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Winter 2016 The PEP Quarterly Inside this issue: The Black History Assembly Internship Report 2 By: Forrest Barrett Dodge Life And Style 4 Entertainment 5 th Sports 11 On February 19 , we went to an assembly and celebrated Afro-American Culture from Comic 12 Past to the Future. It was a fun and educa- Art 13 tional experience. There was music, poetry, Art Show 14 and skits as well as a slideshow. I really loved the dancing. Terrence, Shane, Dreavon, Jasper, and Ms. Eva danced at the end. I loved learning about Black History Month. By Harris Claster The PEP Program would like to thank all of the wonderful bus drivers that take us to our internships, and fun places like the National Zoo. We just want to say that we appreciate all of the great things that you do for us during the school year. These individuals work hard every week to get us to where we want to go. get The bus drivers get us there and back to the Career Center on time and always safely. Finally, we want to also take the time to thank all the assistants who come with us on these internships and trips and help support us too. The PEP Quarterly Transportation By: Giovanni Rios floors, wipe the the seats, 3 at a We have a new dashboards, wheel time. I cleaned the PEP internship. It wells, radios, walkie- dashboards. And is with the APS talkies, clean the Shane mops the transportation de- windows outside, floor on the school partment. The clean the doors out- bus, because is school bus driver side the bus. We was really dirty and picks up Shane work every Monday dusty. We do this and I as we go to with Mr. Chris from on every bus. After the bus yard. We the Arlington Career we are done clean- go to the transpor- Center. I like clean- ing, the bus driver tation office to ing the seats, takes us back to meet the bus driv- windows, dash- the Career Center. ers to see how boards. Shane likes We go back to they’re doing. We mopping in the class and write go inside the school bus because evaluations in our school bus to clean the floor is really journals. the seats, win- dirty or dusty. We did dows, mop the two buses. I wiped Costco And Brown Box By Catherine Siles On Monday, the Brown Box crew buys food for Brown Box on Tuesdays and Thursday. We listed the things we need to buy. My job coaches are Ms. Leti- cia and Ms. Eva. The thing we need for Brown Box are: ham, turkey, cheese, cookies, chips, water, lettuces, spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, and hummus, red pepper, green pepper, avocado. We look at the section name and number at Costco to see where things go. We take the 16G bus to get to Costco and back to school. When we get back from Costco, we start chopping some food for Tuesday and Thursday. It’s more experience to go out in the community and how to buy food. Page 2 The PEP Quarterly Postal Worker Position By: Jonah Gilman A Postal Worker is someone that works in a post office. You only need a high school di- ploma or a GED. You need to be able to listen to others. You need to have problem solving skills. You have to be able to talk to others. Their yearly salary is $55,000. My interview By Brian Ramos Last Thursday, I went with my class to Culpepper Garden while the others work, I went with Ms. Ea- gle to meet Chef Ray for my interview. At first, I started to feel a bit nervous because this is my first job interview for my internship at Culpepper. Anyway, I began my interview by introducing my- self to Chef Ray and shake his hand. We talked about what jobs Culpepper does. I know it’s a home for senior citizens. But the jobs they have are cleaning. The interview went fine, but sadly his as- sistant wasn’t here on Thursday and Chef Ray has to postpone my internship for Tuesday, which was cancelled because of the snow. But I can get a sec- ond chance this Thursday morning. Let’s hope my first job at Culpepper goes smoothly or else my day will be a downer. Life & Style Holiday Vacation By: Giovanni Rios We heard on the news on TV lines non-stop flights from like NBC4, Fox 5, ABC 7, News the Washington Dulles Inter- Christmas gifts inside the Channel 8, WUSA 9 News and national Airport to El Salvador cars or pickup trucks. Drive Spanish channels about the for Christmas Break or New around in Northern Virginia, holiday vacations. The holiday Year’s Day. It seems they are Washington D.C. and Mary- vacation means no school be- very excited. El Salvador is a land; because there is no ginning the 21st of December very nice