On September 6th, Miami-Dade County students and teachers were notified that school would be cancelled Thursday and Friday due to Hurricane Irma. One reason why Miami-Dade schools didn’t start until September 18th was because many teachers and families evac-uated the beach area and there was no coordinated return. In addition, there were many homes and businesses with no electric-ity for several days. An FPL worker stated, “After a disaster of this magnitude, the first priority is to get everyone power as quickly

Mrs. Castillo’s Journalism Class

EDITORS IN CHIEF: SARAH UTRERA, KAYRA YUZBASIOGLU CO-EDITORS: BROOKE BELLINSON AND MAX GOLDEMBERG MANAGING EDITOR: ISAAC HOFFMAN SECRETARY: MIA ERLICHMAN

Volume 6 Issue 1

Hurricane Irma

It is with great pleasure that we introduce our new princi-pal, Mr. Saperstein. He en-joys being a principal because he loves children and wants to “give them a better future”. Mr. Saperstein hopes for a productive year where every student does well. Prior to working here, Mr. Saperstein worked at Virginia A. Boone Highland Oaks Elementary School, as a principal for four years. He came to our school with excitement of being part of our Bobcat family. After the county had become aware of his interest, he was trans-ferred over. He was ecstatic to receive the news as he had wanted this to happen. During this year, Mr. Saperstein plans

By: Nicholas Baron and Alani Espy

Welcoming Mr. Saperstein!

By: Gianmarco Ranalli

By: Nicholas Baron and Alani Espy

Mrs. Costa’s gardening club is starting soon. This year the club’s

meetings will take place in the morning. She would like culinary students to participate in the gar-dening club this year. Students that participate in the gardening

club will earn community service hours for helping out.

to work closely with the teachers and staff to ensure we have a successful out-come this year . His advice to all of our Bobcats stu-dents is “Study hard, be honest, and treat everyone fairly.” As a principal, he plans to be open and com-municate with everyone. He believes that the year will go by very quickly. So, there is no time to waste. We need to be out effort and accom-plish our educational goals. Again, let’s all give our new principal a warm welcome to the Bobcat family and we all look forward to having a wonderful year!

as possible.” As soon as it was safe, FPL mobilized their linemen to go restore the power. Many people did not get power back until 3-5 days later. Fortunately, none of the students nor faculty were severely affected by the hurricane. Due to the loss of these school days, Miami Dade County Public School as assigned two teacher plan-ning days as make-up days to ensure students are getting the instruction they missed. Therefore, there will be school on January 19, 2018 and April 20, 2018. We are happy to be back at school!

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Words of Wisdom 3

Nintendo Championship 4

Dear Camila 4

Table Of Contents

Hurricane Irma

Mr. Saperstein

Boosterthon Collage

Guess the Doodle

Hispanic Heritage Month

Family Breakfast

Culinary Project

Back to School Life Hacks

Dear Camila

Costa Gardening

Bobcat

TIMES

Castle Quest! Page 2

By: Katelyn Cuellar and Skylar Fillipelli

By: Grace Giordano and Vivian Nosovitsky Answers: A,1 B, 2 C,3

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Guess the Doodle!

4. If your essay is too short, use white dashes between words to make the word count more. 5. To remember the decimals in PI use this : May I have a large container of coffee = 3.1415826 (Count the letters in the sentence) 6. Did you know blowing on your thumb makes you less nervous? Try it during a presentation.

7, Don't know whether to use ef-fect or affect? Use the word IM-PACT… 8. Put mints in your pencil case and smell them to reduce head-aches and improve concentration. 9. Use an empty mint container as an earbud case , it doesn’t tangle them. 10. You remember things better if you say them out loud.

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

Life Hacks To Make Your Life Easier !

Breakfast With Your Parents

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By: Isabella Moreira, Matisse Oswald, and Yael Rubinovich

Labor Daybor

By: Jed Hoffman

Open House

By: Isabella Moreira and Matisse Oswald

On Labor Day, people get off work and kids get off school. Labor Day is always the first Monday of Septem-ber. This year, Labor Day was Sep-

tember 4th. Labor Day is to celebrate economic and social achievements of

workers.

Words of Wisdom

By: Sofia Losada and Lorenzo Marzilli

On August 30th RKBBH had a lovely breakfast with parents. Miami Dade Coun-ty and the counselors were kind enough to host this event. Thanks to the PTA they served free coffee for the parents. Thank you to all the parents who were able to come!

make this tasty meal include basil, walnuts, olive oil, garlic, parmesan cheese, black pep-per, and your choice of spaghetti. This makes a perfect meal to cook up with friends and/or family for a casual evening.

month and as said in Spanish, “¡Esperamos que todos hayan

tenido un gran mes de herencia hispana !”

On Tuesday September 26 from 5pm to 6pm, Ruth K. Broad counselors hosted this year’s resource fair and from 6pm to 8pm is when parents visited their kids classes. Parents

were able to see and experience their child’s everyday classes. To all par-ents who came we appreciate your

time here at Ruth K. Broad.

1. Plan before you go to sleep what you’re going to do in the morning. 2. Stop using Google.com for information about es-says. Use Schol-ar.google.com 3. Put your schedule on your phone incase you forget.

