Meet the Crew: Rachel Koshy, Rebecca Wallenstein, Samantha Baron, Chloe Mechanic, Julia Tawadros, Taylor Fong, Shreena Shah, Kacie Finkle, Alec Josen, Ava Cohen, Devin Michaels, Elana Malkoff, Tyler Walowitz, Ishani Gandotra, Heju Lee, Lauren Park, Alica Bajaj, Jasmine Semerkant, Joash Leenoe, Grayson Kies, Mona Ismail, Sam Moghaddam, Abbi Ortega, Sophia Khani Habit 3: February Put First Things First Check out this group's presentation! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/126o8oYV_t-XP_wcGrZ7ltCgy76 dJ4COy4GiKvMCfjDo/edit?usp=sharing First things first means that if you have large priorities, you should complete those before you do anything else that’s less important. For example, if you need to do your homework but you also want to watch a new episode of your favorite show, do your homework first because homework is more important than watching your favorite show. The show will still be there when you finish your homework. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12pvUcZWiTuz789xo_xH0zniYF Nmq0AV5iu7246Jo5bI/edit Make sure you go check out this great google form that Chloe made! There are 5 questions about some examples and what should you do first before the other? By, Rebecca Wallenstein, Samantha Baron, Chloe Mechanic, Julia Tawadros , Taylor Fong, Shreena Shah Habit 4: March Think Win Win Check out this group's presentation! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1h5Qe5uiTbFgIAHN4dJGTy2t_SXGjEs 3hteDMhXOe9VU/edit?usp=sharing Think Win WIn means to compromise and try your best to live a balanced life. Now play the Kahoot to see what you’ve learned. https://create.kahoot.it/share/enter-kahoot-title/2066269b-b890-4e0c-8ed2-6abadb1f627d This is made by: Zoey Spolansky, Kacie Finkle, Alec Josen, Angela John, Ava Cohen, Devin Michaels, Elana Malkoff, & Tyler Walowitz! American Heart Month American Heart Month February is American Heart Month. American Heart Month is when our country spotlights heart disease. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared it for the first time in 1964. He was among the millions of people who suffered from heart attacks and he wanted to raise awareness about the disease. US presidents have been doing this ever since. Friday, February 5th is National Wear Red Day, when people like news anchors wear red to raise awareness and support the battle against heart disease. During this pandemic, many people with symptoms of heart disease have avoided going to hospitals for treatment. The American Heart Association launched a campaign to remind people that it’s important to go to hospitals if you have symptoms. During American Heart Month let’s try to stay heart healthy by exercising and eating healthy food. Let’s be Heart Healthy! By, Rachel Koshy Virtual Game Show Night February 16, tuesday night at 7:30 our very own STUCO hired SO Fun city to entertain us! There is a new update with zoom in which allows you to create a poll. So, SO fun city created a game that includes this update. They created questions based on popular shows and movies, and everyone answered. The score that we tried to beat was 36, and we beat it and got 52 points! So if you missed it, this is your opportunity to try and answer the questions! Go to this google form to do the questions: https://forms.gle/JmVnekPKEtS9KZn26 If you didn't have the opportunity to go to this meet try and go to this google form and you will have the same opportunity that we had! The results of the google form will be shown in my next article and the correct answers as well! By, Ishani Gandotra Magic Show Night Are you ready for round two? Instead this will be filled with MAGIC! When: March 30th at 7:00pm How: Register online and join the google meet What: Enjoy magic tricks and learn all about MAGIC Annual POBMS Book Talk Event With Literacy Week wrapping up, it is time to kick off our POBMS Annual Book Talk. This year, our community event will look a little different. We will be hosting a virtual Book Club with the National Honor Society students from the High School over the course of 2 nights in April on a google meet. Interested in joining a virtual Book Talk with High School students? The National Honor Society students will be hosting a google meet on Tuesday April 21st and April 28th at 7:00pm to embark on a reading journey with you! Borrow a copy of the novel The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman. We look forward to enjoying this inspiring novel with you by our side! STEP 1: Join the Google Classroom code: lkqtbvu STEP 2: Complete the google form Click Here to Fill Out the Form STEP 3: Read the book! STEP 4: Join HS students on a google meet for fun activities on April 21st and April 28th at 7:00pm! Phase II @ POBMS Phase II at POBMS is in full effect. Students are excited moving from class to class for specials. 5th & 6th graders are happy to be on the move again! 