STINGRAY TIMES Volume 5, Issue 5 January, 2017

2017: How to make it

Chinese New Year By: Lauren B. Through the Year.

By Ellie B.

1. Dress Appropriately: When the weather is around 30 to 40 The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in degrees you know it’s time to break out the warm clothes. I China for both social and economic reasons. The Chinese New recommend a heavy jacket and maybe a lighter one for inside Year is oftentimes referred to as the Spring Festival or the of school. Warning: DO NOT WEAR SHORTS IN JANUARY. Lunar New Year. For those of you who think coming home with frostbite is a The New Year celebration lasts for 15 days; it begins on the good idea, it’s not. first day of the new moon and ends on the full moon. The

celebration on the15th day is called the Chinese Lantern 2. Write the proper date: Who else wants to write 2016 on Festival. The festival begins on a different day each year; everything? Yeah, me too. As hard as it is, for the next 2-3 Chinese Year 4715 will begin on the 28th of January. months you may have to think before you scribble a date on The New Year is celebrated with fireworks, brightly colored your paper. As long as you aren’t turning in your history lights, special meals with family, gift giving, and festivities. It project a year before it is due. is the biggest holiday in Chinese culture.

Each year is represented by a different animal and color. This 3. Pay attention: all the back of the room slackers, playing

year is the year of the Red Fire Chicken. This means that it will games, wondering why their teacher has given them a C. Well

be a Yin, or negative year. maybe if you do this little tip and avoid playing cool math

games your grades will go up.

4. Exercise: yes I know it is cold, yes I know it’s raining, but it’s also important to get moving. Gym helps, but you need to put in your own effort. Ride a bike on the warmer days, play indoor soccer, or just DANCE. Whatever you do, don’t sit in front of the TV watching some show all day.

5. Volunteer: make this the year you donate to ARF or join one of those anti-cancer fundraisers. It will make you and others INSIDE THIS ISSUE feel good, as well as making our community a better place. Just because you don’t get something in return doesn’t mean you can’t help out. Read: volunteer cred is needed for school 1 – Chinese New Year 5 – Winnie the Pooh but that should not be your main reason for doing it. 1 - 2017 Tips 5- Eating Healthy 6. READ: Reading improves your vocabulary, your classwork, 2 – MLK, Jr 6- Upcoming Movies and is plain fun. With March madness coming up, it makes 2- Most searched topics 6- January Facts for a great way to get into the vibe. Now I understand some 2- Languages people say “reading, that’s lame” but let me tell you 7- Recipes something; reading can take you to amazing places, give you 3 – Creativity Month 8- Word Search a touch of magic, make you laugh, make you cry, and just 3- China 8- Current Events make everything amazing. If you aren’t already a bookworm 4- January Facts I recommend becoming one. 4- Olweus 7. Have some fun: People think the New Year is all goals and 4- Chinese New Year school and high pressure but you can take some time to have fun. Read, draw, dance, do all of your favorite hobbies when you get home from school to unwind. Let yourself laugh a

little while chatting with your friends at lunch. And if you are bored on the weekend go see one of those new movies or call your best friend.

Stingray Times 1 Martin Luther King Jr. Most searched topics of By: Megan F.

