Stressful Friday Morning

 On October 16, EBV held one of the most stressful events for students and teachers, the Parent – Teacher Conferences. Starting at 7:00 am and ending at 2:30 pm, parents came in and out of the auditorium with their kid’s report cards. Some very satisfied and pleased, while others were not so happy. Both high school, middle school, and elementary parents attended the event at Escuela Bella Vista. In the entrance of the school, NHS and NJHS members were selling tickets for the Charity Run. Most of the teachers were present at the conferences and were talking profoundly to the parents. How did you do on first quarter?

Write! Write! Write!

      Only 5,000 words to go! This year, the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th graders have to participate in NanoWrimo! NanoWrimo is a project in which someone has to write a novel and the novel has to have a certain number of words. 6th grade has to write 6,000 words, 7th grade has to write 7,000 words, and 8th and 9th have to write 10,000 words by November 25. This year not only the students have to write a novel, but they also have to complete a workbook about their story so they are more planned and focused on what they have to do. NanoWrimo’s official website (nanowrimo.org) states the history of NanoWrimo and it says that it started in July of 1999 and only 21 people participated. NanoWrimo has gotten popular over the years because it encourages students and people that everyone can write a novel no matter what. Good luck to the writers!

Back To Basics

        The eighth grade math class, taught by Mr. Thompson, helped the third graders with math. They went to Mr. Gonzalez’s room to help the younger students with math. They taught them, assisted, and had a wonderful time! This was also very helpful because each 8th grader helped an individual third grader; meaning that there was a lot of time dedicated to each student so that everyone could learn at their own pace.

        The third graders reviewed numbers and place values. At the end, they were pleased and very excited! As a result, Mr. Thompson said, “I will try to book us a visit to the third grade room once a month to help the students and their learning”.

Ready…Set...Help!

        As every year, on Saturday October 17, 2015, the National Honor Society members organized the Charity Run.

        The National Honor Society members organized this event to help raise funds for the children with Huntington’s disease. According to MayoClinic, it is “An inherited disease that causes the progressive breakdown (degeneration) of nerve cells in the brain”.

        The tickets for this event were sold during Parent Teacher Conferences and during the event that took place in La Vereda del Lago at 7 am. During the charity event, the participants had the choice of running or walking. However, something very important was that the person could either run or walk, and could not do both.

Many people commented that the Charity Run was a complete blast and that they are really happy they could do something for a good cause, in this case the Huntington’s disease. 

Light up The Bunsen Burner

In the 8th grade science class, they are in for a surprise as there is a small flame in the room that left kids petrified  

It was just another typical day in Ms. Possamai’s room where the 8th grade class was about to try out another typical science project. They were just learning about the rock cycle but what they didn’t know was that their projects would soon ignite. The 8th graders were working with crayons, heat and aluminium in what they thought was a safe project. They were trying to see the three different types of rocks yet the results were not as expected. In one of the first tries, there was smoke, in some other tries there was more smoke and finally fire. It was a small flame yet most kids were petrified. After the flame, the class was filled with smoke yet nobody got hurt.

Divergent; one society becoming many

Divergent, by Veronica Roth, is a young adult science fiction novel with a strong message about society. The book features Tris, as the main character soon to become an adult who has to choose a faction. Their society is divided into five factions. Candor, Amity, Dauntless, Erudite, and Abnegation. A test is the one that says, but she decides if to go with the honest, Candor; the kindest, Amity; the bravest, Dauntless; the intellectual, Erudite; or the selfless, Abnegation. But the test gives a unique and different result; a divergent. A person who can belong to more than one faction. Being separated would be a problem to the family, but can cause a disaster if Tris does not leave. What faction will she choose? Dealing with political changes, Tris faction would be extinct, one of the most important. With the new people she met in this new stage of her life, will she be able to stop the chaos?

The book also features a divided society that in our modern world can be thought as possible. Different people, different beliefs, separated from one another, with little change and power to get back together, to be free.

Gone; adults leave, but where and how?

The book Gone by Michael Grant is a portal into the closed walls of a small town called Gatlin. One day you wake up, while in the middle of a boring class everyone above the age of 15 disappears. Without any parents, or anything close to an adult, problems and fear evolves spreading to everyone. Sam, the main character, takes the role of a leader trying to help anyone he can. Failing on some tasks, others want to take his place. The infinite walls surround the small town without any electricity, backup food, or medics, the kids start to have problems surviving until powers appear in most of them. Due to their situation, powers will appear to help them. Sam, founded as the leader will have to break bonds with others waiting to be the same. The mystery of absence would live in every mind, of what is beyond and how to survive when turning 15.

The Plane Was Brought Down!

