January 26, 2016 by Kayla Pollard 3 Comments

Every November up until 6^th grade marked the beginning of Thanksgiving celebrations and history in our classes. When hearing the stories we were provided with pictures of cartoon characters, the pilgrims had large black hats and the native Americans were always wearing tan clothing and had huge colorful feathers decorating their hair. We were taught that the first Thanksgiving was for the pilgrims to thank the Native Americans for their aid in successfully growing crops after a harsh winter. The feast lasted for several days as a celebration to show thanks for everything that they had.

The activities we did in class for Thanksgiving mostly included crafts. These crafts were tracing our hands and decorating them as turkeys, coloring in feathers and the hats the pilgrims wore. We also made paper cornucopias and put pictures of our favorite foods in it. The day before we had Thanksgiving Break we would have a potluck in class, the teacher would bring turkey and the whole class would bring side dishes to eat. As we were eating we would go around and share what we were thankful for.

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Amanda Lennox

January 26, 2016 by amandalennox 1 Comment

Hey guys my name is Amanda Lennox. I was born here and then moved to Hollister, California until I was 8 then I moved back to Idaho. I graduated from Rocky Mountain High school 2015. I do not like reading but I love movies. In my leisure time, I will usually just hang out with friends or go on some weird adventure. It may shape the world in ways of trying to encourage not to be lazy in down time and to show that you always have time for yourself. My perspective on the world used to be very simple. Be happy. As I grew and matured, I realized that that still is a goal of everyday but sometimes it is a little harder to achieve. With experience I have learned to overcome obstacles that are placed in my way. Something that has really shaped my life is my mom specifically. She raised me on her own and so I have learned from her to be confident and independant. She has been through a lot and she is the type of mother who is also my best friend. I can tell her anything and one day, when the day comes, I will raise my own like she did with me. Now that I am older, I also have realized that success takes motivation and time commitment. So many people give up too early because no progress is occurring. Another factor that has made me who I am today, sad to say, is my ex boyfriend. The typical, we were together for all of high school and he taught me to be more selfless and taught me that sometimes people just go in different paths. It was a blessing in disguise. I have a bigger vision in life and bigger goals for myself and thank him for a lot of it.

January 26, 2016 by elliejayo 2 Comments

I vaguely remember learning about The First Thanksgiving in school. One thing that has always stuck out to me in to voyage of the Mayflower that the pilgrims took. Also for some reason the Wampanoags always stood out to me cause I remember thinking what a funny word it was. Some key things that I do remember about this story are that the Wampanoags thought that there was a war breaking out because of a message or something happened that made them think that. They approached the Pilgrims and they soon found out that they were actually just hunting for their food they were not looking for the Wampanaogs or trying to shoot at them. I believe that is where the dinner started. Now that I am recalling this historic event I am actually very interested in learning it again because I do remember being interested in it when i was young. Although it was so long ago I can hardly remember what actually happened.

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