Volume 1 September – October 2012 Dolphin Dispatch Toms River Intermediate North Home of the Blue Dolphins! Garden Club Autumn By: Stuti Patel Autumn breezes blow, The leaves shine a golden Garden club is a fun and friendly way to help glow the environment. Each week, garden club comes Blowing their way through up with unique ways to help plants and make the By: Heli Shah world a better place. Recently, the garden club members picked up litter and pulled small plants from the sidewalks. All of the members worked hard to collect litter and plants. The garbage bag that was used to keep the waste in was half filled Halloween in just 10 minutes! Costumes everywhere, Also, the members of garden club discussed Witches, Warlocks, a fundraiser that would be environmentally Vampires, friendly. Most of the ideas were very creative. Everyone was very excited about the fundraiser. I want more candy! I also enjoyed this club because of all the new By: Heli Shah people I met. The teacher, Mrs. Seavers, was also very nice and helpful. Garden club is a very thrilling club to be part of. September- October 2011 Fall!! The Boston Massacre It’s getting windy Allyson Winters, Muskan Chander, Evelyn Velazquez It’s so cold because Tensions broke and out came guns of wind The lobsters drained the jokes of fun It’s almost winter Five colonists died, and soon they cried And out came the Boston massacre Rain! Rain! Rain, Rain go away, Patriots wrote against the violence Rain is falling from the sky, They wanted freedom, not alliance Don’t get wet please Colonists were angered, and set out with their don’t guns While families prayed and said goodbye to their Boooooo! sons Vampires, Ghost, Monsters, Spiders, Halloween Tip Skeletons, By: Samantha Hill They are all so scary Do you need a spooky touch to your awesome Halloween costume? Well if you do, you’re in luck! If you want extra light while you’re trick or treating, try some glow in the dark nail polish. This is how you make By: Aleene Fried it: First, drop ball bearings in clear nail polish, then scoop out some glow in the dark resin from its jar into the nail polish. Make sure to use six capfuls! After that, shake it for about a minute, and now you have a cool touch to make this holiday the best. If you want to make your house the creepiest one on the block, check these cheap and easy decorations. To make it seem like people are watching you, draw two black eyes with a magic marker on a balloon, blow it up, put a glow stick inside, and put it in your trees. If you want a cemetery look, cut out some cardboard tombstones, and make a nice R.I.P.! I hope these tips will make Halloween a spooktacular. 2 September- October 2011 A Spooky History! By Madison Meyer “Blooming” Ever think about Halloween? No, not like, By Raquel Carrero-Schmidt “What am I going to dress up as?” More like, “Why do people dress up?” or “When was Halloween A tulip which has not yet started?” Well, I’ve got all the answers! First of all, bloomed Halloween is our main topic, right? So, when did it Is absolutely assumed start? Why did it start? It is believed that it all To be beyond all beauty. started with ancient Celts, who lived about 2000 years ago in the area of Ireland. Their new year was A tulip which has opened up, November 1, so October 31 was the last day of their Placed in a little cup, year. They believed that on October 31, the Astounds the eyes that seek boundary between the living and the dead became it. shaky. On this night, the Celts made huge bonfires and wore animal skin costumes to ward off evil A tulip which has withered spirits who had escaped the underworld. Also, in away, Colonial America, Halloween was strictly Whose rosy cheeks have prohibited. By the second half of the nineteenth crippled this way, century, the new flood of immigrants to the U.S. In its last quest. helped to popularize Halloween again. Poor people dressed up in costumes and went from house to A tulip which is here no house, begging for food or money. This evolved into more, our modern “trick-or-treating.” Over the centuries, Stem thrown out the open America got rid of the truly terrifying stuff on door, Halloween night somewhat successfully. This is Has left behind a last gift: Madison Meyer, reminding you it’s not all about the costumes! A tulip which has not yet bloomed, Info from www.history.com/topics/halloween Whose beauty is assumed To be beyond all beauty. Trick-or-Treating Hey, Dolphins! Halloween is coming up, and if you think you are too old to trick or treat, you’re not. High school students are still trick or treating, so you’re not too old. If you really want to trick or treat, don’t be scared because a friend will make fun of you. They’re probably scared that one of their friends will make fun of them. I know some people that think they are too old to trick or treat. Trick or treating is fun and that’s the day when you get to eat candy and scare people. So, if you think you don’t want to go, rethink the decision, it’s fun! By: Riley Osborn 3 September- October 2011 Iphones By: Kiersten Bayha Hello 6th graders, On October 14th, 2011 the Iphone 4s came out. The Battle of the Books is With this new version of the Iphone, people starting! We want our own thought that this was the next best phone. All cycle to win: cycle 61, cycle 62, until September 23, 2012 when the Iphone 5 cycle 63, and / or cycle 64. The books are all great. There are was released. This new phone was sure to catch going to be some great prizes people’s eyes. With the iOS 6 and a faster Siri, is this year, like gift cards and this the next big thing? Many people say that the hula-hoops. We should all be Iphone 5 may not be as good since it’s not made thankful to our language arts by the same person who made the Iphone 4 and teachers for doing this for us: Miss Mika, Mrs.Biehler, Mrs. 4s. On the other hand, people say, “Who cares High, and Mrs. Viola. Also, we who the creator is?” Now, are you a person who should be thankful the other needs the newest phone for $200? Or are you a subject teachers: math, science, person that doesn’t care what phone you have and social studies. Good Luck and stick with the Iphone 4s? The choice is up to and may the best cycle/team win! By: Riley Osborn you. Which one will you make? Almost Time for Play Season By: Gabi Wojcik With the school year about 4 weeks in, I can’t help but think about this play season! I can’t wait until Ms.Ponti, Ms.Milo and Ms.Zuzic announce the 2012-2013 school play and start holding official auditions. Play Season is the best time of year. With Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas just around the corner, everyone is always so excited to audition and for the cast to be announced. I know I absolutely love being a part of the school play. It is a great way to get involved in school and a great way to make new friends and enjoy the school year. The directors are always beyond incredible and always create a spectacular show. In the recent years, Annie Jr. and Willy Wonka Jr. have been amazing. Don’t you think so, too? In my opinion, being able to become a different character and not having to be yourself by being a part of this production and setting a different mood… That is the best part. The whole experience is just surreal and trust me, you will never regret trying out for the school play. I hope lots of people tryout this year and show off their talents. I know the 2012-2013 play season will be one of the best! This year’s play will be The Little Mermaid, Jr. 4 September- October 2011 Celebrities and Drama By Victoria Fisher Do you ever notice how television and radio stations talk about celebrities more often when something bad or controversial happens to them? This is a topic that has always interested me. Do we, as human beings, like to look at successful peoples’ mistakes to make ourselves feel better? Why do we want to hear more about the negative vs. the positive? Is it to make us feel superior, give ourselves reason to feel like we’re better than someone who has much more fame, fortune, and even in some cases, happiness than us? In my opinion, yes. We like to look down on celebrities to make ourselves feel better about our own mediocrity. For example, on Friday, the lead singer of my favorite band, Green Day, was admitted to rehab for alcoholism. I was happy that he was getting the treatment he needed before he went on tour in support of his upcoming album “Trilogy”. I was feeling positive that he would get better, until I heard, with great surprise, multiple radio stations and TV shows talking about “Lead singer of rock band ‘Green Day’ going to rehab for alcohol abuse”.