2016 A very important man was born in January, actually to be By: Ella H. more specific he was born on January 15th. Do you know who I’m thinking of? If you guessed Martin Luther King Jr. then Songs you’re correct. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther 1. “Closer” by The Chainsmokers and Hasley King was a pastor like his father and decided that he would 2. “One Dance” by Drake help in the Civil Rights Movement. So, he became a member 3. “Starboy” by The Weekend of the “executive committee of the National Association for the 4. “Black Beatles” by Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Advancement of Colored People.” he started speaking out and Mane having boycotts or making speeches like the famed “I have a 5. “Heathens” by TWENTY ØNE PILØTS dream” speech or the bus boycott. However, he made sure to People never hurt anybody physically. He believed that words got a lot 1. Donald Trump more done than fists. Some people still didn’t like what he was 2. Hillary Clinton doing so they bombed his house and abused him. However, he 3. Michael Phelps stayed strong and didn’t give up or resort to violence. He wrote Z 4. Bernie Sanders five books and even more articles over eleven years. He was 5. Steven Avery arrested over twenty times and was assaulted around four Animals times. Despite this he was awarded five honorary medals 1. Deer including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He died on April 4th, 2. Bat 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee when a man assassinated him. 3. Cat 4. Pheasant 5. White-tailed deer Movies 1. Captain America: Civil War 2. Deadpool How to say 3. Suicide Squad 4. Finding Dory “Happy New Year!” 5. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice YouTube channels in Different Languages 1. PewDiePie By, Macy D 2. Smosh 3. JennaMarbles 1. French: Bonne Anné! 4. NigaHiga 5. TheFineBros TV shows 2. Spanish: ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! 1. Game of Thrones 2. The Walking Dead 3. Icelandic: Gleðilegt nýtt ár! 3. Stranger Things 4. The Flash 4. Dutch: Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! 5. Westworld Most searched 5. Italian: Buon anno! 1. Powerball 2. Prince 6. Polish: Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku 3. Hurricane Matthew 4. Pokémon Go 5. Slither.io 7. Arabic: Kul 'am wa antum bikhair Cities 1. Cleveland 8. German: Ein glückliches neues Jahr 2. Palm Springs, California 3. Jacksonville 9. Norwegian: Godt Nytt År 4. Hong Kong 5. Daytona Beach, Florida 10. Latin: Felix sit annus novus

Stingray Times 2 Travel Journal: China Fun Crafts for By: Zoe Q.

International Creativity GUESS WHO IS BACK AND SUPER EXCITED TO BE DOING THE TRAVEL JOURNAL AGAIN. THAT’S Month! RIGHT ME, ZOE, YOUR TRAVEL GUIDE FOR By: Brooke H. PROBABLY THE REST OF THE YEAR!!! AHAHAHAHAH!!!! Did you know that January is International creativity Since it’s the Chinese New Year on the 28th I month? You do now! International creativity month is thought I’d pay a little respect to the old country and do a when people celebrate creativity by doing arts and crafts Travel Journal on it. So sit tight as I take you on a wondrous and learning new skills. Here’s a few fun arts and crafts journey through this ancient land. That… sounded creepy. and skills you might be interested in learning: China (as you probably already know) has the largest population in the world, 1,343,239,923 people inhabit this  Cooking region. The country itself is the 4th largest in area size with 3,747,879 sq. miles. Despite this large size, all of China is  Painting in one time-zone. There are 4 or 5 types of Chinese:  Knitting Mandarin, the most popular and most spoken language:  Crocheting Yue (which includes Cantonese): Min: Wu: and Hakka. The Chinese have also discovered things way before any of us  Dancing westerners have. For example, the Chinese discovered  Writing a book that blood circulated through the body in the second  Making a video or movie century B.C.E, 18 centuries before the Europeans. Culture, or well more culture. According the Asia Society,  Making a video game there 56 sub-groups of ethnicities in China, the Largest  Reading being the Han Chinese (900 million) and the smallest being  Building a house out of popsicle sticks the Hezhen Chinese (2000). As for the religion of these people, the Chinese Communist Party is officially atheist,  Making a paper mache volcano though they are becoming more tolerant of religion the only  Making a hand or sock puppet ones that are allowed to be practiced legally are Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism.  Building or painting a bird house Fun facts time: China is thought to be the longest living  Gardening civilization and the longest use of a written language. And  Doodling speaking of the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year, it is the most important holiday to the Chinese; they believe  Drawing that everyone turns a year older on the New Year so they  Doing fun things with your friends! celebrate everyone’s birthday on that day. The Forbidden City was where the Emperor stayed, it was named such because no commoner was allowed in, and any commoner who saw the emperor was killed. Hey, is anybody else hungry? Well good luck getting through this next part then! There’s… baby bok choy, bubble tea, claypot rice, dried cuttlefish, egg rolls, fresh bamboo shoots, Goji berries, haw flakes, iron goddess tea, jellyfish, Kung Pao chicken, Longan fruit, Mooncakes, and many many MANY more. And that concludes our tour, if you have any questions feel free to ask, the taste testing of traditional foods will start in about an hour so you have plenty of time to visit the gift shop. Have a nice day! (Disclaimer: Any offensive comments made, were made for the sake of comedy. Any comments are not to be taken seriously and if are found offense are apologized profusely for. Information on China was found on these three websites http://www.livescience.com/28823-chinese- culture.html, https://www.factretriever.com/china-facts, http://appetiteforchina.com/recipes/blog/100-chinese- foods-to-try-before-you-die)

Stingray Times 3 10 Fun Facts about OLWEUS By: Anna M. January

By: Macy D. Schools around the world participate in OLWEUS.

