An English & Media Literacy Project

with Miss Saldua & Miss Chiu Glenview Senior Public School

2013-2014

FI7A

Class Magazine

People Who Have Made a Positive Impact upon the World

FASHION FADES, BUT COCO DOESN’T DID YOU KNOW THAT…

THE FOUNDER OF FASHION

From her first hat shop in 1912, to the

1920s, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel grew to become

one of the greatest fashion designers in the world.

Currently, Karl Lagerfeld is designing the Chanel

brand, but Coco would be very proud. Over the

years, Chanel has been worn by many celebrities

such as Anne Hathaway, Emma Watson, Rihanna,

Katy Perry, and many more. Her two interlocking

“C”s, on her handbags, jewellery, hats, makeup

and clothing, is a universal symbol of fashion. This is Coco Chanel in the

1900s.

The life of a fashion designer may seem

luxurious, however Coco Chanel wasn’t.

When Coco was twelve, her mother passed

away, and her father could not handle five

kids. In result, Coco grew up in an

orphanage with her sister, where she learned

how to sew.

Her real name was Gabrielle and she got the

name Coco when she was a singer in a café.

Originally, she was a hat designer, and to

help improve her career she had famous

actresses wear her hats in plays.

Some people may think fashion designers

are all about glam, but Coco Chanel wasn’t.

She believed people should feel comfortable

and look stylish at the same time.

Coco Chanel wasn’t an

ordinary fashion designer. Miss

Chanel was a French fashion designer

and founder of the Chanel brand. She

is the only fashion designer listed on

Time magazine’s list of the one-

hundred most influential people of

the 20th century. Also, she invented

the women’s casual suit with a jacket

and pants, her signature fragrance:

Chanel no o5, and her handbags with

the two interlocking “C”s. Until her

death in 1971, her fashion empire

brought in more than $160 million

per year, which is a lot of money

even in current days.

Coco Chanel is an inspiration to all modern-day fashion designers. Personally, I

think Chanel’s designs are purely wonderful. I love her work primarily because she

created a new look for women in the 20th century, with clothing that were mainly

comfortable for active women, such as herself. When Chanel was younger, she was

born into a poor family; however that didn’t stop her from achieving her dreams.

This taught me that it is not impossible to achieve your dreams. Also, she wanted

the independence that most women in the 1900s didn’t want; I really appreciate

that because in the 1920s it’s very unusual for women to speak up. That’s why I

appreciate Coco Chanel and admire her contributions to the fashion industry.

She became a very successful

fashion designer known for

elegance, simplicity and timeless

accessories.

- Noreen

GABRIELLE “COCO” CHANEL TIMELINE

COCO CHANEL EVOLUTION

NEED SOME ADVICE?

THE NEW FASHION GURU

Dear Megan,

I have been receiving phone calls and emails from

fans constantly asking how I can keep a flattering look,

but still maintaining my relaxed appearance. My

casual suit is very comfortable, but on the other hand,

it’s still a box look, and sometimes it isn’t very

satisfying. Do you have any suggestions or

improvements I can make to my casual suit?

-Coco Chanel

Dear Coco Chanel,

I would like to thank you for taking the time and

effort to consider my opinions. It is very true that many

people don’t like the box look. Could it be possible to add

a belt to your suit so it will show off the waistline? Or,

could you possibly add feminine colours to add a pop to

your fans’ wardrobe. It is very important to please your

admirers, I hope someday you can impress your fans and

continue your fashion legacy.

-Megan

Megan is a grade 7 student currently attending Glenview

Senior Public School. She likes to figure skate, dance and hang

with her friends. Recently, she has surfed Atlantic Ocean.

When Megan gets older, she would like to go skydiving.

Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel is born in Saumur, France.

1883

Gabrielle’s mother

dies. Gabrielle is sent

to the orphanage

1895

She opens

millinery shop.

1912

She creates

signature perfume,

Chanel o5.

1923

Coco creates her signature tweed jacket.

1925

Coco creates her signature little black dress.

1926

Coco closes shop because of World War II.

1939

Coco creates the Chanel Suit.

1954

Coco dies in Paris at the Ritz Hotel

1971

The Chanel designs took years of hard work before even selling the products in store. Coco Chanel tested

with a variety of fabrics and cloths to finally obtain the present style of clothing, shoes and accessories.

Here is Coco Chanel’s

classic 2.55 quilted

handbag, first

designed in 1955.

What would you do if you had the opportunity to help animals and the

environment? Well I could tell you what Bindi Irwin would do: she would take the

opportunity and help the animals as much as she can! She uses most of her time to

help animals that can’t help themselves. Bindi Irwin fights for the rights of animals

and educates the world about them. How you ask, well she writes books based on

animals and does a web show for kids that tells them even more about the animals.

Ms. Irwin wants to change the world for the better, she wants the environment and

help animals, like her and her father say: “Treat animals the way you wish to be

treated”. This girl just wants to try her best to make a difference in the world.

Because one person can go a long way to making the world a better place.

The reason you are who you are today is because of how you grew up, your early life.

Bindi Irwin is an amazing girl today but the things that she did in the past built her who she

is today. This girl did some amazing things in her past that not many girls her age do. For

example: Bindi wrote a series of books called “Bindi Wildlife Adventures” to inform

people about the things she loves: animals. More so she has an album on which she sings

“Jungle girl” a song which is about animals. One more amazing thing Bindi Irwin did when

she was younger was that she starred in a movie called “Free Willy: Escape from Pirate

Cove”. It just comes to show that your past life builds you up to what you become.

Bindi Irwin is definitely an inspiration to many people big and small. I find that Bindi Irwin Has done

many things to inspire us and that is the reason why I chose her. An amazing thing that she did in her life

was to follow her dreams, some people are afraid to do this and end up forgetting about it and doing

something else so that’s pretty admirable. There are also messages that she gives to us and might not even

know it and one of them is to do what you love. Sometimes doing the thing you love might not earn

enough money to live by so people just leave it behind, but in her case she went for it and it has made her

pretty successful in life. In my opinion the best thing Bindi Irwin has done for this world is in the

environment, and more she has shown us that one person can make a big difference. The inspiring thing is

that it shows that people can shape our life with their own hands without any help.

Here is Bindi at the Australian

Zoo petting a cheetah.

Even as a baby Bindi Irwin did

well with animals of all sorts.

Here is Bindi at the Australian

Zoo petting a cheetah.

Here is Bindi in an interview

announcing her partnership

with Seaworld.

v

Bindi is the child of Steve Irwin

and Terri Irwin. Born in 1998,

she was named after her

father’s favourite crocodile:

Bindi Sue Irwin.

v

In 2003 Bindi became a big

sister when her brother,

Robert Clarence Irwin was

born.

In 2006 Steve Irwin tragically

died in a stingray accident.

This is Bindi age 8 and her

family at the memorial sevice

for her father.

In 2010 Bindi age 12 became an

actress when she stared in the

movie “Free Willy: Escape from

Pirate’s Cove” filmed in Cape

Town, South Africa.

Teenaged Bindi started

tackling new things. In 2011

Bindi became an author

when she wrote the books

“Bindi Wiildlife Adventures”.

15 years old Bindi Irwin

announces on “Good

Morning America” that she

becomes SeaWorld’s new

youth ambassador.

● ● ●

Bindi Irwin

stands up for

what she

believes in.

~Anonymous

● ● ●

Miss Know it all loves going outside and enjoying all of the nature and

fresh air. She loves to sit down and read a book or two from time to

time. She has always dreamed of having a pet, either a cat or dog.

Dear Miss Know it all,

I have been seeing things online about animals in

droughts and I was wondering if there was anything

I could do to help these animals in any way. Do you

have any suggestions?

-Bindi Irwin

Dear Bindi,

Thank you very much for thinking about the animals

those are less unfortunate. I suggest that you give them

water when there is a drought, so they don’t die of thirst.

-Miss Know it all

March 25, 2014

By: Sofia M.

:

Most of the people in the world, including

myself, thought that Prince Harry is just some lucky guy

that was born in the royal family. Although that is true,

he is also a very intelligent person who has done a lot for

our world. He has entered the royal military academy

center and secretly served in the Afghanistan army

which was a very brave act. Sadly he stopped when the

media found out about 75 days after he started. Now he

is an Apache co-pilot for the British army. Prince harry

has done so many great things and he is a very inspiring

person our world.

This is a picture of prince harry in his

co-pilot uniform. As a young boy, Harry was

very fun and creative.

Being a huge fan of The

Spice Girls he attended one of

their concerts during a trip to

Africa with his father in 1997.

Even when he was young he

went to Ace Hospitals,

homeless shelters but also

Disney land and McDonalds.

He was only 12 years old

when he had to say farewell

to his mother Princess

Dianna.

harry is currently a known

supporter of football team

Arsenal and is often

spotted at their matches.

Also, although Prince

Harry is currently focusing

on his military career, he

also would like to show

some support for the UK.

All of Prince Harry’s jobs

have made a very big and

also positive impact on us

and not to mention he had

a wonderful life as a child.

I believe that Prince

Harry’s substantial

contribution to the

world is his

demonstration of

courage and

independence.

-Silvano

Prince Harry has a very big voice in our country and in the UK.

That is one of the reasons that I choose him for this, because he

can do so many bad things, but he choose to serve in the

Afghanistan army and ask for the money that he made from the

sale of his birthday photos be donated to charity. The fact that

he is working so hard yet still loving what he is doing is really

amazing. He is some that has a big voice but no one really

notices him and I thought that was a great reason I should do

this project on him. Prince harry in combat

The Man behind the Red Hair

The Inspiration

1996 1997 2003 2004 2005

Dear Sofia,

During my younger years I have gone

through some pretty bad things. I’ve been

caught doing drugs, and I got caught drinking

under age. Now that I am engaged I really hope

that nothing will happen. Do you have any

suggestions for what I could do to make sure

that nothing will or could happen that will

stop our marriage?

Harry

The divorce

Saying

goodbye

Gap year!!

Meeting

Chelsey

The wild child

Prince Harry’s life didn’t always have though funny and royal

moments that you’d think he had. It all started when his parents

got divorced. After that happened you would assume he had been

through enough, but apparently not because probably just a year

after that Lady Dianna got into a very serious car accident and

unfortunately died. Saying goodbye was hard but after that was

his gap year. For his gap year he works at the AIDS orphan in

Africa. Meeting Chelsey was a very big part of his life and I

believe 6 years after dating they went their own ways. Last but

not least in 2005 Prince Harry got caught doing drugs and

drinking under age which was not good for his reputation but

now he is really stepping up his game and doing better things.

Harrys timeline from 1996-2005

Dear Harry,

I think you have a very good point. Your

past as the wild child can affect your marriage. A

suggestion that you could do, is focus more on

your work and working in the army instead of

thinking of the bad things that could happen. It is

important to think positive rather than negative.

Sofia

Sofia goes to Glenview Senior Public

school. She as a mother from Iran and a

father from Italy. She has 2 younger

sisters, Emma and Sara. One of her main

goals in life is to become a very

successful lawyer.

