Repo men 2010 April 2

In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly     sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called “The Union”. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don’t pay your bill, “The Union” sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property… with no concern for your comfort or survival. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company’s top-of-the-line heart-replacement… as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart’s no longer in the job. When he can’t make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy’s former partner Jake, to track him down.

Wilmot Mountain at Sunset

We all surely know that our little groundhog friend saw his shadow–which means 6 more weeks of winter. However, Wilmot Mountain is literally feeling the heat. With spring in sight, there are only a few more weeks left in this ski season. The projected time left for the local ski resort is down to 2-4 weeks. So if you are a ski/snowboarding fanatic, now is your chance to get in before the season ends. With the warming temperatures, the ride will be comfortable, but that means that the snow base is depleting. Your chance to ski or snowboard is almost over. Get in your fun before the sun gets here!

Army of Two: The 40th Day was released January 10th this year and was anticipated to be an amazing game. The first Army of Two was a great game, full of incredible graphics and fun game-play, as you could customize your weapons, masks , and armor. The 40th Day, however, lacked somewhat of an ingenuity or craftiness for adding on to all that.

Some players of this game said that the makers of the game didn’t really take the fact that players wanted new plots and exciting new features. Although it is a truly fun game, it didn’t quite grab the attention everyone thought it was going to get.

Army of Two: The 40th Day Game Cover

According to Gamezone.com, they gave it a review with these categories and their scoring from 1 to 10, ten being the best:

Gameplay: 6

Graphics: 7

Concept: 7.5

Overall: 6

Overall, Army of Two: The 40th Day is a visually stunning, very fun to play, multiplayer shooter. The 40th Day is rated     ”

M” by the ESRB for Mature.

When Apple recently released it’s tablet, the iPad, reception was mixed. Many thought that it was over priced while others thought that it was the best thing ever. Back in December, before the iPad was even announced, the JooJoo was announced. It had been previously called the Crunch Pad bui when TechCrunch dropped support for it the hardware maker decided to release it. It has less storage than the iPad and it is not user accessible. IT uses web apps instead of nativley installed applications. One feature that it has that the iPad doesn’t is a  webcam for video conferencing and that is an important feature that will keep people from buying the iPad.

The JooJoo

Semester 1 grades will be available for online viewing (via Skyward) on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. Parents that have requested to receive paper copies should expect those in the mail within one week of Wednesday, January 27, 2010.

FREE Spinning Demonstration!

Looking for a challenging way to burn some calories and get in shape?

Give Spinning a try! The Wilmot Fitness Center is offering free Spinning classes on Monday, January 25^th at 5:30 a.m. and
Wednesday, January 27^th at 7:15 p.m. Limited space so get there early!

The February/March Issue of the WUHS Newsletter is available by clicking this link: http://wilmothighschool.com/docs/newsletter.pdf

Traveling is an excellent way to broaden students’ education outside the classroom.  Mrs. Deborah Fragale, Language Arts Department Chair and Wilmot High School Language Arts teacher, is planning her fourth student trip to Italy and France for June, 2011.  This unforgettable travel experience is planned through Explorica, a worldwide educational travel company.    This 10-day tour of northern Italy and southern France includes visits to Venice, Florence, Verona, Siena, Pisa, Monaco, Nice, and Paris.  From St. Mark’s Square in Venice to a cruise on the Seine in Paris under the Eiffel Tower, this unforgettable trip will have students smiling like Mona Lisa for years to come. To view the detailed itinerary and to sign-up, visit the Explorica website at www.myexplorica.com/Fragale-7837 or contact Explorica at 1-888-310-7120 and mention the tour Fragale-7837.  Save $150 on the cost of your tour by redeeming the voucher code EarlyPlanner.  If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Fragale at 262/862-2351 extension 148 or at fragaled@wilmoths.k12.wi.us.   Parents, relatives, friends and community members are welcome, too!

Click here for instructions to enroll online.

Are we paying too much?

Everyone loves the holidays–except Mr. Scrooge. However, is it more profitable to be a Scrooge in the holiday season? Sure, many people love to show how much they care in the holidays by giving out the best gifts to the people they really care about. No doubt most readers can only admit that they look forward to see what they got from anyone and everyone. But just how much money did we spend as teenagers? A large of teenagers do have jobs in which they have some cash to go and spend on others, but some teens just don’t have the money to spend for Christmas. From a survey of 15 teenagers(all of high school level), the amount of money spent on other people–both family and friends–and the number of people bought for was researched. It averaged at about $17 per person. It is truly astounding that students in high school spend $17 on each person they buy for. For some people, thats nearly a tank of gas. So, that means you would have to choose between a tank of gas or a present for a friend–a truly tough choice in deed. And on average, students surveyed bought for a total of 5 people. So, on average, people spent nearly $85 this Christmas. When thinking about that, that is only $15 of $100! In some cases, that is the amount of a paycheck. Maybe the new year resolution for the masses is to save so that we don’t go broke next Christmas.

Read this: 2010

How did you say it? If you said it like “two-thousand and ten” then you a wrong. The correct and just way to say the year is “twenty ten”. Now I hear you are asking, “Why do we need to say it like that?”, well, because it is quicker. We have been saying the correct pronunciation for the last decade,  but now people believe we should still be saying it like that. Try to say some past years before 2000, for example:

1492
1664
1985
1820
1999

Thanks to http://www.twentynot2000.com/ for the perfect image.

We must start using the correct pronunciation. It is for the good of all people. Be kind, say it right.