April 2014
By Audrey Davis
Martin’s Dream
By: Fourth Grader Anna Nefeli Balaska A dream is a vision a person has the same rights, and are equal for a change towards something in front of the law. Martin Lubetter in the future. It is called ther King knew that only equala dream, because at the time ity secured by laws would help someone is thinking about it, no end discrimination and segreone would dare think about it as gation. He wrote books about a fact. When Dr. King was talk- equality, and insisted that ing about “I Have a Dream”, he only equality between citizens talked about changes he could can bring the desired change. Freedom is one of the see in the future, but not in the present where discrimination most important civil rights. It is and segregation were reality. vital for a person to live a happy Equality is when peo- life in freedom, and be acceptple of any race and gender have ed in his society. The freedom
By Fourth Graders Thisseas Kamouroglou, Caterina Barreiros and Thanasis Sitinas
of speech for example, was denied to black people, but Martin Luther King managed through his speech to say his opinion about discrimination and segregation, and this was so powerful, that no one could stop the change.
By Junior Kindergartener Anjali Raphael
Junior Kindergarten JK Students Study Transportation
Elizabeth Zaroubi’s airplane flies through the air.
Gregory Sietis’ train goes along the track.
JK Students Decorate for the Holidays
Phillippe Psichogios draws a Pumpkin for Halloween
Apostolis Adamopoulos draws a Reindeer for Christmas
Junior Kindergarten JK Students Study Australia We are currently learning all about Australia in JK! Students been making creative and beautiful art of projects of a Kangaroo baby joey in her mommy’s pouch with painted paper plates and koala’s out of toilet paper rolls! We will continue our Unit by making Didgeridoos (a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago) and making paintings with dot art!
Above: Koala’s (from left to right): Antonis Dimitripoulos, Paris Diamandis, Yuval Yefet, Alexandra Doxiadi Right: Great Barrier Reef by Avra Petrou, Below Left: Indigenous Australian Dot Art Turtle by Athina Assioura, Below Right: Kangaroo Nicholas Theodorakis
Kindergarten Noah Kraxberger write about a day with this favorite letter person. The Letter C.
Aineias Hristakos draws his favorite letter person: F for Funny Fish.
Lea Charitat tells us what she would do if she lived in a snow. globe.
Kindergarten
Natalie Papanikolaou writes about an activity she enjoys doing at home: playing with her friends.
Maggie Al Maleh’s Dinosaur dances!
Kimon Nakhleh tells us what he would do if only he had a
First Grade First Graders write a letter to Santa for Captain Chip
Alexandros Maheras, Stelios Papanikolaou and Colin Wilkinson with Captain Chip
First Grade
Abel Narvaez, Niovi Lylakou and Yiorgos Keramidas with Captain Chip
Second Grade If I were in the Woods...... By Anna Kee
By Oddy Stefanis
One day I was traveling with my dad in the wild. First we heard wolves. It was scary. Next we built a house with my dad. I had my own wolf that I found. I named him, Bigy! Then, I went into my house and cooked fish. There was a full moon that night. My dad left. He does not like fish. Then I said I need to go too and I followed his foot prints. I finally found him.
On Christmas Vacation
By: Eirini Aimiliani Psaronikolaki
One day a little girl named Anna was in the woods with her father. The girl had courage even though she heard the wolves howling. The next morning her Father said, “you must stay in the woods by yourself ”! He had to go to the farm which was far away. They needed to get eggs and vegetables. “Besides” he said, “I will be here in one hour, so don’t worry!” She did not feel that! She was worried. She did feel a little better because her dog, Peanut was going to be there beside her. She’s very protective. She watched him leave and then she felt a little sad. Peanut made her cheer up. Then she said, “he will be back soon”. She did her chores and that made her very tired. So, she got her favorite book, called the Princess and the Frog. In a short while, her father came back. He made her hot cocoa. He brought back very fresh milk. Then they ate dinner and she got tired and fell asleep.
By Christina Moundrea One night my father and I were going to sleep in the woods. In the morning my father went around the forest so we can find a place to build a new house so we can live. I was not scared that my father had to go into the forest. I kept up my courage as my mother had taught me. By Lydia The forest one night was very quiet. There were no animals in the area. The river and the trees were soft and no sounds were coming. Suddenly wolves made scary sounds. The valley below was very colorful. There were green colors, orange, brown and gold and red. It was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. Suddenly I saw a deer. The full moon was white like the snow. I felt happy and it was a very beautiful night.
