6th Grade Language Arts with Mr. Hagstrom, BMS 2018-2019

Splish, splash The majestic Turtle swam by -Hailey Asselin, In Harmony: Abstract Expressionist Inspired Pastel Drawing & Haiku Poem The slimmer on the mountains looks beautiful.   It looks as though snow is dancing.   As the sun comes up roaring waters begin to flow. -Cade Blunt, f irst hour winner & teacher selection These Ripples Continue on Continue to my end -Elissa Nielsen, students' choice Paper colored with amazement Flying through the sky Wishing it was true to believe -Dayonna Trabaudo, students' choice As I look up at the sky The sky people hide behind the mountains Then combine to make the sun. -Aimee Shults, students' choice Wrestling involves blood sweat and tears, When you see your parents in the stands You then can release all of your fears. -Clay Randall, students' choice I love both my friends, With me through good and bad times, Alw...

A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley “I am convinced the devil lives in our phones.” SAN FRANCISCO — The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it. Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided  they don’t want their own children anywhere near them . A wariness that has been slowly brewing is turning into a regionwide consensus: The benefits of screens as a learning tool are overblown, and the risks for addiction and stunting development seem high. The debate in Silicon Valley now is about how much exposure to phones is O.K. “Doing no screen time is almost easier than doing a little,” said Kristin Stecher, a former social computing researcher married to a Facebook engineer. “If my kids do get it at all, they just want it more.” Ms. Stecher, 37, and her husband, Rushabh Doshi, researched screen time and came to a simple conclusion: they wanted almost none of it in their house. Their daugh...