ISSUE N0. 1
WINTER 2011
TIMES OF BRUNSWICK JR.
Hot off the press! 3rd and 4th Grade Encore Club produces the first ever annual Times of Brunswick Jr. Inside: Interviews, field trips, drawings and much more!
BRUNSWICK WINTER 2011 Brunswick School 1252 King Street Greenwich, Conn. 06830 HEADMASTER Thomas W. Philip HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL Katie Signer EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Samantha Heller CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Bonni Brodnick CUB REPORTERS Aaryan Chinai ’21 George Darling ’21 Bo Faughnan ’21 Richard Hillman ’20 Ali Hindy ’21 Oliver McGovern ’21 Adam Morris ’20 Ty Pastore ’20 Jake Torres-Serrano ’20 Bernard Zoungrana ’20
Table of Contents •Who’s Who.........................................................................................page 3 •Third and Fourth Grade Fall Fun..................................................page 5 •Q&A’s with Brunswick’s Finest......................................................page 8 •Do Fonts have personalities? .......................................................page 11 •Making Headlines ..........................................................................page 13 •What Communication means to me............................................page 14 •Pulitzers Place .................................................................................page 17 •Images from the Digital Photography Club................................page 19 •Picasso’s Corner...............................................................................page 20
Letter from the Editor I had the great privilege of working with a diverse group of third and fourth graders on the publication of the first ever Times of Brunswick Jr. These were boys who loved to write, draw and express themselves. While the club provided the platform, the boys provided the material. During the course of the semester, the boys brainstormed the stories and articles they wanted to include. Once their ideas had been finalized, the boys got to work writing, drawing, and interviewing. This year’s Lower School theme is “Communication”, a word we used a lot during our meetings together. Through this magazine, the boys are communicating with you, the reader, about what is important and of interest to them. Be sure to read the section where they explain the significance of Communication and how it affects their lives. I would like to conclude my letter by thanking Bonni Brodnick, not only for supplying the boys with their very own reporters notepads, but for being a listening ear and a wealth of knowledge on how to create a successful piece of print. ~ Samantha Heller
Who’s Who in the Club Third Grade Name: Aaryan Chinai Age: 8 Interesting Fact: Can always eat a whole pot of mussels Favorite thing about Brunswick: Brunswick is a great community. Name: George Darling Age: 8 Interesting Fact: Loves to play hockey Favorite thing about Brunswick: The beautiful campuses and all the hard work that goes into making it so clean. Name: Bo Faughnan Age: 9 Interesting Fact: Loves to fish Favorite thing about Brunswick: Walking into school everyday.
Name: Ali Hindy Age: 8 Interesting Fact: Loves to play with legos Favorite thing about Brunswick: The beautiful campus, especially the football field.
Name: Oliver McGovern Age: 9 Interesting Fact: Loves playing baseball. Favorite player is Jason Bay Favorite thing about Brunswick: That it is an all boys school and that all my friends go here.
Who’s Who in the Club Fourth Grade Name: Richard Hillman Age: 9 Interesting Fact: I’m a great baseball catcher. Favorite thing about Brunswick: Many things, but the teachers are really nice!
Name: Adam Morris Age: 9 Interesting Fact: Loves to dance and play with puppies. Favorite thing about Brunswick: All of the special things the school offers like the Field Trips. Name: Ty Pastore Age: Age 9 Interesting Fact: Has been attending Brunswick since Pre-K. Favorite thing about Brunswick: The physical set up of the school. Name: Jake Torres-Serrano Age: 10 Interesting Fact: Has two brothers Favorite thing about Brunswick: The assemblies. Name: Bernard Zoungrana Age: 10 Interesting Fact: I can dance like Michael Jackson. Favorite thing about Brunswick: That all the teachers try their best to teach us.
