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Lauren G. will be starting 7th Grade this year with a new iPod Touch. She won the most popular prize in the drawing held at Danbury Library on August 11th. Alina S. won the 'nano'. Congratulations to both of you!

Danteyh J. will begin her first year at DHS by arriving in a Limo, and Alex T. from RPMS will start 7th grade when he arrives with a few of his friends in a Limo. That should be fun. Thanks to Greg Scott Limousine for offering this prize for the 6th year.

Evan L. and Bianca M. won the Jabra Bluetooth Headsets.

This was a short, but fun summer. I hope everyone enjoys the next few weeks of relaxation. Any ideas or suggestions are always welcome. Call me (797-4528) or comment here on the blog.

Posted by Dymphna Harrigan at 02:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Ever wonder how fast you can type? I came across a neat website this morning called www.typingtest.com, which is a neat site that helps you gauge how fast you can type. There's several different tests; some are more difficult to type than others. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and "The Enchanted Typewriter" tests both netted me over 90 wpm, but I could only do about 77 wpm on the "Astronauts" one. Silly punctuation!

So tell me, how fast can you type? And FYI, if you respond to any of our blog entries on the Teen Zone, you're entered in to win a prize! Ask Mrs. Harrigan for more details!

Posted by Merry at 01:52 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Recently, an article was published about a 15-year-old intern at Morgan Stanley who reported on the media usage habits of he and his friends, and makes some bold statements about teens and media in general. Matthew Robson states that traditional media like TV and newspapers are losing ground among teens, which I can completely understand, as I know we're using the internet for everything! He also states that teens don't like paying for downloading movies or music from the internet, and find advertisements annoying. These are both pretty obvious, logical statements to me, but what is most intriguing to me is his report that he and his friends don't use Twitter, yet use new forms of social media. What kind of social networking mediums are you guys using to stay connected? Is Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace completely or near passé? Are you using the Wii or XBox Live or just plain old text messages instead?

Posted by Merry at 01:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)