Archive for January, 2009

How to Help the Planet

Friday, January 30th, 2009

I know you have all heard about how global warming and pollution are getting worse and hopefully want to help. Well I have found a very simple way you can.
Peanut Butter. According to PB&J Campaign, eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, compared to a grilled cheese or chicken sandwich, saves 2.5 pounds of carbon [...]

Hats For Cancer Is a Huge Success!

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Yesterday hats galore were seen throughout the elementary and middle schools during a schoolwide drive for cancer. A dollar earned you a ticket which allowed you to wear any hat for the day. Many
partticipated in this drive, even a few teachers donated! The money went to people with cancer and their families. A source [...]

Alex

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Have any of you read Alex and Me? It is sad, loving, and funny book about an African Grey parrot named Alex, his owner Irene, and the journey they went through! This book was written after Alex, one of the smartest birds in the world, passed. Before Alex died he mastered the word ’seven’. He [...]

Free Dress Day

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Two weeks from today, on Friday, February 13 the middle school will have a free dress day. Remember that the dress codes for dance still apply. In addition nobody may wear sandals, flip-flops, or opened toed shoes!

8th grade radio show

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

The St. Luke’s eighth graders recently started a project where pairs of two have to come up with a script for a talk show from the 1920s. The topics include fashion, commercials, sports, music (jazz), crime (gangsters), literature, magazines, and more. If you want to know more about this exciting history project, ask any of [...]

Trivia Question

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

All of our readers (cough, cough Mr. Kremer):
Here are some trivia questions… Be the first to answer!
True or False
1. Americans eat in total about 5 acres of pizza a day.
2. The most popular car color between 2000 to 2005 was silver.
3. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weks otherwise [...]

High School Basketball Coach Fired After 100-0 Win

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

On January 13, Covenant High School and Dallas Academy played a basketball game against each other. But that isn’t the problem.  The final score turned out to be Covenant High  School- 100, Dallas Academy- 0. After the game, coach Micah Grimes said in an e-mail, ” In response to the statement posted on The Covenant [...]

Valentine’s Day Dance

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

There is a Valentine’s Day dance at the Academy coming up on February, Friday the 13th.
It will be held from 7:00 to 10:00, and the admission is $5.00.
There is dancing, snacks and fun.
The music is great, so come and see all of your friends
It will be a lot of fun, so we hope to see [...]

iTunes’ Top Selles

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

I’m sure many of you own a iPod or iPhone. If you do, you probably use iTunes. iTunes is a online store for media to put on your Apple product(s). iTunes can be dowloaded from the Apple website for free. Because of profits and laws, most content cost 99¢ and up. The top 5 selling [...]

GUESS WHAT?

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Hey Tigers!!!!
Guess what?? The Lady Tigers B Team won their game yesterday against St Anthony’s!!! The score was 23 to 11!! GO TIGERS!!!! They play again today @ 4:30 @ Keystone so if you can come to support us. It really helps!!!! It was a close game at first but we pulled ahead in [...]