KidsView Winter, 2007 By: Sydney B. and Indigo S. Book Drive WEST SCHOOL!The West School Book Drive was held the week of October "#!"$% The students collected books for the West Park Academy in which is our brother school% Each day a few kids from Mrs% Berkoff&s class were in charge of going to the library and counting all the books donated that day% On Monday' we collected $() books' Tuesday' *#+ books' Wednesday' #,, books and on Thursday' we collected ,)-% Friday' the last day' we collected #$, books for a total of ,')-# books% That is the most books that West School has ever collected in any book drive% Mr% Rongey' Mrs% Berkoff' Mrs% Mooney' and Mrs% Sacher took the books to West Park Academy and met the principal% Then Mr% Rongey and Mrs% Ross visited West Park Academy and saw many students reading the books that West School had donated' and collected thank you cards for the West School students% GOOD WORK WEST SCHOOL!!!! The Recycling Club World Comes To West By: Adam J. and Josh K. By: Olivia S. WEST SCHOOL-The Recycling Club WEST SCHOOL!On Friday is a very fun and important new club Nov% ") the World Tour at West. It meets every Wednesday came to West School% This before school at 8 - 8:35 a.m. in Mrs. is an annual event put on Berkley’s room. At Recycling Club by the PTO who then uses you talk about recycling issues in the the money to help the many clubs at West such as KidsView! A lot of school. The club is trying to find ways to make these families and students came to the World Tour% problems smaller and solve them. The Club is #+) passports were passed out to kids of any making posters for the lunchroom recycling bins so age% Guests played various games to get the students know what you can and can’t recycle. Some main prize' a troll% Some of the games were: The of the projects are related to the 4th grade study of Tarzan swing' Scooter races' shoot' ecosystems and the 3rd grade prairie unit. The club Cakewalk' Hockey shot' and Knockdown the Can game% If you got hungry when playing' the helped start a program called Waste Free cafeteria sold soda or pizza' hot dogs' or Wednesday to encourage students to bring a lunch burgers% But the game most people wanted to that does not have any garbage to be thrown away do was the cakewalk! Why wouldn&t you want or even recycled. The club is planning field trips to to take home a delicious cake? A lot of kids also places like the recycling compost center and many ran to the right side of the gym%%%%%% for Icon more. It is open to both 3rd and 4th graders. Our Entertainment! It was full of people dancing to the D%J%&s music% At .:#) p%m% everyone headed next project is to start emptying milk cartons so that out of the school after a great night of fun% more of them can be recycled. The recycling club is sponsored by the PTO. Recycle today and make the world a better place. !"#$% &'% ()*% +#, By: Indigo S. At West School during the week of November 6-10, students were guessing a mystery flag. In the lunchroom we heard 3 clues, saw a flag, and then discussed the guesses together as a class. Then, one person in each class wrote down the class’s guess and gave it to Mrs. Boggs. After every class gave her their guess, she announced them and told us the correct country. In 3rd grade, on the last day they held up a flag with 2 blue and 1 white stripe and everyone said it was Argentina. One 3rd grader, Eliana Fleischer, knew that the Argentinean flag also has a sun in the middle of the flag and it was missing. She was right! But the Flag of the Day week was over. We learned a lot about flags! Talk of the Town PORSCHES Three Incredible Structures by: David S. and Augie M. By: Adam J. and Josh K. A Porsche is a kind of 1. The first structure is The CN Tower (space needle) in sport car. There is a Toronto. The CN Tower is 1,815 feet and 5 inches counting its Porsche Carrara, 911 tall antenna. It has 181 floors and six elevators. There is a Turbo , Porsche Cayman, restaurant and a lookout level at 1,136 feet, and another Porsche Cayenne and a restaurant at 1,150 feet. The CN Tower opened in 1972. Porsche Boxter. The 2. The second incredible structure is New York’s own Statue Carrara GT is my favorite. My dad is trying to of Liberty. It was established in October, 1924. It was a gift from France, and Frederic Auguste Bartholdi designed this make me like minivans more than Porsches but wonderful structure in 1876. With its flame it is 154 feet high. it’s not working. Ferdinand Porsche was the 3. The third extraordinary founder of Porsche. Some are race cars like the structure is the St. Louis Arch. This Porsche Tycon. You can see a Porsche at a major arched structure in St. Louis dealer, or on a road. There are other sport was made on December 21, 1935 and designed by Eero Saarinen. It cars that are not PorsChes like a Bugotie, Ferrari, Corvette, Lamborghini and Mercedes. cost 30 million dollars. The arch is closed only on New Years Day, Some Porsches can get up to 200 miles per Christmas, and Thanksgiving. hour! They are cool, spectacular cars. I rate UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Porsche’s a ten. BY AMANDA M. My Generation The University of Michigan was founded in "."