                               

In October 31st, 2015 a Russian plane was brought down in Egypt, due to a reason that is not known yet. This horrible tragedy killed approximately 224 human beings on board of the plane. The British and United States government, both think that a bomb was put inside the plane before it took off and minutes after it exploded. The Islamic terrorist group called ISIS claimed responsibility for this plane crash.Meanwhile Russian and Egyptian investigators are working to find out what caused the accident. In the footage that got released you could see no object coming from the outside to destroy the plane, you could see that the plane was destroyed from an unknown source that was inside the plane. Finally, due to this horrible tragedy, some airplane airlines such as:  Lufthansa and Air France, had cancelled their flights over Sinai until the reasons are cleared.

The Path To Greatness:

Get to know Cristiano Ronaldo and all the things he sacrificed to become on of the best players in soccer history.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Universal Studios are releasing the film “ Ronaldo ” on November 9, 2015. This movie is a complete documentary about Cristiano Ronaldo´s life, friends and family. It is directed by Anthony Wonke, a British documentary producer, that also has made other movies such as: Children On The Frontline, Fire in the Night, Between The Waves and The Sky, The Tower, and other more. This film has a very  high expectation for soccer fans in general, as well as  Cristiano Ronaldo´s. By watching the film, they would get to know Cristiano Ronaldo better and have a chance to follow his steps. It is a well done film where you get to know some important facts about Ronaldo that one could not imagine. You get to see Ronaldo as a humble person who sacrificed a lot of things in order to reach fame!

A 2 Child per Couple Upgrade in China

Chinese one-child policy abolished in fear of graying of population.

The abolishment of “one child policy” in China was officially confirmed. This was done in fear of a “graying society” says the Washington Post. The population was mostly based of elderly people and that was a little bit of a problem. This decision was made after a long meeting with the Communist Party leadership were the discussion involved labor shortages and rapid rising number of elders straining the future economy of the country. The Chinese introduced the infamous rule in the 1980’s; it led to huge fines along with forced sterilizations and abortions. China’s sex ratio changed massively as people tended to abort girls making the ratio of women to men completely unproportional. According to the Washington Post a student from The University of California named Wang Feng warned the country that the “one-child policy would cause a demographic precipice” questioning the legitimacy of the Communist Party. Although it is final that couple’s in China will be allowed to have two children it is unknown when the new policy will officially take action. This can decrease the number of abortions and sterilizations of women and can also level the population.

Bye, Bye Flags, Bye, Bye Wal-Mart

Mississippi man bombs local Wal-Mart because they won’t sell confederate flags.

   According to The Washington Post a longtime fanatic of the Mississippi State flag threw an explosive into the local Wal-Mart on Sunday morning because they refused to sell the confederate battle flag. He is named Marshall. E. Leonard, is 61 years old and comes from Tupelo, Mississippi. He was arrested and was charged on Tuesday for his crimes of “detonating on explosive” inside said store. Aguirre told the press “He’s a strong supporter of keeping that flag flying”. In a way the man wants to keep history alive and detonating Wal-Mart was his way of doing that. This flag is to support racist groups and it was to be taken out of display for those specific reasons. The Washington Post says this was due to the shooting in a black church in Charleston. This became a controversial topic as the alleged shooter was posing with the flag in a photo. The question is was it really necessary to blow the place up “to keep a flag flying”?

Minecraft story time!

This is the moment every single minecrafteer has been waiting for. Minecraft story mode has been released. In this game you play as Jesse. An outsider that enters a building competition with his friends. The winning team got to meet Gabriel the warrior. When they win their victory is short-lived when something terrible happens. This game is rated four and a half stars in the app store and has blown minds everywhere. It is not even minecraft! It simply takes place there. With quicktime events, tense music (and a little bit of crafting) you will never experience anything like it.

Angry business

Angry birds is an amazingly addictive game. It is one of those games that you have to have downloaded. However, behind the scenes things aren't going so well. There has been recent job cuts and so far 216 people have been affected. It is estimated that 260 more will be affected. Every single department has sadly lost a member, except for the exception of those working on the angry birds movie. So, Rovio has seen better times.

The NaNoWrimo Effect

For more than 2 years, NaNoWrimo has been a part of our school. This year however, the rules have changed. Six and Seventh graders are also supposed to participate for their English grade. After interviewing some six and seventh grade students, they expressed their own opinion on NaNoWriMo in an unexpected way.  The following negative comments were said by them:

“I haven’t even started my story, I don’t know what to write about, I think this is just another way to make my stress even higher than it already is”. However some of the students have seen this project from a more positive point of view:

“If we can handle International Day, I think that we can handle six thousand words, I think this could be an interesting way to expand my creative writing skills and become a better writer.” The fact of the matter is that, if you were assigned this project , Your Creative Writing skills are guaranteed to expand to a whole other level. We wish you the best of luck and may the writing be in your favor!

Lamar Odom’s near Death experience

On October 13 2015, Lamar Odom was found unconscious in a hotel in Nevada. This was said to be caused by an overdose. He was found unconscious in his hotel room, with foam in his mouth by 2  women whose names should stay anonymous for protection.  When he was entered in the nearest hospital, doctors said that “almost every type of drug was found in his system”. He was in a coma  for nearly 48 hours, until he thankfully woke up with his ex-wife, Khloe Kardashian by his side. Right after he woke up, he was said to be immediately translated to rehab to be treated.

