Cub Chronicles, September, 2011

Strengthening The Mind & Deepening The Spirit

Volume II Issue 1 2011 Lower School Newspaper Staff Caroline Badagliacca Cameron Calcano Alexa Choy Caroline Collins Alexandra Dally Clay Garrett Bridget Hamlet Elizabeth Hisler Elodie Nix Jacqueline Prata Isabella Quinson Grace Sperber Carolina Suaid Dr. Ann Marr Inside this issue: Welcome

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Nine/Eleven

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President Obama—The American Jobs Act

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The Mountain Lion

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Hurricane Irene

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Hurricane Irene

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Hurricane Irene

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A lot of Activities

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Welcome to Rio de Janeiro

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Summer Trip to Italy

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My Classroom

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The Farm

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Wild Horses

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Interview -

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Dolls

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Cub Chronicles Welcome to Cub Chronicles By: Jacqueline Prata

Welcome to Lower School’s first issue this year of Cub Chronicles.

Cub Chronicles is a newspaper written by members of the fourth grade. Inside will be many different articles written by various students.

There will be exciting new topics for you to look forward to reading. We hope you will enjoy Cub Chronicles!

September 11th By: Alexa Choy Ten years ago a tragic event happened that changed our lives forever. Osama Bin Laden and a group of terrorists planned to attack America. The terrorists hijacked four American planes, and two of them crashed into the Twin Towers. Almost 3,000 people were killed.

Michael Arad, an architect, and Peter Walker, a landscape architect, designed a memorial to remember those who sacrificed their lives. The Memorial is placed where the Twin Towers used to be. The Memorial is two one-acre pools. The names of all the people who died in 2001 and 1993 are inscribed in bronze panels, on the edges of both pools.

There will also be a museum that will open in Sept. 2012, and there will be a new building called the freedom tower. President Obama and former President Bush came to New York on 9/11 to commemorate the event.

President Obama – The American Jobs Act

By Jacqueline Prata Last week President Obama announced he is sending a bill to Congress called The American Jobs Act. It is a bill to create jobs. I watched his speech but could not help thinking about my grandfather. He grew up in the Great Depression as a child and had to shine shoes and carry groceries for spare change to help buy things for him and his family. Nickels, dimes, and pennies were worth a lot. For example, an ice cream cost five cents. His dad was a handyman and had to support his wife, my grandfather and his seven siblings. Work was hard to find. All the children pitched in to help during this difficult time. They learned to share and be resourceful.

Everybody could do something to help out, even my grandfather, who was my age at the time.

We can all learn much from our grandparents and how they lived.

The Mountain Lion

By Clay Garrett

A mountain lion who was about 2-5 years old walked from South Dakota to Connecticut. His hike took him 1,500 miles. He was spotted close to Brunswick School and Sacred Heart on June 5, 2011. DNA tests showed it was the same cougar that had been tracked in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He was nicknamed the St. Croix mountain lion after a county in Wisconsin where he was first seen. The fierce animal was killed on June 11th by a sports utility vehicle in Milford, CT on the Wilbur Cross Parkway.

Hurricane Irene

By Grace Sperber Trees collapsed onto roads leaving street blockages and power outages for many. Schools and other buildings have flooded, destroying floorboards. At Bronxville Elementary the water was up to the door knobs. Gym supplies washed down the drain, and the school was in a great deal of stress trying to repair or replace the objects destroyed.

The water was so deep that some children got out their rafts, canoes, and boogie boards, and were having a little swim. But the principal reminded his students, “This is sewer water and walking in it is like walking in your toilet.”

There was so much to clean and replace that the school needed 100 workers working 24 hours a day, to open on time.

Luckily for the school it opened safely on September 7, and teachers and students were able to keep to their schedules, yet work around construction.

Hurricane Irene Part 1

The Impact

By Bridget Hamlet Hurricane Irene took a big hit. There are still millions without power for many days. North Carolina and South Carolina and Virginia got hit the hardest. Homes were destroyed. Flash flooding! What can we do about it? Raise money? There is a billion dollars in damage. It did little damage to Connecticut, but I had to wait for three or four days to get power back because a tree fell on the power post. And I heard Gabby had no power on her birthday. And also think about Haiti with the Earthquake, Japan with the tsunami and earthquake. So let’s help the people to raise money!!!

How can we help in many ways at school? We can do a bake sale, do a craft, put on a play. So many things we can do!

In our neighborhoods at home: Give clothing, give food. People’s clothing must have been destroyed! They probably had no food or water.

They must still be suffering!

So let’s help them so everything can be rebuilt. With all the many things They need!!!

