Sports Paper

Connor Coop

Mrs. Hartney 

LA8T

11-12-14

How Sports Affects a Student's Life

Did you know that only 21 million children out of 74 million play team sports? I think that this is crazy, because sports are a huge part of my life. People play lots of different sports, but for boys the most common are soccer, football, and baseball. I play soccer, and I couldn't live without it. I spend around 12 hours a week playing and practicing soccer. I have practice for an hour and a half on Monday and Thursday, and on Wednesday i have two hour practice. Then on the weekends I usually have two games, and they are an hour and a half long, and i have to practice an hour before them. This much exercise is very good for a kid to have. That is just one of the many good things sports have to offer.

Playing sports has many benefits for a student. It helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints. It also helps kids lose weight and reduce body fat. Kids who play sports have also been seen to have greater academic achievements than someone who doesn't play sports. Athletes are also more likely to attend college than non-athletes. It helps kids with self-esteem, goal setting, and leadership. All of these skills are helpful throughout a person's life. 

Sometimes a kid doesn't get to choose if they can play sports or not. 87.9% of parents are concerned about their kids getting injured in sports, 81.5% are concerned about problems with coaches, 70.3% are worried about cost, and 67.9% are worried about time commitment. From all of that you can see why a parent might not let their child play. Even of all those things, the benefits of sports are definitely worth it. A kid who plays sports is much more likely to succeed in life. It gives kids better social skills, because they meet new people when playing sports.

            Some kids don't like playing sports. This can be because their parents force them too. This doesn't always work out. The kid should be able to find which sport suits them the best. I like soccer the most, and so do both of my brothers. Other people like other sports more and that's ok. Afoot ding to many studies if a kid is forced to play a sport, then they will not get many of the benefits of playing sports. That's why it's important for a kid to find the right sport at an early age.

            Sports are a huge deal in a persons life. All the positive things that come out are worth the risk of injury or losing instead of winning. I think that more kids should play sports. It is fun, it's a stress reliever, and you learn a lot of stuff from playing sports. Even if it may take up a lot of time it's worth it.

Works Cited

"Benefits of Playing Sports." N.p., n.d. Web. <http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body/overweight_obesity.html>.

"Obesity in Kids in the US." Http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body/overweight_obesity.html. N.p., n.d. Web.

"Positives Affects of Sports on Kids." N.p., n.d. Web. <http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body/overweight_obesity.html>.

Spanish Restuarant Field Trip

Grace Weber
Mrs. Hartney
LA-8H
30 April 2014

Spanish Restaurant Field Trip

Last Tuesday and Thursday, both the advanced and traditional classes took a trip to a Cuban Restaurant for lunch. For the duration of the trip, we were expected to speak in Spanish. Despite our nervousness, we all applied our knowledge of the Spanish Middle School grammar and vocabulary curriculum. It was amazing to see how much we have grown in understanding the Spanish language over the past three years. The trip was a great way to immerse ourselves into our second language as well as utilize the many years of Spanish education that we have received at LCC Day School.
                                                           

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How To Papers

Callie Friske

This week all 7th and 8th graders had to do how to papers. It had to be five paragraphs and not explain something step by step. I choose the topic of How to Have a Perfect Weekend. I love my paper, but it was a little frustrating having to do everything! In the end, I will turn in five copies and I think it is a little crazy! I am just hoping I get a good grade!

How do you have a perfect weekend? We had to use many different techniques to make our paper perfect! We had to use questions, hooks, and many other elements. It has taken me around seven days! Even though I love language arts, there can be some things that I wish I didn't have to do! I just have one question for you, how do you have a perfect weekend?

Spanish Videos

The eight grade Honors Spanish class recently finished creating videos about how to cook meals speaking only in Spanish. The requirements for this project were to: speak solely in Spanish, be creative, last no less than three minutes, have minimal breaks in the speech, use of the vocabulary and the grammar  learned during class, have a written draft of what was said during the video, and to show organization.  It was also required that we not read from queue cards during the video. The total possible points that could be received was seventy-five.  In my video,  I made chicken tacos.  During the video,I went to the supermarket to buy the ingredients, and then cooked the chicken tacos in my kitchen.  I thought that this project was very challenging, and a great learning experience.  Taping this video took a lot of time.  I made my video in the application called "I-Movie".  I was able to take short videos and then put them all together to make one long and flowing video!  For future classes that require creation of a video,  I would definitely recommend allotting a lot of time to tape and edit the video! After completing this video, I feel that I know the vocabulary from the section that was covered in class. We had to present our videos to the entire class.  Everyone's videos were great, and very creative!

-Emma V.

Sports banquet

Tonight was the LCC sports banquet. This is where the coaches recognize all the sports, and players. We all received pins for our sports. It was a little boring, but I'm glad I went because it's my last year here. It was so much fun playing sports for LCC, and I can't wait for high school.

Sydney Ahlquist
Mrs. Hartney
L.A. 7-A
25 April 2014

I am really excited for seacamp. I love being in the water and doing fun things. Everyone tells me how seacamp was their favorite school trip. I hope I get a room with all of my friends. The bus ride might be long but it always is fun when you are with your friends. We are going on May 4th and its coming up soon.
We get to go snorkeling. Even though I don't really like snorkeling, I know we get to swim with sharks, but if everyone freaks out and splashes around, they go to the bottom and you don't get to see them. That is all I know that we do but I would rather not know and have it be a surprise. I am so excited and I cant wait.

Final Exams!

Haylie Gray
Mrs. Hartney
LA7A
24 April 2014

As the year comes to an end, we all have to get ready for the dreadful finals! I personally do not like finals. It is so hard to remember everything for all 5 classes, which brings me to another point. This year we have to a final in every class! It was not supposed to be that way originally. Last year, we took 1 midterm and 1 final. This year, we were supposed to take 2 midterms and 2 finals! It just doesn't seem fair although life isn't fair. Besides the fact of having a final in every class, the studying is torturous. We have around 100 questions on a final! That is a lot of answers to remember! Luckily, the finals are mostly multiple choice with a few short answer. This year it is different! The social studies final is all short answer! My hand is going to hurt so bad afterwards from writing so much! We do have fewer questions though. We only have about 25-30 questions compared to 100. You have to study so much to get a good grade on finals because in 7th grade, the final exam grade, averages into you whole grade which could make a big difference! I am not looking forward to finals at all!! The only good part, is when it is over!