February 26

The 7th grade Logan Elm braves season

The 7th grade Logan Elm Braves went undefeated during the season. They played every team twice and won all three of their playoff games including the championship game. In total they went 18-0.

 

They played Circleville Tigers, Liberty Union, Fairfield Union, Teays Valley East and Teays Valley West, Bloom Carroll, and Hamilton Township. They played Teays Valley East in the first playoff game. Then played Teays Valley West in the second playoff game. Finally played Fairfield Union in the championship game.

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February 24

Baseball Tryouts

At our school Logan Elm we have baseball tryouts. During baseball tryouts you tryout to make the team like in any sport. Whenever you tryout you normally go to the position that you are best at, so then the coach will see how good you are and pick you. Our 7th grade baseball coach is keeping 12 people on the team. The years before you played for your elementary school team. Logan elm has three elementary schools. Laurelville, Pickaway, and Washington. Whenever you still play for the elementary team there are different levels. The first level would be K-2, the next would be 1-2 , then it would be 3-4, and last but not least 5-6. Therefore those are some of the things about Logan elm.

The last two years for the elementary schools the 5-6 grade Laurelville team has won the championships, but now this year we combine all of the elementary school teams and that’s why the school only keeps 12 so everybody can have playing time. Also the biggest thing about 7th grade is now scouts for college watch to see how good you are. Most of the time people keep stats. My parents this year if I make the team are going to keep stats for me so I can study and see what I need to work on.  Another big thing is you might not make the team for the next year even though you made the team from the previous year. So that is why I recommend taking lessons for whatever sport you play. Like I do for baseball. It doesn’t have to be baseball, it can be basketball, football, soccer or whatever you play. Therefore that is a little about Logan Elm baseball and tryouts. 

February 19

Showcase

Every year for competition dance, we do a showcase in February.  This year, it is this weekend.  Basically, it is a performance in front of friends and family to get us ready for real competitions.  At this one, I am performing four competition dances.  I am doing a solo, a duo, a group, and a production.  If you weren’t aware, a solo is one person, a duo is two, my group is six, and the production has thirty-three.  In the morning of the showcase, we have to practice on stage.  We must arrive at 8:30 am and we don’t get to leave until around 9 o’clock at night.  It is a very long day, especially for the little girls.  The youngest on the competition team is four years old.  Our February showcase is this weekend.

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February 19

Middle School Girls Basketball

The 2019-2020 seventh grade girls basketball team was coached by Chad Savage. In the first picture above starting from top left, Coach Savage, Mckenna 23, Bailey 34, Maggie 13, Kinsley 24, and Macie 22. On the bottom, from left, Gracie 4, Ella 3, Mia 14, and Hannah 11.

The eighth grade girls basketball team was coached by Tom Congrove, former Logan Elm girls Varsity coach. From top left in the picture, Kaitlyn 20, Katarina 4, Enaja 11, Coach Congrove, Brooke 10, Jenna 1, Addison 5, Cadence 35, September 15, Cadence 52, Tia 50, Clara 12, and Jenna 40.

For the seventh grade girls basketball team Hamilton Middle School did not have a seventh grade team, so there was an odd number of teams. Since there is an odd number, the number one seed Liberty Union got a bye and we did not have a play-in game. On Saturday, February 1st, the seventh grade team played Bloom Carroll, the number two seed. The seventh grade girls basketball team ended their season with a loss to Bloom Carroll.

 

There was an even amount of teams for the eighth grade level so they got a play-in game against Hamilton’s team on Thursday, January 30th. It was an extremely close game, but Logan Elm pulled it off and won 29 to 28. After that the eighth grade girls team played Bloom Carroll on Saturday, February 1st. The eighth grade girls basketball team ended their season with a loss to Bloom Carroll.

Both seventh and eighth grade basketball teams improved throughout the season. Everyone had fun and got along great. The 2019-2020 middle school basketball team was a great learning experience for all.

