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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 , 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.

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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 leader of Vietnam, who has served in Vi-

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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

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 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. Dance Dance Revo- characters. rating and ‘Marvelous’ lution is also known as The objective of being the best rating. Dancing Stage in other Dance Dance Revolu- parts of the world like Dance Dance Revolu- tion/Dancing Stage is to Europe, its acronym is tion is a game I would hit/step on the 3x3 dance D.D.R. It is series of like to try and play. video/arcade games de- pad with your feet by veloped by (a pressing on the arrows Japanese video game that correspond to the development company). arrows seen on the Dance Dance Revolu- screen to get a high tion made score. The final score

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The PEP Quarterly

Kpop Groups

2NE1 By Jason Coreas

last forever. If this is true, then 2NE1’s music is about mostly hip-hop and upbeat a lot of their fans will be heart- music, and sometimes they broken, but they’ll always be sing R & B style and that’s remembered for their contribu- why I like it. 2NE1’s music tion to Kpop around the world, has become popular because and their songs like “Fire, of their catchy lyrics, and “Come Back Home, Crush, fashion. Other famous Kpop groups are the Lollipop, , I Don’t Generation, , SIS- care, If I were you, Lonely, I TAR, After School, KARA, love you, Go Away, falling In , , BTS, Love, Hate you, You and I, Do , Girl’s Day, Ladies you love Me, Be Mine, Clap Code, , and many your Hands, Don’t Cry, Can’t more. 2NE1 have been with Nobody, Gotta be you, Good “YG Entertainment” and their manager is Teddy To You and .” Park. However, their con- Let’s all have faith, and hope tract expires this year, and that 2NE1 will get back to- because CL, the leader of gether again, and just wish 2NE1 is working on her first them for the best and they’ll for her solo US de- always will be. but, therefore there have been rumors that the group could disband, and 2NE1 could disappear forever. This is a huge shock for their fans, and even for me since I had thought they were going to

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BIG BANG

By Jason Coreas 100,000 sales mark in mate Park Bom. It even “Sasaeng fans” or crazily They are the third most the music industry. It had a remake cover excessively obsessed fans, well known boy band shot up to that number version of Maroon 5’s who take themselves way group around the world because of their #1 sin- song ‘’This Love.’’ too seriously, and will do as “Kings of Kpop, and gle “Haru Haru’’ or Then in 2007, came anything for their “Idols”, in Nation’s boy Band:” “Day by Day” in Kore- their actual first album order to get their attention, Their music is mostly an . It also stayed at the titled “Always’’ in and become noticed. Also, Hip-hop but they want top of the charts for 6 which they achieved it’s hard for them to keep to also incorporate new straight consecutive their major successful their private lives as well, direction by adding elec- weeks, but also other commercial #1 hit and free time too, and be- tronic dance, rock-band songs got into the top 20 “Lies” in which they cause of this they all ended music and charts marking this al- brought in a new music up hospitalized, causing trot. They renewed bum, as of their genre of upbeat elec- them to take a break from their contract with YG greatest of all tronic , and all their hard work they’ve Entertainment on Nov.2 time. However, while which also led them to a done, 2015 for 9 years even huge shift. Followed by having attained stardom, though the group CEO their second album enti- fame, fandom, and of so they all decided to go on has hopes of staying to- tled “ Hot Issue” which course , money, the band a hiatus, but promised their gether for at least 20 contained another big hit were extremely tired, fans that they would come more years. They made “Last Farewell.”. Their therefore, they didn’t back, doing more tours, their official debut back third album called have enough time to rest endorsing more products, in 2006. Their first song ‘’Stand Up” made histo- from busy hectic sched- and performing in more was ”Bigbang” from of ry by surpassing the ules, from signing auto- concerts. Shortly though, course their first album graphs from fans, and in 2008 they made their Jap- CD & DVD with the same name. In it was also included, a song called “We Belong To- gether” featuring future 2NE1 singer, and label

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By Jason Coreas SISTAR is another well known Kpop formed in 2010 and debuted under with their song “Push Push”, on their debut album “So Cool”.

New Years Resolutions

By Kevin Leon By Abigail

In 2016, I will try to get out- In 2016, I will try to go to side more. New York, City.

Pa New Years Resolutions

By Lee Meyer By Elisa Herrera

In 2016, will help my mom In 2016, I will try new with my nephew. things.

New Year, New Apps!

By Genna Lagunoff

On December 7th, Carrie Clawson, from DARS, talk to use about helpful apps to use on handheld devises. I learned that there are different kinds of apps you can use. What kind of apps will I try? I will try 30/ 30 which is a timer for work tasks. This app helps a person remember what task they need to do and how much time is left. If I’m stressed, I will use Fluidity it’s a drawing app. The colors can turn into shapes, and I feel more relaxed. If I have bad negative thoughts, I can use the shredder app. I can type bad thoughts and it will shred them. What I found interesting is how Ms. Clawson showed us how to use the apps. It was such a good learning experience.

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Sports

Sports I Love The Game of Basketball

By: Shane Clark-Winston By: Shane Clark-Winston

I like to work at the fitness center because The Miami Heat is a great basketball team lo- I get to work and play basketball in the gym after. I like cated in Miami, Florida. In addition, “The Heat” is my basketball because it is my favorite sport to play. I like to favorite basketball team. The Miami Heat has won play basketball with my friends outside my house. I play three championships. I try to watch them play whenev- outside even if it’s cold. I got interested in sports because I er the game is being televised. liked to play basketball at school in PE. I enjoy playing the game of basketball during

I also play soccer. It is fun to play with my sister the winter season. In fact, I personally prefer playing and brother. We also play this outside. I play kickball and basketball outside. One of my greatest desires is to be- football, too. Sports make me happy. I like to play after come a professional basketball player. school. Sports use a lot of energy and that’s what I like.

Basketball Fun at Basketball

By: Forrest Dodge By: Nicholas Jones

Basketball is fun to play. I played bas- I am interested in basketball because I like to ketball in the spring. I am on the red team. I love shoot the basketball in the hoop. To be able to play the to shoot. The ball practice means perfect. I prac- game of basketball, you need a basketball and a basket- tice every week. ball rim. A basketball court is needed as well to play the game. There are ways to bounce basketballs. I want to be able to play a game of basketball with my friend Forrest. Basket- ball is one of my favorite sports.

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Self Portrait By Genna Lagunoff This is my portrait I like it because drew it myself. I drew it because I wanted to draw my own self. I used shapes, lines, and details. I feel good about myself that I can achieve something. This art says I am a sometimes confident and shy. I want to know how I feel when I am happy or sad and making a good effort. As for my next project, I’m not sure what will I draw maybe animals, objects or people.

The Beauty Of The Washington Monument By Sheridan McClure What inspired me to draw this picture was detail on the Washington monument it make me think of D.C. because it came to my mind because I like the Washington monument so much that want to draw it. The PEP Quarterly

PEP Art Show By Genna Lagunoff On February 5th, there was a art show at Gallery Underground in Crystal City. Lee Meyer and Felix Alvarez- Romero are among the artists. Both art- ists used bright colors and different me- diums. They artists even sold some of their paintings. These students showed their amazing art work.

Editors: Cristian Ventura, Diana Saravia, Giovanni Rios Contributing Writers: Harris Claster, Genna Lagunoff, Jason Coreas Thank you for a job well done :)