3RD GRADE FALL FUN!! 3rd Grade Visits the Audubon By Bo Faughnan ’21
Here are some things I learned about birds at the Audubon. When we got there, we went to their lab. They taught us a lot about birds. Then when we got to the side of the lab we saw a bird eating from a bird feeder. Then when we were walking our tour guide taught us about migration. Migration is when birds like hummingbirds go south for the winter where its warm. At the Audubon the habitat was really neat because there were no buildings or smoke. There were just trees and birds. At the Audubon there were so many types of species such as, hawks, blue jays, all types of species! I thought it was awesome!
Audubon guide talks to the 3rd grade
The Metropolitan Museum By George Darling ’21
My favorite thing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City that I saw was a mask from Central Africa. We were able to draw a fun sketch of the mask. It had shells from the Indian Ocean on it and
Enjoying a walk through the Audubon
some really cool red and blue beads. The head of the mask was made entirely out of copper. The ears were very circular and everything about the mask was very detailed. I loved the trip! A drawing of the mask can be found in the art section of the Times of Brunswick Jr. pg 18 Walking in “travel position” through
4th GRADE FALL FUN!! There are two oxen’s there, they have a thing on them which is ••• called a yolk. They clip something The trip to Sturbridge was very like a hook on it so the oxen could fantastic. On the trip, some people carry the things that people could went to the bank to see the old not. If you lived in the old days coins that were are rare in our and you wanted to become a time. There are many other things blacksmith you would have to be to see at Sturbridge like the school okay with smoke everywhere. The house. If you visit the school blacksmiths job is hard but people house you will see how Brunswick will appreciate you if you give it a School and other schools are not lot of your effort because then the same. Many of their schools your work will be great. There’s a were not so big because they building that is called the chapel, it needed money for teachers to is where the people would pray, it teach their kids. The field trip is what we call a church. They are took place in Massachusetts. both very similar. Next to every chapel is a graveyard.
Sturbridge By Adam Morris ’20
The Sturbridge graveyard had it’s own scary poem, it said “I am now gone but soon you shall join me.” The trip to Sturbridge was very exciting for the 4th graders.
4th GRADE FALL FUN!! by Ty Pastore ’21 •••
On October 19, the entire fourth grade and some dads left Brunswick at around seven in the morning on two buses and headed for Plymouth Rock. The ride was about four hours. We stopped halfway because the dads wanted a coffee break and some of them had to go to the bathroom. The bus had a TV, so we were pretty happy. A few days before our trip, we had a raffle to see which dads would come with us on our trip. Dads had to come because we were staying overnight, and we were in groups of three or four boys per room. With only six teachers, there weren’t enough adults to supervise us all. Some dads entered the contest. My dad didn’t. I was sharing a room with was Charles Heath and Andres Jasson. Mr. Jasson was the dad supervising us and staying in our room. Once we got to Plymouth, we went to the Mayflower II, an exact replica of the Mayflower that the Pilgrims had sailed on. The rooms inside the Mayflower II were not huge. In fact, they were tiny. Even the captain’s cabin was very small. After lunch and several tours, we arrived at our hotel. It was rumored around Brunswick that the John Carver Inn had a fantastic water slide. Suddenly, a picture of the
John Carver Inn swimming pool and slide appeared on the computer screen at Reception. We all thought about how much fun it would be to go on that slide. That’s right: we were going swimming! We had all packed bathing suits in our overnight bags, and we all couldn’t wait to swim in this thing of beauty. But first we had to eat. We had a great time eating dinner, and the food at the hotel was excellent. I sat down with a lot of my friends at a huge table with ten seats. After dinner, we had a lantern tour inside the hotel and heard ghost stories. Outside was rainy and cold, so staying indoors made sense. After ghost stories and grave stone rubbing, we finally went swimming. The pool was phenomenal. It had a huge waterslide. You shot out of the end of the slide like a rocket, and landed in the pool. It was great! Our time in this amazing pool went by all too quickly. After swimming, we fell asleep in our rooms with our friends. Morning came, and we went back to Plimoth Plantation to re-explore the Wampanoag and colonial villages. We met a man pretending to be a corn grinder. We watched him use a huge colonial
machine to grind. We followed him to the gift shop where we looked for candy, toys, and souvenirs. Then it was time to drive back to the hotel, eat lunch, and pack up our things. We went back to the receptionist’s desk with our luggage, checked out of the hotel and boarded the bus. We didn’t want to leave, not one of us. We were having a great time, and never wanted it to end. Yet it did end. The bus started to pull away, and we left. I’d say that that field trip was the best field trip I have ever been on. The End.
