Michaela DePrince was orphaned in her home country of Sierra Leone which was in the midst of a brutal civil war. While in an orphanage, DePrince found a tattered cover of a ballet magazine. The image of the woman with the beautiful dress and shoes stuck with her. She was adopted and brought to the United States by the DePrince family. Remembering the picture of the ballerina from the magazine, Michaela began taking ballet lessons. This is the true story of how Michaela 's persistence, commitment to her dream and hard work helped her to become a success in the most competitive world of ballet. Watch the following video of Michaela and her mother talking about their inspiring story!
Tyson's best friend has recently dumped him for the popular crowd. Disappointing, yes, but at least Tyson has the elk hunting trip with his grandpa to look forward to. Unfortunately grandpa's health is failing and his parents think it would be best if grandpa were moved into a nursing home and that they cancel the elk hunting trip as they think it will be just too hard on grandpa. Not to mention there have been reports of a vicious grizzly bear on the loose near the sight where they want to hunt in the Grand Tetons. Neither Tyson nor grandpa want to abandon the trip so they make up a story about camping in Idaho, but really take off for elk hunting in the Tetons. Find out what happens to grandpa and Tyson on this hunting trip of a lifetime! |
Mrs. Allard's reads!Here's what I've been reading lately! All of these books are available in the Memorial Middle School Library! Archives
July 2017
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