Discover Your Potential Should be Every Year

Junior Roller Derby

Discover Your Potential (or DYP) is the highlight of Blatchley, but it only happens every other year. I think that we should do it every year because it is so fun. The only problem is that it is very expensive, but most of that money comes from community members. I definitely think that since DYP is so great it should be every year.

Everyone wants it to be every year, but they're just afraid to ask. My mom taught a class and she is
going to write a letter to the editor about how great it is and how we should have it every year. Also, it is so great and gets kids to do things they normally wouldn't do. It gets them out of their comfort zone to discover what they could do with their life. I think that getting kids to be more confident is really great, and DYP helps them do that.

I hope that more people will stand up and make it so DYP happens every year. I did a theater class that I normally wouldn't do, and I wasn't as shy as I thought I would be and it was my favorite class. I bet a lot of other people tried something new, also, and that they all loved it, which just goes to show that DYP is great and it should be every year. So go talk to your teacher so we can do it again next year.

Hurricanes

Typhoon Tip

Hurricanes are basically just a really really big storm. Their winds can reach up to 200 mph, and they can be up to 600 miles across. They move across the ocean at 10 – 20 mph, release 2.4 trillion gallons of water a day, and form in warm waters with a surface temperature of at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Hurricane season in the Atlantic starts on June 1^st and ends November 30^th. The eastern pacific hurricane season starts on May 15^th and also ends on November 30^th. Hurricanes spin around a low pressure area known as the eye. The lowest pressure ever recorded in a hurricane was on Oct. 12, 1979, in the eye of Typhoon Tip about 520 miles northwest of Guam when the air pressure dropped to 870 millibars. Typhoon Tip, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Warling, was the most intense storm ever recorded. Its winds reached 190 mph, and it was also the largest tropical cyclone on record, with a wind diameter of 1,380 miles. Hurricane names go in alphabetical order from the first hurricane of the season (Alexander, Alice, etc.) to the last. The names also trade off between girl and boy names, and if one storm is especially destructive, they retire that name and never use it again. Hurricanes are very interesting, and are worth researching. 

National Geographic, Wikipedia