VITh' N1WS DECEMBER, 1993 VOL. 8 NO. 2 BETTER THAN THE REST READ, READ, READ

Festival of Lights Concert C.P.E. 1's mixed chorus gave The Festival of Lights is a a concert at the Museum of celebration that took place on the City of New York on 5th December 7, 1993 in the lobby Avenue and 103rd Street on of C.P.E. I which is a public December 12th at 3:00 P.M. school located on 106th and The chorus was the last part of Madison. Anybody from our "Share the Season". school can come to the "Share the Season" is a Festival of Lights. celebration of many different This is a celebration for religions. Some of the everybody to talk about the celebrations were Kwanza, Winter Concert holiday that they celebrate. Christmas, Hanukkah, and Some people celebrate Three King's Day. There were On Thursday, December 16, Christmas, Kwanza, lots of activities like origami, there was a winter concert. It Hanukkah, Three King's Day, making Three King's Day took place in the auditorium or some other holiday. crowns, and making of CPE. The mixed, boys and The families that came decorations for the museum girls choruses sang. The brought candles. Everybody Christmas tree. recorder groups 2 and 3 played. that came lit a candle that The violin groups 2 and 3 represented their holiday. by Sarah Greene played, too. The concert went The first thing that we did very well and everybody was to light the candles. Snow played and sang beautifully. Sometimes we hold them, but this year we put them on a On December 11th, there was by Kamila Scott table. Then we sang songs a huge snow in the five and told stories. The stories boroughs. This snow was a might be new or might have special snow because it wasn't Socks been told to them by their supposed to snow until older relatives or other December 21st. The snow Socks, the White House cat, is people. stopped on Sunday, December the most famous cat I know. This holiday is meant to 12th. The cat gets 200 letters daily. bring everybody together and After awhile, everything was On occasion he is visited by to light up their lives and the covered with snow and the volunteers who answer his world. children went outside to play. mail. There were snow fights, by Suri Seymour rolling around in the snow, by Lauren Curry building snow-men and snow angels. When the snow Ice Skating ended, the temperature dropped lower. On December 20th, Susan's Poetry Corner class and Winnette's class by Yin Zhu and went ice skating. We have Drusilia Gutierrez Night lots of friends in Susan's class. We had a lot of fun ice The silent ruler skating together. of the sky Eileen and I taught Drusilia has gone down. how to ice skate because she Up comes asked us to. We had a lot of KIDS' NEWS is written and a friend fun ice skating together. We published by the fifth and to dance and play played tag. We really had a sixth-graders of class 224. and send down lot of fun. Central Park East 1 rays 1573 Madison Avenue of light, tonight. by Melissa Avellant New York, N.Y. 10029 WHAT'S HAPPENING Natalie and Kamila

The Book Fair Double Dutch Lillian's Christmas

Every year in C.P.E. I, we On Friday, December 10, Lillian Quek was Winnette's have a book fair. This year 1993, the new double dutch class's student teacher. I was in Lucy's room. Each team had its second meeting. interviewed her about what class had a different time to Alvida, who is the teacher, she does on Christmas. She see the books. If you liked a thought of the idea of starting said, "We eat a typical latino book, you put down the title the double dutch team last dinner of arroz y gandules and the price on a slip of year. She wanted the team to (rice and pigeon peas), pernil paper. The next day, you compete against other schools. (ham), and vegetables, and for brought in the money to buy This year, Aaliyah, Kamila, dessert, we eat flan. the book(s). Safiya and Natalie helped start "After we eat, we watch T.V. They had all kinds of books the double dutch team by and play games. Then we start at the fair. They had books for talking with Lucy. They heading over to our church at little kids who are just wanted to help little kids 11:30 p.m. to make it for 12:00 learning to read, and chapter learn to jump. Lucy told us mass. When we come home, books for big kids. They also that Alvida was interested in we open our presents. had calendars for anybody to teaching us how to jump "On Christmas Day, we just buy. better and compete against rest a lot," said Lillian. other schools and that's how This is only one of the many by Arabely Sosa the team began. ways that people celebrate Christmas. There are a lot more. What to do for your days out More Double Dutch of