country, I am going school during Christmas 2015. The people are going to to visit my cousins, and tour Break, they are very excited. travel, using transportation like San Salvador, El Transito and I will be bringing my Christ- metro busses, charter busses, San Miguel. Those popula- mas gifts to my family. It is an metro trains, Amtrak Trains, and tions are around El Salvador. exciting time to travel at planes. The customers are Here they decorate Christmas Christmas. ready to go to Dulles Airport for trees, reindeer, Santa Claus Christmas vacation. The cus- or other decorations. The peo- tomers might take TACA Air- ple travel by car; and put DK: Vietnam War: A Book Review This is a review Ho Chi Minh, had not of the book DK: etnam or the American been kind to the peo- military too. People Vietnam War. The ple of his country. book tells the who like US history The war started when would also be interest- reader about what North Vietnam invad- happened during a ed in this book. ed South Vietnam. very terrible time South Vietnam asked in America’s his- By: Harris Claster the US for help. This tory. The Vietnam book tells how US War started in President Nixon got 1965 and lasted 10 Vietnam to sign a more years until peace agreement 1975. Over 1, which ended the war, 313,000 people which was very good. were killed in this I think that this war. book should be very In this time, the interesting to anyone leader of Vietnam, who has served in Vi- Page 4 Entertainment The PEP Quarterly The Beatles/Fabulous Four By: Dayana J. Saravia due to their good looks and Have you ever heard personalities, the female of or listened to the Beatles? fans chased and surrounded If you haven’t already, their them endlessly, even names are John Winston Lennon-Ono, James Paul screaming loudly whenever McCartney (Paul is his mid- they got on the stage to per- dle name, by the way!), form. After their break-up, George Harrison, Richard they each a fruitful solo ca- “Ringo Starr” Starkey Jr. reer up until John and (“ringo” is the Japanese George’s respective deaths word for “apple”). They are in 1980 and 2001. To this pop/rock band from Liver- pool, England who wrote all day, the Beatles are regard- of their own music as well ed as music icons. I enjoy recording cover versions of listening to the Beatles be- songs from the 50s & early cause their songs are crea- 60s. Because they are a rock tive, but I also like other band, they can play instru- types of music like Jap- ments in addition to singing. anese pop/rock, anime, John, Paul, and George were guitarists while Ritchie was 80s, 90s, etc. the drummer. The Fab Foursome as they were oftentimes called at the start of their musical career were VERY popular among young girls and women, ever-so popular, Good Morning America By: Dayana J. Saravia veteran hostess. She Morning America offers was also the lead an- news on current events, Good Morning America is chorwoman along with lifestyle, and entertain- live breakfast/morning TV Diane [Sawyer], before ment. I watch Good Morn- show, videotaped in Times she (Diane) was re- ing America because I Square, New York. The placed by George. The want to know what’s going program began airing in aesthetically pleasing on. the November of 1975. George is the lead co- The show had a multitude anchor; he is the chief of presenters over the correspondent of politi- years. Robin has been on cal matters. He started Good Morning America back in 2009. Good since 2005,Page 5 making her a Jurassic World By: Dreavon Herbert the dinosaurs we saw when we watched the movie The movie “Jurassic in Room 102. I saw World” is awesome. My favorite part was the movie on the when the dinosaurs Last Day before were flying. I liked it Christmas. because it is good. It was funny, exciting, and thrilling. I like Dance Dance Revolution By: Dayana J. Saravia its first appearance in usually ranges from an the year 1998, since then “F” to an “AAA”, de- In this article, I it has become popular. pending on how well will be talking about a The Dance Dance Revo- you hit on dance pad game called Dance lution series became Dance Revolution. It is popular for its fast, up- arrows as well as timing. very similar to the Just beat, and energetic The game’s ratings are Dance games we play in songs; it is also well ‘Miss’, ‘Almost’, the cafeteria every Fri- known for its bright, vi- ‘Good’, ‘Perfect’, and day morning, but it’s brant graphics as well its ‘Marvelous’; with also completely differ- large cast of memorable ‘Miss’ being the worst ent.