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always, was very exciting! Thank you, Green Oak Fire Department! To finish off the month, Holy Spirit School students celebrated All Saints Day on October 31. Each student chose a saint to research and present to the student body. They were allowed to dress up like their saint and carry symbols or other articles related to that holy person. During the presentations, the stduents shared information about their saint, including what they are a patron saint of, their feast day, and why they chose this particular one. After the presentations, the student celebrated together as they played many games that the 5th-8th grade students prepared revolving around the saints. The older students did an excellent job in planning and assisting at the games. All the children had a wonderful time participating in the activities and loading their goodie bags with prayer cards, medals, trinkets and sweet treats. Many parent volunteers helped with the games and served cider, popcorn and cupcakes donated by Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina in Brighton! The day ended with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy in the church. What a great day. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this such a fun and memorable experience for the students.

October proves a busy month at Holy Spirit Catholic School

October was a busy month for Holy Spirit Catholic School, starting with Picture Day when all students showed their best smiles. Then came the annual visit from the Livingston County Health Department technician who screened a majority of the students to be sure they have good listening ears and seeing eyes!

Later in the month, the Green Oak Township firefighters visited the school to teach fire safety. The pre-kindergarten through 4th graders learned what to do in case there was a fire at their home along with the importance of planning ahead to find a safe location for their family to meet outside. Students also saw what a firefighter would look like wearing all their gear and what they would expect to hear just in case they were ever in that situation. But the big highlight was when the students were able to tour the fire truck which, as

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Ulysses S. Grant18th President of the United States

1869-1877

Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27,1822. He was raised in Georgetown, Ohio on a farm. He was the sunof a tanner and merchant. Grant was schooled locally, then attended thePresbyterian Academy before he was appointed to West Point.

When he graduated from West Point in 1843, he was placed in the in-fantry and was stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. On August 22,1848, he married the love of his life, Julia Dent. They had 4 children. Hewas a devoted father and husband. President Grant loved horses andwas probably one of the greatest equestian in U.S. history. He was afearless rider with phenomenal endurance and speed. He was also anaccomplished painter and was known to pay attention to detail.

MILITARY CAREER:• 1846-1847 - fought under General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War.• 1861-1865 - fought in the American Civil War. In 1862, he capturedFort Donelson, Tennessee which was the first major Union victory.• 1863 - named Major General in the U.S. Army. Victories included Vicks-burg, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.• 1865 - accepted the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Leeat Appomattox, Virginia.• 1867-1868 - served as Secretary of War.• 1869-1877 - President of the United States. He was a Republican.

SOME MAJOR EVENTS WHILE IN OFFICE• Reconstruction was one of the largest issues of his presidency. He con-tinued having federal troops occupy the South. His administration foughthard against the states who denied blacks the right to vote. The FifteenthAmendment was ratified in 1870, which provided that no one could be de-nied the right to vote based on race.• The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869.• Black Friday Scandal involving James Fisk and Jay Gould (September24, 1869). These two speculators tried to buy up enough gold to cornerthe market. They were driving the price of gold up very quickly. WhenPresident Grant realized their scheme to corner the market, he author-ized the Secretary of the Treasure to sell enough gold into the market towreck their plans and bring down the price of gold - but many businessesand investors were ruined because of this scheme.• President Grant settled claims against Britain in 1872 for damage doneduring the Civil War by British-built Confederate warships.• The Panic of 1873 was an economic depression that happened and

lasted for five years. Many businesses failed and there were largeamounts of unemployed persons.• The Whiskey Ring Scandal - 1875. Many distillers and federal agentswere keeping money that was being paid as liquor taxes. Grand calledfor their punishment but protected his own personal secretary.

After he retired from the Presidency, he and his wife traveled through-out Europe, Asia and Africa. In 1881, Grant bought a home in New YorkCity. At the advice from his son, he invested money as a silent partnerin an investment banking partnership with a man named FerdinandWard. Ward swindled Grant and others investors. They lost all theirmoney and were forced to go bankrupt. Ward fled (later jailed) and Pres-ident Grant lost all his money. Grant had forfeited his military pensionwhen he assumed the office of President. So, he wrote his memoirs ina book for money to help his wife out financially as he had found out hehad cancer. He finished his book July 19, 1885 just a few days beforehe died. His memoirs became a best seller. His body lies in New YorkCity’s Riverside Park beside that of his wife in what is known as Grant’sTomb.

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Michigan’s State StoneThe Petoskey

The Petoskey stone is a prehistoric fossil! Before the dinosaurs,over 350 million years ago during the Devonian period, the landwe know as Michigan was located near the equator! Covered bya warm, shallow, salt water sea, the colonial coral hexagonariapercarinata thrived with other marine life in the tropical reefs. Theearth’s plates moved and pushed Michigan north to the 45th par-allel and above sea level. This created dry land formations. Abouttwo million years ago, glacial action scraped the earth and spreadthe fossils across the northern Lower Peninsula, depositing con-centrations in the Petoskey area. This fossil is called the Petoskeystone and is Michigan’s official state stone.

The name comes from an Ottawa Chief, Chief Pet-O-Sega. Thecity of Petoskey, Michigan is also named after him and is the cen-ter of the area where the stones are found. They can be com-monly found on beaches and in sand dunes.

According to the legend, Petosegay was the child of a descen-dant of a French nobleman and fur trader, Antoine Carre and anOttawa princess. Petosegay, meaning “rising sun”, “rays of dawn”

or “sunbeams ofpromise”, wasnamed after therays of sun thatfell upon his new-born face. Inkeeping with hispromising name,Petosegay was awealthy fur traderwho gainedmuch land andacclaim for him-self and his tribe.He was said to

have a striking and appealing appearance and spoke English well.He married another Ottawa and together they had two daughtersand eight sons. In the summer of 1873, a few years before thechief’s passing, a city began on his land along Little Traverse Bay.The settlers named the new city Petoskey, a form of Petosegay.

