Page 8 Fall 2019 Humans of Milne Valley Volume 3, Issue 1 Meet Zachariah; Fun, Happy, Athletic I was born several years ago in December in Toronto at North York General Hospital. I have an older sister, Olivia, and she is kind to me. My parents were both born in Canada but my grandparents came from Jamaica and Guyana. I love drawing and playing video games in my free time. I especially enjoy illustrating cartoons. My favourite colour is red The Milne Messenger and favourite book is ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’. I relate to some of the stuff the main char- Know What’s Happening…. acter goes through, but not the part where he gets bullied by his brother. Luckily, my sis- ter plays with me when I’m bored and really doesn’t bully me. I like to make friends and I do not like it at all when people are mad at me. My only worry is that something may hap- pen to my family. My future ambition is to be a car mechanic. I like cars a lot, my dream car is a BMW I8 in matte black. I am Zachariah and this is who I am. Shana G. teams, student opinions and a way for students to en- Welcome to the Milne Messenger. more! The students who write gage with each other and Milne Valley is continuing the these articles are in all grades. have a voice. We are able to newspaper club again this year! The Milne Messenger publish- share our thoughts and ide- Students write newspaper articles es at least four issues a year so as with peers, parents and to share with the students, parents stay tuned and continue reading teachers, so, if you are a and teachers on what is going on the newsletters to learn about student and would like to around in the school. The newspa- all the events that are going on have your voice be heard, per articles are written by the stu- around the school. Milne Val- the Milne Messenger is for dents, photos are taken by the stu- ley is very active in clubs, you. New writers are al- dents and interviews and editing sports teams and school events ways welcome. We encour- are done by the students with the which the students in the Milne age people to join and keep help of Ms. Rosen and Ms. Fusco. Messenger will make sure to reading future articles. Go The Milne Messenger consist of report! The Milne Messenger is Spartans! articles written about clubs, sports Page 2 Page 7 We Day Continuing the Legacy of the Welcome to the Milne Messenger 1 WE Day 2 Khaviyaa S. Comfort Corner 2 Marathon For Hope at Milne Valley Imagine helping to change the world Milne Valley students gained more Get to Know Ms. Moore 3 and simultaneously enjoying your time knowledge about climate change, bully- plete his goal. Terry Fox had a huge impact on many L2L Tutoring at Milne 3 with world-renowned speakers and ing, self-harm, discrimination, tenacity Shana G. lives in Canada and this is why schools like Milne Val- Making a Difference in the performers with tens of thousands of and perseverance, and predominantly, ley are continuing what Terry Fox started. World we live in 3 youth! On September 19th, eight stu- making a change. We thank Ms. Terry Fox is a Canadian hero who created the Marathon of Moore, Ms. Cullimore, and Ms. Magder The Fist Few Weeks of Milne dents from Milne Valley got the chance Hope to raise money that goes toward finding a cure for can- On September 27th, 2019, Milne Valley participated in to participate in an unparalleled event, for taking Milne Valley students on this cer. He is a the Terry Valley… 4 bringing together motivational speakers event to learn from others and broaden Canadian Fox run. Cn You Hear the Music at Milne and performers, educators and families our desire to make a “mess into a mes- athlete, hu- Before the Valley? 4 to celebrate and commemorate a year of sage,” using what they've learned as a manitarian Terry Fox means of being of service to others. Hurricane Dorian 4 action that transformed communities and a cancer run, every These students learned a lot and are Climate Change is Everyone’s and changed lives. WE Day was research class fund- founded by brothers Marc and Craig inspired and motivated to do more for activist. raised by Problem 5 Keilburger. This year’s WE Day Toron- our planet! “I am WE!” Terry Fox having The Toronto Raptors Last to was in Scotiabank Arena, surrounded had cancer every stu- Season was a Winner! 