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VOLUME 1, ISSUE 5 LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 2023
HABITS
FOR
HAPPINESS
RANDOM
ACTS OF
KINDNESS
DAY
FCCLA REGIONALS!
Ros and Katie
qualify for State!
www.grantbulldogs.org
LOP Learning
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Written by Katelyn Lantz Werner
In February, the United States celebrates
Black History Month. It is a way to remember
all the important people and events in
history. Every day, in World History class, we
read about different people and what they did
in history that was important. I am doing a
project on Josephine Baker. She was a famous
dancer and the first African American woman
to star in a major motion picture.
INFINITY DENTAL
Written by Nathan Wright
Our Senior Health class went to Infinity
Dental in Fox Lake. Leaha, the receptionist,
showed us around and we learned about
our teeth. You need to go to the dentist
every six months. To take care of your
teeth at home, you need to brush and floss
everyday. I learned that eating healthy
foods can help your teeth stay strong.
FOR MORE FOLLOW : @CoachJolcover on Twitter
HEALTHY EATING
Written by Jessica Waight
Eating healthy food is important to
help keep you strong and healthy. If
you don't eat enough healthy foods
your tummy will hurt. You should
eat fruits, veggies, dairy, grains and
protein everyday. You should only
eat fast food, fries, ice cream and
cookies sometimes. During class, we
made two healthy snacks: fruit
salad and buffalo cauliflower.
The first wealth is health- R.W. Emerson
FRUIT SALAD RECIPE
Ingredients
1 cup strawberries
1 cup blueberries
1 cup kiwi
1 cup pineapple
2 limes
2 TBSP honey
1. Chop up all the fruit, except the lime,
into bite size pieces and add to a large
bowl.
2. Cut the limes in half and squeeze lime
juice over the fruit
3. Add honey, mix, and serve!
FOR MORE FOLLOW: @GHSMitchell on Twitter
The Wonderful Human Body
CHICKEN BONE
EXPERIMENT
Written by Austin Roman
In Science class, we were learning
about the skeletal system. We took
a chicken bone and put it in
vinegar. The bone started hard and
didn't bend. It took 4-5 days and
when it came out it was bendy. The
bones lost calcium. Bones need
calcium to stay stong.
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
SHEEPS HEART Written by Ryan Mildner
Written by Gio Serna
In Science, we got to see a real The job of the digestive system is to
heart! The heart was from a sheep. change food to fuel. One important
The heart is part of the organ in the digestive system is the
cardiovascular system. The heart's stomach. When food is digested the
nutrients go into the bloodstream.
job is to pump blood. People can
take care of their heart by eating
healthy and exercising. NERVOUS SYSTEM
Written by Aiden Carlson
The nervous system has two main
parts the central nervous system
and the peripheral nervous system.
The nervous system helps us
understand the world because it
helps us understand our senses. The
nervous system sends signals to our
brains to help us do things like see
and taste our food. The spinal cord
connects the brain to the rest of the
nerves.
February 17th
Random Acts of kindness day
WE APPRECIATE
OUR CAFETERIA
CREW
WE APPRECIATE OUR
CUSTODIAN CREW
WAYS TO SPREAD KINDNESS
Help someone if they are lost; show them where to go
If someone is sad offer them a hug
Give compliments to others
Smile at people
Make dinner for your family
Write a friend a thank you card
Be nice and proud of yourself
Bulldog Buddies Update
SENIOR CITIZEN
BOOKMARKS
Written by Kaleb Wright
During our February Bulldog
Buddies meeting, we made
bookmarks. We made the
bookmarks for the senior citizens
in Fox Lake. We gave them the
bookmarks for Valentines Day! If
you want to do nice things for
senior citizens you can write them
cards.
THANK YOU, MS. COLLINS AND MS. SKOLAR, FOR TEAMING UP WITH
BULLDOG BUDDIES THIS MONTH!
GETTING JAZZY
TOGETHER
Written by Meryn Smith
For Bulldog Buddies, we went to the
band room to see the band perform
one of their songs. The song they
played was called "Alright, Okay, You
Win." I enjoyed it because the song
they played was so good and I liked
hearing all the instruments. If I could
play any instrument I would play the
saxophone because it sounds like a
cool instrument to play!
