Happy Holidays!
December, 2021. Issue #1
Welcome to In the Heights! This is a digital newspaper put together by the students and staff of Dyker Heights Intermediate School. Every month we will be giving our students a voice and giving everyone a chance to find what is on the mind of those who live, work and play... in the Heights!
Special Thanks to the Digital Dyker Newspaper Team:
Robert Ciulla, Principal
Veena Veeramah, Assistant Principal/Newspaper Director
Peter DiMitri, Editor in Chief/Site Design/Journalist
Samantha Alexander, Editor/Site Design/Journalist
Jennifer Ward, Editor/Journalist
Priya Santos, Editor/Journalist
Patricia Stanisis, Editor/Journalist
Plus ALL our Dyker Student Journalists who contributed to this paper!!
Table of Contents
Quote of the Month- December
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible”! - Audrey Hepburn.
There are many times where you feel like life is impossible, that you will never succeed. Well you are wrong, if you believe that you can succeed then you can achieve anything. (If you can believe it, you can achieve it!)
By Phillip Wong 852
by Katelyn Chen
The first wonderful gift for a mom, aunt, or sister would be this trinket dish. This trinket dish is a beautiful gift that is sweet and simple. It will remind them of you every time she looks at it!
Price: $16.99
2. Another nice and cozy gift for someone are these fuzzy slippers. They will keep you warm and are the PERFECT gift for Christmas’ cold weather.
Price: $19.95
3. If your family loves cooking breakfast for everyone, you should choose this gift for them. A mini waffle maker! It’s cute, tiny, and can be in multiple colors. Black, red, pink, or more.
Price: $10
4. A hysterical gift for your aunts, uncles, and grandparents are… custom family character mugs! These mugs are fun and can be given to anybody. Nobody will ever forget whose mug is whose again.
Price: $23.80
5. Do you know someone that's a nature-lover and has some free space in their backyard? Then, these should be some of the possible gifts you should get them. It is a bird bath and feeder and a squirrel picnic table! Your gift receiver can sit back and watch the birds and squirrels.
Price: $8.99- $19.99
6. The next cool gift would be this mini desktop basketball set! This is a really enjoyable gift and it can help you to relieve stress. This mini basketball set can be folded up and taken anywhere or played with anyone.
Price: $14.62
7. This funny gift would be great for someone who doesn’t like to talk until they have their coffee. It’s a Don't Speak! Coffee mug. This mug can let you know when to start chatting.
Price: $14.99
8. If you know someone who needs cheering up, then this is a good candidate for your gift ideas. This 18-inch wacky inflatable tube guy is hilarious and will definitely make them laugh. The tube guy can be put on desks, counters, and many other places.
Price: $6.79
9. Another super great gift would be this personalized charger cable name tag! Say goodbye to the stolen charger cable crisis! It comes in many different colors and you can personalize it to any name.
Price: $6.50
10. An awesome gift is this portable lap table! This portable lap table can also be in lots of different colors. It can hold your drinks, food, computers, and can be taken anywhere you go.
Price: $23.99
11. A really adorable gift is this portable rechargeable night light/phone holder/alarm! It is shaped like toast bread and can be used for many things! It can light up, hold your phone, and be an alarm. It also has a light-up touch feature for easy on and off.
Price: $19.99
12. These three entertaining gifts are great to cure your boredom! They are all scratch-off posters, but one is a book scratch-off poster, the other is a movie scratch-off poster, and the last one is a things to do scratch-off poster. With these, your gift receiver will never run out of things to do!
Price: $15.00
13. A super satisfying gift would be these colorful pop its. Pop its can come in many shapes and sizes. You can find pop its everywhere. Stores, the internet, and other places. Pop its are fidget toys that can help you when you are bored or if you need to calm down. The pop its can be designed to look like a lot of things. For example, they can be made to look like apps, animals, foods and drinks, and more.
Price: $13.99
14. This gift will surely make your gift receiver laugh. It is a pictionary board game and can be played with many people. Pictionary is a very popular board game where someone has to draw a picture and the others have to guess what it is. It’s great for hanging out with friends and family.
Price: $19.99
15. Does your working desk need to be cleaned all the time? Is it always covered with eraser shavings and cookie crumbs? If so, then this is probably a helpful gift for you or the messy desk owner in your life. Even though the size is not that big, the world's tiniest vacuum can keep you organized. This vacuum is not a normal one (besides being small). It is powered by your computer instead of an outlet in the wall.
Price: $11.99