Sussex Avenue Renew School’s First Student Newspaper 411 on the S.A.R.S.

Volume 4, Issue 1 “All the News That Fits, We Print” June 2017 Touché! Fencing is on Point with Life’s Lessons If you witnessed people wearing chest plates and funny hats whilst battling with swords, you might believe you were at the Renaissance Faire or watch- ing a Monty Python movie, but it was actually a group of fifth graders engaged in a fencing class in the Sussex Renew gymnasium. The brainchild of Mr. Constantino, the school’s chief innovation officer, fencing’s arrival at Sussex Renew has opened yet another new creative avenue for our students to develop the mental and physical skills necessary to lead a healthy life into adulthood. “Mentally, it requires the cultivation of focus, patience and strategy,” said Alex van den Bergh, a fencing coach brought Foiled again: Yu Han Ren and Kimberly Torres square off in practice session to Sussex Renew by Mr. Constantino. “Physically, it develops fine motor skills. ation in front of you and be able to adapt and change.” You must be able to understand the situ- Students were excited about the opportunity to try a sport not seen in many New Jersey schools. “It was a great experience,” Josue Torres said. “It was fun even though I got stabbed a couple of times,” Alan Matias said. Coach Alex, who has competed in national and regional fencing compe- titions, emphasized that a serious investment in the sport of fencing can help students learn a variety of lessons. “It teaches you the levels of commitment and hard work it takes to be- come good at something,” he said. “This understanding of mastery can then be applied to anything else you set out to learn.” Student Lewis Anderson agreed. Coach Alex leads Yerlin Fernandez in warm-ups “Fencing helped me let go of all the stress,” he said. -Andre Hemsley Music Mural - Page 2 Aspire Astrology - Pages 6 & 7 Spinners Stopped - Page 9 “ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT” 411 ON THE S.A.R.S. PAGE 2 Artist Residency Grant Approved

The Artists in Education Res- idency Grant Program ap- proved Sussex Renew’s latest application and the school will receive an award of $6,000 to fund a 20-day teaching artist residency for the 2017-18 school year. This year’s grant allowed artist Kit Sailer to work with Mr. Alvarez and 6th and 8th grade students to replace the “Imagine” painting in the schoolyard with a brand new student-created music-themed mural.

411 on the S.A.R.S. Sussex Avenue Renew School’s First Student Newspaper

5th Grade Staff: Nyzir Adams, Isaiah Blakewood, Jalisha Castro, Yerlin Fernandez, Naya Garcia, Josuey Guaman, Andre Hemsley, Zuleyka Negron, Jennifer Pichizaca, Yu Han Ren, Yaritza Rodriguez, Rachelle Romero, Jeremi Torres, Kimberly Torres, Daniel Villa

7th Grade Staff: Noah Copeland, Marvin Diaz-Ulloa, Elian Fernandez, Javon Glover, Khalis Gonzalez, Tajir Gray, Josue Guzman, Michael Hannigan, Joshua Lett, DeJean Lithus, Helvio Marchena, Elias Martinez, Elijah Morel, Dany Nunez, Matthew Ortiz, Argedy Peralta, Sean Pinkerton, Robert Rodriguez, Xavier Rodriguez, Maliq Sanders, Hjector Santos-Cintron, Keson Shoats, Ty-lee Smith, Jayson Villa, Aaron Williams, Aaron Wilson

Faculty Advisor: Mr. Ross

Principal: Ms. Gearhart

Chief Innovation Officer: Mr. Constantino “ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT” 411 ON THE S.A.R.S. PAGE 3

SUSSEX AVENUE RENEW SCHOOL’S FIRST STUDENTKids NEWSPA PER in the Hall interviewsinterviews What do you think of President Trump’s first six months in office?

Tania Goldsmith 2-208 Kamira Hawkins 3-204 Angelina Cruz 3-204 That’s a hard question... Sometimes he’s nice and sometimes he’s I think he might do a good job but I’d not. rather have Obama.

Anthony Hawkins 2-208 Algernon Bhoomz 4-201 Brian Zheng 4-201 Well… I’m not so happy. He doesn’t actually know what he’s doing At least he didn’t start a war yet. as president.