Q AND A’S WITH A FEW OF BRUNSWICKS FINEST Aaryan Chinai (’20) and the newly married, Mrs. (Amy Ostrye) White Brunswick Lower School 2nd Grade Head Teacher AC: What is your first and last name? AW: My first name is Amy and last name is White. AC: Do you play any sports? AW: Yes, lacrosse, field hockey and swimming. AC: What is your favorite food? AW: Steak AC: Is 2nd grade your favorite grade? AW: Yes AC: What’s your favorite song? AW: “Man in the Mirror” by Michael Jackson. AC: What’s your favorite color? AW: Blue, I have a navy blue shirt that I love. AC: What is your favorite planet? AW: Earth AC: What would you do if you weren’t a teacher? AW: I would be a chef. AC: What is your favorite TV show? AW: “Modern Family” AC: What is your dream? AW: To be Sandy from the movie, Grease. AC: Do you have any pets? AW: No AC: What’s your favorite sports team? AW: Rangers Hockey and Giants Football.
Q AND A’S WITH A FEW OF BRUNSWICK FINEST Bo Faughnan (’21) and Mr.(Brett) Martell Bernard Zoungrana (’20) and Dr. Das Lower School Science Teacher
BF: What is your favorite food? BM: My favorite food is Sushi
Lower School 1st Grade Teacher
BF: Do you have a favorite restaurant? BM: Koo Chines
BZ: I heard you have your doctorate, what is your favorite thing to do with having your doctorate? DD: Teach and learn more how to be a better teacher, also to learn more about technology because that is my weakness.
BF: Do you have any pets? BM: I have a dog named Tank and a turtle named Freddie.
BZ: How many teachers have you taught that are now head teachers? DD: Mr. Martell, Ms, Dragone
BF: When did you start teaching science? BM: I started teaching science at Brunswick two years ago. BF: Have you mixed any potions? BM: Yes, I have made Elephant Toothpaste. BF: What would you do if you were not a teacher? BM: I would be an actor on “Saturday Night Live.”
BZ: What is your favorite thing to do in your free time? DD: I like to read anything for pleasure and read teaching books BZ: How many dogs have you had in your whole life? DD: I have had two, Polo and Solo. Polo is a golden retriever who just died and Solo is a golden doodle.
BF: Have you ever run a science fair? BM: No, but I would like to try! Oliver McGovern and Bonni Brodnick, Director of Communications OM: What do you like about writing for Times of Brunswick? BB: Telling Bruins stories and working with students and alumni. OM: What do you enjoy most about producing Times of Brunswick? BB: Learning different stories about all the different people I meet and spending time with the boys in the Times of Brunswick Jr. Club. OM: When did Times of Brunswick first come out? BB: An early rendition of Times of Brunswick is the Brunswickian so we have had a school magazine for many decades. OM: What do you think is the most beloved part of the magazine? BB: I think people like reading about what students and teachers are doing as well as reading stories that are written by students.
