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The Mckinley Times, Student Newspaper THE MCKINLEY TIMES January 2021 Serving the McKinley Community Since 2020 Volume VII Who is Amanda Gorman? Amanda was born in Los Angeles and has two siblings. Amanda is a twin and She is truly unstoppable and so inspir- by Zoe G. was raised by her mom who was a teach- ing! You too can be like Amanda. Read er. She rarely watched TV growing up more, write more and express yourself! Amanda Gorman is our National Youth and thought of herself as a weird child I´ll leave you with some of her words. Poet Laureate. What is a poet laureate, because she enjoyed reading and writing. you might ask? According to Wikipedia, Amanda has a disorder where she is hy- ¨We will not march back to what was a poet laureate is a poet officially ap- persensitive to sound and she went to but move to what shall be pointed by a government or conferring speech therapy to get through it. At the A country that is bruised but whole, institution typically expected to compose age of 14, she became the first Los An- benevolent but bold, poems for special events and occasions. geles Youth Poet Laureate while she was fierce and free.¨ On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman in the WriteGirl program. She attended read her poem ¨The Hill We Climb¨ at New Roads School right here in Santa - Amanda Gorman President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day. Monica! Amanda graduated from Har- At 22 years old, she is the youngest poet vard University and is an award-winning laureate in history to read at an inaugu- writer. She has spoken at many historic ration. Amanda also made history when events across the country. She has al- she read her speech on the same day of ready written a poetry book called ¨The Vice President Kamala Harris´ Inaugu- One for Whom Food Is Not Enough¨ ration who is now our first woman Vice in 2015 and she will be working on two President and is the first woman of color children’s books in the future. Did I to serve that position. mention she also wrote for black athletes for Nike? January 20th was a very special day at There was also a poet who recited a spe- Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. and cial poem she wrote called “The Hill We across the country. The day not only Climb.” Twenty-two year old National included the swearing in of Joe Biden Poet Youth Laureate Amanda Gorman and Kamala Harris, but also musical and is the youngest poet to ever speak at a literary performances to mark the occa- Presidential Inauguration. She grew up sion, and Joe Biden’s first speech as Pres- in Los Angeles and went to high school ident. Due to the Pandemic, there was a in Santa Monica, before graduating from limit for people who could attend the in- Harvard. All of her poems are well writ- auguration and everyone who was there ten and have beautiful meanings. A part had to be masked. of Amanda Gorman’s poem read, “For 2021 Inauguration there is always light, if only we’re brave The day started partly cloudy, then it enough to see it. If only we’re brave by Molly L. started snowing at the Capitol! But, in enough to be it.” the end, the sun was shining as a new On January 20th, 2021, a new President administration was put in place. Overall, this inauguration was fun, excit- and Vice President were inaugurated. Joe ing, and marked a new era in our coun- Biden was sworn in to the position of Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, and Garth try. Joe Biden is the 46th President and President of the United States, and Ka- Brooks were among the talented singers Kamala Harris is the 49th Vice Presi- mala Harris was sworn in as Vice Pres- who performed and were truly outstand- dent. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will ident. She is now the first ever African ing. They sang songs that showcased the enjoy the roles of President and Vice American, Asian American, and female U.S. and the meaning our new president President of the United States, working Vice President of the United States in is trying to communicate to all who call to make the country a better place for all history. America home. Americans. January 2021 Serving the McKinley Community Since 2020 Volume VII CURRENT EVENTS The US Presidential Race Between November and Today: Looking Back and Ahead by Shayla A. Many houses were tense and the election Donald Trump was recently impeached. is all they could talk about because we He was impeached because he did not The Presidential election in November didn’t find out the results until 5 days stop the Capitol riot. This was the choice of 2020 was a tense race. This is be- later. that the House of Representatives made. cause the country was very divided and He has not been convicted yet. There is because of COVID 19. More people After all the confusion, Joe Biden is another vote to convict him in the Sen- voted than ever before because it was our new president. Someone who also ate. such an important election, maybe one got elected with him is Kamala Harris. of the most important ones in our histo- She is the first black and Indian woman As you can see a lot happened. After all ry. This is because whoever won would to be Vice President. This is a historic this, I feel ready to move on to focusing have to work to end the pandemic. moment. Kamala Harris was part of the on school and COVID 19 and am glad Senate before Joe Biden chose her to be we can look forward to a new year. Getting the results of this presidential Vice President. election was confusing. In one state it looked like Biden won over the state but However, Donald Trump says that there then Donald Trump did. This proves was fraud. Thousands agreed, but when that it was a very close election. There the issue was looked into, there was no are also states called swing states. Swing evidence stating that there was fraud. states are states that switch between There were several recounts and in the democrats and republicans. Also in this end the elections stated Biden won. It is election, Georgia became a swing state not true that there was fraud. A person when it voted for Biden so it had quite might not like that fact but it’s true. some attention. Thousands went to marches saying the The Covid 19 pandemic made the elec- election was fraud. We had an unex- tion difficult because of having more pected and unpleasant experience at the mail in ballots. This also slowed the time Capitol, and most know about this. I am of getting the answers of who won the talking about the riot at the Capitol. The election because mail in ballots kept Capitol was trespassed by thousands. flowing in. There was no getting them Now more than ever the Capitol needs to stop. But the votes did all get counted. security. 2 January 2021 Serving the McKinley Community Since 2020 Volume VII CURRENT EVENTS Lunar New Year: Another clean on the first day of Lunar New Year bottles, cardboard, and even polystyrene. New Year? or buy books (Spring Festival tradition). Small actions can make a big difference. During this pandemic, you can do even by An N. Setting off fireworks: this is to ward off/ more to help the environment. Ideas in- scare evil spirits away! Eating dumplings: clude using reusable (washable) masks Lunar New Year this year starts on the Chinese word “jiao zi,” is similar to and gloves and upcycling hand sanitizer February 12th. You may think, “Um, I the ancient word for new replacing the bottles. (Don’t forget to clean them out thought New Year’s was January 1st?” old, it also looks like ancient times’ gold. first!) We need to do things like this be- Valid question. Let me explain. If eaten it’ll bring fortune! Cleaning your cause all living creatures depend on us to house, before Lunar New Year: this is so save the planet. Talk to your teacher and Lunar New Year is a tradition that many that you can clean off all the bad luck family about ways that you can do more Asian countries celebrate. This holiday is that has come from the old year. Wash- to go green. exactly like Chinese New Year; they just ing or cutting your hair, this is because have different names including Chinese cleaning or cutting your hair is thought The NBA Start of Season New Year, Chunjie, Tet, Solnal, Losar, to be cutting or washing your fortune Spring Festival, and of course, Lunar away. Cleaning: this is because it will by Jonah Cohen New Year. There are many unique tra- clean away the good luck (don’t even ditions, and it has a set or rules that you wash the dishes). If you want to clean, So far the 2020-2021 season has started should follow. Tradition says, broken do it the second day. Buying books: this well. Covid cases haven’t been a prob- rules will result in bad things happening is because in Chinese the word “book” lem for the NBA. Commissioner Adam throughout the year. sounds like the word lose. You don’t Silver has done well handling the situa- want to have bad luck! tion.
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