THE PROVIDENCE POST December 21, 2021
News from the Middle School - providencemontessoriky.org
Issue 4
PREPARING FOR A SEASON OF GIVING Bike-A-Thon Shopping - Providence Montessori raised over fourteen thousand dollars from the annual Bike-A-Thon this year. On December 17, the school went shopping for KVC and the Arbor Youth Services. The goal was to buy gift for 75 youths. We were able to accommodate 58. Overall, we were extremely grateful to provide the help we could. - Theo Cozzi
Scholars love all the buzz around microeconomy. This most recent bee cohort recently put the touches on this season’s hives.
Good Giving Challenge - Providence Middle School raised over seventeen hundred dollars from donations for the Good Giving Challenge. With that money, we will buy equipment for a black box theatre. That includes: lights, background, microphones, and speakers. We are so excited to use all of these new utilities for the drama curriculum. On behalf of us all here at Providence Middle School, we would like to thank all of the parents who donated to the Good Giving Challenge. It is greatly appreciated. - Theo Cozzi (article continues on page 2)
MONEY OR TIME: WHICH IS THE BEST TO GIVE? Audrey Eddie Opinions & Local Events
God's Pantry Food Bank has food banks and food pantries. A food bank is a nonprofit organization that acts as food storage and they collect and distribute food to hunger relief organizations and those in need. A food pantry is a “shop” for people who need food and/or are experiencing hunger. They currently are serving fifty counties in central Kentucky and partner with more than 450 meal programs and pantries. Their goal is to help hunger in Kentucky and help everyone be properly fed. God’s Pantry Food Bank accepts money, food, and is always looking for volunteers. The requirements of volunteering are: must be able to lift 40lbs, have a valid driver’s license and insurance on their vehicle, and be willing to undergo a background check. Volunteers are required to attend a short food safety training course. All new applicants must be under the age of 65 for the remainder of the COVID-19 pandemic (article continues on page 4).
Mr. Harr (left) teacher Kenny Bueno (right) discuss plans for a Peace Garden to be constructed this spring.
THE BASEMENT By Alice Lugauer Entertainment
I am the prey. I am being hunted, in my dreams and when I’m awake, Tarsa wrote, her pen scratching against the paper. Since she’d moved to the small city of Tiderun, strange things had happened. Her neighbor, Mr. Hank had attacked her, scratching her arm, when they first met. He appeared to Tarsa in a dream, and seemed to recognize her as a different person, someone who he’d been waiting for. Weeks later, she learned that a very old woman named Tarsa was supposed to live with her adopted family. Tarsa, the thirteen-year-old girl, thought about this as she stood up and walked out of her bedroom, closing the door softly behind her. Through the wide, high window, the sun was rising. Her phone rang, the sound muffled by her pocket. “Rosemary?” Her friend was calling. Tarsa and Rosemary had known each other for seven years, but they hadn’t spoken since Tarsa moved to Tiderun. Rosemary’s tone was unexpectedly serious and frightened. “What did you do?” Before Tarsa could respond, she exclaimed, “Why are there government people in my house?!” “Why does this have anything to do with-” “Listen! If I don’t tell them everything . . .” Silence. “Rosemary?” “Tarsa . . . that’s you.” Rosemary hung up.
Make your predictions. Why is the government breaking into Rosemary’s house? What does Tarsa have to do with it? FIVE extra points to your overall CRL grade IF you write a paragraph answering this two part question.
A SEASON OF GIVING (continued from page 1) Julius Caesar - The Drama Club began rehearsing November 1st and continue to meet on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Julius Caesar is a play brought by the middle school and the actors in the play include Thomas Cauthen, Marielena dePedro, Julian Mitchell, Alice Lugauer, Meredith Rouse, Coulter Bell, Gaven Coffman, and Lucy Hand. The show runs January 27th through 30th. - Hannah-Blair Bennett
Electives - The school has electives on Wednesdays. Although some of the old electives are no longer available there are new electives in place. Some new electives are technology, filmmaking, screenwriting, handcrafts, rock painting, and astronomy. Other electives from last term that are still available are journalism and all instruments. The electives taught by Mr. Harr are technology and filmmaking. Electives taught by Mr. Meadors are journalism and screenwriting. Electives taught by Gar are handcrafts and astronomy.
Rock painting is taught by Ms. Martin. Ukulele is taught by Mr. Jeffries. Mr Beiting is teaching band and guitar. Mrs. Sither is teaching a math lab and Senora Fernandez teaches a spanish lab. - Katie Lanigan Much Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare’s Educational and Outreach Programs will be on campus January 24th to perform an abridged version of of Much Ado About Nothing for the students. More excitingly, this production will be performed as a two-hander (a play with only two actors). Hannah-Blair Bennett
Experiments - In science the school is learning about human anatomy and different systems. We have been in the anatomy unit for 6 weeks. The systems are the nervous system, respiratory system, digestive system, muscular system and skeletal system. Each student chose one system to research and do an experiment on. The anatomy unit will end on December seventeenth. - Katie Lanigan
CURLING UP WITH A GOOD BOOK Recommendations to keep entertained this Holiday Season Marielena dePedro Entertainment
Masterpiece is a book about a beetle named Marvin who lives with his family under the sink of an apartment in New York. The family that Marvin’s family lives with, the Pompadays, have an eleven-year old son named James. When James gets a pen-and-ink drawing kit for his birthday, Marvin decides to draw him a picture, and James’ parents think that James drew it. Marvin and James soon become friends, and they get caught up in a staged art heist. Masterpiece is a good book because the author, New York Times Bestselling author Elise Broach, puts a lot of tension and attention-grabbers in the book. It is an interesting mystery that will keep your curiosity flowing. A Series of Unfortunate Events is a thirteen-book series about three children named Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire who are suddenly orphaned when their parents are killed in a fire. They are then taken in by a man named Count Olaf, who is after the enormous fortune that the Baudelaire parents have left behind for their children. Throughout the series, Count Olaf carries out villainous schemes that will change the Baudelaire’s lives forever. I like the series because there is a lot of tension that keeps your curiosity flowing throughout the books. Although sad and miserable for the characters at times, A Series of Unfortunate Events will keep you hooked till the end. A Long Walk To Water begins as two stories, that are about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, named Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home. Nya makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, named Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, which are refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship, from sheer loneliness to attacks by the rebels to encounters with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing way. In my opinion, you should read this book because it shows how people can survive in the harshest of conditions if they stay together and work hard. In Nya’s story, it shows how the will to do something will intervene in all the bad. Keeper of the Lost Cities is a very intriguing book that has many scene twists that will keep you wondering. This 9.5 book series is about a girl, Sophie Foster, who is an elf in a human world, but she doesn’t know it yet.
