Editor: Jamie Alexandra Godfrey Advisor: Ms. Susanne Salhab HOLIDAY ISSUE ISE’s annual haunted house Margaret & Triinu-Liis He said/she said: 12 days of Christmas in Top 8 Christmas Tallinn Movies Elliina Jonathan & Jamie CEESA volleyball Human rights in tournament Estonia Paula & Teele Elliina Most reletable IB quotes Jonathan Holiday foods around the Alex’s TEDx speech world Margaret & Triinu-Liis Paula & Teele Children’s Drawings Gabriela, Tristan, Lucy, Kit , Maria, Simone, Stan and Filipp ANE LINN ISE’S ANNUAL HAUNTED HOUSE By Margaret and Triinu-Liis Every year our school has a tradition to create a haunted house for Halloween to entertain the young kids in our school. This year IB DP students organized the event and the theme was an abandoned science lab with suitable characters, interior, music etc. On the day of the event, we set up the library according to plan and afterwards participated in the haunted house. MOST RELATABLE IB QUOTES HE SAID/SHE SAID: TOP 8 CHRISTMAS By Jonathan MOVIES By Jamie and Jonathan IB Quote #145: The day I ditched school for homework With the Christmas season just around the corner, what better way to embrace it then to cuddle up in a warm IB Quote #1018: blanket with hot chocolate and watch some good old This is IB, you may pick 2 of the following: Christmas movies. Enjoy our top choices! 1. Good Grades 2. Enough Sleep Jamie 3. A Social Life 1. The Nightmare Before Christmas IB Quote #1668: 2. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas You know you're in IB when you procrastinate by 3. Home Alone doing "less important" homework. 4. Unaccompanied Minors 5. Jack Frost IB Quote #1078: 6. The Polar Express *sung to the tune of the 12 days of Christmas* 7. Fred Claus On the first day of IB my teachers gave to me ... 8. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 12 examinations 11 long equations Jonathan 10 mental breakdowns 9 questions begging 1. A Christmas Carol 8 textbooks slamming 2. Eight Crazy Nights 7 days of working 3. Gremlins 6 broken pencils 4. Home Alone 5 PAPER 3s! 5. The Nightmare Before Christmas 4 thousand words 6. The Family Man 3 hours sleep 7. Fred Claus 2 broken wrists 8. Elf AND A LOUSY MARK THAT KILLED ME!!! IB Quote #1659: You know you are in IB when you actually laugh at these quotes. See more at http://www.ibquotes.com! HOLIDAY FOODS AROUND THE WORLD Hanukkah foods are fried in By Teele and Paula oil. Potato pancakes (known as latkes) and jam-filled Sweden donuts (sufganiyot) are One of the holidays celebrated in Sweden, as well as other particularly popular in many countries in Europe, is Christmas. People there celebrate Jewish households. Other it by dancing around the Christmas tree, giving Santa rice Hanukkah customs include pudding and eating Christmas food like salmon and ice playing with four-sided spinning tops called dreidels chocolate. Typical Swedish foods for Christmas are and exchanging gifts. meatballs and knäck. Knäck is a Swedish Christmas http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/hanukkah toffee dessert. We tried making the knäck ourselves, USA which was simple and didn’t take a very long time. It Christmas is one of the USA’s biggest holidays. turned out to be delicious. Houses are decorated, Christmas carols sung and Ingredients needed: Santa puts presents under the Christmas tree during 1 cup sugar the night of the 24th that children open on the morning 1 cup honey of the 25th. Some of the ¼ cup butter common foods and beverages 1 cup whipped cream enjoyed are pumpkin pie, (also works without it) stuffed turkeys, gravy (sauce), Chopped nuts in very eggnog and stuffing. Kindly small pieces (we used told by Caroline an American almonds) student in grade 11. Directions: Sub Saharan Africa 1. Combine sugar, honey, butter and whipped cream in a Mr. T, the design techonology teacher, shared that in heavy saucepan. some parts of this region, Christmas is celebrated 2. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally until it similarity to Europe and the US. It is a lot less forms into caramel (not liquid, but heavy mass). It might commercial though; the holiday is mostly about take a while for the caramel to form. If it starts to bubble, religion and being with family. Also, Santa isn't as don’t worry, it’s ok. You will smell caramel and the color common. Many families don't have a special of the mixture will change. "Christmas food", but some do eat similar foods to the 3. When the mixture looks like caramel, add nuts, and US, for example turkey. you’re done! India 4. Now, just pour the mixture into small forms (no According to Anjali, an Indian student at ISE, Hindus matter what shape or don't celebrate Christmas, but there is a celebration material, but Swedes usually called Pancha Ganapati, lasting for 5 days (from 21st- make it into round shapes). 