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Good   Shepherd   Catholic   Academy,   Brooklyn   NY   +   Thursday,   May   26,   2016   +   Volume   I,      Issue   3 __________________________________________________________________________________________ 

 

  

May   Crowning  By:   Elizabeth   Careaga 

 As   the   month   of   May,   a   month dedicated   to   the   Virgin   Mary,   is coming   to   a   close,   Good Shepherd   Catholic   Academy came   together   as   a   parish   outside Good   Shepherd   Church   to   honor Mary   with   a   traditional   and   lovely “May   Crowning.”  

 Prior   to   crowning   the   statue   of Mary,   vocal   sang   several harmonious   songs   and   Mrs. DeNonno,   whose   name   is   Mary, read   before   Fr.   Doyle   said   a prayer   for   the   students   and   a blessing   regarding   the representation   of   Mary   and      

the   month   of   May.   After   that, 8th   grader   Julia   Gnad,   whose confirmation   name   is   Mary,   did the   honors   of   crowning   the statue   of   Mary.   Although   this   ritual   was   quite unadorned,   the   serene atmosphere,   not   to   mention   the exquisite   trees   and   tulips,   made this   May   Crowning   very delightful.   This   ceremony   felt   like a   treasurable   memory   to   me,   as this   was   my   last   May   Crowning with   Good   Shepherd.   

  

Memorial   Day    By   Ava   Pontone 

  Memorial   Day   is   called   the unofficial   start   of   Summer.   It   is   a three   day   weekend   that   is celebrated   on   the   last   Monday   of May.   People   usually   have   family get   togethers,   barbecues,   and   go down   to   the   beach.   But,   Memorial Day   is   really   supposed   to   be   for   

the   men   and   women   who   have passed   away   in   all   of   the   wars. 

 The   holiday   began   on   May   30, 1868,   when   the   Union   General John   A.   Logan   created   a   day   to   let families   decorate   the   graves   of Civil   War   soldiers.   They   first named   the   day   Decoration   Day but   years   later   it   was   changed   to Memorial   Day.   President   Richard Nixon   made   Memorial   Day   a federal   holiday   in   1971.   On   Memorial   Day,   it   is   a   tradition to   visit   war   monuments.   The President   and   Vice   President   lay a   wreath   on   soldiers   graves   at Arlington   National   Cemetery.   Most towns   have   big   Memorial   Day celebration.While   every   ones having   barbecues   or   having   fun   at the   beach   I   think   that   we   should celebrate   Memorial   Day   in   a   way that   honors   our   nation’s   heroes. 

  

Memorial   Day By   Brooke   Polito   and   Diana   Wilen  Memorial   Day   is   May   30th   and   is also   known   as   Decoration   Day. Memorial   Day   is   meant   to   honor the   soldiers   of   the   Union   and Confederate   armies   who   died during   the   American   Civil   War.  

 

Our Upcoming Graduation By Julia Gnad 

  

   As June quickly approaches us, our 8th grade students are getting prepared to graduate. The Graduation Mass takes place on June 17th, as well as a brunch at Buckley’s, and finally the Graduation that takes place in the Church at 5:00. Although these events themselves are very exciting, the 8th grade is also looking forward for two other events that were planned for them.   First, on June 10th the students will enjoy a Graduation Dance in the academy's auditorium. They will first enjoy hors d’oeuvres with their parents. Then, they will eat dinner, and finally, be able to dance with their friends. The 8th grade recently took a vote to decide if the theme of the dance would be Candy Land , or A Night Under The Stars . I'm happy to conclude that A Night Under The Stars will be the theme of the dance. The 8th grade will also be going on a class trip as another way to celebrate their graduation. This class trip will be on June 15th to see the musical Wicked on Broadway. This musical is an alternative ending of the well-known movies The Wizard of Oz and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. After the musical, the 8th grade 

will return to the academy, and eat dinner in the Good Shepherd Rectory.  As an 8th grader I am definitely looking forward to June, and all the comes with it. My friends and I are very excited to get to enjoy time together and dance and our Graduation Dance. We are also looking forward to see Wicked, which will be another great opportunity to spend time together before we go our separate ways to different high schools.  

The NFL Draft  By Thomas O’Neill 

 The NFL Draft started on April 30,2016 and ended on May 2,2016. The first pick of the draft was Jared Goff (QB) from California. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams. The next pick was by the Philadelphia Eagles. They picked another QB Carson Wentz out of North Dakota State. For all you New York Giants fans the Giants selected cornerback Eli Apple in the first round out of Ohio State. In the first round the New York Jets selected linebacker Darron Lee out of Ohio State. Actually Ohio State had five players taken in the first round. I hoped you enjoyed this article.      

