Read about the Colonial Turn to page 2 to review The upcoming trip to Costa Convention on page 2! the new trend ASMR. Rica is explained on page 4!

Issue 3 Volume 2 March/April 2019 thepawpress Unified Club Kicks Off at too.

Woodglen Q: What do you think is the purpose of By: Emily Denis, Juliana Jennings, and Mary Unified Club? Kate Palmisano A: To accept everyone.

Q: Why do people join Unified Club? A: Because people’s friends are in it. We started [as a club] with ten kids, but then the club got bigger and bigger!

Q: Why do you like Unified Club? A New League for Lax Lovers A: I have made tons of friends in Unified, By: Patrick McGeough and I like that about it! Earlier this spring season, the Premier Next, we heard from another participant of League (PLL) players announced Unified Club named Jodi Lanka, who is the six teams and rosters by posting currently in seventh grade. Woodglen School recently launched its own bitmojis of them and their teams, which is Unified Club, and the activity is already off to a depicted above. The six teams have been Q: When did Unified Track and Field (TAF) strong start! As one of Unified Club's advisers, named the Archers, Atlas, Chaos, Chrome, start? Mrs. Sloyer, explained, "Unified Club is a place Redwoods, and Whipsnakes. A: March 19th. for all students, of all abilities, to work on school outreach and community outreach, but The founder of the league and two-time Q: Are you excited [for the club]? Why? most of all to have fun." (MLL) Most- A: Yup! I just like to run a lot. Valuable Player (MVP), , is on the Atlas Lacrosse Club along with other We sat down with Unified Club's founding Q: What are you most excited for in Unified faculty members and students to better players such as Trevor Baptiste, Tucker TAF? Durkin, Kyle Hartzell, and Scott Rodgers. understand how the club is thriving here at A: I like running games, like the game Woodglen. First up for information about this "What Time is it Mr. Fox?" awesome club was sixth-grade student, The Archers have players like Tom Douglas Wilhelms. Schreiber, Stephen Kelly, Kevin Rice, Matt Q: Who are the teachers that do Unified McMahon, and Drew Adams. TAF with you? Q: Is there a specific reason that you are [continued on page 2] A: One of them is Dana Weiss, and she is doing track and field as the sport for Unified one of the coaches for our track team. Mrs. Club? Sloyer also helps with the club. Current Staff Writers A: No, not really. It’s just for fun. The Unified Special Olympics is what the club is really Q: What made you want to join Unified? Emily Denis, 5th grade called. Lots of schools do it all around the A: My mom just talked about it with my country. brother, and it sounded fun! That is why I Abigail Sell, 6th grade joined. Q: When does the club meet? Patrick McGeough, 6th grade A: We meet every Wednesday, and we also do Q: What is your favorite sport [from Unified the Special Olympics! Geneva DiRe, 6th grade and the Special Olympics]? A: It is a tie between swimming and track Madison Marek, 7th grade Q: Are there any other upcoming events we and field. They are both really fun! should know about? Juliana Jennings, 7th grade A: The club does a lot of things, and we work Q: If there was something you could with Voorhees' Unified Club at the high school, [Continued on page 3] Mary Kate Palmisano, 8th grade Page 2 thepawpress