FOR MORE FOLLOW: @MsMyersGCHS on Twitter
Dancing the Night Away
BY: JIBRIL JUNEAU
The school dance took place in the East Gym of the school at 7:00 on
Saturday, February 25th. The theme of the dance was Masquerade. At the
dance they had pizza, brownies, chips, and water bottles. I had pepperoni
pizza and Doritos Nacho Cheese chips. I liked the music that they were
playing. My favorite song they played was "Gangnam Style"! The DJ had lots
of color lights with flashing colors. If I was in charge of the dance, I could
pick the theme of the dance, it would be animal themed. People could wear
animal print or animal onesies to the dance!
Featured
Club
CANINE CONNECTIONS
Interview by Gionna Castellonas
Canine Connections is a club where people
learn about dogs and how to care for a dog. I
think its important to learn about dogs
because they can have jobs, like helping
people who are blind.
GIONNA : What is Canine Connections?
TREVITHICK: We try to learn all we can GIONNA: How long have you been a sponsor?
about dogs. We have different speakers in,
TREVITHICK: I have been a sponsor since
do activities, and go on field trips.
2019.
GIONNA: What made you want to start this
GIONNA: What is a project you want to do with
club?
the club?
TREVITHICK: I did it at another school first
and thought I'd bring it to Grant because TREVITHICK: I'd like to continue doing the
people love dogs! activities we've done before like baking dog
treats, watching training presentations, and
raising money for dog rescues. We'd also like
to work more with other Grant clubs.
GIONNA: What is your favorite kind of dog?
TREVITHICK: My favorite dog is a Brittney.
GIONNA: Do you have any dogs at home?
TREVITHICK: Yes, I have two dogs. Asher is 8
and Corey is 3.
GIONNA: Who should join Canine
Connections?
TREVITHICK: Anyone who loves dogs!
GIONNA: When does your club meet?
TREVITHICK: We meet every other
Wednesday after school
FCCLA Heads to
Harper
Written by Katie Pratt and Ros Torres
On February 17th, FCCLA went to
Harper College to compete. FCCLA
stands for Family Career and
Community Leaders of America. Some
of the competitions were Cookie
Decorating, Children's Literature, and
Fashion Design.
Katie
Ros I competed in the Children's Literature
I competed in the Cookie Decorating competition. To prepare, I had to make a
contest. The theme this year was lesson plan and go to Lotus Elementary
Superheroes. Before the competition, I School and read the story to preschoolers.
baked a big cookie at Grant. I decorated The hardest part was getting everything
my cookie with the Batman logo. ready for Harper. The most fun part was
The best part of the competition was doing my presentation. I did amazing! I'm
seeing the cookie come together. The going to get to go to State!
hardest part was waking up early!
Security Interview
Interview by Meryn Smith MERYN: What is your favorite part of the
job?
MERYN: What are some of the duties VERN: Helping students and getting to
you have as a security guard? laugh everyday.
VERN: To ensure the safety of students
and staff. I'm also responsible for MERYN: What is the most challenging part
building security. Making sure the of your job?
doors are locked, check for hazards, and VERN: Interacting with students who have
make sure the bathrooms are sanitary. I made a bad choice.
also manage the cafeteria and assist in
the safe arrival and departure of MERYN: What training did you have to
students to the Grant campus. become a security guard?
VERN: It was mostly on the job training. I
MERYN: Why did you choose to also had CPR training and Crisis Prevention
become a security guard? Intervention training.
VERN: My wife was a teacher and I
liked that our schedules matched. I also MERYN: What do you like to do in your
like to give back to the community and free time?
assist young people in their future VERN: Spend time with our 18 month old
career development. granddaughter, watch sports, and play with
my dogs.
MERYN: How long have you worked at
Grant?
VERN: I've been working here over 8
years!
MERYN: What did you do before you
worked at Grant?
VERN: Before working at Grant I had 35
years of experience working in the food
industry in sales and marketing.Happiness Challenge
Written by: Mari Reinke
What lop wants to try from the Happiness
I read the article "The Happiness Challenge
Challenge" by Krystnell Storr-Smith Be Thankful
15.4%
Make Your Bed
15.4%
and learned that there are some easy
habits that can make you feel happier.
