RMS Times - Fall 2012

The Student Newspaper of Rochester Montessori School
Fall 2012
RMS Times is a newspaper built by our Montessori children which allows them to
express themselves through their stories and art.
Thanks to our student editors Chris Kane and Nico Grothey for their contributions.
Title design contributed by Henry Harris, brother to RMS student Rosalind McKinley.
Henry is a junior at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Ancient Egyptian Gods and goddess by Rayyan Ahmad Nassr
Anubis: Anubis is the son of Set the god of evil and Nephthys. He has the role of putting
the hearts of the dead on the scales of justice. Anubis’ wife is a goddess named Anput.
His daughter is the goddess Kebechet. Anubis is associated with mummification and
guiding the souls otherwise known as the Ba of the dead to the afterlife.
Ra: Ra was the originator of the group Annead consisting of Shu, the god of air, Tefnut,
the goddess of water, Geb, the god of earth, Nut, goddess of stars, Osiris, god of the dead,
Set, god of evil, Isis, goddess of magic and Nephthys, goddess of water, and Ra, the god
of the universe and galaxies.
I hope you enjoyed learning about Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses.
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Getting to Know Sarah Yoho by Niya Wiesner Johnson
Sarah Yoho was born and raised in Wausau, Wisconsin. She came to Rochester
Montessori due to political turmoil and because her family in Lacrosse moved to
Chicago. Sarah was inspired to become a teacher because she wanted to work with kids.
Her favorite subject is math, and her favorite book is How to Kill a Mockingbird. She
likes to write and play volleyball in her spare time. Her favorite food is kabobs and
Italian food. She has a rescue dog named Zoe whose name means, “New Life.” She also
has two Russian tortoises named Humphrey and Julius. The most exciting place she has
visited is Lyon, France, which is the third largest city in France. She has visited Mont St.
Michel, which is also in France and was a former prison. Now that you know more about
Sarah, please welcome her to our school.
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Fast Cars, Bugatti by Seth Pereira
The Bugatti family was famous for the beauty of their design and for the large number of
races that they have won. Today, the German car company Volkswagen owns Bugatti.
The only car it produces is the Veyron 16.4, which is the most expensive and fastest car
in the world. The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse costs $2.5 million.
It has 1,200-horsepower quad-turbo engine and the top half of the car is painted white
and lower half is new light blue. 300 cars have been sold.
Each part of the Veyron 16.4, even the screws, is made of the material with the lowest
weight like titanium, carbon, magnesium.
It can reach 250 mph. At that speed, you can travel the length of one and a quarter
football fields per second or one-third as fast as the speed of sound.
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Courtney Gill by Audrey Cloft
Courtney Gill has no siblings, but she does have a dog, Pisco. In fact, one of her
hobbies is walking him. Some other hobbies include reading, spending time with friends
and family, and drinking coffee. Her birthday is on September 5th, I bet you forgot to say
happy birthday!
Courtney’s favorite color is purple and her favorite sport is basketball. Her
favorite singer is Adele, and her favorite place is Rochester, Minnesota. Another one of
her favorite places is Chile. If she could go anywhere, it would be Chile, to go see the
family that she stayed with for a while.
You might have noticed that Courtney is bilingual (she speaks two languages),
and she also has been to 7 countries. Another fun fact about her is that she didn’t learn to
swim until she was 14 years old.
A while after Courtney could swim, she had some jobs, and one of them was working in
Kohl’s. She has always dreamed of being a teacher, “I’ve wanted to be a teacher for as
long as I can remember.” Courtney said. In elementary, she even taught American Girl
Dolls math, and other subjects. She achieved her dream of being a teacher after attending
college at Luther College, in Iowa. She now teaches in E1.
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Monaco by Jude Amra
This summer, I visited the French Riviera, which includes several towns along the coast
of southern France. I learned interesting facts about the city of Monaco. The principality
of Monaco is an individual independent state under the guardianship of France. There is
only a road separating Monaco from France. Monaco is a tiny city with an area of less
than one square mile. It is ruled by Prince Albert the 2nd. Its ruling family has a rich
history dating back centuries. There are about 30,000 people living in Monaco with
Monte Carlo considered to be its largest city.
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It was fun being in Turkey by Ilkim Taner
My sister, Biricik, and I were born in the United States, but both of my parents are
from Turkey. My grandparents and my mother’s brothers and my cousins still live there.
They visit us here in Rochester from time to time. My family and I go to Turkey to see
and spend time with my grandparents and cousins.
My most recent trip to Turkey was this past summer. I was very excited about our
trip. My mother told me that the whole trip from Rochester to my grandparents’ house
would be about 26 hours. Yes, the flights were very long!
