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COVER: Gavin 12 and Sophie 7 of White Cloud, MI say goodbye to brick-n-mortor school and go on a cross-country adventure with their artist parents! Football Rivalries & Greats: The great rivalry of Packers v Bears has stood the test of time as shared by Erik Slaby 17 of Mount Dora, FL, just as Florida State's coaching great Bobby Bowden has lead and inspired for generations as written by Carolyn 13 of Eustis, FL. US Naval Academy: 18-year old Chase of Mount Dora, FL dips his feet into the great military academy at a summer seminar full of physical and mental challenges. Plus much more!

COVER: Gavin 12 and Sophie 7 of White Cloud, MI say goodbye to brick-n-mortor school and go on a cross-country adventure with their artist parents!
Football Rivalries & Greats: The great rivalry of Packers v Bears has stood the test of time as shared by Erik Slaby 17 of Mount Dora, FL, just as Florida State's coaching great Bobby Bowden has lead and inspired for generations as written by Carolyn 13 of Eustis, FL.
US Naval Academy: 18-year old Chase of Mount Dora, FL dips his feet into the great military academy at a summer seminar full of physical and mental challenges.
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Gavin & Sophie, White Cloud, MI,<br />

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16 Chess Like Life<br />

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Would you rather go 200 years into the<br />

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200 years in the future. That way we would<br />

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200 years in the future because it would be<br />

cool to observe.<br />

Rafael 11, Leesburg, FL<br />

Shayla 10 Leesburg, FL<br />

200 years into the future because then I<br />

could see what my great-great<br />

grandchildren would look like.<br />

I would rather go 200 years in the future so<br />

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see how the economy turns out.<br />

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Benjamin 14, Mount Dora, FL<br />

Fave Book Series<br />

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Percy Jackson (4)<br />

Harry Potter (4)<br />

Twilight (3)<br />

I would have to pick the future to see how<br />

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Megan 10, Apopka, FL<br />

I would go 200 years into the future<br />

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Samantha 10, Melbourne Beach, FL<br />

Neither! Why can't I stay here? Ha-ha!<br />

Well, I would have to say the future. So<br />

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see what people have accomplished and<br />

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Heaven 11, Melbourne, FL<br />

I would rather go 200 years into the future<br />

because I would want to see how my<br />

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future generations. Did we make it better, or<br />

did we make it worse?<br />

Victoria 14, Orlando, FL<br />

200 years in the past because I could fix<br />

some of our problems that we deal with in<br />

our society.<br />

Brianna 11, Port St. John, FL<br />

200 years in the future so I could see the<br />

new technology they have.<br />

Mason 9, Holmen, WI<br />

200 years in the past because I love history<br />

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Christina 12, Orlando, FL<br />

Future, because it would cool to see how<br />

life has changed.<br />

WOW, that is hard... I would have to say<br />

"FUTURE!” Because I can see how much the<br />

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a lot. Plus I have so many dreams written<br />

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Megan 10, Apopka, FL<br />

200 years into the past. <strong>The</strong>n I can learn<br />

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Nathaniel 14, La Crosse, WI<br />