Next, the Chaos has Thomas Kelly, Miles unfortunately causes fatal hemorrhagic Thompson, Myles Jones, Jeremy Thompson, disease, meaning the elephants could not Matt Rees, and Charlie Cipriano. stop bleeding. This disease normally occurs in Asian elephants, but there is no The Chrome team is sporting players cure for this disease, according to the zoo. including: Brendan Fowler, Jordan Wolf, Ty Nyah was the first elephant to pass away Thompson, Callum Crawford, , The Colonial Convention Calls Brandon Mullins, John Galloway, and Brett and the zoo said she was, “beautiful, fun, Queener. and curious”. Kalina was the second young Again! elephant to die, and she was only eight By: Madison Marek Moreover, the Redwoods' roster has Greg years old. Family members of the two Gurenlian, Joey Sankey, , Kyle elephants, including their siblings and Last week, students participated in a Harrison, Sergio Perkovic, Brent Adams, Matt parents, stayed with the elephants after seventh grade tradition: the Colonial Landis, and Jack Kelly. their death “so they know why they won’t Convention! Colonial Convention is a day be with them anymore.” It was certainly a where students dress up as a realistic And lastly, the Whipsnakes have Joe Nardella, sad day at the Indianapolis Zoo recently. character from the 17th and 18th centuries. , Ben Reeves, the newly Seventh grade students had to prepare a graduated Rutgers Alumni - Jules Heningburg, autobiography about a fictional colonial Ryan Drenner, Connor Kelly, the Team USA person's home, family, life as working their Championship MVP - Mike Ehrhardt, and Dan trade, and much more. Morris. For extra credit, there were three options. The PLL players will have four times the First, students could prepare a dish from average wage of MLL players, access to the 18th century that would most likely be health benefits, and a national broadcast deal eaten during the time. Another option was with NBC Sports Group. There will be a 10- to draw an image of something from week regular season, an all-star weekend, two Colonial times such as a farmhouse, playoff weekends, and a champion on NBC. ASMR Trend Taking Over wagon, animal, or tool. Finally, students The PLL will also have helmet cameras, radar By: Geneva DiRe could also dye a string the old fashioned guns for how fast the shot goes, and referees way, with natural dyes. To do this last will be mic’d up like in the NFL, so viewers can ASMR is the hot new trend hitting the option, students found recipes for dyes hear every call. It is going to be an exciting internet all over the world! Did you know from foods that have color such as inaugural season for the Premier Lacrosse that ASMR stands for autonomous sensory turmeric, beets, and black tea leaves. League! meridian response? The most popular Additionally, there was a creative ASMR videos are made when a girl or a guy component to the Colonial Convention host goes into a quiet room with some type project, which was to make either a shingle, of food that will make a lot of noise. The diorama, hand tool, pamphlet, dance or ASMR video host uses very sensitive song. microphones to record the sounds that the objects in the room make. For example, a Social studies teacher, Mrs. Loughman, host might have food on the table in front was the conductor and judge of the of them like sushi. The host SLOWLY picks Colonial Convention and based her up the food, places it into their mouth, and assessment on how well we, the students, then chews. The type of food is any food portrayed our roles. During the day, the whole grade performed a colonial dance Two Elephants Die Days Apart they may want. Some people prefer the sound of crunch, and others may prefer the and went on a scavenger hunt. During the By: Juliana Jennings sound of gloppy slime. I only watch these night, there was an open house where videos to get inspired to try new food, but if students came back in costume with their Two elephants at the Indianapolis Zoo came I will say that I prefer the crunch sound parents and performed "My Shot," from the down with the same symptoms within days of over the slime. After looking for and Broadway musical Hamilton. We also one another. The zoo immediately got medical listening to many ASMR videos, I really showed our parents and guardians all of test results so they could find the problem wanted to try sushi, lobster tail, and our creative projects; the seventh grade with the two elephants. It turns out that the salmon. ASMR can be something to be teachers dressed upl! The Colonial elephants showed signs of elephant made fun of, but it can also help relieve Convention was a lot of fun for everyone in endotheliotropic herpesvirus, which stress and inspire new ideas! the seventh grade who got to participate. Page 3 thepawpress change about Unified Club, what would it be? Hunterdon Hawks Track A: That the kids could get more of a voice for what games we play and snack time. But I Club: What to Expect! really do like [the club]! By: Abigail Sell

