WKAL News
Calling All Master Builders! Katie Kooken and Tommy Russell These Lego brick masters builders
have been working skillfully on a creative
Lego brick city all week in Lego City Plan-ning! Shops, streets, houses, boats, cars, and
even a subway all circle around a giant Lego
brick skyscraper in the center of the room.
These future architects broke into three
teams and are added on to the city by build-
ing amazing crea-
tions of all shapes
and sizes from the
big tables with
Lego bricks. Each
day, the builders
make different
types of Lego
brick master-
pieces. Not only
did these archi-
tects construct commercial buildings and
residential buildings, but they also built gov-
ernment buildings and added transportation
components. They completed this project by
creating industrial buildings. Our WKAL
news reporters interviewed Matthew and
James:
WKAL: What are you building?
James: A museum that’s all black on the outside. WKAL: What do you like best about this course?
Matthew: I like being able to build with so many
Lego bricks, and having fun with them.
So, as you can see, Lego City Plan-
ning is a great course for master builders to
show their skills!
Sculpt It Up! Alicia Li and Billy Long Enter the class Sculpture and the
fresh smell of paint fills the air. These future
Michaelangelos were busy at work.
Throughout the week, these sensational
sculptors built statues from different coun-
tries. They made animals, like owls and ele-
phants, out of wood. Our WKAL reporters
watched as these artists shaped two pipe
cleaners into skeletons for gymnasts, soccer
players, and other papier-mâché figures.
Then, using a “wax on” direction, they deco-
rated their sculptures by using polymer glue
to brush on tissue paper. Our reporters spoke
with two creative sculptures:
WKAL: What is your favorite sculpture you have made so far?
Tommy: Probably the papier-mâché sculpture of a soccer player.
WKAL: What have you learned so far? Emily: We have learned how to build and paint
Mexican sculptures.
Maybe someday we’ll see these
artists’ names in a famous art museum!
Volume 34 , Issue 1
July 2014
Special points of inter-
est:
• Learn the “Elements of Art”
• How to build a shoebox house
• Fun and games with Eric Carle
• How to make a paper airplane
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Homemade Ice Cream 2
Chocolate Pretzels 4
Homemade Butter 5
French Vocabulary 6
Exclusive Interviews 7
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Blast Off! John Mo
3...2...1...Blast off! Making,
decorating, and much more, these
talented kids are learning about
rockets and are designing and deco-
rating their very own for lift off!
They are learning about space
and are ready to be real ASTRO-
NAUTS! This WKAL reporter
asked Eva, a talented 8-year-old
girl, about Rocket Launch:
WKAL: What are you most excited about?
Eva: Launching the rockets!
If you like aircrafts and
space, Rocket Launch is the class
for you!
Fizz! Boom! Science! Lydon Kelley and Alicia Li
Do you want to learn how to
make ice cream in a bag or a lava
lamp? Well, then you’d love
Kitchen Chemistry where you make
super fun items and do great experi-
ments. This week, these crazy, cool
chemists experimented with diet
coke and Mentos; the combination
shoots liquid 6-8 feet into the air.
How does that happen? Well,
Kitchen Chemistry’s instructor, Mi-
chelle, can explain it to you. The
scientists in this great class made
raisins dance and decorated plain
paper towels, but the best (in
WKAL’s opinion) was making
homemade ice cream and eating it,
too! Here’s how to make home-
made ice cream:
Materials: -1 big Ziploc bag
-1 small Ziploc bag
-whole milk
-vanilla extract -sugar
-ice
-a spoon
-chocolate syrup (optional)
Step 1: Fill the small baggie with the whole
milk, sugar, and vanilla
extract (add the chocolate syrup now, if you want
chocolate ice cream).
Step 2: Mix the contents of the small Ziploc bag
together.
Step 3: Fill the big Zip-
loc bag with the ice and place the small Ziploc bag in the larger
bag. Make sure both bags are tightly
closed!! Shake until texture meets reaches your desired consistency.
Step 4: Enjoy!
You can do more exciting
experiments like this in Kitchen
Chemistry.
Number Munchers! Mia Jimenez
Free play, making books,
playing games, whew! That’s a lot
of number fun for 3- or 4-year-olds.
When WKAL went into Number
Soup, our reporter thought the kids
would only be counting to nine
over and over again. Boy, was she
wrong! The teachers took numbers
to a whole new level. All the very
talented children have been making
number books. Not only will these
smart kids know how to count, but
they will also remember how to
recognize numbers. After all their
counting activities, kids get to-
gether to play Lucky Ducks! Lucky
Ducks is a color recognition game
that all the children love! So make
way kindergarten because these
number geniuses are headed your
way!