<strong>The</strong> future so I could see what peoples’ lives<br />

will be like then.<br />

Cassidy 11, Clermont, FL<br />

200 years in the future because I could see<br />

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Helping<br />

Editor’s Note: Florida high<br />

school students volunteer to<br />

qualify for some college<br />

scholarships. <strong>The</strong> Smarty<br />

Panthers program pairs Eustis<br />

High School students with 4th<br />

and 5th graders from area<br />

elementary schools.<br />

By Madison 17, Eustis, FL<br />

Eustis High School<br />

........................<br />

<strong>The</strong> Smarty Panthers program has really<br />

started to pick up steam. My mom and I<br />

started the program almost a year ago as a<br />

way for high school students to help<br />

elementary school students while earning<br />

volunteer hours in the process. It has greatly<br />

spread by word of mouth and through<br />

recognition from receiving <strong>The</strong> Jefferson<br />

Award and through coverage by the local<br />

news media.<br />

<strong>The</strong> benefits of this program are<br />

immense, not just for the students but the<br />

school as well. While we don’t directly make<br />

money or a profit off of this program, we<br />

indirectly help the elementary school retain<br />

or gain funding through improved FCAT<br />

scores.<br />

It even shows. Just this year I worked<br />

with a boy in 5th grade, one hour a week for<br />

half the year, who went from a “D” in math<br />

to a “B.” All he needed was a little<br />

specialized attention, which I easily related<br />

to and it felt great to know that even in some<br />

small way, I might have helped him improve.<br />

So, I encourage all high school students<br />

looking for volunteer hours, or just wanting to<br />

make a difference to take part in this and<br />

volunteer, even for just an hour and see if<br />

you don’t fall in love with the idea of helping<br />

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My Worst<br />

By Timmy 11, Apopka, FL<br />

Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic School<br />

........................<br />

My worst day ever was the day my daddy went<br />

away from home for a long time. My daddy is in<br />

the United States Air Force Reserves. When they<br />

say Reserves it means that he’s only in the military<br />

part-time. For me it sure doesn’t feel like part-time.<br />

On my worst day ever my daddy left to go to<br />

Afghanistan. He missed almost all of my first grade<br />

year!<br />

My worst day started early. We got up early<br />

to go to the base. We all sat in a big room that was<br />

sort of like a movie theater. I just wanted to be<br />

home playing with my daddy because we only had<br />

a little time left before he had to leave. <strong>The</strong>re were<br />

lots of families in the big room with us, but no one<br />

really felt like playing. We were sad and scared<br />

that our dads and even some moms were leaving<br />

again. I listened to the grown-ups talk about all of<br />

the shots my daddy needed to get to protect him<br />

from the terrible diseases they have in Afghanistan.<br />

It was scary to think about. My mommy told me that<br />

I shouldn’t be scared about that because the shots<br />

would protect him from the diseases, but I don’t<br />

know how they know that for sure. People get flu<br />

shots and still get the flu.<br />

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When we went outside the news reporters<br />

were there with a big line of trucks and buses. I<br />

watched my daddy load up all of his bags onto<br />

a big truck. I could tell his bags from everyone<br />

else’s because I used markers to draw pictures<br />

and messages on the outside of his duffle bags.<br />

<strong>The</strong> news reporter asked if she could interview<br />

me with my daddy. That means she wanted to<br />

talk to us to ask us how we felt about my daddy<br />

going to Afghanistan. I wanted to tell her the<br />

truth that I was sad and didn’t want him to go.<br />

But my mommy said that I had to be brave and<br />

tell the reporter that I am proud of my daddy<br />

and grateful that people like my daddy are<br />

willing to go to war to protect me and other<br />

Americans we don’t even know.<br />

Day Ever<br />

After the interview I hugged my daddy<br />

one last time and watched him leave on the<br />

bus. I was brave until I got in the car and<br />

then I cried all the way home because I knew<br />

that it was going to be a long time before I<br />

could see my daddy again. Some dads die<br />

over there and never get to come home.<br />

I am proud of my daddy. I am grateful<br />

that people like my daddy are willing to go<br />

to war to protect us. I don’t know if strangers<br />

know how hard it is for kids like me to say<br />

good-bye to their dads when they leave.<br />

When my daddy left it was my worst<br />

day ever.


Day-To-Day<br />

By Anna Scott 11, Eustis, FL<br />

Homeschooled<br />

........................<br />

“Wake up! Wake up! It's<br />

Thanksgiving!” six year old<br />

Henry screams into my ear<br />

like a bullhorn in the middle<br />

of the night. As it's only five<br />

thirty in the morning and he<br />

was interrupting my sweet<br />

dreams, I grumbled, “Go<br />

away! Get back to bed! I<br />

don't want to get up. Go<br />

away!”<br />

“But it's<br />

What a regular day is like.<br />

Thanksgiving!” the bullhorn<br />

sounds again. “I don't care,” I mumble. “Oh well,” he sighs as he<br />

stalks off.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n this same scene is repeated by my oldest brother, Jack,<br />

