Immunity The power to keep yourself from being affected by a disease. I want to be vaccinated so I have immunity to getting sick from certain diseases.

Every day our bodies are bombarded by bacteria and viruses. The ones that get inside our body meet our immune system which is ready not only to kill the invaders but also to create memory cells that will help defeat them more quickly the next time they try to attack. When people are vaccinated against […]

Atone Atonement To do something to make up for a wrong. I need to atone for being mean to a girl at school. Apologizing to her and asking her to forgive me will be my atonement.

Flight for Freedom: The Wetzel Family’s Daring Escape from East Germany By  Kristen Fulton  Illustrated by Torben Kuhlmann Suppose you live in South Paris and you are ruled by a communist government.  You are not allowed to watch cartoons, wear blue jeans and you have to wait in long lines for a banana just once […]

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What is Yom Kippur? Yom Kippur’ means the ‘Day of Atonement’. That is, the day when Jewish people try to make up for any wrong things they might  have done. It is a day of fasting which starts at sunset on the 10th of Tishrei and finishes when night falls on the 11th Tishrei. This […]

Labor Day is a holiday on the first Monday of September each year. But what does it celebrate? It celebrates everyone who works and helps the country prosper. Most workers get the day off, but not everyone. Workers who are considered “essential” like police officers, hospital employees, ambulance staff, firefighters, store employees, all have to […]