Warning! Kaleidoscope
Really Does Have Talent! Lowell Lawrence and Ethan Sha-
hbazian
Bravo! These talented per-
formers have blown us away yet
again! In Kaleidoscope’s Got Tal-
ent, these future superstars have
been practicing all week to perfect
their performances to show off at
the first ever Kaleidoscope’s Got
Talent Talent Show! The theater
doors opened at 11:00 am on Friday
and audience members were
amazed. The show included amaz-
ing acting, dancing, singing, and
playing instruments. Unlike the
popular television show, no one
was “X-ed” off stage; their talents
were too spectacular. Bring your
own talent to Kaleidoscope’s Got
Talent next summer!
Corkscrew, Loop de Loops,
and More! Katherine Lee and Nora Pierce
Today, in Roller Coaster
Physics, these creative young build-
ers launched
small mar-
bles and
aimed them
at a colorful
paper target.
Here are the
directions on
how to
launch a
marble:
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Step 1: Put a marble in the launcher.
Step 2: Pull the marble back in the
launcher. The farther you pull back,
the farther it will fly! Step 3: Lock the marble in place by
pulling the circle switch to the side.
Step 4: Release the switch and watch the wonderful marble fly!
Earlier in the week, the
magnificent inventors started build-
ing tricky roller coasters meant for
marbles. In their tall roller coasters,
they used graceful loop de loops
and quick, sharp turns. They used
long, skinny sticks and foam to cre-
ate this masterpiece. WKAL had
the pleasure of talking with an engi-
neer as he was creating a roller
coaster:
WKAL: What is your favorite part
about the class?
Builder: I love building the roller
coasters, and I can’t wait to go to Canobie Lake Park!
Fasten your seatbelts and
enjoy the roller coaster ride!
Young Authors Workshop Lauren Sorabella
Wow! Have you seen these
young authors’ fabulous creations?
This week in
Eric Carle
Author Study
these future
authors and
illustrators
read The
Apron by Eric
Carle and then painted their own
aprons. This
creative class also played the board
game Brown Bear-Panda Bear,
What Do You See? Here are the
steps to play: Step 1: The youngest player goes first
and chooses one card from the center
square of the game board and shows
the other players. If any player has a match, that player can pick that card up
and place it over the matching image
on the game board. Player 1 can then pick up another card (each player can
only pick up two cards per turn).
Step 2: Repeat each step with each player, starting with the player to the
left of Player 1.
Step 3: When a player has matched all
eight animals cards in his/her se-quence, she recites the story saying
either, “Brown bear, brown bear what
do you see? I see a...looking at me” or “Panda bear, panda bear, what do you
see? I see...wild and free.”
You will be blown away by
what these youngsters do to cele-
brate the great Eric Carle!
Lights! Cameras! Reports! Nora Pierce
The talented young report-
ers in Mass Media Blast have been
super busy practicing their scripts
for the WKAL News Broadcast.
This is going to be a flawless news
broadcast! They have all been
working so hard! Throughout the
week, they have been busy observ-
ing classes, writing newspaper arti-
cles, reading newspapers, and so
much more! While on the job,
WKAL conducted the following
interview:
WKAL: Do you like filming or help-
ing with the newspaper the best?
Jaime: I like watching the WKAL
News get made, but I love helping with
the newspaper and typing it on the computer.
WKAL: What are you most excited
for?
Student: I can't wait to film the news.
Watch out! Soon you'll be
seeing these young reporters on the
evening news!
Move Over, Vincent Van
Gogh! Kerri Cheng
This week in Art Smart,
these future artists have been ar-
ranging flowers in a vase and then
drawing the still-lives. Then, these
creative kids have been using
acrylic paints
to bring their
drawings to
life! As a ref-
erence, the
teacher,
Linda, has
been using
the book, Impressionist Bouquets.
This book includes images of paint-
ings by artists like Vincent Van
Gogh and Paul Cézanne. These
budding painters have been learn-
ing the art basics.
Here are the elements of art: -line (can be thick or thin, dark or light)
-texture
-color -shape
-form
-space composition
-value (lightness or darkness)
This reporter bets that
someday you’ll see these fantastic
artists in the Louvre!
Survivors Dylan Folscroft
Do you think you could sur-
vive in the wilderness? These kids
sure could! Look at what these
campers have been doing in Ex-
treme Survivor! These extreme kids
have been building shelters out of
trees, sticks, and more! Next, these
survivors will put their shelters to
the test with water. The kids have
also been making rainwater collec-
tors out of water bottles. In addi-
tion, these explorers have also been
learning Morse code and how to
use maps and compasses. Now,
they can find their way through the
woods easily! Later, the campers
will collect materials to make a
campfire for the end of the week
when they will roast delicious
s’mores! What extreme challenge
will these survivors be up to next?