7th & 8th graders are glad to be back on Fridays too. Having the building full 5 days a week. Plainview-Old Bethpage Literacy Week _______________________________________________ The week of March 8-12 was Literacy Week for our middle schools. During Literacy Week, both middle schools gave students opportunities to participate in all sorts of fun, book-related activities. Each day there were diferent activities and on Friday the twelth there was a literacy-related, school-wide Kahoot. Also on Friday, author Gordon Corman visited our schools in a joint virtual assembly. He shared his journey to becoming an author and his experience as a writer. Mr. Corman told us that he wrote his first book when he was in seventh grade, when he was twelve years old. He wrote the book as part of an assignment for English class. Corman sent the book, named This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, to Scholastic and it was published a few years later. Corman answered questions from students, many about the stories behind his books. He spoke about his popular books including, War Stories, The Unteachables, Restart, Unplugged, and the Sixth Grade Nickname Game. He also talked about his newest book, Linked, which is coming out in July of 2021. Plainview Old-Bethpage Literacy Week was a week full of amazing activities that taught us all a little something about literacy. Coming July 2021: Linked By, Rachel Koshy Google Forms Revealed more people than… who took the survey were… Big siblings Only child and lile sibling viewers creators Girls boys Movie watchers Book reader Christmas lovers Halloween lover Dog lovers Cat lovers harry poer fan Percy Jackson fan meat eater Vegetarian singer Dancer city person Country person youtuber Tiktoker Notice: Remember, only around 7-10 People took this survey. This survey is not meant to offend or hurt anybody. This survey was just for fun. By, Heju Lee Some polls for you to answer! 2021 I hope you enjoy these forms I made! In my opinion, I enjoy answering google forms. You can also answer the polls in your free time. (you can click on the answer you prefer in your opinion) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14rX1Eth63Ddg38rV5BNyZwNlQRSyL 4b6Afi3Y7NjuzU/edit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y4zUvfTHP2WJxvl2hXpSX9_kyESlX mMSIouV09-Yy5A/edit I hope you enjoyed these polls! By, Lauren Park Would you rather…? Answer these poll questions. There are many to do such as would you rather,some questions about what is happening and all sorts of things. Have fun answering these questions!! https://forms.gle/kH7CgW4e3gp5nJCb9 https://forms.gle/YW1q5ycBovz4FmF97 I hope you enjoyed answering these questions. The results will come in the next edition! By, Alisha Bajaj Smoking is Stupid! Have you ever seen a family member or friend smoke a cigarette before? Read this article to find how to help them quit! Smoking is stupid. Smoking is stupid because it kills about 67% of smokers, it has dangerous chemicals, and nearly 1 billion people smoke. Smoking; The Invisible Devil Smoking can affect many people around the world. Why? Well because there are 3 different types of smoking, there is first-hand smoking, second-hand smoking, and third-hand smoking. First-hand smoking; First-hand smoking is when a smoker inhales their own smoke from the cigarette. According to google “first-hand smoke refers to the smoke inhaled by a smoker” This means that, first-hand smoke is when a smoker inhales the smoke from the cigarette. Second-hand smoke is when a non-smoker is targeted by the smoke from a cigarette. According to, “Medivizor” it states that “Study after study confirms the risks for non-smokers exposed to secondhand smoke. Reviews have shown that even brief exposures can affect the lungs in adverse ways.” This means that, if a non-smoker is exposed to smoke it can affect them. Third-hand smoking is when a smoker smokes in their house or car and the chemicals are left in the area. According to, “Thirdhand smoke is residual nicotine and other chemicals left on indoor surfaces by tobacco smoke. People are exposed to these chemicals by touching contaminated surfaces or breathing in the off-gassing from these surfaces. This residue is thought to react with common indoor pollutants to create a toxic mix including cancer causing compounds, posing a potential health hazard to nonsmokers — especially children.” This means that not only the smoker is affected by smoking but everyone around them is too. The Murderer : Smoking Smoking kills 67% of the population, and that's on a weekly basis. Pretty horrible right? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that there are dangerous ingredients in smoking!! The ingredients in smoking can be dangerous for everyone! According to google the ingredients in smoking are: “tiny solid particles including phenols, nicotine and naphthalene.