“For me personally, as I

said, I want to serve my

country. I've done it once,

and I'm still in the army, I

feel as though I should

get the opportunity to do

it again.” – Prince Harry

Prince Harry on a

whirlwind U.S. tour

A man who put an

emphasis on peace

and reconciliation,

and valued science

and knowledge.

- Dr. Heinrich

Alfred Nobel worked in the fields of engineering and chemistry as an inventor and armament manufacturer. His first

major accomplishment was in 1863, when he succeeded in exploding nitro-glycerine from a distance with a gun

powder charge. This discovery lead up to him patenting a mercury detonator which is an important part in the

development of high explosives. After many serious accidents, including one in a factory in 1864 which killed his

younger brother, Emil, along with other casualties, he decided to revise his product to increase its safety. In 1866, Alfred

discovered that if nitroglycerin was incorporated in an absorbent still substance like kieselguhr

(diatomaceous earth, a fine white rock that crumbles easily) it becomes safer and more

convenient to handle. He received a patent for this substance that he called dynamite. During

his life he was awarded with 350 patents with dynamite being the most famous. The

development of dynamite was extremely important in continuing the Industrial Revolution as

it led to a rapid expansion of mining ability and of the development of roads. In 1888, a French

newspaper mistakenly reported the death of Alfred’s brother as being the death of Alfred

himself. He was upset that the headline was that “The merchant of death is dead”. In 1895

therefore, he signed his last will and testament that established the Nobel Prizes. He wanted

his legacy to be one of promoting peace and scientific discovery rather than promoting

armaments. The executors of his will formed the Nobel Prize foundation and the first prize

was awarded in 1901.

Alfred Nobel was born in 1833 in Sweden but he moved to Saint Petersburg in Russia when

he was 9 years old. Alfred was taught mainly by private tutors and his father strongly

encouraged him and his brother to pursue a career in mechanical fields. When he was 18 years

old, he could already speak four different languages and he moved to the United States to

study chemistry. He filed for his first patent, a gas meter, while there. His father started a

“torpedo” works in Saint Petersburg. A torpedo is a weapon with an explosive war

head that is launched below the water surface and propelled toward a target. But at the

end of the Crimean war his father business collapsed leaving them very poor. The family had

to rely on the mother’s salary from working at a grocery store. Alfred’s brothers developed

oilfields along the Caspian Sea that Alfred advanced with his inventions in explosives and also

that made Alfred very rich as he invested a great deal of money in these oilfields. He also

built 90 armaments factories. He became very rich but he had a strong belief in peace.

The three main reasons why I chose Alfred Nobel are that he was a brilliant inventor, he believed strongly in peace and he left

the world a lasting legacy. Alfred was an extremely intelligent person whose inventions led to progress for the world by creating

explosives that were safe to use. These advanced mining that was important for developing a

source of energy and advanced the development of roadways allowing for travel, transport and

construction. Despite the fact that Alfred built many armaments factories, he believed in world

peace and wanted his inventions to be used for peaceful purposes. Finally, he invested his life

savings (today’s value is about 500 million dollars) into a foundation to support the Nobel Prizes.

The Nobel Prize is a set of international awards given to people who have made cultural or

scientific advances. The categories that he decided for the awards are physics, chemistry,

physiology or medicine, literature and peace. This has created a legacy after Alfred’s death of

continuing to strive for the very best in each of these fields.

A

March 27 2014

Alfred Nobel

By: Rebecca Heinrich

Alfred Nobel

THE MAN BEHIND THE NOBEL PRIZES

Why I chose Alfred Nobel

A Nobel Prize

Alfred Nobel Timeline

Exploded

Nitroglycerin

from a distance

Plant explosion

that killed his

younger brother

Nitroglycerin

incorporated in

an absorbent,

kieselguhr, it

becomes safer to

handle

First Nobel Prize

was awarded

Received patent

for dynamite

Signed his last

will and

testament to

establish the

Nobel Prize

1866 1863 1864 1867 1895 1901

Rebecca is a grade 7 student at Glenview. She has

an old cat named Schmedly. Rebecca’s favorite

place to ski is Switzerland.

Bibliography

“Alfred Nobel.” Famous

Scientist. 18 March 2014

<www.famousscientists.org/alfr

ed-nobel>.

“Alfred Nobel-the man behind

the Nobel Prize.” Nobel

Prize.org. 18 March 2014

<www.Nobelprize.org/alfred_n

obel/>

“Alfred Bernhard Nobel.”

Encyclopedia Britannica. 18

March 2014

www.Britannica.com/ebchecke

d/topic/416842/alfred-

bernhard-nobel

Dear Rebecca,

This year we are have so many great candidates for the Nobel scientific prize. Do you

have any suggestions for who should win?

Dear Mr. Nobel,

I would recommend Dr Laurence Cooper for the Nobel Prize in medicine. He is leading

the way to a cure for leukemia in children and in adults. He has been able to take white

blood cells from patients and genetically modify them so that they produce proteins

that kill cancer cells. He then injects them back into the patients and is starting to show

great success.

For the Nobel Prize in physics, I would recommend the team from NASA who sent

Voyager 1 into interstellar space. The spacecraft left earth in 1977 and it has now

officially left the solar system. It will be extraordinary to learn what information comes

back from the spacecraft.

Finally, for the Nobel Peace, I really wanted Malala Yousafzai to win last year and so I

would recommend her again this year. I am amazed by her strength and courage to

face the world and fight for education and the rights of girls after a terrible gunshot

injury.

Good luck with your selection.

Sincerely,

Rebecca Heinrich, Grade 7 student, Glenview Senior Public School

First sticks of dynamite

“Tear Down This Wall!”

Before Presidency

Why Reagan?

Ronald was many things before his

presidency. His first job was a

lifeguard and he was credited for

saving 77 lives during the 7 summers

he worked for as a lifeguard. He then

got a temporary job, in 1932, as a

sportscaster for WOC, a small radio

station.

I chose to do my article on Ronald Reagan because I think that it’s interesting that he was

an actor before he was a president. I also thought he was a great and powerful man who

managed to convince the Soviet Union to knock down the wall of Berlin. Finally, I think that

it’s amazing how talented and successful he was. He was a lifeguard, a sportscasters, a

famous actor and then becomes president of the United States

“Tear Down this Wall!” was the words of Ronald Reagan, the

president of the United States of America in 1981-1989. “Tear down

this wall” was the speech Reagan gave in 1987 challenging the Soviet

Union leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to destroy the Berlin Wall in West

Berlin. The Berlin wall separated east and west of Germany to

prevent the emigration of people to West Germany. Reagan thought

that the wall restricted the freedom of movement between east and

West Germany and so, the wall was later knocked down in 1989. This

was one of Reagans many accomplishments. He has also been a

successful actor for 20 years. He acted in over 50 movies from 1937-

1957. He developed interest in acting when he was a teenager at Dixon high school. Ronald Reagan

has done school plays, participated in school sports, and even became student body president! This

must be why Reagan became president of the United States! Anyway, this was also a great

accomplishment, becoming president and making great choices during his presidency.

The most successful thing he

has done before becoming

president was when he

acted for 20 years. He acted

in over 50 movies

TIMELINE

Dear Michelle,

When I was president, I raised taxes because we needed to pay for future

things. But it seems that tax-payers were angry about how I raised taxes

11 times during my presidency. What should’ve I done?

-Ronald Reagan

Dear Reagan,

If you needed to pay for that, then look for the money another way.

Tax-payers were angry because it’s not fair to them that taxes have been

raised for the past 8 years you’ve been president.

-Michelle

Michelle loves any kind of sports. But her favorite sport is soccer. She has a

hamster named Bubbles who is loved very much. Michelle’s goal in life is to

become a director or a successful soccer player

1911 1937 1981 1987 2004

Born Feb. 6

in Tampico,

Illinois

Elected

president

of the USA

Ronald

Reagan died

age 93

“Timeline of Ronald

Reagan.” Timelines.

March 18 2014.

www.npr.org/news/spec

ials/obits/reagan/timelin

e.html

“Before Presidency.”

Miller Center. March 18.

www.millercenter.org/pr

esident/reagan/essays/bi

ography/2

“Reagan’s Biography.”

Biography’s. March 18.

www.biography.com

“Great respect and

admiration for Ronald

Reagan” -Ron

Roald Dahl is one of the most successful authors in the world. He

wrote famous books that one many awards. Like “Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory”, “Maltida” and “James and the Giant Peach”. His life

was full of adventure and risks. For example he survived a plane crash in

the war, and only had a broken nose. He also liked some quiet time. When

Roald Dahl got older, he started writing in the hut at the bottom of his

garden. He used to write there hours a day on an old armrest and write his

stories with a pencil and paper in silence to perfect his work. But was he

like this as a boy?

A little Boy with a big Dream

Roald Dahl was born on September the 13

th 1916. Sadly his mother and his older sister

died of illness when he only three years old. When Roald went to Llandaff Cathedral School, he

used to stand in front of the candy store and smell the sweets. That’s how he got his inspiration

for “Charlie and the chocolate Factory”. At age 23 he signed up to be in the Royal Air Force.

When he left the air force he started writing for magazines and adult novels. But his stories got

more fictional and started writing for children. His books were so amazing that he became a very

famous author. His inspiration for fictional stories came when he started telling bedtime stories to

his two daughters, that’s how he came up with “James and the Giant Peach”.

More than just an inspiring author

The reason I chose Roald Dahl was because he contributed a lot to children’s literature.

His books are so great that there are still classics after he sadly died on November 23rd

1990. His

imagination is so wild and creative that his stories are out of this world. He also inspired many

children to be authors with his amazing words. He was also very modest, he didn’t brag about his

success and always cared about his fans. Roald spent a lot of time with his family too, which

shows that he put the people he loved before his work. Roald Dahl was a loving and kind man

and will always be one of the most loved authors in the world for a very long time.

Roald Dahl: The Reason to Read

Roald Dahl in his later years.

Roald Dahl is a writer who has given us such

beautiful and creative stories for generations to

remember. Roald Dahl’s stories are gifts to

young people all over the world. Not many

writers can reach so many hearts.

-Anissa M

Roald Dahl in his hut.

Roald Dahl’s Timeline

At age 23, when Roald

Dahl joined the Royal Air Force, he

wrote his first article in a magazine about his

experience in the war.

He wrote his first story and it got published in a magazine. He wrote more

stories and slowly they started to

become more fictional.

His second children’s book got published.

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

became one of his best works.

It sold two million copies.

His amazing book called

“The Witches” won the

Whitebread Award. Two

years later his other well-

known book “Maltida” won

awards too.

Sadly Roald Dahl was

diagnosed with blood

disorder at age 72 . He was working on three books

on the time he never got to

finish.