In Turkey, we were in a city called Gaziantep. I stayed at my grandparents’
house. I like to spend time with my grandparents because I love them and because they
play with me all the time and let me eat a lot of chocolates – the kinds that we cannot find
here in the United States. I also get to watch television. Sometimes it is difficult to
understand some Turkish words they say in the cartoons though.
I celebrated my birthday at a big dinner with my family in Turkey. We had lots of
food and a special “Angry Birds” birthday cake. It was so much fun. My cousins, their
friends and I played at the park. It was good to meet with new kids. They thought that I
spoke Turkish in a funny way – but that was OK.
We also spent some time couple days in Arsuz. Arsuz was so beautiful. Biricik
and I swam in the sea, collected sea shells, watered the plants (and ourselves) and played
in the garden. I also made a new friend. My new friend’s name was Doruk. Doruk and I
played with the ball a lot.
I felt bad (and cried a little) when we were at the airport on our way back to
Rochester. I wanted to stay longer in Turkey. I wish we could visit Turkey more often.
It was fun being in Turkey!
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My visit to Phillip Island, Australia by Sam Scalzo
When I went to Australia I went to many places, such as Phillip Island. When I
was at Phillip Island I went to an old farm, the penguin parade and a koala center.
At the farm I milked a cow. I also saw a sheepdog rounding up sheep and I looked
at baby animals. The baby animals I saw were sheep and cows. I also looked at the old
farmhouse; the adult bed was smaller than my twin bed. After the farm I went to our hotel
to check in to our rooms.
After resting at the hotel I went to see the penguin parade. Small penguins walked
up the beach to their nests. They looked so cute. There were a lot of people at the penguin
parade, it is a popular activity.
The next day we went to the Koala Conservation Center. We walked on raised
platforms to see the koalas. My favorite part about the koala center was seeing a mom
and a baby koala together.
On my trip to Phillip Island I did lots of new things.
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The Unusual Tiger by Katherine Zhu
Once upon a time there was a tiger with brown stripes and red fur. Everyone laughed at
her. She was so different from the rest of them. One day she could not stand it anymore
and she ran away. Then she met a wise old owl, he said “god made you in a unique
way”! Now she was very happy! When she came back everyone laughed at her again,
but she did not care. She remembered what the owl said and she was even happier than
before!
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The Fall Season by Laila Abulseoud
The Fall is here.
The trees are colorful as I walk through the lake.
I smell the fresh air.
I hear the birds are singing overhead.
The maple tree leaves turn red, orange and yellow and are falling on the ground.
I like the fall better than winter because the winter is cold, and all of the sudden
everything turn white.
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My trip to Egypt by Zakariya Nassr
I went to Egypt by airplane this summer. I went with my brother and my mom
and we stayed there for six weeks. We visited Cairo, Asyut, and Alexandria, and stayed
with our family.
In Cairo we saw a mosque that was 750 years old. It was at Muhammad Ali’s
citadel. We also rode horses and camels at the pyramids. We got to go inside the king’s
pyramid and we saw the Sphinx. The weather was really hot so we had to keep drinking
freezing water to keep cool.
We went to Asyut to visit our great grandmother who is our moms’ fathers’ mom.
We were only able to go out at night because the weather was cooler at night and the sun
was too hot to go out during the day. We sat by the Nile, and had ice cream every night.
We went to Alexandria with our cousins from Chicago. We got there by train, it
only took two hours. We got to our hotel and changed into our swimsuits and went to the
beach. We all got stung by jellyfish! It really hurt. The next day we were able to go to a
beach that did not have jellyfish and we had a lot more fun there. We had dinner when it
got dark. We had roasted corn from the street and my cousin and I were able to help the
man fan the fire.
Everywhere on the streets people sold prickly pears and they were delicious. I
also enjoyed drinking sugar cane juice, and I would drink it every time I went out. I had
a really fun time in Egypt but my favorite part was getting to see the pyramids while
riding a camel.
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Zip lining in Costa Rica by Ella Hopkins
When you go zip lining in Costa Rica you ride on a bus to the area where you go zip
lining. You get a vest on and you walk up stairs and when you get to the top of the stairs
you reach the first zip line. The first zip line I did with a guide. After that, I went on
some zip lines by myself. The longest zip line was nearly 1 kilometer long. There were
10 zip lines all of them were pretty long except the first and second. You go over a
waterfall but you land on a platform of wood. One time when my mom was on a zip line
and she screamed. My favorite part was going on zip line number 10, why because it
was the longest zip line. When we got to the last one I wanted to do them all again. If
you ever get to go zip lining I would recommend it.