age nine, and my youngest brother, Benjamin, who is two, coming<br />

into my room to try to wake me.<br />

Finally, after much<br />

groaning, I get up, unprepared to do<br />

anything except eat breakfast. My<br />

mother is already up, ready to do the<br />

billion chores that “must be done” before<br />

the 30 or so guests arrive for our<br />

Thanksgiving feast. My opinion is that our<br />

family who arrive for lunch really do not<br />

care if there is dust underneath the chairs<br />

or the dishwasher is empty, but that is<br />

definitely not my mother's opinion.<br />

Anyways, after a morning of chores, we get to my favorite<br />

part, which is setting the table. I just love creating pretty patterns<br />

with the beautiful china and napkins. Since the guests will be<br />

arriving any minute, I change out of my work clothes and go out to<br />

greet them.<br />

Forty-five minutes later, everyone is present and ready to<br />

consume the abundance of food. Roasted turkey. Baked ham. Tart<br />

cranberry sauce. Pecan, apple, and pumpkin pie. Deviled eggs. We<br />

definitely have a feast spread on the table!<br />

After lunch, my cousins,<br />

brothers, and I run out to play for the<br />

next five hours. We help my father<br />

build the biggest bonfire you have ever<br />

seen out in our sand pit. Eventually we<br />

eat a quick dinner of leftovers from<br />

lunch before lighting the bonfire.<br />

Slowly neighbors, friends,<br />

and family begin to arrive, carrying<br />

desserts to share and looking forward to<br />

sitting around the fire and going on a<br />

hayride. My brothers and I grab all the<br />

children who arrive for an attack on the<br />

dessert table. We also like to play jokes by snatching our parents'<br />

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This was the year they decided to homeschool us<br />

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Overall, it was very rewarding, but there were<br />

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We left Michigan the first week of October<br />

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truck starts whining, and makes high pitched<br />

screaming noises while driving up the West<br />

Virginia Mountains, you need to down shift! As<br />

a family that homeschools, we stayed in as many<br />

parks as we could. Such as Ft. DeSoto, Oscar<br />

Scherer and Wekiva Springs.<br />

From North to South Florida we looped the<br />

state three times meeting some of the greatest<br />

people at art shows and RV parks. Some of my<br />

experiences living in a 26 foot travel trailer<br />

started in my bedroom. It is 4 ½ feet wide and 6<br />

feet long with bunk beds. We have a full kitchen<br />

and full bathroom. School is difficult for me in<br />

general because I have A.D.D. so it is very hard<br />

to focus while doing my work. I would take a<br />

break and eat every 2 hours. Learning<br />

independence on this trip was time well spent for<br />

me. My bedroom made for a cozy learning<br />

spot. <strong>The</strong> best times were after we would get our<br />

work done.<br />

We were usually only a few minutes from a<br />

beach. <strong>The</strong> best part about living in Florida was<br />

being by the water. Almost every day we went<br />

to the beach at low tide to walk in the shallows.<br />

It was so pleasurable swimming, walking and<br />

finding treasures. We would find beach glass<br />

and tiles that washed up. My mom and dad<br />

would use those found pieces in their art.<br />

I also very much liked staying at the Florida<br />

parks. Some of the things that I liked to learn at<br />

the parks were about our ancestors that lived<br />

there before it became a state or county park,<br />

and all of the animals that lived at each one.<br />

When we kayaked at Ft. De Soto we saw<br />

stingrays, sharks, dolphins and Lightning<br />

Whelks. While staying at Oscar Scherer, we saw<br />

the Florida Scrub Jay, and the Gopher Tortoise.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Scrub Jay is only located in a very small<br />

area.<br />

Wekiva Springs was the best mountain and<br />

street biking I’ve ever done. Snorkeling in the<br />

cool springs felt wonderful! <strong>The</strong> most unusual<br />

place that we stayed at was downtown South<br />

Miami, on the side of the road just behind<br />

Sunset Drive. It was like having a Condo in<br />

Downtown Miami! Driving in Miami, pulling our<br />

trailer was quite an adventure for my dad. <strong>The</strong><br />

corners are sharp and the streets are tight. We<br />

parked behind the Winn Dixie, went to eat, saw<br />

a movie, and went to a candy store that had a<br />

five pound gummy bear. All only a two-minute<br />

walk away! Plus our spot in the art show was just<br />

out our door. <strong>The</strong> rough part was we didn't have<br />

air conditioning. It was 90 degrees outside and<br />

sleeping was sweaty.<br />

During the shows Sophie and I taught<br />

ourselves to make balloon animals. We would<br />

walk around the art shows giving the balloon<br />

animals away. It made us feel so good!<br />

Sometimes we would make tips. One time we<br />

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one and five dollar bills! If you have never been<br />