Hispanic Heritage Month takes place from September

15th to October 15th when people recognize the contri-butions of Hispanic and Lati-

no Americans to the Hispan-ic culture. On October

13th, grades kindergarten dressed up as a Hispanic

Individual of his or her choice. Each class did sepa-

rate activities based on dif-ferent Hispanic cultures. The staff had a luncheon that

included different Latin foods which they brought in

to share with other staff members. According to Ms.

Rivero, “Hispanic culture affects our school in a big

way because we have a large community of Hispan-

ics.” Also, Ms. Cox stated “Hispanics have helped the U.S in all the areas of art,

music, and more.” Another short statement quoted by

Ms. Cox would be “In Bay Harbor Islands, all cultures

come together as a family.” We hope everyone had a

great Hispanic Heritage

By: Seth Cruz

By: Sofia Losada and Lorenzo Marzilli

“Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much

you care.” - Lucky Loren

Cooking with Carpenter

Ms. Carpenter and her Culinary Arts class made a delicious pesto pasta on October 6th. They made pesto from scratch. The students in her class had a fun time helping Ms. Car-penter prepare and actually cook the meal. Ms. Car-penter made two pastas, one with and one without cheese. Students observed how to make this amazing meal. The ingredients to

some people get it faster, other have more difficulties, but with determination you will get through it. To become a better speaker of the language, you could try watching TV, reading books and talking to people all in English. Just keep trying and don’t give up!

What should I do when people don’t like the way I look?

First of all, we understand that a lot of people go through situations like that, specially in school, so don't worry because you aren’t the only one. However, don't listen to them, we know it is

not easy but don't let other people bring you down. If you don't feel comfortable with the way you look, then change for yourself and not for others. Don't focus on negative comments people say because there’s always going to be someone to judge you. Who-ever is making you feel this way, is not worth listening to. Try to find someone who appreciates you for who you are, not the way you look. At the end of the day you are who you want to be, not who the others want you to be.

Walk to School day was Wednesday, October 4th. It was hosted to promote physical activ-ity, save energy, and reduce air pollution. The more people that participated in this activity, the cleaner the Earth is!

The annual Scholastics Book Fair will be taking place October 16th through Octo-ber 20th. Make sure to stop by the Media Center/Library to purchase some books. There will be books of all genres and grade levels, so anyone can come!

Dear Camila

I need help! English has been really hard for me and I don’t know what to do. Any advice? How many months will it take?

Well, learning a new language is never easy but you should take it on your own pace. Asking for help is essential, especially in school. You should talk to someone that speaks your own language, howev-er do not rely on them, they aren’t always going to be there. Make sure they are giving you the help you’ll need in the future, not just now. For example: instead of trans-lating a question, try to explain in a simpler way in English. There isn’t a certain amount of time to learn,

By: Daniela Gonzalez and Cami-la Oliveira

By: Leila Al-Sahli, Max Goldemberg, and Jed Hoffman

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By: Leila Al-Sahli and Elie Matz

Childhood Cancer Awareness

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND came out in 1977. That’s 27 years before I was born. So what’s it doing back in theaters? That’s simple. The CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 40th anniver-sary re-release is a sight for sore eyes. It’s one of the few truly original alien movies, and surprisingly a breath of fresh air in today’s tired genre. The movie follows 3 subplots, all regarding some mysterious aliens that come to earth one fateful night. There’s Richard Dreyfuss, who almost gets abducted by the aliens, the research-ers, who simply want to find out what it is and why, and Teri Garr, who along with her toddler son tries to tough it all out. The plot is less important, instead being a showcase for the amazing characters and atmosphere. Oh, the atmosphere. I could talk for hours about the musical tones that provide a good leitmotif for the movie itself, or the recurring themes of art as a medium and using it to better your-self. But instead, I’ll just say go watch this movie. In a theater, on Netflix, on DVD, anywhere. I give it 5 “this is important” quotes out of 5 “this means something” quotes.

Movie Review

The Nintendo World Championship is a compe-tition held every couple of years where all the best Nintendo game players play Nintendo games for a prize. There are tryouts around the country includ-ing one in a ‘Best Buy’ store located in Miami. However, when the news struck that Hurricane Irma was going to impact Mi-ami, the Nintendo compa-ny put out a press state-ment saying they would reschedule these tryouts.

But a new problem devel-oped when recently, Ninten-do released a second press statement saying that the tryouts will not be located in Florida, and instead in Seat-tle. This has angered many students, some have whom even bought Nintendo prod-ucts in order to pre-pare. Nintendo has said that their next competition, set to be in 2018 or 2019, will definitely include Florida.

By: Leila Al-Sahli and Isaac Hoffman

By: Isaac Hoffman

Nintendo Championships Canceled :(

Book Fair Walk to School Day Spirit Day

Spirit day is the first and third Wednesday of every month. On these days you can wear any RKBBH shirt you want! This year the school has intro-duced a new shirt for upper academy and a different one for lower academy. Make sure to show your school spirit on every other Wednesday!

The month of September is National

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. It is predicted that 15,270 children will be diagnosed with cancer and

1,790 will pass away from cancer this year. Give back to a foundation you support and raise awareness to help

fight childhood cancer!