Web Heads! Mia Jimenez and Olivia Ribaudo
Have you ever wanted to
have your own website? If so, then
Website Design is the class for you!
All week, these creative designers
have been building their own three
page web-
sites about
whatever
they want.
Also, these
talented de-
signers
learned some
basic coding.
Let's see what they had to say about
Website Design:
WKAL: What is your favorite part of
Website Design?
Elise: Getting to put whatever we want
on our fabulous web pages! Sophie: Getting to make our own web-
sites.
Tori: To learn how to make your own
website.
Elise: Learning new things everyday!
Well, there you have it!
Don't be surprised when these kids
take over the internet!
Prepare for Launch! Jason Stellakis
Are you ready for the count
down? In Rocket Launch, these
creative kids made 3-dimensional
rockets. As they designed their
rockets, they learned about the
many different parts, including the
nose cone, the wings, and the
streamers. On the day of the launch,
each person is assigned a number
and, when that number is called, the
rocket owner approaches the launch
pad. With the controller in hand,
the future astronaut waits for the
countdown. As the launcher hears
“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1” he or
she firmly holds down the launch
button and watches the rocket blast
off.
Our WKAL reporter interviewed
teacher aide Max Kelley:
WKAL: Why do you like assisting in this class?
Max: It’s really cool because I get to
watch these kids launch their rockets at the end of the week.
The sky really is the limit in
this great class!
Toys R Us Hits the Bus! Billy Long
Can these creative and cool
kids put Toys R Us out of business?
This week in Toy Making, these
designers painted wooden spinning
tops, made a bean bag toss out of
brown bags, painted and raced
wooden cars, and made different
kinds of airplanes.
Here are the steps to make a paper
airplane: Step 1: Cut an airplane shape.
Step 2: Fold the airplane in half and
press fold firmly. Step 3: Fold both wings down.
Step 4: Put a small paper clip on the
nose.
Step 5: Fly your plane and have fun!
Our WKAL reporter also
asked these Toys R Us-busters,
Keegan and Nadia, a question:
WKAL: What was your favorite part of Toy Making so far?
Keegan: My favorite part was making
race car tracks.
Nadia: My favorite part was making the magnetic fishing game.
Do not be surprised if these
talented kids take over the toy in-
dustry!
Baking Is a Blast Olivia Ribaudo
Have you ever wanted to
have your own special bakery and
logo? If so, then Baking Bonanza is
the class for you! These young bak-
ers make a sweet treat and an art
project every day. So far, these bak-
ers have made fondant, decorated
butter cookies, and dipped pretzels
into chocolate! Also, these bakers
have been making and painting
aprons and creating logos for a bak-
ery. See the recipe below for choco-
late dipped pretzels.
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Ingredients that you need: -4 pretzel rods
-1 case of sprinkles
-2 pots or bowls
-1 quart of melted milk chocolate
-1 quart of melted white chocolate
Step 1: Dip a pretzel halfway into the pot of chocolate. Do the same with the
other three pretzel rods.
Step 2: Decorate each pretzel rod with sprinkles.
Step 3: Let each pretzel dry and enjoy!
With this recipe and others
like it, don’t be surprised if these
bakers have their own delicious
bakeries one day!
Photo Fun for Everyone! Neha Panke and Lauren Sorabella
Click! These talented pho-
tographers have been busy learning
the technological secrets behind the
camera. Some of the many objects
they used in the photographs are
beach balls, scarves, and balloons.
As WKAL observed further, these
reporters watched as the budding
photographers snapped portraits of
themselves and also took action
pictures. This digital class made an
action picture by tossing balls and
juggling scarves. Every student had
a chance to capture the moment.
Take this class and you will be-
come a picture-perfect photogra-
pher!
Super Chefs
Lydon Kelley
These three- and four-year-
old super chefs are making their
own whipped cream, pizza, and
even banana sushi in the amazing
Young Chefs class at Kaleidoscope.
Throughout the week, these young
and talented chefs are also concoct-
ing strawberry shortcake and deco-
rating cookies. One day in the week
is called Pizza Day, where these
awesome and spectacular young
chefs make a paper pizza, and eat a
real one, too! Here are some pizza
fun facts: -Saturday night is the most popular night to eat pizza.
-America’s favorite pizza topping is
pepperoni. -America’s least favorite pizza topping
is anchovies (blech!).
-The first U.S. pizzeria opened one
hundred and four years ago in New York City.
