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6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Student Made Newspaper

November Edition
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Table of Contents
The Intro, Bella W
Memes, Margo R
A Thanksgiving Poem, Madison M N
N Star of the Month, Bella W O
O Music Machine, DJ + Stephen D + Bella W
Thanksgiving Recipes, Arwen S V
V Harry Potter Festival, Stephen D E
E Video Game Review, Stephen D + Abby S
Arts and Crafts, Kass C M
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Movie Review, Abby S + Isabelle M B
B Tis the Season to be Thankful, Jesse B + Noah K
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E Dad Jokes, Alex C
Comic Strip, Kumani T + Kai T R
R Art Gallery, Mathias C
Quarter One Quotes, Maryam A
Thanksgiving Around the World, Lakshmi M
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The Intro by Bella W
Intro:
Hey Middle School! Welcome to the JNC November Paper. This month’s theme
will be all things Thanksgiving and Thankful. Having fun looking through this N
N month’s JNC fun!
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What You’ll See in the Paper: V
V If you love Billie Eilish, Aerosmith or Elijah N, jam out to Stephen, me, and DJ’s E
E Music Machine!
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M If you’re a huge Potterhead obsessed with all things magical, read through
Stephen’s Harry Potter Festival! B
B For a fun and Thankful quiz filled with holiday fun, make sure to try out Jesse
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E and Noah’s Tis the Season to Be Thankful quiz!
For some Frozen fun with a dash of Charlie Brown, go check out Abby and R
R Isabella’s Movie Reviews!

Have Fun, and Also Make Sure to Check Out Our Website: JNC Website

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JNC is still working on the special surprise we
promised last month. Tune in for the December
paper to hear more about it!
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Memes by Margo R
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A Thanksgiving Poem by Madison M
My family comes a few days We say grace
Before Thanksgiving Day We then say the things N
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We start to fry the turkeys That we are thankful for O
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Then the potato chips One by one V
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We play around B
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We go inside, Its freezing E
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We get our food R
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On our plates
We sit down My family says Goodbye
Before we start eating We say we will see you soon

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A Thanksgiving Poem by Madison M: Part. 2
My family says We all say that we
Have a great day and Miss everyone and N
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Have a safe flight We wished we lived closer O
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Star of the Month by Bella W
Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons is a very popular Rock band. The N
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O Sermon, Ben McKee, and Daniel Platzman. Imagine
Dragons is known for their artistic view on music V
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and their songs Thunder, Believer, Gold, Whatever it E
E Takes, Radioactive, Demons, On Top of the World,
Natural, and Bad liar. Imagine Dragons’ Albums
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include their 2017 album“Evolve” and their 2018 B
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Music Machine on the next page back from last
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month machine, if you want to check it out. Click R
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Opinion on Imagine Dragons:
Link!

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Music Machine by DJ + Stephen D + Bella W
Hello, Middle School! Welcome back to another fantastic Music
Machine feature! This Music Machine will not play sorted by one
genre, it’s a free for all! So, if you don’t like one genre, there’s always N
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another. We hope you enjoy this new Machine! O
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Thanksgiving Recipe by Arwen S
Ingredients: Pumpkin Cupcakes Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
● 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup unsalted butter ,
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
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● 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder O
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● 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
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do 1 ½. E
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1/3 cup vegetable oil , or canola ● 3 - 3.5 cups powdered sugar B
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Prep time: 30 mins
● 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Cook time: 18 mins
● 3/4 cup pure pumpkin
● 1/3 cup milk
Total time: 1 hour

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Thanksgiving Recipe by Arwen S: Part 2
Instructions for cupcakes: Instructions for cinnamon cream cheese frosting:
Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees. Line muffin pans with In a large bowl beat the butter until fluffy -
muffin papers, you'll end up with about 18 cupcakes. about 2 minutes. Then beat in the cream N
N In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, cinnamon, cheese.
ginger, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt. 1. Add in the cinnamon & vanilla O
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Mix in the pumpkin. about 1 cup at a time, starting E
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with the mixer on low speed. If M
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the frosting seems too thick,
Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan, filling each
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Bake in the center rack of your oven for 16-19 minutes, tablespoon at a time. E
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Thanksgiving Recipe by Arwen S: Part 3
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*Store cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days, or in the fridge for up N
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Harry Potter Monthly Festival by Stephen D
“Yer a wizard, Harry.” The words that started it all.

