Northley students have been busy this school year. They have been playing sports, performing in con-

certs, writing essays, doing homework and projects, and enjoying life. Many new and exciting events are

planned for the 2014 year. Many of us will be watching the Winter Olympics, going to plays and con-

certs, volunteering in the community, participating in Reading Across America for Dr. Seuss Night, and

welcoming spring. The staff of the Viking Voice wishes everyone a Happy New Year.

Northley’s Students are watching

the 2014 Winter Olympics

This year’s winter Olympics will take place in Sochi Russia. This is the first time in Russia’s history that they will host the Winter Olympic Games. Sochi is located in Krasnodar, which is the third largest region of Russia, with a population of about 400,000. This is located in the south western corner of Russia. The events will be held in two different locations. The ice events will be held in Sochi right on the coast while the mountain events (snowboarding, skiing, etc.) will be held in the Krasnaya Polyana Mountains, only a half an hour away from Sochi. This close proximity of events marks one of the most compact games ever.

The coastal venue will be home

to many buildings such as Bolshoi Ice

Palace, the Maly Ice Palace, the Olym-

pic Oval, the Sochi Olympic Skating

Centre, the Olympic Curling Centre, the

Central Stadium, the Main Olympic Vil-

lage and the International Broadcast

Centre and Main Press Centre. All ven-

ues will be built brand new for the

2014 Sochi Olympics. (See pages 5

and 8 for maps of the Olympic venues.)

Guys and Dolls

Northley’s 2014 Musical By Vivian Long and Alexis Bingeman

This year’s school musical is Guy and Dolls Jr. Guys and Dolls is a funny musical set in New York in the 40’s centering on gambling guys and their dolls (their girl friends). Sixth grader, Billy Fisher, is playing Nathan Detroit, a gambling guy who is always trying to find a place to run his crap game. Emma Robinson is playing Adelaide, Na-than’s fiancé and a nightclub performer. Eighth grader, Gianni Palmarini, is playing Sky Masterson, a smooth gambler. Sarah Brown, a mission doll, is being played by Jacqueline Scheck. There are a lot more leads and the ensemble too. The musical includes songs like, “Sit Down You’re Rock-ing the Boat and “Bushel and a Peck.”. Guys and Dolls should be a great show. I know the cast and Mrs. Hazlett have been working very hard on the musical. We hope you come out and see the play on February 7th and 8th in the Northley Auditorium at 7:00pm.

A R T I C L E S I N

T H E V I K I N G

V O I C E

• Olympic Events

• Guys and Dolls

• Frozen: a review, a

survey and excerpt

• New Words of the

Year

• Scrambled PSSA

terms

• Olympic History,

Opening Ceremony,

projected winners

• Athlete Biographies

• Olympic Puzzles/

Maps

• Students Volunteer-

ing

• Snowy Day Activities

and Puzzles

• Mr. Siegel’s Top 10

Ways to SOAR in

2014

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Viking Voice February 2014 Volume 2

Frozen Reviewed

By: Olivia Lambert

If you’re looking for a good movie to watch, then I recommend the new Disney movie, “Frozen.” This story is about two sisters who are princesses, but one of them has a curse put on her that makes her be able to freeze things with her hands. One day, some-thing so big happens, that the princess, Elsa, freezes the entire town, creating an eternal winter and runs away. The story is about her younger sister, Anna’s, journey to find her sister and stop the winter. On her way, she meets friends like Kristoff, Kristoff’s reindeer, Sped, and a friendly snowman named Olaf. I recommend this movie because not only is it a laugh-out-loud comedy, but it is also a sweet story that may even make you cry. I believe that “Frozen” was one of the best movies of the year. It’s great for all ag-es and it’s an amazing family movie. If you want to find out if Anna finds her sister and if the eternal winter ev-er ends, then I suggest you go to the movies right now to see the movie, “Frozen.”

