WELCOME TO THE NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE

SCHOOL INFORMATIONAL CHANNEL

GO HIGHLANDERS!

NOVEMBER 29– DECEMBER 3

HAVE

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GREAT WEEK

WORD OF THE MONTH

• DECEMBER• Caring

Be nice to others through your words and actions.

•Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around

.”. • Leo F. Buscaglia quotes

NOVEMBER6th Grade STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

EMILEE AARON

AMBER BURTON

NOVEMBER5th Grade STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

CARA FORD

JOSUE RECINOS

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

JERSON GUERRERO AMBER BURTON

TRIVIA QUESTION• In one of the world's worst train crashes, on June 6,

1981, the conductor of a train braked to avoid hitting a cow, causing the train to plunge off the bridge into the river below. At least 268 passengers were killed and 300 went missing. The crash was located

• near Pardubice, Czechoslovakia• in Siberia, Russia • near Mansi, India

TRIVA ANSWER• In one of the world's worst train crashes, on

June 6, 1981, the conductor of a train braked to avoid hitting a cow, causing the train to plunge off the bridge into the river below. At least 268 passengers were killed and 300 went missing. The crash was located

• near Mansi, India

BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENUMONDAY, NOVEMBER 29

• BREAKFAST ($1.25):

½ Toasted Cheese Sandwich/Fruit Juice/Milk• LUNCH TRAY( $2.25):

Chicken Nuggets/Tater Tots/Orange Smiles/Hot Roll/Krispy Treat/Milk

• LUNCH BAR($2.50): SALAD

• LUNCH BASKET ($2.50): CHICKEN SANDWICH W/LETTUCE,TOMATO AND CHIPS

• FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS MAY EAT FROM ANY LINE.

BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENUTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30

• BREAKFAST ($1.25): Breakfast Burrito/Fruit Juice/Milk

• LUNCH TRAY( $2.25): Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce/Garden Salad/Sliced Peaches/Bread Stick/Milk

LUNCH BAR($2.50): SALAD

• LUNCH BASKET ($2.50): CHICKEN NUGGETS/OKRA/ROLL

• FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS MAY EAT FROM ANY LINE.

BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENUWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1

• BREAKFAST ($1.25): Egg and Cheese Biscuit/Fruit Juice/Milk

• LUNCH TRAY( $2.25):

Salisbury Steak/mashed Potatoes & Brown Gravy/Seasoned Green Beans/Chilled Grapes/Hot Roll/Milk

• LUNCH BAR($2.50): Salad

• LUNCH BASKET ($2.50): Pizza and Salad

• FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS MAY EAT FROM ANY LINE.

BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENUTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 2

• BREAKFAST ($1.25): Oatmeal w/Toast/Fruit Juice/Milk

• LUNCH TRAY( $2.25):

Beef Burrito w/Chili & Cheese/Seasoned Corn/Refried Beans/Blushing Pears/Milk

• LUNCH BAR($2.50): SALAD

• LUNCH BASKET ($2.50): Hot Dog and Tater Tots (every other week it will be corn dog and tater tots)

• FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS MAY EAT FROM ANY LINE.

BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENUFRIDAY, DECEMBER 3

• BREAKFAST ($1.25):

BISCUIT & GRAVY/FRUIT JUICE/MILK

• LUNCH TRAY( $2.25): • Beef Vegetable/1/2 Grilled Cheese Sandwich/Apple Crisp/Crackers/Milk

• LUNCH BAR($2.50): SALAD

• LUNCH BASKET ($2.50): Chicken Strips and Fries

• FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS MAY EAT FROM ANY LINE.

TRIVIA• More than 2,200 climbers have successfully

summited Mt. Everest. About how many people have died trying to climb it?

• 70• 185• 500

TRIVIA ANSWER• More than 2,200 climbers have successfully

summited Mt. Everest. About how many people have died trying to climb it

• 185

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY• 1824• The presidential election between John Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson,

William Crawford, and Henry Clay was turned over to the House of Representatives due to the lack of an electoral-vote majority.

• 1887• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes appeared for the first

time in print in the story "A Study in Scarlet."• 1955• Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her front-section

bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala.

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY• 1959• Twelve nations, including the United States, signed a treaty setting

aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve free from military activity. • 1997• Representatives from more than 150 countries gathered at a

global warming summit in Kyoto, Japan, and over the course of ten days forged an agreement to control the emission of greenhouse gases. President Bush pulled the U.S. out of the Kyoto Protocol in 2001.

• 1998• Exxon and Mobil agreed to merge, creating the world's largest

corporation

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Library Open Checkout Times• Tuesday: 2:30-3:00

• Wednesday: 2:30-3:00• Friday: 2:30-3:00

ANNOUNCEMENTS• Band Students will have Library Open Checkout

on the following days:• Tuesday: 12:15 – 12:30 (Gregory/Kareus/Fretheim)

• Wednesday: 12:15 – 12:30 (Warnock/Riggs/Ball)• Friday: 12:15 – 12:30

(Goodpaster/Marion/Kneeland/Perkins)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Don’t forget to check LOST AND FOUND for coats, lunch boxes, backpacks, etc.