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February 13

Valentine’s Day- Its Meaning, and Its History

So Valentine’s Day. Most of us know what this day/ holiday is, but how many of us know what it is truly about or where it is derived from? Today I’m going to be explaining Valentine’s Day, its history and how it is celebrated here at McDowell.

When most of us think about Valentine’s Day, we tend to think of love, and getting each other gifts and romance and all of that other… stuff. Did you know that Valentine’s Day is named after a person, or why it’s celebrated today? Well today’s blog post will cover all of that.

Starting off, what is the back story behind Valentine’s Day? To start, this holiday originated in a Roman festival, Lupercalia. This festival celebrated the coming of Spring, and held a lottery to pair men and women. Later a pope replaced Lupercalia with the title of St. Valentine’s Day. It later became a day to celebrate love in the 14th century and up. The most popular legend states that this title came from a priest named St. Valentine, whom was a priest that defied the emperor of Rome’s orders and married couples so the husbands could be spared from the war. That is the reason that this day is associated with love.

In McDowell, we celebrate Valentine’s Day by taking a compatibility test, which is a survey that takes your results and tells you your match. We also celebrate by doing a few activities like line graphs and such. We also have the option to buy candy for someone. Apart from the past and modern concept, this is how McDowell celebrates Valentine’s Day.

If you want to find out some more info on Valentine’s Day, then check out the link. Valentine’s Day

February 10

What we are doing at school!

7th grade at McDowell is doing an Aleks reward system. Aleks is a website that helps students learn more and practice math. Aleks can be very useful for teachers wanting to get their students working more on math. We sometimes have topics due for a certain day, it is assigned kind of like homework for the week. We also have homework due including the Aleks topics. The reward system works by you progressing by the hundreds. There is no reward for 100 but there is for everything else up to 200 Aleks topics you get a candy bar. 300 Aleks topics mastered you get a Logan Elm T-shirt if you get 400 topics mastered you get a root beer float. If and once someone masters 500 topics you get a pizza party. 

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February 7

Compatibility

Hi! It is Lindsay from McDowell schools and I am here to talk about a Compatibility Test our school is having. Ya, ya, I know it sounds SUPER crazy but, well, it is. I think it is going to be SUPER fun when we find out our results and what not. I for one am very excited about this test because I think it will be a fun little Valentines day treat.

This Compatibility thing we are having is for Valentines day. Everybody already took the test and now we are just waiting for the results. The test was maybe 30 questions asking you about you likes, dislike, gender, height and other things. The whole school is doing this test so I am kinda nervous about along with everyone else. We are selling them for a dollar each so it is kind of like a fundraiser for our school.

The test results will show you the top 10 people you are most compatible with. Girls will get boys and boys will get girls. Then it will show you your top 3 best friend matches. Next it will show you your least compatible matches and finally 1 random match. It shows the persons name and the percent compatible off to the side.

Again, this is just a little, fun school fundraiser for Valentines day. I really am looking forward to buying my results and knowing who I am compatible with. I really hope my best friend isn’t my least compatible match!

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February 3

Superbowl LIV (54)

For Superbowl LIV, the Kansas City Chiefs will face off against the San Francisco 49ers.   The Kansas City Chiefs have traveled a rough road getting here though.  During the middle of the season their star quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a broken knee cap which hurt the team by not having him.  The 49ers haven’t had it so rough though, considering they went 13-3 in the regular season.  The playoffs leading up to the Superbowl were pretty crazy because The chiefs were down by 10 or more points in both playoff games leading up to the Superbowl.  Their first playoff game against the Texans they were down 24-0, but still game back to win.

In Superbowl LIV it’s going to be San Francisco great run game and defense against the Chiefs fast pace passing game; who will win, that is yet to be determined.

The winning factor of Superbowl LIV was the fast pace passing game of the Kansas City Chiefs.  The Kansas City Chiefs came out victorious in 31-20 win over the San Francisco 49ers.  Again the Chiefs were down 10 at the start of the 4th quarter.  But, Patrick Mahomes showed what he was made of by leading two consecutive scoring drives with a passing touchdown and another touchdown with a hand off to Damien Williams to seal the deal.

