The Bear Paw News
Second Edition Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Who’s Who in Ogdensburg
Ogdensburg School Crossing Guard By Laura S. Marty Valdivez is the crossing guard here at Ogdensburg School. Each day, he helps 20 kids cross the road and directs 200 cars. Mr. Valdivez has been the school’s crossing guard for 15 years with a perfect attendance. Mr. Valdivez’s father lived in Ogdensburg and worked for the New Jersey Zinc Company. Mr. Valdivez was born and raised in Ogdensburg which makes this town and school very special to him. He served in the Army during the Korean War for four years. When he retired from the Army he continued to do what he loved which was doing police work. He was a special officer for around five years. He is married and had one child, which he lost during the Vietnam War. He and his wife like to drive around in their 1972 Eldorado convertible in nice weather. When he is going to work he will be in his pickup truck, which you will see him in most of the time. Mr. Valdivez also has a Cadillac and considers himself a car lover. Before Mr. Valdivez became the crossing guard he was a deck builder. One day he was in the Ogdensburg Diner and Chief Lott came in and asked for Mr. Valdivez to meet him right away. He didn’t know what Chief Lott wanted, so he didn’t go and see him that day. A few days later, Mr. Valdivez got stopped by a police officer and was then handed an application and told to go to the station right away. After that, Chief Lott made him the substitute crossing guard. Then, the regular crossing guard became sick, and Mr. Valdivez became the full time crossing guard. If it were not for Chief Lott, he probably wouldn’t be in this field. His official title is crossing guard, but he is also a school guard and traffic cop. He gets paid well for what he does and says, “It is a very important job and I am proud to serve my community.” We are happy to have him as the school crossing guard of Ogdensburg School.
Who’s Who in Ogdensburg School
Meet Ms. Derin Antonio - Student Council President By Nicole L. By Milton K.
Do you know who our class president is? Ms. Derin is one of our new gym teachers This year Antonio C. was elected to be our this year. Inspiring kids to be active and school’s president. He is a smart, kind person healthy is one of the many reasons she who is willing to take time out of his day to wanted to take the position to be a gym make our school better. Antonio wanted to be teacher, Having tons of experience our school president for a very long time. Fifth coaching and playing sports, Ms. Derin is grade was when he got really inspired by his great at teaching us all new ways to be sister Francesca because she was president active. for our school, too. He also has been a homeroom representative, secretary, and “Champions aren't made in the gym. treasurer for our school. Champions are made from something deep Antonio is planning to make our school a inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision,” is fun place for students. For example, Antonio one of her favorite quotes. Ms. Derin loves would like to work with the administration to sports and coaching them. She hopes that allow students to carry around backpacks. she can have an impact on kids and help This is his main focus this year and is trying them love being active just like she does. very hard to make it work. He will need our She coaches JV high school basketball, help to give good reasons on why they should track, and middle and high school soccer. allow backpacks. Also, Antonio wants to She has enjoyed getting to know all of the improve pinball night and add more games many students she teaches here in like a 3 on 3 basketball tournament. Antonio is a great pick for our school Ogdensburg School. She tries to assure that president, and he will help improve our school all of her students have a great, fun time in in many ways. gym class.
