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McLean Connection ❖ Children’s Connection ❖ 2016 - 2017 ❖ 1www.ConnectionNewspapers.com online at www.connectionnewspapers.comDecember 28, 2016 - January 3, 2017
ChildrenChildren’s Connection 2016s Connection 2016Children’s Connection 2016
McLeanMcLean
By Athena Georgelas,Spring Hill Elementary, grade 6
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Dear Readers:This week, the McLean Connection turns
over its pages to the youth and students.We asked principals and teachers from
area schools to encourage students to con-tribute their words, pictures and photos forour annual Children’s Issue.
The response as always was enormous.While we were unable to publish every piecewe received, we did our best to put togethera paper with a fair sampling of the submit-ted stories, poems, drawings, paintings,photographs and other works of art.
We appreciate the extra effort made byschool staff to gather the materials duringtheir busy time leading up to the holidays.We’d also like to encourage both schools andparents to mark their 2017 calendars forearly December, the deadline for submis-sions for next year’s Children’s Connection.Please keep us in mind as your children
Welcomecontinue to create spectacular works of artand inspiring pieces of writing in the com-ing year.
The children’s issue is only a part of ouryear-round commitment to cover educationand our local schools. As always, the Con-nection welcomes letters to the editor, storyideas, calendar listings and notices of localevents from our readers. Photos and othersubmissions about special events at schoolsare especially welcome for our weeklyschools pages.
Our preferred method for material is e-mail, which should be sent [email protected], butyou can reach us by mail at 1606 KingStreet, Alexandria, VA 22314 or call 703-778-9414 with any questions.
Editor Kemal Kurspahic
By Sophie Zhang, Grade 4, Haycock Elementary.
By Tianna Wang, 10, Churchill Road Elementary, Mclean, Grade 5,Teacher: Mrs. Stets.
Children’s ConnectionMcLean Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic
703-778-9414 or [email protected]
“Fall Foliage” picture taken by Ridhi Sharma, 9, Grade 4, Mr. Biggs classat Lemon Road Elementary.
By Thea Haith, Spring Hill Elementary, Grade 5.
“In Our Backyard,”by Valerie Li, 12,Longfellow MiddleSchool.
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Spring Hill Elementary
- Artwork
Dorothy Moon, Art Specialist atSpring Hill Elementary, submittedthe artwork of her students.
Churchill Road Elementary - Artwork
By Sophia Stagarescu, Grade 6: “A Bearded SeagullStriding Through Swift Waves.” To me this picturerepresents how even something so simple can turnout beautiful.”
By Ella Abend, Grade 6.
By Ella Abend, Grade 6.
By Kevin Farnsworth, grade 6.By Athena Georgelas, grade 6.
By Eesha Madan, grade 6.
By Judge Chalk, grade 6.
Jinglin Jingan,grade 6.
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The RaspberryPi
Over summer break, I got aRaspberry Pi. I found it anawesome tool, and here’s why.The Raspberry Pi is a computerchip with many ports that allowyou to access and use manyprogramming interfaces to createapplications, hack things, andeven create a cool mod for anapplication.
But first, you will need toassemble it. You can simply buya kit and follow instructionsfrom raspberrypi.org’s help area.Check out the video section of it.You will be all set in less than anhour. Now let’s get to program-ming on it.
An example of this would bewriting this code in a Python 3shell for Minecraft Pi (A versionof minecraft specifically forRaspberry Pi):
>>>from mcpi importMinecraft
>>>mc = Minecraft.create()>>>x, y, z =
mc.player.getPos()>>>mc.player.setPos (x, y +
200, z)This code has the power to
teleport you 200 blocks aboveyour current position in-game!There is even a command thatyou can do to spawn in TNT thatexplodes when broken!
The best part is that you don’thave any limits as to what youcan do! You could open afranchise that creates apps usingRaspberry Pi’s or even upgradeMinecraft Pi to make it as goodas the full version of minecraft!
—Neel Sharma, Grade 6,
Louise Archer Elementary
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Spring Hill Elementary Art Gallery
By Audrey Leyva, grade 6.
Carolyn Gore-Ashe, Art Teacher at Spring Hill Elementary School, submitted her students’ artwork.
By Naomi Mattis, grade 6.By Zeyan Chaabane, grade 6.
By Thea Haith,grade 5.
By Reina Washington, grade 6.