JK Rowling has created an empire of fans from her world-wide phenomenon, the Wizarding World. It starts with N
N Harry Potter, an orphaned boy who is abused by his relatives, until he learns he’s a Wizard and goes to Hogwarts, a
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Voldemort. In honor of this thrilling book series, JNC presents to you the first of many Monthly Festivals! V
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month the first Harry Potter movie was released, turning the book into a movie adaptation! For those of you who are M
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Harry Potter fans, today’s your day! Click the link below to get to the Harry Potter Festival page! (Not really for B
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Game Review by Abby S + Stephen D
Toca LIFE World Badland
Badland is a great game. It’s
Toca Life World is a centered around a bird that is N
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digital toys for kids always trying to destroy it with V
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started the idea of E
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mobile game, which means it can
be played on a phone or iPad. M
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all our apps are built playing: Single Player, Versus, & B
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perspective, and that
Coop. You can even make your
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you're using your fun, challenging, and sometimes R
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imagination when your skill!
playing.

Links:Toca Life World Trailer & Badland Trailer

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Arts and Crafts by Kass C: Part 1
1. Grab your
Materials: You’ll need
coloring supplies
(crayons, colored
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scissors, a pencil, glue
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construction paper or
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on the paper you choose
and make sure that your
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spot and none are hanging
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Try to find light colored
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out if you draw anything on
the paper. It doesn’t have to
be perfect, just something
close to looking like a hand.
3. Cutting out your
pieces: cut out the
paper and cut out
some legs and a beak N
for your turkey. Please
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scissors. If you don’t
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your turkey. You don’t need to You have created your E
put a lot of glue on, just enough very own hand turkey. If
to have it attach to the paper. you would like to add onto R
Optional: You can cut out your turkey army, repeat
different props or accessories to steps 2-4 until you reach
add onto your turkey’s your desired amount of
personality (scarf, clothes, turkeys
musical instruments, etc.)
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Arts and Crafts by Kass C: Part 2
Lil Jimbo: Named after his father
and resembles him quite
accurately. The youngest of his 14
other siblings and the “runt” of his
N family. He’s made fun of for his
very, very long legs. “When I grow
O up, I want to be just like my Papa”
V he says. In reality, he wants to go
to school to become an astronaut.
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proud
M Spikkus: A Smurkey
B (smurf-turkey) who fought as
a gladiator around 264 BC in
E Ancient Rome. No one liked
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gladiatorial battles and didn’t
make the cut into history
books.
Big Jimbo: Apart of the gang
The Gobblers. They rob places
and stuff. He’s also happily
married to his lovely wife Jane N
who raises their 15 children.
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He’s also well known for his
award winning stache and long
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legs. They run in the family.
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Gooby: No one really knows where
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background is. People can’t get any
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information out of them because
they speak an unknown language,
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probably from their originated planet.
All we do know about them is that R
they can change color based on
their moods and their thoughts. The
government is also searching for
them to do experiments for the
“greater good”.
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Movie Review from Abby S + Isabella M
Frozen 2 Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown is N
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family movie! It about:
A great and funny
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Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and
movie! It’s about V
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Charlie Brown and
journey beyond their
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some of his friends
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save their kingdom after a
mysterious voice calls out to
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Elsa.
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This movie is rated PG This is rated PG
Link:A Charlie Brown
Link:Frozen 2 Trailer Thanksgiving Trailer
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‘Tis The Season To Be Thankful - Jesse B + Noah K
November is the time to be
thankful for those out there
who hold great value to you. N
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even a fellow student. Leave V
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are Thankful for them. Also, if B
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you are thankful for something E
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What Are You Thankful For
one. Adios, and Happy
Thanksgiving! https://forms.gle/ikYFUt2EHFFet9d87

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Dad Jokes from Alex C
‘Why do seagulls fly over the sea?
Because if they flew over the bay they would be bagels’ N
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Comic Strip from Kumani T and Kai T

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Art Gallery from Mathias
This slide is just a few drawings that i have made.

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Art Gallery from Mathias Pt. 2
This slide is just a few drawings that i have made.

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Abstract Trillium An “M” in the Sky Cookie Crumbs

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Quarter One Quotes! from Maryam
7th Grade has some amazing teachers, but they can
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clubs. Also, I probably will make “Quarter Two Quotes,” but let me know if you enjoyed this!)

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Thanksgiving Around the World! By Lakshmi M
The Thanksgiving tradition in the United States began with the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag tribe
having a harvest feast in 1621. In 1941, Thanksgiving became a national holiday. It is a time of celebration with
family and friends to enjoy turkey, pumpkin pie, and sometimes football. Some countries around the world have
similar versions of the American Thanksgiving holiday such as Canada, Grenada, Norfolk Island (Australian
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Japan, and Malaysia that have Thanksgiving holidays and celebrate different traditions on those days.