Second Grade Winter Traditions
By: Nicolas Alexandrakis
New Years Resolutions By: Themis Soukakou
If I were in the Woods...... By Mila
One morning in the woods, this little girl named Mila was walk ing. She saw a colorful river. She picked up some wood to take to her mother. Her mother inthe afternoon was going to cook dinner. Mila said, “can I cook mother?” “of course!” said her mother. Mila practiced cooking and she did it! The next day Mila and her father had to go to the woods to build a new house. “Mila, don’t forget to keep your courage” said her mother. They finally got to the place where they wanted to build the house. Mila said, “I am scared, father”. Mila did not keep up her courage. Then she heard a sound.She was very frightened! “it is a deer”, said her father, “eating grass”. Her father was busy so Mila had to stay alone. Mila began to read her favorite book. It was, The Little Girl and her Favorite Tree. So she read and read. She heard a branch crack. “What happened”, said Mila to herself. She thought it was a squirrel. Mila was sitting next to a tree very scared, holding her knees. The sound she figured out, was an owl. “Ouff ”, said Mila! Then her father came. “What’s the matter”? said her father. “I just want to go home” said Mila. Themis’ Graphic Organizer
Third Grade Third Grade Culture Project Our third grade is doing a social studies project about their cultures. We discussed culture and all the students picked a country and told about food, religion, clothes, holidays, sports and fun. All the countries we have discussed in our class are: Lebanon, Israeli, India, Poland, Venezuela, Korea, U.S.A. , Canada, and of course, Greece. Most of the students made projects about Greece because many students are from Greece. We will tell you a little about some of the projects. From Korea, Kimchi is nutritious and it fights against cancer and disease and has more vitamins than apples. Taekwondo is traditional Korean martial arts for thousands of years. Now let’s tell you about Poland: Kelbasa is sausage, Huluski is cabbage and noodles, and for dessert is Kolzaki, cookies with jam filling. Also, Ringo is an international game from Poland.
Kelbasa is sausage, Huluski is cabbage and noodles, and for dessert is Kolzaki, cookies with jam filling. Also, Ringo is an international game from Poland. The next country is the U.S.A. America has lots of food from different cultures. They eats lots of barbeque and for dessert, they eat chocolate chip cookies. Jeans are very American clothes. The next country is Greece. Souvlaki and gyros are the same but gyros are pita bread with meat and vegetables wrapped inside. Israel has very good food like a cookie with chocolate inside and it’s named after a man with ears.
Straight from Denmark
by Amaryllis Antonopoulou We have a new student in Mr. Maloff ’s class from Denmark! Her name is Laura. She is very kind and extremely smart! I asked her some questions about Denmark and Greece. Amaryllis - Laura, what do you miss the most from Denmark? Laura - “I miss the language (Danish) the most.” AA- What do you like about Denmark? LR- “Tivoli! Tivoli is a park with nice roller coasters, a great restaurant, and a house
that moves up and down.” AA- Do you like Greece? LR- “Yes, because I love ACS.” AA- Which do you like more,
Israel has very little water but last year there was a flood and now there is too much water. In Lebanon, they play a kind of drum that is called a Tableh. They eat Fatoush. In Canada, ice hockey is a traditional winter sport. Canada is the biggest producer of maple syrup. In India, they eat Samosa which has peas, squash and potatoes. And a nice sweet is Gulab jamun which are little balls with honey. At Indian weddings and big parties, girls wear Saarees which are long colorful gowns and boys wear Sherwanis which have long coats with scarves. In Venezuela, there is a tropical climate which is very nice. It also has the tallest waterfalls named Angel Falls. The national food is Pabllon which is plantain bananas, meat, black beans and rice. France is the country of love! The most famous building there is the Eifel Tower and at night it lights up and it is beautiful. France has gourmet food and delicious cheese and pastries, and also a lot of wine. Thank you! Ms. Theo’s Class
Denmark or Greece? LR“Denmark because I havemany good friends there.” A A Have you visited the Acropolis? LR- “I have visited the Acropolis a lot of times.” AA- Do you like the Acropolis? LR- “Yes, because the ancient things are beautiful!” AA- I appreciate that Laura is my friend and in my class! I wish that she will someday like Greece as much as she likes Denmark!
Third Grade Student Council New By Hagan Kraxberger
My name is Hagan Kraxberger. I am in Ms. Mukri’s class. I am a member of the student council. The student council is a group of students from each class from Kindergarten to 5th grade. We meet in Ms. Mukri’s class during third grade lunch every Friday. We have student council to discuss problems and ideas and then we tell our ideas to the principal. If you have any ideas contact your fellow student council member.
Teaching Basketball By Andrew Stojakovic
On Mondays from September until December last fall, I assisted Mr. Maloff with basketball. I learned that teaching is a little hard. I helped the First and Second Graders practice the figure eight, jump stop, and dribbling back and forth. When I help them, I have a lot of responsibility. I show examples of how to do things and give extra help to kids that need it. The First and Second graders were fantastic and they listened very well. We played on the mini basketball court across campus. The program took place to teach them skills and so they could have fun! That’s why I like teaching basketball!
