Planning For Summer

STUDENTS SHARE WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO FOR 3 MONTHS

RACHEL DICKERSON/MCDONALD COUNTY PRESS Noel Elementary and Junior High School students, front row, left to right, Mi Reh, Jasury Gonzalez, Adam Jones, Sam Brewer, back row, Haliegh Lewis, Avoleen Joseph, Ioakim Frederick, Melisa Rubi and Frankie Villagran, recently shared their summer plans.
RACHEL DICKERSON/MCDONALD COUNTY PRESS Noel Elementary and Junior High School students, front row, left to right, Mi Reh, Jasury Gonzalez, Adam Jones, Sam Brewer, back row, Haliegh Lewis, Avoleen Joseph, Ioakim Frederick, Melisa Rubi and Frankie Villagran, recently shared their summer plans.

Summer -- the word brings back memories of swimming pools, riding bikes, eating watermelon and long days of playing outside. A group of Noel Elementary School and Junior High School students recently shared their summer plans.

Sixth-grader Mi Reh said his plans include going to summer school, going to visit his cousin and going fishing with his dad.

Fifth-grader Sam Brewer said he is going to Yellowstone National Park with his family.

"I've already been to Disney World and many other places I can't name," he said. "I'm going to feed a bear that's named after me."

Brewer explained he found a place online where people can adopt bears and he talked his parents into adopting a bear.

"He's my very own bear. I get to feed him. He is a brown bear that usually hibernates in the winter, and he is super cute," Brewer said.

He said his other plans include going to church camp, staying home playing video games and getting his own phone.

Fourth-grader Adam Jones said, "Right after school lets out I'm going to summer school. Then I'm going to church camp for five days. Then I'm going to swim in my neighbor's pool."

He said his birthday is July 22. His family will probably go kayaking and eat at some restaurants during the summer, he said.

"I can play with my baby sister. She was just born about two months ago and some odd days. I like to play with her and watch TV with her," he said.

Third-grader Jasury Gonzalez said she is going to stop using electronics "because I'm so addicted." She said she will go swimming, she might go to Six Flags or Sea World and she might go to summer school.

Seventh-grader Haliegh Lewis said she is going to summer school and church camp and to visit her grandma. She was hoping to go to Florida, but that trip did not work out. She said she will go swimming during the summer.

"That's basically all I do all summer," she said.

Sixth-grader Avoleen Joseph said she plans to go to summer school, go swimming, play basketball and maybe visit her parents in Kansas.

Seventh-grader Ioakim Frederick said his summer plans include hanging out with his friends, being with his family, seeing a baseball game on July 4, exercising and swimming.

Eighth-grader Melisa Rubi said she will go to summer school and may travel some. She will attend church camp and McDonald County High School's Freshman Academy. She will also do some swimming and walking to pass the time, she said.

Eighth-grader Frankie Villagran said he is going to church camp and to Texas to celebrate his sister's birthday. He will stay with his grandmother in Texas and help out around the house and see some friends and family he hasn't seen in a while. He also plans to attend summer school.

General News on 05/18/2017