Merry Christmas from your French friends! 
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 It is the library of Bouchain. 

Bouchain is the town where we go to school. 

The river is "L'Escaut".

It is a street in Bouchain, near Pierrick's house. 

It is the castle and the canal in Bouchain. 




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(Manon.T, Simon, Valentin, Lilian, Laurine, Nathan, Pierrick, Alexandre, Naomie, Samy) 

This was used to go down the mines and to extract coal. 

In the North of France - where we live - we extracted a lot of coal at the beginning of the 20th century. 

The picture was taken in Valenciennes. 

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(Flavie, Léa C., Laetitia, Jean-Baptiste, Manon H, Léanne, Marie, Léa J., Clara, Thibaud, Lucas, Tanguy, Kévin, Chloé).



 

       President-elect Donald Trump was named TIME magazine’s person of the year December 7, 2016. The title of the magazine was “Donald Trump, President of the Divided States of America.” Donald Trump said he did not like the title, but said it was a “tremendous honor.” The list of the top ten finalists for “person of the year” included people like Hillary Clinton, former presidential candidate; Simone Biles, Olympic gymnast; and Beyoncé, singer-songwriter. The award is decided by TIME’s editors and goes to the person or group that have had a major influence on the news for better or worse.

    

The Laingsburg, Michigan community of dance is a beautiful thing.  With so many different personalities and background,the people who love dance find meanings in another’s arms as they rhythmically move across the dance floor of life.

Dance is a performance art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.We do ballet,hip-hop,jazz,junior musical theater.

 

The recital is the 30th of April. Dress rehearsal and pictures is the day before the recital.The recital is the chance to show all the hard work.  When it is the recital the dancers have to leave their parents then you go to a room filled with snacks and adults then bleachers. You can bring a blanket and a pillow then something to do. Then in the hallway there is some art stuff to do.  Then the adults will call your number you are dancing on.Then when all the dances are done we all get in a huge line big to small. Then we all say goodbye until next year.

Lincoln park police and fire department spread holiday cheer.

On December 8th, the police department gave 15 kids  $125 shopping spree for christmas since their families couldn’t afford presents. Later, Raymond Watters handed out pizza to the kids while they were on their spree.

Then; to top it off,  Santa came to surprise the kids.

                                                   Toys For Tots!!!

Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which gives out  toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947. Starting on December 5th 2016 to December 15th 2016, our school is collecting toys for toys for tots.

Burg Broadcast

Burg broadcast is a group of students who go live on the school T.V.s during our flex and lunch time. They announce what’s new that day, they do this every day of the week. Sometimes they will hold contests for the whole student body. At the end of every broadcast they draw two daily winners, the winners go to the office and claim their prizes.  

                     

On December 13, 2016, Alan Thicke died of a heart attack at Saint Burbank Medical Center in Burbank, California. “It is a shock. We were all just together for Thanksgiving. He was funny, talented and deeply devoted to his family.” Ex-wife Gloria Longing, had stated in a Facebook post. The heart attack occurred while he was playing with his 19 year old son, Carter. He was rushed to the hospital around noon, and was announced dead there.

Thicke was a Canadian actor who was most famous for his sit-coms, and has made appearences in “How I Met Your Mother”, and made an appearance in the Netflix reboot “Fuller House”.

“So sad is the passing of Alan Thicke. Such a good husband, father, brother, and friend. He will be deeply missed. Rest in Peace dear Alan.”

-Bob Saget

By Riley Freeman

                                                     THE SUPER MOON

On Monday, November 14th, 2016, a Supermoon occurred. This  SuperMoon is  The biggest and brightest full moon in nearly 70 years. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth.

  The North Dakota Pipeline

The Dakota Access Pipeline or Bakken pipeline is a 1,172-mile-long (1,886 km) underground oil pipeline project in the United States

As of November 26, 2016, the project was reported to be 87% completed.

The $3.7 billion project was announced to the public in July 2014

A number of Native Americans in Iowa and the Dakotas have opposed the pipeline, including the Meskwaki and several Sioux tribal nations.

In August 2016, ReZpect Our Water, a group organized on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, brought a petition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineersin Washington, D.C. and the tribe sued for an injunction.

Now, Veterans have been preparing to join the front lines of protesting.

    This was a basketball game in school ball, you travel to the team or they come to you.This was a team called the Eagle’s the score was 21 to 22. We won that game, but it got so close I was  happy when we won that hard game. We said good game and we celebrated in the visitor locker room and then we went home.