school. by Suri Seymour On Friday, the double dutch For those who don't have team went to the lunch room anything to do for your and we started our practice. vacation, read this and I am First, we did lots of exercises sure you will find something like jumping jacks, stretching to do. our arms and running ten Tuesday - Friday, December laps. To get our legs strong, 29th -31st, there will be a snuff we jumped straight rope and mill at the N.Y. Botanical we had a relay race. After all Garden. The snuff mill is of that, we practiced our when you make things and double dutch jumping. design things like twig Alvida taught us how to Pam's class is having a cottages, mobiles, and natural turn without moving our morning meeting. Then they music-makers to ring in the heads and how to jump have work time to build and new year. straight. After the holidays, look at animals. After clean There will be different we are going to compete up they share what they did at nature and crafts activities against the other schools. work time. When they're each day from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. done, they go outside to play The Garden is at 200th Street by Natalie Johnson in the little yard. When they and Southern Boulevard, and Aaliyah Sharif come back, Pam reads them a Bronx, NY 10458. Call Public story and they discuss what Programs at 718-817-8870 for happened in the story. Then more information. they go to lunch and recess. I hope you go and enjoy. Happy holidays to After recess they have quiet Have a wonderful holiday. all reading and read to themselves. Tuesdays, they by Natalie Johnson end the day with music class with Barry. by Melissa and Sarah

~~~~~---~------~ ---I--I~~ REVIEWS Kris and Matt NFL FOOTBALL '94 for Sega THE MOVES MAKE THE MAN THE LEGEND OF TARIK If you like football and you by Bruce Brooks by Walter Dean Myers have Sega Genesis, this is your game. You'll love it! EA This book as about basketball. If you like fantasy/adventure SPORTS makes this game and The type of book it is, is books, you'll love THE they make the best sports adventure. James Foxworthy LEGEND OF TARIK whose games for Super NES and can handle anything, even family was killed by an evil Genesis. being the first black to man named Elmuerte. I like it because there's sports integrate into the largest Two men trained him. One talk in it and Joe Montana white school in Wilmington, was blind, one had only one stars as the quarterback and North Carolina. hand. you are him. Your in Foxworthy wants to become Tarik had to do many this game is to win the Super a Harlem Globetrotter. He is exercizes before he could Bowl. When someone makes good enough to make it, but avenge his family's deaths, a touchdown, they show him not good enough in school including holding water in his big celebrating. work. Will he really make it hands and saying Elmuerte's What I also like about the or not? name 100 times without game is that when you catch dropping one drop of water. the ball, you turn into this by Calvin Gittens Tarik has to get three things rainbow guy. When it's before he stands a chance halftime, they give a halftime Steel Tec against Elmuerte, the magic report and they show replays Steel Tec is a metal building sword, the crystal of truth, and of good plays you made. So, if set that is not very good. You the great black steed. you like football, get it. have to screw everything together and it's tiring to do. This is a really good book and by Andres Tavarez-Terrero Some pieces are missing from I like it a lot. I recommend it the set and there are lots of to people 7 and up. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA pieces that could get lost by Katherine Paterson easily. by Kris Cox If you really want to buy it, I This book is about a girl, would recommend that you Zillions Leslie, a boy, Jess and their buy the power wrench with it. relationship together. With This wrench will not make Have you ever heard of their good relationship, they you tired anymore. It is also Zillions? It's a magazine for create a magical kingdom in helpful if you work on a rug kids. It has different types of their minds and hearts. Then and keep all your pieces in articles about kids spending a terrible tragedy happens and little bags. If you find pieces money wisely. In one article, Jess sees how much Leslie missing, there is nothing you it shows a test being done by means to him. can do about it. kids. Kids rated toys and the I liked this book. I judges asked them their recommend it for kids 9 and by Jie Zhu opinion on a toy. up. In another article, kids were Mrs. Doubtfire is a movie doing something called the by Suri