OLWEUS is a Bullying Prevention Program when we The name January came from a Roman god named 1. learn how to stop and prevent bullying. This program was Janus. Some people regard Janus as the god of all created by Dan Olweus, from Sweden. Dan Olweus is a beginnings and believe that his association with research professor of psychology affiliated with the doorways is derivative. He was invoked as the first of any Research Center for Health Promotion (HEMIL) at the gods in regular liturgies. The beginning of the day, month, and year, both calendrical and agricultural, were sacred University of Bergen in Norway. He has been working on bullying problems among school children and youth to him. The month of January is named for him, and his festival took place on January 9, the Agonium. There for nearly forty years. Dan Olweus has published many books about bullying and have been translated in to about were several important temples erected to Janus, and it is assumed that there was also an early cult on the 25 different languages since 1993. Dan Olweus created Janiculum, which the ancients took to mean “the city of this program to help form better relationship between Janus.” students, stop bullying among students, and prevent bullying from occurring in the future. This program is the 2. Did you know that January is, on average, the coldest foremost bullying prevention program in the world. month of the year within most of the Northern OLWEUS is important to students because there have Hemisphere and the warmest month of the year within been many problems that have occurred as an effect of most of the Southern Hemisphere? bullying. Dan Olweus wanted to stop this by created this program designed to help students and children 3. January is known as the International Creativity Month. worldwide. This month’s celebration is a reminder of the potential and importance of fostering and cultivating creativity. International Creativity Month was founded by Randall Munson, a professional speaker and presenter who is notorious for using humor, magic tricks and creativity in Chinese New Year, Again his presentations to businesses and firms around the By: Riley F. world, (clients include Disney World, Microsoft, and IBM) as a means to inspire not only large corporations and business, but individuals to capitalize on the power of Many people recognize the New Year as the time creativity and innovation. spanning between December 31st and January 1st. Although, for those following the Ancient Chinese Calendar, 4. Did you know that the birthstone of January (Garnet) the New Year has yet to happen in 2017. This year, the represents purity, truth, and friendship? event is occurring on January 28th. Known more formally as the Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year is celebrated as a 5. When it is January in the Northern Hemisphere, its way to remember and respect ones ancestors, as well as the winter. But, in the Southern Hemisphere January would household and religious deities. The date of the Spring be considered summer. In the northern hemisphere, the Festival varies depending on the Chinese Lunar Calendar, summer months are considered June, July and August; which follows a twelve year calendar. These years each however, in the southern hemisphere, the summer have a specific animal attributed to them. These animals months are December, January and February. include the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and the boar. 6. In the horoscope, the month of January shares two Like any holiday, the Spring Festival has many traditions Zodiac signs: Capricorn, which lasts from December 22 that go along with it. For many people, the Festival is a time to January 19, and Aquarius, which lasts through the end to be spent with family. Any disputes should be left behind of the month and until February 18. in the previous year, and people should reconcile with those they had arguments or conflict with. There are also …Continued on page 6 many traditional foods that are eaten on this holiday. These foods include dumplings, fish cooked in various different ways, and a New Year’s cake, which is fried rice powder. Although there are many differences between the two, the Chinese New Year is not so different that the one celebrated in the United States.