$% It is the state&s oldest university% Two of By: Ariel S. Michigan&s best sports teams are football and My Generation is a great hockey% The sports teams are the Wolverines and store that is mostly for their colors are gold and blue% Their fight song is /The Victors%&& It was written by a student' Louis girls. One of their biggest Label' in ".-.% The University moved to Ann selections of stuff is Paul Arbor in ".#$% The first year in Ann Arbor' there Frank items. They have a lot of clothing and were only , professors and $ students% The Ann Arbor campus is divided into three main areas: stuffed animals. My favorite kind of stuffed North' Central and South% The school is more than animal is a Webkinz. Webkinz is a special ,- million square feet% The University has a stuffed animal with a secret code. Then you go famous building called The Wolverine Tower in southern Ann Arbor% Did you know that all three on Webkinz.com for your first adoption. On of the Apollo "+ space crew were alumni of the the website there is a talking duck and you University of Michigan? The crew flew to the listen to what the ducks say and there is moon from July ,( ! August $' "-$" with astronauts: David Scott' Alfred Worden and some information you need to fill out. Now James Irwin% They took with them three U of M back to My Generation. The lava lamps items: a miniature flag' the Department of are so cool there! The workers are very nice Aerospace Engineering seal and a charter of the U of M Alumni Club' which was left on and helpful. I can’t wait until the next time the moon% I&m writing about the mom and I go there to shop. They hope YOU University of Michigan because my stop by too. I think you will really love My parents went there% Have you ever been to a U of M football game? Generation. It is so fun! They are fun! Did you Know?

Sleepwalking Blacksmithing By: Cameron S. By: Marek B. Sleepwalking is when a person You might think blacksmithing is appears to be awake and turning stuff black moving around but is actually but that is By: Jason S. and asleep. Sleepwalking can WRONG! Josh R. range from sitting up in bed to A blacksmith is a walking. The person who is person who sleepwalking has no memory makes objects out of steel or of their actions. Sleepwalking iron by forging can be dangerous because the the metal using person might stumble against hand tools. The furniture, lose their balance, go blacksmith hammers, bends, cuts through windows or fall and otherwise shapes it while the downstairs. They are also very medal is not in a liquid form. Saddam Hussein was an evil Iraqi Usually the medal is heated until it hard to wake up. Their eyes dictator from 1979 to 2003 glows red or orange first. before he was captured by the might be open. A person who Blacksmiths work with ‘black’’ is sleepwalking may do metals, especially iron. The black Americans on December 13, repetitive things like switching color comes from a layer of oxides 2003 at 8:30 p.m. Iraqi time. on and off the lights and that form on the surface of the They found him in a 7 foot deep opening and closing doors. metal during heating called the fire small underground pit on a farm, scale. Blacksmiths heat the metal Sleepwalking occurs most at near the town of Tikrit. Hussein using a forge fueled by propane, was born April 28, 1937 in Al- age 6-12 years old. Homicide natural gas, coal, charcoal, or coke. or suicide during sleepwalking Blacksmiths create things like Auja about 100 miles north of has rarely been reported when wrought iron, gates, grills, railings, Baghdad, Iraq. Hussein grew up a person has tried to awake a light fixtures, furniture, tools, in a mud-brick hut. When he sleepwalker. To help reduce sculptures, decorative and religious was in charge of Iraq, Hussein items, cooking utensils, and sleepwalking a person should tried to trick the people into weapons. thinking he was a great leader by get plenty of rest. You can A blacksmith who works also make sure you are not with horses to fit them for shoes is telling them slogans that were angry before you go to bed. called a farrier. The term ‘smith’ not true. Hussein had two sons. Another protection is removing comes from the word ‘smite’, which Uday, the older son and favorite anything from the room that means to hit. So a blacksmith is a of Saddam, and Qusay the person who hits the black metals. can be dangerous. Also a younger son were killed by U.S. I’ve been inspired to write about forces in Mosul, in July of 2003. person who is known to this topic because #1, my great sleepwalk should sleep great grandfather was a blacksmith, Saddam was charged