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Insider Staff Introductions 2

IHM Interviews 3

Seasonal & Special Events 4

Book and Movie Reviews 7

Technology Reviews 8

School Projects 9

Photo Gallery 10

Interesting Stories 13

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Thank you to our 2013-2014 IHM Insider team for their commitment and hard work!

IHM INSIDER Staff

2013-2014

The school newspaper, IHM Insider, is distributed four times a year. Each Thursday, the newspaper staff spends valuable time researching, writing and editing articles for the

IHM Insider. The staff tries to cover all seasonal, school news and current events related to our school. In addition, the entire student body is invited to share their creative works

as well. Many hours of dedicated time and patience go into making this newspaper. We thank the newspaper staff for their hard work. Not all participants available for photo.

Our Newspaper staff changes quarterly.

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IHM INSIDER Interviews

Interview on Miss Hammel By: Kyra Martin-Spencer and James Wall

Ms. Hammel was raised in San Mateo and went to St. Matthew’s Catholic School. She went to St. Ignatius High School and highly recommends that experience to eighth graders currently looking at schools for next year. She went to Loyola Marymount University for college. Both first and fourth grade teachers inspired her to become a teacher. Her hobbies include running, reading and, hiking. Her favorite color is green. Ms. Hammel’s birthday is March 13. We think Ms. Hammel is an incredible, fun teacher!

Interview with Mrs. Fanouriagkis By Sean Doheny, Orlando Caballero, and Sofia Caballero

Q: What is your educational background? A: I went to St. Ignatius High School, then to San Francisco State University. Q: What do you like to do during your free time? A: I like to hang out with my family.

Q: When did you decide to become a teacher, and why did you choose this field? A: I became a teacher because I enjoy children. Q: What is your favorite thing in the world? A: My favorite thing in the world is my daughter. Q: What is your favorite movie? A: My favorite movie is Goodfellas and the Lion King. Q: What is your favorite sports team? A: My favorite sports team is the San Francisco 49ers. Q: Can you tell us about your new family restaurant? A: It’s a sandwich shop in Foster City that has a monkey theme and just recently opened.

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The Fashion Show happens every year at IHM. The Fashion Show has lots of segments with different themes. This year some of the segments were “The Eye of the Tiger”, “Under the Big Top”, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, and “Holiday”. In the special 8th grade segment the girls walked down the runway with their dads and the boys went down the runway with their moms. The outfits looked wonderful and very pretty. It was a wonderful show. Come and see it next school year!

By Sofia Caballero 4th grade

On Monday, December 2 the third and fourth grade sang at the annual Carlmont Tree Lighting Ceremony. During the ceremony, many different schools sang Christmas songs, such as Notre Dame Elementary, IHM, and the tri-school chorus from Serra, Mercy and Notre Dame high schools. There were many booths with goodies. At the end of the singing, the big tree’s lights flashed on. The Christmas season seemed to begin.

By: Kyra Martin-Spencer 4th Grade

Tree Lighting Ceremony 2012

Fashion Show 2013

Blessing of the Animals

Blessing of the animals occurred on Oct. 4th, 2013. Great participation and many blessings were shared for all our IHM pets.

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The Nutcracker

On December 6, 2013 the 4th graders and the Kindergarteners went to the Nutcracker at the Fox Theater in Redwood City. It was preformed as a ballet. Alexia Coral, a 4th grader says, “It was very good and entertaining.” Miss Hammel, the 4th grade teacher, says, “I enjoyed the show and the costumes were great.” Auriel Zhou says, ”I

liked it, however, very long.” The 4th grade’s favorite part was the end dance when the acrobats preformed. This field trip was a fun and entertaining! By: Kyra Martin-Spencer 4th

Geography Bee

The Geography Bee happens every year. This year it was on January 9, 2014 in the library. Twenty-four students, 6 from each class 5th through 8th competed. The winner will go to the National California Geography competition. This year the winner was 8th grader, Sean Doheny, 2nd place was 8th grader, Noah Garcia, and 3rd place was 5th grader, Eric Stump. Congratulations to all of IHM’s competitors!

