{"id":20,"date":"2007-05-02T11:03:13","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T18:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcgaughey.edublogs.org\/2007\/05\/02\/the-story-of-our-names\/"},"modified":"2007-05-02T11:03:13","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T18:03:13","slug":"the-story-of-our-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mr.mcgaughey.ca\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"The story of our names."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      At the beginning of the year, each child in the class made a<br \/>\n      self-portrait, which we turned into a flip book.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      In March, each student wrote the story of how they got their name. Here<br \/>\n      they are together.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/alexis.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>\n      Alexis Houthuyzen- My mom thought that I was a boy so she called me<br \/>\n      Alexander, but I was a girl so she called me Alexis because I look like<br \/>\n      an Alexis. My dad called me stormy because when I was born it was a<br \/>\n      scary birth so my middle name is stormy.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/brendan.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    Brendan Arthur Hrynczak- My parents called me Brendan because they both<br \/>\n    like that name. My middle name is from my mom&#8217;s step dad Arthur Dey. My<br \/>\n    last name is after my dad&#8217;s last name. My poppa called my mom Melissa<br \/>\n    after a small town called Melissa on Highway 11 near Burk&#8217;s Falls.<\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/carter.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    Carter Aube- Carter is my mom&#8217;s great grandmother&#8217;s family name. Jared<br \/>\n    Darryl is my brother&#8217;s name. .Darryl came from Darrlysitler. Jared was<br \/>\n    picked because my mom and dad liked it. Brayden, my mom liked it and<br \/>\n    Shannah got picked from a baby book. Martin, my dad , looked like a<br \/>\n    Martian when he was born.<\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/chevy.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    Chevy Vanderhaas- Vanderhaas is Dutch. It means rabbit in Dutch. Chevy is<br \/>\n    a Dutch name picked by my parents. Both of my parents are Dutch.<\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/colter.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    Colter Bruce Rumney- My name is Colter Bruce is my dad&#8217;s name .My mom<br \/>\n    liked the name. A Colter is a part on an old horse plow .I like the name<br \/>\n    Colter.<\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/colton.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    Colton K. Reynolds- My mom liked the name Colton. My sister got her Name<br \/>\n    was from an Indian tribe. My dad got his name from a famous hockey player.<br \/>\n    His name is Lanny McDonald. And my little brother his name was from a<br \/>\n    famous hockey player too, his name was Curtis Joseph<\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/daniel.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    My name is Daniel- My mom and dad thought that I was going to be a girl<br \/>\n    named Grace, so for two days I was Baby Reader. They had to spend a lot of<br \/>\n    time to decide. They finally came up with Daniel from the Bible. My middle<br \/>\n    name was Sean after dad.<\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/gage.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    Gage Lafreniere- My dad was grocery shopping in Moose Jaw, Sask., when he<br \/>\n    noticed an adorable little boy in line in front of him. He asked the<br \/>\n    mother what the little boys name was and she said it was Gage. My dad<br \/>\n    thought that was really neat and original and decided he would like to one<br \/>\n    day name his son Gage. My middle name, Palmer, is actually my mom&#8217;s last<br \/>\n    name, which will never carry further because my mom has no brothers. We<br \/>\n    liked the idea. My last name is Lafreniere and it is the same as my dads<br \/>\n    last name. Lafreniere is a French Canadian name<\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/jaden.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    My name is Jaden- I have a brother his name is Kalton. And this is how I<br \/>\n    got My name in A Magazine<\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/jordan.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    Jordan Todoroff- I was a name in a baby book. My brother was named after<br \/>\n    my grandma. My dad was named after my grandma, and so was my mom.<\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/nicholas.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    My Name Is Nick- I have a brother and a sister and another sister. I have<br \/>\n    blue eyes. My hair is blonde. I am 9 years old. My full name is Nicholas<br \/>\n    Ryan Fiegehen. My mom picked my name because she liked it. I am not named<br \/>\n    after anyone, I have my own name.<\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/rebecca.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    Rebecca Stewart- I was named after my Moms best friend. Billie is named<br \/>\n    after my Nan. Jeun is named after my aunt. Stewart is named after my dad<br \/>\n    and it&#8217;s Irish<\/p>\n<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\/media\/selfportraits\/shaelyn.JPG\" width=\"95%\"><\/p>\n<p>    Shaelyn Ironside- My name came in a baby book. My mom and dad pick it. My<br \/>\n    dad liked Amber. So my middle name is Amber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of the year, each child in the class made a self-portrait, which we turned into a flip book. In March, each student wrote the story of how they got their name. Here they are together. 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