Killing Mr. Griffin.

Killing Mr. Griffin is a great mystery book by Lois Duncan. Mr. Griffin is a strict but kind Englsih teacher. One of his students is Susan McConnell. she is a straight A student and a very good one too but in Mr. Griffin's class, she only get Bs and sometimes even Cs. Some other students in his class is Mark, Dave and Maya who are not doing so well with his strict grading. Fed up with all of this, they decide to play a little trick on their teacher, kidnappng! Marks ask Susan to join them as a decoy when they kidnap him. Susan agreed without thinking and because her crush, Dave is in it, she accepted the invitation. However, when they kidnapp Mr. Griffin, somehthing goes wrong, they become criminals and a group member is almost killed!!! Read Killing Mr. Griffin to see what happens.

pictures are here BY:LYNN CHU

Pictures are here ! Pictures are here ! Our pictures were already sent out in silent reading. They should be taken home and shown to your parents. If you want your pictures you must give it to the office with your payment in a Lifetouch envelope, but if you don't like your pictures, please return them to the office with the pictures still in the packet.

"healthy diet" by Dong Ma

Why should I try to have a healthy diet?

Having a healthy diet is one of the most important things you can do to help your overall health. Along with physical activity, your diet is the key factor that affects your weight. Having a healthy weight for your height is important. Being overweight or obese increases your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, breathing problems, arthritis, and gallbladder disease.
Having a healthy diet is sometimes easier said than done. It is tempting to eat less healthy foods because they might be easier to get or prepare, or they satisfy a craving.
Fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes, or beans—foods high in complex carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, low in fat, and free of cholesterol—should make up the bulk of the calories you consume.

for more detailed information go to:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=healty+diet

The Great Debate by carlos

The explorers are having there debates right now and today in English we saw a movie called The Great Debaters. Its a pretty good movie so far. Denzel Washington is in it! I know..isnt that awesome!! Well yeah the only reason were watching the movie is to get experience in debating. But yeah. My group is debating on whether PDA(Public Display of Affection) should be allowed at oak!! I can tell we're going to win.

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History project! by: Desiree Fierro

All adventurers have a history project that is due on May 27. The project is about a famous renaissance people, such as William Shakespeare, Michelangelo and Leonardo De Vinci!
The purpose of this project is to gain an understanding of the contributions of one individual to his/her civilization during the 1300 to 1600’s period.
The bio-board must include a report on the individual (pictures, drawings, illustrating the person’s contributions to the renaissance with a diary/ journal page. I have already started my project but I still need a board!!! It’s easy for me because I have William Shakespeare! Ha ha!!!!!!!!!

Oak Avenue softball game By:Breanna Rodrigo & Jennifer Pegg

On May 20th Oak Avenue sofball team won 13-4 against North View. Megan Pultz was the pitcher of the game and the only pitcher there. Jennifer Pegg,Breanna Rodrigo, Daniella Piaz, and Rebecca Corrosco were not there because one had a game. Jennifer and Daniella had a game, Breanna had practice and Rebbace was not at school. We won twice and lost twice. If we win are next game we will have more wins than loses.

Newspaper by:█████ ███

We may be putting out a new newspaper very soon. Many people have been working on this newspaper. I hope that all of Oak will enjoy the newspaper. We have articles about many things and many subjects. Many people have contributed to this newspaper to make it interesting and informative. To check out our collective journalism blog go to http://www.oakavejournalism.blogspot.com/.

"the race to win the ice cream party" by ryan sayphraraj and dong

The School for Schools Club is raising money for the people in Uganda. What ever team raises the most money gets an Ice Cream Party. So far the Seekers are in first place with $96.66. It is pretty sure the Seekers are going to win because we ROCK!!! The money will go to refurbishment projects as well as the construction of new classrooms and science laboratories at Lacor Secondary School, Gulu High School, Layibi Secondary School, and Atanga Secondary School. There are a lot of donation boxes that need to be filled with money to go to poor people in Uganda. The boxes will be in your math and social studies class. The fundraiser ends on Friday May 16th. So bring all your change and donate to the people in Uganda who need help.

Last field trip for seekers by: Jennifer Pegg & Breanna Rodrigo

On Tuesday, June 17 Seekers are going to Disneyland California Adventure. They are going to be there from 8 am to 8 pm. the Adventurers field trip is unknown so far and we have no idea what the Voyagers are doing next. Seekers are supposed to pay 38 dollars by May 21/May 22. At the beginning they are going to take 3 hour educational tour and the rest of the time the kids can do what ever the want. Also chaperones are needed for the trip.

Savin Money In Stores By Jennifer Pegg

If you go to http://www.jcpenny.com/ there is an Arizona top that costs $12. At http://www.azjeans.com/ there is the same exact shirt that costs $5.99. You can save about $6 dollars if you buy the top at Arizona Jean Company instead of at JCPenny.

WANGO TANGO by: Breanna Rodrigo

On saturday, May 10 was the once a year wango tango. It was at the verizon wireless center. My mom took me, my friend jenny, and my cousin avery. The jonas brothers played first, then the dey, then shwayze, after him was miley cyrus, then cherish, danity kane, flo rida, snoop dog, and then last pitbull. On my opinion I think the jonas brothers were the best and snoop dog was the second best, and since this is supposed to be educational if they started at 6:30 and ended at 11:30 how lomg was the whole concert? And if we got at the verizon wireless center at 2:00 and we left at 11:30 how long were we there?