By Sofia Caballero 4th grade

Spelling Bee The annual IHM spelling bee took place on January 15, 2014. The winner of the spelling bee was Alec Desuadido (6th grade) and, his sister Felicity (4th grade) was the runner up. Congratulations to you both.

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Grandparent’s Day

Thank you to all our Grandparents and Special friends who participated in this special day. Many classroom activities were enjoyed by all.

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IHM INSIDER Books and Movies

Reviews and Thoughts Despicable Me 2

Despicable Me 2 is funny, romantic, and action-packed. At a science base in the arctic, scientists make a potion that makes things purple, hairy, and crazy. A spy agency sends Lucy, an agent, to get Gru, the main character to help them locate the villain. Gru thinks a Mexican, named El Macho, is a super villain who was thought to be dead. Turns out, Gru is right. El Macho captures Lucy and in a narrow escape, Gru rescues Lucy. After 147 dates, they get married.

By Kyra Martin-Spencer and Alexia Coral

Ender’s Game is about a boy named Ender who goes to fight aliens. He goes to battle school to train to fight the aliens. On his adventure, he meets new friends and gets to become a commander. He goes to one of the alien’s nests that the other commanders took. At night, he dreams that there is a way to talk to them. He takes a test with his students. He and his students passed. He figures out that the test was real. He runs off to a hill. He finds out that the alien queen is dying. He says he will protect her baby. I recommend the movie is very adventurous movie.

The end. By: Auriel Zhou

Frozen is an action packed adventure movie that has won a golden globe. Elsa, one of the princesses of Arndell, has ice powers that create ice and snow. Elsa accidentally shoots a beam of ice in Anna’s head. To avoid further harm, Elsa is locked in her room and the castle gates close. On coronation day the gates must open and Elsa will be crowned queen. After the coronation, at the party Elsa gets frustrated and lets everyone see her icy powers. People get the wrong idea and think she is a monster. When people say this Elsa gets mad and accidently locks Arndell in an eternal winter. Anna is determined to get Elsa back to rule the kingdom. Will she succeed? Watch Frozen to find out.

MARIA-LUISA DAVID 4th grade

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is an action-packed, romantic and funny movie. If you have seen The Hunger Games you will understand Catching Fire. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark go on tour to visit other districts and say something about that person. President Snow feels that Katniss and Peeta cheated. So the new game maker and President Snow take all the previous victors and put them in the hunger games including Katniss and Peeta. I don’t want to give it away, but I will tell you this; Finnick, one of the victors, teams up with Katniss. All of the other people they know team up. Later in the movie, a technologist wraps a wire around the tree where lightning struck. There is still some wire left, so Katniss wraps the wire around one of her arrows. She shoots the force field around them. This causes her to grow weak and she is captured by aircraft. I will not spoil the end, but I can guarantee that this is a movie you won’t want to miss!

By: Alexia Coral in 4th grade

www.commonsencemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-hunger-games-catching-fire

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Ipad Air The Ipad Air also has an advanced wireless system. This allows consumers to connect even faster and have greater coverage. This allows us to use the Ipad Air in more places than before. This tablet is better than other Android choices because it comes with better features and a full package to please the user more. The Ipad Air is not only light, it is balanced. It also has features that were present in previous Ipads in fairly similar places. The power key and the volume buttons are still present as a symbol of Apple’s trademark designs. Despite other rising technology powerhouses Apple stays at the top of the tablet market with this amazing product! Online Sources Include: www.apple.com, www.techradar.com, www.engadget.com