The Laingsburg Middle School Wrestling Team had a meet at New Lothrop. The team consisted of 7 members, one eighth grader, two seventh graders, and four sixth graders. Two out of the seven wrestled only three times. The other four wrestled only twice. The last wrestler was unable to wrestle due to medical reasons. The team wrestled  schools from Perry, New Lothrop, Goodrich, and Flint Beecher. The meet started at 5 p.m.,  it lasted till about 6:30. I had lots of fun wrestling with my friends. The picture below is the team.  (one is not photed ) *I am the only girl pictured*

THE TWELVE DAYS OF THANKSGIVING.

Twelve days of Thanksgiving is a way we can give back to the community. It is a food drive, the students put food they were donating in this box.  It was a contest of all 6th hours. There were specific things that students brought each day.      

 This is the city of Valenciennes from above. 

Manon H took an air balloon.

 The river is "L'Escaut".

We see the cinema, restaurants and the ice rink. 

 We see the stadium of Valenciennes called "Stade du Hainaut" ("Hainaut"is the name of a group of cities).

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Election Recount       

Jill Stein, a former presidential candidate, is calling for a recount. She has raised over six million dollars to do this, she also wants it done by hand.

     But Stein request was denied late on Tuesday. Stein also filed a lawsuit to the bar officials in Wisconsin for carry out recounts by machine and not by hand. A hearing on Stein’s case was taking place Tuesday night at a court in Madison. The recount took place yesterday in Wisconsin anyway.     

Over two weeks was Halloween. I don’t know if in France you celebrate Halloween but here in the US kids dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating. This year, instead, I went to a Halloween party at Autumn’s house. It was so much fun! We had a murder mystery game in which whoever drew the joker card was the murderer. It turned out to be Autumn’s dad! I came in 5th, “dying” when Autumn’s dad introduced himself to me. We told spooky stories by the fire about clowns which scared a lot of people. We split up into teams to go around the neighborhood on a scavenger hunt. We ate food, played “sardines” (a different version of hide-and-seek), and had a lot of fun.

        Trump vs Hillary

          Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been battling neck and neck for the top job in the United States. For months these two were arguing for months and months on end. After months of the two trying to woo the country, on Tuesday, however it came to an end. Tuesday was the deadline for voting and the polls closed at 9:00. People waited in line for hours to get their vote in. Then on late Tuesday night and early the next morning the winner was announced. Donald Trump had won with electoral votes but Hillary Clinton won with the popular vote. But in the end it was the electoral vote that caused Trump to win. Even days after Donald was announced, riots are finding their way down main streets shouting things like “Not my president.” Trump is concerned about a divided country.   

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is coming up here in Michigan. It is a time when

family and friends come together to have fun. But how did it all start? It all started one November day in 1620 in Plymouth. Where Pilgrims and Native Americans met to eat a lovely meal. How do we celebrate Thanksgiving? We celebrate by cooking big meals that include turkey, mashed potatoes, pie, bread and rolls. But, that is only a few foods that we eat. Then, we will invite family and friends over to enjoy the meal together. We talk, laugh and have a good time together. That is the true

meaning of Thanksgiving.

               

Ready for 2016-2017? 
We are looking forward to getting to know you all :-)

What people are doing over Memorial Day weekend-Red Class

Anna is doing nothing.

Gia is doing nothing

Gabe is going swimming

Parker is doing nothing

Konnor is playing video games

Logan is doing nothing

Paris is going to be on the lake

Miana is staying home to watch netflix

Allison is going to Autumn's house

Autumn is having Allison over

Nick is doing nothing

Colton is taking his Uncle’s boat out to the great lakes

Michael is being lazy

Jack is going up north

Sam M is doing nothing

Hailey is going camping

Lizzy is making videos on musical.lys and riding her new boat

Laingsburg 8th Grade farewell dance

On May 20, 2016 LMS had a farewell dance for all the 8th graders moving on up to the High School. People danced and hung out with friends. One of the 8th graders made a speech. There was food such as a GIANT cake, cookies,and pizza! There was a raffle drawing to win stuff. Some parents helped by volunteering. Most girls wore dresses. It was a lot of fun hanging out with friends and seeing people have fun with others. It was a night to remember!

Summer is almost here!!!!

We all are excited for summer. No school. No homework. All fun!!!!

Are you wondering what your Red Day pen pal is doing this summer? Look below the pictures!!!!

Jojo is going to play softball. Hailey is going camping. Miana is going to California. Sam M is going to sleep in. Lizzy is going to horse camp. Konnor doesn’t know what he is doing. Gabe doesn’t know either. Logan and Parker are doing nothing. Paris is working. Allison is playing Soccer. Autumn is going to camp. Colt is going out West. Jack is going to play basketball. Michael is going up north. Anna is going to play Volleyball. Lastly, Mrs. Kurka is building a house.