to an art show, you should go!<br />

<strong>The</strong> five month trip went by fast; we do miss<br />

it. We have been home back for a month now.<br />

We like being back, but we like to travel too.<br />

My mom says, "We were immersed in the<br />

college of life.” Things you put importance in<br />

somehow change. Selling art was wonderful, but<br />

the opportunity of spending time together, on a<br />

learning adventure, was priceless!<br />

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By Erik Slaby 17, Mount Dora,FL<br />

A-Team Writer / Homeschooled<br />

<strong>The</strong> peacefulness of fall is here; the leaves<br />

are turning and there’s a chill in the air. But<br />

there’s one day this season when it’s not<br />

too peaceful and quiet. That day is<br />

Sunday. That’s right, it’s football season!<br />

For five months the <strong>32</strong> teams in the NFL<br />

will face each other and battle for a<br />

chance to go to the Super Bowl and hold<br />

the storied Lombardi Trophy.<br />

On game day, the emotions of the<br />

teams and their fans are high, but none are<br />

nearly as high as when the Green Bay<br />

Packers and the Chicago Bears face each<br />

other.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Packers vs. Bears is the NFL’s<br />

longest running rivalry. <strong>The</strong> teams have<br />

played an astounding 185 times, the most<br />

in NFL history since the two teams first<br />

squared off in 1921. According to a Green<br />

Bay Packers spokesperson, “<strong>The</strong>y have<br />

played a total of 183 times (plus 2 playoff<br />

games) with the Packers winning 86, the<br />

Bears winning 91 and 6 ties being<br />

recorded.” Both teams have won a playoff<br />

game against each other.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is no rivalry in football that even<br />

comes close to this rivalry in passion and<br />

longevity. <strong>The</strong> Packers and Bears are in the<br />

same division so they play twice a year;<br />

these two games are circled on the<br />

calendar and anticipated by both teams<br />

and their fans.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Packers / Bears rivalry is<br />

underscorded by games in which fans have<br />

felt “cheated” of victory. In the 70s and<br />

80s, the rivalry heated up when the<br />

Packers consistently found themselves on<br />

the losing side. Those games inspired<br />

disdain from Packer players and fans alike.<br />

On the flip side, the Packers<br />

dominated in the 90s and 2000s. One of<br />

the more memorable games in this rivalry<br />

that the Bears thought they should have<br />

won is the game now know as "<strong>The</strong> Instant<br />

Replay Game."<br />

In the Instant Replay Game, the<br />

Packers were losing, and in the final<br />

seconds Packers quarterback Don<br />

Majkowski scrambled around the field for<br />

a receiver and threw a touchdown to win<br />

the game. At first it appeared that<br />

Majkowski had crossed the line of<br />

scrimmage before throwing the pass. <strong>The</strong><br />

officials reviewed the play and deemed it a<br />

Packers touchdown, which won the game.<br />

Bears fans today still believe they were<br />

cheated out of a victory.<br />

<strong>The</strong> winning tradition of both teams<br />

proves them both to be stellar contenders.<br />

Bears owner George Halas, Packers<br />

founder Earl “Curly” Lambeau and<br />

legendary coach Vince Lombardi, won a<br />

combined 19 NFL championships. In total,<br />

the teams have won a combined 22 NFL<br />

championships. <strong>The</strong> Packers have won an<br />

NFL record of 13 championships. <strong>The</strong> Bears<br />

have won nine. Together, both teams have<br />

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<strong>The</strong> NFL has <strong>32</strong> teams<br />

competing with each other<br />

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Super Bowl. Almost all of the<br />

teams are owned by a single<br />

major owner. All except one<br />

team. <strong>The</strong> Green Bay<br />

Packers defy the ordinary<br />

and are owned by the fans.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Packers are the only<br />

professional sports team in<br />

the U.S that is community<br />

owned. Fans have coveted<br />

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Hundreds of thousands of<br />

shares have been sold to<br />

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and most recently to fund<br />

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As a Packer fan myself,<br />

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on my pile of presents. What<br />