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IOs7 Apple has released a brand new phone, the IOS7, that’s already rocking up the charts with its brand new format and advanced graphics. Apple has completely changed the look of the IOs7 with version 7, starting with the lock screen and continuing with the icons of default apps, stuff like Notification Center, and with one click of the home button, a much more practical, modern version of the multitasking appears. Apple has scored for brighter, bolder colors and graphics and the new phone has less shadows and gradients. Many people have also commented that the new addition to the system, the Control Center proves incredibly useful. This new feature provides quick access to commonly used settings, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb Mode, and Rotation Lock. It also gives you access to Calculator, Timer, Camera, and other media player controls, such as AirDrop and AirPlay, and brightness. Also, the voice recognition feature, Siri, has evolved and now provides much more info than before. Other major apps, such as iTunes, Camera, and Safari have developed into a bright, modern, up-to-date featured system. As many of us teenagers and adults agree, Apple’s debut has definitely been the new version of the IOs7. Learn more about this at www.techcrunch.com/2013/09/17/ios-7-review-apple/ By: Victoria Valle-Remond

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IHM INSIDER School Projects

The fourth graders drew themselves falling back in space. Their teacher, Ms. Hammel, put their drawings on their desks to look like the fourth graders where actually falling back into their chairs out of excitement to see their parents at school. The fourth graders took the time to create these beautiful drawings just for their parents at back to school night. Here are some of our favorite drawings.

By: Sofia Caballero and Maria-Luisa David (M-L) 4th grade

Fifth grade has created their very own T-shirt factories. Each has natural resources such as cotton, capital resources such as factories, and human resources such seamstresses. Ms. Hoggat made this project awesome for learning resources and as a means for the 5th graders to show off their art and collage skills. Here are some examples. By: M.L. David and Sofia Caballero

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5th Grade “What is the Water Cycle”

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Balloonist Tried to Fly Over Atlantic Ocean By Andrew Shaw and Nihaal Nayer

Jonathan Trappe, a fearless man tried to fly over the Atlantic Ocean with 370 helium balloons. This goal sounds pretty crazy to us! Is anyone else thinking of the movie Up?

The 39-year-old man aborted his mission after twelve hours and 470 miles. He reached Newfoundland, Canada! According to what he posted on his Facebook page: ‘’Hmm, this doesn’t look like France,’’ it seems as though he did not reach his goal. He landed late Thursday night. He was afraid he was going to die as he attempted the scary crash landing. “Honestly, I did not know if I would survive that landing,’’ Trappe said, as he crash landed in the pitch dark! http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/13/world/americas/

Food for the Future By: Orlando Caballero and Sean Doheny Scientists at the University of Maastricht (located in the Netherlands) announced that they were able to produce the first hamburger made from lab grown meat. The project took two years to complete at a cost of about $325,000 USD. Sergey Brin, one of the founders of Google, paid for the project. Why spend so much time, effort or money creating fake meat? Dr. Mark Post, the lead scientist behind the new burger, said, “lab-made meat could provide high-quality protein for the world’s growing population while avoiding most of the environmental and animal-welfare issues related to livestock production.” The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that the demand for meat will double within the next 40 years. Given that almost 70% of agricultural land is already being used for livestock production, there is very little room for expansion, without edging out fruits and vegetables completely. Dr. Post and many other experts believe that the only way to be able to meet this demand and help reduce the environmental impact is by creating lab grown meat. If they find there is a market for lab grown beef, the same methods could be used to grow other proteins such as chicken, lamb, fish, or pork in the lab. How did they do it? In order to create this “cultured” beef, Dr. Post’s team started with taking tissue samples from living cows, the stem cells were extracted from the tissue and then grown into 20,000 muscle fiber strips in a lab to form one patty. Then to make it better resemble ground beef, they added in bread crumbs for texture, beet juice for coloring and salt for taste. So what did the world’s most expensive burger taste like? Two food tasters joined a chef and a scientist on a stage in London. Josh Schonwald an American food journalist and Hanni Rutzler an Austrian nutrition scientist thought it had a bland neutral flavor but with a similar texture as beef. Neither of them gave it a good or bad, which Dr. Post viewed as a positive response given that the taste can only get better from here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22885969

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