Viking Voiceapril2013.Pub
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Volume 3 April 2013 Viking Voice PENN DELCO SCHOOL DISTRICT Northley salutes going green Dear Northley Students, ARTICLES TO March and April have been busy months. Spring sports started with students going to tryouts and READ IN THE practices. The baseball, lacrosse, & softball games are in full swing, and the track team is busy at VIKING V O I C E their meets. In our classes, we have been preparing for the PSSAs as well as the ending of the 3rd marking period. It’s very hard to believe that the 2012-2013 school year is almost over. Make sure • Stories you take the next month to appreciate this school year. Enjoy your classes, your teachers, your field • Recipes trips, and your grade. • Going Green • Honor Society Induc- Million t-shirt tion Ceremony m a r c h m a y 2 n d • Advice Column • Horoscopes • More Going Green PSSA Prep Rally Northley Welcomes New Members into • Endangered Animals the National Junior Honor Society On March 22, 2013, the entire • Sports Stories school participated in a Prep Rally. It was a On April 2, 2013, Northley’s National Jun- way of sharing our excitement about the • Eighth Graders ior Honor Society welcomed the new 7th upcoming PSSA. The overall theme was Speak Out and 8th grade students. It was a beautiful “The PSSA is Right,” with Mr. Biordi acting as the game show host. The students • Chorus Pictures night with many speeches and hand- needed to answer questions about the PSSA shakes. in order to be able to move closer to the putting green, the football target, or the bas- Kayla Graver opened the night and talked ketball net. about the importance of the honor soci- Another game involved students ety. Rachel Miller spoke about Scholar- trying to pop as many balloons as possible. ship, while Kimberly Taylor discussed the That was a lot of fun with Cameron Gillies importance of community service. Jon coming out the victor. The grades competed against each other in a tire rolling competi- Kester shared his thoughts on leadership, tion. One student climbed inside some tires and Elizabeth Johnson spoke about the and their team mates had to roll them down value of being a good citizen. Finally, the gym. Eighth grade was the winner! Blake Parker ended the speeches with a creative and interesting speech about character. Congratulations to everyone involved. P a g e 2 Viking Voice S t o r i e s My Conversation With The Lorax! Kevin By Gioia Maiale I was walking through the forest to chop down some There once was a frog named Kevin who lived wood for my bonfire. When I found a tree that was just behind the Green Ridge Fire Department in a right, I started to chop it down. That’s when I heard a large puddle. Kevin wanted to become a volun- strange noise coming from the leaves. teer fireman in the worst way. However, Kevin "Hey! What are you doing? I am the Lorax, I speak for the was just a frog and was denied the opportu- trees." nity. Then one day, a little boy named Stewie "I'm Kyle and I don't really care." captured Kevin, took him home, and put him in a "You are going to care when these woods no longer exist." tank in his bedroom. Kevin thought his dreams "What are you talking about?" I replied. of becoming a fireman were over. "People just like you chop down trees every day for paper, fires, or just to make space for something like homes. A lot of the time people don't even recycle the paper to Stewie was not the best little boy in the make new paper. After people stop recycling, these world. He liked to get in trouble. He decided one woods will be gone in the blink of an eye!" day to play with matches and lit a candle next to "Can't we just plant more trees?" Kevin's tank. Stewie left the lit match dangling "What do you think, trees just grow overnight? Without on the side of the candle to answer a phone trees we can't even get seeds to grow more trees. One call. While gone, the match fell off the candle large tree can make a lot of paper, but only 40% of its and ignited a piece of paper next to it. Kevin im- mass is used. What happens to the rest of the tree? Is it mediately reacted. He began to jump up and just thrown away?" down in the water bowl in his tank. This created "So what you are saying is to stop chopping down trees and to recycle more? I don't see how I can make a differ- large splashes that put out the flames of the ence. I am only one person!" fire. Stewie's parents walked in