A Concert to Remember By Alexandria Salvato 

Last night on Monday April 25, 2016, my dad and I went to a Bruce Springsteen concert. We took the train to get there. I was so excited for tonight. Before the concert, we got a poster and popcorn with a bottle of water. It started at 8:00 and ended 12:00 at night. He sang about 45 songs. Bruce said this was the last concert that he would sing the whole album called “The River”. He took a girl in the crowd and she sang “Blinded by the light”. Before she got off stage, he signed her poster. Then a few songs later, he did a crowd surf. There is a very famous singer named Prince. He passed away last week. Bruce sang Prince’s most popular song, “Purple Rain”! His awesome guitarist Nils Lafgren, did an awesome job. He said that he will spend the summer performing in Europe. The next day, I actually went to school! It was a concert to remember.   Jokes   by   Alessandra   DePaulis 

What   do   you   call   cheese   that’s   not yours? Nacho   cheese 

Which   flower   talks   the   most? Tulips   ­­   they   have   2lips What   do   elves   learn   in   school? The   elf­abet 

Why   did   the   girl   smear   peanut bu橔‾er   on   the   road? To   go   with   the   traffic   jam Why   can’t   you   give   Elsa   a   balloon? Because   she   will   let   it   go. 

 

10   facts   to   help   kids   fall   asleep and   stay   asleep  

 By   :   Elizabeth   Oliveri   1.          Bananas    ­   They   are   #1 because   magnesium   and   they also   contain   melatonin   and serotonin,   two   natural   compounds people   use   to   fall   asleep   .  2.    Dairy    ­   milk   is   jam­packed   with tryptophan   known   for   making   us feel   sleepy   .   try   giving   your   child   a bowl   of   milk   and   bananas   about an   hour   before   bedtime.   3.    Whole   grains    ­   complex carbohydrate   ­which   includes whole   grain   pretzels   ,   bagels   ,   and crackers   .   4.    Chicken   and   turkey    ­   dinner ideas   that   are   proven   effective   in promoting   sleep   chicken   and turkey   that   have   tryptophan   .   its this   amino   acid   that   makes   you   go to   sleep   .   5.    Beans    ­   beans   like   other   foods on   the   list   also   have   tryptophan   in these   plant­   based   proteins   will help   you   fall   asleep   .  6.    Rice    ­   adding   rice   to   your dinner   menu   will   help   sleep patterns   .   rice   has   high   glycemic index   which   boost   energy   followed by   feeling   tired      later,   perfect   for bedtime.  7 .Spinach ­   leafy   green vegetables,      like   spinach   and cabbage   are   high   in   tryptophan   as well.   These   foods   also   have   many other   health   benefits   .   spinach   is  

an   essential   food   that   will   help your   child   sleep   .   8.    Salmon ­   salmon   and   other other   types   of   seafood   simulate production   of   serotonin   and melatonin   ,      which   are   known      for promoting   sleep.   Fish   is   also   good for   your   heart   health   .  9.    Whole   wheat   pasta    ­   much   like whole   grain   snacks   ,   pasta produces   insulin   ,   which   is   an essential   for   a   good   night   sleep   .  10.    Lean   beef    ­   the   iron   found   in lean   beef   will   help   your   child   have healthy   energy   levels.   Lean   beef   ( like   other   foods   on   the   list   is   high in   tryptophan)   the   key   thing   is   to have   lean   beef   earlier   at   dinner time.    

  Samantha   is   a   girl   in   5th   grade at   our   school.      Here   are   some things   you   might   not   know about   Sam. By:   Kristen   O’Connor  Kristen:   What   is   your   favorite color? Sam:   My   favorite   color   is   teal.      

Kristen:   What   is   your   favorite animal? Sam:   I   like   puppies,   my   favorite is   a   Lab.  Kristen:   What   sport   do   you   like to   do? Sam:   I   like   to   do   gymnastics.  Kristen:   What   is   your   favorite game   to   play? Sam:   My   favorite   is   hide   and seek.  Kristen:   What   season   do   you like   the   best? Sam:   My   favorite   season   is Summer.   Kristen:   What   do   you   like   to   do in   Summer? Sam:   I   go   to   Breezy.  Kyra   is   in   5th   grade.   This   is   all about   Kyra. By:   Kristen   O’Conno r  Kristen:   What   is   your   favorite color? Kyra:   My   favorite   color   is   pink.  Kristen:   What   is   your   hobby? Kyra:   I   like   dance.  Kristen:   What   is   your   favorite dessert? Kyra:   My   favorite   is   ice   cream.  Kristen:   What   game   do   you   like? Kyra:   I   like   to   play   tic   tac   toe.  Kristen:   What   is   your   favorite sport? Kyra:   My   favorite   sport   is gymnastics.  

