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April and May bring on the last push of the school year. Along with adding in recitals, performances, testing, finals, sports competitions, prom, and much more. Although all these events make wonderful memories, the down time, and just sitting around with family can be just as enjoyable and memorable. I love our days of no activities and just hanging around the house. It feels good to catch up and not be running from place to place all day. So, what does summer bring for your family? Hanging out at the lake? Road trip? Camping? Traveling abroad? Summer camp? Mission trip? I know in our family it is going to consist of a road trip to Michigan, a mission trip, summer camps, getting to see new babies in the family, and lots of great memories. No matter how you spend your time this summer, we want to hear all about it. Keep sending in those articles over the summer, and don’t forget to take lots of pictures!
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10 COVER FEATURE! Violent videos bought back by a middle school teacher with a mission to bring about Peace Buy Piece.
14 John Green Inspires
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Meet NY Times Best Selling author John Green who inspires millions with his books and vlogs. Plus Fault In Our Stars book review.
18 Eat Your Veggies! A healthy lifestyle reaps benefits.
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Teen Driving App Tracking For Safety
For every person there are
the information to get your
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By Benjamin Slaby 16, Mount Dora, FL Bunk Roomies Writer / Homeschooled
“We created the app so
orchid hobbyists and growers
that we could have a way
keep track of their orchids
to keep track of our sons’
and how they are growing
driving hours as they started
and things like that.
to drive,” said Conrader.
Another app that Conrader
The reason for this app is to
has recently completed, called
show proof that a person has
SPIED, will let you see exactly
completed the correct number
where a photo was taken and
of hours. “Many states require
when it was taken then put
a written log of your hours in
it on a map for you to see.
order to get your license in
“We came up with the idea
certain driving conditions.”
because we were out Jeeping
When creating something
and remembered that we
in order to get your drivers
from scratch, there are always
had taken a photo of a place
license you have to drive for
challenges. “The most chal-
we wanted to go back to but
a certain number of hours.
lenging part about making
we couldn’t remember how
Keeping track of how many
the app was actually learn-
we got there,” said Conrader
hours you have driven can be
ing how to program on the
“Now with SPIED, we can load
a big pain, but app developer
iphone. The iPhone uses (a
up the photo and click on the
John Conrader of Mount
language called) objective C
map.”
Dora, FL has come up with a
which is a little more compli-
These are some really in-
way to make keeping track of
cated then a lot of the other
novative things that Conrader
these hours much easier.
(programming) languages,”
has come up with that are
said Conrader.
helping so many people
Conrader has designed an app that keeps track of hours
Conrader has made many
driven as well as driving con-
other apps as well including
ditions so you can easily use
an app similar to the Teen
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A tribute to Peace Buy Piece. Buying back violent video games from kids. See page 10.
I am like a dream That never goes away, A nightmare you didn’t know you had, Yet always haunts you. How can you know the cure without knowing the illness? A déjà vu of pain yet not knowing its pain. You are not really mad like you think you are, There was just something inside needing a release. It started as a little thing from the first fight you watched Then it began to grow. Fist fights Gunshots Exploding bombs Fed him little by little. Now he is not so small, It’s angry all the time. Every violent act you see will stay there. He is the little guy TV. Always tried to hide from your view, But yet he was always there. That martial arts fight, you just saw, was his lunch. The energy he gains, in you. Years of feeding, violent scenes never gone, Eventually it’s not just food. It’s power.