Hurricane Irene

By Caroline Badagliacca After Hurricane Irene and lots of rain, flooding in the Northeast was at its worst. Streams, rivers and lakes all overflowed causing flooding, flooding, and more flooding. The whole northeast was affected, but the hardest hit areas were New York, New Jersey, Vermont, and Connecticut. Lots of buildings and houses were damaged and some people had three or more feet of water filling their houses. In total there were 45 trillion gallons of rain in August in the northeast alone. August was the most rain-filled month in New York City history. The past August record was 12.36 inches which, with help from Irene and a lot of rain, we broke. Congratulations, August. You saw things the wet way. I hope this taught you a little more about the effects of water and how we need it, but too much is harmful.

Lots of Activities

By Isabella Quinson

This fall there are lots of afterschool activities at Sacred Heart.

They all look very exciting. If you like history there is a “living in colonial times “ course. If you like sports here are some you might want to do: Beginner swim, advanced swim, and soccer. If you love art ,clay and watercolor might be perfect for you. There also are a lot more activities. I love animals so I might try the Critter Caravan.

I wish I could try them all!

Welcome to Rio de Janeiro

By Carolina Suaid Rio de Janeiro is my favorite city in the world! Far better than Miami, Greece, or Disney World!

People in Rio are always greeting you with a friendly big smile. Not just they look nice but they are.

These people are called “Carioca” if they are born in Rio only, not any other part of Brazil. These people speak a language called Portuguese.

Rio is surrounded by big white sandy beaches. The waves of the ocean are the color of a swimming pool.

It’s extraordinary - you’ll never want to leave Rioś beaches.

Cariocas love soccer and they have the largest soccer stadium in the world called “Maracanã” Carnival is the biggest party in the world. It takes place in February and it lasts for four days. Everyone dances, dresses up in all sorts of special costumes. Their big Parade is called “Escola de Samba.” It is a time to have fun.

One of Rioś beloved landmarks is the world’s famous statue called “Christ Redeemer,” Sugar loaf!! Not candy but the word’s famous symbol of Rio. Two huge mountains are connected by a cable car.

This is why Rio has such a special place in my heart and keeps attracting me every year.

Summer Trip to Italy By: Cameron Calcano

So far we have had a great start to a new year and I’m sure everyone wants it to stay great the whole year. Although I’m also sure that some girls miss summer. This summer was very exciting for me because I went to Italy and saw the leaning tower of Pisa. It was very cool and since it’s leaning so much they only let forty people in at a time. While we were there we took silly pictures - like pretending to be holding the tower. And I’m sure a lot of you girls would like to see it, especially the new Pre-K girls who will be learning about it very soon this year. I would very much like to keep telling you stories about my trip to Italy but that would take way too long. So I can only tell this one now. Oh, one last thing, have a great year!

The Farm By: Alexandra Dally

Last Wednesday I was really excited. The 4B community was going down to the farm! Later at the farm we were given a paper. We had to sort out the living and non-living things. Looking for living and non-living things was fun. At the end Mrs. Kieltyka (science teacher) found a fuzzy caterpillar on her shoe! The farm was sooo cool.

Wild Horses

By Caroline Collins

Horses appeared on land 55 million years ago and were very small! They were the size of a small dog! They changed into what we know the horse to look like about 4,000 years ago.

Horses were made to be wild, like wolves and tigers, even though a lot of people think they were bred in captivity.

Horses still live in the wild today, even in North America. You may be wondering where they live in North America? Well, they live on islands off the Atlantic Coast as well as in some U.S. States. They live on islands off the coasts of Nova Scotia, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Georgia. It’s impressive that wild horses also roam in eleven western states. They are Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Oregon, California, Colorado, Idaho, Arizona, Montana, North Dakota, and New Mexico.

Wild horses’ hooves have adapted to be as hard as the ground they run on! Horses eat varieties of grasses that they can find. They drink from natural pools of water. It’s hard to be a wild horse. They are running out of land and have to share space and food with a lot of other wild animals. Wild horses are very beautiful animals and we should work hard to protect them.

Nicole Mellert, an Interview

By Elodie Nix

Nicole is in 4B at Sacred Heart.

She is going into her 7th year at CSH. She is a fun, exciting, and reliable girl. Nicole loves hanging out with her friends. Nicole says “I can still remember my first field trip to the Botanical Garden.” I asked her how she feels since this is her last year of Lower School, and she replied “I’ m sad that this is my last year of Lower School so, I want to make the best of it!”

Dolls By: Clay Garrett

On Tuesday, September 20th, 2011, the fourth graders made dolls out of wire hangers in art class. We had a special guest named Vikki who taught the class how to make dolls. She was born in Africa and has lived in the U.S. for the last ten years. The wire hangers were formed in the shape of a human.

The face and hair were made out of wood, and the clothes were made out of fabric. Each student dressed her doll in her own way. Some girls brought materials to put on the dolls. When the project is finished, the dolls will be displayed in the Annex.