The Bluejay Banter
Goes on Vacation!
The Official Student Newspaper of Central Minnesota Christian School
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the
Lord…” -Colossians 3:23 (NIV)
Volume 2
May 27, 2014
That’s
Wrap!
A
Class of the Month The Fantastic Fifth Grade! By: Jaidyn
Hinton Science
Camp!!!!
5th Grade has been really fun for
me. At the beginning of the year
we all had to get back in the
swing of things. We went to
Science Camp a few weeks ago.
We got to go rock climbing, do
archery, and go canoeing. It was
so fun! We also got to go to an
orchestra concert earlier this
year. 5th Grade is going to be
really fun for all of you 4th
Graders!
By: Nyssa Vogel
and Addi Brouwer
Photo By: Elli
Stoel
Day 1: On May 7, the 5th and 6th grade packed up and headed to Prairie Woods Creative Corner
By: Caroline Hallberg
Environmental Learning Center (PWELC). When we got there we split into three groups and went to go play initiative games at PWELC. After that we got in a big group again and played a big group activity. Then we ate lunch. After that we went to do three different classes (mammals, pond, and predators/prey). They were pretty fun! Then the bus came back and we went to Green Lake Bible Camp. We all went to our rooms to get settled. Then we went down to eat dinner. After that we all we up to our rooms and had some free time for a little while. Then the Bunde Praise Team came to do a praise & worship time. That was really fun! That was the BEST part praising our Father. After that we had a little free time. Then we went to the big room again and played games! Then, we had s'mores for bedtime snack. We couldn’t have them over a fire because it was raining. Then we had to go to bed. Day 2: We all got up, got dressed and went down for breakfast. After that we all went to PWELC to do more classes. This time we went to the farmsite there and did a lot of classes. Some of them were climbing wall, canoeing, survival etc……. At about 2:30 pm it started pouring, then thunder storming. We had to go back to the Bible Camp. Then the main PWELC guy, Cory, came and did “Trees” class. Then we did some FUN camp song and they were LOUD and AWESOME. Then after that around 5:30 we ate supper.Then we went outside and had a bonfire and played a FUN game of flashlight tag! It was fun! Then we had to go inside, shower, and go to bed. Day 3: We had to wake up early so we could eat breakfast and get to the farmsite for our last classes. We did GPS, compass, and survival. Then we did fire building and there was only one group that started a fire with ONLY ONE match then made hot dogs over it. The rest of the groups did it over the big fire. Then we took a group picture. Then sadly we had to go home! That was Science Camp!!!! Page 1
Teacher
feature
Comic Central
By: Adrienne Peterson and Eleanor Ryder Miss DeBoer is the teacher of the month. Her favorite domestic animal is a cat and her favorite wild animal is a moose. Her favorite food is steak. She was born in Alberta, MN. If she could have a pet squirrel that wears tuxedos, she would name it Amazing. By: Isaac Brouwer
At the Movies
A Movie Review
By: Dylan Templar
Rio 2 is a great family movie featuring Blu, Jewel and their three children Bia, Tiego, and Carla. After settling into their new life at Blue Bird Sanctuary, Blu and Jewel are pulled into another adventure. After their friends Linda and Tulio come face to face with a wild blue macaw in the Amazon, Blu and Jewel, who are destined to meet these new birds, decide to take their kids to the Amazon. Blu, By:
as over protective as he is, takes extreme caution. While Blu flies over Brazil, Nigel, seeing Blu, decides to seek revenge on his foe with help from his henchman and henchwoman. He decides to go and find Blu. While meeting the blue macaws, Jewel finds out that the chief is her long lost father. Blu becomes jealous of Jewel’s childhood friend, Ricardo. While trying to impress Jewel, Blu decides to learn the ways of the jungle from Jewel’s father. While trying to find blue macaws, Tulio and Linda stumble across some illegal loggers trying to destroy the Amazon. The loggers take Tulio and Linda captive. Blu accidentally causes a turf war between blue macaws and red macaws. With help from Ricardo, Blu must save the Amazon. In my opinion you must go and see Rio 2. I give it By:
nine Blu’s out of ten Blu’s. Lukas Hillenbrand
Sarah Nelson
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On the Court
By: Emma Van Dyken
On April 26, the JO Volleyball girls had a tournament. The team had to play pool play first, and we got first in our pool, then the team played the actual tournament. The team won 5 out of 6 games. We got 83% and the only percentages above us were 2 teams that got 87%, but the team played more games. One team dropped out so we didn’t get to play as many games. Starting the first tournament, we are all kind of tired from getting up early to get there but we still had some energy. We lost the first set, won the second, and lost the tiebreaker. We were a little bummed that we had to go home, but we are confident that we will do better at the next tournament. On May 3, the 5th­7th grade J.O. volleyball team had a scrimmage. We were very excited for it .The first game began. We started with the serve, we serve, we score!! The first game went great! We had won. We went on and won all of the other games. We played eight games. We played in hot gyms so we were a lot more tired then we would have been if the gyms weren’t so hot. We had so much fun! Everyone did a good job!!