Who’s Who in Ogdensburg School
Alexa - Vice President of the Student Council By Elaina N. Alexa L. is in middle school and is in the 7th grade. She is involved in Student Council and she has many different types of ideas to help make our school a better place. What would you like to see happen this year with our school? “I want to be able to bring back water bottles.” Water bottles are a big issue with the school. Being able to bring them back would be a difficult task. Water bottles were previously banned from our school because of its major distraction. People were wrinkling the water bottles and constantly flipping them. They also became a hazard with our recent upgrade of being able to bring our Chromebooks around the school. Why did you decide to run for office? “I ran for office because I like taking on responsibilities.” Alexa was a homeroom representative in 6th grade. What extracurricular activities would you like to see become part of our school? “An extracurricular activity that could be new is a club that believes in all different types of sexualities.” Some people may not feel accepted in today's society and having a club may make people feel more welcome. If you could choose any sport to become part of our school, what would it be? “I would love to have a lacrosse team.” Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport today and our school doesn’t have one. The small size of our school plays a factor in that because there are other sports that people are committed to. What would you like to add to our school to make it a better and safer place? “Something more educational would be focusing more on our work.” Focus is a main priority to have during the school time. Are there any rules you would like to make changes to? If so, what ones? “I believe that the dress code should change. Girls need to be able to express themselves.” Girls are constantly getting dress code violations and there needs to be a change to that. Would you like to help Antonio and your other fellow Student Council officers be able to allow backpacks in our school? “Yes, I would really enjoy that.” Backpacks would allow us to be safer with our chromebooks and have our other supplies with us at all times. When do you think major changes will happen to our school? “I think eventually everybody adapts for being responsible.” Most of the younger kids can be a little wild, but once they get older then they will become more mature. What is one of your personal ideas to change the school for the better? “I believe that being able to have a study hall and allowing phones at recess and lunch would be a positive change.” Study halls will allow people who don’t like to play games in recess to have a option to go to a study hall. Phones will allow people to listen to music to stay focused and not talk. Did your experience with class representative help your leadership skills for becoming vice president? “Yes, it did. I saw bigger responsibilities of being VP or P.” Becoming class representative helps people become more responsible and people will look up to them.
Technology
Hot Solar Cells: the New Energy Chrome Source? Shortcuts By Timothy M. By Timothy M.
Scientists are inventing a core that allows Sometimes energy to be produced using solar heat energy. A going through core is a power source that is usually used to the Chromebook is a little power things up. This will be great for the confusing, but there are a economy and will save lots of oil and energy. lot of keyboard shortcuts that can really help out! Solar panels are still an excellent source of Let’s say you want to open a new tab. All you energy but they only take up a quarter of the sun’s have to do is press ctrl and T. Voila!! It’s magic! If energy. But the hot solar cells will take up 100% of you want to open a tab you accidentally closed, what the sun can produce for maximum energy by just press shift, ctrl and T. It helps a lot! Running harnessing the heats energy as well. out of time and need to quickly shut down the The Hot Cells in the machine get powered up Chromebook? All you have to do is press shift ctrl by sun heat. The heat the cells can reach is over and q. Also, if you press ctrl and w you can 1,000 degrees celsius or about the same quickly close the tab. These shortcuts are really temperature of lava. This is then stored to be used helpful because they allow you to speed through at a later time. things easily. In this coming year with the The machine uses a light concentrator called increased use of Chromebooks, we can use all an absorber-emitter with an absorbing layer of the help we can get! black carbon nanotubes that turn sunlight into Close Tab ctrl+shift+w heat. This uses a photon recycling filter, which helps the energy produced by the heat. This will Shut Down ctrl+q help the planet save non-renewable resources and hopefully, make the world a better place. Open tab ctrl+t Open closed Tab shift+ctrl+t
Restart the tab ctrl+r
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Undo ctrl+z
Caps Lock search+alt
Cut ctrl+x
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Paste ctrl+v
Close all tabs Shift+ctrl+w
World News
Butterflies Swarming Denver, Colorado Power for Puerto Rico! By Dominick D. By Andre J. Butterflies are migrating out west like the birds. Elon Musk is the co founder of But they're swarming Denver, Colorado. Tesla and is a millionaire who found a The National Weather way to help Puerto Rico after hurricane Service had seen on their Maria. His company is designing power radar a large pack of birds grids and sending them to the island. He but they didn't know if it really was birds. So they made the decision after a Twitter user posted the radar picture on Twitter and they asked the public if they knew what it was. asked the billionaire if he could rebuild The community on Twitter responded that it was the island. butterflies. The butterflies were traveling in a 70 mile Right now things are desperate. wide swarm. The name of the butterflies are painted People are saying that it might take at ladies. least six months for the lights to come The weather radar does not just track weather, it back on. People are not able to get also pick up birds, butterflies, and flying debris from tornadoes. drinking water because there's no electricity for their wells. It could take six Wildfires Destroying months or more to rebuild a power grid. California Hurricane Maria wiped out 85 By Dominick D. percent of the island’s electricity. Six California has months might not even be enough time to experienced a lot of wildfires restore everything! Restoring all of Puerto lately. There are a total of 19 Rico could cost up to 5 billion dollars. fires in the state. These have been Elon Musk has already sent a few the most damaging fires in the history of California. The fires started in Napa Valley. hundred power wall battery packs to the Almost 10,000 buildings have been destroyed, 245,000 island. Hopefully the lights will come back acres have burned, and 40 people have died. California on soon. is in a state of emergency. The wildfires are damaging and causing 1 billion dollars in damages and the amount is still growing. California has had a lot of hot days recently which might increase the chances of more wildfires. The fires are creating critical danger and the structure loss is growing. As of late October, 5,000 firefighters are on the line still fighting the fires, and 100,000 people have been displaced from their homes. The wildfires are 50 percent contained now. Once the fires are contained, it will be a long period of time for rebuilding.