“Frozen”

In the Kingdom of Arendelle, the King and Queen have two daughters: the elder named Elsa, and the younger, named Anna. Of the two, Elsa is special, as she was born with a power to create snow and ice. One evening while playing secretly as children, Elsa's powers discharge, and she ends up hitting An-na with an ice blast, knocking her unconscious. and turning several strands of her hair white. Upon their parents discover-ing this, they quickly rush to a group of trolls within the kingdom's mountainous territory. The troll's leader named Pabbie, after examining Anna, claims that she can be saved. However, he advises the family that it might be best to not have Elsa use her powers around Anna, and manipulates Anna's memories so she has no knowledge of her sister's powers, but remembers the fun times, albeit slightly altered. Pabbie also ex-plains that Elsa's powers will grow, and can prove a danger if she cannot learn to control them. The girl's par-ents then separate the two, and having no knowledge of what has occurred, Anna is unable to comprehend why her sister is not allowed to play with her. While Anna's life is rather normal, Elsa has to contend with her powers growing stronger as she ma-tures. Her father cautions her to wear gloves to keep her powers in check, as well as conceal her feelings, which seem to cause her powers to become stronger. 3 years after the death of their parents, Elsa has come of age, and the castle is preparing to crown her as the Kingdom's Queen. Elsa is nervous about open-ing the doors to the castle and receiving the many guests to the kingdom, while Anna is eager to get out of the castle. Unable to contain her emotions, Elsa makes a violent sweep with her arm, causing a barrier of sharp icicles to appear. Shocked at the room's reaction to her powers, Elsa rushes from the room, and across the waters of the kingdom, her feet causing ice to form, allowing her to flee into the far mountains. See the movie “Frozen” to find out what happens to Elsa and Anna and how a reindeer and a snowman come to their aid.

Summary from IMBD.

Frozen Survey “What did you think of Disney’s new movie, “Frozen?” Olivia E. “I really liked the movie Frozen. I thought it was funny and at the end I thought it was sad. Sarah G. “I thought Frozen was extraordinary. It was heart-warming, comedic, and a great movie for families.” Kimmy E. “It’s a really funny movie! I laughed most of the movie. It was also very touching” Karli K. “I think the movie was really good and fun-ny. Also if you like singing in movies and funny movies, you should go see this one.” Kylie K. “Frozen was the best movie ever. It is a great family movie for all ages. If you like a cute movie with comedy, then Frozen is for you.” Devin C. “I think Frozen was great. It kept me on the edge of my seat.” Kristina B.”I loved the movie! It’s so funny and real-ly cute.”

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Scrambled Words about PSSA Test Taking Strategies

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terafsbka ____________ linepa oryu nweasrs ____________

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Words of the Year By Shreyas Parab

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As every year starts to draw to a close, lexicographers (people who write dictionaries) release a list of a hun-dred new words to be added to the dictionary. For most this isn’t interesting, but every year with pop-culture and new trends, interesting words or phrases start to be added onto this list. Here are some of those new words with their def-initions.

Aha moment- a moment of sudden realization, inspiration, insight, recognition, or comprehension. Sentence: Danny suddenly had an aha moment when he realized that the science test he didn’t study for

was today. Earworm- a song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind.

Sentence: The song “Call Me Maybe,” by Carly Rae Jepsen was an earworm to Steven, which caused him to hum it constantly throughout the day.

Man Cave- a room or space (as in a basement) designed according to the taste of the man of the house to be used as his personal area for hobbies and leisure activities.

Sentence: David’s basement was completely converted into a man cave when he installed a pool table, Ping-Pong table, video game consoles, and a flat screen TV.

Parkour- the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently. Sentence: When Liza attempted parkour at her local park, she ended up in the emergency room due to

poorly executed parkour moves. She has made a resolution not to do parkour without an ambulance present.

