In Bible we have been talking a lot about Paul and his journey to spread the gospel to other people. We have talked about how God planted many things in Paul’s life to equip him for ministry, even before Paul believed in him. One thing God gave Paul was a very smart mind. He had … Continue reading God at Work
In science right now, we are studying volcanoes. We had to do some research as you see on our poster, and create a volcano of our own. Our volcano is a model of the Santa María Volcano in Guatemala. It is a composite volcano and is made up of layers of lava and ash. Tomorrow, … Continue reading Science Volcano
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been learning lots about Christian persecution around the world. Then we had to create an exhibit to show how Christians are persecuted in one certain country, and what we can do to help. The country that my group and I focused on was Laos. It is in Southeast Asia. … Continue reading Christian Persecution PBL
Our tower is very tall, and it kind of leans over to one side. It has a mass of 77 grams. The base has an x inside of a rectangle for more support. Hopefully it will work, but I don’t think it will hold the egg very well. We also have more xes inside of … Continue reading Spaghetti Tower
Elaina Laarman Mrs. Roskamp LA, 8A 11 September 2017 Theme Writing -1 John 4:10-11- “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” I’d … Continue reading Theme Writing
Something I really enjoyed this year was camp. I wish we could’ve stayed more than one night because I feel like camp is always a really good time to form better relationships with friends and classmates and get to know the teachers better. One thing I’ve learned this school year is how to be a … Continue reading Beginning of Year Reflections
I think our boat did pretty well and went pretty fast. We got 2nd place for the first trial and I hope we can improve our first time. We are going to add a little weight to the back because it was kind of nosediving a little bit and we are going to add more … Continue reading Boat Project
This summer was very fun and busy. My family and I went to Silver Lake and stayed in a beach cottage that belongs to some church friends. We stayed there for a week. We did lots of fun things there, including horseback riding, paddle-boarding, eating lots of ice cream, and swimming. I had a really … Continue reading My Summer 2017
A book I really enjoyed reading was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. It is a fantasy book. It takes place in England. There is more than one setting in this book, but the main one is Hogwarts which is a school they go to to learn magic. Hogwarts is full of mysteries … Continue reading Book Review
Two of the issues we debated about were voting rights and distributing power. I think that more voting rights would make a positive difference but the distributing power issue would either make a country worse or not change anything. I enjoyed the informal debate part because we got to argue about different issues which … Continue reading Model AU Day
Towards the beginning of the movie, the secret service was divided because there were some whites coming in to help protect Nelson Mandela and the blacks didn’t like that. Through the movie they learned to work together and at the end were able to celebrate together. Nelson Mandela was a very good speaker. I loved … Continue reading Invictus
En Venezuela los personas juegan muchos deportes. Un deporte muy popular es beisbol. Miguel Cabrera de los Tigres es de Venezuela. Juegan beisbol en un campo. Los personas juegan futbol tambien. Ellos patean la pelota. Basquetbol es un deporte un poco popular tambien. Es el equipo national. Ellos juegan en la cancha. … Continue reading Deportes en Venezuela
I learned lots about Africa that I didn’t know yet. There are so many languages in Nigeria that there are more than all the kids in 4-8th grades at our school. The expected age to live is higher in North Africa than Central Africa. Lots of the kids there can’t have a good education and lots are … Continue reading Africa Reflection
Response to the film: I think this movie was really cool because it shows that girls can do just the same things that boys do. It teaches a lesson on determination too because she put lots of energy and time into training with her eagle and it paid off in the end. Nobody thought she could … Continue reading The Eagle Huntress
To Scale: The Solar System The solar system is so much bigger than we can even imagine! Those two people were inspired to show everybody how amazing our solar system is. The lights were cool because they showed how wide the orbits were. I learned lots from this and I learned how small the earth … Continue reading Saugatuck Film Festival
Fiesta de San Juan: En esta fiesta hay globos y las personas llevan mucho rojo. Festival de San Pedro y San Pablo: Los personas decorar los banderas. Semana Santa: En esta fiesta hay muchos decoraciones. El Día de San José: Hay mucha ropa de muchos colores. Los personas están bailando en el calle. Todos los personas son … Continue reading Celebraciones en Venezuela
I learned lots of things that I didn’t know before. I couldn’t believe that they would use that much violence on kids just because of their skin color. They used dogs that bit, fire hoses to keep them back, and even put them in jail. If I had lived back in that time, though, I … Continue reading Birmingham Movie Reflection
Las casas en Venezuela son muchos differentes de las casas en los estados unidos. Algunas de las casas son en la agua. Tienen muchos apartamentos tambien. Hay muchas casas en la capital de Venezuela. En la foto primero hay los casas en Caracas, la capital. Es muy grande y hay muchas casas. Problamente no tienen muchas jardines … Continue reading Casas y Apartamentos en Venezuela
Theme-Names: Theme- Conflict/Doubt: Theme- Covenant: (Deal, Promise) Theme- Call: Theme- Slavery/Salvation: Theme- Salute to a King: Theme- Symbol of a Lamp: Theme- A Savior:
I learned that some things in US and India are very different. They speak 1,652 different languages just in India which is crazy. That is like each state in the US having a different language. It is very hard to get a VISA there and it was a miracle that he actually did. He told … Continue reading JP Visit