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Good Shepherd Catholic Academy, Brooklyn NY + Thursday May 11, 2018 + Volume III, Issue IV ______

You can do something small like Mrs. Byrnes did a great job being a responsible friend. choreographing the routines, they Everyone is equal and uniqe. No looked amazing! Layla and I had a one has the right to bully or be classmate that danced and his name is bullied. Matthew Krumm. We thought he did a Be a good person,not a bad person. very good job. That day he was not at Remember,WWJD (what would school because he was busy dancing Jesus do?) Would Jesus bully? Or everywhere from early in the morning make a difference. Choose to late at night. He did an amazing job kindness! all day!

Bullying Irish Step Dancing By:Daniela Tartaglione Sports By: Layla Grech and Kiley Quinn By Alexa Lankford (Edited by Ellie Krumm) Nobody deserves to be bullied.

Nobody should even be bullying in As we all know baseball season is here At G.S.C.A. the day before St the first place. This is why I want to and all the teams have reported to Patrick's Day, March 16th, the stop bullying everywhere. One form Spring training. One new player that O’Malley Irish Dance Academy of bullying is cyberbullying. we will see on the field this baseball came to the school and danced for Cyberbullying is when you are season is Russell Wilson. He was a us. The whole school really bullying/being bullied online. quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks enjoyed it! There were about 4 Cyberbullying, for example is, name and then was asked to play for the dances for us. Some of the calling, cursing at someone or Texas Rangers. The Rangers decided students that danced are from threatening them. to trade him and gave him rights to G.S.C.A. Their dancing was Great! There are certain people who are play for the New York Yankees, which

involved in a bullying scene. Those most of us are probably fans of. gave This is the point of view from 2 people are the target, bully, bystander him rights to play for the New York spectators (Layla and Kiley): and ally.The bully is the one doing Yankees, which most of us are

the bullying. The target is the person probably fans of. It will be fun to The dancers looked like they getting bullied. The ally is the person watch an NFL player on the MLB worked really hard and danced the that can stand up to the bully, or field. Also the MLB set new rules to whole day for many schools. They report it.. Finally, the bystander is the speed up the game. They did this by were dressed in bright colorful person who sits there,watching and including limited visits to the pitcher’s dresses and wore makeup. Some of does nothing to help. Everybody can mound and reducing the time between the dancers danced in shoes that make a difference. You don’t need to innings. This idea will help to make made tapping sounds. do something big by stopping an the game the actual amount that needs

argument. to be played or watched.