Exercise
You can take the Happiness 15.4%
Challenge by trying these five easy Say Something Nice
habits every day. 30.7%
1. Make your bed each morning. Do Something You Love
23.1%
When your bed is tidy, your space
feels organized and that makes
you feel good.
Some other things I like to do to make myself
2. Give praise. When you say
feel happy:
something nice to someone it can
Work out
make them happy and it puts me
Do my makeup
in a good mood because your
Eat food
brain releases a chemical called
Go shopping
oxytocin that makes your body
Take a long nap
feel happy.
3. Do what you love. Make time for
your hobbies. It will make you
happy to do things that make you
LOP Happiness playlist
happy in life.
4. Be Active. When you exercise, Golden Hour by JVKE
your brain produces endorphins Something just like this by the chain
that are chemicals that your help smokers
body deal with stress. Being active Mud on the tires by brad paisley
also makes you sleep better so you happy by Pharrell
don’t wake up feeling tired and gypsy by fleetwood mac
crabby. Waka Waka by Shakira
5. Say Thanks. Positivity and Chasin' You by Morgan Wallen
practicing gratitude helps you No Hurry by the zac brown band
remember that you have things in Sunday best by the surfaces
your life that make you happy.The Arts
PAINTING I
Written by Jacoby Cruz-Garcia
In Ms. Jacobs Painting 1 class, I am
painting the Atlanta skyline for the
landscape project. I am painting
Atlanta because it is fun and I used to
live near Atlanta and I liked it there.
To paint it I used acrylic paint.
DRAWING 1
Written by Meryn Smith
I drew a person with streaming
rainbows coming out of her head,
she has pink and purple tentacles.
The background is green and
mossy.
I wanted to draw this because it
looked really cool and I liked the
colors in it. One technique I used
to make it was scumbling. I used
oil pastels to create it.That's Entertainment
THE SUPERBOWL
Written by Julien Tennyson
The Super Bowl was on February 12th,
2023, at 5:30. This year, the teams
were the Kansas City Chiefs and the
Philadelphia Eagles. The game was
played in Phoenix, Arizona. There
were no funny commercials at all.
The final score was Chiefs 38, Eagles
35. The Kansas City Chiefs won Super
Bowl 57! Patrick Mahomes was the 2
time MVP in 2020 and 2023. I cheered
for the Kansas City Chiefs. I was super
excited for my team to win the Super
Bowl.
ANT-MAN REVIEW
Written by Julien Tennyson
The name of the movie I saw was
Ant-Man and the Wasp:
Quantumania. I saw the movie at
Fox Lake Theater. I had popcorn
and a Coke slushie. Paul Rudd is
Ant-Man in the movie. I liked it
better than the first one. In the
movie the Yellow Jacket turned
into Modok!Recipe of the Month
Baked Alaska Recipe
BAKED ALASKA Ingredients
4 CIRCLES OF PUFF PASTRY DOUGH
Written by Chris Davis 4 SCOOPS VANILLA ICE CREAM
4 EGG WHITES
2 OZ POWDERED SUGAR
In foods 1 we made a Baked PINCH OF CREAM OF TARTAR
Alaska. Frist we had to separate
the eggs and put sugar in the egg DIRTECTIONS:
whites. We put it on the mixer and
CUT SOME ROUND CIRCLES OUT OF THE PUFF
beat it on high until it had stiff
PASTRY DOUGH (ABOUT 4 INCHES) AND BAKE
peaks. We put the meringue on THEM IN THE OVEN FOR 15 MINUTES AT 375°F.
the ice cream and then put it in IF YOU WISH TO GIVE THE DOUGH A PIE
the oven till it was golden brown. SHAPE PLACE A PARCHMENT PAPER OVER IT
We used an egg separator and a AND A RAMEKIN THAT ALMOST COVERS THE
mixer to make it. The best part ENTIRE CIRCLE, THE DOUGH WILL RISE
was eating it. The hardest part was AROUND IT.
