Fordham Preparatory School Summer Academy Mission Statement and Program Goal The Jesuit educational mission advo- cates that an ethnically and economically di- verse student body creates a superior envi- ronment for learning and living. The Ford- ham Prep Summer Academy was created to address the need for continued skills devel- opment among gifted young men in the Bronx. The Academy seeks to introduce able students of modest means to Fordham Prep. The program’s curriculum calls for in- struction in grammar, reading, and mathe- matics in the morning. Time after lunch is set aside for computer skills, theatre use, and opportunities for recreation. There are also visits to nearby cultural resources in and near the Bronx such as Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo. 2011 THE STUDENTS OF THE 2011 FORDHAM PREP SUMMER ACADEMY Joseph Bull St. Lucy Marlon Burgess Mott Hall —Throgs Neck Jonathan Campbell St. Mary School John Diaz Our Lady of Angels Tristan Diaz Our Lady of Angels Hakeem Dunkley Immaculate Conception— GH Jacy Frias St. John Chrysostom Arthur Gooden Sts. Philip and James Zaire Goodwin St. Mary School Christian Hamilton Holy Family Danny Herrera St. John Chrysostom David Hom St. John Joshua Johnson St. Lucy Elias Matamoros St. Athanasius James McCormack Visitation Thomas McKay St. Dominic Fernando Medina Mott Hall 3 Kendrick Mercedes St. Ann Jesus Morales Holy Family Cesar Moreira St. Simon Stock Jarette Mungin Immaculate Conception—MH Nwosu Okoro Sts. Philip and James Ivis Perdono St. Simon Stock John Pimintel Visitation Jason Ramsey St. John Chrysostom William Rios Immaculate Conception—GH Jasiah Sira Mott Hall— Throgs Neck Jesse Tiska Greenwich Catholic Justin Urena Carl Icahn Charter Damian Vallecillo St. Athanasius Reyd Williams Carl Icahn Charter Brian Wong St. Ann FPSA CURRICULUM The FPSA curriculum is for students entering FPSA the 7th grade. The three main subjects are Mathe- matics, taught by Mr. Pedro; Reading, taught by Mr. Armstrong; and English/Language Arts, taught by Ms. Irizarry. In Math, the students learn about the perimeter, area and volume of various shapes, and they also learn how to solve problems using inte- gers. In Reading, the students read the novel, The Outsiders, and hold classroom discussions. In Eng- lish/Language Arts, the students study vocabulary, spelling techniques, sentence structure, and they complete personal and descriptive writing projects. 2011 Summer 2011 Page 2 TRIPS AROUND THE BRONX TOUR OF ROSE HILL BY: JOHN DIAZ, ARTHUR GOODEN, JASON RAMSEY AND NWOSU OKORO On July 11, 2011, the students of the Fordham Prep Summer Academy went on a tour of the Rose Hill Campus. Rose Hill is the name given to the Fordham University Campus in 1787 by Robert Watts, a wealthy New York merchant. Fordham Prep was founded by John Hughes and established in 1841. It is a prestigious school located on the Rose Hill Campus at Fordham University. The name Rose Hill is in honor of his family‟s ancestral home of the same name in Scotland. The tour began at the cemetery down the road from Fordham Prep by Loyola Faber Hall. There are thirteen trees at Edward‟s Parade, representing the thirteen colonies. The next stop was the Seven Blocks of Granite Monument for the seven linemen of the Fordham football team. The Jesuits are a religious order started by Ignatius of Loyola. He was a Spanish soldier who found God later in his life after reading books about saints while he was recovering from a battle wound. He felt that helping others was important, but knew in order to do this he had to be educated. The Jesuits are all very educated and travel the world to do service and teach. The Jesuits founded Fordham University. On the tour, we also learned about the Clock Tower, John Mul- cahy Hall, Freeman Hall, Coffey Field, Keating Hall, Kohlmann Hall, Larkin Hall, and the Walsh Library. We learned a lot while on the tour of the Rose Hill Campus. THE CLOISTERS BY: JOHN PIMENTEL, JASIAH SIRA, DAVID HOM AND JOSEPH BULL On July 15, 2011, the Summer Academy took a tour of the Cloisters Museum. The Clois- ters Museum is a museum of medieval European art from Germany, England, Italy and France. The Middle Ages lasted for about 1,000 years ending around the 1500‟s. During this time period, people participated in and invented many new activities and resources which the museum preserves today. In the middle ages, people were afraid of a big fiery monster. It was known as the legen- dary fire-breathing dragon. The dragon typically lived around a lake. Every week, people would give the dragon some sheep to feed on. If they