Abduramon Oke 2-208 Keiarra Jones 3-204 Matthew Abad 4-201 Lots of people left the country and didn’t He hasn’t helped the community. Sooner or later the country might fall apart. come back. I hope we elect a new president. “ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT” 411 ON THE S.A.R.S. PAGE 4 What’s Happening

Magic Show and Alvin Ailey at the Sussex Renew Playhouse

Spectacular, aspirational and educational door and hall displays

7th and 5th grade Journalism classes covering stories in the field “ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT” 411 ON THE S.A.R.S. PAGE 5 at Sussex Renew?

Sprinkler Sundae Spectacular!

What was the most popular Halloween costume? (The correct answer is always bacon.) “ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT” 411 ON THE S.A.R.S. PAGE 6

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Astrology PAGE 8 411 ON THE S.A.R.S. “ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT” Sussex Avenue Renew School Primary Wing Profiles

Pre-kindergarten teacher: Ms. Harris Pre-kindergarten teacher: Mrs. Wright Pre-kindergarten teacher: Mrs. Dias Kindergarten teacher: Ms. Cano Favorite board game: Favorite board game: Favorite board game: Favorite board game: Scattergories Pay Day Bingo Life Favorite movie: The Birth of a Nation (Nate Favorite movie: Claudine Favorite movie: Dirty Dancing Favorite movie: The Shawshank Redemption Parker) Favorite TV show: “I Love Lucy” Favorite TV show: “House Hunters” Favorite musician: Christine D’Clario Favorite TV show: “Schoolhouse Rock!” Favorite musician: Mary J. Blige Favorite musician: Chayanne Favorite song: “I Give Myself Away” by Favorite musician: Stevie Wonder Favorite song: “The Battle is Not Yours” Favorite song: “Vivir Mi Vida” William McDowell Favorite song: “Knocks Me Off My Feet” by Yolanda Adams Favorite album: Volver a Nacer Favorite album: United by Hillsong Favorite album: Sketches of Spain Favorite album: What’s the 411? Favorite book: The Very Hungry Caterpil- Favorite book: The Purpose Driven Life by Favorite book: Medical Apartheid by Har- Favorite book: The Bible lar Rick Warren riet Washington Favorite number: 25 Favorite number: 24 Favorite number: 8 Favorite number: 17 Favorite letter: L Favorite letter: V Favorite letter: P Favorite letter: M Favorite word: Awesome Favorite word: Mom Favorite word: Overcomer Favorite word: WORD! Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate Favorite ice cream flavor: Haagen-Dazs Favorite ice cream flavor: Pistachio vanilla milk chocolate almond bar

“It's about what you believe. And I believe in love. Only love will

Kindergarten teacher: Mrs. Fortune Grade 1 teacher: Mr. Jones Grade 1 teacher: Mrs. Leon truly save the world.” Favorite board game: Favorite board game: Favorite board game: Trouble Connect 4 Monopoly ~Diana Prince Favorite movie: The Color Purple Favorite movie: The Sandlot Favorite movie: Forrest Gump Favorite TV show: “Blue Bloods” Favorite TV show: “Shameless” Favorite book: When I Was Puerto Rican Favorite musician: Luther Vandross Favorite musicians: Cannonball Adderly, by Esmeralda Santiago Favorite song: “Dance with My Father” Snarky Puppy, Funky Dawgz Brass Band, Favorite number: 23 Favorite album: The Best of Luther Vandross Chance the Rapper, Jon Bellion, The Favorite letter: L Favorite book: Roots and Hiatus Kaiyote Favorite word: Hope “God Help the Child” by Toni Morrison Favorite songs: “Eye of the Tiger” & Favorite ice cream flavor: Coconut Favorite number: 7 “Superstition” Favorite letter: K Favorite album: 58 Sessions by Miles Davis Favorite word: Awesome Favorite book: Outliers by Malcolm Favorite ice cream flavor: Mint chocolate Gladwell Favorite number: 20 Favorite letter: S Favorite word: Snarky Favorite ice cream flavor: Caramel cone