In this issue:​ St. Patrick’s Day History, Life Hacks, Sports Update, Baking with Liana, Advice and The Northvale Times more! Spring 2019 Click here to listen to the March podcast! Life Hacks The History Behind St. Patrick’s Day By: Dimitris Tips to help make life easier Article by: Yena, Isabella, Reilly, Jenna St.Patrick's day. The day every year where we pretend to be Irish and all collect clovers. But St. Patrick wasn’t even Irish. He was ​Do your parents ever make you do the dishes? born in Britain in the late 4th century with the name, Maewyn Are there ever pieces of food all around the sink where your faucet can’t reach? And you splash the Succat. He is taken slave after his village is raided. After four years of water from the center to all the places with food to slavery, he escapes. He join the Catholic church and changes his clean everything up? A simple life hack could save name to Patricius, or Patrick. Years later, he travels to Ireland as a you so much time. All you need are scissors and one missionary and spends 30 years converting the Irish to Catholicism. balloon. You simply cut the bottom, or the closed When patrick died in 421, he became known as the Patron Saint of part of the balloon. Then you open up the part you Ireland, despite being British. In 1903, St. Patrick’s day becomes a would usually blow air into, and put it on your national holiday in Ireland, celebrated on March 17th. Clovers were faucet. Now, you can adjust the balloon so water collected to represent the holy trinity. Irish immigrants brought the can get to anywhere you’d like. This makes for an easier time washing those dishes! tradition to the US in the 1700s, usually focusing on drinking and celebrating all things Irish. The first ever St. Patrick’s day parade Not sure which key is was held in Boston in 1737. With over 34 million citizens in the US which? Well here’s a alone claiming Irish heritage, this holiday has become one of the solution. Grab your biggest in the world. favorite nail polish colors and add a layer on your keys. That way, Baking with Liana you can tell them apart Shamrock Pie and it is way easier to find. Ingredients ● 1 cup sugar ● 1/4 cup cornstarch Getting ready to go to your favorite vacation spot ● 1-1/2 cups water over spring break? ​Well, your number one priority ● 3 large egg yolks, may be packing up your suitcase. But have you lightly beaten noticed your clothes has ● 1/4 cup lemon juice been all over the place? ● 1 tablespoon butter Well, you’re in luck! Take ● 1-1/2 teaspoons your clothes and start grated lemon zest rolling them up tightly. ● 5 to 6 drops green food coloring By doing this it creates ● 1 pastry shell (9 inches), baked more space for other ● 3 large egg whites items and it really makes ● 1/3 cup sugar your suitcase much more ● Directions: organized. 1. In a large saucepan, combine the sugar and cornstarch. Stir Tired of having tangled wires all over the place? in water until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat Well fret no more! Get a big box. Then, take some until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 toilet paper rolls and start placing them into box so minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount they fit. Secure with hot glue. Finally, sort your of hot filling into egg yolks; return all to pan, stirring rolled up cords so that they are seperated and neatly constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes placed in the box. longer. Remove from the heat. Gently stir in the lemon juice,

butter, lemon zest and food coloring until smooth. Pour hot mixture into crust. Seasonal Poems ● In a small bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Spring Poem ​by Madison Gradually beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until The new-born flowers bloom, stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Spread evenly One by one. over hot filling, sealing edges to crust. Taking in their surroundings ● Bake at 350° for 10-15 minutes or until the meringue is As they awake to a beautiful life golden brown. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. Refrigerate for Ahead of them. at least 3 hours before serving. Store leftovers in the The birds high up sing gracefully, refrigerator. Filling the warm air and skies with Their beautiful songs, Each with a different tune. The bright yellow sun high above them all Glitters against the freshly-cut grass, Sparkling like a diamond ring. All I can see is the Book Recommendations beauty nature provides us. Spring is refreshing. The Swift Boys & Me​ by Kody Keplinger is an amazing book I read in fourth grade. It was a while ago, but I remember it very Excerpt from Spring b​ y Rachel clearly because it was so good that I reread it Spring is like the sun’s rays shining multiple times. This book appeals to Spring is like a sunflower field swaying in the wind students in grades 4-6 the most, but older Spring is like the fresh taste of a sweet strawberry students can enjoy it too. The book is about bursting in your mouth two families, the Suttons and the Swifts. The Spring is like an ice cream vendor selling all the ice families are happy, and the kids claim they’ll cream in the world for free live next door even when they’re grown ups and when they’re Spring is like the astonishing glimpse of a fantastic married. But one day, the boys’ dad drives out of the driveway, sunset that no one else but you can see and changes everything.