According to TMZ, and Hollywood Life Lamar Odom’s near death experience is something that will definitely change the athlete's health in a positive way.

EBV’s Mad Scientist!

    The mad scientist party at EBV has been going on for 2 years counting this one which was in October by Mr.Anderson and Ms. Majerus for the 4th graders

The “Mad Scientist Party” begun when Mr.Anderson and Ms. Majerus trying to make something fun for Halloween but not just a typically party so,  thought of a party that Ms. Majerus had done before and noticed the kids have loved. They then decided to make it in E.B.V.! It started last year but it only lasted forty five minutes so this year they decided to make it bigger and better with new ideas from past experiences! For the party Ms. Lewensky and Mr.Anderson came up with 6 experiments for the students and made a booklet that they filled out while making them think about the scientific process. In total they had 6 experiments: 3 experiments in one of the fourth grade classrooms, three in the other. And in the last room, they had all special treats to celebrate the end of the event on October. The most popular experiments were: walking on eggs without them breaking them, the milk/soap/food coloring which created great color displays, microwaving a bar of soap which grew depending the time it was in the microwave and the mint and soda experiment which made the soda bottles blow up! The event was a great success, it lasted one hour and forty five minutes, and everyone enjoyed it with a  smile. The “Mad Scientist Party has just turned into a new tradition in fourth grade!

Trick or Treat E.B.V!

Escuela Bella vista Organized a Halloween party on October 30 at the school. There were different games made by E.B.V teachers and students! Treats that were like a magnet to kids! And a haunted house to which many people ended up frightened!

Halloween was celebrated at Escuela Bella Vista with a ton of costumes and a ton of people having a great time! With so many treats kids were running all over the place trying to win as much candy as possible! They even repeated some games to get more candy and rewards! The most popular thing was the haunted house which had a lot of people waiting in the line because only three people were allowed in each time. But the eleventh graders got to make the line fast and the haunted house really scary. It even made some kids cry! Most people that went said that it was a lot better than the past years so more people enjoyed the party more this time. In conclusion the Halloween party was great and EBV is ready for the next Halloween!

Vanas volleyball

Vanas volleyball was hard for the EBV school team. They won second place in the tournament after the doggers (Valencia). The girls won last place but they tried their best and played well. Some said that some good players were left behind thanks to the “if you miss one class you're out of the team” police. This policy was applied since there was really little time and one class was missing around 1/10 of the class. But the team stilled pulled the winning against other schools like ECA. The girls in the other hand lost most games. This year we might have come empty handed but the next year EBV will come out first.

Dungeon complete

Last week the D&D ( dungeons and dragons) players finished the dungeon playing continuously for 5 to 6 hours. he players won experience and entertainment. In the end of the season all of them leveled up and had an exciting plot twist. Some of the players almost die and if you don't know if you die in dungeons and dragons you are not allowed to play any further. The dungeon was hard for the players they needed to face enemy like the big blue blob and Braum while also avoiding the traps that where there. The players might be out of the dungeon but the fight is not done jet.

Circus freaks at the Twin Towers

In 1973, French street performer Philippe Petit is struggling to make a living. Little did he know that one day waiting in a dentist office he would see what he has waiting for…  To walk a tightrope between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974, New York City. “The Walk attempts a tricky balancing act between thrilling visuals and fact-based drama” says Rotten Tomatoes giving a 85% ratings! This is an American 3D film dedicated to the victims of the September 11th attacks, written by Christopher Browne and directed by Robert Zemeckis, The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, and Steve Valentine. This is a movie that should be on that “must see” list!

The New Adventure to Neverland

Based on the story of Scottish author J.M Barrie comes out a British-American-Australian 3D family film directed by Joe Wright and written by Jason Fuchs called “Pan”. It’s premiere was in London September 20th 2015, all though it got to movie theatres on October 2015, stars like Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, and Levi Miller are in this film. Even though we all daze in to the idea of going to Neverland, using fairy dust to fly, and dancing to a campfire with indians this movie adds up an original twist!

Willy the Puppet

Some of the 7th grade boys are in big trouble as they get involved in a misunderstanding with a high school girl’s art project!

Chaos wreaks in Ms.Teran’s room as some of the 7th graders are in big trouble. These kids were just having some fun in art, when they found a little stuffed puppet-like art project. The 7th graders were unaware that it belonged to someone so they grabbed and played with the little stuffed doll. The owner of the project later flipped as she sees multiple pictures of her project from one of her 7th grade friend’s phone. When the kids find out it belonged to someone they immediately left it where they found it, yet they were still held accountable for their actions. Three kids from the 7th grade class had to clean the art class for three days during lunch. The kids were just having some fun but they shouldn’t have grabbed the project in the first place.