SEPARATE THE WHITE FROM THE YOLK AND
we had to work fast to spread the
PLACE THE WHITES IN THE MIXER. WHIP ON MAX
meringue before the ice cream SPEED UNTIL SOFT PEAK, THEN ADD THE
melted. It tasted like toasted POWDERED SUGAR, KEEP WHIPPING UNTIL
marshmallows. HARD PEAK AND SHINY.
ADD A PINCH OF CREAM OF TARTAR.
THE MERINGUE IS NOW READY BUT DO NOT
LET IT SIT TOO LONG (NO MORE THAN 15 MIN
BEFORE YOU USE IT)
ON THE CENTER OF THE ROUND CRUST PLACE A
HALF SPHERE OF ICE CREAM AND COVER IT WITH
THE MERINGUE, MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY AND
MAKE SURE THE ICE CREAM IS COMPLETELY
COVERED BY AT LEAST A ¼ INCH OF MERINGUE.
PLACE ON A SHEET PAN AND PUT DIRECTLY IN
THE OVEN (HIGH BROIL) FOR A COUPLE OF
MINUTES UNTIL THE MERINGUE GETS GOLDEN
AND THE TIP OF THE PEAK DARKENS.
VARIATIONS: YOU CAN USE DIFFERENT ICE
CREAM FLAVORS INSIDE OR SERVE WITH FRESH
BERRIES OR TOPPINGS OF YOUR CHOICE!Senior
Spotlight
JESSICA WAIGHT
Interview by Nathan Pendell
NATHAN: What three words best
describe you?
JESSICA: Wonder
NATHAN: What is your favorite
memory from high school?
JESSICA: My favorite memory was all NATHAN: Were you involved in any clubs or
the different stuff I learned and making sports?
new friends. I am going to miss them a JESSICA: I was in Art Club and Bulldog
lot. Buddies.
NATHAN: What's the best school lunch? NATHAN: What do you want to do after high
JESSICA: My favorite school lunch was school?
the pasta. JESSICA : I am going to Transition after high
school and I am excited to make new friends
NATHAN: What was your biggest there! I would like to paint as a job.
challenge in high school?
JESSICA: My most challenging class was NATHAN: What advice would you give
Drivers Ed. freshmen?
JESSICA: That they are going to make so
NATHAN: Who was your favorite many new friends!
teacher in high school?
JESSICA: Ms. Mitchell, Ms. Myers, Mr.
Jolcover, and Mrs. Reid,
NATHAN: What were your favorite
classes?
JESSICA: My favorite classes were
Health and LanguageKEEPING IT RED!
THESE JOKES WILL HAVE YOU HEAD OVER HEELS
CANDY SURVEY
Selected by: Carlos Bahena
Stuff and things
What do you call two birds in love? Tweethearts
What did the kitten say on Valentine's Day? You're purr-fect
What gives the most kisses on Valentine's Day? Tulips
What did the tortoise say on Valentine's Day? I turt-ally love you
OPINION PIECE
SHOULD WE HAVE SNOW DAYS
Snow Yay Snow Nay
by: Angel Velez by: Jared Tersip
I think we should still have snow I think that we should have E-
days because the snow is very Learning days instead of snow days.
pretty and makes outside look like We should have E-Learning
a winter wonderland. If schools are because it is relaxing to learn from
canceled, kids would get to play in home. Also if you have E-Learning
the snow. You could build a days you don't have to make up a
snowman or make snow angels. I school day at the end of the
personally like snow days because semester.
then I get to play in the snow with
my sisters.FREEZIN' FOR A
REASON
CHILLY DAWGS
RAISED OVER $600 FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS
Special EDition Winter Contributors
COVER LAYOUT PHOTOGRAPHERS
AIDEN CARLSON LOP TEACHERS
KATELYN LANTZ-WERNER CARLOS BAHENA NATHAN PENDELL
MERYN SMITH JARED TERSIP JACOBY CRUZ-GARCIA
JULIEN TENNYSON KALEB WRIGHT AUSTIN ROMAN
KATIE PRATT ANGEL VELEZ CHRIS DAVIS
JIBRIL JUNEAU JESSICA WAIGHT GIO SERNA
NATHAN WRIGHT RYAN MILDNER GIONNA CASTELLONAS
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