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my hands was my very own<br />

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By Carolyn 13, Eustis, FL<br />

Eustis Middle School<br />

I recently went to an Fellowship of<br />

Christian Athletes (FCA) luncheon<br />

and let me say, it inspired me in more<br />

ways than one. <strong>The</strong> event was hosted<br />

by Mr. Sammie Smith, a retired NFL<br />

player, who was extremely generous<br />

and down to earth.<br />

Although there were many guest<br />

speakers, the main speaker was Mr.<br />

Bobby Bowden. For those of you who<br />

may not know who that is, Mr.<br />

Bowden was the FSU football coach<br />

for 34 years. He didn't just coach<br />

though, he inspired thousands of<br />

athletes. And that's what he came to<br />

talk to us about.<br />

<strong>The</strong> luncheon was amazing!<br />

Bobby Bowden told stories that<br />

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touchdowns, or amazing passes. He<br />

told stories that enlightened all of us.<br />

<strong>The</strong> whole experience definitely<br />

opened my eyes, and made me thank<br />

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hour and a half.<br />

As an athlete myself, I am<br />

thankful that there is a great club like<br />

FCA that brings religion and sports<br />

together. It was an overall beautiful<br />

experience, and I am so glad that I<br />

went! Mr. Bowden was an excellent<br />

speaker, a great football coach, but<br />

an even better man. He has touched<br />

hundreds of thousands of hearts, and<br />

inspired hundreds of thousands of<br />

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Mr. Bowden to travel around the<br />

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It was a great honor to be able to<br />

listen to the legend, and I hope that I<br />

may be able to hear Mr. Bowden<br />

speak again.<br />

BOWDEN FACTOIDS<br />

By Erik Slaby 17, Mount Dora,FL<br />

Winningest football head coach.<br />

Only had two losing seasons as a<br />

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His last win as a head coach of FSU<br />

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Was a head coach from 1959-1962<br />

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Tommy was a head coach at<br />

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Mount Dora High School<br />

After I graduate from high<br />

school, I will attend collage at<br />

Colorado University and<br />

graduate with a degree in<br />

marketing and design and<br />

become a graphics designer.<br />

I plan to win the lottery as<br />

soon as I turn eighteen and<br />

then after I graduate from<br />

college, I will live in a house in<br />

the middle of nowhere<br />

probably two or three stories<br />

high, with a nice mustang or<br />

Lamborghini outside my house<br />

in the separate garage that<br />

also has two stories. <strong>The</strong> first<br />

floor of the garage room there<br />

will be all my fancy cars and<br />

in the upstairs is like an attic<br />

for stuff that I don’t plan on<br />

using anytime soon so I will<br />

just put all the random things<br />

around the house that I don’t<br />

need inside of this attic for my<br />

children to find one day when<br />

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I am apart of a robotics<br />

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the things that I don’t want to<br />

do like mowing the lawn and<br />

getting me a snack when I am<br />

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This would be the ideal<br />

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I would work in my own<br />

business that I would start from<br />

scratch that would do graphics<br />

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In conclusion, this is my<br />

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My Dream Snake<br />

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Round Lake Elementary<br />

I went to the Repticon (Reptile<br />

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python, because they are beautiful.<br />

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Eventually I did find a booth with a<br />

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which is cheap for a carpet python. <strong>The</strong><br />

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By Chace 18, Mount Dora, FL<br />

Christian Home & Bible<br />

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training session, then<br />