Phablet- a smartphone having a screen which is intermediate in size between that of a typical smartphone and a tablet computer:

First World Problems- a relatively trivial or minor problem or frustration (implying a contrast with serious problems such as those that may be experienced in the developing world)

Sentence for 5 and 6: Although it was a first world problem, Samantha had trouble fitting her Phablet into her pocket.

Group Hug - an instance of a number of people embracing one another simultaneously, typically to provide sup-port or express solidarity.

Sarah found that when she was sad, she could always use a group hug from her friends. Guac- North-American slang for guacamole.

Sentence: Many people had the belief that without guac and chips, a SuperBowl party would not be the same.

Canadian Bacon- cured meat from the back of a pig, ham. Sentence: The list of funny words cannot be complete without Canadian Bacon, that was until people re-

alized it was just ham. Facepalm- a gesture in which the palm of one’s hand is brought to one’s face as an expression of dismay, exas-

peration, embarrassment Sentence: When a student asks a question that was just answered, all the kids in the class facepalm

themselves.

History of the Olympics

The history of the Olympic Games goes back all the way to 776 BC, over 2700 years ago! The games back then were dedicated to the 12 Greek gods and goddesses and took place on the plains of Olympia. The initial sporting events were based on ancient Greek mythology and had a very religious aspect. Just as it is now, the games were held every four years with participants coming from every cor-ner of Greece to compete for the ultimate prize, an olive wreath and to return home as a hero. The origi-nal sporting event was the Pentathlon which consist-ed of running, jumping, discus throw, wrestling, box-ing, equestrian events, and pankration.

The games continued until the fall of Greece

to the Romans with Christianity becoming the main

religion of the region. The games were viewed as pa-

gan worship and were banned completely by Emper-

or Theodosius in 393 AD.This was until the French

Baron Pierre de Coubertin reinstated them in the

19th century, in 1896. They were named the Games

of the Olympiad, or Summer Olympics, and were held

every four years. The only exception to this was dur-

ing the years of the two World Wars. The winter Olym-

pics began in 1924 and since 1994 they have not

been held the same year as the Summer Olympics.

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Opening Ceremonies

Every Olympic games are kicked off with a dazzling display of lights and theatrics. It is the start of the games and the whole world will be watching their countries athletes enter the arena. The opening ceremonies at Sochi this year look to be no different. Even though the people involved have been sworn to secrecy of the events that will take place on February 7th (the day of the opening ceremonies) there is much speculation and ru-mors about what will take place. Russia’s most famous artists, along with more than 1,000 oth-ers, will take part in the ceremonies. Rumored artists taking part include the Russian children’s choir, viola player Yuri Bashmet and conductor Valery Gergiev, pianist Denis Matsuev Edgard Za-pashny, director of the Great Moscow State Cir-cus, and famous ballet dancers from around the region. The actual performance is said to paint a cultural portrait of Russia. Reportedly, the cere-mony will take place on three stages and feature heroes of Russian stories. Also, images of imperi-al Russia will be replaced with images of 20th cen-tury Russia, showing buildings, locomotives, bridg-es and sculptures. Over 1000 children, from dif-ferent parts of Russia, will sing in the junior choir and over 15 buildings, 6 locomotives, and 6 bridg-es will be built on stage for the ceremony.

Projected winners

(1/2014) Men’s Ice Hockey

Sweden. Led by Henrik Lundqvist the Swedes will take home their second gold medal in the past three Olympics. Their first since 2006 in Turin. It will be Lundqvist’s second gold medal. They are projected to beat Russia in the gold medal game. USA’s team is expected to beat Slovakia in the con-solation game to take home the Bronze medal. Figure Skating

Men: Gold: Patrick Chan (Canada), Silver: Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan), Bronze: Daisuke Takahashi (Japan)

WOMEN Gold: Mao Asada (Japan) Silver: Yuna Kim (South Korea) Bronze: Ashley Wagner (USA)

PAIRs Gold: Vo-losozhar/Trankov (Russia) Silver: Savchenko/Szolkowy (Germany) Bronze: Duhamel/ Radford (Canada)

