~Contents~ Hillside’s Sightseeing P.1 Aisha Orphaned elephant P.2 GLOBAL GAZETTE Café Talk P.3 Faculty profile P.4 October, 2015 October Holidays P.5 Inspirational Athletes P.6 Ping Pong Rankings P.7 Global Club P.8 Teacher Travel Blog P.9 Student profiles P.10-13 Bulldog Bullpen P.14 International Book review P.15 Foods from Abroad P.16 World Mysteries 1. P.17 ~ Global Club ~President Lucas Adam & Vice Int’l Trivia Teasers President Mike Zhang P.18 The Traveling Translator This club was created to foster a continued strong P.19 connection between our international students and American students and faculty. We are intent on sharing our international cultures with the Hillside population as well as learning about other cultures. Sightseeing 1. New York City 1. 1. New York City, nicknamed in the fashion, research, technology, 1920s “the Big Apple,” by education, and entertainment. New legendary sportswriter John J. Fitz York City has often been described Gerald, is one of the world’s best as the cultural and financial capital known megalopolises. With a of the world. It is also home to the English renamed it New York popu lation of over 10 million, an United Nations Headquarters and is after they won the Second Anglo- electric atmosphere, and world an important global center for Dutch War. New York grew in class shopping and dining, New international diplomacy. importance as a trading post under York City has been designated by ituated on one of the world’s S British rule. sociologist Saskia Sassen as a largest natural harbors, New York “global power city.” With its is made up of five boroughs: Today, New York attracts visitors towering skyscrapers, and awe- Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, from all over the world. Wander inspiring bridges, New York boasts Manhattan, and Staten Island. The around Wall Street’s massive one of the most recognizable city was first inhabited by edifices, take a frenetic stroll amidst the neon lights of Times skylines in the world. Moreover, it Algonquin tribes in the pre-colonial has an irrepressible energy that Square, or visit the leafy pathways era. In 1524, Giovanni de exerts a significant impact on of the city’s Central Park. There Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer, world commerce, media, art, was the first European to sail into are world famous iconic New York Harbor. In 1609, English landmarks like the Statue of explorer Henry Hudson, re- Liberty, Broadway, the Empire discovered the region which was State Building, Rockefeller Plaza, later controlled by the Dutch and and more. New York City has called New Amsterdam. The something for everyone. 1. Cool Facts about New York City Madison Square Garden used to be a cemetery Has more people than 39 states Has the largest Chinese population outside of Asia Madison Square Garden Page.1 1. Global Gazette Hillside School 1. International Animal Stories Aisha: The Orphan Baby Elephant 1. SS 1. The Baby Elephant that Found a Mom and Changed a Nation 1. PBS recently aired a documentary about famed conservationist Daphne Sheldrick and a baby elephant she named Aisha and affectionately referred 1. to as “Shmetty.” Sheldrick, of British heritage, was born in Kenya and is world renowned for raising and reintegrating orphaned elephants back into the wild. Her lifelong mission began in 1974 with a chance meeting with a tiny baby elephant named “Aisha.” Separated from its mother, the baby girl had fallen down a disused well in the Kenyan county of Marsabit. She was1. A remarkable bond found by a local driver and brought to Sheldrick. It was the smallest elephant Sheldrick had ever seen, “covered still in soft fuzz, with a tiny trunk tinged with pink, and toenails of pale yellow. It tottered on wobbly legs, waggling its trunk around as though it had no idea what to do with it, searching for something to suck; too young even to know the meaning of fear. ” Sheldrick had little experience with orphaned elephants at this time, but knew that the baby needed a lot of attention. Furthermore, she had enough experience with wild animals that she knew Aisha needed a precise f ormula of milk otherwise she might not eat and likely die. After searching Aisha at 4 months old for that formula and watching Aisha wither away, she finally found one 1. that young Aisha took to and watched as the baby elephant grew stronger. An incredible bond ensued between Sheldrick and Aisha. The little elephant would follow her around all day and believed that Sheldrick was her mother. The days became months and young Aisha grew and thrived in a loving environment. One summer, Sheldrick’s daughter, Jill, was