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Finding Nemo 3-D by Martin Gardner
From the people Behind A Bug’s Life, Monsters Inc, Wall-E and Brave comes Finding
Nemo.
The story of the movie from the Cinemagic website begins like this:
“Life along the great Barrier Reef is full of dangers when you are a tiny clownfish.
And for Marlin, a single parent determined to protect his only son Nemo there are
constant fears and anxieties. When on his 1st day of school Nemo defies his Father
and swims off alone to investigate a boat he is suddenly scooped up by a diver as
Marlin helplessly watches. Marlin turns desperate as he frantically swims off in
search for his son. As he passes a school of fish he bumps in to Dory an agreeable
blue tang with severe short term memory loss who offers to help. Together this
aquatic odd couple set out on an impossible mission finding themselves in
troubled waters and contending with such hazards as sharks deadly anger fishes
and a forest of jellyfish. Meanwhile, in a dentist’s office overlooking Sydney
Harbor, Nemo has landed in a fish tank that is home to a colorful group of
characters who want to initiate him into their gang. “
Sorry this Dory is not played by Ellen DeGeneres.
I would not recommend it to real young children because there are some intense images. I
would recommend it to five and older. Dory makes the movie really funny and it has
fabulous smooth music by Thomas Newman.
Other titles from the makers of Finding Nemo are:
The Toy Story Trilogy- 1995, 1999 and 2010
Cars Double Movie 2006 and 2011
Ratatouille 2007
Monsters INC 2001, (which I will be reviewing when it comes out in 3-D on December
19th).
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Fiction Stories by Olivia Dyrbyewright
In Columbia there was a man by the name of John Canton. He was born on April 23,
1980, so he is now 31 years old. Two days ago he found a rock that was a mix of pyrite
and marble with a bit of geode in it. He claims it was found in Russia at 3 am near the
coast of the Kara Sea. This rock is worth $100,000. John thought about selling the rock
on eBay but he didn’t want anything to happen to it since it is so fragile. John is going to
be in the Twin Cities on 44th Avenue North Drive if you want to learn more about him. If
you are not able to drive there you can learn more about it at www. school@.com
Please read this exciting news!!
Ronald Stalinist was born on November 3, 1974. In case you didn’t know, Ronald is
the latest engineer that made a living robot with feelings! This robot picks up litter and
feeds the poor, and these things lead to better health for everyone. It needs to be copied
before selling on eBay and will cost between thirty and one hundred dollars. The robot
eats and drinks leftovers to save the world. Robot Evaonda is born to know math,
science, language, culture, reading, writing, the future, and more! I say, a helper for
homework! For more information go to www.robot.world@.com
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Life Cycle of a Flower by Annika Lillegard
The life cycle of a flower begins with a seed in the ground. Dependent on plenty
of light and water the seed grows roots if the temperature is favorable. The roots absorb
water and nutrients from the soil and bring them to the rest of the flower. As the flower
grows it develops stems and leaves above ground. When the plant is mature it makes
blossoms (a process called flowering). Flowers are important for the plant to reproduce.
Pollen is necessary to fertilize the flower to make seeds. Insects and bees transfer pollen
from one flower to another. The flower wilts over time, releasing the seeds to the ground
or the wind to start the life cycle of a flower over again.
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Fall by Emma Van Meter
Fall is so nice
All the colors on the trees
Yellow, orange, red
And just the right amount of breeze.
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Cartoons and Drawings
By Danny Berglund
By Emma Van Meter
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Chris Kane
Nico Grothey
Conor Kane – part 2
Conor Kane – part 1
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Quinn Kallmes
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Crossword
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Jokes
Emily and Elizabeth Wetzel
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Jokes by Shawn Jacobson
Jokes have been around for 4000 years. Jokes are told or written to make people laugh.
Here are a few of my favorite jokes.
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Ketchup. Ketchup who? Ketchup to me and I’ll tell you.
What football player loves to go to the bank? A quarterback
What kind of bug can’t go in the boys’ bathroom? A ladybug
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Boo. Boo who? Don’t cry. It’s just me.
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Who. Who, who? Is that an owl I hear?
What black, white, and red all over? A newspaper.
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Jokes collected by Prabhav Kaginele
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Rita. Rita who? Rita good book lately?
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Icon. Icon who? Icon give you a big hug.
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Gladys. Gladys who? Gladys it’s not snowing.
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Arthur. Arthur who? Arthur any cookies left?
How can you tell that elephants like to swim? They always have their trunks on.
What is the quietest sport? Bowling; you can only hear a pin drop.
Why is a football field cool? Because it is full of fans.
What’s the best place to see cows? At a moo-se-em.
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Crossword Key
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