Nearly six month have passed since our teacher, Mrs. Yakey, has returned from Japan. Nearly every week since her return she has taught us something new about Japan. We have eaten Japanese food, played with Japanese toys, written haiku, practiced writing hiragana and katagana letters, and learned about schools in Japan. During the Spring Open House at Northview, our class sponsored an "Evening in Japan." Over 100 parents and students stopped by to sample Japanese food, listen to Japanese music, examine Japanes artifacts, and watch a Power Point presentation.

The grand finale of our study of Japan included a field trip to the Indianapolis Museum of Art to learn about Asian art. Following that interesting tour we had a delicious lunch at Sakura Japanese Restaurant and then finished our outing by shopping at Sakura Market and Grocery.

We are very grateful that Mrs. Yakey traveled to Japan as we all benefited from her experience!

Mrs. Yakey's 8th Grade Resource Students

Mrs. Yakey - I have the Colts' scores for you! Here they are:


@ New York Giants 26 - 21 W
HOUSTON TEXANS 43 - 24 W
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 21 - 14 W
@ New York Jets 31 - 28 W
TENNESSEE TITANS 14 - 13 W

These are a couple of photos of Mrs. Yakey's classes. We took these pictures today during Mrs. Yakey's going away party. She made us promise to behave ourselves while she is gone.

My classmates and I gave Mrs. Yakey a going-away party today. She leaves for Japan on Sunday. My name is Cobi and I want to tell you about it. We surprised Mrs. Yakey with lots of good snacks. Then, she took picture of all of us. We also wrote her messages on the board. Finally, we got to watch a video all about Japan.

This is a picture of me standing next to one of the bulletin boards that Mrs. Yakey made for our classroom. She hopes to bring back lots more pictures and posters of Japan.

Hi! My name is Brett and I want to tell you about sports at Northview Middle School. My favorite sport is basketball. The season starts in late October and goes through January. I hope to play on the 8th grade team as a forward. Last year I played every game and sometimes I got to start. We won one game with the score of 86 to 16. During the season we usually play about 18 games.

I also play shortstop on the baseball team. Last season I got 30 "outs" and got on base almost every game. We won more games than we lost. Baseball season is shorter than basketball. We play approximately nine games.

At Northview a student must get good grades in order to play sports.

The computer lab at Northview is very cool. It is clean and nice. It has over 30 computers in it. We visit the lab when we have special projects that we have to work on that require a computer. This is a picture of one of our labs. We have three in our school. My name is Esequiel and I like going to the lab.

My name is Latashiona and I want to tell you about my science class. When I was in 7th grade I really liked my science class. It was a lot of fun. In the spring the science students went on an overnight field trip called Reach Out. We spent the night in cabins and during the days we explored our environment. We saw snakes and frogs. We hiked, fished, and canoed. We were sad when we had to leave.

My name is Mr. Powers, and I am the aide in Mrs. Yakey's room. I really enjoy helping all the kids out and working with them. They are a great group of kids, but they often tease me about how small my car is. In this picture, they have tied my car up to the ceiling and I am trying to figure out how it happened and how I can get it down. Okay I am just kidding about that. I really do not know what I am doing in this picture. I hope to hear from you all soon.

Hi! My name is Tamra. I am 15 years old and I come from a big family. I have nine brothers and seven sisters! In my free time I like to talk on my cell phone, go shopping at the mall, and go to movies. My favorite thing to do at school is sing in the choir.

Joseph Addai and Dominic Rhodes make a great pair of running backs for the Indianapolis Colts. Addai, a rookie out of Louisiana State University (LSU), and Rhodes, a 4-year veteran out of Midwestern State University (MSU), have combined for 237 yards in 70 rushing attempts, for an average of 3.4 yards per carry, and two touchdowns - all in just three games. You couldn't ask for a better pair of running backs.

My name is Schuyler and I am one of Mrs. Yakey's students from Northview Middle School. I want to tell you about the Indianapolis Colts. They are a National Football League team. Peyton Manning, their star quarterback, has been outstanding the past few years. He has had five seasons in a row where he has passed for 4000 yards. In addition, he threw a record 49 touchdown passes in 2004.

I went to the game yestersday. The Colts won! They are now 3-0 for this season.