-The largest pizza ever baked was 122
feet and 9 inches wide!
After reading food stories,
these gourmet chefs in training rec-
reate the dish they read about!
Wow! These three- and four-year-
olds are cooking up WAY more
than this reporter was when she was
their age! These young gourmet
chefs may be small, but they pack a
very powerful punch!
Dominoes...Fall! John Mo
If you like working with
dominoes, then Domino Physics is
the course for you! These creative
kids make towers, domino maps,
and much more! It’s pretty amazing
how they make domino towers
straight out of their imagination.
The best part of Domino Physics is
that there are no limits! The instruc-
tor, Peter Bloom, has approxi-
mately 1,000 dominoes! These
physicists need to do a little
math...but that’s no problem! Ask
anyone what they like best and
they’ll say free-time to build fabu-
lous domino creations. Tip-toe in to
see their awesome towers!
Hike on in to Camping Out! Dylan Folscroft
Do you like camping in the
woods? These campers in Camping
Out sure do! They will be making
projects out of pizza boxes and pa-
per towel rolls. The campers set up
their tents and build a campfire to
roast delicious s’mores! The camp-
ers clean their campsite almost
every day. This adventurous class
has also been reading fabulous sto-
ries such as Stella and Roy Go
Camping! These explorers sure do
have fun!
Chemists in
the Kitchen Simran Chadha
and Mia Jimenez
Have you
ever wanted to put soap in a micro-
wave, or learn how to make butter?
Well, in Kitchen Chemistry you can
make these mind blowing experi-
ments and so much more! All week
these talented chemists will be pre-
dicting their experiments and eating
their delicious food! Now, here’s a
special treat from this science-y
kitchen:
How to make Butter:
Step 1: Put heavy cream in a jar.
Step 2: Shake for 5-6 minutes. Step 3: Open the jar to let air in the
butter.
Step 4: Give the jar about 20 more shakes.
Step 5: When you see chunks of cream
in the jar, you’ll know you have butter!
Step 6: Spread your creation on your favorite crackers and enjoy!
Lights, Camera, Click! Neha Panke
These professional film-
makers are working on the next
Lego movie!
Here are the steps to make your own
Lego brick movie:
Step 1: Come up with a story map and
a script. Step 2: Build a set out of Lego bricks
according to the story.
Step 3: Place your Lego brick crea-tions on your set, and click! Take a
picture. Repeat according to your story
map.
Step 4: Put all the pictures together and the first part of your video is done!
Step 5: Record the audio from the
script. Step 6: Finally, match the audio over
the video you have created and your
movie is finished!
Our reporter also had a
chance to speak with some of the
brilliant directors:
WKAL: What is your favorite part of
this class? Maitri: Being the cameraman.
WKAL: Why do you like this class so
much?
Zoe: I get to showcase my creativity
and ideas.
These fantastic artists also
have the patience to move the Lego
bricks and snap a lot of pictures.
This reporter wishes she had that
much patience! Be it aliens, space-
ships, monsters, or even a space
war, these filmmakers know it all!
Oh Là Là ! Katie Kooken
Bonjour! Parlez-vous le
français? Well, these young Fran-
cophones do! They took French
names like Felix and Coco, and are
now learning how to speak the
“Language of Love.” These made-
moiselles and monsieurs have
learned how to say the colors,
months of the year, and days of the
week in French. Also, they have
done exercises in which instructor
Leela Bakshi pulled different arti-
cles of old clothes from a bag, and
the students had to identify them
via their vocabulary sheets.
Here are some examples of some
French words that these young in-
terpreters used: -le tee-shirt: the t-shirt
-le pantalon: the pants
-le short: the shorts -le robe: the dress
-le sac: the bag
-la jupe: the skirt
-le jean: the jeans -le manteau: the rain coat
Au revoir, mon ami!
WOW! Katherine Lee
These smart scientists may
seem small, but they are as talented
as Albert Einstein! Throughout the
week, these marvelous scientists
have been learning the scientific
method like pros; don’t forget, they
are only five, six, and seven! These
fantastic wizards are even making
eggs float, just by adding a pinch of
salt! These brilliant mind-blowers
have only been taking Science or
Wizardry for a week, but they have
already learned a lot! These amaz-
ing kids have been creating
terrariums to grow, learning about
density, and so many more fun top-
ics! This reporter’s favorite activity
that these wonderful wizards have
done is called Milk Pusher, and you
can do it, too!
Step 1: Pour some milk into a bowl. Step 2: Take out bubbles with a drop-
per.
Step 3: Add regular yellow soap to the milk.
Step 4: Watch the soap push the white
milk away!