25th of December). During that time, families practice 5. Put them in the freezer or religious discipline as the holiday is about new, fresh the fridge (depending on starts. On day 1, the kids how fast you want them to decorate Ganapati (half harden). elephant-half human God) with the color yellow. Each 6. Enjoy your Swedish http://www.food.com/recipe/swedish toffee! -hard-candies-kn-ck-131585 day there is a different color. Israel Foods eaten during the 5 day According to Jonathan, an period include vadai and Israeli student in grade 10, modaka. around this time many people Hopefully, now you have a better idea of the in Israel have a special celebrations around the world during wintertime. As celebration called Hanukkah. shown Christmas is not the only celebrated holiday Hanukkah, which means around the world. Try making some of these “dedication” in Hebrew, begins traditional foods at home to surprise your family for on the 25th of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar and usually Christmas and learn more about these cultures. We falls in November or December. Often called the Festival truly wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, of Lights, the holiday is celebrated with the lighting of the Happy Pancha Ganapati and merry other not menorah, traditional foods, games and gifts. On each of mentioned celebrations!! the holiday’s eight nights, a candle is added to the menorah after sundown; the ninth candle, called the shamash (“helper”), is used to light the others. Traditional ALEX KESA’S SPEECH AT THE TEDX HUMAN RIGHTS IN ESTONIA EVENT IN TALLINN ON THE 15TH OF By Elliina NOVEMBER By Margaret and Over the years that humanity Triinu-Liis has lived on this planet the idea of the value of one's life has Our school’s 12th changed many times. grade IB DP student Nowadays, the general idea is Alex Kesa participated the same in most countries: at the annual TEDx human life is valuable. event at the Rocca al Different countries try to Mare school on the protect the citizens differently. 15th of November. Alex’s main interests Estonia, like most other nations, has a set of laws that lie in political draw a line between a person's rights and violating developments in Europe, the reforming of old another's rights. Over the course of many years, ideologies and the emergence of new political human rights in Estonia in general have changed. One movements. His attendance at the TEDx is a very big of the largest and most noticeable changes are the deal! Alex’s speech will be up on the Internet by the added LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender/ end of 2014. Until that time, he will be happy to talk transvestite) rights. From January 1, 2016 a new about his over 10-minutes long speech with whoever is addition called the Cohabitation Agreement will interested in politics or just curious. But as many of us allow couples of the same gender to be able to do not know about the event, we will give an overview receive legal recognition. For now, LGBT couples of it. will still not be able to marry nor adopt children, but the Cohabitation Agreement is another huge step About TED made by the government to assist their LGBT TED is an annual event where some of the world’s community. leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. “TED” stands for It is written in the Estonian Constitution (§9) that all Technology, Entertainment, Design — three broad individual human rights are valid for both Estonian subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. citizens and those visiting it. It is forbidden to judge And in fact, the event is broader still, showcasing ideas someone in a biased way because of their nationality, that matter in any discipline. Attendees have called it race, gender, religion (§12) etc. In theory, that law “the ultimate brain spa” and “a four-day journey into creates a shield for everyone and gives them a sense the future.” The diverse audience — CEOs, scientists, of legal security in Estonia. creatives, philanthropists — is almost as extraordinary as the speakers, which includes Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Some obvious, larger advancements in human rights Jane Goodall, Frank Gehry, Paul Simon, Sir Richard have been made by giving people more freedom to Branson, Philippe Starck and Bono. choose what they want. For example, way back in history people couldn't even choose their professions. About TEDx, x=independently organized event Usually it depended on what an individual's In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a predecessors did.