Abebe Bikila was an Ethiopian marathon runner who won gold medals in the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games. Both times, no one expected him to win. Both times, he set a world record. In the 1960 Olympics, held in Rome, it seemed impossible for him to win. First of all, he was from Ethiopia, a […]

Here is a healthy way to start Valentine’s Day or a delightful snack to LOVE! Strawberry Energy Balls! This recipe works best if you have a food processor. Please make sure an adult is close by to help work the food processor. Strawberry Energy Balls Makes 20 balls Ingredients: 1 cup or 12 strawberries, can […]

English:    integrateFrench:  intégrerSpanish: integrarGerman:  integrierenItalian: integrareChinese: Zhěnghé 结合

Clara Shepard Luper (pronounced LOOP-er) was a school teacher in Oklahoma who became an important leader in the Civil Rights Movement, helping to win equal treatment for black people.Clara Mae Shepard was born in 1923 in a small county in Oklahoma called Okfuskee.Growing up, she attended schools that had only black students, because in those […]

Integrate To make something into a whole by bringing all parts together; to unify. We should all help integrate immigrants into the community.

Most languages use the Japanese word instead of creating one of their own.English:    tsunamiFrench:  tsunamiSpanish: tsunamiGerman:  Tsunami (Germans capitalize all nouns)Italian: tsunamiChinese:  Hǎixiào 海啸    

Tsunamis are waves in an ocean or large lake caused by a disturbance in the water, such as an underwater earthquake, volcano, or landslide.To say tsunami, add the name Sue to the word mommy, but change the first m to n: sue-nommy.In English, we don’t usually have a Ts at the beginning of words, so […]

Tsunami Waves caused by a powerful disturbance in an ocean or large lake.An underwater earthquake near Tonga created a large tsunami.