progressing through a<br />

day of academic,<br />

My summer, so far, has been a<br />

leadership, and<br />

great experience full of exciting<br />

character<br />

Accepting<br />

<strong>The</strong><br />

Challenge!<br />

opportunities. It started at the<br />

United States Naval Academy<br />

Summer Seminar in the first<br />

week of June. <strong>The</strong> seminar is<br />

designed to show upcoming<br />

seniors why they should consider<br />

applying to and attending the<br />

Academy, then later serving our<br />

country through the United<br />

States Navy or Marine Corps as<br />

an officer.<br />

It was probably the most<br />

physically and mentally<br />

demanding week of my life. It<br />

involved waking up at 5:00 am<br />

every morning for a physical<br />

development.<br />

<strong>The</strong> week culminated with<br />

mock Sea Trials, an eight hour<br />

training session designed to<br />

stress you and your team’s<br />

mental and physical strength.<br />

Overall, the experience changed<br />

me and reminded me why I want<br />

to attend the Academy after my<br />

senior year.<br />

After I flew home from the<br />

Academy, I switched gears to<br />

return to the Hugh O’Brian<br />

Youth Leadership (HOBY)<br />

seminar for Mid-Florida at<br />

Eckerd College in St. Petersburg.<br />

I was<br />

chosen to return this<br />

year as a junior facilitator after<br />

being the ambassador for<br />

Christian Home & Bible School<br />

in 2011.<br />

My experience this year<br />

was even better than I could<br />

have imagined. <strong>The</strong> opportunity<br />

to help this year’s ambassadors<br />

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changes they went through<br />

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to believe that that was me one<br />

year ago.<br />

Chess<br />

By David 11, Leesburg, FL<br />

Tavares Middle School<br />

........................<br />

In the game of chess, there<br />

are many positions that are<br />

very important. <strong>The</strong> most<br />

important piece is the king;<br />

but in my opinion the knight<br />

is the most important. That is<br />

what I think I am.<br />

<strong>The</strong> knight is the one that defends and protects the<br />

king. He is the rock of everything else. He is very<br />

strong. I obey and protect my mother and family like a<br />

knight for his king. When my family is upset or sad and<br />

going through rough times, I say ‘’it will be okay’’ and I<br />

take care of them.<br />

I would be the knight because the knight sounds like<br />

someone you would want to be one of your best friends<br />

and that is like me and I know that because when my<br />

best friend was having family troubles, I was the first one<br />

he called. I have awesome friends.<br />

I think I’m the knight because I like to help and<br />

defend people. I like to help the homeless and be<br />

generous. I love people and I have a good personality<br />

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and I would risk my life for someone if I wanted to and<br />

I think a knight should also.<br />

My duties as a knight are very important. It would<br />

be my honor to protect, serve, and defend my family,<br />

friends and kingdom. I am like that in real life.<br />

In the future I think a knight would protect using a<br />

double laser sword and a mega speed hover craft,<br />

similar to a police man who is loyal and strong.<br />

A knight always tries his best. He just tries to bring<br />

his ‘’A’’ game to everything. I like to do that and I try<br />

my best at everything that I do and show what I’ve<br />

achieved. A knight does that exact thing. If I was a<br />

knight, I would take it head-on and take it seriously<br />

and I would be loving it and taking it in all the time.<br />

So, those are the cherishing reasons I would be a<br />

knight in real life.<br />

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I find the perfect subject. A<br />

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<strong>The</strong>n, Snap! Another<br />

beautiful picture. I’m in my<br />

garden with my camera<br />

searching for anything worth<br />

looking at. Ohhh… that’s<br />

really pretty. <strong>The</strong> sun is<br />

setting and the trees are<br />

silhouetted against the sky. I<br />

snap a pic.<br />

I love taking pictures. It’s<br />

such a good feeling when you<br />

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everyone to enjoy.<br />

<strong>The</strong> moment you see a<br />

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Xylophone Mania!<br />

By Jackson 9, Mount Dora, FL<br />

<strong>Bunk</strong> <strong>Room</strong>ie JAy-Team Writer<br />

Round Lake Elementary<br />

This year in the 4th grade, I joined a<br />

music ensemble group called the “Orfffins.”<br />

“Orff” is the name of the company<br />

that makes our school’s musical<br />

instruments and “fins” is a reminder that<br />

our school’s mascot is the<br />

dolphin. My music<br />

teacher’s name is Mrs.<br />

Frasier. Everyone in the<br />

group plays the<br />

xylophone.<br />

We are learning<br />

multiple songs for a<br />

concert that we are going<br />

to play in December. <strong>The</strong><br />

latest song that we<br />

learned is called the “Long Legged<br />

Sailor.” <strong>The</strong> words go like this: “Have you<br />

ever, ever, ever, ever in your long-legged<br />

life met a long-legged sailor with a longlegged<br />

wife?” I think it’s a strange song!<br />

It’s hard to play on the xylophone, too!<br />

Our group meets every Tuesday and<br />

Thursday morning before school. Each<br />

class is 45 minutes long. Mrs. Frasier<br />

taught us how to hold the xylophone<br />

mallets by telling us to remember, “Pinch,<br />

Grasp, Ride the Bike.” First we should<br />

pinch the mallets one inch from their base.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n, we close our hands around them<br />

