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2014-15
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The Team
Table of Contents
Normandy4 Dangerous as a Greaser in the East
Rakel Sveinsdottir & Bianca Strom
Mia Blacklaws
Story Time
Polina Vitrouk
The Voice
Juliette Libby
Gwendolyn Fields
6 A Girls Head
What does electricity dream of ?
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My Favorite Kingdom
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8 Melkorka Kjartansdottir
10 Eva Groos
Poem14
10 Tali Golergant
Leaves.15
Nina Penning
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Nina Penning
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Shiva Glober
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Electric Dream
Leo-Thor Leleux
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Autumn Leaves
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Leo-Thor Leleux
Melkorka Kjartansdottir
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Lonely Colours
Poems
Cameron Forsyth
Sebastien Duer
Mark Hallerstrom
Friendship will always be one of lifes greatest From the Roman Times - The Rebublican
treasure13 Ian Kearns
Charles Rousseaux and Vida Goddard
Lonely Part 2
Victor Oldensand
Strong Words
Victor Oldensand
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Swicked Sites
Mason Berger
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Minecraft24
Alessandro Di Biaggio
Book Review
Kristopher Berkel
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Normandy
Mia Blacklaws
Polina Vitrouk
September 10th 2014
Class 7F
Story T ime
The mandala essay was an indian practice of expressing your feelings through
imagery. The seventh graders decided to interpret themselves into this practice
and then write an essay, as shown in Polina Vitrouks example.
Mandala
The Mandala that I made is a reflection of myself. It is a reflection of myself now, my goals and myself
in the future. Through the creation of my Mandala I was able to understand myself better and I was able to
understand myself in a different way. I learned what I truly value in life and what kind of a person I want to
become. Buddhist monks in Tibet create Mandalas through a spiritual process, when they are going through
hard time in life or are having difficulties connecting with their god, they all gather to create a Mandala. The
Mandala is made over the course of six days and is created out of colored sand. While the monks are creating
the Mandala other monks are playing spiritual music to help guide them through the spiritual journey. Once
the Mandala is completed and everyone has seen it they sweep away the sand into jars because the sand is
now sacred. However the creation of my Mandala was much less spiritual and more of a thought provoking
process. The mandala that I made is a representation of how I see myself, what my goals are and who I want
to become.
There are many symbols on my Mandala of myself now but I chose the three that are most important
to me. The first symbol I thought of while creating my Mandala was a stack of books. Reading is my hobby
some might say its my passion. When I read I am transported into the setting of the book, I become the
characters or a witness to the crime. As I begin to read I leave our world of problems and enter a whole new
world. Last week Harry, Ron, Hermione and I were starting our first years at Hogwarts, last night I watched
Jace battle a demon. Reading takes me on new adventures and fills me with ideas. When I feel depressed with
the state of the world I pick up The Hunger Games and watch as Peeta, Katniss and Finnick battle for their
lives and suddenly I dont feel so glum. On my Mandala I included a drawing of a 420 sailboat, because that
is the boat I sail. However the boat also represents the path of life, if you dont pull in your sail your going to
end up sailing in circles. I think it symbolizes the fact that you have to work hard to get yourself through life.
Finally, the tree which represents growth and strength because you need to be strong before you can grow. It
represents power, sturdiness and calmness, all of these factors are necessary for it to survive in nature. People
have factors that help them survive in this world. I picked these symbols because they are small representations of myself. They are pieces of my puzzle that help put me together.
Colors. Every person associates different colors with various objects, emotions and ideas. On my Mandala
I have many different colors but I chose four main ones. The first one is blue, traditionally blue is associated with depth, loyalty, truth, wisdom and faith. Blue is also the hue of the sky and is often affiliated with
the ocean. When I sail its just me, the boat and the big blue ocean, I can go anywhere. The second color I
chose was orange. Orange is a combination of the passion in red and the joy in yellow. When you mix yellow and red paint your mixing passion and joy, you get determination, success and happiness. To the human
eye orange is a hot color, when seeing orange you feel the sensation of heat. Fascinatingly orange increases
the oxygen supply to the brain, and stimulates mental activity. I choose orange for my reading and writing
section because of these facts and because of what the color orange is associated with. The third color I chose
was green. Green symbolizes growth, harmony and peace.