1 I think that we can all agree that this elementary school, like Good Guinea Pigs season of MLB baseball will be a Shepherd. Public school might not by Annemarie De Nonno great one to watch take place. be the best choice for your future. You may wonder why I chose Unless the school has standards. In guinea pigs for my article. Well, Ciara Cedano my opinion, a school with an guinea pigs are my most favorite 7th entrance exam is an excellent animal in the universe. Guinea pigs Book Review of “Smile” by Raina option. One of the good things are called “guinea pigs” for a reason. Telgemeier by about it is that it will work to your This book is about a girl named advantage in the future. This The “guinea” in their name refers to Raina. She is starting 7th grade. But means that a good high school or the country of Guyana and because what she thought was going to be college might see that you went to they have stout bodies. Their stout one of the best years of her life, a high end middle school and take bodies give them a “piggy like” turned into a disaster. I recommend you or give you a scholarship. If appearance, which explains the “pig” this book to 6th grade girls because you think you aren’t ready to make in their name. Their scientific name is although it doesn't entirely a decision like this than staying at “cavia porcellus” or “cavy” for short. summarize 7th grade, it gives a gist Good shepherd is perfect! All of I prefer to call them “guinea pigs”. of what to expect and how to deal these choices qualify as a good This may be a teensy bit off topic, but with it. This book is from the point option. Remember that it’s all up of view from a teenage girl. The to you. I have 7 guinea pigs of my own: author makes the story come alive by Frenchie, Moofie, Trinket, Socks, adding Raina’s thoughts, and her Lent Luna, Butterscotch, and problems to the timeline of her 7th By Ellie Krumm Scruffy-Gelato. grade experience. In the beginning of This year Ash Wednesday was on the book it starts as a normal day Valentine’s Day. Ash Wednesday Things to Know: with with normal thing that we might is the first day of Lent. On Ash Guinea pigs love food, but please do do everyday. A girl was told she had Wednesday and every Friday of not overfeed him or her. They love to get braces but didn't like that idea. Lent everyone who is Christian fruits and veggies but there are some But as you continue to read, and has made their Communion BOOM!!! Something almost life has to restrain from eating meat. that they should not eat. They need a changing happens to Raina. I think On the Friday after Ash lot of space, seeing as they are larger this was a good way to real the Wednesday it was Chinese New than the average small animal. The reader in because the drama doesn’t Year. I celebrate Chinese New average guinea pig lives from 5-8 end there. After the incident Year and I know that mostly years, so make sure they live a happy happened, Raina had mixed emotions everyone who celebrates eats and fulfilled life! and felt like all she wanted to do was meat. Some meats they eat are Fun Facts fit in and be like the other teenage pig, beef, pork, etc. For Lent you ~Male guinea pigs are called boars, girls. This book expresses boy are suppose to give something up. and females are called sows drama, becoming a teenager, how to Giving up something for Lent is stay safe, and in all it's a funny and respectful to God but that is not ~Guinea pigs don’t have tails very intriguing book. the main purpose of Lent. The ~A healthy guinea pig should be about main purpose of Lent is to be more 1.2-2.5 pounds Junior High loving and kind then usual and ~They originally come from the Andes By Alexandria Salvato trying to stay kind forever not just ~Guinea pigs are around 8-10 inches, During Lent. Another main reason so they’re perfect for cuddling! Picking a Junior High is for Lent is Jesus’ Passion. Jesus’ kind of hard. There are so many Passion shows us how much he options and decisions to make. Since would do for us. This is the main there are so many choices, I’ll Purpose of Lent. narrow it down. There’s public schools, schools with an entrance exam, and just going to an

2 THAW Then the family had for Katie but there was no answer. ​ huddled under the table together, By Sophia Fortuna should the roof have fallen. It had To be continued... Chapter 2: Impending Storm given Marian a small fear of storms.Then they heard a gust of