September 13 1916 (Birth)

1939 1941 1964 1985-1988 1990

November 23 1990 (Death)

Dear Roald, To keep your wife alive you must let her behave as she is alive. Make sure she is moving and talking every moment she’s awake. Trust me she will recover and you will have a healthy child and wife. -Maya M

Dear Maya, My wife “Pat” is pregnant and she recently had three strokes and she can’t speak or move. I’m very anxious, I’ve already lost a child, and it was an awful experience. I couldn’t bear to lose her too. What should do? -Roald Dahl -

My name is Maya, I was born in England. I love to read, I’m a big fangirl. Some of my fandoms are The Fault in our Stars (other John Green books), Divergent, Harry Potter, Sherlock and Les Misérables.

Roald Dahl is an inspiration not only for budding writers but for anybody who was an interest in reading and writing. -Anissa M

Roald Dahl in 1954.

The Person Behind Indigo...

Heather Reisman.

Have you ever wished you owned the whole bookstore? Well I know an awesome women who dose her name is Heather Reisman. Heather is the founder of “Indigo Books, Music & More.” The first Indigo store wasopened in 1997 in Burlington, Ontario. Later she started the “Indigo Love of Reading Foundation” which is a programme to help provide new books and learning materials for high need elementary schools. Her third major accomplishment is when she released the first Koboin Indigo in 2009. Next Indigo bought Chapters in 2011 making them Canada's leading bookstore. Those are just a few of the wonderful things Heather has done.

Heather Reisman'sAccomplishments

These are a few reasons why I chose to do Heather. The main reason I chose Heather Reisman is because Indigo is my all time favourite store and I wanted to know about it's creator. Also when I found out she was Canadian I decided I wanted to know more about her. She is a great role model for me because she has achieved so many things and helped so many people that I want to be just like her. For example her foundation inspires me to try to help more people achieve their dream.

The Reason Why I Chose HeatherReisman As My Individual

Each person is interesting and special in their own way. Heather has done many interesting things inher lifetime for example she studied social working at McGill University in Montreal were she was born. Later on she became a Governor there at McGill University. Then in 1992 she became President of Cott Corporation and under her lead they became the wold's largest retailer-branded beverage supplier. Have you ever wondered what the Heather's pick section is in Indigo well now you know.

A Few Interesting FactsAbout The One and Only

Heather Reisman

***“Heather is a great role model because her foundation sets a great example to the younger generation and teaches them to try their best to help people that are less fortunate.”-Darina

***

Logo of the “Indigo love of reading foundation.”

This is a picture of Heather Reisman, founder of Indigo.

Indigo bought it's biggest rival Chapters.

2011

Kobo was released in Indigo.

2009

Heather opened the first “Indigo Books, Music & More” in Burlington, Ontario.

1997

Indigo's Timeline

The Evolution of IndigoStrangely enough Indigo wasn't always the huge

bookstore it is now. It started as a little bookstore in 1997. Theywent through some changes like dropping the music componentin 2001 and releasing Kobo in 2009. Eventually though it bought its biggest rival Chapters in 2011. So now it's pretty much the biggest chain of bookstores in Canada. As you can see anything is possible when you stick to it like Heather did with Indigo.

This is an Indigo located at 55 Bloor St W inToronto

Indigo dropped the Music component.

2001

Maria is a student at Glenview S.P.S. She loves reading teen fiction novels. Her all time favourite animal is the bunny and she hopes to one day get one as a pet. Finally she is a total full out fan girl ;).

Dear Heather,Thank you so much for taking the time to write to me. I do have some ideas that can help you profits go up. First of all lately teens are mostly interested in reading books that are soon to been movies for example a lot of people have been reading The Hunger Games series and The Divergent trilogy so I recommendyou see what the next big hit movie is going to be and start advertizing the book in places where there is mostly teens. Also you should advertize the red maple selections every year because we are obligated to read them from school so a few people might want to actually by them if there are to many holdsat the library. I hoped this helped.

-Maria

Dear Maria,Indigo is not making as much profits as before. We have noticed not a lot of teens have been buying books lately. Since your a teen I was wondering if you can tell me why. If you have any idea how to get more teens to buy books even if they are for Kobo's please tell me as soon as possible. Thank you for your time.

-Heather Reisman

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Advice Column

In his early life he did many interesting things that most people will

not do well more like speak. When he was just ten years old he had a talent

for Latin and spoke it very fluently even though it was one of many dead

languages in this world. He was a photographer and was one of his first jobs

he had before he knew that he could invent stuff. At a time he was working

for manufacturing company for glass and he would work five days of the

week so that he could eat and pay off his house in New York. No one is just

who they are, they always have to find their way to becoming who they are

today, and that is what Thomas Adams did even if he took harder paths then

he expected, he came out to be one of many amazing inventors who help the

world becoming where it is now.

Wax Gum goes out of business thanks to

Thomas Adams & Chewing Gum!

Making a failure rise: Thomas Boylston Adams.

By Lucas

Have you ever wanted to have a good lasting snack

that tastes great and will give you nice smelling breath?

Just 143 years in the past Thomas Boylston Adams was the

inventor behind chewing gum and was the man who started

selling chewing gum and changed the course of history for

all we now. As you know Thomas Adams is an inventor,

not just did he create The Chewing Gum but he made a

new way to feed a horse by putting a bucket on the snout

and the handle at the back of the head. By this invention

when he had to feed horses he would have a certain way to

light a lamp that was more efficient. If you wondered if

Thomas Boylston Adam just had a boring life making

chewing gum, he didn’t because he created stuff in his free

time so that he could make tones of money for his kids and

the future generations to come after them.

The Grandpa of Stick Gum!

I think Thomas Adams is a good

role model. He was a scientist and

an inventor. He never let his

failures stop him from achieving

his goal. He tried many things

before he was known as a founder

of the chewing gum industry. So,

never give up, dream big & work

hard.

-Mrs. K

So I always thought what if I had smelly breath because in grade 1

one of my friends had bad smelling breath and I wondered to myself do I

have bad smelling breath just like him? Well all because of Thomas Adams I

don’t have to worry because I can chew on gum and not worry that my breath

will smell. I also noticed that chocolate goes really fast when you eat it and

then when you have gum you can chew it for more time than eating a piece

of chocolate. I Always thought that failure was a very bad thing but it some

cases it can lead to great inventions or accomplishments. That is what

happened to Thomas Adams from trying to make rubber based products out

of chicle. In his great failure of not making rubber based products because it

melted when it was hot he decided to chew on it because that is what the

ancient civilizations did (Aztec) and he found out that it was tasty so he

decided to open a factory that made flavored chewing gum and by that failure

he changed old wax gum to chewing gum which was healthier for you.

Breath is no problem!

History of Thomas Adams

The Chewing gum came a long way from since it was called a failure.

This is a chicle tree from Mexico.

Dear Lucas,

Some of our users are complaining

that the chewing gum might hurt

the human body because it was

originally a rubber-based product.

-Thomas Adams

Dear Thomas,

I understand your problem and the

best thing to do is say to them that

if it melts, it means it is edible for

rubber does not melt.

-Lucas

The writer

Lucas is a student at Glenview Public School. He is a

competitive hockey player playing at one of the highest levels

available. He likes to read books & play video games during his

free time. He is very curious to see the world and one day might

become an explorer.

Thomas Adams eventually

hopes that he could make

many different flavors of

stick gum.

1995-12 years old 1997-14 years old 1999-16 years old 2013-30 years old 2014-31 years old

One person can change the world: Craig Kielburger

How it all started!

Craig was eating breakfast and as he ate he was reading the newspaper. He saw that on the cover there was a

topic that really ended up concerning him “Child Labour”. He then read the full article and was really upset.

Craig went to school and asked the teacher if he could have a bit of time to talk about the issue so he did.

That same he stared a club to help stop child labour with only a small group of 12 12 year olds. Even though

it started off as few now Free the Children is something of which is heard all over the world.

Found out about

the issue and

started a club to

help stop it.

Craig went to South-

Africa and saw how

hard children worked

in sweatshops and

help the issue stop.

Raised enough

money to create

a rehabilitation

center.

Went on Canada’s

walk of fame for all

the great work hr has

done over the years.

Remains full time co-

founder of Free the

Children and Me to

We.

Wonderful accomplishments

There are many amazing things the Kielburger brothers have done to help the places around the world that are still

developing such as Kenya, and many other places in Africa. Craig along with some help of his brother Marc has

started Free the Children which is now one of the biggest fundraiser\ charities in the world heard about everywhere.

Free the Children has built many schools in Africa because all children should have the right to get an education

and not have to work. Craig also encouraged other people around the world to help by getting schools in Canada to

donate. With all the money raised Craig put the money to good use by creating water proviers like wells and other

objects like that.

Craig when he got

concerned about

chiled labour (12

years old)

Lidia N.

I like sports but I’m really bad at

them. I started playing the violin this

year. I own a bunny and a fish.

Why this is such an amazing

person.

I chose Craig as my

individual because he’s my

role model with all the great

work he has done. Also he

influences people to do good

by showing all of the

amazing things he did all

alone.” Even one person can

change the world”-Craig. He

has changed so many

developing areas by

providing them with clean

water and a proprer education

for children.Craig has done a

lot of helpful things I hope u

get inspired!

Just before

Before Craig became famous for his amazing

generosity he did a wonderful thing that he is now

known for. Craig went down staires like usual to

eat breakfast and while eating he was reading the

news paper. Craig read about a boy named Iqbal

Masih that was forced into chiled labour. That

really concerned him so when he arrived at school

he asked for a minute to give a little speech.

Luckly the teacher let him and so he did.

Craig giving an inspiarational speech.

Dear Lidia, it is my pleasure to help

people and seeing their lives improving.

But I would like to help even more

maybe a new fundraiser. Also if it could

envolve a eco friendly touch to it that

would be great. I’m happy to hear that I

am one of your role models. Thank you!

-Sincerely Craig

Ask a parent

“ I consider Craig keilburger an amazing role

model that has contributed a lot to places all

around the world that are still in need.

Dear Craig, thank you so much for

taking the time to write me an email.

I’m very excited to see what else we

can do to help the world. Maybe to

raise money we could start a new

clothes line but to incorporate your eco

friendly idea we could use only eco

friendly cotton. Happy to help!

-Lidia

Home page on Coursera website

Profile picture of Daphne

at Standford

Daphne Koller

Accomplishements

The teacher of all students

Daphne Koller’s main contribution to the

world was creating her famous website:

Coursera. Coursera is a cite where anyone in

the world can get a fantastic education, by

watching video’s answering questions, and

even doing homework assignments just as if

they were studying at a normal university.

And after they “graduate” on the website, a

certificate gets sent to your home witch you

can present to whom may offer you an

excellent job or better job. A great thing

about Coursera is that where ever you are in

the world, whether it’s Canada or Africa,

whether you’re rich or poor, if you have a

computer, Daphne Koller has made it possible

to get a magnificent education.