Q AND A’S WITH A FEW OF BRUNSWICK FINEST
Interview with Anthony Fischetti (Varsity Golf, 8 White Football Coach) & George Darling (’21) GD: What do you do during free time after school? AF: After practice, I usually grade homework and quizzes, and then set up my lessons for the next day. After supper, I try and watch some news on television, and then, depending on the season, watch either the Mets, the Knicks, or college basketball on ESPN. I and usually fall asleep at 10 p.m. listening to WFAN on the radio. GD: What inspired you to be a football coach? AF: I played youth football in Greenwich when I was a kid, when the best player in town was one of my neighbors and friends, Steve Young, who later played at BYU and for the SF 49ers. I think I probably caught more passes from Steve in the North Mianus playground growing up than any of his teammates did in the NFL! GD:What do you like about football? AF: The fact that there are 11 players on the field and each of them has a specific job or assignment that has to be fulfilled. One or two breakdowns and a play won't work on offense, or a big gain or score will be surrendered on defense. Everyone focuses on the player who scores the touchdown, but for that to happen, ten other guys have to do their jobs first, most of them unseen and getting no glory like offensive linemen, for instance. GD: Do you coach any other sports at Brunswick School? AF: I coached varsity basketball for the past 11 seasons. This year I'll be coaching the 8A team, so I'm really excited for that new opportunity, since I'm also the 8th grade dean. In the spring, I'm head coach for the varsity golf team. GD: What is your favorite football team in the NFL? AF: I have been a NY Giants fan since I was 8 years old. I think one of the most exciting moments in my life occurred watching Super Bowl XLII, when my "Jints" defeated the previously perfect NE Patriots. David Tyree's "helmet catch" from Eli Manning is one of the most incredible plays I've ever seen. I have the framed Sports Illustrated cover of that play in my classroom, next to my NY Giant helmet that I wore for youth football, alongside a piece of the astroturf from Giants Stadium in 1986, the Giants' first Super Bowl-winning season. GD: Did you play football in college or high school? AF: Once I got to highschool, my major sports were basketball, baseball, and golf. I played basketball in college for the Trinity College Bantams in Hartford, Conn, (where Mr. Tashjian went!).
Do Fonts have PERSONALITIES?? At one Times of Brunswick Jr . club meeting, our young reporters studied and discussed how different fonts can be used when writing articles for newspapers and magazines. Each student pulled a font out of a hat and was asked to write about and describe it in their own words.
Cracked By Jake Torres-Serrano Giddyup By Aarayan Chinai “This font is curvy, fun and cool. It is creative, Western, silly, young, playful. It has a free feeling to it, like someone is writing in their own way. It is thin, loopy, a little confusing, happy and kind. ‘Giddyup!’ is what a cowboy would say to their horse to get him to move. I like this font because it has a Western feel to it.”
“It looks like this font was ripped. It also looks like it is in bold, but it is really not. It looks strong and sturdy like my brother and me. It also looks a little unkind. I would use this font if I wanted to write a scary story.
“Chalkboard does not jump around and gives a calm feel. It is pretending that it is a teacher who likes to type and doesn’t like to write. Chalkboard is a regular font that would be used by elementary school teachers. It is not really a strong font, but it shows a fun way of typing on the computer.” By Adam Morris
“Prestige Elite stands out. It has a cheerful but bold look and stands out in a crowd. The font has a happy voice. It would be interesting to meet this font because it feels like it would know what to do in a tough situation. The font is friendly and has many friends. I think this font is a “she.” She tries to have no enemies, and is a good sport when it comes to winning and losing. She is not mean to others, and doesn’t brag. She is smart, and everyone likes her, even the grumpy fonts. She is nice to the unpopular fonts, and never makes fun of them. She has a great life, and everyone likes her. She is one of the luckiest fonts on the world.” By Ty Pastore
Do font’s have PERSONALITIES?? (Wingdings by Oliver McGovern) Wingdings is curvy and made up of weird shapes and symbols. It may even be considered a foreign language. The font is impossible to read because it’s silly and has a funny name. It is a font that makes me happy. My favorite symbol is this one:
Apple Casual By Bernard Zoungrana
“I think Apple Casual is bold and might be used for getting someone’s attention. It might also be used for newspapers or for a type of reporting. If it were a person, I think it would have the following personality traits: kind, respectful, bold, thick, strong. Even though this font is bold, it is kind of boring because it has no pizzazz.”
