take part of. I believe that everyone deserves freedom and rights no matter what country they live in and should have the right to choose their path. These freedoms and rights are what makes our nation so great. It is the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Eighth Grade To Tour Pioneer by Mr. Vipperman
On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, eighth graders will be visiting Pioneer Career and Technology Center located in Shelby, Ohio. The purpose of this visitation is to make students aware of their options as they begin to think about high school, career options and beyond. During your child's middle school experience, she/she will have the opportunity to work on a career interest assessment. This is a tool that identifies a student's area of interest and relates that interest to a variety of occupations. As a part of this assessment, we look at preparing for a specific occupation that relates to your child's interest. There are many times when vocational training is a part of high school preparation. It is also a pathway for high school 11th and 12th grade students for graduation. Additionally, students who wish to pursue a college degree may earn college credit, through an approved program, towards that degree while taking Tech Prep classes at PCTC their junior and senior year in high school.Students will depart Willard Middle School at 8:30 a.m. and return by 11:30 a.m. Students will spend about an hour and a half touring the building, talking with teachers and students and seeing the variety of programs offered at PCTC.
Monday, October 29, 2018
Caleb Ousley's Schoenbrunn Experience
Schoenbrunn was one of the most interesting experiences I’ve ever had. I didn’t partake in spending the night at Schoenbrunn but, I still had a great time. A game that I had a great time with was the game of graces. This is a game of catch that involves two people, four long sticks, and a wooden hoop. Another one of my favorite events that I did at Schoenbrunn was participating in learning at the Dame Schools. Dame Schools were schools that mainly widowed wives held inside their homes to teach young boys and girls. Schoenbrunn was so neat and I am honestly so thankful that I got to be part of that great experience.Friday, October 26, 2018
The Schoenbrunn Reenactment : Overview
Recently the 8th graders went on a field trip to a historical site. Schoenbrunn. This is just my perspective on the trip. Some of the students chose to stay overnight, I was one of the few who didn't. I came on Saturday and stayed until the afternoon when we needed to leave.
Schoenbrunn was a very interesting site. It had many activities and recreations you could participate in. One of the things we did was visit a Dame school. A Dame school is a school in a woman's home used to teach girls, and boys useful skills. They taught us how to write with the feathers we always see in old movies and pictures. As well as teach us how to write on an old writing board.
Another event that we took part in was folk dancing. At the Dame school, the teachers there taught us the choreography of the dances they had back then. I definitely had some trouble getting the hang of it, but others did, very quickly actually. We danced a couple of songs played by a violinist at the site and I think, we all had a good time.
We all were separated for the most part. Some people from the overnight stay were with their guides and were working as their apprentices.
Others like myself mostly hung out and walked around seeing all the camps. There were plenty of things to see and buy. The stands were filled with either informational pieces of recreations of past things.
I also played games. Actually, most of the time I was in the game area. They had games children back then used to play. I don't really remember the names, but I know one of the games involved two sticks for each person and the one that had the wooden ring, threw it up in the air and the other person had to catch it with their sticks. That was very entertaining for me. They also had other games like the one where you had to walk with two big wooden sticks at your side, which was very frustrating since I kept falling :)
Overall, I think we all had fun and learned a lot. I hope the 7th graders will enjoy it as much we did when they go next year.
Schoenbrunn was a very interesting site. It had many activities and recreations you could participate in. One of the things we did was visit a Dame school. A Dame school is a school in a woman's home used to teach girls, and boys useful skills. They taught us how to write with the feathers we always see in old movies and pictures. As well as teach us how to write on an old writing board.
Another event that we took part in was folk dancing. At the Dame school, the teachers there taught us the choreography of the dances they had back then. I definitely had some trouble getting the hang of it, but others did, very quickly actually. We danced a couple of songs played by a violinist at the site and I think, we all had a good time.
We all were separated for the most part. Some people from the overnight stay were with their guides and were working as their apprentices. 
Others like myself mostly hung out and walked around seeing all the camps. There were plenty of things to see and buy. The stands were filled with either informational pieces of recreations of past things.
I also played games. Actually, most of the time I was in the game area. They had games children back then used to play. I don't really remember the names, but I know one of the games involved two sticks for each person and the one that had the wooden ring, threw it up in the air and the other person had to catch it with their sticks. That was very entertaining for me. They also had other games like the one where you had to walk with two big wooden sticks at your side, which was very frustrating since I kept falling :)Overall, I think we all had fun and learned a lot. I hope the 7th graders will enjoy it as much we did when they go next year.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
The Willard High School Presents Blithe Spirit
The Willard High School is proud to present Blithe Spirit for one performance only, on Saturday, October 27, at 7:30 pm. in the Willard High School auditeria. This sensationally successful farce by famous playwright Noël Coward is about a novelist who thinks it would be delightfully humorous to invite a wacky, local medium to his house to conduct a séance, hoping the experience will inspire a book he's working on. It turns out to be delightfully disastrous. Please join us for a night of grief and laughter. Tickets are available at the door: $5 for adults, $4 for students and seniors. If you need more information, please call the high school at 419-935-0181. As always, staff member get a free ticket for themselves.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
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