Souvlaki and Sushi
by Alexia Kotroni Alexia - Yoshinori, have you lived anywhere else outside Japan? Yoshinori - No, I haven’t live anywhere else. AK - Do you miss something from your country? YN- I miss the food. Especially sushi and sashimi. AK- What do you like most about Japan? YN- School, I like school. AK- Which are your favorite subjects in class? YN- My favorite subject are Social Studies and Math. AK- What do you like least? YN- I find difficult the very hard tests of Science. AK- What do you like more about Greece?
YN- My favorite thing about Greece is food. I love souvlaki! AK- What would you like for Greece to have? YN- I want Greece to have many kinds of food from Japan AK- What did you predict thatGreece would have when you were coming to Greece? YN- I predict that there would be raw fish. AK- Do you miss Japan? YN- Yes, I do miss Japan. AK- Where do you like to live the most? YN- Japan!!!!! AK- Yoshinori is very clever and brilliant at math. I’m very glad that he’s my friend!
Romania
By Yannis Koliopoulos The capital of Romania is Bucharest. In Bucharest I was living with my family for almost six years. My dad had his job there, so we decided to move from Greece to Romania. In Romania the weather was very cold during winter and in summer it was quite hot and humid. There I went to school for the first time in my life. My school was next to my house. I liked my school with its new, big buildings. I had many friends and we used to play altogether in our free time. I miss my friends and I wish I would go to Bucharest and see them again. When I was living there I was missing Greece, my grandparents and my cousins. Bucharest is the capital of Romania
with almost 2,5 million people and is a nice place to go. The city has many lakes and parks. The most beautiful is named Herastrau Park. Romania is located in East Central Europe. Its population is approximately 21 million inhabitants. Romania is one of the European Union country members since 2007. Before the revolution that led to democracy in 1989, the country belonged to the East European communist block. In 1989 people fought against communism and defended their human rights. It is really worth visiting Romania. I have wonderful memories from Romania, which will always be as my second country in my heart.
Fourth Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade Tom Turkey
By: Jackson Bradshaw Tom Turkey was a big turkey. Now I don’t mean an ordinary big turkey. No sir! I mean an extraordinary, gigantic big turkey. In fact, Tom Turkey was so big that he couldn’t even fit through his front door! He would have to make a bigger space for his door. He called the workers but they were not on duty for the whole month. So he called his friend, Terrence Turkey to help him fix his door. Terrence said he heard how to fix a door but wouldn’t help Tom Turkey. Tom Turkey decided to do it himself but didn’t know how. He couldn’t even walk around the house because he had to waddle. He decided to go to the hardware store - by car of course. There, he asked where he could get a red wrench because turkeys are red. The man was concerned because he thought, how could a turkey talk? Being cautious, he led Tom Turkey to the wrench section. The worker gave him the wrench and Tom Turkey took it to his car while many workers were staring at him confused. Back at his house he took down the door with his hammer. He asked his wife for a ladder to drill the screws in. When he was done, he tried to fit through the door. He could only fit through the door sideways. He decided it was way too hard to go through the same process. So day after day, he went through his door sideways. And the fattest turkey in the world lived happily ever after
Terrence
By: Natalie Al Malech Terrence turkey’s hearing was so sharp he could hear a fly sneeze 50 meters away. Now that means he could hear just about everything that was said or done in the barnyard. As youcan imagine his unusual ability was very useful for him. In fact, one day he heard it was almost Thanksgiving time. He gathered up all the turkeys to tell them what was going on. He said “OK, nobody panic, if they come for you just run.” Farmer Joe came and said “Hello tur
In Defense of Sea Turtles
keys, now lets see which one of you is big enough.” He said, “I’m looking for a big and fat turkey.” Terrence shouted, “Run turkeys! Run for your lives! Especially you Tom!” The barnyard went crazy. Farmer Joe tried to calm them down but one bit his behind. “OK! I’ve had enough, I’m just going to buy a turkey from the store for goodness sake.” “Our plan worked fellow turkeys, none of us is going to get eaten,” said Terrence. Then they all celebrated and said thank you to Terrence.