 

Get   to   Know   a   Good   Shepherd Graduate,   Christopher   Zinser 

By:   Anthony   O’Connor  5th   Grade 

 My   cousin   Christopher   Zinser   is   a graduate   of   Good   Shepherd.   He graduated   in   the   class   of   2014. Now,   he   goes   to   St.   Edmund Prep.   He   is   very   smart   and   very nice.      He   is   a   good   cousin.  Anthony:   Who   was   your   first teacher   at   Good   Shepherd? Chris:   My   first   teacher   at   Good Shepherd   was   Mrs.   Susan.   Anthony:   Who   is   your   favorite teacher   at   Good   Shepherd? Chris:   I   loved   them   all.      My favorite   is   Ms.   Rampulla   because her   class   was   always   fun.   She   is   a good   teacher.  Anthony:   What   was   your   favorite subject?   Why? Chris:   My   favorite   class   was   Vocal because   Ms.   Courtien   is   the   best.  Anthony:   How   did   Good Shepherd   prepare   you   for   high school? Chris:   That’s   a   good   question. Well,   reading   the   books   that   I   had to   read   was   good   because   they were   some   of   the   books   that   I   had to   read   in   Freshman   year   of   high school.      Like   we   read   Romeo   and Juliet.   The   writing   that   we   did helped   with   the   big   papers   you have   to   write   in   high   school.  Anthony:   What   was   the   most   fun thing   you   did   at   Good   Shepherd? Chris:   It   was   fun   being   in   Guys and   Dolls. 

Anthony:   How   did   it   feel   to graduate   from   Good   Shepherd? Chris:   I   felt   sad   leaving   Good Shepherd   because   it   is   such   a family   there   but   I   was   excited   to go   to   high   school,   too.  Anthony:   What   was   the   most important   lesson   that   you   learned at   Good   Shepherd? Chris:   I   learned   that   hard   work always   pays   off.  Anthony:   Do   you   ever   visit   Good Shepherd   and   why? Chris:   Yes,   I   visited   last   year   and once   this   year.   I   like   to   see   my teachers   and   see   how   everyone   is doing.   That's   why   I   like   to   visit   if   I can.  Anthony:   Thanks   for   doing   this interview. Chris:   O.K.      No   problem.  

Le¯t and Right  (Being diἕ䀭ferent is normal) 

By Samantha Lewis  As I rode my bike I noticed a split in the road. I went straight forward. You didn’t expect me to say that, you expected me to say le什࿗t.  Haha! You fell for it. Did you really think that? Who chooses le什࿗t? What’s that you say?  Lot’s of people do. Le什࿗t and right make forward. Good and bad make you and you are. But normal isn’t normal.  

WWE News By Emily Castellano 

 Rivalries 

Dean Ambrose & Chris Jericho AJ Styles & Roman Reigns Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens Natalya & Charlotte Flair Rusev & Kalisto  

Champions Women’s Champion  Charlotte Flair  United States Champion Kalisto  Intercontinental Champion The Miz  WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns  How To Be A Champion Racehorse 

By Samantha Lewis Spring means horse racing season. While the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness have happened already, there is still one more big race - the Belmont Stakes, which takes place right here in NY.  For all those baby horses with big dreams, if you want to be a champion, here is the plan: 1.Enter into Junior Races 2.Repeat step 1 until you are three years old. 3 Qualify for the Kentucky Derby.  You never know - Nyquist won the Kentucky Derby and was the favorite at the Preakness but lost to Exaggerator. One day young horse, that could be you in the winner’s circle. 

 

 

Our Very Own  

Literary Legends  All   Alone  By:   Taylor   Cole­Hector   &   Elizabeth Oliveri­Disalvio  Chapter 6: Taken Away  “I got you now,” said Tyler. Taylor and Lizze screamed for help knowing nobody was coming. Tyler then brought us to his lair and tied us up in a chair.  Chapter 7: Kidnapped  Once Tyler tied us up he decided to lock us up in a cage with a tiger. A few hours later we woke up and heard growling. Then Lizzie screamed, thinking we were about to get eaten by a tiger! Lizzie took a bat and tried to hit the tiger with it. Tyler told us to find his key that he had lost in his garden. Taylor and Lizzie couldn‛t find his key.   Chapter 8: Lost  Tyler was very mad. He locked us up with two more tigers! Then the three tigers jumped on us. Lizzie and Taylor screamed, “Are we going to be eaten alive?!”  Could this be the end of us?  To be concluded…      

