The Auburn Fire Department sponsored a fire safety drawing contest during fire safety week. Seven students won the drawing contest at Saint Peter and Sacred Heart School. These seven were chosen out of the whole school. Six of them won tee – shirts and one won the ride to school in the fire truck, To […]

Richard Paradis and Danny Lajoie, students at Saint Peter and Sacred Heart School and writers for The Advocate, are young rising hockey stars in the L/A Travel League.Dan Lajoie has played hockey for ten years. He is playing on the Bantam travel team 8. Dan started playing hockey when he was four years old. Danny […]

Tripp Middle’s own guidance counselor Mrs. Kris Wing is starting up a game club. The reason for the game club is to keep the students of Tripp out of trouble. Mrs. Wing also wants to try to stop most of the students from getting demerits, detentions and Friday detentions. She also wants to start this […]

I am intelligent and loving.I wonder if I have a second life.I hear my parents talking in the back of my head.I see happiness in children.I want a goal in my life.I am intelligent and loving.I pretend I am a singer.I feel I can spread my arms and fly.I touch the craters in the moon.I […]

The world isn’t made of atoms and cells,It’s rather like the music of a life,Mellow and soothing, calming like bellsIt’s a rhythm made of beats called life.Without life, we have no purpose.Without life, we have no dream,For without life, we have no meaning,Like a raft without a stream. By Mathew Poulin Holy Cross School

Can you say these three times… fast?Seven Santas sang silly songs.Santa’s sleigh slides on slick snow.Bobby brings bright bells.Running reindeer romp ’round red wreaths.Tiny Timmy trims the tall tree with tinsel.Chilly chipper children cheerfully chant.Two trains travel together to Toyland.Eleven elves licked eleven little licorice lollipops.Santa’s sack sags slightly.Ten tiny tin trains toot ten times.Santa […]

Match the gift with the day it was given by drawing a line from the left column to the right column. 1. Partridge2. French hens3. Turtledoves4. Golden rings5. Ladies dancing6. Maids a-milking7. Calling birdsA. Second DayB. Third DayC. Fifth DayD. Eighth DayE. First DayF. Fourth DayG. NinthAnswers1. E; 2. B; 3. A; 4. C; 5. […]

1. Cut a circle of white paper. 2. Fold the circle in half and then fold it in half three more times. 3. Cut triangles, squares, etc. out of each side, being careful not to cut completely across. 4. Open and tape your christmas snowflakes onto windows and doors or hang by threads.

You will need:Candy canePipe cleanerGlueWiggly eyes1. Slip the pipe cleaner under the curved part of the candy cane.2. Pull the ends of the pipe cleaner over the candy cane. Make a tight twist in the pipe cleaner so it stays in place.3. Bend the pipe cleaner ends to form antlers.4. Glue the wiggly eyes to […]

Answer: The Nutcracker, a holiday tale,composed by Peter Tchaikovsky