The Falcon Chronicle October 2, 2015 Volume 1, Issue 1 SEPTEMBER RECAP September was a busy month at Philips Academy. The 6th and 7th DANCE & ART grade and a lot of teachers went to the My favorite type of dance is hip Poconos for a week long trip. hop and contemporary. This picture Students went on a two-mile hike, is about a group of girls in position and even a night hike with no for a dance battle. Two of my flashlights. The food was delicious favorite shows to watch that involve and included gummy bears, Oreos dance are Dance Moms and Bring It! and chocolate pudding. Back at Dance Moms is a reality show based home, the 8th graders worked hard on their personal essays. on a group of girls and their mean Cheerleading tryouts with the 5th dance teacher named Abby Lee through 8th graders started on Miller. The girls names are Nia, Jojo, September 24, and we are still waiting Maddie, Mackenzie, Kendall, and for the roster to come out. Other girls Kalani. My 2 favorite dancers from in the Upper School joined the Girls Dance Moms is Jojo and Mackenzie. on Track team and Lower school girls JoJo is one of my favorite dancers joined the Girls on the Run team. The because she is full of fire and has girls are training to do a 5K run at the enerjetic solos! I also can relate to her end of the year. On Thursday, because i love bows, too. On a show September 24th, our whole school called “Slumber Party” that involves celebrated Spanish Heritage Month all of the dance mom girls, the girls by singing and dancing in our asked Jojo how many bows she had. gymnasium. There were poems read JoJo said that she had 560 bows in in Spanish by Lower and Upper BACK TO THE “BEAST” total. I find that unbelievable! Schoolers, and the 5th graders performed two dances, including the CAR! SCHOOL! Continued on Page 02 Macarena, in front of the entire school! Now we all know what WHAT’S THIS SONG comes to mind when it’s time for school to start. CALLED? BOOKBAGS! I know what Bailando! Hispanic Heritage Month has we’re all thinking “My arrived. This song you’re sure to know. Bailando by Enrique Iglesias is a great song bookbag has to be the to dance to. This catchy song was released in best.” You want a 2014, and won the Latin Grammy Award for backpack that expresses song of the year. Bailando is all about having your personality. I’ve seen fun and dancing through the night. It’s one Japanese Domestic of my favorite songs. Well, while we’re On Friday, September 25th, PACS a lot of cool book bags Motors just launched their talking about Hispanic Heritage month, Family Math Night took place. Lots of these few weeks. For new car of the year. This car here are some other Hispanic songs that are families came out to participate. There instance, some book bags worth dancing to: is known as THE BEAST, ~ Hips Don’t Lie- Shakira were great math problems to solve. With I’ve seen have had really one problem, students had to figure out aka Honda, which comes ~We Are One (Ole Ola)- Pittbull how many pieces of candy were in a jar. bright colors with aztec with and without vtec. This ~Algo Me Gusta De Ti- Wisin & Handel Students also gathered stickers in order prints or galaxy designs. car is like an Integra with ~Corazon Sin Cara- Prince Royce to participate in the DUNK TANK Also, I’ve seen an about 700hp, and it has its I hope that you check these songs out, you really should! These songs are worth CHALLENGE. A few teachers that got awesome bookbag with a own engine called the K dancing to because their fast beat really got wet and dunked were Mr. Augello, ninja turtle on the bag, series. This engine is chrome makes you want to salsa and cha cha! Mr. Porta, Mr. Farrell, Ms. Wolpert, Ms. which expresses this with all black headers and At Pacs this month, we actually Kennedy and our very own principal, has a titanium. It also has celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month. In our Mr. Shultz. person’s personality a lot. cloud suspension. The car Community Time, we watched the 5th September was a great month here at It was also very unique. I grade dance the Bambera and the Macarena. PACS! hope your bookbag brings has a carbon fiber hood, I really enjoyed this dancing because the Kaya Moody out your great trunk, front splitter and students really showed how much they th more. 8 Grade personality, and your liked the song. Shawn Thompson In conclusion, Hispanic Heritage Month great fashion sense! was full of a lot of interesting things. Until Kaylah Coleman next month, have a good day, and add more songs to your playlists. Naa Afoley The Falcon Chronicle www.pacsnewark.org Page 02 DANCE AND ART NEW SEASON NEW GAMES Continued from Page 01 SNEAKER CENTRAL Call of Duty is one of the many new games Have you ever been to Foot Locker and had coming out this fall. Sony is scheduled soon to no idea what to buy? release a Black Ops 3 Themed Play station. The I also like Mackenzie Ziegler. She is my There’s so many choices to wrap your head around, it’s second favorite dancer from Dance Moms game costs $59.88 and will be in stores on almost like a maze! This information below will help you November 6, 2015. because she doesn’t care what anyone thinks of out a lot and make your choices a whole lot easier. I know her. In one episode, Mackenzie bet her sister you might be wondering why should we trust you? What NBA 2K 16 is the most popular release of the Maddie in a competition. Usually Maddie do YOU know about sneakers? Well, we are experts on Fall, arguably, the biggest release in sports would be in first place, but instead of Maddie this topic, because we actually HAVE all these shoes, so gaming for years. The game includes features we know the perks and disadvantages. 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It’s a bad excuse for a soccer, then Fifa 16 is the game for you. This sneaker. game now has not only male players, but The lack of style was a reason why their sales aren’t doing so well against the competition right now. These just females too; this is a big step for women in aren’t the way to go. sports. This game was just released on September 22, 2015 and it costs $60. Adidas (Avg. 45.00) Adidas have been in Madden 16 was highly anticipated by the shoe game for longer than many of the Madden fans. It came out August 25th. In other companies and they make their shoes slightly different. Rather than bland designs Madden 16, I feel that the catching in this game like Fila’s, they look like a lot of effort goes into them. is overrated, but I still like this game and These sneakers are recommended SLIGHTLY. would say that it is very exciting. I feel like this They look somewhat better than the highly, highly is one of the top 10 games of 2015. The outdated Filas. In the playing aspect they are very good. Their shoes have grip and you can be very active with touchdown celebrations were upgraded in this them, unlike with the Filas. version so it is really worth playing! The lack of style has brought their sales down as well, but George Okungfu not as drastic as the Filas. Adidas will be in the shoe business for a while! KD8 (Avg. 149.98) Think about everything I described about the Adidas. Now multiply that by 10. These sneakers are by FAR the way to go. The designs are just beautiful. The beauty of these sneakers are almost unexplainable. They are the perfect combination of fabric, plastic and everything in between! The playing aspect is even better. Kd8’s have amazing grip, and there’s only about a 15% chance that you’ll ever slip. This is one of the best sneakers you can ever get. They have everything you would ever need all in one.