and found on the first and #2, I’m going to a camp that guilty of crimes against humanity. floor. has blacksmithing. Kids would He was convicted of killing 148 Another probably like to make S hooks, people in the Iraqi town of which is a hook that looks like an S method to stop Dujail. He killed and hurt many and a J hook which looks like a J. more people during his reign but sleepwalking is So, what do you think? If you end hypnosis. up being a blacksmith, your that was all that they proved at favorite line would be; okay, hand the trial. Hussein was sentenced me my sledge hammer. to death by hanging. Around the World The 7 New Wonders of the World By: Sacha A. and Samantha B. On ABC’s Good Morning America Show there was a program about the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World. A group in Switzerland organized a vote to find the seven new wonders of the world. Here are the results: 1. The Portola Palace- in Tibet. The palace is 2 1/2 miles above sea level. It was built in the 1600’s by over 8,000 people and it took over 10 years to complete. 2. Jerusalem Old City - is important to three of the world’s religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. People have been fighting for this area in Israel for a long time and have still not stopped. There are three important holy sites in the city, Dome of the Rock, The Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. 3. Polar Ice Caps - the Polar ice caps are at the South Pole. These natural wonders are starting to melt because of global warming. 4. Marine Sanctuary - is the largest protected area on earth. It’s bigger then all the national parks together. It's 14,000 square miles of ocean. It is near Hawaii. 5. The Internet -is a great invention. It is gathering all the world’s knowledge in one place. 6. Maya Pyramids - the Mayan’s built their pyramids 500 years before the Spanish arrived. 7. Serengeti - it’s a national park in Tanzania in Africa. It is home to lions, leopards, rhinos, cape buffalo and elephants. The park protects the animals. Yugoslavia Darfur - Reach for Change By: Leah B. and Sabrina C. By: Asher B. Yugoslavia was a country In Highland Park, a grade school is trying to in Europe. Yugoslavia support peace in Darfur, Sudan. They want to means “Land Of The reach a goal of 400,000 decorated paper South Slavs.” In Yugoslavia dolls, like the ones below, to represent the there have been many wars and changes. There was a lost lives (so far). They hope to spread war called the Balkan War of 1912-13. The war ended knowledge of the terrible conditions in and the Turkish ruled in the Balkan Peninsula. Then Darfur and also hope the dolls will help In 1992, the country split into a bunch of little because it will put pressure on the countries, but the main countries were and are now, government to bring aid to the people in Serbia and Montenegro. If you want to visit you should Darfur. People are being hurt by Sudanese know that n Belgrade in January through July it is 40 ° Arabs. They also are dropping explosives and F. Through winter it’s cold and dry, and in the destroying houses. Send the dolls to Elm summers it is warm and humid. The national food is Place Middle School 2031N. Sheridan Road, Cevapcici which consists of small rolled patties of mixed Highland Park, IL 60035. If you are interested see me. ground meats that are heavily seasoned and grilled. Another popular dish is Sarma (stuffed cabbage). In conclusion, you probably didn’t know a lot about Yugoslavia and it is a cool place. To learn more about Yugoslavia you can Google it. Diversions Osrui Overnight Camp Dearbhla Fay, By: Emma A. and Emily B. Osrui summer camp in Oconomowoc' Riverdance Wisconsin is a Jewish camp for boys and star! girls% It is located on the shores of Lake Lac La Belle% Osrui also has a camp in By: Enya M. Israel% At Osrui there are many different I interviewed Dearbhla Fay. She is my Irish places for kids to hang out at such as the alpine tower' a + story climbing tower' Dancing teacher. She is a world famous the dining hall' the Lorge Pavilion' where Irish dancer. She danced in Riverdance services and concerts are held' the from 1997-2004. She is 28 years old and Merkazivrit Center' where kids learn lives in Chicago, Illinois. She speaks 3 Hebrew' the Sang center for Jewish Arts' languages, Irish (Gaelic), French and where photography' media and dance is English. She has won 13 World held' and the Sang Sports Center% There Championships and All- Ireland are also stables' where kids can ride , to # Championships and holds the World times a week' a theater' and the Record for most World Irish dancing waterfront% The schedule at Osrui is that Championships won. While she was touring you get up at $ a%m% and have morning with Riverdance she went to: Ireland, services and breakfast% After breakfast England, Paris, China, Japan, Estonia, there is Jewish learning and then