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Obscure October Holidays

October 5, 2011
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Obscure October Holidays

Here are some Holidays in October I bet you never knew about. October 1st-World Vegetarian Day October 4th- National Frappe Day October 6th- Mad Hatter Day October 11th- It’s My Party Day October 13th- International Skeptics Day October 14th- World Egg Day October 16th- Dictionary Day October 20th- Babbling Day October 23rd- TV Talk...

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Halloween VS Christmas

October 5, 2011
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Halloween VS Christmas

I am Daniel and I am taking the side of Halloween. You get TONS of candy! All your favorites-Snickers,Reeses,Hershy, potato chips,and so much more! You also get to dress up as something scary, and scare people! It is WAY better than Christmas. I am Justin, and I think that Christmas is better because you get lots of...

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PJAS

May 23, 2011
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PJAS

Some of our 7th and 8th grade students returned last week from their two-night trip to State College for the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science competition, where the students that recieved a first award at the regional PJAS meet could present their projects again against students from all across the state. Everyone had a...

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SCHOOLS OUT!!! (almost)

May 23, 2011
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SCHOOLS OUT!!! (almost)

Just 8 more days until we’re out of school, and on to Summer Vacation. We still have about a week and a half left, so don’t think you can just do whatever you want. There are still tests and homework. Summer’s great, let’s see, you got no school, a pool to swim in everyday,...

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FRIDAY THE 13TH

May 9, 2011
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FRIDAY THE 13TH

This Friday, May 13th,  is going to be a day of  BAD LUCK.  Bad luck is bad to everyone. Here’s some bad luck stuff you SHOULDN ‘ T do on Friday the 13th or any other day. DO NOT step on a crack  DO NOT go under a ladder DO NOT  spill salt DO NOT break...

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Blackburn assembly

April 18, 2011
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Today the kids in K-3 learned about how to stop bullying. which is an important thing to learn. I talked to Kindergarden students who told me that the speakers also told them about keeping their hands to  themselvess. The upstairs students will have their assembly this week.

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Easter Break Almost Here

April 18, 2011
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Easter Break Almost Here

Hello everybody!! It’s almost Easter, you know what that means…  yeah,  Easter break. A long weekend away from school and celebrating Jesus’ Resurection. It is the best time of the year. So have a happy Easter, and don’t eat too much candy. I know you won’t listen to me about that, but spend some...

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SB1 Rally

April 18, 2011
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SB1 Rally

On Tuesday of last week, some of our 7th and 8th grade students went to the capital to support School Bill 1, which will help us fund private schools in Pennsylvania. This bill will give people with children in public schools the option of putting their tax money into the tuition of a private...

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Penguins Update, PLAYOFFS!

April 11, 2011
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Penguins Update, PLAYOFFS!

The Penguins are in the playoffs! Their first series is going to be against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Penguins are calling for white outs for all of their home games. They will once again have the big screen outside of The Consol Energy Center, which is exciting. They Penguins are the #4 seed. The...

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Penguins Update

April 4, 2011
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Penguins Update

In their last game, the Penguins beat the Florida Panthers 4-2. Tyler Kennedy scored a goal in the first period. Pascal Dupuis scored the Penguins second goal. Zbynek Michalek scored the third goal and Craig Adams scored an empty netter. Their next game is tomorrow night against the Devils at 7:30.

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Local Weather

Saturday, May 19
Fair
Currently: 67˚F
Feels Like: 67˚ F
Hi: N/A˚, Lo: 57˚
Fair

Tonight: 57˚
Sunset: 8:32 PM
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Mostly Clear

Sunday, May 20
Hi: 86˚, Lo: 57˚
Sunny

Monday, May 21
Hi: 79˚, Lo: 60˚
PM Showers

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NASA Photos

Composite of a Series of Images Taken From Space Aboard the Station

 
This is a composite of a series of images photographed from a mounted camera on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, from approximately 240 miles above Earth. Space station hardware in the foreground includes the Mini-Research Module (MRM1, center) and a Russian Progress vehicle docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment (right). Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit said of the photographic techniques used to achieve the images: "My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then 'stack' them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure." A total of 47 images photographed by the astronaut-monitored stationary camera were combined to create this composite. Image Credit: NASA
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