ICE DANCE Gold: Davis/White (USA) Silver: Virtue/Moir (Canada) Bronze: Bobrova/Soloviev (Russia)

TEAM Gold: Canada Silver: Russia

Kelly Clark

Winter Olympic Snowboarder

By Nicole Brown

Kelly Clark is one of the most famous women snowboarders in the Winter Olympics. She is 5’ 4” and 135 pounds. She has won two Olympic medals. She won the gold in 2002 and bronze in 2010. In 2012, she won 16 events in a row. Kelly is known for setting records in women’s snowboarding. When she’s not on the slopes, she likes to do many other things. She will ride her bike, surf, hangout with friends, read, and watch movies. Kelly loves to stay active when she’s not train-ing or competing. She has her own fund, “The Kelly Clark Foundation” and she spends a lot of time doing fundraisers for it. The foundation gives the youth opportunities to snowboard. Kelly Clark’s motto for herself is, “What you see is what you get.” She uses this motto a lot when it comes to competing. So, when you

watch the Winter Olympics this year, just remember to watch out for Kelly Clark in women’s snowboard-ing. We wish you luck Kelly!

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Figure Skating

By Lauren Bondrowski Figure Skating began in the Summer Olympics in 1908. In 1924, figure skating first appeared in the Win-ter Olympics. There are 6 men and women from all countries that go to the Olympics. There are also 5 dance cou-ples, and four pairs. Each skater should be older than 15 to be able to attend the Olympics. Some of the most famous skaters include: Peggy Fleming, Scott Hamilton, Debi Thomas, Michelle Kwan, Tara Lapinski and Dorothy

Hamill.

Figure Skating takes a lot of practice. You have to have your routine down or you won't get the highest points available. Figure Skating is also one of the most famous sports in the Winter Olympics, along with bobsled-ding, cross-country skiing, ice hockey, speed skating, etc. The United States is the only country that has gotten

gold medals in every Olympic games.

WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE

THE SOCHI OLYMPICS?

Ashley Wagner By: Kelly Coleman

Ashley was born in Heidelberg, Germany on May 16, 1991 into a military family. Her hometown though is Alexandria, VA. She moved nine times while growing up. She began skating at age 5 in Eagle River, Alaska. She participated in the Basic Skills Program in 1996. She graduated from West Potomac High before rushing to Southern Califor-nia to train with John Nicks. Right now her coaches are Rafael Arutunian and John Nicks. Her figure skating choreographers are Shae-Lynn Bourne and David Wilson. Ashley trains in Artesia and Aliso Vie-jo, California for the United States. She doesn’t flinch when it is time to move. She wants to work in broadcast journalism when she finishes skating. Ashley Wagner is an Olympic figure skater for the U. S. A. ladies team. She is 5’3’’. She goes to Sad-dleback Community College and graduates in 2014. Her level is senior. Her club is the SC of Wil-mington. She enjoys running on the beach, read-ing and laser tag. She is constantly searching small diners for the best pie.

Ashley Wagner is a seven-time Grand Prix Series medalist (two gold, one silver, four bronze).In 2012 she went to the World Champion-ships and she received fifth place. She is a 2013 U.S. champion. In 2012 she was a Grand Prix Final silver medalist. In 2012 she won a World Team Trophy as a silver medalist. In 2012 she went to the World Championships and came out in fourth place. In 2012 she was a Four Continents champi-on. In 2012 she was also the U.S. champion. In 2010 she became a U.S. bronze medalist. In 2009 she was a World Junior bronze medalist. In 2008 she won the title of a U.S. bronze medalist. In 2007 she was a World Junior bronze medalist. She has won eight medals in the Grand Prix series. In 2013 she competed in the Trophee Bompard and came in 1st place. In 2013 she went to Skate America and came in 2nd place. In 2013 she was at the World Championships and came in 5th place. In 2013 she got the World Team Trophy for 1st place (team).