didn't, the dragon would turn on them. The dragon was a main piece of art during the Middle Ages. An example of the dragon is the fresco painting (mural-type paintings done on walls or ceilings) located on the left hand side of this article. The king would send knights to kill the dragon. Each knight would have armor, a sword, or a weapon and at least a shield. Each knight would be fierce and strong. Some people would go to the joust to see which knight was the best. Two knights would be on horses with a staff, and they would try to get the other knight off their horse. Many great jousting sessions would be recorded on tapestries. A tapestry is a painting made of cloth. All tapestries depicted scenes describing legends or myths. A famous tapestry in the Cloisters is the one of the unicorn as the people in the Middle Ages longed to find a magical unicorn. During medieval times, games and other activities were created to keep society involved and alive. A game that was created was Quintain. Quintain involved the use of two men standing on one foot opposite from each other and using all their strength to push the other man off his balance. Another game created for society was called Jousting which required two men, each requiring a horse, shield, and a lance. As the game started, each man charged at each other, quickly maneuver- ing to make his opponent fall of his horse. As medieval society grew, people found ways to improve their communities and create new inventions that are still used today such as playing cards, sports, art and music. Overall, throughout the tour we learned about medieval traditions of feasting, plant life and much more. Towards the end of our tour, we also created small pocket shields as a souvenir of the Cloisters Museum. Summer 2011 Page 3 YANKEE STADIUM BY: DANNY HERRERA, ELIAS MATAMOROS AND IVIS PERDONO On August 1, 2011, the Fordham Prep Summer Academy went on a tour of the amazing Yankee Stadium, Home of the Cham- pions! There were two Yankee Stadiums. The first Yankee Stadium was built in 1923 and the New Yankee Stadium was built in 2009. The Yankees have won 27 World Series world championships, the most in MLB history. We all learned a lot about Yankee Stadium that we did not know. The new Yankee Stadium seats over 50,000 people. The new stadium also has a museum inside above the team store. The tour guide showed us around the museum and explained everything about each exhibit. On each baseball there is a signature of a new or old Yankee player. The wall that held the baseballs was built to show the way the last pitch of the first perfect game was thrown. In that game, Yogi Berra was the catcher and the pitcher was Don Larson. The guide also showed us how old the older jerseys looked compared to the new jerseys. He also told us that the Los Angeles Dodgers used to be the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees used to play them in the Subway Series, but then the New York Mets came into existence. The Yankees and the Mets were the 3rd and 4th teams to come to New York. The Yankees and the Giants use to share a sta- dium, but the Giants pushed them out because the Yankees were getting more publicity. So, in 1923, the old Yankee Stadium was built. This tour helped us learned all about the history of America‟s pastime, and exploring the new stadium was a great opportunity. The Yankees BRONX ZOO BY: FERNANDO MEDINA, CHRISTIAN HAMILTON, JESUS MORALES, ZAIRE GOODWIN AND KENDRICK MERCEDES On July 28th, 2011 FPSA went on a trip to the Bronx Zoo. It was clear from the beginning that the trip was going to be a fun and exciting one, and we couldn‟t wait to see all of the interesting animals we were going to learn about. Our tour guide took us on what is known as the tour of Predators and Prey. A predator is an animal that eats other organisms, otherwise known as prey. The predators‟ eyes are usually in the front of their faces to seek and hunt down their prey. A prey has eyes usually to the side because they have to look out for their surroundings and identify predators who are seeking out for them. During the tour we learned about many exciting animals. We had no idea that Pere David‟s Deer were from China and that the only difference between the male and female are the antlers. The males have antlers but the females don‟t, which makes the females harder to see in the marshy grasslands. We also visited the tigers. Ti- gers are one of the biggest predators in the world today; they can grow to almost six feet tall. You can tell a predator by their sharp teeth called carnassials which help them dig into their prey.