Finally, Mrs. Sloyer, one of Unified Club's key The Hunterdon Hawks Track Club began organizers, offered some insight on the club's on March 25th. The club includes grades activities for this year. 2-8, and participants divided into three groups: bantams, midgets, and youths. Q: What is Unified Club? Boys and girls are also separated. A: Unified Club is a club for all students, of all abilities to work on school outreach and YouTube Sensation Zody is The schedule for the Hunterdon Hawks community outreach, but most of all to have Over! Track Club include events like: javelin, shot fun. put, hurdling, and long jump. Towards the By: Geneva DiRe end of the season, an event called the Mile Q: When did it come to Woodglen? Club will happen. The Mile Club is when Recently, Zoe Laverne and Cody Orlove A: It just came to Woodglen this school year. each participant runs a mile, or four laps broke up! They may have seemed like a It came here because we applied for a grant around a track, and each participant's perfect YouTube couple, but sadly every for the Special Olympics. finishing time is recorded. The Mile Club couple has flaws. They were so in love event also includes a t-shirt! At times after that they combined their names and Q: What do you do at Unified Club? club meetings, everyone gets Rita's, and created the name and hashtag #Zody. A: We do a variety of things, all involving we also have big games of capture the They shared a YouTube channel called teamwork and working together. Most flag: Boys vs. Girls. Feel free to join next Zody, and even had Zody merch! recently, we had our first fundraiser, which is year! selling Lucky Grams during lunch. Apparently, Zoe and Cody were on tour, but one day, Cody wasn’t with Zoe. This Q: What types of sports do you do? was strange because the couple was A: This year, for spring we are doing track and always on tour together, but Cody got a field. gig alone. Unfortunately during this time, Zoe was not behind honest to Cody, so Q: When do you meet? Top Spring Break their relationship continued as the usual. A: Unified Club meets the first and third About a week later, Zoe's bad behavior Destinations Wednesday of the month, and it is open Compiled by: Abigail Sell was shared with Cody. enrollment, which means that students can come to meetings or join at anytime with a 1. Cancun A massive fight between Zoe and Cody permission slip. These forms can be found 2. Las Vegas followed, and Zoe screen-shotted all the online or on the bulletin board by the PAC. bad talk and sent it to a group chat. 3. Jamaica It is obvious that the Unified Club is already 4. Miami The next thing you know, the Zody drama making positive changes at Woodglen, and 5. Cabo San Lucas was all over the Internet. People started we are excited to see what else the students hating on Zoe and when heard so many 6. Dominican Republic and the staff have in store! negative comments, she made up lies 7. South Padre Island about Cody so that he would face the 8. Puerto Vallarta same criticism that she did. People 9. The Bahamas started hating on Cody, too. Then, Cody got mad at Zoe and the two decided to 10. Punta Cana talk over Instagram Live! Upcoming April Events When I joined in the Instagram Live at Woodglen broadcast, there were 35.8k people April 18th: Schoolwide Don8 watching! Zoe and Cody talked, decided to just be friends, and put their anger aside. Zone Color Run Sadly, #Zody is officially over and YouTube viewers will have to find a new April 19-26th: Spring Break couple to watch! Page 4 thepawpress about his experience. birthdays, names, and whatever else users MKP: Did you like play practice? were saying while using the app. Tik Tok MD: Yes, I did. had to pay over two million dollars to the government. MKP: Who did you play in the play (Once on this Island)? What kind of part was it? Rumor has it that soon Musically might be MD: I played Daniel, the lead male role. buying Tik Tok back, but they would delete every account that has under 100% MKP: How did you think the play went? followers. I hope this doesn’t happen, and I Jenner to be Youngest MD: I think we finally "got there," with a lot hope that if Musically does buy Tik Tok Billionaire on Record of practice. It was also good when people back, everyone is able to keep their were able to focus on their talents. account. By: Madison Marek MKP: How do you think the play will be Star Kylie Jenner, from Keeping up with the different than last year's play? Kardashians is now worth a groundbreaking MD: I think that Once on This Island had $900 million (m) dollars at the age of 20. “The more of a plot line than the play performed fashion guru” started selling her products last year. from her makeup brand, Kylie Cosmetics, three years ago Jenner's older half-sister, Kim MKP: What would you change about the Kardashian west, has a notably smaller net play and play practice? worth of $350 million. MD: I would change having more time to practice, because unfortunately, we lost Earlier this year, she announced that she days due to the snow. would stop using lip fillers, also known as Woodglen's Trip Through Quo dermal fillers. Jenner admitted in an episode MKP: Finally, were you excited to perform it of Keeping up with the Kardashians that her Destination for the other grades? Why? lips had always been a insecurity of hers and By: Madison Marek MD: Yes, I was excited to perform for the she wanted to start injections in 2015. Kylie other grades because it was fun. I like Cosmetics was created because of her lip Woodglen gives sixth to eighth graders the when the younger kids watch the insecurity for people with lips they are not opportunity to travel with teachers Mrs. performance. happy about to use her products, and then Szmaida and Mrs.Loughman. Each year, started turning into a full on makeup the two teachers, accompanied by business. students, travel to a new destination in or outside of the country. The trip includes Jenner is in the top 27 on Forbes list as one mostly recreational activities along with an of the self-made women in America, skipping educational aspect, too. This year, the ahead of Barbers Streisand, $400m, Beyonce school will travel to Costa Rica, and partake Knowles, $335m, and Taylor Swift, $320m. in multiple different leisure activities. Zip Jenners' company is worth $800m according lining and white water rafting are included, to Forbes. Dictionary.com specified that along with visiting an animal and child "self- made means having succeeded in life What Going on, Tik Tok? orphanage. Attending students will learn unaided." By: Geneva DiRe about the countries culture, attractions, and resources. One major question still lingers: when will Ever heard of Musically? Recently, a Kylie Jenner officially become a billionaire? company called Tik Tok bought Musically. The trips will happen from June 25th to Everyone was scared for the update, but July 2nd this year. Typically there are two now people actually love it. Tik Tok volunteer parents to drive the group to and Profile on a Student Actor accounts sky-rocketed, and people were from the airport. There are multiple By: Mary Kate Palmisano enjoying the app more than ever. However, meetings before the trip for additional at the end of 2018, Tik Tok deleted information. Every year students enjoy The school play, Once on this Island, just hundreds and even thousands of accounts. themselves and experience a trip that will concluded at Woodglen with a successful Shortly thereafter, news came out about never be forgotten. In the words of John two-day run, but what is it like being an actor Tik Tok. It turned out that Tik Tok was Wooden, “Things work out best for those in a school production? I sat down with being used as an illegal way to steal young who make the best of how things work eighth grader, Matthew Di Giovanni, to ask users personal information, like their out.”