In the 2013 U.S. Championships she came in 1st place. In the 2012 - Grand Prix Final she came in 2nd place. In the 2012 Trophee Eric Bompard she won 1st place. In the 2012 Skate

America she won 1st place. In the 2012 World Team Trophy her team came in 2nd place. In the 2012 World Championships she came in 4th. In the 2012 Four Continents Championships she came in 1st. In the 2012 U.S. Championships she came in 1st. For the 2011 NHK Trophy she received 4th place. In the 2011 Skate Canada she came in 3rd. In the 2011 U.S. Champi-onships she won 6th place. In the 2010 - Rostelecom Cup she came in 3rd. In the 2010 NHK her Trophy was for 5th place. In 2010 at the U.S. Championships Ashley came in 3rd. In 2009 she came in 4th at the Grand Prix Final. In 2009 Ashley came in 2nd place at the Rostelecom Cup. In 2009 she got the NHK Trophy for 3rd place.

In 2009 Ashley Wagner came in 3rd place at the World Junior Championships. At the 2009 U.S. Champi-onships she came in 4th place. Also, in 2008 she got the NHK Trophy for 4th place. In 2008 at the Cup of China she came in 4th place. At the 2008 World Champion-ships she came in16th place. Also she is the 2008 - Four Continents Championships - 8th,2008 - U.S. Champion-ships - 3rd,2007 - World Junior Championships - 3rd,2007 - Trophee Eric Bompard - 3rd,2007 - Skate Canada - 5th,2007 - U.S. Championships, Junior - 3rd, 2006 - Junior Grand Prix Final - 2nd,2006 - Junior Grand Prix (Netherlands) - 1st,2006 - Junior Grand Prix (France) - 1st,2006 - Triglav Trophy, Junior - 1st ,2006 - U.S. Cham-pionships, Junior - 4th,2006 - Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior - 1st, 2006 - Northwest Pacific Regional, Junior - 1st, 2005 - North American Challenge Skate (Pierrefonds), Novice - 1st, 2005 - U.S. Championships, Novice - 7th, 2005 - Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice - 1st, 2005 - Northwest Pacific Regional, Novice - 1st, 2004 - Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice - 10th, 2004 - Northwest Pacific Regional, Novice - 2nd, 2003 - U.S. Junior Champi-onships, Intermediate - 17th, 2003 - Northwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate - 2nd, 2002 - Northwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile - 2nd , http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/profile/ashley_wagner http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/Wa/Ashley-Wagner?

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Noelle Pikus-Pace

Skeleton

The sport of Skele-ton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person

rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. Since she entered the sport in 2001 Pikus-Pace has been one of the best skeleton sliders in the world. Even after suffering a compound fracture in her right leg in 2005-2006, she came back to win the world Championship in the 2006-2007 season. In the 2010 winter Olympics she came in 4th place, after-wards saying she was going to retire. She decided to come out of retirement for a chance at obtaining a medal in the 2014 winter games. She swept the na-tional team selection races to dominantly reclaim her place on the team.

John Shuster

Curling

John Shuster is the captain of the US team. He has been on the US

Olympic team for the past three winter Olympics. He and his team took home the bronze medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. His position is the skip. The skip is not only the captain of the team but also is the one who de-termines the strategy and where to aim the stone being slid down the ice. After Shuster’s team came in last place in the 2010 winter Olympics he started his own team. Af-ter winning back-to-back bronze medals in the US Men’s Curling Championships, his team was selected to partake in the 2014 US Olympic Curling Trials and was selected for the last spot as the final men’s team for the Olympics.

P a g e 7 Shaun White: Legendary American Snowboarder By Ethan Purvis

With this year’s Winter Olympics rolling around, I would like to tell you a little bit about one of America’s top Olympic athletes: Shaun White!