to be married in Nairobi. Another surrogate mother was to tutor and care for young Aisha as Sheldrick spent a week away. When she returned, the conservationist was horror stricken to discover that baby Aisha had become depressed, not eaten, and was gravely ill. In tears, Sheldrick explains thirty years later how she watched Aisha die as she cradled the baby’s head in her lap. She had realized that elephants are very similar to humans in their emotions and that Aisha believed that she had been abandoned by her mother, again. The story is profoundly moving and left Sheldrick taking a vow of silence for many decades; however, it inspired her to open an elephant orphanage in Kenya where she has saved the lives of thousands of PBS Documentary orphaned elephants at a wildlife preserve named after her late husband. http://video.pbs.org/video/236 5284372 Page.2 Global Gazette Hillside School Café Talk October International Café Dahmir giving USA Trivia for Miss Lord’s American Cafe Mrs. Brown made Parisian mussels as we celebrated France. They were a big hit as over twenty people turned out to celebrate Lucas Adam’s home country. The mussels were cooked in garlic, scallions, tomatoes, and butter. We had a baguette sliced into many pieces to dip into the sauce. Grape juice was served to simulate a red-wine like French Apple pie experience. th On Thursday, October 29 we celebrated the USA as Miss Lord baked four delicious homemade apple pies. They were topped off with vanilla ice cream and washed down with ice cold milk. Vice-President Fowlkes gave the kids American trivia and the boys participated Miss Pagnam & Miss Lord enthusiastically. Federico Barcena Escandon won the most enthusiastic participant and will French mussels receive a free pass to the next Café. Page.3 Global Gazette Hillside School Faculty Profile 1. Mr. Morgan Chris Morgan Mr. Morgan, Hillside’s popular in Richmond, Virginia. Morgan was against setting traps. ESL teacher and varsity wrestling Interestingly, he’s lived in 7 states Some say that you can judge a man coach, has been here for three including: Tennessee, North by how he treats animals. If this is years. He has garnered the Carolina, Oklahoma, Kentucky, true, then Chris Morgan has to be admiration of parents, faculty, and Texas, and Louisiana. He’s a good considered one of the finest. students alike with his upbeat style ole southern boy who was and honest approach. The boys obviously raised in a household in Mr. Morgan went to VCU. He gravitate to him because, in Mr. which manners mattered. Mr. majored in English. He’s also Morgan, they sense a guy who is Morgan will address colleagues as taught overseas. He calls Korea his firm but fair. He pushes them on the “Mr.” and “Mrs.” and often sign “favorite home away from home.” wrestling mat and in the classroom emails “Cordially Yours.” Even if Mr. Morgan taught English to to be the best they can be, and the you try to tell him to call you “Bill” Korean children in Busan. He loved kids recognize this and love him for or “Steve,” Mr. Morgan finds it his time spent there and often talks it. The faculty warm to him because hard to do. He likes to address about the rewarding experiences he has the cordiality of a southern people with respect. But people are and connections he made. He has gentleman and, in him, they see a not the only living things that two brothers and sisters, loves man who won’t sway from his matter to Mr. Morgan. He is a huge Fantasy Football, the Redskins, conspiracy theories, and credits Mr. principles. Just what are those animal lover and a guy who would Evans and Miss Lucey who have principles? To me, they seem like: rather trap ants and release them helped him “settle in here at honesty, integrity, and a into a backyard than spray them commitment to excellence. with insecticide. I know this Hillside.” Mr. Morgan is a great firsthand, as when we had a minor addition to our Hillside community Chris Morgan was born and raised “ant problem” in Maher House, Mr. and we’re lucky to have him. Cool Facts about Mr. Morgan Played high school football th Weighed 103 pounds as a 9 grader Loves to water ski Page.4 Global Gazette Hillside School FiguringInternational Out theHolidays Faculty October Holidays Around the World October is a month of celebrations Oct. 3rd Unity Day in all around the world. American kids tend to think of Halloween, cool Germany temperatures, and the changing colors Oct. 5th Republic Day of the leaves. But, in other parts of the world, many other types of in Portugal celebrations are going on. Here are just a few. st Oct. 1 Good Will Day in Namibia 1. 1. Oct. 23 Chulalongkorn Oct.