Don’t pour water on the page,

though, because a single drop

could destroy all four boxes.

See that mongoose on the left?

Those things are vicious. It’s

rumored they kill cobras for a

living. This, of course, makes it

the perfect mascot, if you

describe your homework as a

cobra.

And finally, we hope you enjoy

this paper without making more

than two paper airplanes with it.

We really poured our heart and

soul into this publication.

Sincerely yours,

-Ashley T. and Audrey A.

This is the first edition of the Bi-

Weekly Mongoose, our school pa-

per. Within these pages, we hope to

inform you of current events and

present humor which will hopefully

make you roll around laughing while

wondering how something so silly

was published. With our spectacular

skills and a good bit of luck, we hope

to have you eagerly awaiting each

new issue. Unfortunate-

ly, we will not be able to deliver our

paper to you during any breaks be-

cause we have not followed any of

you home. However, our objective

is to create an issue every Bi-Week

spent in school. Along with the arti-

cles, we will provide you with our

efforts consisting of several small

features, such as the

Double Quote of the

Bi-Week on the left. If we fail

to make you laugh with our witty

words, please inform us so we

may punish you appropriately.

We managed to shove a four-cell

comic section onto the back

page, although we really had to

squeeze to make it fit (this is

called sarcasm, my lovelies). You

might miss it if you blink, so pour

lots of water in your eyes before

reading, so they don’t dry out.

The Chinese New Year is here!

The Chinese zodiac starts with

the rat and ends with the pig.

The Chinese are celebrating it

for 15 days (7 in urban areas),

eating dumplings and having

parades like the lion dance. Peo-

ple look forward to this all year.

When the dancers come people

give red envelopes full of money

to children. It’s said that dances

like the lion dance bring good

luck and drive evil sprits away for

the new year. This year is the

year of the dragon! The last year

of the dragon was 2000. It’s said

that people born on this year

have good health and lots of

energy. They’re good with

friends and listen carefully to

others.

Written by Luke L.

A mongoose, the newspaper

mascot.

The Beginning of our Paper

C H I N E S E

Z O D I A C :

Rat 1

Ox 2

Tiger 3

Rabbit 4

Dragon 5

Snake 6

Horse 7

Goat 8

Monkey 9

Rooster 10

Dog 11

Pig 12

Chinese New Year

S A G E I N T E R N A T I O N A L

S C H O O L

Bi-Weekly Mongoose 2 / 2 / 2 0 1 2 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

D O U B L E

Q U O T E O F

T H E B I - W E E K

“Always borrow

money from a

pessimist. He

won’t expect it

back.”

-Anonymous

“A bus station is

where a bus stops.

A train station is

where a train

stops. On my desk,

I have a work

station . . .”

-William Faulkner

P A G E 2

Ayako Nozawa Son

The Red Fox vs. The Wandering Spider

Ayako Nozawa Son Monday the 13, a Japanese

woman named Ayako Nozawa

San introduced herself during

humanities. She talked to us

about Japan and the Japanese

new year. Japanese new year is

three days long and includes

traditions such as eating, cook-

ing for the entire new years

day, and eating for three days

straight! To bring in the new

year, they eat long noodles to

bring them long life and clean

the house to rid it of bad luck.

The main foods we were told

the Japanese eat are sea food,

noodles and rice. While she

graced us with her presence,

she talked about where she

was from. Ayako kindly shared

rice patties with us at the

end of class.

Written by Kolbey B.

Small

Thin skin and little protection

A long, vulnerable tail

The Wandering Spider:

The wandering spider is about five

inches long. Their best attributes

are:

Long fangs & powerful bite

Very fast

High jumpers

The Red Fox:

The red fox is a small but fero-

cious predator. It’s main strengths

are:

Height (2’9”)

A long tail to balance

Claws

Sharp teeth

Protects pups with life

Excellent Hearing

Their main weaknesses are:

Quick reflexes

It’s weaknesses are:

Small size

Many extremities

WHO WILL WIN?

Fox

Spider

Written by Zach C.

B I - W E E K L Y

Lost and Found The lost and found at

Sage is overflowing with

things no one has both-

ered to pick up. If they’re

yours, please pick them

up or they will be donat-

ed on February 29. Check

it out! We have:

A Backpack

A Bag

Lunch Boxes

Shirts

Sweatshirts

Fabric

Jackets

Earmuffs

Hats

Bike Helmets

A Scarf

Gloves

Books

Binders

Comp Books

Spiral Notebooks

An iPad Case

Socks and Shoes

Snow attacks the Ceiling

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Ahhhh! The weak ceiling swells and

dips as the water bears down on

it’s fragile tiles. The snow had

seeped through the tiles and roof-

ing and into Ms. Hegg’s classroom,

leaving a corner of the ceiling bulg-

ing and dripping water erratically.

