Pioneer Living at the Stuhr Museum

             For our field trip we went to Grand Island to the Stuhr Museum. When we first got there our instructor showed us the out buildings they would have had when the pioneers were there. We made our own dinner that day.  The stew was made of potatoes, ham, and carrots.  We also made corn cob jelly, corn muffins, and butter. When making the muffins we used a corn sheller, and then we ground it and put the cornmeal through a sifter. We used the cobs to make jelly.  First we broke the corn cobs in half then we put the cobs in boiling water, we added sugar and pectin.  Milk was in the churn, we spun the handle then it turned color and became butter.  After we added sugar, it tasted very good.

           After lunch, we made candles.  First we got some yarn and the instructor put a can of wax on the stove.  Then we dipped the yarn three times in the wax, and dipped it in cold water, then the yarn turned curly. We had to straighten the yarn by rolling it on the table.  We did that several times.  We had a really good time.  We recommend that you go sometime.

By:   A.W. & L.J.

Junie B. Jones

We went to see a play in Norfolk called, "Junie B. Jones' Top Secret Personal Beezwax" at the Johnny Carson Theater.  It was about Junie's adventures in the first grade and how she got glasses and everyone liked them. But her old friends ended up making new friends, and stopped being Junie's friend. Junie also made new friends. 

Our favorite part of the play is when Junie wanted to help Mrs. Guttsman in the kitchen. Junie's job was to greet the kids when they came in the lunchroom. The lunch was tuna noodle casserole. Junie said it smelled like garbage in a glob. After that Junie helped Mrs.Guttsman pass out huge sugar cookies. It was a very fun show to watch, we had lots of fun! 

By:  NK & LF

Recycle!

This video was created by students in the 7th & 8th grades.  Students put together their ideas, researched for their facts, wrote a script, found props, recorded video, and then used iMovie to produce this video.  Enjoy!