Once he is filled, there is needed room to let out. His fists need an area to impact. His fists are your fists, as his aggression is yours using this to let out a strong buildup. You don’t even understand why you hit that guy, because of a voice in your head? How can you help yourself
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started a spring break vacation and information savings for ives rece in bra r you n is a time whe cate the public on , FL a program that would edu By Courtney Ring 14, Oviedo king about it, much like thin out with ly, sive ool pas Sch ents to surrender Jackson Heights Middle media violence and get stud affecting not it’s t tha k thin y ma hypnosis. You and movies. at Jackson Heights their violent video games in If you take Graphic Design ent information is stored viol the but , you t in Ms. Chism’s conChism says, “We Middle School, you take par later you may access it sub Why Peace Buy Piece? Ms. s learn- your head, and ude incl ch whi t, uni cts Visual Media Effe es?” She thought to become more buy back guns, why not gam sciously. This can cause you get you do y onl Not ing about media violence. pieces of violent g it, though it all about her mission: To buy violent without you knowin you , you cts affe ia med ent to learn how viol play. in order to bring video games from her kids ends on what you watch and growing business, dep her in ate ticip par to get also habit for most, and peace. “Violent media is a cal peace activist, buys back typi r and you ects not coll is ch sm whi Chi e, Ms. Peace Buy Piec give it up. So it only like all habits, it’s hard to for d use be with do can ia she s med t doe and she knows tha violent video games. What gradually, piece by makes sense to give it up No, movies, 68% of m. of the 90% r, play eve sn’t How doe gs. sure thin good Chism. them? Well, she piece, hence the name,” said the games and sign games and 60% of TV shows are violent (com ak bre s ent stud the has she tried to inform parlonger purchase monsensemedia.org). She a pledge saying they’ll no s, but since they’re vies. ents of these alarming fact violent video games or mo was having a difficult not in her classroom, she iddle Ms. Chism n whe an beg m ights M gra Elpro The son He demy Ave. m. Then the Sandy Hook k the g c chin a rea J e tim : a to s Ac g insensitive to each ur video ce: 41 noticed her students bein pened. She saw Send yo eace Buy Pie ntary School shooting hap eme bulP / stop to s l student 5 Schoo other. She would tell her have played a part able to L 3276 how media violence may cks pay iedo, F of e v rid h get O and C ter, ! bet ple d ciate lying others, treat peo that she could make ns Appre , LLC in the shooting and knew Donatio at we learned is ce Wh s. ie live ir P the in e y enc self the viol ace Bu nce. So she did the most e ere P diff er “ bigg a Piece movies or playing aceBuy that when watching TV and ook: Pe she took her $500 rd: b hea r e eve c I’ve FL a g thin F uyPiece “alpha state.” This less PeaceB games, your brain goes into @ r te Twit
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By Mark Cox 14, Oveido, FL Jackson Heights Middle School I had Ms. Chism ’s class two times during my three years at Ja ckson Heights Mi ddle. A lot has changed in the Graphic Desig n elective. The first time I too k it I was in sixth grade and besides graphic design, I learned how media affects us. I was open to that infor mation and it helped me reali ze how addicted to technology we are.
game player an d some of my vid eo games are
violent.
After taking the class, I realize all the negative things that vio lent media caus es. One of the facts that im pacted me the mo st was that the brain goes int o alpha state wh ile watching TV or video. Alpha state is a state of mind, like hypnosis, in which our brain s only take in information witho ut thinking abou t it. It occurs wi thin a minute of As an 8th grader staring at a TV or this year I had the computer. class a second time. I learned the same I agree with most things as of what Ms. Chism before plus a se says, gment on violen t media. Before but I also know that violent video media is learning about it I turned my face in denial. The not the only cause of violent ac ts such as the main reason I did this is because I Sandy Hook Eleme am a video ntary School shoo ting. In this example the shoo ter had a menta l disorder,
which combined with violent video games, made for a bad situation. In her class, Ms. Chism gave multip le examples of vio lence with violent media as a leading cause.
I personally have not turned in an y games to her program, but I have slowe d down my playing of them to about 2 hour s a week and I haven’t bought one in at least a year. Even if (like me) stude nts don’t turn in games, the information helps us control our us e of the games and lets us know what the se games can cause. Over all, this program is definitely changing our sch ool for the bette r by letting students know the dangers of violen t media.
b u e y piec c a Pe e Factoids
PBP est: Dec. 17, 2012 (Monday after Sandy Hook)
Bought Back/surrendered: Around 200
Buy Back Price: $1-$20. Almost double what Best Buy or Game Stop would give. We use those vendors to look up UPC codes to get the actual buyback price and check out how much retail is for a used copy. What they get is somewhere in between the two. Destroyed DVD’s/games: Cases will be recycled. Pieces are being collected and stored to eventually create a large mosaic art piece that will have a peace/ anti-violence theme or message.
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John Green Inspi
ires a Generation Jaicee Hagen 14, Onalaska, WI Onalaska Middle School
HUNDREDS of books. It slowly
declared the best fiction book of
dawned on me that each of those
2012 by Time Magazine, loved by
John Green has definitely left his
books was written by someone, and
all ages, not just young adults.
mark in the young-adult world. At
I started to feel like maybe I could
36 he has written four young adult
be one of those someones,” said
books, all of them being New York
Green in an interview with nerd-
Times bestsellers, with two of them
fighters on his YouTube Channel.
being winners of the Michael L. Printz Award. In addition to many
tor, Maureen Johnson, in the Mental Floss article she believes his work is popular because, “There’s something about himself that’s coming
become an Episcopal priest but his
through, and it’s not particularly
path changed when he first worked
sugarcoated.” Green’s honesty re-
as a chaplain at a local children’s
ally shines brightly, even when the
hospital. Green said watching chil-
truth might be hard to hear, which
dren barely survive and eventually
is what the nerdfighters seem to
die made a huge impression on
really notice and love about him.
him and inspired him to become a
Green has connected with this gen-
writer. “I’ve never done anything
eration’s passion in doing good and
harder than sitting with a parent
self-reflection. “There’s this intense
as their child died. That happened
kind of almost joy of tackling philo-
Florida with his brother Hank
everyday,” as quoted by Green
sophical issues for the first time,”
Green, and his parents, Mike and
in the April/May edition of Mental
said Green in Mental Floss.