“The ceiling has been compro-

mised,” declared Ms. Fiske, after

evacuating several students out

from the area immediately under

the leak. She added that it could

“give way at any time.” The tiles

had been stressed by the constant

weight and it was expected that

touching the weak point could

cause collapse of several square

feet of ceiling. The water was also

working it’s way into the class-

room, pooling in the recycling bin

that was placed under it. The tile

was removed after the snow melt-

ed, leaving a gaping hole in the cor-

ner of Ms. Hegg’s classroom, to

prevent possible injury to anything

beneath it at the time of it’s col-

lapse.

Written by Audrey A.

toughest tongue twister in the

English language..........try it!

In the course of an average

lifetime, you will, while sleep-

ing, eat 7 assorted insects and

1 spider.

Most lipstick contains fish

scales.

Donkeys kill more people

annually than plane crashes.

The winter of 1932 was so

cold that Niagara Falls froze

completely solid.

Written by Grace R.

Your stomach has to produce

a new layer of mucus every

two weeks, otherwise it will

digest itself.

If you are an average Ameri-

can, in your whole life, you will

spend an average of 6 months

waiting at a red light.

There is a word in the English

language with only one vowel,

which occurs five times,

"indivisibility."

“The sixth sick sheik's sixth

sheep's sick" is said to be the

Fun Facts!

Niagara Falls in 1932

Watching Snowflakes Fly

By Ashley T and Audrey A

Light hits the ground as wind whistles and sways,

Bare branched trees reach for the sky

All the humans in a daze,

The world is held in a silent sigh

Holding their breath

Watching snowflakes fly

All exhaling is a warm sparkle against the night calling

Ever tossing and twirling,

downwards they glide,

Like snow queens elegantly sashaying across their land

of crystal ice

Sprawling across the foot of the ancients lie dips of

blue darkness against the snowy sky

Rabbits trot among the weed-laden blanket of snow

Not pausing to look at the frigid landscape, onwards

they go.

The sun smiling in approval upon them, dipped its

head below the horizon

And the shadows come running to dance and join

as one

As the trees slowly groan in acknowledgement

A blanket of white has deepened and settled for

night

P A G E 4 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Written by Tristan Berg

The Hunger Games, written by Susan Collins, has become a very popular book amongst pre-teens. It’s even become a full length film and will launch in

theatres by the end of March of this year. This novel is about a future America with a Capitol that runs 13 different districts. These districts decided to fight

against the Capitol and ended up losing many people, along with the entire 13th district. Once a year a large activity called the Hunger Games takes place. It

requires 1 boy and 1 girl from each of the 12 remaining districts who are randomly picked, and are required to kill each other in a chosen “arena.”

The issue with this novel is that even with its amazing story, it has many problems that some other novels don’t. A very common example was when the

author wrote “she said” or “he stated” when she didn’t need to. At many points in the story there are only 2 characters that could possibly be talking at the

time.

Everything that’s going on is very mature, like children being forced to kill other children, or the main character being stared at by a designer (who

she doesn’t even know or want to know) while she’s entirely naked.

Another thing that bothered me is how the main character Katniss talks to the reader (the book is in first person). She’s supposed to be 16, but she talks

like she’s only twelve; as though she is unaware of what is going on directly in front of her.

Something I really liked about this book was Katniss’s willingness to keep her family alive, even when things like hunger were working against her as a handi-

cap. Her mother hasn’t helped the family in any way, shape, or form since her husband was killed in a mining accident., which causes Katniss to provide all of

the food and money for them by herself.

Overall, I did enjoy some parts of this book. While I find it great in plot, I don’t think it was done the best it could have been. Still, I give it credit for having

some original and interesting ideas. Overall, I give this book. . .

Hunger Games Review

(Top to bottom, left to

right)

Edward Bitton * Tristan

Berg * Audrey Antoni-

uk * Kolbey Bandurra-

ga * Gage Dewsbury *

Luke Lopez * Zach

Conder * Katie Bush *

Lucas Knoll * Theo Al-

merico * Ashley Travis

* Jack Yarnell * Grace

Robbins * Olivia

Godinez * Madison Al-

len * Ms. Peggy Fiske

The Bi-weekly Synonym Match the words below in their correct

spots with a synonym

By Grace R

12 10

13

14

9 7

11

15 2 3

1

4

5 6

8

Across:

Ash

4. Foam

5. Mushroom

8. Fur

9. Clone

11. Tendon

14. Chew

15. Cat

Down:

2. Throat

3. Eat

6. Hammer

7. Candy

10. Package

12. Pal

13. Clam