Advice
Being Prepared for How to Study for Tests and Quizzes Hurricanes By Milton K. By Ashley S. In recent One of the best ways for students to study news, some states and for a test is to make flash cards. On the blank side countries have had you can write your question and on the other side some major storms and you can write your answer. This is useful for math hurricanes like Hurricane problems, vocabulary words, and other things.This Irma and Harvey. Maybe you is an amazing way to study and is quick and easy have had to prepare for some, and here are a to make. bunch of ways on how to be prepared. Also, another way to study is by playing 1.Have an evacuation plan- This means if a games. On the Internet there are many online storm is going to be really bad, know where you games to play. For example, you can find games are going to and if you will have enough time to for your vocabulary words which can be helpful if get there. Or have a plan that would work for you it's very hard for you to study on tests. Also, you without having to travel or go anywhere. can make your own games. Kahoot.it is a website 2.Always have a backup plan- Never just hope that allows you to make your own game. You first your first plan is going to work. For example, if put in the question that you want to ask and then your plan is to get to your parents’ house because you will be able to put in four answers and you they do not live close to the storm traffic might be can pick which one is the correct one. an issue. If the storm does not allow you to travel A mistake a lot of students make is far, you need another plan. studying everything in one night. When you study 3. Have a plan to stay in your house- If you everything in one night it is harder for you to cannot get out of your house in time then just stay remember everything you studied. You need to put in your house. That is always why you need to break it up so every night you study a little. This make sure you have water and food that does not will make you remember everything by the time need to be cooked, frozen, or refrigerated. Also, the test comes. make sure all of your electronics are charged. U Whatever you do, go in the safest place of your se house which is the deepest part of your house. thes This is usually someone's basement. In the e deepest part of your house try to go in a bathtub tips or in a closet. If you only have one level to your to house, then stay in a closet. impr 4.Make sure your house is ready- Make sure ove you do not have any leaks in your roof or anything your that can let water inside. If you know a storm is gra coming do not have any windows or doors open. des! This way nothing gets in your house. You should also put anything outside that is able to get damaged away. In conclusion, being prepared for any type of storm is a great idea. You never know what can happen and if you will have enough time to prepare.
What’s Up in Ogdensburg School?
Student Life in First and Second Grade Literacy Night By Ashley S. By Laura S.