Germany, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, swimming' boating and free swim% Then Australia, Austria, Spain, Mexico, Iceland, you have lunch and quiet time in your cabin% Next you have electives like drama' Thailand and Malaysia and she music and art% Then you go to the occasionally performs in the United States. waterfront and sports' canteen 0every She has performed for the President of other day1 and rest% Dinner is at ( pm and Ireland, the King and Queen of Malaysia then is evening services' social time and and also she has performed at the Grammy snack% At -:#) p%m% there are stories' Awards, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Craig singing' or discussion before bed% Kilborne, Ellen Degeneres and many more Parents probably want to know throughout the world. Australia is her what the counselors are like% They are favorite country to go to. She teaches at from the US' Canada' Israel' and Europe' the Sheila Tully Academy of Irish Dance. and at least "- years of age or college Her parents are Gannie (Granya ) and sophomores% Osrui is great camp for Martin Fay. Her mother owns a dance kids in ,nd!.th grade% The counselors are school in Dublin, Ireland and that is where so nice and she learned to dance. Her father was a there&s so much to do% member of the Chieftains, a famous music We think OSRUI group in Ireland. She has one brother, IS THE BEST Fergal Fay. He is an Irish dance CAMP IN THE choreographer, teacher and judge . I had WORLD! fun interviewing Dearbhla! Curious Creatures

The Only One Left or Not? By: Ian M. The Tasmanian Tiger (also called the Tasmanian Wolf or Thylicane) is a very rare tiger. Scientists think it is extinct, but it could still be alive as sightings of the Tasmanian Tiger have occurred all over east Asia. The Tasmanian Tiger is 5 feet long and its jaws open larger than any other mammal of its size. The Tasmanian Tiger became extinct by hunters killing them for their fur. Also people used them as guard dogs, but they weren’t very good guard dogs so they hurt them and killed them off. My favorite animal is the Tasmanian Tiger so I am very sad that they might be extinct, but I think there could be a few left. The Tasmanian Tiger looks kind of like a dog but with big teeth and black stripes from the bottom part of his back to the top part of the legs and is a brownish orange color. One of the real Tasmanian Tigers died about 3 months ago, the last one. They are still trying to figure out if the Tasmanian Tiger could be the 3rd fiercest tiger after the Siberian Tiger and the Asian Tiger. There is one thing scientists can never disagree with and that is that Tasmanian Tigers are AWESOME! Bichon Frises Rats By: Amanda F. By: Amanda F. Bichon Frises can be a good pet for people Rats can be loving and who have allergies because they don’t shed. caring pets. And why should The reason I know, is because my dad has I know? Because I had a rat allergies and we have two Bichons. Bichons named Ruben. These are can be sweet and loving pets . My dog Cody, some of the things that you (who we had first for two years) doesn't like need to have for a pet rat: to share any attention with our new dog R.J. (the 3 month old a cage, hay, water and some puppy that we just got). Be careful not to give one dog more sort of rat food. You can find attention then the other because the one who is getting less all these thing at Petsmart, attention will start licking his paw. Cody kept licking his paw. Petco and Pet Supplies Plus. He eventually had to get one of those circle things around his Rats can make you kind of head, so he couldn’t lick his paw. Here are some things you mad because the first night need to know to take care of a Bichon Frise: When you give we got our rat he went them a bath brush them up afterwards because they are behind the television and it suppose to be fluffy. If they weigh more that 15 pounds they took 3 hours to get him out! should go on a diet. Last, have a good time with your pet! A rat’s life span is usually from 4-6 years. But our rat lived 7 years. Then we had to Care for a Leopard Gecko put him to sleep because he By: Maddie K. was in pain and had cancer. The Leopard Gecko is an easy pet for beginners. It doesn’t take up When you are sad I bet that much space. They can sometimes get very excitable. But remember never one little rodent (a rat) can to pick them up by their tail or it will fall off. Leopard Geckos do best make you feel better! eating 12 crickets a week. Do not feed them meal worms as it will cause digestive problems. A glass cage is the best for your pet gecko. Use newspaper or paper towels or your little pet might eat his bedding and get sick. Clean the corner that he soils and clean the whole cage once or twice every six to eight weeks. Remember, you are so much bigger then your little gecko friend so ALWAYS be careful when you play with your pet. We Suggest...