Sarah Green. He was a student at
Floss magazine.
other projects and a young family, he’s the star of the popular YouTube channel, Vlogbrothers that he hosts with his brother Hank. Green often shares his mantra, “Don’t forget to be awesome,” with his millions of fans, or “nerdfighters,” as they’re affectionately called. Green grew up in Orlando,
Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando, Indian Springs School, a boarding school outside of Birmingham, Alabama and a graduate of Kenyon College in Ohio.
Book Review
Green originally planned to
According to Green’s collabora-
From this experience, John began
Green doesn’t take his influence lightly. “It’s a privilege to have a
to write his fourth novel, The Fault
platform to talk about things you
In Our Stars. TFIOS (pronounced
care about, but it’s an irrevocable
“Tiffayos” by fans) shot off the
privilege. I try to take it seriously,”
charts in the young-adult category.
he said. “It’s wrong to make people
Shortly after college, Green
The love story between two cancer
feel other and separate.” That’s
started his job at Booklist Maga-
survivors melts readers’ hearts. In
what seems to make his fans love
zine. “Every two weeks, they review
2012, The Fault In Our Stars was
him; his upbeat spirit.
Jaicee Hagen 14, Onalaska, WI Onalaska Middle School The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, is a “Dromance” (drama/romance) sprinkled with humor about two cancer survivors who learn it’s easier to accept their challenges rather than deny them. A 16 year old girl, Hazel Landcaster, is a three year survivor of stage four lung cancer. Her mother notices she’s coming to terms with
dying, so she sends her to a support
After the movie she lends him a
group with other cancer survivors.
book about a girl who has leukemia.
Hazel has no interest in attending the
When he finishes the book he has
sessions but she decides to go for her
many questions about the ending so
mother’s sake. One session later she
he emails the author and they soon
finds herself being stared at by an
find themselves on a trip to Am-
extremely attractive boy. As they start
sterdam to meet the author of their
the session, he introduces himself to
favorite book. This trip leads to an
the group as Augustus Waters, who
endless love story.
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Kids! Tell us what your life looks like in 10 - 20 years. Submit articles to our InBox at TheBunkRoom.com 200-300 words. Your future, the thing that is most important in your life. Your life plays out page by page, scene by scene. I have my whole life planned at only 11 years old. Here it is: I will continue my ballet career and become THE best dancer in the world. And like Margot Fontaine, I will go to Vaganova School of Ballet at 14 for a summer camp. FL , When I am supposed to be a r o nt D 1, Mou 1 y b in high school, I will be dualla S Annika mie Writer o enrolled in college. Then I will o R Bunk d choole s e go to a ballet company. m o H I have not decided which
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By Meg Greystoke 13 Bunk Roomie Writer Montessori at Roseborough
Our class spent a week in Louisiana for our end-of-theyear school trip. Eight of us left on Sunday at 5:50 a.m. (YAWN!), and drove for 13 ½ hours in two vehicles to get there. After arriving, we settled into two rooms-- Emily, Angel, Mia and I in one room and Thomas, Reggie Emery, and Elijah in another. After dinner we had a talk on how important it is to save coastal Louisiana. Then we had time for showers, card games with the boys in the community room and an hour of talking in our bunk beds. Quack-quack, quack-quack. Wednesday morning we were awak-
What a regular day is like.
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company I will go to. I will have to talk with my family and ballet teacher. I hope to go to one of these ballet companies: Bolshoi Ballet, America Ballet Theater, Vaganova School, Kansas City Ballet, Houston Ballet, ABT Texas or Royal Ballet. In that time I will take a night job if I need to. Now, my whole life is not just about ballet. I hope to get married to the love of my life and have four kids: girl, boy, boy, girl. I want them all to have brown hair like me. :) I will name them Samantha,
Andrew, Connor and Heather. I will dance while I am pregnant so my kids will be dancers. I will not force them to do ballet… I will let them follow their dreams like I did. After I have kids I still want to be a dancer, but I also want to be a ballet teacher and I will grow old with my family and my kids will be very successful. I will go away at 106 years old with my husband and be happy and successful. PS. At 14 now, Annika will be attending the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive for six weeks.