and grasp them firmly so they will make a<br />

good sound when we hit the xylophone<br />

with them. <strong>The</strong>n, we move our<br />

hands into a position like we’re riding a<br />

bike to play. When we strike the<br />

xylophone, we should aim for the middle<br />

of the bars, not the bottom or top. That<br />

makes a better sound.<br />

I’m excited about the concert in<br />

December and hope that everyone<br />

remembers their part.<br />

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Slice-O-Life<br />

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By Emma 13, Sorrento, FL<br />

<strong>Bunk</strong> <strong>Room</strong>ie A-Team Writer<br />

Homechooled<br />

Everyone likes sports, and Drew<br />

Vaillant’s favorite is soccer. Drew is<br />

twelve years old and lives in<br />

Lakeville, MN. He goes to<br />

school at Scott Highlands<br />

Middle School. When<br />

Drew was younger he<br />

played baseball,<br />

basketball, and soccer.<br />

He was best at soccer.<br />

“I was better at<br />

soccer than both of my<br />

friends . . .because my<br />

friends didn’t play a<br />

lot of soccer,” Drew<br />

explained. “<strong>The</strong>n a<br />

few years later when<br />

we all played soccer we were part of<br />

a soccer club. When we had tryouts<br />

for the different teams I made it on the<br />

first best team and my friends made it<br />

on the second best team. Now we are<br />

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Drew’s team, <strong>The</strong> Devils, plays in<br />

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outdoor, with world-wide participants.<br />

As a forward and now a left, midfielder,<br />

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Habilis Boy<br />

Putting It Back Together<br />

By Benjamin Slaby 14,<br />

Mt Dora, FL, <strong>Bunk</strong> <strong>Room</strong>ie A-Team<br />

Homeschooled<br />

Blog Excerpt: Restoring a ’96<br />

Camaro.<br />

Day 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

Today my brother and I jacked up<br />

the Camaro and took off the<br />

wheels. I had a little trouble<br />

because the car fell off of my jack<br />

so I had to call home and have<br />

my sister bring me my other jack<br />

so I could jack it up to get the<br />

other one out. Once I got the<br />

wheels off, we drove to the tire<br />

shop and I had the tires switched<br />

USA Cup and the Soccer Blast indoor<br />

tournament. In <strong>The</strong> USA Cup Drew and<br />

his team played against Brazil,<br />

Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica,<br />

Columbia and Puerto<br />

Rico.<br />

One of his<br />

favorite parts of <strong>The</strong><br />

USA Cup is pin trading.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> pin trading is a<br />

hobby. When I come<br />

back home from the<br />

USA cup I like to show<br />

off my pins,” Drew<br />

said. <strong>The</strong> teams trade<br />

different pins from<br />

their countries. His<br />

team won against<br />

Canada, Mexico,<br />

Columbia, Costa<br />

Rica, Brazil, Australia and<br />

Puerto Rico.<br />

When Drew gets older he wants to<br />

be in the Olympics and play in <strong>The</strong><br />

World Cup. His advice to everyone is,<br />

“When you feel like giving up, keep on<br />

trying. Sometimes when we play<br />

against the second Mexican team and<br />

they are beating us, I feel like giving<br />

up, but I keep on trying no matter what<br />

happens.”<br />

Habilis means “handyman” and dates back to<br />

the classification of early man, known as Homo<br />

Habilis. That’s when man started using tools and<br />

became pretty handy around the house. We have<br />

our own resident Habilis man, in boy size: Benjamin.<br />

over to the new wheels. I ended<br />

up having to pay the guy $50<br />

to get them balanced and<br />

swapped. When I got back I<br />

installed the wheels. I had<br />

trouble installing them because<br />

the center hole for the grease cap<br />

wasn't large enough to fit all of<br />

the way over the cap. I am going<br />

to have to grind down the wheels<br />

a little bit to make them work.<br />

Today I made the car look nicer<br />

with the wheels. . . .<br />

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