Unwrappeeeet By: Frieda G. I&ve always wanted to know how the candy and delicious treats I eat are made% Then I found out about channel ("' the Food Network% It&s a click away% Hosted by Marc Sommers' it is a show that tells you what you&re really eating from the tiny marshmallows in your breakfast cereal to peanut butter% From chocolate syrup to french fries' to bubble gum' to all those candy favorites% Unwrapped is on once a week% Unwrapped shows Halloween related candies when Halloween is coming' Thanksgiving foods at Thanksgiving and so on% Some of the treats they showed at Halloween are sour bats' peeps cats' and chocolate covered haunted houses% I could go on' Halloween is all about candy% Some recent episodes on Unwrapped were Spices' Delectable Delights' Rainy Day' Bite! Size' Chicken' Playing With Food' Food With Holes' Comfort Foods' ,!in!"' Cheesy' Super Sweet' Turkey Day' Stuffed% Marc Sommers does an AMAZING job hosting the show% It shows any /sweet treat2 you could imagine% It&s my personal favorite show% I think anyone that3s reading this should give it a try% It first aired in June ,))"' and I KNOW that they will continue to have more sweet and yummy shows% Wacky Packs MAD FOR MAD The Tale By: Alana B. MAGAZINE of Wacky Packs By: Grayson S. Despereaux are fun Reviewed by: trading cards. Mad Magazine is a funny and Eric F. They are peel interesting magazine. William off stickers in Gains, of Ec Comics published The Tale of Despereaux, is a a package with gum. Wacky the 1st issue of Mad in book by Kate Di Camillo. In Packs imitate real products and their October 1952. A man named the story a mouse named advertising. For example, instead of Harvey Kurtzman edited and Trix-it is Fix. There are many series Despereaux falls in love with wrote too. In July 1955, the plus a new series coming out, series a human princess named Pea. 5. Some new unpublished cards comic book was turned into a Falling in love with a human are Sea Honkies, Granny HairsBuck monthly black and white princess is hard for a mouse Tales, Bimbo, Gooya, Glowworm, magazine. Mr. Gaines changed because getting close to a Harassame Street, Splat the Bunny, the price to a quarter human on purpose is a BIG Tushie Roll, Gristlers and many instead of a dime, which is mistake. If you do it on more. An interesting fact is Wacky fifteen cents higher! On purpose your fellow mice will Packs used to be only 5 cents. September 1956, Harvey send you into the dungeon Some favorites are Weakies, with rats in it (rats eat mice). Liptorn, Ajerx, Cap’n Crud, Skimpy, decided to make a mascot and In the dungeon the most Kook aid, Shot Wheels, Awful Bits, let Alfred E. Neuman come to feared rat is Roscoro. Roscoro Jolly Mean Giant, and Gadzooka. life. Alfred became so famous has eaten many mice. I There are 30 cards per series. that to this day you can still suggest that you read The Wacky Packs really started in the see his face as the cover boy. 70’s and now they are back! From Tale of Despereaux because it In 2002, Mad celebrated its 1973-1976, 16 series were released. 50th anniversary. is a long book, but very good. I Some old cards have become rate the book five stars. Kate expensive collector’s items. Ask So next time Di Camillo has also written your parents if they collected you go to the Because of Winn Dixie and Wacky Packs. store check out a other books. Mad Magazine. Creative Writing

A Dog’s Life 2-The return of the Reporter (continued from the Fall issue) By: Andrew F. This story takes place at 682 Grove St. In the beginning, the reporter comes back and demands his $150,000. Carol, Lisa and Tom had refused to hand over the money. The reporter got so mad that he did 500 cartwheels! It took one hour to stop laughing! Midnight was so happy she did not notice the big commotion in the house. Tom does not notice that the reporter got loose and turned on the TV. Then by mistake Tom puts on Barney! It takes another hour for everyone to stop laughing at Barney dancing around on the television screen. The reporter starts to sing along with Barney and everyone laughs even harder. Midnight and Rocky both start singing and dancing too. Next, CBS reporters come, and there are 127 of them! People are so crowded that they are standing on the roof, attic and chimney. Then, a reporter falls through the attic and smashes through the ceiling of the dining room right in the middle of the breakfast buffet that Lisa had been preparing. What a mess! Cream cheese flies everywhere— splattering onto the windows. Grape jelly gets stuck on the wall. Hamburgers and hotdogs fly through the air like missiles. Then a miracle happens and all the reporters leave. TO BE CONTINUED… A Dog&s Life #! The Crazy Party By: Bianca S% This is the sequel to A Dog&s Life ,' by Andrew F% Let me introduce myself! I am Bianca' owner of Rocky% Remember at the end of A Dog&s Life ,' when all the reporters leave? Well Carol' Lisa' and Tom are so happy that they decide to throw a party% But Andrew wasn&t in that bunch% The troublemaker was over at my house' playing a crazy game of fetch with Rocky% I could hear the pitter patter of Rocky&s feet as he raced to get the ball% You see' Rocky had never been taught how to play