Daphne Koller is a daughter of two academics;

she used to play around in her father’s science

lab when she was just a little girl. All her life

Daphne knew she would get into an excellent

university, because she knew how wealthy she

truly was. And that was what brought her to

think that some people in the world just didn’t

have that luck. Just as she predicted she went

two wonderful university: University of

Jerusalem and Stanford. And after she graduate

taught Engineering, Science and machinery at

Stanford. Before she created her website she

had already started charities for universities and

gave many more opportunities for kids’ education.

She got her PhD and received over 13 honors and

awards such as: Presidential Early Career Award

for Scientists and Engineers

Before Everything

.

Received her Presidential Inaugrated Created 640 000 PhD early career into national Coursera Students have

Award for Sci- Academy of website already joined

ests and Engin- Engineers website

eers

1993 1999 2011 2012 2013

Daphne preforming speech on TED

I chose my individual because I

know that there are many people

around the world who do not have

the possibility to go to university.

Not only if it’s because they can’t

afford it, but maybe it’s their

location or a mental issue or

sickness, or if you didn’t do well

enough in high school to get in,

there are many reasons. To think

that Daphne Koller made it possible

for anyone from anywhere in the

world to receive an online

education, and finish with a

graduated certificate, is

incredible, and just by that she

wins so much respect from me. She

is a great role model, telling people

she is there for everyone, and will

help get through this difficult

game called life.

Eventhough Daphne Koller is not that well known among young people, she deserves for her career, studies and amazing research. She helped CO-found an amazing online program “Coursera”, that allows anybody in the world to get a higher post-secondary education free. Daphne Koller is definetly a good role model to the younger generation being herself an excellent student always, having received a bahelor’s degree at on 17 years of age.

Celina L-T

Why I chose Daphne

I used to be a nationally competing

Rhythmic Gymnast, came 5th out of the

Whole country, I’m now a dancer. I love

to draw manga. I’m currently Writing a

novel called: The Story Of Julie, I’m on

my 49th page.

There are so many people on this planet that changed the way the world is. Yuri Gagarin for example, he

was the first human to go to outer space! He was brave enough to go to a place where no one has been

before. Yuri was a very smart person. After Yuri Gagarin graduated school in 1955 he was sent to the

First Chalov Air Force Pilots School in Orenbur. Before Yuri went off

into space he wrote letters to his family members and gave them to

the people who worked in the space program so that if he dies the

people can give his family the letters.

As Yuri was about to take off one of the crew members saw that the

door wasn’t closed completely, if the member didn’t see the door

then Yuri would have died. Yuri was a hero to the world, he knew he

might die but he still went to outer space just to let the world know

that it’s possible to get out of the earth’s area and live. Yuri Gagarin

was also a plane tester. He would fly many planes to see if they were

safe. Yuri was born in Klushino on March 9th 1934 and died on March

27 1968. The way Yuri died was he was testing a plane and all of a

sudden he disappeared off of the radar so helicopters went out

searching for him then they saw a part in the forest burning and

found the plane, Yuri and the rest of the pilots. No one knows

what happened and how. There are many different rumors on

how he died but what everyone knows is that Yuri was a great

man.

Out of all the heroes I have heard of I would say Yuri is a big

hero. He showed the world to be brave even if you might die. If

everyone is going to be scared to do it then you will never

know if some things are true or not. When Yuri was in outer

space, on earth people lost control of the spaceship, Yuri only had air that would last hours but the

estimated time he would be back was at least 5 days but Yuri did not panic and he made it back in about

18 hours. The city, Klushino, was renamed Gagarin in his honour. He was the third of four children. His

two older siblings were deported to Germany during the Nazi

occupation of Russia and used as slave labour. Gagarin was one of 20

pilots chosen for the initial Soviet space programme. He was so

popular among his fellow candidates that, when they were all asked

to anonymously nominate which one of them they would like to see

become the first cosmonaut, all but three chose him.

Dear Julia

Wow Yuri Gagarin was

very brave! I wish he was

still alive I would love to

talk to him. I wish I knew

someone like Yuri, it

would be great to have

him as a role model who

is still alive. I wonder what

else he would discover if

he was still alive. Yuri is a

very interesting person.

The first man in space: Yuri Gagarin

● ● ●

Orbiting Earth in the

spaceship, I saw how

beautiful our planet is.

People, let us preserve and

increase this beauty, not

destroy it!

~Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin the first man in space.

This is the capsule Yuri was in to go into space.

In the village of Klushino March 9th 1934 Yuri Gagarin was born. During the

war on November 1941 an officer took over Yuri’s home and his family had

to live in a small hut beside their house that the officer took over. In 1946 Yuri and his family

moved to Gzhatsk (renamed to Gagarin after Yuri’s death). In 1951 Yuri Gagarin was training at

the Saratov Industrial Technical School where he studied tractors. After he graduated Yuri

Gagarin was recommended to the First Chkalov Air

Force Pilot’s School in Orenburg. April 12 1961 Yuri

went off into space being the first to travel into

space. March 27 1968 was a sad day, Yuri died while

he was testing out a jet.

Dear Julia,

Wow Yuri

Gagarin is

amazing! He did

so many things

to help the

world, I wish I

could meet him

and ask him

some questions

like “How was

it? What made

you go on the

journey?” and

many more!

-Mrs. L.

Julia is a student from Glenview. She loves candy and

books! Julia is from Belarus.

Charles Best as a young adult

THE ONE AND ONLY:

CHARLES BEST

Medical student Charles Best was an insulin hero. He is most

known for his breakthrough as co-discoverer of insulin along

with Fredrick Banting in 1922. He also assisted in the

establishment of association of diabetes to promote support

groups and educational programs for their members. But he

didn’t stop there. Best discovered the enzyme histaminase,

and his studies on choline proved its importance in dietary

factor. Best also completed his BA in physiology and

biochemistry at the University of Toronto, the spring of

1921. After Banting died, Best became the head boss of the

Banting and Best Department of Medical Research

(BBDMR). He retired his job in 1965 because of a

depression illness and in 1978, Best became very ill after

hearing the death of his older son, Sandy, and died shortly

after. In other words, Best did a lot to help with medical

research and saved people’s lives.

Charles Best: Insulin Hero

He shows what can be accomplished when we

resolve to solve a problem facing us. Canadian

heroes are not celebrated nearly enough. This is

one example of a role model we should be

proud of and inspired by.

-Sophie .O.

As a teen, best would often accompany his

father Herbert Best on his rounds in a horse

drawn carriage. He was a direct decedent to

Major William Best, who in 1749 was one of the

founders of Halifax Nova Scotia. When Best

was offered his job to help Banting with

research, Clark Noble was also offered the job

but Banting only needed one partner so they

flipped a coin. And in result, Best won. When

the research was done and insulin was wildly

known, Banting won a noble prize and because

Best did not yet receive his medical degree. So

Banting shared his prize with Best, so he didn’t

take all the credit. The word "insulin" is based

on the Latin word for island. Best and Banting with the first dog they

cured

Why I’m Inspired by Best I’ve met people with diabetes before,

and without Charles Best they would be

dead or in the hospital. And both those

choices would be bad. If I or one of my

friends or family were to have diabetes

(hopefully not) we would have

medicine to keep us going. Charles best

was also Canadian and went to the

university of Toronto the same

university I want to go to. He was

young when he and Banting made the

discovery, 33 years old. The first time

they tried the medicine, it didn’t work,

but they didn’t give up, and because of

that they succeeded in finding insulin.

ADVICE COLUMN

S

February

27, 1899, in

West

Pembroke,

Main

Got his BA in

physiology

and

biochemistry

Banting

shared his

noble prize

with Best

Discovered

insulin Died

1899 1921 1922 1923 1978

Asking Jessica

Dear Jessica,

After the research was done, Banting and I were so excited to tell everyone about our discovery.

But one problem we found was how to publish the medicine. Sadly very few people know about

the discovery and my concern is mainly focused on the children. If the kids these days don’t know

what insulin is and in the future will need it (hopefully not) and don’t know what it is, how will

they find out they have a medicine to help them? If you could suggest a few ideas on how to

publish the medicine, that would be of great help.

Sincerely, Charles Best

Dear Charles, As a kid myself I know how to gain our attention. We usually spend most of our time watching TV or

on our devices. You can pay for ads on the internet, a thirty second commercial on TV or you can

even ask a celebrity to publish your discovery. Or you can hand out flyers and/or put up posters. You

can ask school boards to make it a learning curriculum for health or history. I hope I gave you good

ideas for your great discovery and good luck with your publishing

Sincerely, Jessica

Best and

Banting with

insulin

Jessica is a student from class FI7A in Glenview Senior Public School. In

her free time she loves to read. She still sleeps with stuffed animals, one

of them she got when she was 1 years old. Her favorite eating utensil is a

spoon, and she is deathly afraid of automatic toilets.

Charles Best Time Line

Bob Geldof is good at something but

not all. Bob played in a film called

“Pink Floyd the Wall”. He played as

Pink. He’s also has been in a lot of

concerts. And also he was in a lot of

books. Most of the books where

about him in Africa. The book was

called “Bob Geldof i Africa”.

The Life of Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof was born in Oct 05, 1951.

Before Bob worked as a slaughterman, a

road navy, and a pea canner. I don’t

know how that got him to be a signer.

But now he’s a rock star with four

daughters Peaches, Pixie, Tiger and Fifi.

I love their names.

I chose Bob Geldof because he is in a

band and when I was small I wanted to

be in a band. Also he has lots of book

about him. And also his mom has the

same name as me. That’s cool. Almost

forgot, I like him because he helps

people with poverty. And if we ever

meet I will want him to know that I have

the same name as is mom and I will like

to know is how he become a rock star.

The Great Song of

Indifference 1990

This is the World

Calling 1986

The Happy Club 1992

The Beat of the Night

1986

Room19 1992

Time of the Songs

Parent Opinion

The individual chosen is a very famous band player who

contributes a large amount to the lower, less fortunate

countries. He is well known and should be a very good

example for the younger generations to use their talents

to help others.

Other than him being blunt, he is a very good role model

for younger generations - especially in the musical

industry. To influence the kids to do what they think is

right and sticking to it no matter how big the problem is,

in his case, poverty and family.

Evelyn Evelyn is a girl who goes to Glenview. She

likes lollipops, cats and dogs. Evelyn likes

to draw and sometimes she likes to sing.

When she grows up she doesn’t know what

she wants to be. Evelyn has two sisters,

Sylvana and Ivy.

Why is she so important? In her life Laura Secord has done so many amazing things. During the war

of 1812 her husband went to fight but did not return with the other

soldiers when the first battle was done, so she went to the battlefield and

found her husband weak and wounded, she brought him back and saved

his life. In 1813 while the war was still going on, some American soldiers

forced Laura to let them stay at her place overnight. That night Laura

overheard the Americans planning to kill the British officer and take the

British troops by surprise. Because her husband was still ill she bravely

decided to go and warn the British troops. She took a detour so she

wouldn’t get caught and all in all it was a 20 mile walk. During her walk she

met two Indians, who accompanied her to the British camp. When she

finally got there she told the officer about what she heard. Without Laura

Secord the Niagara region would have been taken over by the Americans.