Created by Anna Buckland

The Glaad awards held their 27th awards on April 2nd in Los Angeles, and they honor media for the fair accurate and inclusive representations for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. It’s pretty important to a lot of people.

    

Laingsburg Middle School had a talent show on April 29th. Singers, dancers, and other talents in the grades of 6th to 8th tried out at the auditions that were held on April 14th.  Thirteen groups participated in the talent show, but eighteen people in all performed. Autumn Eyre, was the mistress of  ceremonies that did very well with her jokes, and got the crowd laughing. Five groups danced, using many different styles of dance such as Lyrical, Acro, Jazz Acro, and Jazz. Backstage the dancers had a ritual that Emma Heyd and Gabby Paquet taught them to get more excited before they danced. There were six singers, and two people played an instrument. The students that weren't in the talent show watched in the bleachers of the gym, clapping and cheering them on. For two of the singers, the audience took out their phones, turned on the flashlights, then waved them around for support. The crowd enjoyed all of the talents.

This is Prince Rogers Nelson also known as Prince. He is one of the best American singers to ever live. He died at the age of 54 on April 21. He died unexpectedly in an elevator in Minnesota. In his home state Minnesota, people danced to the wonderful music he had made and sang. Prince’s music was so popular that it appeared at dances, weddings, and proms. He will be greatly missed.

The Laingsburg Middle School had a track meet on April 21, in Fulton and got 2nd overall in the meet. My 4x2 relay got 2nd. In 300m hurdles I got 3rd. For pole vaulting me and my friend Shaily got last. Here are some pictures of me pole vaulting.By: Saige Wurm

Red Spring Break 2016

Spring Break for us starts on April 1, which is this Friday and we have a half day, and ends on April 8. Some of us go to different states or just stay in Michigan but go other places besides Laingsburg. Here’s what all of our Red class is doing for spring break.

Sam M. is just staying in Laingsburg and not doing anything. Micheal R. is going up north. Miana already took a break and went to California. Jack is going to Destin, Florida. Jordan (Jojo) is going to Disney World in Florida. Hailey is going to a mall. Claire isn’t going anywhere. Konnor is going to Washington D.C. Elizabeth is going to Canada. Anna is going to her grandparents house. Parker isn’t doing anything. Gabe might go to Tennessee. Taylor doesn’t know what he’s doing. Logan is not doing anything. Clayton isn’t going anywhere but he’s planning on playing outside. Allison isn’t going anywhere. Autumn is going to Toronto, Canada. And our teacher Mrs. Kurka is shopping for her new house.

The government thinks that they can hack into San Bernardino, the terrorists IPhone without Apples help. The government thinks that once the IPhone is unlocked it will have loads of information on the December 2nd terrorists attack, which was the deadliest terrorist attack since 9/11. Many people are worried that once this IPhone is hacked the privacy of everyone else that owns an IPhone will be violated. People think that they need to decide as a nation how much power the government should have over their data and privacy. The government argues that Apple is not above the law and the company should just do what they are told. Both points have positives and negatives, for Apple the negative is everyone loses their privacy, the positives are they could get a lot of information on the terrorist. For the government they gain information, but they could cause Apple to lose thousands because of the loss of privacy.

Our Spring Break is the 2nd of April thru the 17.

This is where the white class is  going for Spring Break.

Tabitha is staying home.

Connor is staying home.

Nicole is going to Jamaica.

Austin is staying home.

Ashley is staying home.

Saige is going to the movies.

Caitlyn is going to Ludington.

Emma is staying home.

Hannah is staying home.

Justin is going to Kalahari.

Josh staying home.

Alex is going to Ireland.

Yesterday at the U.S capitol, police shot and wounded a suspected gunman. The entire complex was immediately locked down as police raced inside and terrified tourists ran for cover. The shooting occurred shortly after 2:30 pm after the man set off an alarm while going through a metal detector and "drew what appeared to be a weapon and pointed it at a police officer," Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa said. The gunman was immediately shot by a police officer, Verderosa said. He was undergoing surgery and his condition was not known, the chief added. The suspect was later identified as 66-year-old Larry Russell Dawson, from Antioch, Tenn. Sources said he had a realistic looking pistol-type pellet gun.

Late Monday, police announced that Dawson was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and assault on a police officer while armed. He was listed in stable but critical condition and will be arraigned when he is released, the Capitol Police said in a statement.

In the picture the tourists are fleeing away in fear.

NCAA Tournament

The NCAA Tournament started last Wednesday.  Two 11 seeded teams and two 16 seeded teams had to play to get in.  Michigan played Tulsa and advanced to play in the first round.  Then Michigan played Notre Dame last Friday.  Michigan lost to Notre Dame 63-70.