After ice skating, the girls and their wind outside. The storm had The Time Santa Stole Easter mothers were walking home begun… together, a part of the group breaking By:Matthew Krumm and Adrian Ilie off every time they passed one of the A Creepy Story by Ellie Krumm It was two days before Easter and girls’ house. and Elizabeth Oliveri-DiSalvio Santa had a master plan to take over Easter. His master plan was to take all When Marian and her mom reached of the Easter decorations and eggs and their house, they said goodbye to Katie and Rebecca are best Jessica and her mom and walked bring them back to the North Pole. The friends. Katie and Becca are in the inside. They took off their coats, Easter Bunny was all ready for Easter, same class and they are on the hats, scarves, and gloves in the foyer all of the decorations were up and he and walked into the living room. same softball team. They both had a million baskets of Easter egg. Of Marian’s dad was sitting on the love sports and they are also very course Santa had to follow through couch, fixated on the TV. It was smart. The two of them met in with his master plan and ruin Easter. turned to the sports channel. Then, Kindergarten at PS 245. One day So on Easter night Santa came back the breaking news sign flashed after softball practice Katie and and made sure everything for Easter was gone. When everything was gone across the screen. Becca were walking to Katie’s Santa went back to the North pole and “This just in! A dangerous snow house to do their weekend storm is approaching!” the reporter added the things to his collection. Then homework and they were planning said. “It is expected to hit most of he came back again and put up on having a sleepover. When they the northern hemisphere! Those who Christmas decorations to replace the live in America are most likely to be were walking home they thought Easter ones. When everybody woke up hit the hardest. Please take someone was following them but they were very confused. They didn’t precautions and make sure to board every time they turned around to think it was Christmas because the day up your windows!” check no one was there. When before it was the day before Easter. “Oh this is not good,” Marian’s dad they reached Katie’s house her When they went to check their calendars every day said Christmas. said, rising from the couch. Her mom wasn’t home from work yet. When they called their friends they mother turned pale when the game Katie thought it was strange went to commercial. “What’s going also thought the same thing. That was because her mom usually got to happen?” Marian asked her mother the worst Easter ever. home at 5 and it was already 5:15. as she gripped her arm. “I-I don’t April Fools Day know sweetie” her mother replied Katie was confused at first but By:Alison Kienzle and Alyssia shakily, swaying a little, her face still then she thought that maybe her Sanchez pale. Marian and her dad led her to mom was grocery shopping. Katie How it began: the couch. “Just take it easy Jen,” and Becca got a snack from the On this day in 1700, English Marian’s dad said soothingly, kitchen and went up to Katie’s pranksters begin popularizing the “everything is going to be just fine”. room. They were in the middle of annual tradition of April Fools’ Day by He dragged on the “just”. a Math problem when they heard “Well I’d better get the boards from playing practical jokes on each other. the door open. Katie said, “Mom, the shed,” Marian’s dad said with a No one knows exactly how this how is that you?” when no one sigh, “good thing we have some left this holiday came to mind, or why it over from the last storm”. The last answered her she went downstairs even started. Over time it evolved and storm had been just last year, when to see if her mom was there and to this day we still celebrate April Marian was 12. She had not been Becca stayed upstairs. All of a Fools Day and we play practical jokes particularly scared. At least not until sudden Becca heard Katie scream, on each other. Only now we call them the wind shook the house. Becca called pranks. The Classics:

3 Everyone knows the classic Now for the awesome hairstyles Sophia. When they were giving food toothpaste in the oreo prank. and here they are. Bubble up, to the hungry Elizabeth saw a very What people don’t know is that wavy bang, double barrette and the weird house that was different from people in different places all over boyish bang. Lots of people like the rest and had gravestones and cracked windows around it. “That is the world celebrate April Fools tie dye t-shirts and sweaters. Lots really creepy! Don’t you think?” said Day in their own ways. For of teenagers like to wear sweaters Lizzie. “Yeah it is” said Sophia. example in France a classic and shorts in the hot or the cold. “Should we go!!” said Annemerie. prank is taking a fake fish and For final of them all the new “Yeah but won’t I get scared” said putting in on someone else's trench coat. Now for the trending Lizzie. “Uh yeah you will” said back. Where as here we do the song here are some of my favorites Sophia. baby powder on the hair dryer, or Havana by Camila Cabello, The three girls went up to the house to we put mustard in the toothpaste, Thunder by Imagine Dragons, see what it was. Lizzie heard a small we even mix the sugar and the Can't stop the feeling by Justin creak and Lizzie screamed. “Really Lizzie!” said Annemerie and Sophia. salt. Even the smallest little Timberlake, It aint me by Selena The next day Lizzie kept on hearing tricks is what makes this day all Gomez, Its everyday bro by Jake her name being called over and over. worth wild. Paul and Rolex by Ayo and Teo. Sophia had to pick up Lizzie from Thanks for reading and have a school because her parents were busy. The Trends Of 2018 good day. Lizzie told Sophia on the way to By David Buroran school but she didn’t believe her, but From toys, video games, movies, “The Creepy House Part 1” Annemerie did believe her because hairstyles, fashion and songs this By:Elizabeth Oliveri-DiSalvio Annemarie had the same experience. is the place to look. First start of Chapter 1 “What Happened” Annemarie and went back to the same house from yesterday because Lizzie with video games because I in One day there was three girls wanted to see if it was coming from general love video games. So named Anne Marie, Sophia, and there. Once Lizzie stepped into the Elizabeth, they were all best some video game examples are house her name faded away. friends who loved to hang out with pokemon, Yo kai watch, each other all the time. Sophia Minecraft, Super Mario, The Pasta Night was a intelligent, laid-back, legend of Zelda and my personal pessimistic, and could be crazy By:Daniela Tartaglione favorite Roblox. Now for when she wanted to be... or when Pasta Night is a very fun event that trending toys. Trending toys are she got mad, Annemarie was happens once a month. (The day hatchimals, num noms, shopkins, positive, nice, and funny, and is usually a Friday.) There,my pokemon cards, fingerlings, Elizabeth was crazy all the time, friends Layla, Kevin, Kiley, Chiarina barbie, yo kai watch toys and my get scared easily, singed a lot, very and I played tag but, it was only for favorite roblox action figures. weird, and loved horror movies. a short time. After, we had our They were all great friends and Now for the movies and there's a dinner. Which was pasta,except hoped to be friends forever. All lot pick from my list but I’ve there was a variety of options. of them loved haunted houses but decided the ones for this did not know that there was a real Towards the end,they had a raffle newspaper and here they are. haunted house nearby. They also and the winner got $71(or $171)in Black panther, A wrinkle in time, called Elizabeth “Lizzie.” cash. Also,they had a dessert table Pacific rim uprising, Peter rabbit, “Hi everyone!!” said Annemarie at the end. On that dessert table, Avengers infinity war, Jumanji “why don’t we go around the they had cupcakes,donuts,and and The Incredibles 2. neighborhood to give food to the these mini kinda-donuts. After all hungry?” Annemarie said while that happened, I can say that the looking at creepy houses. “Sure March Pasta NIght was a very fun why not” said Elizabeth and and enjoyable night. I hope the you have a really bad Pokemon such as pikachu you have to keep