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What is jello made of !?!?!? By: Michelle & Catherine

That wiggly treat that comes in an array of colors is JELLO!!! I wonder... *pause* what have we've been putting in our mouths?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Technically, jello is a bunch of processed collagen- any class of extra celluar proteins abundant in higher animals, esp. in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling. (definition from dictionary.com) Go to this site for the scientific side of jello: http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/consumer/faq/jello-composition.shtml

They heat the collagen in HOT water to get gelatin. It goes through this big process just to make a lot of this jiggly snack. It cools and makes JELLO!!!

But apparently, it's not just for eating; this person used jello to make scuptures: http://www.lizhickok.com/portfolio_jello.html She made San Francisco out of JELLO in 2007!!!! :0

So if you're interested at all about jello making, try this recipe out and make your own multi-colored city 8D:

- 2 three oz. packages of lemon jello
- 2 ¼ cups of boiling water
- 6 oz. can of frozen lemonade
- 9 oz. containers of cool whip
Mix the boiling water and lemonade together in a bowl; put it in the fridge for one and a half hour. Then beat in the cool whip and then pour it into the 13 x 9 dishes and refrigerate. Recipe courteous of: www.nikibone.com/recipe/jello/lemonadejello.html

As for horse hooves in JELL-O, check out this site to find the truth: http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/jello.asp

image from google.com

Where did the paperclip come from?? By Kevin Yeh

Johan Vaaler, invented the paperclip in 1899 in Norway. He patented his design in 1899 in Germany. What he invented didn't look like the modern paperclip. It looked like the one on the left.

A company called Gem Manufacturing Ltd designed the double oval shaped paperclip. This form of paperclip is called the "Gem" clip.

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A interesting thing is that during World War II, Norwegians were forced to not wear anything that had to do with their king. So they started wearing paperclips, because paperclips came from Norway.

Ew, It's DEBATE by: Magz.

It'z that time of the year, where us 8th-ies have to DEBATE. Kinda, Nervous about it. Hahahha, I have no idea what we're going to do it now. I'd want to do something like fighting for abortion or gays! Frankly there is NOTHING wrong with gays or abortion. Apparently from our teacher, urghs we have to use STATISTICS , and FACTS, and just very detailed stuff like that. Sounds like TOTAL ...fun. Hahaha, but really I heard we have to dress up and stuff. Urgh, that's BAD news for me. I think that means skirt, dress shoes and stuff....Great hopefully no one takes pic-chas. X: I hope I ace it it's our project for every single class except math of course. Althought I should think they'd count math because we'll be using statistics. I'm excited/nervous/frustrated/stressed over this debate that hasn't even been assigned yet. Oh well, frankly I've always wanted to do a debate. But not in front of the majority of the EXPLORER
team. EXPLORER'S ROCK~ :D.
So very excited for it to get assigned. xD.


-Maggie.

last day of your life

By: Brandon Lee & Justine Quach

thinkin about dying is pretty scary if you ask us. i mean, you may never know what can happen.
imagne if you were told that you only had one more week left. what would you do ?
sitt back and think, "ohh whats gonna happen ?" or are you gonna go out ? and kick it with your homies and live life to the fullest ? cause thats what i'd do, have all the fun in the world. even if they lock me in, i wouldn't care, i'd just be like forget that ! and sneak out. :D


you may never know whats around the corner. i mean what if tomorrow there was a big nuclear bomb ? or a serial killer was out to kill everyone ?

well if you manage too escape all those little things, one thing can kill you for sure.

did you know, that eventually all the stars would die out ?
including the biggest star, the sun.

ever learned how stars were created ?
well all the little hydrogen atoms in the atmostphere, gets to the center of the stars, and eventually makes them explode. killing the old one and making a new one :D
well what if the sun dies out ? what then ?
well we'd all die, including the earth, and the other planets.
the heat from the explosion of the sun would make all the water evaporate, and without water, we cant survive. then tthe plantets would evaporate taking our precious earth with it.

then thats the end of us, and we wouldn't know if there was another galaxy out there.
for all we know, our little milky way galaxy can be in a small box, with millions of other galaxys and universes out there. and god could be holding us in there watching his little creations.

wow. cool things to think about huh ? [:

3rd period randomness

By: brandonthenerdlee&justineface :D

okay so, me and brandon are like ...
more bored than ever -_-
but we have an awsome sub :DDDDDDDDDDD
hahahah so thats cool :]

o.O brandons dressing like a nerd ...
with a nice colored shirt :DD
hahah to bad mr. yu wasnt here to see it :]

...try outs are today :
brandonnn ! imma mess up soo bad :[
NO JUSTINE YOUR GONNA MAKE IT -_-
you have to believe in yourself think postively
you will make it just like how i made the basketball team :]
i know the stuff but imma mess up :\

OMGAHH HE WONT UNTUCKK HIS SHIRT >:o -_-
i will never untuck my shirt till lisa makes me or pulls it out

pshh then i wont eat anything for blank days for everyminute you have it tucked in :D
so far, ive seen 10 min -_-
soo no food for 10 days :DDDD

FOR EVERYDAY YOU DONT EAT I WILL COME TO SCHOOL WITH SHIRT TUCKED IN AND GLASSES AND PANTS PULLED UP 

>>LESSON OF THIS BLOG ...
EAT ! & DONT ACT LIKE SOMETHING YOUR NOT
COUGH COUGH BRANDON LEE YOUR NOT A NERD !
.. brandon stop pulling on my hair ><"
IT HURTS
>>YOUR GONNA EAT

"brandon ?"
>>squeaky nerdy voice
"imm here ! "
LMFAO werido !

.. now brandons messing with my inhaler ............
SEE BRANDON IM THE NERD ! >:O

braces. inhaler. & glasses -_- HAH. weirdoo :p
...uhhh brandon .. can you stop walking like that -_-