5 by thousands of distinctive colours and himself and dent bring Let’s Get Reading Milne Valley 5 vigorous youth. The stage was filled by had to get in two dol- his leg am- The Role of Character Traits inspirational individuals and young, lars. Our social innovators through an education- putated. goal was to In our Learning 6 al initiative, honoring contributions and Even after have every- TTC Etiquette 6 the will to continue making impacts on the amputa- one bring at Changing the Way We Use the global world. Those in attendance tion, instead least a Water 6 included David Suzuki (Canadian sci- of quitting toonie for Continuing the Legacy of the Marathon entist, television personality), Rupi doing the “Toonie for Kaur (Canadian poet and performer), things he loved such as basketball, he used his Milne Students Running Laps Terry Tuesday.” We also had an assembly For Hope at Milne Valley 7 James Arthur (English singer- cancer as a motivation and decided to start the Marathon of and a guest speaker come in and tell us more about Ter- Qu’est-ce-que let GenZ’s peuvent faire? 7 songwriter), Johnny Orlando (Canadian Hope to collect money to find a cure for it. His goal was to ry Fox’s story. Milne Valley will continue to participate Humans of Milne Valley 8 singer-songwriter), Jenna Ortega run across Canada and have every Canadian donate at least a in the Terry Fox run and continue to fundraise. The total Puzzles 8 dollar. Unfortunately, Terry’s cancer spread to his lungs and (American actress), and more. From Milne Student at We Day raised at Milne Valley this year was $882.80. Hopefully Comic 8 these performers and social innovator, he passed away on June 28th, 1980 and was unable to com- next year, we can raise more money than we did this Comfort Corner Milne Valley Messenger Faith R. my past and what I'm going through. October 2019 Hello readers of the Milne Messen- ger, this is an entry to tell you that We are all hiding Qu’est-ce-que les Gen Z’s peuvent faire? Editorial Board you are not alone. Everyone is going something sad that through or has gone through some- has happened to us Michelle Z. whether its small J. Fusco and J. Rosen thing that has made them, sad, angry, réaction en chaîne et à la fin les personnes vont être bien (like a fight with a Le changement climatique est quelque chose dont tout le or another emotion we don’t want to informées et c’est plus facile de faire du changement. Publisher friend), or big monde a entendu. Peut-être vous avez vu l’information à feel. I have gone through and am Deux autres méthodes faciles sont, les Gen Z’s peuvent (like abuse or assault). Faith propos du changement climatique sur les médias sociaux J. Fusco going through a lot, and that’s a fact! changer les petites choses qu’ils font dans leur vie Just know that someone has ou les nouvelles; n’importe où, le changement climatique I can imagine what you are going comme: au lieu de jeter les déchets sur le plancher, les Editors gone through it too. I'm not est très important. Comme les Gen Zs nous pouvons es- through because I probably have mettre dans la poubelle; suivre les trois R, réutiliser, ré- lying or exaggerating. No mat- sayer d'arrêter le changement climatique et ensemble gone through something similar my- duire et recycler! Les petites choses peuvent changer la Shana G., Khaviyaa S., Alisia N., ter how messed up it is, some- aider la Terre. Alors, quelles sont les méthodes faciles self. terre! Guidez votre génération, et changez le monde! Michelle Z. one is there for you to talk to. pour aider la Terre? Une méthode est, éduquer les autres sur le changement climatique. Si vous éduquez les autres, Contributors My past is not picture perfect and not If you need to talk check out what you would expect based on https://kidshelpphone.ca/ for les autres vont faire de même, donc c’est comme une Ellie A., Mishal A., Lily B., Shana what I look and act like. I have hid resources. G., Manal H., Mariam H., Alisia N., I thank you for reading. You Avery P., Jasmine P., Elizabeth R., are not alone. Katerina M., Faith R., Khaviyaa S., Salina S., Michelle Z. Art Alisia N. Page 6 Page 3 The Role of Character Traits in our Learning. Get to know Ms. Moore including the flute, all kinds of clari- Lily B, Salina S and Ellie A them succeed. Ms. Moore loves being nets, oboe, bassoon, all saxophones, By Alisia N. a principal, she can't identify anything trombone, bari- spect could be by treating your peers with to understand how someone else is We all know that we have a new prin- Milne Valley encourages its students courtesy, politeness, and encouraging feeling or to understand the situa- cipal this year, but students don’t real- she doesn't like about it.