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=News from Franconia, NH by Mr. Ferguson's Classroom= December By Kyle and Shea The last four weeks we have been working on paper Mache nutcrackers. All of the students of the 4 th grade make their own nutcrackers. The first stage of the nutcrackers was piles of paper and tape. We bunched up paper to make body parts and to tape them together. The further we got the more we started to see the form. The second stage was to finish putting together the bodies and to start paper Mache them and we put paper in special type of glue. After about a day the glue hardened to the bodies and we started step three. Step three was to start painting the bodies and then add accessories to the bodies. Right now most of us are painting the nutcrackers. On the 16 th of December, we are going to have a concert with the nutcrackers in it (for decorations). We have just finished painting the nutcrackers, so they are ready for the concert!  The geography bee was held December 7, 2009 for the 4 th 5 th 6 th graders. In the first 3 rounds you had multiple choose questions and in the 4 th round it was not. After the first 4 rounds the people that got 3/4 correct or more you would move on, but the people that got less had to be eliminated. There were only 4 fourth graders left Hanzon, Hayden, Shea and Eddie. The last round past with only Harrison and Hanzon. Harrison is a 6 th grader and Hanzon is a 4 th grader. In the last round they got a white board and a marker. Mrs. Ross asked the 3 questions. Harrison got none correct and Hanzon got 1 out of 3. Hanzon won. All the 6 th graders were so surprised because Harrison won last year. By: Abby and Hanzon

October/November News On the week of November 3, an artist in residence, came to our school. We made a bear, a moose, a deer, and a bird out of sticks. The teachers each made a funky chicken. The artist who was in charge was Nantz Comes. When she came to our school there was just a huge pile of sticks. After a week of working, there was three life-like animals guarding our school. The moose stand 2 meters tall. The teachers worked with the artist and made their own funky chicken using yarn and chicken wire. They had a contest for the funkiest chicken. Ms. Kelly the third grade teacher won. The winner had to wear a pink scarf. We were disappointed when Mr. Ferguson didn’t win. By Hanzon and Seamus **September's Issue:**
 * __A Moose, A Bear, A Dear__**

//**Meeting the Governor **// The fourth graders at Lafayette regional school went on a field trip to the Concord, New Hampshire, our state capital on September 25, 2009. We went to learn about the system of government. Our first stop was the State House to see where the governor, senators, budget managers, and legislatures work. Luckily we met Governor Lynch and shook his hand! We also met the Budget Manager. On the way out we looked at the hall of flags. The flags with a number 12 on them were used in the Civil War and covered with blood stains. Then we went to the monkey-around playground to eat lunch and play. After that, we went to the Supreme Court and met a real judge, Justice Conboy. Then we toured the library and the conference room in the Supreme Court. Sadly, we went back to school. We wish we could go there every day!

By Kyle Johnson 