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January 31

Julia-Techy chapter 1

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This is a original chapter that I made for a book series that I am working on called Techy. Techy is a book series about a 19 year old who works at a cafe. The 19 year olds name is Roco. Roco really hates his job But he cant quit his job because he does not have a lot of money and he lives on his won. Roco really wants to go to college but he cant at the slow rate hes making money. But then one miserable day Roco gets the opportunity of a life time.

Have you ever watched a “HALLMARK” movie? You know one of the ones at Christmas time where there’s a nice calm little town. The little town has a nice bakery or something like that. That cute little bakery is never packed and it’s always so calm and quiet!

WELL THAT’S NOT MY LITTLE TOWNS CAFE/BAKERY OR WHATEVER!

“Please calm down!” I said “You will get your drink soon, I promise!” This is the reality of my small towns “nice” cafe. Since there’s no other cafe/bakery’s our place is always busy. A ton of customers were yelling at me at the same time for their drink.“Hey!” I yelled at our baristas whatever that means. “Does someone want to work the register? All these Karen’s are going to LITERALLY kill me!” “NO!” All the baristas yelled at the same time.

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“ I don’t see what you think is so special about that curly haired kid.” Said my assistant. “He’s special, you’ll see” I said. I closed my laptop and stood up. I took one last glance at the curly haired kid. “We really need him you’ll see.” I said quietly. 

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Man being a barista is so hard! My best friend really has it easy! All he has to do its work the register and take orders. Well at least my shift is FINALLY over. I am exhausted. I went into the break room to grab my keys from my locker. 

But then I saw something on the floor. Oh no what is it? A crocodile, alligator, a HUGE spider? Oh no I hate spiders! They are so creepy with all of their legs and their eyes! What should I do? Should I turn on the light? Do I really want to see what it is?

After much hesitation, I turned on the light! I screamed in terror at what I saw. 

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I was lying on the floor when I heard a scream. Oh no there’s probably a spider and it scared Thomas. “DUDE OH NO! PLEASE TELL ME YOU’RE NOT DEAD!” Thomas screamed in terror. Thomas rolled me onto my back. 

“Calm down” I said quietly, ” I’m just taking a nap.” I rolled my eyes. “I’m tired I don’t have time for this Thomas. Working the cash register is the WORST,” I said with an annoyed tone. “Sorry you just looked so…..you know …dead!” He said. I jumped up on my feet. “I really need and want to go home. Bye Thomas.” “Bye?” He said questionably. My job can be really weird sometimes. I just wanted to take a nap. 

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I heard the keys jingling in the door.”You ready?” I whispered to my assistant. My assistant gave me a big smile. “Yup I hope this “Roco” is ready” he said. 

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January 22

Track and Field By: Michael Bock

Track and Field is a sport that involves things like running and jumping. Track involves many different events that are played in meets. Track is one of the oldest sports and originated in Greece. Track started in seven hundred seventy six B.C. and was also apart of the first Olympics. Track involves many records for each of its events for example Usain Bolt set the record for the one hundred meter dash and set a time of 9.58 seconds and is regarded as the fastest man in the world. Track is played mostly on a rubberized artificial running surface and is supposed to withstand all weather conditions. Track is played in multiple events mostly in dashes or sprints but also have events like jumping in hurdles or long jumps, throwing is another major event type which includes shot put, discus and javelin.

Running is a big part of track and can do many things for your body and muscles. Running is a way to lose weight since its better at burning calories than most forms of exercises. Running also benefits muscles around the calf and thigh. Running is really easy to practice since there are many different ways to run for example outside or on a treadmill. Running can be practiced anywhere even off the track itself and can be practiced outside or inside.

Track is one of the oldest sports in history dating back seven hundred seventy six B.C and is very beneficial to the body. Track has many different events and records that players or people can strive to beat. Track is set up in events that include running jumping or throwing and are played in meets.

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