Seymour about a mother who wants a ZAP awards. They look at divorce, but her husband different commercials and rate Green Slime doesn't. After she gets a them. The kids show and talk by Susan Saunders divorce, he finds out that he about the good and bad points can only see his children on about that commercial. This book is about a girl certain hours on Saturday. Zillions is a good magazine Kathy, and Kathy's cousin He finds out that his wife for kids who like to read and Stevie and how Stevie makes was getting a housekeeper, so even those who don't like to green slime and the slime gets he dresses up like a girl and read. It's good for kids ages 7 out of control. becomes their housekeeper. and up. I liked the book. I would There is a lot more to the recommend it to anyone. movie. It is fun and funny. by Suri Seymour by Lauren Curry This movie is fun for all ages. by Matthew Kramer Editorials John and Andres Picture Pain Violence on Video Games Advice Remember the people who I think that violence on video took the school pictures? They games is getting worse. Now Dear Yin and Sarah and Eileen: were always playing with your there is a game called Mortal face by putting their hands on Kombat. In that video game, I need help. I am a student your head and pushing your you can rip a guy's head off teacher and I want your advice. head this way and that way, and see red blood dripping What would be your ideal art pulling your head up and onto the floor. You can even project to work on in art class? pushing your head down. It kick someone in the head and it really got on my nerves. We will come off and you will see From Confused should be able to do our own blood dripping. I think that it is poses. terrible and disgusting. If I Dear Confused: were you, I would not buy it by John unless you like mean, terrible Some of the kids in Cordelia's and disgusting things like and Larry's classes like to do The Running Rule Mortal Kombat. things with wood such as tables, houses, chairs, robots and trucks. I think we all know about the by Kamila Scott Other ideas are comic books, running incident. A kid was painting, clay, people and running in the hall and The Big Yard houses, linoleum cuts, prints, knocked down a teacher. I am cardboard schools, collage, paper glad we reinforced the no In the big yard, we play Christmas trees, and sewing running in the halls rule. Kids basketball, jump rope, football, pillows and dolls. have not been falling, tripping, catch, and tag. Sometimes there It's better if you have choices to or getting hurt recently. When are fights. The way the fight choose from. You could not do kids run, it looks sloppy to starts is the kids complain the same projects over and over visitors and causes accidents. about some-thing. Then they again. start to fight, but the teacher by John Jamrog stops the fight and it is over. Yin, Sarah, and Eileen Also in the big yard, there are teachers to make sure that you Why I Like C.P.E. are not doing anything bad. Fighting in the N.H.L. The big yard is a protective I like the lunches. Here they place for you. only cost 39 cents. In my old I think fighting in the N.H.L. school, they cost $1.35. The has definitely gotten out of by Bryan Frans lunches are better here. They are hand. In almost every game, hot. At my old school, they were there's at least one serious KIDS' NEWSDAY all cold. They didn't have pizza injury. After the fighting is or anything like that. over, once the same two players Dear Kids' Newsday, I like the way C. P.E. explains are on the ice, they'll just start reports to parents. They talk up again. That's why the I'm Andres Tavarez and I about good things and bad president might ban fighting in want to know how you produce things, not just the bad things. the N.H.L. That would your newspaper. What kind of Art is good because in my old probably be better because that things or columns do youhave school they did not let me use would prevent injuries. I hope in your newspaper. clay unless I was in this special he does ban it. I won't care. Our newspaper has a sports program for work and clay. page, reviews, entertainment Over here, they let you do art in by Dagan Uhle and an editorial page (which I pre-K. work on). Can you please send The thing I don't like about me a copy of your newspaper. music here is that they do not have a band or orchestra so you Send it to : Andres Tavarez, can play instruments. Room 224 Altogether, I think that C.P.E. is Central Park East I Elementary a great school. 1573 Madison Avenue New York, N.Y. 10029 by Luciano Tegni Sports Caluin and Dagan