The color green has an emotional correspondence with safety. It is on the same side as the religious symbols
because I think that green also represents tolerance and acceptance. It is a very earthly color and it has a
strong connection with nature. The last color I chose was red because red represents blood, energy and power
as well as passion, love and sensitivity. Red is a very emotional color; on the one hand its scary and evil but
on the other its love and kindness and passion. When I see the color red I think of the trauma room at the
ER because it reminds me of fear. Fear doesnt scare me it thrills me, when Im scared I think. The colors I
chose to express myself are all associated with the qualities I have or want to have. Green symbolizes growth,
harmony and peace. The color green has an emotional correspondence with safety. It is on the same side as
the religious symbols because I think that green also represents tolerance and acceptance. It is a very earthly
color and it has a strong connection with nature. The last color I chose was red because red represents blood,
energy and power as well as passion, love and sensitivity. Red is a very emotional color; on the one hand
its scary and evil but on the other its love and kindness and passion. When I see the color red I think of the
trauma room at the ER because it reminds me of fear. Fear doesnt scare me it thrills me, when Im scared I
think. The colors I chose to express myself are all associated with the qualities I have or want to have. The last
color I chose was red because red represents blood, energy and power as well as passion, love and sensitivity.
Red is a very emotional color; on the one hand its scary and evil but on the other its love and kindness and
passion. When I see the color red I think of the trauma room at the ER because it reminds me of fear. Fear
doesnt scare me it thrills me, when Im scared I think. The colors I chose to express myself are all associated
with the qualities I have or want to have. The mandala essay was an indian practice of expressing your feelings through imagery. The seventh graders decided to interpret themselves into this practice and then write
an essay, as shown in Polina Vitrouks example.
The second side of me is the future and my goals. When I grow up I want to be a surgeon most likely a cardiothoracic surgeon. The symbol to represent surgery is the heart. I have always wanted a medical profession
but over the last year or so I have found that the idea of surgery was the most appealing to me. The symbols
that represent one of my many goals are the religious symbols. The religious symbols represent tolerance
and acceptance of any race, any sexual preference, any ideas, religion or disability. The world should be a
place where people feel safe to be one hundred percent themselves. I want to explore new cultures and travel
to new places. Thats what the globe represents, traveling. I want to visit every state in the United States of
America; I want to go to the Bahamas and India and Taiwan I want to see the world. These are the three most
important symbols for my future.
Through the creation of my Mandala I learned a lot. I learned what a Mandala is, and I asked myself answered questions that I had never had answers to before; I dug a little deeper into myself. I found that everyone has two or maybe more different sides. I have many different sides but these two sides are the ones
that are most important to me. In short, I think that the process of creating the Mandala was tiring and it
stretched my brain but I am glad because I was able to discover more about myself.
Polina Vitrok
This is a visual that Polina made,
In 2007, I was eight years old. On a warm summer night my brother, my dad, and I were all laying down on the
edge of our dock along the cold misty lake. Behind us were the big bull frogs nesting in the cold, mushy swamp
making their croaking sound. In the trees and in the bushes were katydids making their eep eep eep dink dink
dink sound lighting up the night with noise. Over the lake and in the air were lightning bugs, making no noise,
being as silent as a plant but giving off a bright flash of light every ten seconds. I could hear the rustling of all the
little forest creatures running and scuttling back to their homes for the night. Of course being only 8 years old
I was afraid of bears, so I was laying as far away from the woods a I could so that no bears came up behind me
and ate me. All I could smell was the mucky water from the swamp and the lake next to us, and the smell of my
mom in the house with her friends over making steak with the grill overlooking the lake, woods, and swamp. I
could also smell the nice smell of the charcoal and wood burning from my neighbors house as they had made
a campfire to roast marshmallows. Then it had started, we all looked up at the starry sky when big white objects
would zoom through the earth's atmosphere. We all watched in amazement. My brother, my dad and I were
all eating peanuts, cracking the hard outer shells open for the nice and tasty peanut inside. We discarded the
peanut shells into the lake, where they sank to the bottom and are still probably there today. Every time a meteor zoomed by us Mason would make a zooming sound. One after the other we would watch as the shooting
stars flew across the starry night sky. I remember asking my dad what would happen if a meteor crashed into
our house, and he said our insurance would help us. I didnt know what insurance was back then but I do now
and Im pretty sure insurance doesnt cover that. After at least half an hour of watching the sky it soon ended,
and like every good thing has to end. My mom said bye to her friends. My neighbors stopped putting wood
into the fire, but my brother, my dad, and I were still looking at the sky. Staring blankly at the stars. I remember
trying to make a shape out of some stars. My dad would find some constellations. My mom came down to the
dock with her own sleeping bag. We all looked at her and smiled. She came up next to me and laid down. We
all talked and told jokes until we fell asleep.
The Voice
The voice
The Voice
The Voice is a CASCADE, which is an amusing, interesting, and
pleasant class. In this CASCADE, you chose a song of your interest.
With that song, you rehearse, and get tips from the teacher, Mr. Libbey. The more you practice the better. On March 19, from 19:00 until
20:30. The Voice performed. There was singing, dancing, and musicians. It was a night to remember. The money given was donated to
the Mukwashi school in Zambia.
