Interviewer: Niyati Solanki

Writer: Virinda Popli

Photo: Anushka Patel

Do you know who the teacher of the month is? Drum-roll please……

You know her….Ms. Younghans!!! Let’s give a big round of applause!

First of all, how many years has she been teaching? She has been teaching for 31 years! Wait……. 31 years!!!?? You got that right! She has taught 1st grade the most in her teaching life. She actually started teaching in 1986. Her favorite thing to teach is reading. She loves reading. I do too! She doesn’t have a favorite book, because there are too many to name. Her favorite color is pink. Her favorite friends are named Valerie, Eileen, and Debbie. What awesome names! Ms.Younghans’ favorite food is chicken parm. On the first day of school, Ms.Younghans was nervous and excited at the same time! I was also feeling the same way. Her favorite movie is “The Notebook”. That was a good movie. Her favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, because she loves the season, and you get to eat a large feast! Mmm!

Congratulations Ms.Younghans for being the teacher of the month!!!!!!!

Writer: Shailey Patel

Interviewer: Anagha Vineeth

Photo: Iniya Raghupathi

If you don’t know who Mrs. Robson is, she is our Oak Tree Road School nurse. Mrs. Robson is very very nice and helps students that are in need. For an example, when someone gets pushed by someone else, the person who is being pushed goes to a school nurse and gets a band-aid. It also matters how hard the push is and how much the person gets hurt. But if you need a band-aid, you know where to go. From the time we get to school and the time until lunch she is always open but when lunch is over, Mrs. Robson’s lunch just got started. So instead of going to Mrs. Robson and disturbing her lunch break, you can go before, but if you got hurt after Mrs. Robson’s lunch break, then I don’t know what to tell you. You just have to wait for a while. And I forgot to tell you that if Mrs. Robson is with another patient, you wait in her waiting room. And don’t worry, there are puzzles and games for you to play until it’s your turn. So this is all I know about our Oak Tree Road School nurse, (Mrs. Robson) and I hoped this article gives you all the information you get when you have a problem like this.

Writer: Mariyah Rivera

Illustrator: Shaivi Akuka

COOPERATION

This month we are learning about cooperation! You might ask what is cooperation. Cooperation is when people work together as a team. Like when you are in a group project you all work together to pass the class. Cooperation is how people get together and become friends. It’s the key to peace in the world. At a kids park you might see a lot of cooperation and teamwork! Have you ever showed teamwork? I work as a team with my class! Working as a team feels very good! One day, we had to do a S.T.E.A.M project and the teacher made 5 groups of 4. I was with 1 girl and 2 boys. We all made a plan to work with one person first and then discuss all our ideas next! We did what we thought and succeeded the project! I have showed teamwork more than 10 times. Teamwork is very important! You can cooperate with your family, friends, and other people. Cooperation rocks!

Writer: Hibba Imtiaz

Illustrator: Diya Patel

Everybody knows about the famous Martin Luther King Jr., but do we ever worry about MLK Day? MLK day is on Monday, January 21. It’s pretty easy to find out what the day is about, of course, MLK. We celebrate MLK’s achievements and life. MLK was a civil rights activist and was an amazing man. We celebrate the amazing things he did such as equal rights for all skin colors and not just whites. There are many traditions on MLK day. Some people go to church, and many others. Fun things to do on MLK day are reading interesting biographies of MLK. You can make banners and hang them around town. There are so many things to do, but these are only a few. We like to honor Martin Luther King Jr. with this day and remember everything he did to make our world how amazing it is.

Interviewer: Sahana Iyer

Interviewer: Mahak Bahl

Photo: Virinda Popli

Writer: Dweep Parikh

New Year Resolution

Here are some resolutions from our famous students in our marvelous and mind blowing School. Please feel free to read ahead and tell us your resolutions if we missed. See ya next time!

Some new year goals amazing students want to achieve!

