1. WELCOME TO THE
NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE
SCHOOL INFORMATIONAL
CHANNEL
GO HIGHLANDERS!

2. NOVEMBER 29– DECEMBER 3
HAVE
A
GREAT
WEEK

3. WORD OF THE MONTH
• DECEMBER
• Caring
Be nice to others through your words and
actions.
• Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of
which have the potential to turn a life around.”.
• Leo F. Buscaglia quotes

4. NOVEMBER
6th Grade STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
EMILEE AARON AMBER BURTON

5. NOVEMBER
5th Grade STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
CARA FORD JOSUE RECINOS

6. STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
JERSON GUERRERO AMBER BURTON

7. TRIVIA QUESTION
• In one of the world's worst train crashes, on June 6,
1981, the conductor of a train braked to avoid hitting a
cow, causing the train to plunge off the bridge into the
river below. At least 268 passengers were killed and 300
went missing. The crash was located
• near Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
• in Siberia, Russia
• near Mansi, India

8. TRIVA ANSWER
• In one of the world's worst train crashes, on
June 6, 1981, the conductor of a train braked to
avoid hitting a cow, causing the train to plunge
off the bridge into the river below. At least 268
passengers were killed and 300 went missing.
The crash was located
• near Mansi, India

9. BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENU
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29
• BREAKFAST ($1.25):
½ Toasted Cheese Sandwich/Fruit Juice/Milk
• LUNCH TRAY( $2.25):
Chicken Nuggets/Tater Tots/Orange Smiles/Hot Roll/Krispy
Treat/Milk
• LUNCH BAR($2.50):
SALAD
• LUNCH BASKET ($2.50):
CHICKEN SANDWICH W/LETTUCE,TOMATO AND CHIPS
• FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS MAY EAT FROM
ANY LINE.

10. BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENU
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30
• BREAKFAST ($1.25):
Breakfast Burrito/Fruit Juice/Milk
• LUNCH TRAY( $2.25):
Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce/Garden Salad/Sliced Peaches/Bread Stick/Milk
LUNCH BAR($2.50):
SALAD
• LUNCH BASKET ($2.50):
CHICKEN NUGGETS/OKRA/ROLL
• FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS MAY EAT FROM
ANY LINE.

11. BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENU
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1
• BREAKFAST ($1.25):
Egg and Cheese Biscuit/Fruit Juice/Milk
• LUNCH TRAY( $2.25):
Salisbury Steak/mashed Potatoes & Brown Gravy/Seasoned
Green Beans/Chilled Grapes/Hot Roll/Milk
• LUNCH BAR($2.50):
Salad
• LUNCH BASKET ($2.50):
Pizza and Salad
• FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS MAY EAT FROM
ANY LINE.

12. BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENU
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2
• BREAKFAST ($1.25):
Oatmeal w/Toast/Fruit Juice/Milk
• LUNCH TRAY( $2.25):
Beef Burrito w/Chili & Cheese/Seasoned Corn/Refried
Beans/Blushing Pears/Milk
• LUNCH BAR($2.50):
SALAD
• LUNCH BASKET ($2.50):
Hot Dog and Tater Tots (every other week it will be
corn dog and tater tots)
• FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS MAY EAT FROM
ANY LINE.

13. BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENU
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3
• BREAKFAST ($1.25):
BISCUIT & GRAVY/FRUIT JUICE/MILK
• LUNCH TRAY( $2.25):
• Beef Vegetable/1/2 Grilled Cheese Sandwich/Apple
Crisp/Crackers/Milk
• LUNCH BAR($2.50):
SALAD
• LUNCH BASKET ($2.50):
Chicken Strips and Fries
• FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS MAY EAT FROM
ANY LINE.

14. TRIVIA
• More than 2,200 climbers have successfully
summited Mt. Everest. About how many people
have died trying to climb it?
• 70
• 185
• 500

15. TRIVIA ANSWER
• More than 2,200 climbers have successfully
summited Mt. Everest. About how many people
have died trying to climb it
• 185

16. THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
• 1824
• The presidential election between John Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson,
William Crawford, and Henry Clay was turned over to the House of
Representatives due to the lack of an electoral-vote majority.
• 1887
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes appeared for the first
time in print in the story "A Study in Scarlet."
• 1955
• Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her front-section
bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala.

17. THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
• 1959
• Twelve nations, including the United States, signed a treaty setting
aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve free from military activity.
• 1997
• Representatives from more than 150 countries gathered at a global
warming summit in Kyoto, Japan, and over the course of ten days
forged an agreement to control the emission of greenhouse gases.
President Bush pulled the U.S. out of the Kyoto Protocol in 2001.
• 1998
• Exxon and Mobil agreed to merge, creating the world's largest
corporation

18. ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Library Open Checkout Times
• Tuesday: 2:30-3:00
• Wednesday: 2:30-3:00
• Friday: 2:30-3:00

19. ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Band Students will have Library Open Checkout
on the following days:
• Tuesday: 12:15 – 12:30
(Gregory/Kareus/Fretheim)
• Wednesday: 12:15 – 12:30 (Warnock/Riggs/Ball)
• Friday: 12:15 – 12:30
(Goodpaster/Marion/Kneeland/Perkins)

20. ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Don’t forget to check LOST AND
FOUND for coats, lunch boxes,
backpacks, etc.
• LOST AND FOUND is located in
the office.

