The Lone Willow (Poem by Keaton, 2012, 8th grade)

The Lone Willow

The old and noble willow tree doth sit within the meadow,

With sunshine's rays behind him casting queer and graceful shadow.

Though sitteth he alone sometime, for many years abide

Not ever can the wind and rain succeed to steal his pride.

He never turns to loneliness despite his quiet site,

For he has many friends he knows, and has for all his life.

His closest friend from sapplinghood goes by the name of Breeze,

Who cools a summer day when hot and ripples past the trees.

Keaton Bunting

Grade 8

Satan the Fallen Angel (Keaton, poem from 2012...8th grade)

Satan the Fallen Angel

He sits within the Lake of Fire

Dwelling on his great desire

Of how to win Man's Empire

Satan the Fallen Angel

He plans and schemes and hopes and dreams

While passion will not cease

He thinks for sure he must succeed

Satan the Fallen Angel

And surely does this angel know that soon the end will come

When swords will flash in wondrous clash, the battle will be won

But not by Satan! No indeed! One much more powerful than he...

Christ Jesus comes to claim his own!

As Satan...falls...to his knees.

Keaton Age 14, Week 14

                                                     Benjamin Franklin
                                                                       Early life

 On January 17th, 1706, a baby boy was born on Milk Street in Boston, Massachusetts .  This baby was named Benjamin Franklin, who was to become one of the great founding fathers of America. 

Benjamin was the son of Josiah Franklin, who was a middle class business man in Boston.  Benjamin had nine siblings, one of which was his older brother James Franklin.   James became a printer, and hired Ben to become his apprentice.  Ben was only 12 at the time, but was already beginning to grow an appreciation and interest for printing, and at age 15 helped to write The New-England Courant, which became the first independent newspaper in the colonies.  Eventually, however, Ben's thirst for writing got him into trouble.  He began to sneak contributions to the newspaper under a fictional widow's name "Silence Dogood".  The citizens of Boston loved his writings and wanted to know the real name of the author.  But one day he was discovered by James, and immediately forced to stop writing.  To say the truth, James was only jealous of the attention his brother was receiving - he recognized that Benjamin had exceptional talent.  So, James began abusing Ben.

Kendall, Grade 5 Science week 13

The enamel is the outer layer of your tooth.  It also happens to be the hardest substance in your body.  The dentin is the bottom part of your tooth.  Saliva protects your teeth, gives taste to your food, protects your stomach from infection, and is the beginning of digestion.  Chyme is the name of the food when it enters the small intestine.  The small intestine is the end of digestion and sends minerals to the bloodstream.  Mucus will be produced and food will be guided down the esophagus into the stomach.  Your esophagus is the pipe that your food goes down.  Your kidneys take the salt and water and any other thing that would be from the blood and passes it to the urine. 

Kendall week 3 History. The Punic Wars

   The Punic war is a war that was between Rome and Carthage. This war was a stange war. When Hannibal went to Rome, instead of going straight up he went around Rome (so it was unexpected).  At the end of the war Rome won!

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle By: Kendall Week 11

Socrates was an ugly, fat man who had a bald sort of head.  He would ask the men of Athens questions like "What is goodness?"  He believed in Truth. 

Plato.  Socrates was Plato's teacher. Socrates died when Plato was 26.  Plato was a philospher.  Plato believed in ideas.

Aritstotle was Plato's pupil.  Aristotle disagreed with his teacher.  Facts were more important than ideas to Aristotle.  Aristotle came to Athens when he was very young.

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle By: Kara, week 11

Socrates, Plato, and Aritstotle were ancient Greek philosophers who lived close to the Golden Ages.  Socrates believed in Truth.  He was interested in asking men what they believed in and if they would have happy lives.  Plato was considered one of the greatest philosophers.  "Plato" comes from the word "plateau" which means "broad."  Plato had a bright student named Aristotle who was very smart and keen although he disagreed with his teacher on many things.  Aristotle valued facts about animals, vegetables, and minerals.  His father was a physician who worked for the King of Macedonia.