Arjun (Miss Adase's class) - to learn how to ice skate

Sachi (Mrs. Butz's class) - not to give up or keep on trying

Mrs. Pelosi - to read more

Mrs. Zelazny- Make photo albums of her baby

Ovi (Mrs.Santamaria's class)- Better grades and not get so mad at her sister

Harnoor (Mrs.Ginfrida's class)- wants to learn how to knit and make a bird for her mom

Avni (Mrs.Ward's class)-to work harder to read

Dami (Mrs.Stephan's class) - to be better at school and get better grades

Photo: Anusha Gupta

Writer: Zakeriah Sadiq

Football is one of the most famous sports in North America. Football is played by two teams of eleven players on a field with goal posts on both ends. A Yale student named Walter Camp invented football in Connecticut between 1876 and 1881. The main point of the game is when a team has the ball, they need to to take it to their goal post to score a point. Another sport that is like Football is called Rugby. It is famous in Europe. NFL stands for American National Football League. The NFL team for our State of New Jersey is the NJ/NY Giants Jets. The super bowl is a very big game event every year to determine which team wins the trophy for the best team in that season. Many People gather around televisions every year for this huge event full of games and music, This year let's grab our snacks and friends and watch the Superbowl this year and see whats football all about!

Photo: Tvisha Choudhury

Writer: Zakeriah Sadiq

Sri Lanka is a beautiful island in the Indian ocean close to the country of India. The climate in Sri Lanka has wet and dry seasons. The average temperature in Sri Lanka is 82.4-84.4 degrees Fahrenheit. The population is 21,323,733 on this green island. Sri Lanka has flat plains and mountains in the south. Before 1972, Sri Lanka was called Ceylon, the name of the colonial rules. Adam’s peak is one of the most famous attractions. It’s a historical place for many religions. There is a sacred footprint that different religions have views about on the mountain.

• BUDDHISM: BUDDHA'S FOOTPRINT

• HINDUISM: SHIVA OR HANUMAN'S PRINT

• ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY: ADAM’S FOOT PRINT

Why not next summer you can take a trip to Sri Lanka and climb Adam’s peak!

Writer: Shailey Patel

Photo: Anusha Gupta

All About Pasta Have you ever tasted Pasta? Pasta is an Italian food where sometimes you put sauce on to make it taste good. To get Pasta, you can get it from any possible store. You can even make pasta at home! Pasta is made from Italy, just to give you more information. To make Pasta, you need wheat flour, water or eggs. You shape into the Pasta shape. Lastly you need to place it in a pot and let the Pasta boil. And instead of the sauce you can even put some melted cheese! Now that’s what I call an exquisite dish! If you want some sauce on your Pasta, you can pick your own! For example, you can pick red sauce or white sauce. Mostly Pasta comes in a package. On Pasta you can add spices to match your flavor that you want. I consider Pasta a very tasty dish. Pasta will brighten your day into a bouncy joyful day. I hope one day you will try some Pasta and you will feel the joy that I would.

Photo: Diya Parthiban

Write: Diya Saravanan

Zodic Of The Month: Capricorn

This month’s zodiac is capricorn. What does capricorn even represent? Capricorn is 10 of the 12 zodiac signs. The zodiac represents Capricornus, the horned goat. The element this zodiac represents is earth. People say the people who were born under this zodiac sign are one of the most serious and stable zodiacs.They are master of self-control and has the potential to be a great help. The planet that they repersent is Saturn...I never knew that! The symbol, of this sign is the Sea Goat and it starts from December 22 to January 20.

Creators : Ovi Telavane & Hibba Imatiz

Writer: Yashraj Shah

Photo: Yashraj Shah

Dino of the Month

Brachiosaurus

By:Yashraj Shah

The brachiosaurus was a dinosaur that lived about 154 to 153 million years ago. The brachiosaurus was a sauropod, which means that it had a very long neck and ate plants. The brachiosaurus can be easily mistaken for other sauropods because of its size and huge body, but there are some things different about it, than other sauropods. One thing is that it has a huge hump on top of its head. It is located near the back of the head but still on top. Another thing that is different about the brachiosaurus is that the front two legs are longer than the back legs. The back legs were strong so sometimes when leaves were way too high up in the trees, it would stand up on the back two legs to reach the leaves. The brachiosaurus is truly a great dinosaur.

Writer:

Illustrator: Aditi Harbola

Joke:

Q: What’s a rat’s favorite singer?A: Ratty Perry!

Designer: Hibba Imatiz