I Saw Jesus Last Night By Reagan Murphy and Alessia Forte  Chapter 1: Bad News  One day I was praying in my bed. I woke up and I went outside. Outside were people who did not look so nice. They were holding a needle that looked like a doctor’s needle. I took a picture of it with my phone and I looked it up. That was not good news. I figured out it was a hypodermic needle. My mom wasn’t home so I called the cops. Right at that time I heard a knock on the door. I didn’t answer the door.  Chapter 2: The Coming  Boom! The door was knocked down. I was hiding in the corner. Then I took my phone off my bed. I called my mom but she didn’t answer. The guy said to me, “come here.” I screamed, “No!” I said to him, why would you risk your life, you are hurting yourself and others.   He shot me with the needle.   My mom came home twenty minutes later. “Mom,” I screamed. “I feel like nothing, my throat is clogged.” I can’t breathe.” 

Chapter 3: The Hospital  My mom rushed me to the hospital. The doctors were worried I wasn’t going to make it. All of a sudden, in the middle of the night, I felt very different. I was a spirit!  Chapter 4: Heaven  Once I was in heaven, I felt great. I had never felt like this before. I told God, “I don’t want to leave unless I am better.” God didn’t answer but I knew what he was saying. I heard things I never heard before and I saw things but I did hear my family. I jumped out of bed and ran to my mom and hugged her so tight. I knew I was better.  

THE END       

 

      

 

My   Valentine   Mascot   ­ Part   1 By   Elizabeth   Oliveri DiSalvio   &   Taylor Cole­Hector  Chapter   1  My   friends   Taylor, Michelle,   Brianne,   and   I were   looking   for   a mascot   for   the   girl’s basketball   team.   I   was walking   down   the   hall when   I   bumped   into   a boy.   “Hi,   my   name   is Lizzie,”   I   said.   “Hi,   I am   John,   he   replied.   It was   love   at   first   sight. “You   should   talk   to him,”   said   Michelle.   I was   nervous.   The   girls said,   “ask   him   to   be   the mascot,   then   you   can talk   to   him.”   That   is   a good   idea,”   I   said.   But when   I   asked   him,   he didn’t   want   the   job.  Chapter   2  The   game   was   about   to start   and   the   girls   did not   have   a   mascot. Lizzie   was   still   upset that   John   had   turned   her down.   “I   have   not   seen John   all   week,   not   since I   asked   him   to   be   the mascot,   said   Lizzie. Michelle   asked,   “Do   you think   he   was   mad   that you   asked   him   to   be   the mascot?”   “I   hope   not, that   would   be   silly, said   Taylor   and   Brianne,  

“just   forget   him.”When the   game   started,   the mascot   came   out   and   said “Hi   Lizzie.”   “Hey   that sounds   like   John,” Lizzie   said.   “No   way,” replied   her   friends. When   the   mascot   took   off his   suit   it   was   John. “John,”   Lizzie   screamed, “where   have   you   been?”  Chapter   3  “I’m   sorry   Lizzie,   I tried   to   find   you   the day   you   asked   me   to   be your   team’s   mascot,   but I   could   not   find   you.   I got   sick   that   day   and went   home.   I   wanted   to be   your   mascot   but   was not   able   to   tell   you.   I wanted   to   talk   to   you more   but   was   nervous because   I   like   you.” Lizzie   was   happy   and could   not   wait   to   tell her   friends.  To   be   continued...  

Best Friends Forever? By Alexa Lankford Illustrated by Kylie Powers and Alexa Lankford  Chapter   1:   The   Last   Day   of   School  Alexa   and   Kylie   were   ready   for   the last   day   of   school.   They   were   calling and   tex浔‴ng   all   night   about   what   they will    

wear   and   how   they   will   do   their   hair. The   next   day   Alexa   and   Kylie   wound up   wearing   the   same   ou㜳‸it.   When Kylie   saw   Alexa   wearing   the   same ou㜳‸it   as   her   she   thought   Alexa   was copying   her.   Kylie   walked   away   and went   to   class.  Chapter   2   ‐   Summer   Vaca浔‴on  It   was   the   first   day   of   summer vaca浔‴on.   Alexa   was   at   her   favorite beach   that   she   goes   to   with   Kylie, but   Kylie   had   other   plans   with another   family.   Alexa   didn;t   know why   Kylie   refused   to   be   her   friend over   a   small   li橔‾le   thing,   even   when they   planned   to   wear   the   same thing   over   the   phone.  Chapter   3   ‐   Are   We   Friends   Again?  The   next   day,   Alexa   was   playing   with her   li橔‾le   sister   Jenna   when   someone rang   the   doorbell.   It   was   Kylie!   Kylie came   to   apologize   and   and   they became   friends   again.