Hey kiddos!
This page is for you!
If you have something that you would like to say,
you can say it on here!
Even your parents can contribute to this page!
(as long as it pertains to kids...of course!)
Most pencils have six sides. If you cut one across and look at the
end, it is shaped like a hexagon. There are three reasons for this.
First, it is cheaper to make pencils with six sides because more
pencils can be made from the same amount of wood. The wood that
could make eight round pencils can be made into nine hexagonal ones.
Two other reasons for hexagonal pencils: They are less likely to
roll off a desk than round ones, and easier to sharpen than square ones.
How do they get the lead (actually, graphite) into the center of the
pencil? The wood starts out as two sections, each of which has a long
groove. The graphite goes into the groove, and the two pieces are glued together.
An essay about the history of pencils, by the familiar "yellow number 2":
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/wn/wn10/wn10-1/wn10-106.html
A WORD FROM A STUDENT by Jana Jeffress
This is my first year to homeschool and I am off to a great start. I am very excited to be involved with Ms. Tina in setting up a website for the newsletter.
After nine years of being in public school I can say that homeschooling is a challenge. I believe one of the best things is to have all Christian books. That is awesome! I never realized
how much God can be brought into every subject such as biology and geometry.
One thing that is on my heart is the events going on in our society today among teenagers, such as crime, drugs, and shootings.We all need to be in prayer everyday, for our nation.
I was in Dallas a couple of weeks ago and attended church with my cousins in Ft. Worth. Now, I hear on the news, there has been another shooting at a youth function at a church in Ft. Worth.
With shootings now occuring in our churches, it is apparent to me how much people need the Lord. I read this poem that was written by Darrell Scott, father of two victims of the Columbine shooting
and I wanted to share it with you:
We need God
Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
Your words are empty air.
You've stripped away our heritage,
You've outlawed simple prayer.
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question "WHY?"
You regulate restrictive laws,
Through legislative creed.
And yet you fail to understand
THAT GOD IS WHAT WE NEED!
Call unto me and I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not. Jer.33:3