What do On Wednesday, October 18, we held our you remember from second annual Literacy Night here at Ogdensburg first and second School. The event had multiple stations that grade? Pumpkin involved literacy. There was Boggle, Jeopardy, projects? Fall books? Mad Libs, Read with Me, and Create Your Own Well, in Ogdensburg, Bookmark. It was held in the school cafeteria for Mrs.Percey’s first the 2nd through 4th grade students who could grade and bring parents, family members, and even their Mrs.Capriglione’s second grade have been very older friends. They were able to come from 6:00 to busy this month. 7:00 and stayed for as long it took to complete Mrs. Percey could not imagine being anywhere the five stations. else this year. Her kids are off to a great start and This year, Literacy Night was fall-themed. Each she thinks it is going to be a great year. Seeing station had a different leaf, and after they finished her students succeed in class is the best feeling in the station, they would color in a leaf. Once they the world for her. Right now in math they are had all five leaves colored, they were finished. learning about the part-part-whole strategy and Each student who attended, got to take home learning about number lines. Also, they are books that were donated by several staff member. succeeding in language arts right now. They just The event was run by Mrs. Mongon, who is the finished reading a book about apples because language arts teacher for the 6th grade and the right now they are finishing up their apple unit. Book Club teacher for 5th grade. Other teachers They are also learning about text features and who were there to help out included Mrs. Takacs, informational text. Lastly, Mrs. Percey wants her Mrs. Bieganousky, and Mrs. Baeli. Several 6th first graders to be independent thinkers and and 7th grade students volunteered their time to persevere through a challenge. help as well. Mrs.Capriglione can not even think of being Next year, be sure to come to our annual anywhere but with her second grade. Not one day Literacy Night. feels like work to her. It feels like enjoyment and excitement especially when she sees her students succeed. Right now in language arts they are learning about cause and effect and the pumpkin’s life cycle. They just finished reading the Diary of a Spider and every week they focus on different types of categories. Right now they are focusing on realistic fiction books. Also, in math they are learning how to add to 100 using charts and strategies. In conclusion, Mrs.Capriglione wants her students to always believe in themselves and work as independent thinkers.
Food Fun
Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes By Sierra H.
Halloween is known as one of the best times for sweets. If you want to eat something other than candy, this is a great recipe for you to try. This creative recipe is called the Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes. This is a seven step, super easy recipe, to try and make.
INGREDIENTS: 1. White Cupcake Mix (Water, Vegetable Oil, and Eggs are called for as well) 2. Neon Gel Food Colors 3. White Decorating Icing 4. Orange Decorating Icing 5. Green Decorating Icing 6. Candy Shop Eyeballs(at a candy store) 7. Decorating Tips-8 Pack 8. Cupcake Wrappers 9. Pretzel Sticks (small, skinny ones)
Instructions: 1. Prepare the white cake mix according to the box. Add the desired amount of orange food coloring to the cake mix. Cook the cupcakes, then let them cool completely, in the cupcake liners.
2. Remove two cupcakes from the liners. Use a round tip (#12) frosting bag and pipe, and top the cupcake with one layer of the orange frosting. Put the second cupcake upside down and put another layer of frosting on the cupcake.
3. Add a dab of black icing to make the eyes on the two sides of the cupcakes. Then, create two, small rectangular teeth with white icing.
4. Lastly, make 2 leaves with green frosting on the center of the top cupcake. After that, place a pretzel stick in the top middle of the cupcake.
This is a pretty simple, easy-to-do recipe, that is great for Halloween. You can use this as a surprise dessert or a classroom treat for your class!
Reviews
AmazingPhi Reviewing The Book-The Kicks: Saving l the Team By Sierra H. By Gia P.