fetch% When a ball was thrown' he would just scamper to get it% Rocky would either grab the ball and run around with it in his mouth' or' simply' just not pick up the ball% Anyway' Rocky raced to the ball but threw it in the air with his mouth% Andrew ran and caught the ball% A crazy game of fetch% Well it is about time we started planning my dog&s birthday party% Then I saw the Finkes walking by with Midnight% Rocky caught sight of her' wiggled through the gate' and they pounced on each other% /Hi' Mom' Hi' Dad%2 Andrew called to his parents% He waved at Carol' too% /Do you kids want to go to the store with us? We can look for decorations for Rocky&s birthday%2 Mr% Finke offered% /Sure'2 I said' and then all five 0and two non! humans1 walked into town% First we went to MITE to get invitations% Carol found paper that had dog bones on it' so we bought it% Next we went to Party City and picked out balloons that had famous dogs on them' like Scooby! Doo' Lassie and Toto% We drove to DJ&s and got treats for the dogs% Then to $ Eleven and got Slurpies for us% We had the paper goods' food' invitations' and decorations% I felt like something was missing% The party was the next day% Saturday was the perfect day' though Rocky&s real birthday was Sunday' the *th% We invited the Stachowiaks with their dog Cali' the Brandfonbrenners with their dog Winnie' the Lewins with Sadie' another family with a dog named Oliver who we thought was related to Rocky' and of course' the Finkes% Something was missing%%% and then it hit me% PRESENTS! I raced into the house to see if anything was lying around% I picked up some new toys% Dad was having a meeting with a vet' so I tried to be quiet% I still got the feeling that something was missing% I ignored it% I went over to Rocky and gave him the toy% He looked at it' growled' and slowly backed away% The other dogs started to bark% And%%%then%%% the black fuzzy toy opened its eyes and sprang at Rocky% It was scary watching the black thing pounce on the dogs% Then I saw Dad looking through the window% He opened the door and shouted' /that&s the baby panther from the Lincoln Park Zoo!2 Dad raced to the dogs as the owners stared in awe% He finally managed to wrestle the panther away from the dogs% Then I realized what was missing% I hadn&t told mom or dad about the party! The panther jumped into the vet&s arms and started to sneeze% A panther sneezing? This day was weird and getting weirder% Dad told everybody to leave' then grounded me for a month with no TV or computer% But when I was grounded I explored our house %%% and I found something%%% something that hadn&t been found for thousands of years%%% TO BE CONTINUED… Featured West School Staff

Mr. Rongey By: Katie W. & Maytee P. Our principal&s full name is David Keller Rongey% This is his first year as principal at West School% Last year he was the Assistant Principal at Central% Before that he taught fourth grade at West School% Before he began teaching' he was in the U%S% Navy% Mr% Rongey was in the military for $ years 0+ years active' , years reserves%1 Then he helped send humanitarian aid to poor countries% When he was a kid his favorite subjects in school were spelling and writing% His favorite type of music is rock and roll and he likes the Beatles' Chieftains' Bob Dylan' Joan Baez' and Bob Seger% Mr% Rongey likes to watch Saturday ' Sunday' and % The last movie Mr% Rongey saw was /Bobby2% He enjoys documentaries and political movies like /Reds ' /Wag the Dog2' and /Red October%2 Mr% Rongey likes to read mysteries' historical fiction' and biographies% Mr% Rongey has lived in Missouri' California' Connecticut' and the United Kingdom% But the best place he has lived was Hawaii% He liked living there because he enjoyed the beautiful rain forest and swimming' surfing' and diving% If he could live in another state he would live in Alaska' because it&s a wild' exciting' huge environment% When Mr% Rongey is not in school he likes to kayak' run' play board games' play with his dogs' do things with his kids' and help his neighbors% What Mr% Rongey likes most about being a principal is helping teachers and students to do the best they can% MR. SARUBBI Interviewed by: Jessica N. Meet Miss Danielle Sean Patrick Sarubbi was born on November 21, 1975. His favorite food is pizza and cereal. His favorite color is blue. His favorite sport is Interviewed basketball because he’s liked it by Emily R. since he was a little kid. He is Danielle Molinari, (Miss Danielle) is a teacher a major Cubs fan and his associate at West School who helps in different favorite player is Kerry Wood. Mr. Sarubbi has been rooms. She was born in Highland Park and grew a gym teacher for 9 years. He wanted to be a gym up in Highwood. She has 5 brothers and sisters, teacher because both of his parents were teachers Rachel, Meagan, Laura, Nikki, and Rich. She when he was a kid. His favorite book is the “Da went to Oak Terrance Elementary School and then Vinci Code.” His favorite place to travel is Hawaii. Highland Park High school. She went to college at He liked the movie “Meet the Parents.” His CLC and Southern Illinois University. Before she favorite actor is Samuel Jackson and his favorite became a teacher