Before 1812 Sadly when Laura was still very young

her mother died and her father

re-married, twice. By her father’s third

wife Laura had a huge family including

her 3 original sisters, 5 stepsisters,

and 3 stepbrothers. But when Laura

grew up and married James Secord at

the age of 17 she had 7 kids. The

background name Secord is French

and before it was Secord it was

D’Secor or Sicar but they Anglicized

their last name to Secord. After her

good deed in the war Laura Secord

was known for helping the British and

Canadians win the war of 1812.

A picture of young Laura Secord

Laura warning the British about the American attack. (By Lorne K. Smith)

Behind the Reason

I chose Laura Secord as my inspirational person because she is a

great example that woman can be strong and are very capable of

help others. She is also a great role model to many and she is a very

brave. She pushed herself passed the limits and put her life at risk

for others. Laura Secord help the British and Canadians win the war.

She also saved many lives and without her things could have been

terrible during the war. I believe that Laura Secord is a very

inspirational woman and she is a wonderful Canadian heroine.

A Legendary Woman: Laura Secord

● ● ●

There are few women recognized

in our history, which makes Laura

Secord even more important as a

role model.

~Brenda W. ● ● ●

Emma is a grade 7 student at

Glenview Senior Public School.

She swims competitively 4 times a

week. She also loves all water sports.

Emma does not have any pets except

her two brothers who drive her crazy,

but she loves them both.

The Laura Secord Company first opened

in 1913 and is continued to this very

day. The Laura Secord Company is well

known throughout Canada for their

sweet treats (Candies, chocolates, ice

cream, nuts and much more.) The

company has been running for over 100

years. The Laura Secord stores are one

of the ways Laura Secord’s legend lives

on.

1779

Laura Secord is born

1813

Laura warns the British

troops about the American

attack

1860

Laura gets reconized for

her great deed in the war

1868

Laura Secord Dies

1913

Candy store is opened in

her name

Dear Emma,

Since what I have done in the war it

has been already 40 years. I also

know that there are no army a

record of me helping in the war. It is

almost like they forgot about me. I

don’t want to sound selfish but I

believe I deserve to have my story

told so that others can hear about it

too .What do you think I should do?

Very few people know about my

deed but I wish to educate them

and tell them that you can always

make a difference all you need to

do is have courage and stand up for

what’s right.

~Laura Secord

Dear Laura,

You definitely deserve to have your story told.

You have done so many amazing things for

Canada. I suggest you write a letter to the

prime minister about the great things you did

for the nation. Maybe you could convince

him, to get the word out. Or you could write a

book about your journey during the war. I’m

sure it would be a best seller because your

story is fantastic and your part of history is a

very important one.

~Emma

During Laura’s

Walk to warn the

British troops she

meets Indians, and

they accompany

her to the British

camp site.

Spencer West: More than a Man

By: Ella

Spencer’s Accomplishments Spencer West was born with a genetic disease that caused his legs not to function properly. After that they were amputated for easier movement. Spencer West climbed Mount Kilimanjaro without legs! After that he started an organization called “The Clean Water Walk” and so far he has raised over 500,000 dollars for clean water in Africa but he still shy from his 750,000 dollar goal. Spencer West speaks at the event “We Day” yearly to young adults and teens about how they can change the world.

Interesting Facts about Spencer Spencer lost all feeling and control in his legs from the pelvis down due to a genetic disorder since birth, than at the age of five West’s legs were amputated for easier movement. Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro without crutches passed over 300km to get up the mountain and then back down. In total a 600km trip. Spencer West has raised over 500,00 dollars for “Clean Water Walk”(A charity founded by Spencer) so that children can go to school instead of doing water runs and missing school “Clean Water Walk” puts wells in villages and next to schools.

Why I Chose Spencer West I chose Spencer West because he is full of drive and determination Spencer has changed the idea of what people think is possible and that’s just because he doesn’t have legs doesn’t mean that he isn’t treated the same as someone with legs. He climbed mount Kilimanjaro, a trip that most people with legs cannot do. And he did it without legs… to me that is so inspiring and so amazing that Spencer is my inspiration for doing well in school. If you want it, and you are willing to work hard to get it… then you have it.

Dear Ella, Hi! It’s Spencer! I was writing to ask you about about an issue I have. When I walk on my hands for long periods of time, they get quite sore because the skin on the hands is not as tough as the skin on the feet. That is why when you do handstands your hands get sore as to if you where walking normally on your feet. Any solutions? For during walking and after? Thanks, Spencer West

Dear Spencer, I’m writing back to answer your questions about soreness in your hands. There is this cool new product that you put on your hands like a glove but it is made of a shoe like material with grips on the palms! Perfect! On the inside there is a squishy soft fabric that is quite soft and forms to your hands like Birkenstocks for your feet. And for after walking on your hands, use aloe lotion to moisten them and loosen your muscles. Hope you found this helpful! Thanks, Ella

Byline Ella enjoys spending tie with her family, her favourite places include Montebello Quebec, Whistler British Columbia, Starbucks, Yorkdale and Palm Springs California. Ella has two cats named Rascal and Boots. She enjoys camping and WIFI.

Ciara and I at one of her workshops

When Ciara won her first Championship

Ciara Sexton-Role Model and Star

By: Dina Janashyia

Ciara Sexton accomplished many things, but some of the

most important things are going to be the ones that I will

talk about now. First, she choreographs dances for her

hometown dance company, Celtic Feet in the West

Midlands, UK. Second, she has done many workshops

with dancers to help them get better and maybe someday

become stars like her. Lastly, she’s really brave because

she can manage to dance on stage, in front of millions of

people, even if her legs are spray painted green. (True

story!!!) After that show, a lot of dancers started looking

up to her as their role model. I love her a lot and she’s an

amazing dancer.

You know all of the accomplishments she

has, but you still don’t know the interesting

facts about Ciara, so here it goes!!! Ciara

Sexton started dancing when she was only 3

with the instruction of Marion Turley. She

also won the All-Ireland Championships 5

time’s except only one time when she got

second and Marion got really mad. Finally,

she lived and still lives in the West

Midlands, UK. That’s where her family and

2 brothers named Michael and Justin that

are both older than her, live. So that’s all

you need to know about her.

One of the most important things about

Ciara is her ability to inspire others

-Lana J.

Rise to Fame

Ciara Sexton jumping

Lead in “Excalibur” 8/09-1/10

Troupe Dancer in “Feet of

Flames” 11/09-12/10

On the Feis* LTD

(interview) 3/13-10/13

Choreographer (Celtic Feet)

4/04-Present

Dancer in Heartbeat of

Home 7/13-Present

Ciara is an amazing dancer, but she is also an amazing

role model to dancers younger or older than her. One

reason why I picked her for this article is because I

absolutely love how she dances. She’s graceful and she

jumps REALLY high into the air. I also met her once in

real life during one of her workshops and she’s probably

the most awesome person ever. Ciara was enthusiastic and

patient with everyone. When I dance, I look up to her as a

role mode land idol and as a teacher, since she taught me

so much in Irish Dancing. All in all she’s by far my most

favorite dancer.

Dear Dina,

I love dancing, but sometimes my

ego gets the better of me and I go

kind of crazy. I think that I don’t

need to try harder while dancing

when my ego kicks in. Please tell

me how to avoid that.

Thank you, Ciara

Hi Ciara,

I understand your concern, and I’m

willing to help you. Since your ego

only sometimes kicks in, there’s

supposed to be a trigger that sets it

off. Let’s say your colleagues say

that one of your dances was the best

one ever. So try to maybe glide over

the compliment somehow.

Good luck, Dina

I do Irish Dancing just like Ciara. I read a LOT (my

favourite book right now is Divergent). I wish purple koalas

were real! ;)

March, 27, 2014

Bill Gates is the founder and former CEO of the billion dollar company

Microsoft, which created operating systems and other programs for

personal computers. It’s fair to say that every person who ever had a

computer most likely was positively affected by Bill Gates. Now, after he

resigned from Microsoft he dedicated his mind and his money to helping

the poorest among us. He tirelessly wrestles with problems that are

seemingly impossible to solve. He uses the same skills that he used to

build Microsoft and applies them to the world’s hardest problems. His

work saved literally tens of millions of people’s lives. When Bill was asked

what he believes in, he replied: “I believe that every life is valuable. That

we can make things better. That innovation is the key to a bright future.

That we are just getting started.”

As a child Bill Gates liked to read and code. He signed up with a

company to let him use their computer and pay them for computer time sponsored by parents at the computer club at his school. While there, he created a game of tic-tac-toe, in which he could play the computer instead of another physical person. Later that year he was banned from using the computer because he and a group of friends were caught hacking the computer to get free computer time. To solve the problem, they asked the company to allow them to remove the bugs in exchange for computer time. He loved computers. In 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft. The rest is history.

I chose to write about Bill Gates because he is a perfect

example of a man who worked hard to turn his dream into a reality, had a lot of fun doing it and helped a lot of people in the process. Now that he has retired from business, he uses most of the money he earned to give to charities and not only other charities, but his own charity which helps to eradicate disease, educate people and reduce poverty. Bill Gates is always interested in what he does and he is never bored. I want to be like Bill Gates.

I believe that Bill Gates is a very talented

person; He is also a very fortunate man.

At the same time he understand the huge

responsibility that comes with talent and

this is why he uses his talent and wealth

to improve the lives of other people.

-Alexei G

Bill Gates. Recent Photo

Bill Gates and Nelson Mandela

Help the World and Have Fun Doing It: Bill Gates

By: Dennis G.

Bill Gates. Recent Photo.

In 1980 Bill Gates gets approached by IBM to create on operating system named MS-DOS which would bridge the

gap between hardware and base programs such as word processor.

In 1985 Microsoft introduces windows 1.0. This is the very first version of windows, in which instead of typing in a

command, like in DOS, you aim and click through boxes that we call windows and do your work on them

separately. Each window is its own program.

In 1990 Windows 3.0 came out. It was faster and supported 16 bit color.

In 2001 Windows XP was introduced. It had a redesigned look and feel, and was centered on usability. The system

supported 25 languages, and was very stable. I was using it until earlier this year when I switched to Windows 7.

Two years ago in 2012 Microsoft introduced Windows 8. It is compatible with touch mouse and keyboard, and has

a completely redesigned style.

1980

MS-DOS

1985

Windows 1.0,

1990

Windows 3.0

2001

Windows XP

2012

Windows 8

Evolution of Windows Logo

Dear Bill Gates:

I truly admire your work

in educating people and

helping to cure diseases.

However, a lot of people

are healthy but have

nothing to eat. What in

your opinion can reduce

hunger in the world?

-Dennis G.

Dear Dennis:

Do you know about Fritz Haber? He is a German scientist, who in

1909, figured out how to make synthetic ammonia. This is the

fertilizer that we use today. A full 40 percent of the world’s

population is alive today because of this discovery. However in the

countries where hunger persists the agriculture is old fashioned,

meaning people do not use fertilizer and do not irrigate their fields.