Gwendolyn Fields
Juliette Libby
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POEMS
Electricity dreams of
Lonely Colours
Black and white is where we started
Lime and magenta is where we finished.
The Rainbow
The prized possession of the sky
Boasting all its colours,
apart from little shy violet
Hidden under the others
I wish Ill be as big and strong as red one day,
Over the years that wish drifted further and further
away
Violet grew darker and moodier than ever before
Still the dream of red, nagging in the back of her
mind.
The reckless, ready, reserved red still on top of the
world.
What can I do to be like her?
We all knew it would come to this.
No one even notice he was dead.
His blood was red too.
Violet finally arrived at the top
but only lasted a day before blue took over
Cameron Forsyth
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Poems
1.
Electricity does not dream
Because electricity has no life
But if electricity did dream
It would dream of life
Life in its clearest form
Light
But as you know
Everything has to start somewhere
In this case...
A spark
But this spark grows
Bigger, bigger, bigger
Till there is light
This light continues to grow
Until it rests in its mothers womb
It lies in darkness
Growing, growing, growing
Until one day
The light turns on
And before you know it you are looking
into you mothers eyes
Searching, searching, searching
Then you find it
Love
But how can it feel love?
It came from nothing
I think
Its the spark
The spark that creates light
That is love
2.
If you has a choice
Would you hang on for dear life?
Or fall in autumn?
I would hang on; wouldnt you?
But when you think
If you hold on
You always have the same life
Nothing changes
But if you let go, you fall
and hopefully something changes
Its a lot like life
You have to take risks
If you dont, you and life never changes
So, let go, be a leaf
See where it takes you
Sebastien Duer
Lonely Part 2
Victor Oldensand
Friendship will always be one of lifes greatest treasure
Charles Rousseaux and Vida Goddard
Two shining stars are a symbol of friendship,
We are as close as two lips.
Some say a true friend is hard to find,
But why, when you are so kind.
We will be loyal, honest and true,
Whatever we will go through.
True friendship is loving and sharing,
And with no doubt, caring.
No matter if we are Socs or Greasers,
Friendship will always be one of lifes greatest treasure
My Favorite Kingdom
Shiva Glober
Poem
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Leaves.
Electric Dream
I dream of flying like a eagle,
I dream of love,
I dream of sleep,
I dream of dreams.
But I cant be what I want to be,
I cant be like an eagle flying in the sky.
I cant love, sleep
or dream
I am not nothing,
But I am nothing to me.
For my only wish,
Is something I cant see.
There is always less left of me,
for i am widely used,
for good and bad,
You havent realised,
but sooner or later I will be gone.
And I will stream with happiness,
In the dream I have never dreamt
Leo-Thor Leleux
Autumn Leaves
Soon it will be over,
The branch that has kept me,
Will let me go
And let me free by death.
I will know when,
The stream of life in the tree,
Stops streaming in me
And turns live dark like black.
I will know when,
My friend lets go of me,
I swift down
and gently give death a kiss
I will know when,
You turn brown, orange or yellow,
so will I
and then we will know.
Leo-Thor Leleux
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3-Sanger- http://www.sanger.dk/ or
google-Sanger dk
This one is for when you are bored on a Saturday, you have a maths test coming up and you
dont want to study. It gives you the feeling
that there is a REAL pug behind the monitor,
but when you look at the monitor at a different
angle then the pug goes out of view. When it
disappears it makes me sad. :( This website is
rather inactive as you cant do anything except
look at a pug licking a screen over and over
again. It is still cute and fun. However, after a
couple of times it gets dull unless you show it
to a friend that has never seen it before.
2 Feed the head- http://www.feedthehead.net/
or google Feed the head
Feed the head is a interactive game in which
you are represented by a head and you just
feed it. You click on parts of the head and
things happen. For example, its nose is able
to be pulled off and some noses do unusual
things. You advance in the game by just clicking on parts of the face.
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Match One: Our first match of the weekend was against the home team, ISA. The eagles came
with an 8-1 victory with goals from Mark (3), Zach (2), Sondre, John-Glenn, & Christian. It was a very
good first game seeing as wed just got off of the bus after a 5 hour journey. We played well as a team,
communicating well and using techniques we learned in football training. We played very respectfully
and there was a chance for all players to have a good run out for the match.
Match Two: Game two went a similar direction as the first match. Goals from Austin (2), Mark
(5), Cameron, & Tom Verlaque saw ISL cruise to victory. We had to start with 10 players due to some
late arrivals so we knew it was important to keep possession of the ball and not give anything away
cheaply. We had three things on our minds, have fun, play respectfully and win, all of which we did.