Shaun Roger White was born on September 3rd, 1986 in San Diego, California. Before the age of one, this young trooper endured two open heart operations. I guess he was ready for the pain of extreme sports! Throughout his life, Shaun was practicing on ski resorts in Vermont and California. Shaun White started off his career with skateboarding. At a very young age, he was attracting at-tention from skateboarding greats like Tony Hawk. When White was nine, Tony Hawk befriended him at a skate park and mentored him until Shaun went pro at age 17. In skateboarding alone, Shaun White won many awards. Most notably, the Action Sports Tour.

White also became the first person to compete in and win the Summer and Winter X Games in two different sports. At age six, Shaun switched from skiing to snow-boarding, and at age seven he received his first sponsor-ship. White got his professional snowboarding started, and never slowed down.

In the winter X Games, Shaun has won a medal every year since 2002. Shaun’s medal total for all Winter X Games through 2009 is 15. He has 10 gold medals, three silver medals, and two bronze medals. Winning like this resulted in another achievement for Mr. White: the first quadruple win streak by a male athlete in one discipline, or a certain contest for a single sport. This was done in the snowboard slopestyle. However, Shaun White’s streak

ended when he lost to An-dreas Wiig and Teddy Flandreau in 2007. He al-so won the Air & Style Con-test in 2003 and 2004.

This year, Shaun will have his third Winter Olympics appearance. In 2006, he won a gold medal in the half-pipe. That year, he was almost out of competition early, but he eventually pulled through for the win. Fellow American competitor Dan-ny Kass won silver that year coming within three points of Shaun. Shaun made an Olympic appear-ance again in 2010. He earned gold in the half-pipe yet again, this time clinching it in the first run. He still went through with his second run, showing off a trick he had named The Tomahawk. His closest competi-

tion came up with 3.4 points less than White.

Shaun White is clearly an extreme sports guru, and he will most likely come up big again this year. Wish him luck in his efforts Northley, and be sure to watch all of the American contestants in the

2014 Winter Olympics which is to be held in Russia.

Olympic Riddles & Trivia By Ethan Purvis

With this year’s Winter Olympics right around the corner, we

decided to make you use your heads, and have fun with it at

the same time. Riddle answers can be found in the back.

The prince of what country can be found on the bob-

sleigh track?

In this sport we dance on ice.

What freestyle aerial trick shares its name with a car-

toon character?

In this sport athletes go feet first.

Where does ice come after hockey?

In this sport athletes surf on the snow.

In this sport athletes go face first.

The most famous team in this sport came from Jamaica.

Why does the downhill racer go down?

See page 12 for answers

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A F S Y A I I O F Y R S G G S

R L P K F R Y E E R N E N C P

G E P L E S C K I O M I I U E

M N I I O L C R W W I N P R E

W G I C N O E B P K E Y M L D

J M H C H E O T S C M C U I S

T I B E N A S L O I M Y J N K

X C C R R A L K Z N Y T I G A

Q I U D T I D T I Q Z W K M T

L T I B H R R E B I S J S Z I

D N J N E G U L C W N G F T N

G F W G L T P C Z I Z G J S G

T O F I G U R E S K A T I N G

D G N I D D E L S B O B H X O

T U B I A T H L O N F U I U D

WHERE ARE THE EVENTS AT THE SOCHI

OLYMPICS?

ALPINESKIING

BIATHLON

BOBSLEDDING

CURLING

DOWNHILLSKIING

FIGURESKATING

ICEDANCING

ICEHOCKEY

LUGE

SKELETON

SKIJUMPING

SNOWBOARDING

SOCHI

SPEEDSKATING

2014 Olympic Word Find

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Olivia Lambert’s Community Service Project For my project, I helped organize donations of toys from two Aston soccer teams. The toys were for fami-lies that did not have enough money for Christmas presents. My friend’s church was taking donations for toys and I decided to volunteer to help. I had my mom send out an email to my sister’s team and my team. Between the two teams and our families, we collected over 50 presents for both children and sin-gle mothers.