We need to educate farmers in the developing world so that they

know how to properly harvest more crops. We also need more

innovators liker Fritz Haber. Study my friend.

-Bill G.

Dennis G. is a student at Glenview Senior PS. His hobbies are

archery, programming for 3d printers, and building

helicopters. He loves Math, English and writing “This is just to

say” poems: “This is just to say I took all of your Halloween

candy, Forgive me it looked so tempting to take it as it was

sitting on the cool kitchen table right after Halloween.” Also

Dennis has a huge obsession with exotic cars.

We all know Barack Obama as the first ever

Black President for the U.S.A. But there are so

many other great things he did and achieved .

In 2012 he won a Nobel Peace Prize for his

humanitarian efforts. He tried to strengthen

international diplomacy and he donated

$154,000 to the K.I.D.S. foundation. Obama is

really generous and kind, he donates plenty of

money to charities for sick kids around the

world, he has a lot of responsibility and it’s not

only for the U.S.A.

I chose Obama as my special

individual because he is a good role

model and sets an excellent example

for everyone. He finished all of his

school, he used his time wisely. He

worked very hard to fight for black

rights and to become the president of

U.S.A and he won! So he shows

intelligence, independence, courage

and a lot of hope. He is showing that

no matter what little rights you have

you can always be very important and

big. He is a very good person and he

teaches us very valuable lessons.

Obama isn’t only generous and kind,

he is also really well educated. He

graduated from “Columbia

University” (former “Columbia

College”) where he got his master

degree in political science. Obama

also graduated from “Harvard

University” for all law (because if you

are going to become president you

have to know all kinds of law

science.) Most important of all he is

the first African-American president

for the U.S.A. So now you see that

Obama is also very intelligent and he

is a very hard worker.

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Dear Daniel,

I don’t know what to do! There is a lot of war in Iraq! The people here are so angry and want to go to

war immediately! Please help me do you have any suggestions on what to do?

-Barack Obama

Dear Barack Obama,

That’s crazy! Here is what you should do; you should find out why the people from Iraq are so angry and

figure out a solution and then try to make a deal with them to drop the war and that you will give them

what they want. I think you will be able to drop the war good luck!

-Daniel

Daniel is a student at Glenview Senior Public School, he is in class FI7A and he has a lot of friends.

He is very funny and he makes his friends and family laugh a lot. He loves traveling around the world, he

really wants to go to Paris, France and to Serbia to visit his family. He likes to work in school he doesn’t

like homework and working at home but in school he is very focused and hard working.

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He won a Nobel

Peace Prize for

his humanitarian

efforts.

He donated

$154,000 to the

K.I.D.S foundation.

He first became

president.

He graduated

from Harvard

University.

He graduated from

Columbia University.

The current test for pancreatic cancer is a 60 year old technique.

It costs $800 dollars, takes 14 hours, and only has a 70% chance that it

will actually detect the cancer. When a close family friend of 13 year

old Jack Andraka passed away from pancreatic cancer the 13 year old

did some research and found these statistics and was dumfounded, he

thought that there had to be a better way. After going through 4,000

possible biomarkers and 199 lab rejections, Jack Andraka made a new

pancreatic cancer sensor that costs 3cents, takes 5 minutes, has over

90% chance that it will detect the cancer and the best part: it detects

the cancer in its earliest stages when the person has close to a 100%

chance of survival. Because of his discovery he won the Gordon E.

Moore Award. Jack has been on over 16 Ted talks - including one at

the house of parliament, he is the youngest speaker at the Royal

Society of Medicine, and has been featured on 60 Minutes, World

News Tonight with Diane Sawyer, NPR Marketplace, Popular

Christopher James - FI7A March 28, 2014

Jack Andraka wins the Gordon E. Moore Award

Science, BBC, Al Jazeera and the Colbert Report, he was also in

award winning documentaries including “You Don’t know Jack”

by Morgan Spurlock and many more.

Cancer Detection, Better, Faster, Cheaper: Jack

Andraka

Ted’s Take on Jack’s Talk

Jack has demonstrated that age is not a

factor in how one can make a difference.

He was curious, had the motivation and

tenacity to continue on his path despite

the barriers and challenges along the way

-Sandra

2013

Jack does a

Ted Talk

2012

Jack Andraka

wins the Gordon

E. Moore

Award

2011

Jack’s family

friend dies.

1998

Jack Andraka

was born.

Jack’s Timeline

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Dear Christopher,

How can I get students to start thinking about using the internet to gather information about problems affecting the

world? The problems could be about pollution, it could be about bullying, and it could also be about other health

issues. How do we get kids asking questions and exploring the internet and other sources to solve problems?

Sincerely,

Jack Andraka

Dear, Jack

You have already shown what is possible through hard work and focus. To inspire kids, you could keep sharing your

story. Try and get other kid’s stories out as well to show what is possible. This is good news that needs to be

shared. Ted Talks like yours is not well known yet. Kids use social media more than ever and sometimes they need

help or inspiration to try something new.

I hope that helped,

Christopher

Jack was your average teenager, he was never overly special. Jack isn’t the smartest

person you’ll ever meet, but he found something that motivated him. Jack wanted

something, believed in himself and worked hard for it and ultimately achieved his goal.

He and his family never liked sports, but he must like the outdoors because he is part of

life scouts. Jack may not be super smart, but he has won many awards in numerous math

competitions. Jack is also a member of the National Junior Wildwater Kayak team.

Life Scouts, Math Competitions

and Kayaking

Jack is a good role-model, and was committed to what he believed in. No matter how many times

he got rejected or was told he couldn’t do it, he kept going because he believed it could be done. Jack

is a regular kid, in his TED talk he says: “Through the Internet, anything is possible. Theories can be

shared and you don’t have to be a professor with multiple degrees to have your ideas valued. It’s a

neutral space, where what you look like, age or gender, it doesn’t matter. It’s just your ideas that

count, for me it’s all about looking at the Internet in an entirely new way,” His words were very

inspiring to me. “Create your own path to success and if you’re the only one walking it you must find

the way.” I find this quote very meaningful, Jack Andraka did exactly what it says, all in all Jack is a

great role-model.

Jack’s Detectors

What to Learn

Ask a Student!

Jack’s Detectors

I’m Christopher James and I’m a student at Glenview S.P.S.

I love music and I play two instruments, guitar and cello. I also like

to read, my favourite genre is adventure (and sometimes fantasy). I

would like to play badminton on the varsity team.

Jack’s Detectors

Life Scouts

I have always wondered about the people who stood up for girls and women

in the early days. Now, I know Amelia Earhart is one of them. Earhart’s

contribution to women’s struggle and equality was and will not go on un-

noticed. She was also a career advisor to female college students. While her

love for flying went on, Amelia Earhart has broken a lot of flight records.

After her hard work and perseverance, she became a woman aviator and

wrote wonderful books, like The Fun of It and Last Flight.

Before she became famous

The first time Amelia saw a plane she was not impressed- “It was a thing of rusty wire and

wood and looked not at all interesting.” Until about a decade later she was at an air show

with her father that she knew she had to fly. Amelia graduates from Hyde Park High

School in Chicago. She did amazing in science, only enrolled in Hyde Park High School

because it had the best science programme. Earhart sometimes got in trouble as a result of

her independent nature. She had some financial hardship in her teens and twenties and

recalled being interested in mechanical things, when in the time, young girls should behave

genteel and ladylike. Amelia also volunteered as a nurse’s aide at a military hospital, part

of the WWI war effort. An inspiration to women

The reason why I chose Amelia Earhart is because she proved

that women can also make changes in the world if they try. She

stood up for women and inspired them to this day. I was always

interested in the mystery of her death. There were two search

parties but her body was never found. They still aren’t completely

sure how her

plane went down.

March 21st, 2014

Amelia Earhart: the First Woman to Fly Across the

Atlantic Ocean

By: Chloe

Earhart in 1922. The year she broke

the women’s altitude record.

Amelia Earhart, was

highly celebrated as an

aviator and being the

first woman in the field,

truly symbolized power

and perseverance for

American Women and

women globally.

-Ms. H.

1937, the year Amelia disappeared.

Amelia Earhart 1897 - 1939

When Amelia was born she lived with her maternal grandparents. Then in 1908

she rejoins her parents. George Palmer Putnam was an American author,

publisher and explorer. They met when George interviewed Amelia. Later he

published her book. Apparently George proposed about seven times before

Amelia said yes.

Ask a friend! Dear Chloe,

I’m in the middle of my flight around the world 4000 miles away from my landing spot, Howland Island.

It’s getting really foggy up in the air and all the radio systems are down. Not sure what direction I’m

going in. Fred Noonan, my co pilot- navigator, knocked out as we hit the fog. There is no telling how it

happened because I’m busy piloting. There isn’t much fuel left, what should I do?

- Amelia Earhart

Dear Amelia,

I think that what you should do is reduce your altitude, get close to the water. In the event fuel runs out it

won’t be a hard impact. Look for land. Try going to your left and right, the fog should clear out in a

while. Try and dump un-wanted cargo. Keep talking to Fred, to get his attention, he might wake up. Try

screaming if you must so he hears a loud noise. Good luck.

- Chloe

The writer

1897, Amelia Otis

Earhart was born

1916, Graduates from

Hyde Park High

School

1920,Attends first air

show and pane ride with

her father and knew she

had to fly

1929, Help found

The Ninety- Nines,

the first

organization for

women aviators

1921, gets

first flying

lesson and

passes test

1924, works as a teacher and

social worker to immigrants

from Syria and china

1936, raises money

for around the world

flight

1935, in-between

flights, works as a

career counsellor

to women at a

university

1931, gets married

to George Palmer

Putnam

1932, first

women to fly

solo across

Atlantic, first

women to fly

solo across

America

1937, Takes off for

around the world flight,

but does not make it to

landing spot in Howland

Island

1939, Amelia’s

declared legally dead

Amelia receives the harm on

trophy for Americans outstanding

Airwomen for third year in a row

Chloe loves reading books now. She has always been interested in

photography. She plays three instruments; double bass, guitar, a

little piano and would love to start taking drumming lessons.

Martin Cooper holding the Dyna-Tac cellphone

In order to finance his own education, Martin

Cooper joined the reserve officers’ training

corps. Shortly after Cooper joined the reserve

officers’ training corps he ended up on a Navy

destroyer blowing up Korean railroad tracks on

the coast of Korea during the Korean conflict.

After serving for around 3 and a half years, he

was put in a submarine for the navy. Did you

know that Cooper was a major Star trek fan, and

star trek is where he got his inspiration for the

cellphone. Martin Cooper went on to build the

first cellular-like portable handheld police radio

system for the Chicago police before going onto

making the cellphone.

Is he a good role model?