she was a swimming instructor, a actress is Charlize Theron. The song “Speed of camp counselor, and a lifeguard. If she wasn’t a Sound” is one of his favorites. He enjoys the singer teacher she would be an astronaut or professional David Grouhl. Mr. Sarubbi went to college at frisbee golfer. Other interesting information about DePaul University. Mr. Sarubbi has a daughter her is that over winter and summer break she takes named Peyton and she is 2 years old. Mr. Sarubbi care of Mrs. Shapiro's turtles. Her favorite sports likes playing in a little toy tunnel with her. His teams are the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team and favorite part of being a gym teacher is working with the . In her free time she the kids. He really likes to play “Capture the Flag in likes to draw and spend time with her gym class. Mr. Sarubbi likes being the gym teacher at nephew. As you can see Miss Danielle West School and we like him as the gym teacher at is a very interesting person. West! SPORTS

Biography of Tom Izzo Chad Johnson By: Jesse R. By: Josh H. and (Ocho Cinco) Aidan D. By: Noah L. The head coach for CINCINNATI-Chad Johnson Michigan was born on January 9 ,1978 State in Miami, Florida. He is an All basketball wide CHICAGO-Brian Keith Urlacher is Tom Izzo. receiver for the Cincinnati was born on May 25, 1978 in His home Bengals. The Bengals Pasco, Washington. Brian is a middle town is Iron Mountain, drafted him from Oregon linebacker for the Chicago Bears. State University in the When Brian was a kid his parents Michigan. In his 12th year second round. He played divorced, and his mom moved Brian coaching he lead the Spartans with Carolina Panther’s and his siblings to New Mexico. to beat Duke and go to the For college, Urlacher went to the Steve Smith before he Final Four. Izzo’s 255th wins University of New Mexico. In the transferred to Oregon in 11 seasons are the ninth 2000 NFL Draft Brian Urlacher State. He didn’t know it but was selected by the Chicago Bears most in the history of college one of his Bengals in the first round. However, when basketball. In the NCAA teammates transferred with they started playing, Brian was Tournament, Izzo is at his him from Santa Monica not playing so well. Then a Bear’s best, winning at a clip of .742 Junior College to Oregon player, Barry Minter, had a bad to rank third among all active State. He held a record with injury and that started Brian as a coaches with at least 10 middle linebacker. He was a big a 97 yard pass tournament games coached. His at Oregon State. One year hit when they played the New .694 winning percentage in Big at Oregon he went 11-1 and York Giants. With the help of the Ten games ranks second all- Johnson lead that team to new coach Dick Jauron the Bears time among league coaches who the Fiesta Bowl and they surprised everyone during the won! He would prefer to be 2001 NFL season. After a few have coached at least 10 years, great games they lost the called “Ocho Cinco” (85) in right behind former Indiana divisional playoffs to the Spanish. He got fined $5000 coach Bob Knight. Izzo’s Philadelphia Eagles. In 2004 success is his ability to take for replacing “Johnson” on they fired Dick Jauron and hired the back of his jersey with Lovie Smith. With Brian Urlacher young talented players and “Ocho and Lovie Smith the Bears are now develop their skills, helping his Cinco.” a great hit!! players to move up to the NBA. Izzo had a full summer in 2005. In July he had the opportunity to play golf with Tiger Woods at the Buick Open-Pro-Am. Tom Izzo is very interesting. The Bears By: Jack C. & Grant M. The Chicago bears are a team in the NFL% Some of their good players are Thomas Jones 0,)1' Brain Urlacher 0+*1' Muhsin Muhammad 0.$1' 0,#1' Nathan Vasher 0#"1 and Fred Miller 0(-1% This season the strengths of the Chicago Bears are the defense which has always been tough% For example' in the Arizona game' in the third quarter' Brain Urlacher stripped the ball out of Edrian James hands as went for a touchdown% Another example was when Mark Andreson hit Matt Leinart for a for a touchdown% Or when Mike Brown intercepted the ball for a touchdown% We have a good background defense like Nathan Vasher in ,))+% He ran "). yards for a touchdown after a missed by % Last year Thomas Jones broke Walter Payton3s record above "#)) yards% One of the Bear&s best tackles is Fred Miller% He won the Superbowl with the Rams in the "--- ! ,))) season beating the Titans' ,#!"(% He has been one of the best blockers because was on Marshall Faulk' Eddie George and Thomas Jones& teams% The year he was traded to the Bears he was one of the best on the offensive line% One of the reasons why is he had to guard one of the best defense of line' Julius Peppers and he allowed no sacks% One of the best returners is Devin Hester% He has set a NFL record for punt return for this season% In the Green Bay game he returned a punt for .* yards' against Arizona he ran a .