Mythology Monsters
In Mrs. Buescher's reading classes, students
have been working on a mythology unit. They
had to learn a lot of the Greek and Roman
gods and goddesses. Zeus is the king of the
gods and goddesses. Hera is the goddesses
of childbirth and marriage; she is also later
Zeus's wife. Poseidon is the god of the sea.
Hades is the god of the underworld. Demeter
is the goddess of grain, plants, fruit, and all
that grows. Athena is the goddess of wisdom,
arts, crafts, and war; she is also the protector
of Athens. Ares is the god of war. Aphrodite is
the goddess of love and beauty. Hephaestus
is the god of fire and metal-working. Apollo is
the god of youth, music, prophecy, archery,
healing, and the sun. Artemis is the goddess
of hunting, childbirth, wild animals, and the
moon; she is also Apollo's sister. Hermes is
god of travelers, merchants, and thieves. Eros
is the god of love, which most of you might
know as "Cupid". Dionysus is the god of wine,
fertility, and drama. Persephone is the goddess of spring and the underworld; she is also
Demeter's daughter. Fates are the goddesses
who determined human destine. Muses are
the nine goddesses who inspired artists. Iris is
the goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of the gods.
There are a lot of books and stories written
about all the Greek and Roman gods and
goddesses, such as The Origin of the Seasons which students read. This story was
about how Persephone (Demeter's daughter)
was loved by Hades, and he tricked her into
going to the underworld with him, just with a
flower. Then Demeter was looking for her
daughter Persephone for nine days until she
came up with the idea of asking Apollo. Apollo
knew were Persephone was and what had
happened to her. Hades tricked Persephone
again, by saying, "Would you like anything to
eat or drink?" Persephone hesitated at first,
but then said she wouldn't mind a pomegranate, so she ate seven seeds before she went
on her way. When she got home, straight
away Demeter asked Persephone if she ate or
drank anything when she was with Hades.
Persephone said yes, that she ate seven pomegranate seeds. Demeter was so shocked that
he told Persephone that every seven months
of every year she would have to go to the
underworld to serve Hades.
Mrs. Buescher decided to let her classes
make their own mythology monsters because
of what they have learned this quarter. Many
of these projects turned out wonderfully, Students really have loved learning about the
Greek and Roman mythology. Myths are stories that have come down to us from the distant past. They have survived for many centuries because they are appealing stories for old
and young alike. The main characters in myths
are generally gods and goddesses; if you read
stories about myths, you will find that they
have much to say about human nature. Every
culture has its own body of myths, or mythology. Classical myths are the name given to the
myths of ancient Greeks and Romans, and
they are the best known myths in the Western
culture. These stories were first told by ancient
Greeks more than twenty-five hundred years
ago, and believe it or not these stories are still
told today for entertainment and for education,
because it’s literature.
By Kendall Davis
The Amazing 2016 Track Season
We had an amazing group of athletes who
competed in track at CMS this year. At the
end of April, three school records had already
been broken by the girls. Those records included the 1600 meter run, 800 meter run,
and the 4 X 200 meter relay. Seventh grader
Megan Garrett set the stage for an exciting
2016 track season at the very first meet by
breaking the 1600 meter run (mile run) record
set by Alexis Trybinski in 2005. Trybinski's
record was 5:40.86. Garrett then broke the
800 meter record at the Little Trojan Invitational on April 16. Garrett ran the 800 in 2:34.5
minutes. The previous 800 record was
2:35.15 minutes, set by Gena Nance in 2002.
On April 22, Garrett broke her own 1600 meter
record at the Mahomet Bulldog Invitational.
She ran a 5:38.3 minute mile in this race.
Megan Garrett has broken the records for
the 1600 and 800 meter run.
CMS
Members of this relay were Mariah Weiss,
Hannah Buescher, Hannah Harpster, and
Reagan McGahey. The previous record was
set by L. Love, A. Rennels, T. Pschirrer, and
A. Hart in 1988 with a time of 1:59.38. The
same relay team broke their record again at
an open meet in Newton on April 28. This
time, they ran the 4 X 200 relay in 1:55.23
minutes. The 2016 track season was definitely a season to remember for the athletes at
CMS!
By Anna Sipes
At the Little Trojan Invitational, members of
the seventh grade 4 X 200 meter relay broke
the school record with a time of 1:57.67.
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