The MVP of the game was the whole team because of the cooperation and effort all of us put in.
Match Three: Our last game was an opportunity to really focus on all skills used in training. .
The score was irrelevant but we focused on playing well making use of the good tactics and verbal cooperation used previously. We kept the ball, played together and made sure that all areas of our game
were outstanding. Players on the score sheet were Philip (2), Cameron (2), Austin (3), Mark (5), Zach
(3), Tom Verlaque (2), Sondre (2), & Christian. Match two and Match three were back to back so by
the end of the day we were very tired but on a high from our efforts from the two days.
Weekend overall: I was very proud to be the captain of my team this past weekend because of
how great it went, I know the rest of the team was also very proud of this past weekend and we look
forward to next weekend when we host St Georges School Koln and the British School of Paris.
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CONSPIRACY!
Ian Kearns
Pegasus Sighted
At dusk last night, a Pegasus was spotted in the
sky, flying at the same height as the hills just
beyond the city, several hundred paces beyond
the aqueducts. Numerous citizens reported
this unusual event. The senators investigated
and concluded that the Pegasus was just an
erroneously thrown spear that was,tossed by
some ungrateful plebians. While the explanation seems a bit suspect, the senators were
confident in their findings. All future sightings
should be brought to the attention of Gavinous
Scorpious, esteemed senator, for investigation.
have finally have fences to prevent attendees from accidentally falling into the track. Additionally, the fences will
keep the racers from crashing into the viewing crowd.
The Circus Maximus will have tiered seating,
providing better viewing from all areas in the arena during the races. There will not be a bad seat in the house
now. The supervisor will now have a raised chair, which is
higher
than the other tiered seating. Also, at the starting line, the
doors of the racers stalls will be spring-powered, making
their opening fairer since they will all open at the same
time. Furthermore, there has been an expansion in the
number of lanes, the increase the maximum number of
racers.
All of these changes should improve the experience for
both the racers and the audience. See you at the races.
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Iris Erman
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Swicked Sites
Mason Berger
I started my web design business so that I can earn
money while I practice my programming skills. I
started by learning to program on a website online
called Code cademy. I learned programming with my
friend, Gray, in Middle School during TASC after I
finished all my homework. We had the idea to start
a web design business together, but there was one
problem, we were terrible at it. Although we could
not make a professional website at all, we thought we
were great! We were going to call our business Superior Bucktooth. I now realize how bad our idea was.
Now, two years later, I have my own web design
business called Swicked Sites. Now my websites are
MUCH more professional, and I actually have business! I started by purchasing a domain name, building the website, then advertising my business. The
one thing I have found the hardest is advertising.
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Minecraft
Alessandro Di Biaggio
This year, in the middle of September, the Swedish
mega-firm Mojang got bought by the greatest technological company in the world, Microsoft. Mojang
is famously known for creating the most bought
game there ever has been on the iOS store and the
Google play store, its name is Minecraft. Minecraft
is a game in which you can create different worlds
and build things in them using Lego-style blocks. In
the game itself there are two types of modes. The first
is the Creative mode: in the Creative mode you
get an unlimited amount of resources with which
you can build all sorts of things ranging from skyscrapers to underground caves. The second mode
is the Survival mode: The Survival mode is the
complete opposite to the Creative mode because
you have to hunt for your own resources and you can
even be killed by animated zombies. The reason why
Minecraft is such a unique game is because other
people, who are nearby, can join your worlds and
help you build things quicker. For example, imagine you are in the library with your phone, sitting
in the couches and you are in your Minecraft world
building things. And then imagine that your friend
is sitting in a chair (beside the library computers)
and is on his cell phone about 10 metres away from
you. And so, if you are building things in one of your
Minecraft worlds, your friend who is sitting in a
chair (beside the library computers), can track your
Minecraft world server with his or her phone and
this means that now he or she can then join your Minecraft world without any problem. And if you dont
want people join your worlds because they destroy
all your things, then on the settings you can chose to
play singleplayer, which means that only one who
can join your worlds is you. However there are also
some cons about Minecraft. For instance; sometimes
the game is laggy and so users have had to wait for a
total period of 10 minutes for the game to reload and
this understandably can cause frustration and some
users even quit playing the game because of it. Another con about Minecraft is that sometimes people
create traps which can make you fall down into big
deep tunnels and sometimes users dont manage to
come out of the tunnels because there are no ladders
and so they get stuck in the tunnels forever. So all
in all, no matter what age you are, I strongly recommend you to get the Minecraft app (available on the
Google Play Store and the App Store) because of its
extraordinary and truly unique features.
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Book Review
Attack on Titan
By Hajime Isayama
Kristopher Berkel
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