May Birthday’s!
By: Caitlyn Ahrenholz
2nd- Seth Meyer 3rd grade
4th- Braelin Rime 2nd grade
7th- Mrs.Wubben Teacher
11th-Jesse Daugherty 5th grade
14th-Jay Marcus 6th grade
15th-Jed Marcus 6th grade
16th-Taylor Hentges 3rd grade
19th-Riley Broberg 1st grade
27th-Caleb Asche 4K
3rd-Ben Ryks 3rd grade
7th-Isaac Asche 1st grade
9th-Jaden Dannen 2nd grade
12th- Walter Ammermann 4K
14th- Laura Jarveis 6th grade
15th-Emmi Braem Kindergarten
17th-Neika Leininger 5th grade
25th-Kara De Berg 2nd grade
29th-Garrett Mulder Kindergarten
The Music Scene
A Music Review
By: Anneka Pollema
Ellie Holcomb The Broken Beautiful The song The Broken Beautiful by Ellie Holcomb is a very catchy song. It is a family friendly song and has a good meaning. The chorus “ You can take broken things and make them Beautiful” means those that are broken can ask God to be in their heart and then they will be made new and beautiful. I like to rock out to this song a lot in my room. I recommend this song because if you are having a bad day and this song comes on it will surely brighten your day and make it beautiful.
Question(s) of the Month
By: Kayli Ryks and Sydney Damhof
What is your favorite thing to do in
summer?
Sidney Duininck­ Ride my bike Iris Donner­Swimming Tseganesh Schwitters­ Pick flowers for my mom Madi Brown­ Hang out with friends Miss DeBoer­ Garden Derrick Beerman­ Play sports Miss Joustra­ Be with family Ethyn Hinton­ Play video games Mrs. Damhof­ Sit outside and read a book Elise Braem­ Go swimming and fishing Spencer VanderPol­ Tubing Caitlyn Ahrenholz­ Swimming Connor Ruschen­ Shoot guns Lukas Hillenbrand­ Go to the arcade Isaac Swierenga­ Build monster sand castles Flip Flops or Shoes?
By: Mason Groen and Blake Greenwaldt Sidney Duininck­ Flip Flops Kadin Dehmlow­ Shoes Miss Joustra­ Flip Flops Levi Marks­ Shoes Manny Gibbs­ Shoes Skyler Zwart­ Flip Flops A Letter From the Editor
Isaac Brouwer­ Flip Flops Jay Marcus­ Shoes My goodness! Another school year has flown Jacob Ochsendorf­ Shoes Cora Watson­ Flip Flops by! Where does the time go? We hope you Hudson Asche­ Flip Flops Mrs. Bonnema­ Shoes have enjoyed reading the Bluejay Banter as Miss Olivier­ Shoes much as we have enjoyed putting it together! On behalf of the staff of the Bluejay Banter, we pray that you have a
The winner...by one vote is………...
wonderful summer vacation with friends and family. Don’t worry, we will be back again in the fall! Have a GREAT summer, everyone! ­Miss Olivier SHOES!!!!!!
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Creative Corner
The Chef’s Salad
A little bit of this, a little bit of that... Brownie Recipe
By: Cora Watson
1­ box brownie mix (as directed on box) 1­ package marshmallows to put on top of the brownies when they are done. 2 cups­ chocolate chips 1 cup­ peanut butter 1 tablespoon­ butter (melt these three ingredients together) Then add 1 ½ cups of Rice Krispies and spread on top of marshmallows. Enjoy! By: Dane Slagter
...Turn the Page…
A Book Review By: Skyler Zwart Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters Percy Jackson goes on an exciting adventure to save the world. I recommend it to my friends so that they can see what he does on his adventures. A Book Review By: Sophia Newsom By: Ava Schneiderman
The Banter Box
By: Grant Erickson
Dork Diaries Q. Why is the owl so smart? I give it five stars. It is hilarious! Nikki A.Because it went to schooooool. Maxwell has a crush on a boy named Brandon Q.What animal do you not play cards with? and her bff’s are Chloe and Zoey. I love it and I A. A cheetah think the author has a good mind. I bet you will Q.What do you call a sad strawberry? like it too! Brandon is awesome. He has black A. A Blueberry hair and brown eyes. Chloe and Zoey both have Q.What did the grape say when the elephant stepped on it? blonde hair and blue eyes. A. He just let out a little wine. Q.What did the egg say to the chef? A.You crack me up. Q.What knows its A­B­C’s forwards and backwards but can’t see? A.The dictionary.
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