O Korea: The Chuseok Harvest festival of Korea is celebrated on September 21st of each year to honor the family
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memorials and receive blessing from their ancestors. They have a feast with a special dish made of sweet stuffed
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moon called ganggangsullae. Others engage in activities such as music competitions and singing folk music.

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Ghana: The Homowo festival is celebrated annually in May. It is also known as the Yam festival. During this festival, B
B people thank their ancestors for their resilience, survival through famine and hunger during the difficult harvest years.
After the yams ripen and the harvest is complete, the yams are blessed and cooked. They are either added to soups or stews E
E or put in flour and fried. Everyone in the community then shares in a big feast after which they sing folks songs and dance
together.
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Germany: The Erntedank festival is celebrated anually on the first Sunday of October. The festival is a religious
holiday. There are religious services and large parades put together by the churches. The festivities include music
and dancing. People feast and share dishes such as Mohnstriezel (a sweet bread made with nuts and raisins). It’s
also a day of appreciation and gratitude for the harvest and all the good that life offers.

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Thanksgiving Around the World! By Lakshmi M (Cont.)

India: The Pongal festival is celebrated in South India. It is celebrated in the months of January
and February after the rice, sugarcane, and turmeric harvest. It lasts for four days. Pongal is a time
of giving thanks to the Gods for their help the with the crops, and for the natural resources that help N
N the crops grow. During the festival people make a sweet rice dish in clay pots and share it with
visiting family and friends. People discard their old belongings and burn them in a big fire. Houses O
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flour.
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but then changed overtime to become the Labor Thanksgiving Day. Workers across Japan are celebrated
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meals with fish, rice, and tea. They enjoy different family activities like going to parks, etc.
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and their source. After the rituals, traditional songs and dances are performed. People
feast on cooked chicken, poultry and meats. Everyone enjoys cultural exhibitions, races,
and other games during the festival.

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Words from Our Members:
“I love being at the J.N.C! Everyone is so nice and I love doing the Newspaper! 💝 I’m proud to be a JNC member!😇” - Abigail S.

“I’m enjoying JNC so far” - Alex C. N

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“I love being at the J.N.C! I’m also excited because we released our first paper!! I can’t wait to see what other people do on this paper!” O
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V “Working with the JNC is always so much fun, I look forward to our meetings every week. I can’t wait to get started on December!”- E
E Bella W.
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M “This month was fun as always. Can’t wait for next month.” - DJ
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“The J.N.C is really fun, and I’m so happy to be a member in it! I’m also excited to release the November paper! And happy Thanksgiving E
E everyone!” - Isabella M.
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R “We are a great team, and I am proud to apart of this great team”- Jesse B.

“What i love about jnc is that they are so excited to do things for other people and they try their hardest to make people fit in
And they make sure that nobody is left out. I’m so excited and proud to be in the JNC” - Kai T.

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Words from Our Members Part 2:
“It’s been great being here and we’ve accomplished so much so far (we’ve even posted our first paper this year,wooo) and I’m excited
to see what other things will happen in the future and remainder of this year.” -Kass C.
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N “I’ve really enjoyed being apart of the J.N.C. so far! I can’t wait for December!! 😀❄" - Lakshmi M.
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O “I can’t believe this is our second paper! I love the JNC and glad to be in the JNC!! I can’t wait to start on December! 😊😊” -
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V Madison M.
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E “I love the JNC” - Margo R.
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M “This club is the best part of the day!”- Mathias C. B
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“I remember the first paper ever was going to be on google docs *shudder* good thing we got rid of that idea!”- Maryam A. E
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R “I am thankful for getting a chance to join this group.” - Noah K.

“Second paper of the second year. This is really exciting to have started this group from its roots and seeing
it develop into what it is today. It’s really amazing! 😁👍” - Stephen D.

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Credit for the Paper Goes out To:
The Intro - Bella W
Memes - Margo R
Thanksgiving Poem - Madison M
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N Star of the Month - Bella W
Music Machine - DJ + Bella W + Stephen D O
O Thanksgiving Recipes - Arwen S
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V Harry Potter Monthly Festival - Stephen D
Game Review - Abby S + Stephen D
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E Arts and Crafts- Kass
Movie Reviews - Abby S + Isabella M M
M ‘Tis the Season to be Thankful - Jesse B + Noah K
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B Dad Jokes - Alex C
Comic Strip - Kumani T & Kai T E
E Art Gallery - Mathias
Quarter One Quotes - Maryam R
R Thanksgiving around the world - Lakshmi M
Mentor/Advisor - Mr. Paquette

Thanks to All Who Contributed! :)

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