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Welcome to Harry Potter's birthday party! *throws confetti as balloons fall from the ceiling* Now let's all sing.
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear HAAARRRYYY!
Happy birthday to you!
How well do you know the birthday boy? Did you answer every question correctly in our Trivia Quiz last week? Here are the answers.
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games are in full swing! Last week you had the chance to test out your Olympic Games trivia knowledge. Here are the answers:
The Olympics are now underway, and we are eager spectators of every thrilling minute! We've saved some of our favorite photos from the first few days in London. View below the athletes battling for Olympic gold, giving their all in practice and competition. I include the official "serious" captions for each photo, but you can have fun creating your own captions in the Comments.
Today's post is written by Donna Freitas, author of Gold Medal Summer.
In Gold Medal Summer, Joey Jordan's best events are Beam and Floor. In order to fulfill her dream of winning gold, Joey has to find routines on both events that play to her strengths, not just what her coach values, and that means valuing artistry over tumbling, at times.
Olympic Swimmer Lia Neal
The Olympics are almost upon us, and we here at the STACKS are SO EXCITED!
I'm extra-excited because my friend, Lia Neal, has made the U.S. Olympic swimming team! At the U.S. Olympic Trials she made the women's team for the 4x100 freestyle relay. After beating out her competition – a number of them past Olympic medalists, like Natalie Coughlin – Lia, at only 17 years old, was 4th to the wall in the event, securing a spot as a member of the 2012 team. It was so incredible! She immediately burst into tears. Called a "source of inspiration for a younger generation" by The New York Times and "Official 2012 Olympic Athlete of The Sports Section" by New York Magazine, the teenage girl from Brooklyn, New York is making a name for herself as an athlete to watch! She's also one of the nicest people I know. Now training in France with the rest of the U.S. swim team, she was kind enough to take a break from her rigorous training schedule to answer a few questions for the STACKS.
Continue reading "Interview with Olympic Swimmer Lia Neal!" »
Imagine if a mosquito bite could kill you. There are parts of the world where they can! Mosquitoes in tropical regions around the Equator can carry malaria, a really scary disease that can be deadly. Treatment of malaria is very expensive for most families living in Africa, and they often don't get treatment until it's too late. But there is a simple solution: sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets so the mosquitoes can't bite.
Here are some net facts:
This post is sponsored by People to People Ambassador Program.
Calling all 5th to 8th graders! Enter The 39 Clues-inspired creative writing contest for a chance to win a trip to Europe!
Imagine that you're a member of the Cahill family and you're suddenly on the hunt for the 39 Clues! Using this story starter, write a 200-word essay for a chance to win an exciting People to People Ambassador Trip to England and France during the summer of 2013.
Story Starter:
You wake up in a hotel room. You look around you. The room is empty. On the mirror is a note written in thick black marker. It says, “The final clue is just around the corner. Be careful!!” You hear a knock on the door. Your heart is thumping in your chest. You look through the peephole. What happens next?
Enter now! Essays are due December 3, 2012!
The Olympics are almost here! The athletes competing in London are so inspiring they have us all hoping for gold and dreaming of world records. Did you know there is a world record being broken right now that you can be a part of? It's true! You can still go for the gold . . . with reading!
Readers around the world just blew past the summer reading world record with the Scholastic Summer Challenge. But we don't want to just beat it, we want to crush it! How many more minutes can we log by the end of the summer? How much can we beat the record by? We can’t wait to see where we end up but we need you to help us get there! How? Exercise your reading muscles with a literary Olympics!
It's almost time for the Olympics! Ringing in day 2 of our Olympic Games-themed week is this fun trivia quiz on all things interesting, weird, and plain silly about Olympic years past. I like to joke, when people ask me if I play any sports that I do marathons all the time . . . marathons of my favorite TV shows that is! So, in the spirit of good sportsmanship, here's a little multiple-choice action fun:
The Olympic Games are almost upon us!!!!!!!!! Is anyone else as excited as I am? I can barely hold it in!
We thought it would be a great idea to build up our anticipation here at the STACKS by having an Olympics-themed week on Ink Splot 26. The Games begin on Friday, July 27th. We've got all sorts of fun stuff planned until then (with a few surprises), so stay tuned!
To kick things off, let's CREATE A CAPTION! What do you think would be a great caption for the photo of this Olympic Table Tennis player in the heat of a competition?
Teen Choice Awards 2012 Giveaway
You too can be a star! If you subscribe to the free STACKS Blast e-mail newsletter, then you already know about our monthly sweepstakes. Well, this is just to announce that in the next STACKS Blast sweepstakes, you can enter for a chance to win some of the same gift bag items celebrities like Demi Lovato, Jason Derulo, Victoria Justice and Jordin Sparks received at the Backstage Creations Celebrity Retreat at Teen Choice 12.
You need to sign up for the STACKS Blast newsletter to enter the sweepstakes, but don't worry. It's free. And tune in to watch the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday, July 22nd at 8:00-10:00 PM ET on FOX.
Jennette McCurdy iCarly Interview
You know Jennette McCurdy as Sam on iCarly, the one who kidnapped Zayn in that awesome episode with One Direction. Sadly, this is the last season of iCarly, so after the finale on November 23, we will have to survive with only reruns. We got to talk to Jennette to find out what her life outside the show is like.
