April 2012 Maroon 12

Maroon 12
April 2012
Fun facts about April
St Georges Day-England’s National Day
The 23rd April is St. George’s Day. St. George is the Patron Saint of England and also of Scouting.
It is said that St. George once saved a village from great danger. The village was frightened of a
fierce dragon that lived close by, so St George killed the dragon.
Weather-lore, beliefs and sayings
April showers bring May flowers
If early April is foggy
Rain in June
Will make lanes boggy
When April blows its horn
‘Tis good for hay and corn
April wet-good wheat
Till April’s dead, change not a thread
Easter day
The happiest day of the Christian Year, was when Jesus rose from the dead.Superstition
If you hear bird called chacoo wistle on St.Tiburtius Day, (14th of April) you shouled give over all
the money in your pockets, Spit on the ground and not look back! If you do this and are standing on
moist ground when you do it and you will have loads of good luck. But if you are standing on hard
ground when you do it cuckoo’s call means loads bad luck.
Here is an old traditional rhyme about the Cuckoo’s summer life cycle:
In April I open my bill
In May I sing night and day
In June I change my tune
In July far far I fly
In August away I must
April Fool’s Day
April begins with a day of fun and jokes-April Fool’s Day. No one really knows when this custom
began but it has been kept for hundreds of years.
If you were born in April this is your gemstone and flower
Gemstone:Diamond
Flower:Sweet Pea
Top 10 Favorite Songs
1. Safe And Sound (By: Taylor
Swift)
2. Rolling In the Deep (By: Adele)
3. Part of Me (By: Katy Perry)
4. Stronger (By: Kelly Clarkson)
5. The One That Got Away (By:
Katy Perry)
6. Good Feeling (By: Flo Rida)
7. Party Rock Anthem (By:
LMFAO)
8. Mean (By: Taylor Swift)
9. Set Fire To The Rain ( By: Adele)
10. What Makes You Beautiful (by:
One Direction)
Top 10 Movies
1. The Hunger Games
2. 21 Jump Street
3. Titanic
4. John Carter
5. Bully
6. Act of Valor
7. Alvin and the Chipmunks; Chip wrecked
8. Cars 2
9. hop
10. The Lorax
Some movies of these however are not appropriate for some kids.
Dr. Seuss
By Morgen Davidson
All about Dr. Seuss
"OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
THERE IS FUN TO BE DONE! THERE ARE
POINTS TO BE SCORED. THERE ARE GAMES TO BE WON."
From: Oh, The Places You'll Go!
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the
world as the beloved Dr. Seuss, was born
in April 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Ted's father, Theodor Robert, and
grandfather were brew masters in the city.
His mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, often
soothed her children to sleep by
"chanting" rhymes remembered from her
youth. Ted credited his mother with both
his ability and desire to create the
rhymes for which he became so well known.
After devoting 53 years to creating entertaining and instructive books, the good
Dr. Seuss taught all that he could teach.
Ted Seuss Geisel passed away on September
24, 1991, at the age of 87. A lot of people missed him.
I hope you will get to read all of Dr
Seuss books. They are very funny and they
rhyme. That is all the fun facts about Dr
Seuss.
History of BaseBall
By.Brody Jones
The popular game that gained fame as being
'America's favorite pastime' is none other
than the cool game of baseball.
There are many debates that go with the
origin of baseball. A few historical
sources point that in the year 1700, Thomas Wilson who was considered a leader in
England prohibited the game of baseball
and a few other sports.
Baseball is almost the same as the game to
the game of “stool ball”. It is said that
in the game, a batting player was made to
stand in front of a target, a stool, while
another player pitched a ball. If the batting player hit the ball and was caught in
field by a player, he was considered to be
out of the game
Alexander Cartwright invented base ball in
1845.He was a book seller. He lived in
Manhattan, New York. He was the first person to draw a diagram of a baseball diamond.
Michael Jordan
By: Azia
Grisham
Many people look up to him. If you have heard
of the Dallas Mavs but have you ever wondered
who his IDOL is. Well it is a famous basketball
player named Air Jordan!!!
Michel was one on the first African American
basketball players in the hall of fame. He played
over 300 games and he was trusted to make the
winning shouts and missed it. You would think
that he was perfect but he messes up like all the
rest of us. He also plays on the hit kid movie
Chicago
Bulls in 1984. The way he earned the name Air
Jordan was he won the slam-dunk contest at half
time in a Dallas game.
MARCH MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!
By: Jason Faulkenberry
March Madness! Some of sports fans favorite two
words. Most of them just like to enjoy the tournament, but most of them don’t know the history, well
that’s why I am here.
March Madness began in 1939 with 2 regions [ East
and West] and 4 teams in each region. The East region
had: Brown, Ohio State, Wake Forest, and Villanova.
While the West had: Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and
Utah State. Oregon and Ohio State in the final. Oregon beat Ohio State 46-33.The genius who came up
with this is Harold Oleson the coach for Ohio State.
It was played on Northwestern’s campus in Evanston,
Illinois
Recently we had March Madness and every year
out of 68 teams there is one Cinderella/underdog.
This year is was North Carolina State making it to
the elite eight. It was also a year of the powerhouses winning, with Kentucky #1 team, destroying
everybody in their path and goal, champions. The
runner up was Kansas which is another powerhouse.
The Big East has had many champs, but the SEC (South
Eastern Conference) has token over lately. Kentucky
had a young all star lineup led by Anthony Davis
soon to be #1 pick in draft. The Final Four was held in
New Orleans this year. The championship game was
67-59.
A Whole New World
By: Makenzi Wells
Fifth graders are becoming sixth graders
and it is a lot different from BIS.
Be prepared because once you are a sixth
grader there will be more homework and way more group projects you will have more classes
with different class mates in basically every class.
It might sound scary but if you
get organized then you’re sure
to be on you’re way to becoming a sixth grader. Stay true to
who you are though because it’s
just Middle school and after
you finish up with Middle
school then you probably be
nervous about High School so
just stay calm and get organized
and you’ll be fine.