By: Daniel Rodriguez

April Fool’s Day is the one-day people get to play practical jokes

and hoaxes on each other and get away with it by saying "April Fools!”.

It is celebrated every year on the 1st of April. April fools has been

around since the 19th century and even though it is not a national holi-

day, it is still recognized throughout American and European cultures.

There are many theories for the origin of the holiday but no one knows

where exactly it originated.

Special points

of interest:

April Fools’ Day

Holocaust

Remembrance Day

Earth Day

Upcoming Movies

Important Testing

Dates

Holocaust Remembrance Day By: Daniel Borrego & Christian Nuñez

The Wildcat Chronicles

April 2014 Westland Hialeah Senior High

April Fools’...Gotcha!

The Holocaust Remembrance Day is a national holiday that was created

by Yom Hashoah in 1959. The Holocaust was the systematic, organization of

the running of a government, state-sponsored persecution, and murder of

approximately six million Jews. This includes 1.5 million Jewish children in

Europe by the Nazi regime and its collaborators that took place between

1933-1954. All of this was occurring during World War 2, in Germany and

other countries that the Nazi were in control. The way they celebrate it in Is-

rael, on the eve of Yom Hashoah, a siren sound goes off, followed by an offi-

cial memorial service, the prime minister, president, army officials and the

service. This is different when compared to how the Americans celebrate it

currently. The holocaust remembrance day marks the liberation of the Ausch-

witz-Birkenau death camp in 1945. Remembrance day is on April 27th.

“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness”-Elie Wiesel

By Brandon Downs & Carlos Ramirez

1. Oculus: Starring Karen Gillan, Blenton Thwaites

(now playing)

2. Rio 2: Starring Anne Hathway, Jesse Eisenberg

(now playing)

3. Draft Day: Starring Kevin Costner, Jennifer Gawner

(now playing)

4. Joe: Starring Nicholas Cage, Tye Sheidon (now

playing)

5. Captain America The Winter Soldier: Starring Chris

Evans, Anthony Mackie (now playing)

6. Divergent: Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James

(now playing)

7. Non –Stop: Starring Liam Nelson, Juilianne Moore

(now playing)

8. The Lego Movie: Starring Chris Patt, Elizabeth

Banic (now playing)

Watch these movies in a theatre near you!!!!!

Credits: "Movies in Theaters." Fandango. fandango, n.d. Web.

11 Apr 2014. <http://www.fandango.com/

moviesintheaters>.

By: Natalia Velasquez

Earth Day, we’ve all heard about it. It is the day

which is dedicated to contributing to the environment. To

most of us, we have heard about this day since we were

in kindergarten. Yet, do any of us know how it all started?

The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970. It was during

the time of the hippies, Vietnam War, student anti-war

movements, and the birth of eco-friendliness. During this

time Americans didn’t care about the environment. They

didn’t know about the harmful effects of pollution. Facto-

ries would let out smoke and nuclear waste. This idea

now-a-day is an atrocity but before it was a norm. Gay-

lord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, is the found-

er of Earth Day. He proposed the idea of a day to teach

the nation about the environment. Students were a huge

influence in this movement. They spread the word. Now

Earth Day is not only celebrated in the United States but

around the world. Therefore, on April 22, help take care

of the Earth. Let it become a habit.

The Best of Movies in April

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 Tutoring

6 7 FCAT Re-

takes

8 FCAT Re-

takes

9 FCAT Re-

takes

10 FCAT

Retakes

11 FCAT

Retakes

Makeups

12 Tutoring

13 14 FCAT

Reading 9th

15 NO

TESTING

16 FCAT

Reading 9th

17 FCAT

Reading 9th

18 NO

SCHOOL

19 Tutoring

20 21FCAT

READING 9TH

&10 & PERT

22 FCAT

Reading 10th

PERT

23 FCAT

Reading 10th

PERT

24 FCAT

Reading 10th

PERT

25 FCAT

Reading 10th

PERT

26 Tutoring

27 28 FCAT

Reading 10th

29 FCAT

Reading 10th

30 EOC

Geometry

Testing Dates April 2014

Earth Day