SEVERE WEATHER. WYMT'S ALIX
CASPER-PEAK HAS MORE.
(PKG)
DON'T BE SCARED, BE PREPARED.
THAT'S THE NAME OF THE BOOK
FOURTH GRADE
STUDENTS FROM PORTER ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL CAME TOGETHER TO WRITE.
(SOT)
KRISTEN SERGENT/LIBRARIAN
"they wrote this book because
they want to help children
across their community feel
better
about natural disasters. They
want them to be prepared and
know what to do so they're not
as
scared"
IN THE BOOK STUDENTS ALSO SHARE
THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES WITH
MOTHER NATURE.
(SOT)
alix NOW EACH STUDENT WHO HELPED
WRITE THE
BOOK HAS DEALT WITH NATURAL
DISASTER FIRST HAND. WHETHER
THAT'S THE 2012 TORNADO,
HEAVY SNOW FALL, OR EVEN THE
DEADLY FLOOD THAT HAPPENED LAST
YEAR. (SOT)
TRENT COX/STUDENT "i was in my
basement and I
could just hear the sound of a
big freight train"
(SOT)
JACOB BREEDING/STUDENT "I
never knew the water could get
up that high, it was scary"
LAST JULY A STORM FLOODED THE
FLAT GAP COMMUNITY KILLING FOUR
PEOPLE AND
DESTROYING HOMES. JACOB BREEDING
WATCHED A HOME FLOAT INTO A
DITCH. (SOT)
I saw it, it looked just like
tnt exploded. There was a
couple people on the bridge when
it happened and I thought the
bridge was going to break. It
just
crumbled the house like a piece
of paper"
STUDENTS ARE HOPEFUL SHARING
THEIR STORIES WILL LEAD PEOPLE
TO PREPARE. IN JOHNSON
COUNTY, ALIX CASPER-PEAK, WYMT
MN.
(RAND)
THE SIX STUDENTS WROTE THE BOOK
FOR THEIR COMMUNITY PROBLEM
SOLVING
PROJECT. THEY ARE HEADING TO
LOUISVILLE THIS WEEKEND TO ENTER
IT IN STATE COMPETITION.
(RAND)