Martin Cooper’s inspiration

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Martin Cooper: The father of the cellphone

In 1973 Martin Cooper had the idea to make a cellular

telephone to communicate wirelessly. His inspiration was

from star trek when James t. Kirk was using his wireless

communicator to contact the ship. After making a prototype

in the same year, 1973, Martin Cooper decided to make the

cellphone real. In 1983 Martin Cooper built the Dyna-Tac,

the first ever handheld wireless phone or a cellphone. Before

he made the Dyna-Tac in 1983, he made the first cellular-

like portable handheld police radio system for the Chicago

police department in 1963. We can say he was a life saver

for what he did to the world, he made life easier, by making

a cellular telephone so people don’t have to stand, held back

to the telephone in the wall or car, now we can go virtually

anywhere and call.

From its initial release in

1983, there are now over 22

million cell phones is Canada

alone (CWTA, 2013).

Transmission of voice and

data via a handheld device

has ensured that there is

ready and timely access to

information and people.

-Grant V.

I think that Martin Cooper is a very talented man who should be known

for his invention of the cellphone. He made a machine that made life

easier by being able to call without being held back by a cord, by making

wireless phone. He is a perfect role model for people who want to invent

something because everyone thought it was impossible to make the

cellphone but he did it. So it would lead to saying that if someone were to

try to invent something they would know that if Martin Cooper can do it,

you can do it. This sums up to how he would be a great inspiration and

role model to everyone including people who want to invent.

The Dyna-Tac in action

Cooper’s accomplishments

Early life and career

IN 1987 THE

MOTOROLA DYNA-TAC

CELLPHONE

IN 1993 THE IBM

SIMON PERSONAL

COMUNICATOR

IN 2002 THE SANYO

SCP-5200. IT WAS THE

FIRST CAMERA PHONE

IN 2013-2014 BLSCK

BERRY Z10, APPLE

IPHONE AND

SAMSUNG S SERIES

IN 2007 THE APPLE

IPHONE WITH THE

FIRST MULTI

TOUCHSCREEN

DISPLAY

Cellphone timeline

Ask a writer Cyber bullying is becoming a major problem now.

This problem is due to people being mean to others

through their phones. Is there a way to stop it? -Martin Cooper

Thanks Martin, I think that is truly mean to others

when they are the victim. People should know it is bad

to do so, but they continue to bully others on the

internet, really there is no way to stop it because they

will most likely continue. There is a way to slowly stop

it, making people aware about cyber bullying and how

it affects them or others. That could very well be the

answer, but it would take a long time before everyone

how does it gets close to stopping.

-Bjorn

About the writer Bjorn is a student at Glenview senior public school. One of

his goals is to invent something. He loves dogs. He also

loves playing sports, and all types of cars especially.

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Nikola Tesla began small when he was young; almost at the

age of 13. At that point, he devised a bug power motor that ran on June

bugs, but then had to abort the experiment after his friend decided to eat

some of the bugs. In 1884, Tesla moved to the United States and started

working with Thomas Edison, who promised Nikola Tesla 1.1M dollars

if he resigned Edison’s DC Generators: after completing his own work,

he gave it to Edison and asked for the salary payment, but Edison said it

was a joke and that Tesla didn’t understand American humour. Later

on, Tesla competed over Edison with his AC (Alternating Current)

against Edison’s (Direct Current). In the end, AC became superior at

the cause of distance between the power lines of the Alternating

Current. Later on, Tesla began working on many inventions, and thus

had over 700 official patents from his genius works.

Mastermind of the century, a man inspired by many, and

he has over 700 patents, is being seen through the pages more

often! This man has been inspiring many from his great inventions

such as the Radio, Tesla Coil, AC (Alternating Current), DC

(Direct Current) and even the first Remote Controlled Vehicle! All

of this, thanks to a man named Nikola Tesla who has been most

recently researching on Electromagnetic Fields and of course,

Electricity. After working with Thomas Edison, Mr. Tesla left

Edison to work indecently, striving even more in the sciences. At

the minute, he is still inspiring many more people around the world.

Nikola tesla

Master of the sciences

Nikola Tesla at the age of 37.

March 23, 2014

By: Leon B.

Inventor of the

century

A modern-day AC Motor.

Leon Baronian is a

Grade 7 student at Glenview

Sr. Public School. He plays

U-14 High Performance

Tennis and is a ski enthusiast

as well. He also studies

bacteria as his hobby from a

microscope; since his

passion is Micro-Biology.

Leon Baronian also likes to

read any book that he can

grab onto.

The reason why I chose Nikola Tesla

was because all his genius works were truly

amazing. His inventions were out of the ordinary

peculiar at the time, but as we know it now,

without Tesla, there would be no electricity: Wi-

Fi, cellphones, computers etc. The tedious time

and work it took him JUST to create a prototype

of the Tesla Coil or the Radio was immense. I

admire how he used to pay $50 Serbians who

wanted to visit him (since he was lonely) in the

United States, and my great grandfather wanted

to go to greet him, but then thought maybe Tesla

will think my grandfather only came for the

money. I also admire how much effort he put

into working for people and he didn’t want

money; it was just his passion to work in the

sciences. Nikola Tesla truly inspired me and

many others, and I hope he will inspire you as

well.

Why tesla inspires me

Nikola Tesla’s ashes found in the

Museum of Tesla in Belgrade,

Serbia. His ashes were put into a

golden sphere because his

favourite geometrical shape was

a sphere.

“One could learn from Tesla’s example

that knowledge enriches not only the

mind, but as well as the soul and that

the world around us should never stop

fascinating us.”

-Mrs. B.

Leon Baronian is a

Grade 7 student at

Glenview Sr. Public

School. He plays U-14

High Performance

Tennis and is a ski

enthusiast as well. He

also studies bacteria as

his hobby from a

microscope; since his

passion is Micro-

Tesla was

born.

Tesla Coil

was

invented.

Wanderclyffe

plant was

constructed.

Bladeless

Turbine

was

invented.

Tesla

passes

away.

1856 1891 1900 1906 1943

.

Dear Leon,

I am in aid of some assistance from you, if you could help me. I

am working with Thomas Edison, and his company, to construct

Motors (AC/DC) for his company to use. Yet he told me he will

pay $1.1M dollars if I finish the job; which I did. In the end, he

never gave me anything; and I don’t care about the money, but I

care about how trustworthy he is. What do you think I should

do?

Yours Truly,

Nikola Tesla

Dear Mr.Tesla,

Thank you for notifying me of this situation. Since he most likely will

fool you more than once, I suggest you leave his company and

either find a new assistant or work individually. This will not only aid

in your economy, but will also resolve many problems to come.

Warm Regards,

Leon Baronian

Tesla’s inquiries!

Markus “notch” Persson

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Mar. 27

MAKER OF THE GAME

Have you wanted to play a 3d game that you can build

on easily? Markus Persson made just that by making

minecraft. A game made by blocks that you can easily

build on. The idea is simple... you are a character that

can break blocks and collect them. Then you can place

them and craft them into items. Seems simple right?

Markus Persson (left)

MAN OF GAMES

I chose Markus because I think he is very inspirational.

He came from a non wealthy family and made a game

that got so famous he got rich. The other cool thing is

that it is very easy to mod so you can also try

programming.

Markus always loved video games as a kid

and programming started very young and

he was skilled at it. The funny part is they

almost cancelled minecraft thinking it

would be unsuccessful but they were

wrong and he succeeded

Markus person made his first game at the age of

8.the game was called a text adventure and was

difficult game of scrolling through text... but still

hard to program

By Andrew, FI7A

Mark Zuckerberg : Founder and CEO of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg, the American Genius and World’s youngest

billionaire does contribute a lot to the world. In 2010, Mark

Zuckerberg donated 100 million dollars to Newark Public

School System. This is a comprehensive community

public school district that serves the entire city of Newark, New

Jersey. Thanks to Mark, we can also all connect very easily

through the internet. Facebook allows us to share our lives with

the ones we love and talk to people from all around the world.

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg born on May the 14 1984 in Dobbs

Fairy, New York. His interest in computers started at the age of

12 when is also when he created a messaging site called “Zucknet”. He also

experimented with making computer games for fun. Meanwhile, he studied at Phillips

Exeter Academy which was an exclusive preparatory high school located in New

Hampshire. While in high school he created an early version of the music software

Pandora which he called Synapse. Companies including AOL and Microsoft showed an

interest in hiring him before he graduated and buying the program but he declined.

After graduation, Mark enrolled in Harvard college and also became the go-to software

guy on campus. He also began working on a social network with Divya Narendra and

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Zuckerberg dropped out of

creating this website to work on another with Duston Moskovitz,

Chris Hughs and Eduardo Saverin, this website turned out to be

Facebook. He worked on the website in his dorm room until he

dropped out to pursue Facebook and moved to California. At the

end of 2004, facebook gained 1 million users. The main reason

the dominant color of Facebook is blue is because Mark suffers

from color blindness and sees the color blue the best.

Mark Zuckerberg who’s net worth is 9 billion dollars gives a HUGE proportion of his

wealth away to charity. I find that amazing because most rich/famous people keep the

wealth to themselves and show it off. He realized that some people need the money more

then he does. Zuckerberg has also proved that you can do anything at any age! He is the

world’s youngest billionaire at the age of 29. You can be 12, 30, 50, 80 but he has shown

if you have what it takes and the determination you can really do anything. I like him

because he has made a social networking site where we can connedt and find new people

and make news friends and he has made it easier to connect to our families all across the

world. Thank god, we have someone like Mark Elliot Zuckerberg!

“He has used his wealth for good causes , such as donating to schools and pleading half

of his wealth to a charity. It is a lesson to the young generation that with wealth and

success comes responsibility.”

Facebook has a lot of advantages but also some disadvantages. I personally feel

facebook is a major cause for cyber-bullying. One of the victims is Amanda Todd

. Ex: people made mean facebook pages about her, called her mean names which

lead to depression and eventually suicide. Stalkers, stalkers, stalkers, just by your

name, date of birth and country people can find out anything about you.

Parents have no control over they’re kids accounts, and kids continue to deny

anything is wrong. You can post mean things on the internet and nobody could

Febuary 4th

2004. Mark

Zuckerberg

creates

facebook in

his dorm

December 31st

2004, Mark

Zuckerberg

drops out of

Harvard to

pursue his

dream of

facebook.

Febuary

4t2004. Mark

Zuckerberg

creates

facebook in

his dorm

facebook in

his dorm

On May 5th

2007, Mark

Zuckerberg

was named

world’s

youngest

billionaire!

July 21 2010,

Facebook

reaches 500

million users!

Woohoo!

On September

22 2010, Mark

donates 100

million

DOLLARS TO

CHARITY

Mark Zuckerberg who is the founder and CEO of facebook has accomplished tons of things, let’s take a look at a

few..

While Zuckerberg was in Harvard studying Computer Science also was in the process of creating Facebook in his

dorm. When he realized that facebook could be popular and do very well, de dropped out of Harvard to pursue his

dream of facebook making it big. May 5th 2007, was named worlds youngest billionaire; net worth: 9 billion. As

time flies facebook reaches 500 million users! Facebook certainly did make it big ;)

Glad that Mark realizes that he doesn’t need all the money he has and shares his wealth. On September 22 2010,

Mark donates 100 MILLION DOLLARS to charity!

stop you! The result of all this are..: suicide, depression, low self esteem,

anorexia, etc..

