Researched, Written, & Edited by Fifth Grade
Embedded Files
PLEASE NOTE: THIS NEWSPAPER HAS MANY SECTIONS. CHOOSE FROM THE PAGE HEADERS ABOVE TO VIEW EACH SECTION OR CLICK ON THE DROP DOWN MENU!
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
by Araceli Ewart
In May, we recognize and celebrate the contributions of Asians and Pacific Islanders. May was chosen for celebrating Asians and Pacific Islanders because May 7, 1843 was the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in the U.S.A. and on May 10, 1869, was the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. The railroad’s completion was possible because of the Chinese workers that helped. On October 5, 1978, president Carter signed the House Joint Resolution 1007 that let Asian/Pacific Islander Americans week start. It used to be called Asian/Pacific American week, but now it’s Asian American/Pacific Islander heritage month or AAPI. The heritage month was supposed to start the following May. In 1992 Horton introduced the legislation. George H.W. Bush signed, which made May of each year Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage month. It’s important to celebrate because everyone should acknowledge how Asians and pacific islanders made a difference in U.S. history.
CLICK ABOVE TO VIEW WARREN-WALKER, LA MESA LIBRARY SITE
Do you have newsworthy ideas? OR are you interested in advertising with the Gulls Gazette? Please click the button below to give us the details!
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
by Sadie Billauer
This month is Jewish American Heritage month, which is when we celebrate jewish people & their culture. Some of the jewish holidays celebrated are Hanukkah, Passover, and Yom Compor, Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, and much more.
Many jewish people came to the United States to escape the Nazis during World War 2, although jewish people have been immigrating to the United States since colonial times. In the 1941 to 1945, there was something called the Holocaust. The Holocaust was part of War World two and mainly took place in Nazi Germany and German Territories. During this time there were about 6 million people killed, Non- Jew and Jew. They were killed by the Nazi regime lead by Adolf Hilter. When Adolf Hilter blamed his loss on thefirst war. He sent Jewish people depending on their age and gender to camps,
PICTURED ABOVE: ENGELINA BILLAUER, SADIE BILLAUER'S GREAT GRANDMOTHER, BEING TAKEN AWAY TO THE BERGEN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP
death camps. At these camps they had to do work, like at factories. They used gas chambers to kill Jewish people; they could sometimes fit around 4500 people. People were separated from their parents, having to go to different countries. Eventually, enough people defeated Adolf Hilter. He ended his own life.
Pictured here is my great-great grandma, Engelina Billauer. In this painting, she's getting taken away from her parents, because she has to go to a camp to work for the nazis, and if she does not follow the rules she has to be killed. I’m very grateful she did not get killed and that she eventually escaped.
Now she’s in her 90’s doing amazing and speaking about her time in that War. She speaks on zoom to various people, and speaks at schools, and now she lives in LA, with her family; and this is what she looks right now:
Kamala Harris Makes History!
Kamala Harris Makes History!
by Mila Agha
Kamala Devi Harris was born on October 20, 1964. She was born in Oakland California. Kamala currently holds the position of the 49th Vice President of the United States of America. She is the first woman and African-American/South Asian American Vice President. She has a very rich culture. Before she was chosen by Joe Biden, she served in the U.S. Senate as an attorney general of California. After learning political
science and economics at Howard University, Harris obtained a law degree at Hastings College. Kamala has a younger sister named Maya Harris. Kamala Harris has an inspirational life. She was a multiracial woman, who imagined becoming an attorney. She was also a successful United States senator who encouraged progressive reforms and women’s rights.
Page updated
Report abuse