GIVE US OUR JERSEYS! Cotton Bowl Injured Wing Steve Yzerman, the star center Mike Gartner is the In the NCAA college foot-ball for the , president of the players league, the Cotton Bowl suffered a herniated disk association in the N.H.L. involves two college football between the fifth and sixth (). teams, Texas State and North vertebrae. He and the players in the Carolina University. They Yzerman has now been out for N.H.L. are complaining to the will playoff on Saturday, almost six weeks, won't start president of the N.H.L. that December 25, 1993 in Dallas, skating until January, and won't it's not fair that when they get Texas at the Super Dome. play until March. So, taking the traded to another team, they The Cotton Bowl is played to place of the star center is Sergai can't keep their old jersey see which team will go to the Fedarov who has lead them to a with their last name on it. next round of the playoffs. five game winning streak. For instance, if Wayne There are four playoff rounds. The Red Wings played the Gretzky has his name on his The Cotton Bowl is the second on Friday, jersey, he feels the N.H.L. round. December 17th. It was a hard can't keep his name. test for the Red Wings without Mike Gartner plays for the by Jason Greene and Yzerman. New York Rangers and he Calvin Gittens This was Sergei Federov's said that Doug Weight, ex- most important game. The Red Ranger, got real mad when he Wings win it put them in third got traded to the Edmonton Come Back Mitchell place. It was a battle of strength. Oilers and he couldn't keep his old jersey. The tight-end for the Jets, by Dagan Uhle "I think the reason we're all Johnny Mitchell, sprained his mad about this is because we left knee on a tackle. Mitchell Ray Bourque off the Ice would like to remember the said, "I am in perfect condition Ray Bourque likes to spend teams we've been on in our for Dallas". time with his family. He also career and because they're our From missing two games likes to play golf because it's names, not the N.H.L.'s when his Jets played the slow and relaxing. names," said ex-Canadien, Washington Redskins, he He hates to play against Mario Claude Lemieux on M.S.G. caught one pass, dropped three Lemieux and the Pittsburgh (Madison Square Garden) passes, and had four penalties. Penquins. His superstitions are channel 29 when the Rangers In practice Mitchell was to always hit the face-off dots on played the New Jersey Devils. running free like the wind. the ice and hit the goalies' pads I had to go through college He got so excited about his pro with his stick. hockey and junior hockey bowl start after the season, that Bourque spends a lot of his and everything and I can't he had two no-show games. spare time with charity. In the keep my jersey!" said ex- In the first four games, summer, he has a golf tourna- Ranger Darren Turcotte on Mitchell caught 16 passes for ment to raise money for a kids ESPN 2. 305 yards, and four touch- hospital in Montreal. He had They want us to have our downs. In his last seven an assist in the Wales Confer- name on our jersey, so what's games, he went down to 14 ence's 16-6 win in the All-stars it gonna do in the locker catches, 189 yards, and two game in the Montreal Forum. room when we can have it in touchdowns. Ray's opponent was Chris our rooms in our home," said Boomer Esiason, the Chelios. He was teammates ex-Islander Glenn Healy on quarterback for the Jets, said, with 105.7 m.p.h shooter Al S.C. (Sports Channel). "Mitchell has been worrying Iafrate. Bourgue might lead the "We better get our jerseys," too much about his knee and Bruins to the Stanley Cup said Brian Leetch on E.S.P.N. not enough about his game". Finals. "I hope that the play- offs are not like last year," said by Danny Farrell by Calvin Gittens Assistant Captain Adam Oates. Bourque's great off the ice and definitely on the ice!

by Danny Farrell

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Chocolate Squares

.Hey, wanna surprise your family this Christmas? Bake them a batch of Toll House chocolate _auares. It's fun, easy, and tastes great. Here's what to do. Use a 13 by 9 inch pan.

Recipe:

2 and 1/4 cups flour teaspoon of baking soda 1 teaspoon of salt 2 sticks softened butter 3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup of firmly packed brown sugar teaspoon of vanilla extract 2 eggs 12-oz. package (2 cups) chocolate chips

Before making, get 2 bowls. One for the dry ingredients and one for the wet.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Beat the butter and sugar until creamy. Then beat in eggs one at a time. Then mix in the dry ingredients. Then put it in a pan and bake about 35 minutes.

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