She is taken to the Lost Cities, she is adopted by Grady and Edaline Ruewen, she attends their prestigious school, Foxfire, and she makes many friends that will stay with her throughout the novels. This novel is very interesting, with Sophie’s hundreds of near-death experiences and just the overall theme of these novels. The author, Shannon Messenger wrote book 8.5 in the beginning of 2020, that book has all of the registry files of all the characters and even some delicious looking recipes for the food the ‘elves’ eat. I highly recommend this book series for anyone who doesn’t mind a little scariness. I Am Malala is a book about a girl named Malala Yousafzai, who was a Pakistani schoolgirl, and advocated for women's education, but paid the price. Malala Yousafzai’s story begins with her parents being consoled after producing a baby girl. In their part of northern Pakistan, she says, there is always celebration after a baby boy’s arrival. But there is no such fanfare for females, as their destiny is to cook and clean, to be neither seen nor heard. The question is: so how did Malala, who barely was given a mention in her family’s ancestry, become destined to go down in history as a symbol for girls’ universal right to an education? In my opinion, you should read I Am Malala because it shows the fact that if you advocate peacefully for what you think is right, soon change will come. I enjoyed the book because of the fact that this has gained so much attention and caused so much change in the world, that one person could change the lives of so many women. It truly kept me at the edge of my seat and warmed my heart.
CRAFTS: A LESSON ON MAKING EARRINGS Lucy Hand Entertainment
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MONEY OR TIME? (continued from page 1) The Humane Society's main purpose is to rescue and protect dogs and cats. You can volunteer and give money to the Humane Society. You can donate by going to their website and you have an option to give $50, $75, $100, $250, and $500 monthly. You can also tribute a gift on their website and you can make the donation on behalf of an organization. The first requirement to volunteer at the Humane Society are, you have to be at 18 years old. Furthermore, you also have to fill out a questionnaire, and attend a training class. All volunteers must commit to a minimum of six hours for six months. GreenHouse 17 is a shelter for people who have gone through intimate partner abuse and need help getting out of their home. You can donate money and donate gift cards, toilet paper, paper towels, laundry supplies, gardening and farming supplies, and bedding. The Hope Center supplies shelter, food, clothing, and medical services to people that are experiencing homelessness. They also provide employment services and permanent housing for those who need it. To donate to the Hope Center you can go to their website https://www.hopectr.org/ and you can choose which of the Hope Center’s programs you would like to donate to.
The Journalism Staff thanks you for reading. Have a safe and Happy Holidays! Hannah-Blair Bennett Audrey Eddie Alice Lugauer Coulter Bell Anna Claire Darmand Theo Cozzi Marielena dePedro Lucy Hand Special thanks to Chris Eddie!
To volunteer at the Hope Center you have to fill out a volunteer application and a volunteer health questionnaire you can locate both of those on the website. Based on the information highlighted in their website, this is an agency who would benefit greatly from support of any kind, big or small. Arbor Youth Services is an organization that Providence Montessori volunteered with back in November. All of the Students and Ms.Langefeld raked leaves that afternoon. On December 14th Carla Smalls, a representative from AYS, came to the middle school and talked to the students and teachers about what a “safe space” is and about what Arbor Youth Services do. Arbor Youth Services is a place that supplies shelter for at-risk children from the ages of birth to 17. To donate to Arbor Youth Services you can choose a custom amount of money to donate or you can become a monthly giver if you donate $20 dollars a month you become an Arbor Advocate. If you donate $50 dollars a month you are an Arbor and angel. And if you donate $100 a month you're an Arbor All-Star. To volunteer at Arbor Youth Services you can lead a life skill, provide supervision on outings, mow the lawn or rake leaves, recruit or maintain safe place sites, adopt a room to decorate at our shelter, join the board of directors, tutor the youth in basic math or science, be a mentor, help maintain the garden, and organize the donation room.
PRODUCE: FROM THE GARDENS & HIGH TUNNEL Anna Claire Darmand & Coulter Bell Microeconomics, Sales
The sales from the Gardens and High Tunnel produce has allowed our microeconomy to make renovations to our agricultural technology. Not only are we truly grateful to share our produce with friends and families, but the patronage will help us in the future. From all of us in the Gardens and High Tunnel microeconomy, we thank you for your support! Be sure to look for our post in the next issue to see prices for broccoli, cauliflower, beats, and our assortment of greens!