Today they are making col-
orful t-shirts by getting a drawing,
coloring it in magnificent colors,
and ironing the drawing onto the
shirt with a grown-up’s help. This
WKAL reporter got a chance to talk
with a teacher assistant, Amanda:
WKAL: What is your favorite part
about the class?
Amanda: The experiments are really
neat!
WKAL: What is your favorite thing
about this class?
Amanda: Making kaleidoscopes.
In a few short days, these
wizards will make you disappear!
From Scraps to Treasured
Memories Lowell Lawrence
Ever wanted to make your
own scrapbook? Well, in Scrap-
booking, these one-of-a-kind scrap-
bookers have been making their
very own memory-filled scrap-
books that are too good to be true.
After these designers collected their
favorite photos, they captured these
memorable moments by creating a
page for each treasured memory.
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Our reporter interviewed the Kalei-
doscope aide, Maddie:
WKAL: What is your favorite part
about Scrapbooking?
Maddie: I like to see how everyone interprets colors and patterns and how
everyone uses them.
If you want to take your
photographs and create out-of-this-
world books, sign up for Scrap-
booking!
Four! Tommy Russell
Watch your head because
Kaleidoscope’s pro-golfers are
practicing their skills here! These
skilled golfers have been learning
stances, swinging a club, and pass-
ing to their talented partners. They
went to a driving range and had a
blast playing on a mini golf course.
These golfers are only in grades
two through six and they are al-
ready so good! They also play Golf
Monopoly, and the winner receives
golf balls to keep! This is why the
golfers are so skilled. Golf Club
director, Matt Walsh, has helped
the golfers perfect their game. So,
swing your club at Golf Club!
Artists in Action! Simran Chadha
Have you ever wanted to
build things with foam? Well, in
Outside the Box, you can! In Out-
side the Box, these artists have been
making masks and designing con-
centric circles. They also created
something called a “cat-itude.”
These thinkers drizzled and threw
paint like Jackson Pollack. They
also used recycled items to create
art. Our reporter had a chance to
interview artist Kayla:
WKAL: What is your favorite part
about Outside the Box?
Kayla: My favorite part about Outside the Box is building things.
If you want to think outside
the box, take this course!
Look out, Frank Lloyd
Wright! Ethan Shahbazian and Kerri Cheng
After a day of shoe shop-
ping, what can you do with all the
empty shoeboxes? Well, the archi-
tects in House and Building Design
took everyday items and turned
them into creative rooms for their
unique houses that were made out
of the shoeboxes. Here’s how to
build a shoebox house:
You’ll need:
-plastic cups -toothpicks
-tape
-paintbrush
-fancy paper -shoeboxes
-miscellaneous craft and recycled
items
Directions:
Step 1: Use blue paper to make water
or a swimming pool. Step 2: Use old flowers to decorate the
yard or house.
Step 3: Use green paper to make grass.
You can tell that these
houses are going to be a dazzling
success, don’t you think?
Computer Geniuses Jason Stellakis
Do you want to learn Kid-
Pix and how to create your own
animated pictures? The creative
designers in Computer Capers have
been busy making masks, paying
award-winning computer games,
and so much more! Let’s see what
they’re up to now:
WKAL: What do you like about this
course?
Nick: I like to play many different computer games.
If you like learning, design-
ing, and playing on the computer,
make sure to check out Computer
Capers next summer!
Lights, Camera, Action! Mia Jimenez
Do you ever wonder who
writes Kaleidoscope’s amazing
newspapers? It’s the talented, crea-
tive, and cool class of… Mass Me-
dia Blast! All week, these intelli-
gent reporters have been sneaking
around classes, writing articles, de-
signing press badges, and so much
more! While these future movie
stars and reporters were working,
this reporter interviewed one of the
Mass Media Blast Aides, Jaime:
WKAL: When did you start as an Aide for Mass Media Blast?
Jaime: This is my first year as an
Aide, but I took the class for four years
when I was younger. WKAL: How long do you plan to be
an Aide for Mass Media Blast?
Jaime: I’ve always wanted to be an Aide for Mass Media Blast and wish to
be one forever!
MASTHEAD
Colleen Dolan
Mass Media Blast Instructor
David Benedict Jaime Street
Mass Media Blast Teacher Assistants
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Simran Chadha
Kerri Cheng
Dylan Folscroft
Mia Jimenez
Lydon Kelley
Katie Kooken
Lowell Lawrence
Katherine Lee
Alicia Li
Billy Long
John Mo
Neha Panke
Nora Pierce
Olivia Ribaudo
Tommy Russell
Ethan Shahbazian
Lauren Sorabella
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