Phones, facebook, the internet is so addictive these days. Kids & Teens, even

adults are always doing something on facebook. It’s bad for your vision, I mean

if you want to go blind it’s a great idea. Websites such as facebook become a

daily need and are a addiction. Which is not good. Grades get lower, how much

you exercise becomes a problem, laziness and everything that comes with not

doing anything productive.

I was thinking, maybe when you sign up for facebook you need to show/put some

sort of identy to show you are older then 13. Also, maybe you could put in your

parents email so they could keep an eye on what your doing and to verify your

account. Maybe, facebook could have a rule like, they will log you out if you stay

on facebook for 2 hours in one day. Also, by your profile picture if they think you

look younger then 13 they could take your account down. Jusr a few suggestions

to improve FaceBook!

Hello! I’m Sereena W. I enjoy skating, baking and

reading. I want to study at the University of

Toronto and become a Brain Surgeon! I’m afraid

of going on planes because I always think their

going to crash !

“Like other elite

athletes, Vicky made

substantial sacrifices

to pursue her dreams

and her passion. She

felt a direct impact due

to gender based

discrimination, yet did

not quit.” -Mr. A.M.

The Wayne Gretzky

of Women’s Hockey Vicky Sunohara is considered one of the best

female hockey players in the

world. Vicky went to

Northeastern University on a

full scholar ship then went to

U of T and was the captain of

the women’s varsity team.

She is a 3 time Olympian with

two gold medals and one

silver. Sunohara was a world

champion from 1990 to 2008.

After all of her amazing achievements, she is

currently head coach of the varsity team. A Typical yet Outstanding

Canadian Vicky was born

May 18, 1970 in

Scarborough,

Ontario. Vicky’s

dad was the one

who motivated her to play hockey by playing

ball hockey with her when she was one and a

half and had her skating about a year after.

Sadly, her father died when Vicky was only

seven. He would have been very proud of

Vicky if he was here to see all of Vicky’s

accomplishments especially since he loved

the game so much. Vicky’s mom would tell

her that when she was little all she ever

wanted to do was play hockey.

The Many-Medals-Medalist Vicky played a huge roll of the winning of the

1998 silver medal in Japan for the

Canadian’s woman’s team. She

achieved one of her dreams twice;

once at the 2002 Salt Lake City

Olympics where she and her team

won gold and again the same

during the 2006 Olympics in Italy.

The 2002 game was an exciting

win for Canada 3-2 against the

US. In Italy they beat Sweden 4-

1. Vicky has won a total of 18

medals, 15 of them gold. She has

now been named a member of the

Scarborough walk of fame.

A few things that Vicky loves

Vicky loves the competition and the

opportunities that come from hockey. But

most of all, she loves the team aspect of

hockey. She loves not only the game itself,

but also after the game going out with her

friends and just

being with people

you know well

because you’ve

bonded as a team.

She loves to play flag and touch football.

Because of injuries, she can no longer play

football however she really enjoys watching

the game. One of the best things that has

ever happened to Vicky is being a Mom to

her twin boys. They make her proud and

teach her something new every day. She

says: “Hockey has given me so much”

Vicky Sunohara

“We need heroes and role

models at every scale of

society.” -Mr. A.M.

Written by: Ellen

Without him who knows what would of happened.

One late afternoon Chesley Sullenberger ( Us airways pilot) was flying out of Laguardia airport in

New York. Suddenly the engines stop two minutes after takeoff. He decided to turn the plane around and ditch into

the Hudson River . Three minutes after takeoff he landed the plane in the Hudson and became a instant hero and the

first pilot to ever land a water landing with no deaths. Once the plane was on the ground it was examined and the

reason the engines shut down was because of a flock of geese flew into the engine. He also graduated from the air

force as a fighter pilot. He is also the CEO and founder of "safety reliability methods".

The plane after the crash

Before the crash Chesley Sullenberger grew up and was born in Dension, Texas. In middle school

he played the flute and he was the president of the Latin club. He has one sister Mary Wilson and his father was a

dentist and his mother was a school teacher. He is now an international speaker on airline safety. He retired a year

after the crash, after being a commercial pilot for 30 years. The street he grew up on was named after his mother's

family. He had a very high IQ and when he was a child he made paper models of planes. According to his sister he

wanted to be a pilot after seeing military jets.

Chesley Sullenberer military photo

Why is he important to me The reason why I chose Chesley Sullenberger is

because I have a big interest in planes and he is one of the most inspiring pilots I have ever

heard of. Also after he landed the plane and everyone was out, he went up and down the

ails making sure everyone was out even though the plane was half under water. He also

HERO OF THE HUDSON

By: Ben R

inspired all pilots if they were in a bad position to never give up. Also when he was in the military he flew f 16s and

they are my favourite fighter jets. Apparently chesley did not have any training for an event like a water landing, so

for him to do that with no training is very inspiring.

The heroes timeline

Chesley Sullenberger in a cockpit

From somebody Ouse

Although his contribution only helped a few hundred people who were on board the plane-he is

an inspiration to all and made a impact on the world. He is a really good role model because he

showed courage bravery and determination to his job

-Mark Jay R

Graduated from

the Air Force

with a bachelor

of science

1973

Joined pacific

southwest as a

commercial

pilot

1980

CEO and

FOUNDER of

safety reliability

methods

2007

Landed the

plane im the

HUDSON RIVER

January 15

2009

Ben himself

Ben is a student out of Glenview public school. He enjoys playing sports. He either wants to be

a pilot, work for emergency services (police), or own a food truck. His favourite place to visit is

the Caribbean and he loves cows.

Ask me

Dear Ben-

Hello Ben I'm writing to you during an emergency i would just like to talk about how I feel write

now so later on I can read it. Right now I'm really nervous and I do not know if I will make it out.

So if I don't tell my wife and kids I love them but I'm confident I can land this plane.

-Chesley Sullenberger

Dear Chesley,

I want to thank you for choosing me to write to at this time. I need you to stay calm. Don't

just think of yourself right now think of all the people on board the aircraft and there families. I

want you to land this plane for them not you.

-Ben

 

March 27, 2014       Saved by Music: Alice Herz-Sommer

By: Dylan

Ever heard of the Lady in number 6, the 110 year-old pianist?

This is Alice Herz-Sommer, the woman that was saved by music.

She was born and raised in Czech Republic, as a Jewish, meaning

in 1939 with the Nazi’s invaded she was in trouble. Instead of

moaning, complaining, Alice looked for the silver lining, which

to her was music. Through playing the piano, enjoying music, and

of course a supreme level of optimism, Alice was able to survive

the Holocaust. Alice’s optimistic example inspires many!

 

Alice Herz-Sommer in her London apartment,

where she was frequented with visitors.

Alice has demonstrated that even the smallest acts of kindness can be

felt by many and touches many lives. Her attitude and simply her

joy is contagious.

-Audrey

I believe that the individual I selected is an

inspiration to the world. Her perseverance and

happiness is very encouraging and uplifting. She was

the most optimistic person ever, which demonstrates

what a good role model she was. To quote Alice

“Everything is good and bad, I look at the good

side!”. The way Alice handled any situation that

came at her, is highly admirable. Truly, I think that

everybody can take a lesson from the life of Alice

Herz-Sommer.

 

Growing up, it’s obvious the one thing Alice loved,

music! The first time she ever went to symphony was

when she was 10 years old. It was an amazing night for

her. For a while after, she would play the piano for

famous artists that would stop by her house to visit her

parents, all of them in awe from her advanced playing.

A little later on in her life, as a teenager, she went to a

legendary polish pianist of her time to learn more. When

she played for him he told her there was nothing he

could teach her, she was already too good! Although,

she did not have a rich family, she would tell you she

was rich in other ways, such as the opportunities she

was able to have growing up.

                       A  young  Alice  Herz-­‐Sommer  in  front  of  a  backdrop  

of  one  of  her  favourite  pieces.  

 

   

           

         

November  26,  1903    

Born  in  Prague,  Czech  Republic  

 

1908    

At  age  5,  Alice,  for  the  first  time,  tries  the  piano.  

 1939    

The  German  soldiers  started  invading  

commencing  laws  against  Jewish.  One  law  took  away  instruments,  but  Alice  still  practiced  

secretly.    

1942   At  age  39,  her  and  her  son  were  deported  to  a  

concentration  camp  for  propaganda  purposes.  

 February  23,  

2014    

At  age  110,  Alice  Herz-­‐Sommer  passes  away  at  a  London  hospital  of  natural  causes.  This  comes  as  a  shock  to  many,  not  

because  of  her  age,  but  because  it  felt  to  many  that  she  could  not  and  would  not  ever  die.  

 March  2,  2014  

 “The  Lady  in  Number  6:  Music  Saved  My  Life”,  the  documentary  short  focusing  on  the  life  of  

Alice  Herz-­‐Sommer,  wins  the  Oscar  for  Best  Documentary  Short.  

 

TALK ABOUT IT Dear Dylan, Life is getting really tough for me. My mother has been taken away, and for all I know she could be dead. Also, they just recently got my husband. I try my best to stay optimistic, but with raising a child alone, living in constant fear, knowing they will get me soon, it is very difficult. What should I do?

-Alice Herz-Sommer

Dear Alice, Thank you for contacting me. I know that right now life can be very difficult, and things are just not going your way. But, remember about the good things you have. For example your son, you still have someone to share your music with. Speaking of music make sure you remember that you have it, and think of it as a sign of hope. Most importantly don’t lose hope, it will get better soon.

-Dylan

A Lifetime of Music! Alice Herz-Sommer had a very eventful life. She started by learning the piano at age 5 from her elder sister, Irma. Then, in 1939 things took a turn for the worst when laws against the Jewish religion began, and parts of her family were taken away. Although disallowed, Alice still practiced her piano. 3 years later, along with her son, she is deported to a concentration camp, of highly talented Jewish, where she is used for propaganda purposes. This past February, Alice passes away, everyone seemed shocked, as Alice seemed almost invincible, as if she could never die. Finally, as a perfect way to send her off, the documentary short focusing on her life wins an Oscar. In my opinion, she lived an amazing life.  

ABOUT  THE  AUTHOR  Dylan  is  a  Grade  7  student  at  Glenview  Senior  Public  School.  He  has  co-­‐directed  and  co-­‐produced  two  documentary  shorts.  He  enjoys  playing  Badminton,  Ultimate  Frisbee,  and  Soccer.  Although,  he  especially  likes  watching  movies  and  reading  books,  of  all  kind.  

Frame  from  “The  Lady  in  Number  6”,  Alice  playing  the  piano.  

“Music is a Dream” -Alice Herz-Sommer

Dylan

FI7A

March 27th, 2014

Magazine Article Project

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