A Little Work & Play
ened by my roommate’s strange alarm clock at 6:00. We dragged ourselves out of bed and started getting ready (some of us faster than others). After a big breakfast, our teacher Mrs. Alvarez sent us to get our backpacks and change into work clothes. We were going to be working at a plant farm replanting marsh-grass into cone-trainers (little cone-shaped plastic flower pots) with some college students we met at a community dinner the day before. By 8:15 we were loaded into the vans and on our way. At the farm we set to work. The college students took small plants out of the cone-trainers and cut them in half; then they were sent to our table where we put them in empty conetrainers and packed them with dirt. We had lunch there, and then What’s back to work. Your
The late afternoon was spent on fun things like climbing the tower where you can see five miles in every direction over the bayou and playing Black Jack and Monopoly. After dinner and more free time it was back to our rooms for showers and a makeover for me and Mia given by Emily and Angel. It was the first time I had ever really worn makeup. Finally it was time for bed--another long and busy day finished.
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benefits and frozen . . . if you eat healthier, also a wonderful source fresher foods, weight of fiber, and recent fruits are a good second choice. For loss and good health studies show they may example, strawberreduce risks of proswill soon follow. ries fight cancer tate, breast, and colon and signs of aging. Blueberries cancers, even helping to prevent protect the heart. Watermelon lung and cardiovascular controls heart rate. Cherries calm disease. In short, a the nervous system. If you want must-have to double up on the benefits, add on vegetables like baby spinach, carrots, and cucumbers. Each has their own
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anyone’s shopping list. So remember, don’t stress over a skinny waist. Eat healthy, and a healthy appearance will soon follow. Of course, maintaining an active lifestyle is important as well. As the saying goes, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. If he’s still stubborn, use a baseball bat.
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By Larissa Foxx 10, Mount Dora, FL Bunk Roomie Writer Montessori at Roseborough
Despite the fact that Roseborough Elementary closed its doors as a public elementary over 10 years ago, each morning dozens of students make their way to classrooms to learn since the school was renovated and reopened as “Montessori at Roseborough” under the guidance of Merry Hadden. Hadden comes to Mount Dora with a rich background in the field of childhood development with specialized training in India and Italy as well as a BA in psychology and business. Hadden founded Montessori N.E.S.T in 1983, located in Leesburg, FL, which settled in Mount Dora in 1994. In 2009 Hadden combined her passion for “green living” with “green schooling” and moved the school to its current location at the renovated Roseborough location. On a daily basis, Hadden makes sure that the staff is present and everything is running fine so that there aren’t any problems. She also checks with Mr. Mike, the school’s Operations Manager. “We do a safety check. I have to make sure the environment is prepared and safe. I meet with parents and chil-
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dren regularly. I am always available to meet children.” Montessori at Roseborough is an AMI Recognized School, following the principles of Dr. Maria Montessori. Montessori schools started in 1907. Dr. Montessori was the first woman doctor in Italy and was also a scientist and philosopher. Dr. Montessori’s philosophy was based on the principle that all children naturally develop in stages, called planes of development. “The most challenging [part of my job] is helping people understand what Montessori is about. A lot of times people come here with not knowing it’s a great method because they come in with preconceived ideas and trying to help change a preconceived idea can be difficult.” The best part of Haden’s day is going into the classrooms and watching the children work. She says that seeing the work that the children do amazes her. “[I love] working with the children. And I love watching how the children develop and grow and mature. I love seeing what [they] learn and I love what I learn from [all of them]. Montessori is a very unique method of education. I love that my staff is all very happy – working with people who love their work. There is not one teacher here who doesn’t love working with Montessori. They truly love it and believe in it.” In 2010, Ms. Merry started the Adolescent Program for children ages 12 to 15. She came up with the idea since the school had the gym and extra space. “I think Montessori works better
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for that age group.” Montessori Elementary goes through 6th grade and the school was losing all of our 6th graders because public middle school is 6th, 7th, and 8th grade but Montessori believes the 6th graders should be in elementary. It is important to have the older students in the classroom to act as role models for the younger students as well as give the younger students lessons. When Hadden isn’t at school she likes to garden and read. “I like to go to the farmer’s market and I go to Renninger’s [Antiques]. I’m always looking for special things for the classroom--real tools that are proportioned to the child’s size. Tools or real furniture or unique things that work---child’s size; we don’t use much plastic here.” The school also has an official mascot, Virgil. He is a 2 year old Mastiff
who comes to school with Hadden every day. He started coming to school because she wanted him to be used to being around people and children. The middle school named us the “Montessori Mastiffs.” Virgil also acts as security. “He would scare any strangers coming into the school!”
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