Comic Sans is large and has
Herculanum
smooth tips. It would be a good choice to use for writing comics. It looks very new, very bold and the capital letters have little designs on them. Comic Sans stands out well if the background color is white or grey. Because it stands out, it would be easy to read from long distances.
his font is chill and creative. “E” looks curved and “A” looks cool. The “R” is sort of stretched, and the fonts “H,” “A,” and “N” are overlapping each other. I really like “N” because when I saw it, I thought it looked like Hercules.”
By Ali Hindy
By Richard Hillman
Making Headlines allowed people to stay there after dusk, Bo could not resist. He immediately went to the museum and signed up for the program. When Bo arrived at the museum, he went to the Staying Up Late At Egyptian exhibit and stayed Museums there until dark. When he decided he was hungry, Bo By Ali Hindy ’21 ••• went to the cafeteria, had some Ever wonder what happens pie, and met a man named when it is dark at a museum? George. Soon after they Well, now you can know! Just met, the official nighttime last week a man named Bo tour around the museum wondered that very thing. was about to begin. Neither After reading an article in a of Bo nor George was aware newspaper about a program of this at the time, but it offered at museums that turned out that their tour
Writing Assignment: Pick a provided headline from the hat and write a story based on the headline...
guide was evil (but not very good at it). The guide tried to destroy the visitors but every time he attempted, he failed miserably. By the end of the tour, he finally gave up and let the visitors go. Bo had such an amazing adventure that he was paid $1 billion to recommend this program to other people.
Step away from the computer by Aaryan Chinai ’21
In the United States of America, computers have dominated all other types of writing. For example, at all jobs and work places, people now use computers. Now, I understand that work is very serious (and I mean serious!), but once in a while, it is important to STEP AWAY from the computer. Then again, if everyone followed this advice, computers would no longer be used and computers, like writing by hand, could become extinct!
Making Headlines Writing Assignment: Pick a provided headline from the hat and write a story based on the headline... Tommy the Dog is Honored as a Hero. By Jake Torres-Serrano ’20 •••
house, Tommy would run
Tommy save many lives in
and save the people. If he
town decided to adopt him
happened to see someone
and to name him the
drowning, he would go into town’s hero. the water and rescue the person. He was a smart dog, but sadly, did not know that eventually all people die. He thought that if he saved someone, they would live forever.
It all started two years
After a couple of years
ago when a dog named
of running around and
Tommy starting saving
saving people, Tommy
lives after his owner died
started to feel sad that
tragically from natural
people he had once saved
causes. Tommy wanted to
were now dying. Then
save people because he did
one day, a police officer
not want anyone else to die that had witnessed like his master had died. If there were a fire in a
Tommy is happy in his
new home and is taking a break from rescuing people.
com·mu·ni·ca·tion [kuh-myoo-ni-key-shuhn] What does Communication mean to me? In this exercise, the Times of Brunswick, Jr. editorial team was asked what communication means to them. ~Mrs. Heller
Adam Communication is like spreading a conversation around the world. Many people communicate in different ways that can be dramatic, funny, or even scary. Some people don’t talk at all and use sign language, which is for people who are deaf. Since they are not able to hear, sign language lets them communicate without making sounds. A picture can also communicate a story. By looking at it, people can learn information. Oliver I like to communicate by talking with people and I especially like talking to my friends Larson, Keegan, George, Gavin, Brian and Harrison. I also communicate by drawing. I like to draw aliens, little battles and random doodlings. I also communicate by writing and I am writing about communication right now!