4 people who came also enjoyed it on evolving it until it reaches a as much as I did. stage 1 or EX, or an GX. for some reason pikachu doesn’t evolve to a Pokemon stage 2. Another thing you should Special Thanks to all newspaper By James Powers and Gianni know is that if you are losing a staff for working so hard on Almonte game but you have energys for a interesting topics to write So today we were talking about all fire type and you have a fire type about. Thank you to Ciara kinds of Pokemon. Pokemon is a use it and you have a better chance Cedano and Alison Kienzle for very interesting card game. It is a of winning. If you don’t have popular game in our school. pokemon cards you can play editing and publishing our Hi, my name is James and my Pokemon on a nintendo device, or newspaper articles. favorite Pokemon is on roblox. Another Poliwrath;his attacks are thing you should know is that tackle,double team,water pulse,and when you make trades look at your bubble beam. other opponents card before Hi, my name is Gianni and my trading. Because if you don’t, you favorite pokemon is charizard might get a bad card. Another GX;his attacks are tackle, fly, and important thing you should know flame thrower. These are our favorite is that if your in a battle is to send pokemon. The only real important out your best card at the end question is what’s your favorite because if you don’t your Pokemon? If you want be a Pokemon will be knocked out. Pokemon master you have to follow Another reason why you should a few important rules.First you must send out your best card at the end not take others Pokemon.Also you is because if you do send out you must battle fairly ,don’t be a sore best card in the beginning and you loser, people might not want to battle have the best card everyone is you. Ash Ketchum is a fair Pokemon going to keep going on you and trainer ,try taking advice from him. your Pokemon is going to get Also some Pokeballs can be helpful. knocked out. You could certain Some of the trainers that train pokemon in different places. For Pokemon, and collect Pokemon have example you can find a grass Pokeballs in their bag. You can get pokemon in a forest or in a open pokeballs by stopping at the town's area .The Pokemon you can find best pokestops. If you want to be a are bulbasaur, scyther, chikorita, good trainer, then you have to have and pincer.These are good good Pokemon. Also you have to pokemon that you can treat well train your Pokemon hard so they can and keep healthy. Just remember, evolve and stay healthy at all times. one thing ,have fun. Another thing you have to know is that a basic Pokemon can’t knock out a stage 2 or a stage 1. One of the worst things that can happen is your Pokemon losing and being taken away because you made a bet. If

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