Atchison County Mail

November 13, 2014

Page 8

Blue Jay Corner

Jackie Bradley,
Sophomore

By Montana Martin

Crystal Schomburg,
Senior

Dayle Davis,
Sophomore

I interviewed 29 preschoolers about when they

thought people should put up their Christmas trees.

Ally Demott,
Freshman

National Honor Society and Rock Port High School faculty

nominated students who demonstrated exceptional citizenship
in regards to service, leadership, and character, and then Rock
Port High School teachers voted to select the four individuals.
Students chosen for the NHS Citizenship honor receive a gift or
gift certificate sponsored by River Rock Lanes, Caseys, McDonalds, Stoner Drug, Subway, Food Country, Woods Shed, and
Trails End. Thank you to these businesses for their support, and
congratulations to these young men and women for their outstanding character.

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Blue Jay

The History of
Veterans Day

Deck the Halls

First Quarter Good Citizens

The student newspaper of

Rock Port R-II Schools.
600 S. Nebraska Street
Rock Port, MO 64482
Layout: Dayle Davis & Erika Dietze. Adviser: Amy
Skillen. Staff: Amber Cook, Maddie Taylor, Shelby
Bremer, Jade Lemmon, Chloe Sierks, Kaleigh Farmer,
Carson Goins, Jackie Bradley, Jamie Lansdown, Montana Martin, Abbie Hale. Photographers: Lexi Lewis &
Coreylin Perry.

Blue Jays of
the Week

November 7, 2014
Mrs. Farley - Desmond Chaney
& Cole Hurst
Mrs. Hughes - Chase Gayler
Mrs. Yocum - Emma Rhine
Mrs. Bredensteiner - Camden
McEnaney
Mrs. Vette - Lilly Pankau
Mrs. Lawrence - Claire Spiegel
Mrs. Amthor - Ryan Paris &
Brentyn Herron
Mrs. Geib - Reed Miller
Mrs. Gilson - Teagan Green
Mrs. Walker - Jayden Krutz
Mrs. Davis - Zach Moore
Mrs. Simmons - Shelby Duncan
Mrs. Weber - RyAnne Herron
Mr. Parsons - Cori Jennings
Mrs. Hance - Tarika Patel (4);
Peyton Lager (3)

Photo by Naoma Davis

Eighth graders Gavin Abbott and Ethan Wood work

during study hall on their
mousetrap car. Students recently completed this project for eighth grade science,
learning about simple machines and energy transfers.

www.laukempermotors.com
Weekly edition photographs from the newspaper are available for
purchase online at

http://farmerphoto.zenfolio.com/recent.html

The website also includes sports, events and community shots, that
were not in the papers. If you would like to purchase prints, feel free to
order on the website to have them delivered directly to your residence.

Wednesday, Nov. 12 - FCCLA Meeting 8th hour

Thursday, Nov. 13 - FCCLA National Cluster Meeting Nov 13 16~
BOE Board Meeting ~ NWMASA Meeting ~ JH Basketball (H) North
Nodaway, 5:30 p.m.
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By Abbie Hale
Veterans Day is intended to
honor and thank all the soldiers
who served the United States
in all wars, particularly living
veterans. It is celebrated by parades and church services and
in many places the American
flag is hung all around. A period
of silence lasting two minutes
may be held at 11 a.m. Some
schools are closed on Veterans
Day, while others do not close,
but choose to mark the occasion
with special assemblies or other
activities.
November 11th, as you know,
was Veterans Day. On the 11th
hour of the 11th day of the 11th
month, Armistice Day was
brought to for the first time. In
1919 President Wilson claimed
that that day should be filled
with respect for those who took
their lives for our countrys
freedom.
An act was approved May
13, 1938, that November 11
became a legal holiday known
as Armistice Day. This holiday
was intended for people to hon-

or veterans from World War I.

A few years later, World War
II led to a significant number of
men serving the United States,
and soon after that, the American forces fought in Korea. In
1954, the Veterans Service Organization begged the congress
the change the name Armistice to Veterans. Congress
approved this change, and June
1, 1954, November 11 became a
day to honor all American Veterans, regardless of when and
where they served.
In 1968 the Uniforms Holiday
Bill made an attempt to move
Veterans Day to the fourth
Monday of October. The bill
took effect in 1971. However,
this caused a lot of confusion as
many states disagreed with this
decision and continued to hold
Veterans Day activities on November 11. In 1975, President
Gerald R. Ford signed Public
Law 94-97, which stated that
Veterans Day would again be
observed on November 11 from
1978 onwards. Veterans Day is
still observed on November 11.