Bernard Communication means talking and listening to people. One way I communicate is when I talk to my family and they talk back to me. Another way of communicating is through music. My favorite type is pop and Michael Jackson. I love talking to people. Talking is one of the main ways of communication, that’s why I love it. Bo One of my favorite ways to communicate is through art. I like to draw monsters, cowboys, knights, Spartans and other things. Through my drawing, I feel like I can communicate with someone, which gives me more ideas for other drawings.
com·mu·ni·ca·tion [kuh-myoo-ni-key-shuhn] George Aaryan One way I communicate with others is by singing. Most songs in the world tell you how the artist feels. It expresses what actually happened or how they feel. For example, “Oh My Heart” by R.E.M, is about Hurricane Katrina. Another example is the song “Without You” by Usher and David Guette. (If you do not know that song, it’s the one I sang at the Lower School Talent Show.) Ali I use communication by reading, like the first Harry Potter book or the first Percy Jackson book, or any other great book. Also, I like to communicate by writing paragraphs or, on a sheet of paper, writing the explanation for a math test or study guide. I also like to draw pictures about Harry Potter or Captain Underpants, which is another book that’s really fun to read.
One way I communicate is with my teammates. For example, we use words like “pass,” “shoot,” and “score,” so we can beat other teams. The word “communication” also means reading books because whenever I read a book, I literally get sucked into it. I feel like there is nobody around me and I focus even more. My favorite book series is “Lightening Thief.” I like this series because almost every chapter leaves you with a cliffhanger.
Ty I like communicating by having conversations with people. You don’t always need to talk though to communicate. Some people do sign language. Richard Communication is socializing with people and not ignoring them. Emailing, texting or calling friends and family can do this. Sign language and other languages count as communication, too. Even if you cannot understand someone doesn’t mean they are not communicating.
Pulitzers Place
Brunswick
By Bernard Zoungrana
B runswick is an all boy school. R epeating things we have learned makes us smarter. U nforgettable Mr. Cosby who we all love. N ever have the teachers been mean. S ometimes I feel that I am so lucky. W e learn how to be a Brunswick boy. I n case of a =ire we have many =ire drills. C ourage, honor, truth is our motto. K eep trying your best is what the teachers say.
Boy of Brunswick. Respect and Responsibility. Understand you can always win. Never give up. Send people quiet reminders. When you win, don’t brag. In every class, be sure to give it your all. Chorus is important for your voice. Karate is not used in class. By Aaryan Chinai
Pulitzers Place Catch the Christmas driving around in the car; you can even try singing Spirit By Richard Hillam ’20
••• Do you think winter is
and crowned with a Swarovski crystal star. You
along. My favorite is
can also go ice‐skating there
Snoopy’s Christmas, my
after you admire the tree.
sister’s is Jingle Bells, my
All the hustle and bustle
just cold and dreary? It is
mom’s is Oh Holy Night, and adds to the excitement of
known as the cold and flu
my dad’s is The Little
the season, but don’t forget
season. But don’t catch a
Drummer Boy. You can’t
to take some time for
cold; catch the Christmas
help but feel the joy of the
yourself and a cup of hot
spirit! Watch Christmas
season humming to your
cocoa. That will help to
classics such as Rudolph,
favorite tune. This is the
chase away the cold and the
Frosty the Snowman, Miracle time to think of others and
Christmas spirit will surely
on 34th Street, It’s a
surprise them with a special warm your heart, making
Wonderful Life, Charlie
gift.
Brown’s Christmas, Home
I really recommend a trip
Alone, and my favorite, Elf.
to Rockefeller Center in
I have seen these movies many times, but I still get excited to see them every year. If you miss them on T.V. you can rent them at the library for free. Also tune in on Christmas carols while
New York City if you want to see the most spectacular tree of all. This year’s tree is a seventy‐=ive foot tall, forty‐=ive foot wide spruce from Pennsylvania. It is lit up with thirty thousand LED lights on =ive miles of wire
winter the best season of all.
Images from Digital Photography Members of the digital photography club include: Jake Torres-Serrano, Bernard Zoungrana, Cedric LeFleur, Mathew Goodman, Graham Rogozinski, Tyler Eichman, George West, Aarayn Chinai, under the direction of Miss Laidlaw.
Picasso’s Corner
African Mask drawing from the Metropolitan Museum of Art by George Darling
By Bo Faughnan