Candy Grams

The Candy Gram sale was run by both Maura Sto-karski and Matt Prudente. Here is what they each said about this experience.

By Matt Prudente Maura and I did the Candy Gram project. We had to decide the schedule of who had to sell the grams each day. We also had to decide the time period that we would be selling the grams, and the price to sell the Candy Grams. In the end, we raised about $500. I think the sale was a suc-cess.

By Maura Stokarski I did my community service with Matt Pru-dente. We raised over $500 and we donated the money to the Northley families who needed the money for Christmas. I cut cards at home, and a couple of friends and I stayed after school to organ-ize the Candy Grams. Madison G., Erica, Shreyas, and I gave out the Candy Grams during school. The whole Honor Society collected and brought in so many candy canes that we were able to give every student a candy cane. Thank you Northley for making this a success.

Philadelphia Children’s Hospital By Emily Dawson and James Leo

For our community service project we teamed up to conduct a toy drive to benefit CHOP. The drive finished in late December and began November 18th. During that time, we collected toys ranging from trucks and planes to dolls. The toys covered many age groups. The drive ended up collecting over 70 toys. Overall, Emily found the experience to be very en-joyable and fulfilling. She really appreciated the help from James, and James said that the result of this rewarding project was that many kids, even very sick children, had the chance to enjoy the magic of Christmas.

My Project By Veronica Roth

My project was helping out with the elderly. My aunt works at a retirement home, and she needed help. Devon Linn, Victoria Anderson, and Leah Roth helped me out. We worked for 9:30am to 1:00pm. We helped the elders make crafts and play games. The employees were thankful that we helped out and they said we could come back at any time.

Clothes for Comfort By Elizabeth Powell

Clothes for Comfort was the name of my com-munity service project. In this project, I collected gently used clothing and donated them to Good Will. The out-come was extremely successful. I started collecting the clothes in October, and by the end of November, there were plenty of clothes to give the needy before winter! Since the outcome was as successful as it was, I intend to do more projects like this in the future.

Canned Food Drive By Dominique Schaefer

In August, 2013, I did a community service pro-ject by collecting non-perishable food items. I did col-lect a good amount of food and there was a good vari-ety. I donated the food to a local homeless shelter in Delaware County. It made me feel good to know that I was helping people that were in need of food. It was a great experience.

Our Heartfelt Thanks Seventh Grade Gold Team

Before the holidays, the 7th Grade Gold Team made cards for our Wounded Warriers. Over 140 cards and notes were created for the many soldiers that were injured while serving our country. The stu-dents made many colorful cards that included a heart-felt thank you to the soldiers in hospitals around the world. The cards were then dropped off and mailed to the soldiers. The cards were intended for delivery in January and February. Just think, somewhere right now, many soldiers are reading your cards and well wishes.

Have you ever wondered how you can get in-volved? How you can start your own volunteer pro-ject? Here is a way to help get you started.

Randomkid www.randomkid.org

RandomKid is a program that helps support kids in creating and carrying out their own community support projects. Here are some of the ways RandomKid can be used: 1. Develop a plan for a business and fund it. 2. Plan an event and spread the idea. 3. Brand a product and sell it. 4. Educate/demonstrate something that matters. 5. Rally and count collections. Go to www.randomkid.org for help in getting start-ed. • Serves as resource that paves the way for to

launch a creative project. • Provides upfront funds you may need to start

you project. • Unifies efforts with others so you can achieve

greater things. • Allows student groups to use the funds you

raise for their own charity or educational pur-poses.

• Gives advice on how to make your project more successful.

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Northley’s Beautiful New Library By Emily Taylor and Madison Thomason

Madison and Emily help out in the library to help make it a better place for the Northley students. Every Thursday, they stay after school until 3:30pm. They shelf fiction and nonfiction books for Mrs. Coff-man. Some weeks they decorate the shelves with specific genres that they think people will like. They are hoping to set up different fun se-lections each month or so to really make the library a special place. Both students really enjoy helping out and making a difference at NMS.