Keeper of the Lost Cities ​by Shannon March ​by Grace Messenger. Perfect for fantasy lovers! I didn’t The sun is shining, melting the old snow, want to read this at first, but when I did I Day by day, loved it. You may not want to read it like I The world is transforming to create something new, didn’t want to, but it’s an amazing book that A new familiar, you should give a chance! Spring is not here but it is coming, And we can all feel and see the signs Then songs the birds sing, The baby animals taking in new possibilities with Nick & Jack Everything's better in March Sports Update​ The rain is warm, The air is cool, Klay Thompson's Shooting Slump’ You can feel Spring on the end on every breath This year in the NBA, new players have become stars on The sky a color only seen in this month, their teams. Klay Thompson is having a great season so far with the Come, Golden State Warriors who he had played for them for 8 seasons Enjoy, already. This summer Klay Thompson is going free agent which the Enjoy March with me Golden State Warriors want to resign him. In this season Klay Thompson had a rocky start. He would have games without getting many shots and in some nights he would have great games. Klay’s best game this season was against the Chicago Bulls, which he had D.I.Y. broken an NBA record. He had 14-3 pointers which are the most in a Easy projects to cure your boredom game ever by any player in NBA history. His worst shooting game Article by: Yena, Madison, Reilly Create your own bookmark! ​ Now make your own was against the Portland Trailblazers which he had a 33.7% from the hat shaped bookmark in 5 minutes. First, cut a 3-point range. Even though Klay Thompson was not shooting well at piece of paper that looks like a hat in any color. the start of the season he did not think that he was in a shooting Now add a buckle and you can draw a shamrock or slump. Now Klay Thompson is averaging 21.8 points per game. a four leaf clover anywhere on the hat. You can also Overall, Klay Thompson is a very good player who has broken decorate the hat any way you’d like and you can records with Stephen Curry. He may have been in shooting slumps a color too. Now you have a St. Patrick’s Day themed couple of times, but he is still a very good shooter. bookmark that you can use. 2026 FIFA In the summer of 2026, the FIFA that is held every four years Help the environment!​ We’re always learning will be in the US, Canada, and . It will be the 23rd FIFA about protecting the environment at school, and I World Cup. There will be 48 teams, but usually, there are only 32 bet many of you, although you want to help, don’t teams because there are 8 groups of 4. It is held every four years. know what you can do to contribute. Well here’s a There will be 3 locations in Canada and 3 locations in Mexico. The simple DIY that incorporates reusing! The rest will be in the US. The 3 in Canada are in , materials are: two bottle caps, an exacto knife, and which is the Commonwealth , , which is the a hot glue gun. First, you take one bottle cap and , and , which is the BMO Field. In Mexico, cut half of it through the middle with an exacto the locations will be , Monterrey, and . The knife (lay it flat, hold the knife flat, and go through stadiums are , , and Estadio BBVA half of the cap horizontally). Then, you put hot glue Bancomer. The stadiums in the US are most likely going to be the on the inside of the second cap, and put the un-cut Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, the half of the first cap on the inside of the second cap. in Kansas City, the in , Now, you can stick post its with urgent reminders, the in Miami, Metlife Stadium in New Jersey, pictures with your friends, and other paper on the the in Philadelphia, Levi’s Stadium in San cut side of the first cap. Francisco, FedExField in Washington D.C., and CenturyLink Field in Seattle. Metlife Stadium is most likely going to be the host of the A Note From the Environmental Club finals. There are 16 cities that will be hosting the games out of 23 By Vincent and Robert cities in 3 nations. There will be 80 games in total. This FIFA will be A deserted forest. No birds chirping. No much different than other times and promises a very exciting tournament. swaying trees. No squirrels scampering on the What is Kendo? ground, looking for food. Welcome to Earth, 7000 Kendo is Japanese fencing. The word kendo is translated to years in the future. “way of the sword.” It is a competitive sport where the practitioners try and strike an opponent's head, wrists, throat, and the hip. Besides Okay, maybe this isn’t the world right now. the competitive part of this, kendo is an old martial art that teaches There are still forests. There are still trees. There discipline, builds strength, stamina, speed, and improves reflexes. It are still cute squirrels will also improve your mental health, since concentration, determination, and attitude will be developed. Kendo is a martial art scampering for food.But the that consists of using a sword and sparring. Kendo is a very popular world might be like this. sport that is popular in countries that have some sort of ties with And we have to stop it. And Japan, like Korea and Taiwan. It is also popular in places like the United States and Canada because of immigrants bringing this that is what the NEC is tradition over. (The martial art is called kendo worldwide, but in trying to do. Korea it is called Kumdo, still meaning the same thing.)This “We are trying to make Northvale a greener tradition is not just competitive, since mastering it is a lifelong journey with people still practicing at extremely old ages. Overall, community,” says Executive Chairman Robert. “We this is a short summary of what kendo truly is. have to start small, and we will start small by starting with the school.” We have a club of 14 students and one teacher/director: Mrs. Sardanis.

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