Stingray Times 4 Winnie the Pooh Small Things You Can Do By: Katie H

To Eat Healthier January 18, 2017 is national Winnie the Pooh day! Winnie By: Sydney W. the Pooh started to get famous around WW1. Troops were on a train and a man bought a black bear for $20 from a hunter Substitute unhealthy ingredients with healthier who had killed its mother. The bears name was “Winnipeg”, or ingredients. Some ideas are: “Winnie” for short, after the man’s hometown. Winnie became a mascot of the Brigade and traveled around the world. Soon o Instead of cheese or mayonnaise in a sandwich, after Winnie went to a zoo and became one of the most popular attractions. Author A.A. Milne was the first to put Winnie the use avocado Pooh as a fictional honey-loving bear in a book. National o In chili or pasta sauce, ask whoever’s making it Winnie the Pooh day commemorates Milne’s birthday. Winnie to use ground turkey instead of ground beef. the Pooh was also very popular later on with Christopher o Extra-virgin olive oil is a good substitution for, Robin, Milne’s son. Christopher Robin had stuffed animals that butter, and can be used as a salad dressing, if he named, Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga and Roo. This became the inspiration for other characters in Milne’s books. Other you mix in lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, or characters such as Rabbit and Owl are based on real animals spices. near Milne’s hometown. The books had gone worldwide in o Instead of eating ice cream, blend together a over 25 different languages. At the end of 1996 the books made frozen banana and cocoa powder. over 20 million dollars. Later that year Walt Disney wanted to make Pooh and his friends into a film. A year later in 1997 'The When you have extra time, prepare smoothie Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' came to be the first bags. Make different fruit and vegetable feature-length animated film of Winnie the Pooh. In 1993 Disney realized that Pooh was the second favorite character of combinations and put them in Ziploc bags in the fans everywhere. Mickey was the favorite of fans and then freezer. When you’re ready for a smoothie, blend Pooh. Disney released 3 movies just based on Winnie the Pooh together the contents of a bag, juice or milk, and and his friends. Winnie the Pooh has 100’s of quotes that mean yogurt. Here are some smoothie combination a lot. Some of them are; ideas:  'If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never o Plain yogurt, banana, strawberries, orange juice have to live without you.’ , o Apple juice, banana, kiwi, strawberries, honey  'I'm not lost for I know where I am. But o Mango, plain yogurt, milk, cardamom, granulated sugar, and ice however, where I am may be lost.’ o Strawberries, raspberries, fresh spinach, yogurt  "You are braver than you believe, or almond milk, banana stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think,"  “How lucky I am to have something that When you’re thirsty, drink a glass of water or milk makes saying goodbye so hard.” instead of a soda, iced tea, or sports drink. When you’re hungry for a snack, try to eat Greek yogurt, nuts, baby carrots, fruit, or healthy trail mix, instead of chips, cookies, or candy.

Stingray Times 5 Facts About January Upcoming Movies for

…continued from page 4 2017 7. Did you know that the flowers of January are the snowdrop and the carnation? Not nearly as known or By: Molly W. often as heard of as the Carnation, the Snowdrop is also a flower that symbolizes being born in the month of 1. Beauty and the Beast – Staring Emma January. The Snowdrop, also known as Galanthus nivalis Watson as Belle an independent, beautiful young can grow to be 15cm tall and traditionally first flowers in either January or February in the north. The Snowdrop is lady is taken prisoner by a beast played by Dan a white flower with three small petals in the middle Stevens. Belle soon has befriended the magical surrounded by three larger petals on the outside. It is staff at the castle. And later sees through the similar but should not be confused with the Snowflake, which also has six petals but is much larger and all the Beast scary exterior making her recognize his petals are the same size. There are two other types of kind heart. This movie is due to release in the Snowdrops, the Crimean snowdrop also known as USA March 17, 2017. Galanthus plicatus, which stands 30cm tall flowering in January and March, and the Giant snowdrop or Galanthus elwesii, which is 23cm tall, flowers in January and February that normally has green blotches on the 2. The Baby Boss – Directed by Tom inner petals. McGrath and Narrated Tobey Maguire an 8. There are 7 different vegetables that are in season imaginative seven year played by Miles Baksi during the month of January, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, clashes with his newborn brother “The baby cabbage (savoy and spring green), leeks, and the boss” played by Alec Baldwin. The movie is due month’s best are, carrots and kale. to release in the USA on March 31, 2017. 9. The first New Year was celebrated 4,000 years by the ancient Babylonians. Time Square New Year's Eve Ball was first dropped in 1907. Back then, a 700-pound ball 3. Despicable Me 3 – Gru played by Steve embellished with 25-watt bulbs made of iron and wood Carrell and his wife Lucy played by Kristen was dropped. Now, however, it weighs 11,875 pounds, is 12 feet in diameter and is adorned with 2,668 Waterford Wiig try to stop a former ‘80s child star from crystals. The tradition has continued in Times Square, achieving world domination, with or course the except for in 1942 and 1943. The ball was not lowered help from the minions. Expected to release in the because of wartime restrictions. USA June 30, 2017.