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It’s as shapeless as a cloudWhite wisps with no true formIt can have no meaningOr all the meaning we give it
The soul within usIntrigued by the small thingsMoved on a whimTaking flight above the cotton beds
The freedom to go anywhereBut with no directionRoaming the skiesUntil it reaches the end
While the sun is settingTucked under its satin blanketIt seems as if there is nothingBut from nothing comes everything
—Ryan Mai, of Oakton, grade 7,
Westminster School
Poetry Corner
Summer in the Woods
The willow tree screams in silence as the wood-pecker
Pecked, pecked, peckedThe fish glide along the water like tiny torpedoesPassing the tree as if they don’t careThe flower strokes the butterfly as it collects the
yellow pollenStoring it for lunchThe fish spray a light mistAs the kind willow trees create a tunnel for me to
walk throughThe rain pounds on the plants, punishing them for
taking their waterThe curious animals gather close to see this ruckus
—Arti Marzban, of Dunn Loring, Grade
3, Westminster School
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Watching fireworks with friends,by Marissa Lin, age 6, Grade 1,Freedom Hill Elementary, Vienna.
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By Mulan Pan
I’m sure many of you haveheard of it, and some of youmight even be in Odyssey ofthe Mind competition, but
for those who aren’t, I wanted togive you an insider’s view of whatit’s all about. I’ve been participat-ing in Odyssey of the Mind, whichI will refer to as OotM, since fourthgrade, and I absolutely love it! It’sa great enrichment activity for me,and it helps me relax and have funwith friends.
When I first started out, our teamchose the balsa wood problem. Inthis problem, we had to build astructure that could support themost weight possible. It could onlybe made of balsa wood and glueand could weigh no more than fif-teen grams. The amount of weightheld translated into points. Thispart of the problem took the mosttime and effort, where we experi-mented with many different de-signs. Every week, teammateswould bring in their newly madestructure, and we would carefullyload weights onto it until itsmashed. After we recorded theweight held, we would then ana-lyze it to figure out how it brokeso we could improve the design.Guess how much weight our finalstructure held? Over five hundredpounds!
While trying to build a balsawood structure, we were presenteda long-term problem. We had tocome up with a solution to theproblem, which had to incorporatethe structure, and turn the solutioninto an eight-minute skit. Thejudges would decide how creativeand effective our solution was and
award us points. They would alsolook at our handmade props, cos-tumes, and other things alongthose lines, and award us Stylepoints for those.
The Spontaneous part must bemy favorite. We were presented aproblem, and we had no clue be-forehand what it would be. Theygave us a limited amount of timeto solve it, so we had to think onour feet, getting our creative juicesreally flowing. An example of aproblem would be, “What was thebest thing since sliced bread?”, inwhich each member would give a
different response. The more cre-ative responses our team gave, themore points we would get.
Last March, our team got firstplace in Regional Competition. Itwas the best day of my life! I mustadmit, we weren’t the best sportsabout it though. We kept jumpingaround, screaming, “We won! Wewon!”, the shining gold medalbouncing on our chest. Later inApril, we attended the State Com-petition, where we got third place!This year, our team is determinedto get to the World Competition(and maybe even win!).
Overall, OotM is a great sport forthe mind. You get to make newfriends, exercise creativity, andcrush your rivals in the competi-tion. You also learn how to coop-erate with your teammates. OotMallowed me to delve deeper intomy strengths, as well as find newones. Although I’ve only been par-ticipating in this event for twoyears, I have no trouble saying thatit’s become my favorite part of myafter-school life.
Mulan Pan, 12, is a sixth grader atForestville Elementary School, Teachers:Ms. Conner, Ms. Donlon, and Ms. Kroog
“Mutant Penguins Celebrating Christmas”Artwork by Mulan Pan, grade 6, resident of Great Falls and studentat Forestville Elementary School.
Haycock Elementary: Weekend Report
Weekend Report, by Leena Melkote, age 5.Weekend Report, by Evie Thomas, age 5.
Odyssey of the MindFrom Lindsay Bovenzi’sCreative Writing Class
Cooper Middle School
By Jocelyn Chen, 14, ofGreat Falls: “I am thankfulfor the many friends, boysand girls, I earned at thiscamp because unlikeregular schools, this placewas for Taiwanese kids sothere was no discrimina-tion or bullying.”
Lohita Sunkara, 13, of Great Falls:“My photo represents that I am thankful to have wonder-ful education and I am thankful for my teachers.”
By Keelin Byrne, 13, Mclean:“I am thankful for my love of the water, because withoutit, I would never know what it feels like to do a duckdive under a wave.”
Andrea Karam, 12, of Great Falls:“I am thankful for Lebanon, the summer and the beach!”