For ages 12+ The Kicks: Saving Phil Lester the Team is a book is a British written by Alex Morgan, YouTuber who who is a female soccer goes by the player. She is one of screen name the youngest players “AmazingPhil.” on the National AmazingPhil has 4+ million subscribers, as well as 3.4 Women's soccer team million followers on Instagram. and also completed in Phil has a YouTube partner named Dan Howell and the World Cup in 2011. together they have a YouTube channel called She wrote this book because she knew it would “DanAndPhilGAMES” with 2,996,538 subscribers. teach young readers what a leader does, and AmazingPhil is a channel based on comedy. The what leadership really is. She lives by the quote, audience and fans are mostly “Always work hard, never give up, and fight til the in the age range of 12+. Phil end because it’s never really over til the whistle co-hosted a BBC Radio 1 blows.” The book was a great beginning, with radio show with his YouTube many more books in the series. partner, Dan Howell. The Her book is about a girl named Devin, who is a AmazingPhil channel content girl that moved from Connecticut to California. She is different for pretty much is nervous for her soccer tryouts, especially with a every video. Some of his girl named Mirabelle on her team. But on her recent videos were making team, are her best friends: outgoing and kind glow in the dark slime and Jessi, shy but sweet Zoe, and crazy yet clumsy Phil taking a psychology test. I’ve watched them all, Emma. She makes it, and even becomes co- and they are very funny. captain with her amazing leadership skills. But an Dan and Phil have a series called AmazingPhil is not unexpected twist happened: Mirabelle left the on Fire. It’s basically a video they do each year where team. This is both good and bad for Devin they answer a ton of silly questions and do really funny because Mirabelle was a good player, but she things. Also, in each video in the series, they draw cat was not a good leader. In the end, she and her whiskers on their face with a marker, as can be seen in friends are valuable leaders and the team is so the picture. much better than it was before. They are an Phil was born on January 30, 1987, and has an unbeatable team.You could do anything if you set older brother named Martyn. He was born in your mind to it which is the theme of the book. Rawtenstall, United Kingdom. When Phil was younger, In this book, there are many valuable leadership his YouTube name wasn’t AmazingPhil, it was and friendship lessons to be learned, which is SnowDude. what Alex Morgan was trying So, if you’re bored and have nothing to do, go to show. This book has so check out AmazingPhil. He is very funny and you many cliffhangers that will might enjoy watching his videos! Maybe he could even make you want to continue to be your new favorite YouTuber! read it for a long time. I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in soccer, friendship, or drama.
Odd News
Scariest Road in America Longest Tongue in History! By Nicole L. Being the scariest road in America, Clinton Road is claimed to be a “haunted dark highway into people’s By Elaina N. innermost fears.” All 7.31 inches of slobbery tongue This eerie,10 mile road is in West Milford, NJ. belong to Mochi the St. Bernard that lives in The road itself is beautiful during the day, but as South Dakota. Mochi’s owner’s name is Carla Rickert who adopted her when Mochi night slowly progresses, more and more ghost tales was just 2 years old. They found her at the are to be made. Most stories about the road are more Big Dogs Big Paws rescue organization. Originally, the record for the longest than just a rumor, though. tongue was held by a male Pekingese. He At midnight, throw a penny over the bridge at Clinton had a record of a 4.5 inch tongue. The puppy, Puggie, currently lives in Texas. His Road. Legend has it that the ghost of a boy who owner’s name is Becky Stanford. She took drowned in the water will grab your coin and return it him in when he was a puppy. Previously, to you. That is just one of the many tales about this Puggy was abandoned because of his looks until Becky decided to take him in. His road.The brave people who have chosen to travel down tongue is so long that Stanford has to chop the road at night have seen “ghostly headlights” up his food so that he doesn’t choke. Like Puggy, Mochi has problems with her extra chasing behind them, trying to cause the driver to go large tongue as well. Her slobbery tongue off road. In 1988 a girl and her friend were traveling makes it very difficult to breathe. Mochi has gained a lot of popularity down Clinton Road at night and saw the headlights over the years. Mochi’s love of peanut butter speeding close behind. The driver crashed into a car gave her notoriety and brought her closer to finding her way into the Guinness World behind the headlights she saw, and died because of records in the new Amazing Animal book. the strong impact. Many ghosts and paranormal activity actions have been spotted here, too, giving it the name of most haunted road in America. Clinton Road still remains one of the weirdest and most haunted roads, and it is only 10 minutes away.
Style
Fall Makeup Trends Fall Hairstyles By Gianna S. By Gia P.