By: Raneem Ghoneim
Why do you think people don’t really care about sea turtles? Shouldn’t we do something? Well, readers, if you are reading this piece of writ ing, please tell other people about it. First, sea turtles are very important to the ecosystem because they eat jellyfish in the ocean that can make you die. If you kill them, the ocean will be so dirty you will get sick if you swallow a little bit of water. Sea turtles last very long, luckily, because sea turtles are part of the environment. Also, we are lucky that in this world there are sea turtles because if you find their eggs youcan take them to eat them. How
ever, if you find a sea turtle in the ocean, please don’t take it to keep it. In addition, if you find them, don’t poison them or take their shells for decoration. Also, some weird people make sea turtles in a bottle charm, which is unnecessary. People also decorate turtles to make them look beautiful, which is also unnecessary. To celebrate turtles for their wonderful job and show how important they are to us, we should have a sea turtle rescue center for turtles that get injured. We can have a sea turtle egg hunt where you hide balls representing their eggs and hide them so that other people hunt for them. Also, we should have a Sea Turtle Day when we can decorate our class with sea turtles and we can have turtle sports like do a race running like a turtle or swimming like a turtle. Since sea turtles are very important to the environment, we should take good care of them!
Fifth Grade “Lifting the Teacher!”
By: Nina Kalliamvakos Yesterday, we tried to lift our teacher, Mrs. Kynigou. Our materials were: 19 students, a load (the teacher), a wooden board, and a wooden block. When it was my turn, I put the wooden block as close as possible to Mrs. Kynigou to see if I can lift her up. My thinking was that the closer I put it to Mrs. Kynigou, the more chance I had to lift her up. So, Mrs. Kynigou stood on one side of the board, and I stood on the other side. Guess what?! I lifted her up! Hooray! The other students did the same as me, but some other students wanted Mrs. Kynigou
to lift them up. Also, some students put the block in the middle of the board. We all had fun! This was a really nice, fun and interesting experiment. What I learned with this experiment is that you have to think of where to put the fulcrum so you can lift up your teacher. I found it easy! What I also learned is that fulcrum can be that strong. Overall, it was really fun!
Student Council
Honor Code
By: Katja Domljanovic
This year, I was elected to represent the 5th grade of Ms. Maratou for Student Council. We had elections and I was very nervous. By the time it was my turn to make a speech, I was literally shaking. I was so happy when I heard the results and I was going to represent my class. The Student Council meetings are every Friday. The Student Council representatives from each grade in elementary school come. The members of the Student Council help share students’ ideas, interests, and from each grade in elementary
school come. The members of the Student Council help share students’ ideas, interests, and their concerns with Ms. Mukri and the principal. We also discuss about what events we can organize and what we can do to make the school better. On our second meeting, we decided to have a Pajama Day. The lower grades really enjoyed coming to school in their pajamas. I can also say that the older kids had a good time and even a few teachers showed up in their pjs. We also organize other activities such as fundraisers and collecting donations for those who are in need. It is hard work, but it is worth it. I am very glad and proud to be on the Student Council and I’m hoping to be on it next year.
By: Caroline Nopens This year I was chosen to be in the Honor Code. I was excited to go for the first time; there were some students from, middle school and a lot from high school. The first Honor Code meeting was on a Wednesday. We went to a room where there were students and teachers. The teachers explained to us that we are trying to make the school better, so that everybody respects everybody. When we meet we talk about respecting each other. Even though I went only 4 times, I liked it.
Rock and Roll Project
By Third Grader Tommy Papatassos
had to my grandh e a r d m o t h e r ’s t h e house because I was sick and n a m e I was bored, E lv i s very bored, Presley until I had an for years but I did not care. The idea. I called thing I thought was, that name my mother on thephone and Elvis was just a stupid name un- told her about my idea and she til Yiannis, my friend, brought said, yes. So the next afternoon the world record book of 2004 I started my project. My project that had a page about Elvis. I was about the birth of rock and roll. I was very proud for me havgot interested. So when I went ing that idea. So I took a lot of home, I asked my dad if I could paper, stuck them together, went borrow the Ipad and he said yes. to my parents’ room, So I took the Ipad, I went to Sa- and I took the Ipad fari and I searched Elvis Pres- and started to search ley. And from that time, I liked and print all the I
Elvis Presley. One day I went rock and roll singers.
My mother and my father were helping me too; my father was printing the photos and my mother was putting see-through tape around them. And from that time, I have my personal rock and roll project. After I did my project I was interested in drawing Elvis, so I did. After a month, I started making a lot of drawings. Until now, I have 22 Elvis drawings and I hope you get the chance to see all of them.
Cultures By Third Grader Angelica Petropoulos
n social studies we ing to be hard learned about what but it was not. culture means. We We were graded learned that there on how loud and were many differclear our voices ent cultures in our were and if we classroom! We made knew our inforculture collages to mation. It was teach others about very fun learning our culture. We had about our culto pick five differture and other ent parts of cultures people’s. Some and talk about them. people even There was religion, brought in food food, clothes, sports and fun, make a poster and give a speech to share. Now they are up on our dance, holiday and art. We had to in class. We thought it was go- wall for everyone to see them.