21. ANNOUNCEMENTS
• If you have a Facebook account, you can
add Northridge by searching for Northridge
Middle School and selecting the page with
the Highlander on it and clicking on
it. This will be a great way to keep up with
news and announcements!

22. ANNOUNCEMENTS
• THANK YOU NORTHRIDGE FOR THE
5,500 LBS. OF DOG AND CAT FOOD.

23. ANNOUNCEMENTS
• THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2
• FLU CLINIC
• PLEASE RETURN YOUR FORMS

24. ANNOUNCEMENTS
• SCHOOL SPELLING BEE
• FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10

25. ANNOUNCEMENTS
• GET YOUR NORTHRIDGE YEARBOOK
• DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 17
• $20

26. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
• Affront
•
Which is an affront?
• a rude personal remark
• a short windproof jacket
• the side of a building that faces the street

27. WHAT DOES IT MEAN
ANSWER
• af•front
Pronunciation: (u-frunt'),
—n.
1. a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of
disrespect; intentional slight; insult: an affront to the king.
2. an offense to one's dignity or self-respect.
—v.t.
1. to offend by an open manifestation of disrespect or insolence: His
speech affronted all of us.
2. to make ashamed or confused; embarrass.
3. Archaic.to front; face; look on.
4. Obs.to meet or encounter face to face; confront.

28. WEATHER HEADLINES
• What is wind?
Wind is air in motion. It is produced by the uneven heating of the
earth’s surface by the sun. Since the earth’s surface is made of
various land and water formations, it absorbs the sun’s radiation
unevenly. Two factors are necessary to specify wind: speed and
direction. As the sun warms the Earth's surface, the atmosphere
warms too. Some parts of the Earth receive direct rays from the sun
all year and are always warm. Other places receive indirect rays, so
the climate is colder. Warm air, which weighs less than cold air,
rises. Then cool air moves in and replaces the rising warm air. This
movement of air is what makes the wind blow.

29. TRIVIA
• What state has had the largest share of
tornadoes per year?
• Kansas
• Florida
• Texas

30. TRIVIA ANSWER
• What state has had the largest share of
tornadoes per year?
• Texas

31. BOOK OF THE WEEK
Children of the Red King Series/Midnight for Charlie Bone
(8 books)(Fantasy/Mystery)
Jenny Nimmo
• Charlie looked at the picture of the man holding a baby, and heard the man’s voice in
his head. The photograph was talking to him. Charlie’s life would never be the same.
• Have you ever wished that you had a special talent, a special ability that made you
different from everyone else? Charlie has just discovered that he has just that kind of
talent, and it’s not making him happy. Suddenly without any warning, he can hear
what people in photographs are saying. People in the newspaper, people in
magazines, people he doesn’t want to hear, secrets he doesn’t want to know. What
Charlie wants is his old life back, his life before the photo shop sent back the wrong
picture, before he heard what the man in the picture was saying, before he heard the
strange flame-colored cat in the picture purring. Before he knew that the man had
given away his own daughter, the baby he was holding in the picture, in exchange for
something in a strange locked silver box. Before Charlie had the box. Before he was
involved.
• CHECK IT OUT IN THE NORTHRIDGE MEDIA
CENTER!!! Read the series…………

32. BOOK OF THE WEEK
Children of the Red King Series/Charlie Bone: Midnight for Charlie
Bone, Charlie Bone and The Time Twister, Charlie Bone and The
Invisible Boy, Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors, Charlie Bone
and the Hidden King, Charlie Bone and the Beast, Charlie Bone and
the Shadow, Charlie Bone and The Red Knight

33. MATH:
PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
• One morning grasshopper fell
down a hole 2 metres deep. He
would climb 1/4 of a metre every
day but at night he slid down 1/8 pf
a metre. At this rate, how many
days until the grasshopper gets
out?

34. MATH ANSWER
• Each day the grasshopper goes 1/8 m
until the day when the grasshopper
is at 1.75m in morning, he gets out of
the hole that day. 1.75/(1/8)=14 and
14 + 1 = 15 days.

35. FUN SCIENCE FACTS
• DID YOU KNOW??????????
• 10 years ago: First patent for a genetically-
engineered mouse was issued to Harvard
Medical School.

36. ANALOGY OF THE WEEK
• BRONTOSAUR : PLANT-EATING :: spinach : _____
• dining
• leafy
• Popeye

37. ANALOGY OF THE WEEK
ANSWER
• LEAFY
• The best answer is leafy. The relationship
between the first pair of words,
BRONTOSAUR and PLANT-EATING, is
descriptive—one word describes the other
word. Therefore, the second pair of words
must also have a descriptive relationship.
Leafy describes spinach.

38. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
• Martin Heinrich Klaproth
• 1743–1817, German chemist. He is often referred to as
the father of analytic chemistry.
Minoru Yamasaki
• 1912 – 1986; Architect; Designer of Manhattan's World
Trade Center
• Lee Trevino
• 1939–, American golfer
• Richard Pryor
• 1940 – 2005; actor, comedian, writer
Bette Midler
• 1945 - ;Singer / Actor

39. NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
• Sudean Goodpaster (5th)
• Heather Brown (10th)
• Nancy Smith (11th)
• Shelly Kinney (18th)
• Debbie Woodard (21st)

40. DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
• Sheryl Boen (4th)
• Debbie Stewart (8th)
• Amy Wesson(11th)
• Kristin Riggs (14th)

41. Let’s Have a Great Week!