( yard touchdown' in the game he ran "). yards for a touchdown and against the Rams he ran -* and -( yard touchdowns% These are not all of the touchdowns% Another good player is /Moose2 Muhammad% He was on the Carolina Panthers and he went to the Super Bowl but they lost to the Patriots% We want to wish all the Chicago Bears good luck and hope we see them in the ,))(!,))$ Super Bowl in January% Olympic skiing 2 By: Alex M. and Jack L. Babe Ruth Erik Schlopy is a famous Olympic skier. Erik was By: Corey S. born August 21, 1972 in Buffalo, Babe Ruth’s real name New York. He skis right now in Park City, Utah. He is 5’10’’ and is George Herman weighs 185. This is his tenth Ruth Jr. He was born year on the ski team. His school was on February 6, 1895 Burke Academy. Nordica Six is in Baltimore, Maryland. Babe’s parents were his sponsor. His corporate partner is Kate Schamberger and George Herman Ruth Snowflake Spa. In St. Moritz, Erik Sr. When Babe was 7, his father took him won the bronze medal in the Giant Slalom. In 2001 to St. Mary’s Orphanage. Babe got the Erik Schlopy put up the best World Cup overall performance by any American since Phill Mahre in nickname “The Babe” because Jack Dun, 1983 by finishing 3rd in the overall Giant Slalom owner manager of the Baltimore Orioles, standings just behind skiing legends Hermann saw how good at baseball Babe was and Maier and Michael Von Grunigen. Erik began called him his baby (Boston Red Sox were skiing when he was 18 months old. Originally he still a minor league team). Ruth started to raced for lollipops. He was Eastern Jr. champ at play for the Baltimore Orioles when he was 14 and J-1 slalom\ GS at 16, and on the ski team 19. Babe Ruth is also the cause of the by 18. He entered the Burke Mountain ski team in Vermont during high school. He was a 1994 “Curse of the Bambino.” The curse began Olympian but retired after the 1995 season. He when the Red Sox sold Babe to the Yankees. paid his own way for training in 1999 and raced his Babe got traded to the Yankees because way back to the ski team. In 1995, Erik joined the Harry Frays (the owner) needed the money pro tour. Erik was still in love with ski racing but to produce his girlfriend’s play. All the Red disappointed by his lack of improvement while on Sox fans were very upset. After the trade, the ski team. Erik Scholpy was an incredible skier. the Yankees won 39 pennants and 26 World He won many gold medals and has skied all over the world. I hope I can be as good a skier as Series, but the Red Sox won none until Schlopy when I grow up. 2004. More Sports... The Fighting Illini Olympic Skiing By: Nikki R. BrianBrian GrieseGriese By: Jack L. and Alex M. The Fighting By: Andrew S. Olympic skier Illini are the Brian Griese is a back up Jonny college Moseley was quarterback for the Chicago basketball born August of the University of Illinois. Bears. His weight is 214 27, 1975 in is the coach and lbs. and his height is 6’3’’. San Juan, he has been coaching the He was born on March 18, Puerto Rico. Illini for three years. The 1975 in Miami, FLorida. He He now lives in Tibruon, Florida players for this year are Rich has been playing for 9 years now. He is 5 foot 11 and 172 McBride, , and went to college at pounds. His event in skiing is Shaun Pruitt, Chester Men’s Moguls. When he lived in University of Michigan. He Frazier, Trent Meacham, Puerto Rico he started skiing at 9 Jamar Smith, Warren Carter, is 31 years old. He has a years old! He didn’t like to ski Chris Hicks, Calvin Brocks, total of 16,389 yards. His but his brother dared him to and Marcus Arnold, Richard number is 14 and his QB now he is famous! He also enjoys Semrau, Charles Jackson and rate is 90.1 and 1 touchdown. golf and wake boarding. He won Brian Carlwell. Brian Randle He lives in Glencoe. His the gold medal in the men's had groin surgery at the Dad, Bob Griese, played for Moguls event in the 1998 Winter beginning of the season, but Olympic games in Nagano, the Miami Dolphins. He went returned on December 17. It Japan. It was the first medal for looks like there is a lot of to college at Purdue. With the USA of the 18th Winter injuries this year. Jamar the Miami Dolphins, he had Olympics. He made the US Ski Smith was also hurt and 25,092 yards in all. Bob has Team in 1993 but narrowly Rich McBride was suspended also been actively involved missed out on a spot in the 1994 but he just came back. Last in fundraising efforts for Winter Olympic games in year Dee Brown (the captain the Susan G. Komen Breast Lillehammer, Norway. In 1998 it last year) and James was his 4th year on the US Ski Cancer Foundation, and was Augustine (one of the best Team. The US Ski Team was players last year) graduated the honorary chairman very successful at the Nagano and went to the NBA. This for the 2001 Race for the games. In addition to Moseley’s year Illinois’ best players are Cure in Denver. gold were gold medals byNikki Rich McBride, Jamar Smith, Stone in Women’s Ariel, and Eric Brian Randle and Shaun Bergoust, in Men's Aerials. Since Pruitt. Trent Meachum is a Moseley won there were a lot of surprise walk on. The Illini fans waiting to greet him when he are doing well but not as got back from the Olympics to good as last year because Dee California. He also stars in a Brown And James Augustine McDonald’s commercial for the are gone. Many people still Olympics, and has made a guest expect them to make the appearance on David Letterman. NCAA tournament.