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Writing prompts for the coming week are posted online! (Note: Gazette pages might sometimes be unavailable for a few minutes at a time while the webmaster tends to some technical issues. If that happens, just check back a little later.)

Here's just one of many writing prompts for specific days in March that will entertain and motivate students...and adults!

Today is St. Urho Day in Finland. St. Urho didn't really exist, but was made up by a department store manager as an excuse to have a sale—and a party. It is said he chose today for his saint to get ahead of the Irish and St. Patrick's Day. He made up a story about St. Urho's holy chanting driving away the grasshoppers that threatened to ravage the wild grape vines of Finland. Since grapes have never grown wild in Finland, the story is way bogus. The Finns know it, but many of them celebrate the holiday anyway. A fake saint deserves some fake traditions to go with his holiday. Invent a tradition about how St. Urho...See More


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