• LOST AND FOUND is located in the office.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• If you have a Facebook account, you can add Northridge by searching for Northridge Middle School and selecting the page with the Highlander on it and clicking on it.  This will be a great way to keep up with news and announcements! 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• THANK YOU NORTHRIDGE FOR THE 5,500 LBS. OF DOG AND CAT FOOD.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2• FLU CLINIC

• PLEASE RETURN YOUR FORMS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• SCHOOL SPELLING BEE• FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• GET YOUR NORTHRIDGE YEARBOOK• DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 17

• $20

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

• Affront•

Which is an affront?• a rude personal remark • a short windproof jacket • the side of a building that faces the street

WHAT DOES IT MEAN ANSWER

• af•frontPronunciation: (u-frunt'), —n. 1. a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult: an affront to the king. 2. an offense to one's dignity or self-respect.

—v.t. 1. to offend by an open manifestation of disrespect or insolence: His speech affronted all of us. 2. to make ashamed or confused; embarrass. 3. Archaic.to front; face; look on. 4. Obs.to meet or encounter face to face; confront.

WEATHER HEADLINES• What is wind?

Wind is air in motion. It is produced by the uneven heating of the earth’s surface by the sun. Since the earth’s surface is made of various land and water formations, it absorbs the sun’s radiation unevenly. Two factors are necessary to specify wind: speed and direction. As the sun warms the Earth's surface, the atmosphere

warms too. Some parts of the Earth receive direct rays from the sun all year and are always warm. Other places receive indirect rays, so

the climate is colder. Warm air, which weighs less than cold air, rises. Then cool air moves in and replaces the rising warm air. This

movement of air is what makes the wind blow.

TRIVIA

• What state has had the largest share of tornadoes per year?

• Kansas• Florida • Texas

TRIVIA ANSWER

• What state has had the largest share of tornadoes per year?

• Texas

BOOK OF THE WEEKChildren of the Red King Series/Midnight for Charlie Bone

(8 books)(Fantasy/Mystery)Jenny Nimmo

• Charlie looked at the picture of the man holding a baby, and heard the man’s voice in his head. The photograph was talking to him. Charlie’s life would never be the same.

• Have you ever wished that you had a special talent, a special ability that made you different from everyone else? Charlie has just discovered that he has just that kind of talent, and it’s not making him happy. Suddenly without any warning, he can hear what people in photographs are saying. People in the newspaper, people in magazines, people he doesn’t want to hear, secrets he doesn’t want to know. What Charlie wants is his old life back, his life before the photo shop sent back the wrong picture, before he heard what the man in the picture was saying, before he heard the strange flame-colored cat in the picture purring. Before he knew that the man had given away his own daughter, the baby he was holding in the picture, in exchange for something in a strange locked silver box. Before Charlie had the box. Before he was involved.

• CHECK IT OUT IN THE NORTHRIDGE MEDIA CENTER!!! Read the series…………

BOOK OF THE WEEK

Children of the Red King Series/Charlie Bone: Midnight for Charlie Bone, Charlie Bone and The Time Twister, Charlie Bone and The Invisible Boy, Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors, Charlie Bone and the Hidden King, Charlie Bone and the Beast, Charlie Bone and the Shadow, Charlie Bone and The Red Knight

MATH: PROBLEM OF THE WEEK

• One morning grasshopper fell down a hole 2 metres deep. He would climb 1/4 of a metre every day but at night he slid down 1/8 pf a metre. At this rate, how many days until the grasshopper gets out?

MATH ANSWER

• Each day the grasshopper goes 1/8 m until the day when the       grasshopper is at 1.75m in morning, he gets out of the hole that       day.  1.75/(1/8)=14  and 14 + 1 = 15 days.

FUN SCIENCE FACTS• DID YOU KNOW??????????

• 10 years ago: First patent for a genetically-engineered mouse was issued to Harvard Medical School.

ANALOGY OF THE WEEK• BRONTOSAUR : PLANT-EATING :: spinach : _____

• dining • leafy • Popeye

ANALOGY OF THE WEEK ANSWER

• LEAFY• The best answer is leafy. The relationship

between the first pair of words, BRONTOSAUR and PLANT-EATING, is descriptive—one word describes the other word. Therefore, the second pair of words must also have a descriptive relationship. Leafy describes spinach.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS• Martin Heinrich Klaproth• 1743–1817, German chemist. He is often referred to as

the father of analytic chemistry. Minoru Yamasaki

• 1912 – 1986; Architect; Designer of Manhattan's World Trade Center

• Lee Trevino• 1939–, American golfer• Richard Pryor• 1940 – 2005; actor, comedian, writer

Bette Midler• 1945 - ;Singer / Actor

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS!HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

• Sudean Goodpaster (5th)• Heather Brown (10th)• Nancy Smith (11th)• Shelly Kinney (18th)

• Debbie Woodard (21st)

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS!HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

• Sheryl Boen (4th)• Debbie Stewart (8th)• Amy Wesson(11th)• Kristin Riggs (14th)

Let’s Have a Great Week!