during this event "If everyone in the world said that same exact thing, I and told his miraculous story to the Green Ridge don't think we would have any trees left." Fire Company. Kevin finally got his wish; he was "So I can make a difference? Thanks Mister Lorax! I named an honorary fire frog for the Green Ridge should start caring more about the environment!" Fire Company. "You're welcome Kyle!" Taken by Erin Bowman There are no men in Claysoot. There are boys, but every one of them vanishes at mid- Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz night on his eighteenth birthday. The ground shakes, the wind howls, a blinding light de- Newberry Honor Book 2013 scends...and he’s gone. They call it the Heist. Gray Weathersby’s eighteenth birthday is mere months Lizzie Rose, Parsefall and Clara are caught in away, and he’s prepared to meet his fate–until he finds a the clutches of a wicked puppeteer and a strange note from his mother and starts to question every- powerful witch in this deliciously dark and complex tale set in Dickensian England, thing he’s been raised to accept: the Council leaders and where adventure and suspense are inter- their obvious secrets. The Heist itself. And what lies beyond woven into nuanced explorations of good the Wall that surrounds Claysoot–a structure that no one versus evil. can cross and survive. Climbing the Wall is suicide, but what comes after the Heist could be worse. V o l u m e 3 P a g e 3 Green Recipes Cream Cheese Frosting gredients. Mix well. Green Velvet Cake 5. Pour your wet ingredients into your • 1-8 oz. package of softened dry ingredients and mix on medium- Red Velvet cake is all the rage, but cream cheese • high for about a minute or two until on Saint Patrick’s Day, why not 1/4 cup softened butter well combined and green as the day is switch to Green Velvet Cupcakes. • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract long. (Note, this is NOT the time to acci- Recipe from Megan Lynn: • 1 bag powdered sugar (2 lb. dentally crank the KitchenAid on to Ingredients bag) high, unless you want a green and Cupcakes Add milk as needed slightly vinegary smelling kitchen.) • 2 eggs Directions 6. Pour the batter into cupcake pan. • 1 cup oil 1. Preheat your oven to 350 de- 7. Bake for 16 minutes approx. Then, • 1 cup buttermilk grees. while they're cooling, you can start • 1 Tablespoon vinegar 2. Grease your muffin/cupcake making the frosting. tin. 8. Cream together cream cheese, but- • 1 teaspoon vanilla 3. Lightly stir eggs in a medium • ter, and vanilla in a bowl until smooth. 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour bowl with whisk. Add in remaining Gradually add in powdered sugar and • 2 cups sugar liquid ingredients (except food col- continue mixing. Add in milk as needed • 1 Tablespoon cocoa oring). Whisk until blended and sit to get to the desired consistency. • 1 teaspoon salt aside. Now frost and decorate until your little • 1 teaspoon baking soda 4. Place all dry ingredients in heart is content. If you want you can your mixing bowl and stir together • 1 oz green food coloring sprinkle green shamrocks on the frost- well. Now take a deep breath and dump all that food coloring, yes ing. Buy them at Michaels. the entire bottle, into the wet in- Shamrock Shake until smooth. Stop blender to stir with a spoon if necessary to help You’ll find it’s very easy to recreate blend ice cream. 1 egg McDonald’s annual St. Patrick’s Day shake using only four ingredients. 2. Pour into two—12- 1 teaspoon milk The two that make this holiday ounce cups and serve with 1 drop blue food coloring shake unique are the mint extract a straw. and the green food coloring. And if 1 tablespoon ham, diced small you don’t want your shamrock Enjoy! shake to be green like the real one, Serves two. INSTRUCTIONS: you can certainly leave the food col- Crack egg into a small bowl. oring out! INGREDIENTS: Add milk and blue food coloring. 2 cups vanilla ice cream Whisk together. Green Eggs and Ham 1 ¼ cups low fat milk Add diced ham. What better way is there to enjoy ¼ teaspoon mint extract (not pep- the story of Green Eggs and Ham Pour into preheated and greased permint) than cooking the meal and eating skillet. it here or there or in a box, with a 8 drops green food coloring Stir a couple of times while cooking fox? And by making this meal, you until water begins to separate from can also be festive and celebrate INSTRUCTIONS: eggs (this is moisture from the milk).