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The Best
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Volume 4, Issue 1 September 5, 2006 |
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Going the
extra mile for The Green Mile The ninth grade English class at the ALC took on a large literature task last year. The class read The Green Mile by Stephen King. The Green Mile is a serial novel coming to its readers through six installments. The students made their way through the nearly six-hundred award-winning pages of The Green Mile. A story is set in 1934 about the lives of prison guards on death row, and leads up to the execution of a wrongly-accused man who has the power of faith healing. The students put together a packet in which they wrote about the characters, setting, plot, and theme of the story. Their final project was to creatively show Mr. Hyvari what they learned. Everyone chose to design a poster containing pictures and elements of the story except for one student. Audrey Spurgeon finished the book long before the rest of the class and had many deep conversations with Mr. Hyvari on characters and story. When Mr. Hyvari mentioned the possibility of creating a three-dimensional project for the final, Audrey jumped on this idea.
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Audrey Spurgeon and her model of E-Block For the next couple of weeks Audrey came to class every day but didn’t say much about her final project. Just before Thanksgiving break Audrey and family carried in the most impressive project ever seen by students and staff at the ALC. Audrey built a huge model of E-Block from the story made from nearly TWO-THOUSAND popsicle sticks. The model is a completely accurate, right down to Old Sparky and Mabel’s hairdryer (ask a King fan.) The project must be seen to be appreciated. You can see it for yourself by clicking on the link below. The ALC truly appreciates it when a student is willing to go the extra mile. |
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Doing your
own Music Production By Somkhith Xayphantho During the 2005-2006 school year there was a story in the ALC Insider that informed people about ALC students doing their own music production. Readers learned that I have been working on the production of my own music. At start, the music production was difficult because the team effort environment wasn’t there. Now, I’m actually stable with my music, so let’s see where my music production takes me… To record the music, I use Sony’s Acid Pro. 4.0, an audio mixer. The instrumentals and beats I use for the music are either purchased, made for me, or downloaded free from Soundclick. First, I listen to the beat and freestyle (rap from the head) to get used to the rhythm and beat of the instrumental. Then, the next thing I do is write my lyrics down in my lyric notebook, and practice the songs. Then I go back to make any changes or corrections I need to make. To get my music out for listeners and music critics, I post my music on my page at soundclick.com. Soundclick is a free music base where people post music. There’s a wide variety in styles of musical styles posted on Soundclick. The styles go from hard rock, country, hip-hop, to R&B etc… (Continued à) |
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computer technology and the internet allows anyone with talent to become a
music producer There’s a wide variety in styles of musical styles posted on Soundclick. The styles go from hard rock, country, hip-hop, to R&B etc… By posting music on the web, I get listeners’ feed back and commentary on the message forum. I can’t always expect positive feedback because the music world is a critical place. Sometimes I get negative feedback and sometimes I get positive feedback. In any event, producing my own music has been a learning experience and has been fun at the same time. You can connect to my music on sounclick.com by clicking here. You can also watch a music video of a song I did with Steven Van Lo by clicking here.
Hope you enjoy them both… |
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“Owl
Pellets” as an educational tool… By Amanda Mejia Students in Mrs. Schreiber’s Wildlife class had the opportunity to dissect “owl pellets” last week. So what in the heck are “owl pellets?” Well, “owl pellets” might also be called “owl droppings.” If we want to be crude, we could just say “owl poo.” So why would anyone dissect owl poo? To see what owls eat, of course. Students found numerous mouse bones within their individual portions of poo. You see, owls devour mice without chewing them. Their digestive systems digest the mouse meat, but the mouse bones get expelled out the bowel. Students were able to construct entire mouse skeletons from the material expelled from the owls’ bowels. (Continued à)
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Allie
Paine and Rodney Birgoltz dissect an “owl pellet”in their ALC science class Students found the exercise rather disgusting, yet interesting. “There’s a lot of bones in this stuff,” said Allie Paine. “It’s weird, but kinda interesting.” So where does the school get owl poo? Mrs. Schreiber says she orders it from a science catalogue. “We get it from the Kentec, Gateway to Knowledge biolab,” she said. If combing through owl poo sounds like a fascinating activity, then you definitely should sign up for Mrs. Schreiber’s Wildlife class next semester.
Justin Alm, Daniel Sihavong and Jon Melendez examine the contents of an owl’s bowel. |
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ALC student wins prize in talent show By Teresa Lugo and Kensy Trochez On Sunday March 5, 2006, The Worthington Youth Council held a Talent Show in Memorial Auditorium. ALC student Steven Van Lo was one of the winners. There were more
than 40 This show had 17 acts representing kids from grades 6-12. Prizes were awarded in three different categories. There was an elementary-age category, a middle school category, and high school category. This was the Ninth annual Talent Show sponsored by the Worthington Youth Council. The council has student representatives from grades 6-12. Their mission is to promote student service projects such as the Christmas Basket giveaway and other after school programs. ALC student Steven Van Lo won second place in the High School category by singing Feeling You (this is one of the many songs Steven has written). The first place High School prize was won by Brandon Roth and Kelsy Toso, who sang a duet. The program
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ALC
student Steven Van Lo won second place in the Worthington Youth Council
Talent Show Steven VanLo said this about winning second place: “Each of the experiences I’ve had are different. You learn from the mistakes you make on stage and you learn by different environments you have around you. It may look easy but its not!” Click here
to watch webvideo of Steven
By Steven Van Lo First time I met you I was flying the sky With that sexy walk you looking like a dime Every time I see you babe I quiver like a ball Running shill right down my neck I think it’s worth it after all I think it’s heaven sent Now feeling live again You know I like it because it’s ever lasting I know that you can take this pain away Let hold you tight cuz I want to love you right everyday… |
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Poem
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Life as a twin… By Everybody at the ALC knows that my brother Jon and I are twins. So what is life as a twin like? I am going to tell you… Identical twins start out as one egg that then splits into two separate people who are basically identical. We are two different people who share the same DNA because we actually started out as one egg. Being a twin can be trouble, but it can also be fun. You can confuse people very easily. Let me tell you what we did in the third grade. In the third grade my brother and I switched places one day and we went to each others’ classes and spent the whole day there. They never caught on. But being a twin can also be confusing because people always call me Jon and I don’t answer until they say it three or four times. I finally realize they are confusing me with my brother. Sometimes we get tired of looking so much alike. (Continued à)
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Life is
always interesting for identical twins Jon and Israel Melendez As twins, even when we are apart we are usually thinking of the same thing at the same time! When something is wrong with one twin, the other one can sense that something is not right. The best thing about being a twin is that you always have some one to talk to. By the time we got to fourth grade they just decided to just put us in the same class. Our teacher was Mr. Liapis, and I’m sure it was very confusing for him. He kept getting confused and so he finally made us wear name tags. But we sometimes switched our name tags! My brother and I have always been very close. I guess that’s how twins are. We both like the same things. We both have a lot of the same friends, and we are usually together. We look out for each other. For those people who wonder what it is like to be a twin, my answer is that it’s pretty cool. At least that’s what I think. |
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