Snowy Day Math

Try to fill in the missing numbers. Use the numbers 1—9 to complete the puz-

zle. Each number is only used once.

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Bake or cook. Indulge in sweet treats or comfort foods that warm up the house (and your belly). Get an early start on upcoming birthday or holiday cards. Christmas has already passed, but you can make notes and cards for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Grandma's 76th, Administrative Professionals' Day, and so on... Fashion shoot. Play dress up with old Halloween cos-tumes, take photos, crank up the dance music and have fun on the hallway runway. Arts and crafts. Besides cards, you could make a bird-feeder (add peanut butter and seeds to any pine cone), paint a masterpiece, make your own Play-Dough or try other crafty ideas. Clean your Room. Putting away all those things you have grown out of or don’t use anymore. Play in the snow. Also, older kids looking to make a little extra money, can shovel the sidewalk at your home or your neighbors' house. Make snow ice cream. Put 4 cups of clean snow (or shaved ice) in waffle cones or cups and add 1/2 cups of half & half or whole milk, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Blend the milk, sugar and vanilla together until the sugar dissolves, then mix it all together until it looks

like ice cream. Add chocolate syrup, whipped cream and leftover holiday candy as toppings. Puzzles. Going to pieces? Put them together. Board games. Bored? Games like Monopoly, Life, Risk and chess can help with that. Build a fort. Whether you want to build a fortress for an epic pillow fight or have tea inside a princess castle made out of blankets, a fort will keep the kids occupied and make you want to play along. Computer games. Discovery Kids has lots of fun ones, including one where you can build a virtual roller coast-er. Video games. Between the Wii, Playstation Move and interactive games like Rock Band there's plenty of ar-cade options at home to keep you moving. Smartphone and tablet games. Check iTunes for free apps for your iPhone or iPad, or try Google Play for fun

stuff to play on your Android mobile devices.

Make your own game. Read a book. Get cozy on the couch, by the fireplace if you've got one, and read that book you have been put-ting off.

Snowy Day Maze

FEBRUARY 2014

Mr. Siegel’s Top 10 Ways To SOAR in the New Year: 10. Be Social – Make a commitment to a club or sport and attend regularly 9. Be Focused – Focus on your class work and what your teacher is saying as much as possible 8. Be Well-Rested – Get enough sleep each night, especially during PSSA weeks 7. Be a Good Family Member – Talk to your parents about what you are doing in school and get help from them when you need it 6. Be Responsible – Write your homework down in your assignment book after each class, complete it and hand it in each day, and ask your teacher or counselor for help when you need it 5. Be Organized – Keep your locker clean, and sort your papers regularly by filing ones you need or throwing out old ones 4. Be Helpful – Help others in times of need (i.e. help pick up books someone dropped, help someone with a problem they do not understand, etc.) 3. Be Honest – Always tell the truth 2. Be Goal-Driven – Remember your New Year’s Resolutions/Goals that you set in each class and work to achieve them! And the #1 Way to Soar in the New Year…

1. Be Kind – Our school theme this year. No bullying!

Warm up this February with these Special Days

February 9th—15th is Nation Letter Writing Week

Take some time and write a letter to someone who needs a boost or to someone you admire. Consider linking up with one of the veteran support groups (letterstosoldiers.org) or the “A Million Thanks” (amillionthings.org) to send a letter to a resident in a nursing home. February 11 is Make-a-Friend Day

We all need more friends. Today is the day to reach out to someone you don’t really know and gain a new friend.

February 17 is Random Acts of Kindness Day

It’s time Northley students to perform one kind act for a child, a friend, or an adult during the week of February 17th. Remember how much kindness was appreciated by Auggie in our book, Wonder.

Viking Voice Staff Riddle Answers

Monaco

Ice Dancing

Daffy

Luge

In the dictionary

Snowboarding

Skeleton

Bobsleigh

Because he can’t go up