On June 28, 1965, then Governor George Romney signed a billthat made the Petoskey Stone Michigan’s official State Stone.Miss Ella Jane Petoskey, the only living grand child of ChiefPetosegay was present.

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Have you ever wondered why a building looks like it does orwho planned the school or home that you’re in? Who makes yourbuilding safe and strong? The answer to those questions is Ar-chitects! Architects are trained to do all those things!

First, the architectand their client dis-cuss what the clientwants to build. Thearchitect helps de-cide if the projectwould work and if it’ssafe for the environ-ment it’s going to bein. Then the archi-tect creates drawingsfor the client to re-view. If the ideaswork (and they mayhave to be donemore than once), thearchitect will thenmake up the finalplans. Sometimesthey are involved inall stages of the con-struction of the build-ing or home.

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Sometimes the architect uses paper and pencil to draw theirplans and sometimes they are computer generated. Usually work-ing in their office, there are times that an architect needs to be onbuilding sites to see how the project is going. They work at leasta forty hour week but at deadlines, they may have to work nightsand weekends.

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Seventh Graders become DNA Experts in life science class The seventh graders at St. Mary Catholic School in Pinckney recently studied a unit on Heredity, Genes, and DNA in their life science class. As their culminating activity, the class constructed a model of DNA, using candies and wire. Each student built a piece of the model, and then they connected their individual pieces of DNA to make one 18-foot long model. “Students really enjoy this project because it’s a fun way to demonstrate how much they have learned throughout the unit,” said teacher Mrs. Paula Dzombak.

St. Mary students’ learn about the evolution of the Atomic Theory Chemistry came early this year for St. Mary Catholic School Eighth Graders. To begin their chemistry lessons, students in Mrs. Paula Dzombak’s class were asked to design posters to illustrate the various models of the atom as proposed by the major theories they were studying. “The students did a great job on these posters”, said teacher Mrs. Dzombak. “It is always fun to start with an overview of the evolution of the Atomic Theory”.

Eighth graders write Civil War letters after reading story The Eighth graders from St. Mary Catholic School recently completed a story called Drummer Boy of Shiloh by Ray Bradbury. “It’s a great story that takes place during the Civil War”, said eighth grade teacher Linda Mable. “After we read the story, I have the students do a creative writing project from the prospective of the main character, Joby”. Students describe Joby’s feelings before an impending Civil War battle, and his chance meeting with the general in a letter home to his family. After the letters are written, they are made to look authentic by aging them.

Kindergarteners find out about the Life Cycle of Plants The students of St. Mary Catholic School’s Kindergarten class had some fun learning about the life cycle of plants. While finding out about flowers and how they grow, the students compared the flowers to pumpkins. They discovered how they were alike and different. “The students were surprised to learn that pumpkins were like flowers because they both have seeds and stems even though they look totally different,” said teacher Jordan Giordano. The students were also able to use the information they learned in other areas of their education. The kindergarteners also learned about nonfiction and informational text. “As we made our diagrams of flowers, the children had to practice their listening skills to follow the directions so they could label their flowers,” said Ms. Giordano. “The children had fun and were proud of their plant diagrams.”


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Several second graders use this ‘short’ table as well as yoga balls to read and study. From left, front row, are Elijah Clarke, Cynthia Edmonds, Addi Dumont, Aidin Sinift, Chole Coker; second row, Nathan Wylie, Autumn Carr, Audrey Clark; and in back, Joshua Porter.


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Lets VisitSwitzerland!

• Switzerland is a landlocked country of 7.5 million peo-ple in Western Europe with an area of 15,940 sq mi.• Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26states called cantons. Berne is the seat of the federalgovernment and de facto capital, while the country'seconomic centers are its two global cities, Geneva andespecially Zürich.• Switzerland is bordered by Germany, France, Italy,Austria and Liechtenstein.• Switzerland has a long history of neutrality – it has notbeen at war since 1815 – and hosts many internationalorganizations, including the Red Cross, the WTO andone of the U.N.'s two European offices.• Switzerland comprises three basic topographical

areas: the Swiss Alps, the Swiss plateau or "middleland", and the Jura mountains along the north-western border with France. The Alps are a high mountain range running across the central-south ofthe country. Among the high peaks of the Swiss Alps, the highest of which is the Dufourspitze at 15,203ft. The most famous mountain is the Matterhorn (4,478 m) in Valais and Pennine Alps bordering Italy.The highest mountain, the Dufourspitze (4,634 m) or Monte Rosa, is close to the Matterhorn.• The more populous northern part of the country is called the Middle Land. It has greater open and hilly landscapes, partly forested,partly open meadow, usually with grazing herds, or vegetables and fruits growing, but it can still be somewhat mountainous.• Banking, tourism, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals are important industries in Switzerland. The manufacture of precision instrumentsfor engineering is important, as is watch-making, and the biological sciences industries as well, enjoy a high place in the Swiss econ-omy.• Electricity generated in Switzerland is 42% from nuclear and 53% from hydroelectricity with 5% of the electricity generated from con-ventional power sources (thermal etc.) resulting in a nearly CO2-free electricity-generating network.• Switzerland is heavily active in recycling and anti-littering regulations and is one of the top recyclers in the world with 66% to 96% ofthe different recyclable materials being recycled.

Switzerland is multilingualand has four national

languages: German, French,Italian and Romansh!

The Matterhorn!Switzerland’s MostFamous Mountain

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