Seasons change, leaves fall, This fall, why don’t you try something temperatures shift, and new makeup trends emerge. Fall makeup trends define the way that new with your many people tend to look. Here are the 12 hair? Some makeup trends that you will see in the fall: hairstyles you might want to Vampy Lips- Use a dark berry reddish lipstick to try this fall wear this classic look season, are Metallic Accents- Use metallic eyeshadow to as follows. accent your look Glossy Eyelids- Use lip gloss on your eyelids to Short and get this look layered Sunset Eyes- Use yellow, orange, and red (blonde eyeshadow to create this eye look w/dirty blonde Denim Eyeliner- Use navy colored eyeliner to highlights or create this look full, volume, Blurred Lipstick- Use a makeup brush to slightly wavy, and smudge your lipstick shoulder-length) Brown Shadow- Use warm brown eyeshadow on your eyes to make this look Graphic Eyeliner- Use eyeliner to create a crazy eyeliner look Long and wavy or medium length, off-center Smokey Eyes- Use dark eyeshadow all around your eyes to create this classic look Gold Eyeshadow- Use gold eyeshadow on your eyes to create this eye look Dewy Skin- Use Illuminating Moisturizer to part, purposeful messy ends recreate this look Lip Gloss- Use a nude gloss to keep your lips shiny and hydrated Two-Toned Eyeshadow- Use two different colored eyeshadows on each eye Long curls with Use these tips for this bangs season’s fall makeup trends. Or Layered hair down with curled ends
This fall, if you’re tired of your hair and want to try what’s trending, give these hairstyles a try! If one doesn’t look too great on you, try to add something to it to make it look great! Happy Styling!
Historical Section
Costumes Through the Years By Gianna S.
Costumes have changed a lot over the years. Let’s take a look at the most popular Halloween costumes in history. Boy’s Costumes 1985-Hulk Hogan: He was a big wrestler at the time 1989-The Joker: He was a villain immortalized in the Batman flick by Jack Nicholson 1993-Barney/Aladdin: Kids dressed as Barney, a children’s tv star; Aladdin, a Disney princess movie character, came out this year 1998-Kenny/Scream: South Park, an adult cartoon show, and Scream, a horror movie, were very popular 2003-The Wiggles/Cat in the Hat/Spongebob: Kids dressed up as the children’s tv show characters 2008-Indiana Jones: A popular movie character. A sequel to the movie had just been released. 2009-Michael Jackson: A famous singer who had died that year. 2010-Justin Beiber/Twilight guys: a singer and movie characters. Both were very popular at the time 2011-Charlie Sheen: A comedic actor. I 2012-Bane: From The Dark Knight trilogy: A supervillain 2013-Minion/Fox/Beetle Juice: The new movie with Minions came out; Ylvis’ “What does the Fox Say” came out; A movie character. Robin Thicke wore a striped suit to the VMAs 2017- Pennywise: A character from a new popular movie Girl’s Costumes 1985-Elvira: Was a character in a popular movie 1989-Tammy Faye Baker: Weepy evangelist’s wife. American singer. 1993-Jasmine: Aladdin came out this year. A Disney princess 1998-Kenny/Scream: South Park, an adult cartoon show, and Scream, a horror movie, were very popular 2003-Bratz Dolls: Kids dressed up as these popular dolls 2008-Hannah Montana- Popular TV show. She was the main character. 2009-Kate Gosselin: She is a television personality with 8 kids. 2010-Lady Gaga/Snooki: singer; reality star. 2011-Sue Sylvester: Starred in the show Glee. 2012-Katniss/Catwoman: Popular movie characters 2013-Minions: A new movie with Minions came out. 2017-Wonder Woman: A new Wonder Woman movie came out.
Word Fun
Halloween Fun!!
Halloween JokeS
● What do ghosts eat for dinner ? - Spooketi ● What do you call a fat pumpkin? - Plumpkin ● What room does a ghost not need? - Living room ● What do you get when you cross a witch with sand? - Sandwich ● What is a ghost's favorite fruit? - Booberries ● What does a skeleton say before dinner? - Bone appetit ● What does a witch use for hair spray? - Scare Spray ● Why do ghosts make good cheerleaders? - They have good spirit ● Where do ghosts buy their food?- Ghost - ery Store ● What do mummies like to listen to on Halloween? - Wrap music ● What plant likes Halloween the most? - Bam Boo
Halloween word Scrambler By Ashley S. 1. AHNOEWLEL 2. LALF 3. PKMNIPU 4. CRYAS 5. PYEECR 6. PRSIDE 7. OBO 8. NDCAY 9. OPYOKS 10. GFSAN 11. OBO 12. NDCAY 13. OPYOKS 14. GFSAN