10. January means 'Janus's month' and became the first month of the year in circa 700 BC. The Saxons called the month 'Wulf-monath' meaning wolf month

Stingray Times 6 Grilled Steak with Green Beans, Tomatoes and January Recipes Chimichurri Sauce By: Mackenzie R Ingredients: Recipes from www.foodnetwork.com 3/4 pound green beans, trimmed Lightened-Up Shrimp Scampi 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more for grill grates

Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper Ingredients: 2 strip steaks (about 1-inch thick), about 1 1/2 pounds 6 ounces multi-grain spaghetti total, trimmed of excess fat and halved 1/4 cup multi-grain croutons, crushed Chimichurri sauce (Recipe Below) 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 1/2 small garlic clove 1 1/2 tablespoons grated lemon zest 1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/4 cup fresh herbs, such as parsley, mint and cilantro 1 shallot, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 garlic clove, minced 1 tablespoon water 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 3/4 pound large shrimp, shelled and deveined (about 16 large shrimp, 21 to 25 count) 1/4 teaspoon salt Directions: 1/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth Place a double layered piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil 1/4 dry white wine on a tray or cutting board; fold and gather edges of foil to 1 tablespoon lemon juice form a rim. Toss the green beans and tomatoes on foil 6 black pitted and chopped olives such as kalamata with 1 tablespoon olive oil and season with salt and (about 1 tablespoon) pepper. Preheat a grill to medium. Lightly oil the grill grates and season the steak with salt and pepper. Slide Directions: the foil tray onto the grill and cook! Tossing occasionally, until the beans char slightly and cook through, for about Cook the spaghetti according to package directions. 15 minutes. Meanwhile, add the steaks to the grill; cook Drain and set aside. Meanwhile, combine the croutons, until desired doneness, about 5 minutes per side for 1/2 tablespoon of the parsley, and 1 tablespoon of the medium-rare, and longer on each side for a medium or zest in a small bowl; set aside. Heat the oil in a large well-done steak. Remove steaks to cutting board to rest nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the shallot, garlic, 5 minutes. Slice and serve steak and the vegetables with and red pepper. Cook, stirring until the shallots are soft, the Chimichurri Sauce. To make the Chimichurri sauce, for about 1 minute. Add the shrimp and the salt, and cook, combine garlic, vinegar, herbs, olive oil and water in small over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until the food processor; pulse until herbs are coarsely chopped. shrimp are opaque, cloudy or dark, for 1 to 2 minutes. Stir Season with salt and pepper. in the broth, lemon juice, and olives. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute, then reduce the heat to medium. Stir in the spaghetti, the remaining 3 tablespoons parsley, and the remaining 1/2 tablespoon zest, tossing to coat well; remove from the heat. Move the food to a large bowl. Sprinkle with the crouton mixture. Serve immediately.

Stingray Times 7 Current Events: January

 On the 20th the President Elect Winter Word Search Donald Trump will be inaugurated as president of the United States of S Z K J S D F H G I H I D K A J H F G O L A F A C A America. I C E S K A T I N G T E E  Charleston church shooter, Dylann R M F R O S T D Z J S H T Roof is sentenced to death K U A H I H D I F L D O A  Switzerland wins religious freedom I A G H R E T N I W O C L case that will obligate parents to send H O C N W Y G F K A Q K O their children to unisex swimming B M I K D J A N U A R Y C S N O W F K J G K W I H O classes. The parents of these children M A N J L R K B P I C Z H have fought to have the children J H F G J A O K R N M X C separate because “allowing their girls H M I T T E N S O D A I T to swim with boys would violate their S L E D G D F I T D F C O faith.” G E D S C A R V E S I E H  Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting’s fifth

Frost Snow Ice Skating victim identified as 69 year old Mary Jack Frost Winter Scarves Louise Amzibel. Mittens January Ice Hockey  The potential Obamacare repeal is set Hot Chocolate Snowman Wind by the Senate. Hats Olaf Sled  Scientists discover the moon may be

older than they expected.

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