“Dog,” by Lexie Gagnon 13, of Mclean:“I am thankful for my dog Winnie, she brightens my daywhen no one else can.”
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Arts Happenings atHaycock Elementary
Gretchen Proctor, art teacher at Haycock Elementary,sent us a few photos. This one shows the Fall Com-munity Art Show at the United Bank Branch in FallsChurch in November, 2016.
A student using abstract vocabulary words to createa human portrait with tempera paint.
Sandra holding her oil pastel cornucopia forThanksgiving.
By Sabrina Rosenweig,Grade 1.
By Calyn Yamauchi,Grade 2.
Haycock Elementary
Art Gallery
By NoraBartkowski,Kindergarten.
By Katie Ockerman, Grade 1. By Lemya Annous, Grade 1.
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“Room with a View,” by Abigail Paredes
“The Journey,” by Abigail Paredes
“A Girl”, by Abigail Paredes
“Docked,” by Abigail Paredes
Abigail Paredes, 14, of Great Falls, attends Dominion High School in Sterling.
Paredes Gallery
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Colvin Run Elementary
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Artwork submitted by SandyPugh Art Instructor.
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“My Mandala,” a symbolic self-portrait,by Diana Kim, age 11, Grade 6.
“My Mandala,” a symbolic self-portrait,by Aaryashree Sapkota, 11, Grade 6.
Lemon Road Elementary
By Derek Li, 11, Haycock Elementary School.
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Seldom WrongBut This TimeI’m Write
Because of the change in some of ourpublication deadlines for December, I havehad to write multiple columns weeks inadvance, somewhat unusual for me.Typically, I write my column five days beforepublication, so time-wise, I’m fairly currentand emotionally present as well. Writingahead, as December dead-lines (it’s nothingnew. I’ve been managing to accommodatethese deadlines for years) is still a bit off-put-ting. Though I want to think ahead and livelike I have a future; as a cancer patient, it’sdifficult not to live in the present. Thinking,feeling, projecting ahead, seems presumptu-ous almost.
This is not to imply that I have to some-how presume a future and write about can-cer subjects — or not, which have not yethappened. Hardly. My columns are rarelytime-sensitive or date-specific. Still, my col-umns are generally better written when I’mwriting from current feelings, facts, circum-stances, etc. And though many of the feel-ings, facts and circumstances relating to mycondition don’t exactly change on a daily,weekly or even monthly basis (thank God!),surprisingly, my reaction to them sometimesdoes. Moreover, writing multiple columns atone time also forces me to pile onto myselfemotionally the effects of my disease. Which,if you must know, I’d rather not do. In fact, ifthere’s any way I can not think about mysituation, that’s a ‘way’ I’d like to be.
Not that I moan and groan or woe is meabout my age 54-and-half-terminal-diagno-sis, as those who know me or have regularlyread my columns likewise know; but some-times I’d prefer not to have my hand forced.And even though reading or hearing aboutother people who have been diagnosed withlung cancer, or who have succumbed to itsravages, doesn’t bother me — too much,really (I’ve matured); occasionally, I’d ratherbe blissfully ignorant.
Although I readily admit that being igno-rant too long concerning my disease is hardlypenny-wise but it is most definitely pound-foolish. The trick is, somehow not gettingconsumed by one’s circumstances and main-taining an optimistic point of view. And sinceI’m a funny guy (though not really fun), I amable to humor myself — and others, so theseless-than-ideal circumstances under which Iattempt to thrive are not overwhelming,except when forced to confront my demonsand focus on myself when newspaper dead-lines are advanced and jumbled and I’m hav-ing to write four columns in two weeksinstead of writing one column in one week.
Though it’s not exactly trouble, it is toquote Jerry Seinfeld from a long-ago Seinfeldepisode, “something.” ‘Something’ I couldlikely live without, but ‘something’ unfortu-nately I must live with, every December. ButI’m a “big boy,” as my father used to tell me,with “broad shoulders” (figuratively speakingto my ability to handle the load), so I’ll man-age. In fact, in another paragraph, I will havecompleted the task and the presumptiveweight of it will be off my ‘broad shoulders.’
Now I can relax a little bit, exactly whatone (especially this one with cancer) needs.Between the holidays and advanced dead-lines, the column-writing and the ad-selling;I’m living and learning with my ever-evolvingcircumstances (further from the beginning orcloser to the end; I never know).
Nevertheless, I am extremely happy tohave been there and finished doing it yetagain. I hope to see you all back here nextyear. Happy Holidays!
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