She played in the Disney channel, Lizzie McGuire Show Movie. She also played in the movies Cheaper by The Dozen, Material Girls, Raise Your Voice, Cadet Kelly, Cinderella Story, The Perfect Man, and The Lizzie McGuire Movie When in Rome. When Hilary was six she traveled in the Cechitti Ballet with her sister, Haylie Duff. Hilary decided she wanted to make her acting career come true. Hilary’s career started off good. She made a self-titled album “Most Wanted.” Hilary had a fourth album called “Dignity” that was released on April 3, 2007. Hilary Duff also stared in the movie, Casper Meets Wendy, and also played in the movie, Agent Cody Banks. Unfortunately Hilary and Disney couldn’t get along, so she left Disney and is now doing other things.

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Interesting facts researched by our own fifth graders:

• The largest mantids will eat small birds, frogs, and small lizards.
• Austria is a landlocked country in Europe.
• Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., more commonly known as John Denver, was a famous folk singer and songwriter.
• Miles Dewey Davis was a Jazz musician, a composer, and a band leader.
• Billy the Kid, a famous outlaw, became a criminal when he was 15.
• Bert Campaneris played all nine positions in one game, on September 8, 1965.

• November 2008 Wiki 5A blows past 20,000 hits. Not bad for a student-authored encyclopedia in its second full year of existence!

• October 2008 Wiki 5A adds audio recording for the first time. Visit the Ball Python article to hear it read over your computer speakers.

• BREAKING NEWS Wiki 5A reaches 1000 articles on October 20, 2008. All 1000 articles have been written and edited by SES fifth graders.
• September 2008 This year's fifth graders have been introduced to their new major responsibility: Wiki 5A. They have accepted this responsibilitiy and are beginning to make their mark on it. As always, check back often to see the latest updates.

This ia Mr. Mrs. standing beside a World War Two Jeep

This is a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Speicher on Veteran's Day. They are standing next to a World War 2 Jeep. On that day we brought in lots of Veterans! (Thanks to our student's Participation) We sang a song called O' Beautiful. The Cub Scouts brought out the American and Cub Scout flags. The Veterans had a great time.