POW# 3

Dear Dr.Berry,

            Are you tired of school? Well I am very tired of it! I understand that we had six snow days this school year so far and that we only have four built in. Should Dr. Berry extend school two days longer or not? I think Dr. Berry should not extend school because some families already have vacations plans and some students have sports program to attend.

            Some say extending school two days longer would cause some conflict with our students and  their families. Others may argue that we should extend school because we have missed too many days and we have a lot of school work to catch up on. Some staff members believe that that extending school two days longer would help us accomplished more in class. I disagree with that because I believe that we students could handle the extra work to be given.

            My first reason why Dr.Berry shouldn't extend school is that families have planned vacations for the kids right after school ends. It would be a hassle for families to changed their plans. Dr. Berry how would you feel if your vacations plans had to be changed due to extension of school? Well I know for a fact I wouldn't be happy. Just think about it, if school extended for two more days, you could ruin a family bonding time. Now that wouldn't be nice would it Dr.Berry?

           Another reason is that a lot of our students have sports program to attend to after school. Students like to use their summer to improve their skills in their sports. We need our practice. Dr.Berry you don't want us to miss our programs do you? A lot of programs like to start after school is out and if school is extended we might miss our first couple of days. No one likes being behind of schedule. If you don't extend school for two days we could be prepared. I know you want one of the Olathe schools to go to State, so if you let us attend this programs on time we could make it possible. Nothing is impossible.

           In conclusion, Dr.Berry should not extend school because we don't want to ruin family vacation plans and student's sports program. I'm pretty sure the staff does not want to listen to all these complaints if you extend school. Now Dr.Berry make the right choice to not extend school. If not good luck with all the complaints and all the phones calls. I wouldn't want to be in your shoes when that happens.

Outside Reading #1

The book I chose is Among the Free by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This is the final book in the Shadow Children series. I have read the first 30 pages so far in the book. Luke Garner is the main character in this book. Luke Garner is an illegal third child along with Trey, Nina, Matthias, Percy, and Alia. Luke has been working in the Population Police stable. The Population Police only allow one child per each family. Luke and his friend decided to work for the Population Police trying to find a way to overthrow them and bringing about freedom to the people. From the first 30 pages the book has been really excited. Hope it finishes well in the end because the last six book were great. I recommend reading the Shadow Children series.

POW#2 Snapshots

This photo was taken on September 25,2010. Olathe Northwest homecoming night. This is one of my favorite pictures because I got to spend time with my best friend Taylor, who has always been there for me. It was really nice having dinner with her and a lot of other friends. While we were dancing she kept on saying I was stepping on her foot, I guess that proves to people that I'm an awful dancer! Still had the best time of my life. Yeah I like a goof in this photo but makes the photo more interesting.