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Tag - It Isn’t Just For Recess

By Mrs. Becky Steen

On the 100^th day of school, the 4^th grade TAG students hosted a Speed Stack Tournament for their classmates. Speed Stacks is a rapidly growing sport throughout the world and helps with the development of hand-eye coordination. It involves stacking cups in a pattern called “The Cycle.” Over the past 2 months, the TAG students have taught all of their classmates how to stack with the special cups and the procedures for performing “The Cycle.” Speed stack sets were made available for checkout and practice for all the 4^th grade students. The students have enjoyed practicing and competing during indoor recess and at home with their families.

This is the second year the TAG students have hosted the Tournament. This year, twenty-eight 4^th grade students participated. Each student was paired up against a classmate by drawing names from a hat. The tournament was single elimination until they reached the “Final Four.” Winning this years’ competition was Travis Westlund. Katie Hamil came in second, Logan Jurgensmeier was third, and Addison Bak finished in fourth place.

Speed Stack sets are available for purchase at many stores or by logging onto the official website at www.speedstack.com

The 100^th Day of School

By Mrs. Diane Joanning

Wednesday, January 31 was an important day at Hinton School! It was the 100^th day of school. To celebrate the day, the first graders did many activities to focus on the number 100, such as coloring a 100^th poster, reading stories about the 100^th day of school, writing 100 words, writing stories about what they have learned in 100 days and “I wish I had 100 . . .”, counting to 100 by ones, twos, fives, and tens, counting 100 fingers and 100 toes, making a snack with 100 items, and doing puzzles with 100 pieces. The students had fun learning about 100.

FCCLA

Mrs. Alison Hertenstein

This is my 5^th year at Hinton Community School, and most people are still wondering, what is FCCLA? Well, FCCLA stands for Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America. It is a co-curricular, student organization that functions as an important part of a Family and Consumer Sciences program and focuses on the family. To become a member, a student must have taken a Family and Consumer Science class. The mission of FCCLA is to help members develop skills for life through character development, critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical knowledge, and vocational preparation. Being involved in FCCLA, gives members the chance to learn leadership skills, problem solving and decision making skills and goal setting, all skills necessary for life at home and at work. Chapter members have the opportunity to be involved at the district, state, and national level and be involved in many chapter projects. This year members have attended the District 12 meeting, and the St. Louis Cluster Meeting, and now are gearing up for the state meeting in March. Some of the projects completed this year have been raising money for the June E. Nylen Cancer Center, Movie Night, the Christmas Babysitting Clinic, and STAR Events. Members would agree that being part of this organization has given them the chance to travel to new places, meet new people, and learn new

things. I hope that now the next time you see the FCCLA logo you will know a little more about the organization, and the importance, and benefits it has for the members involved.