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Many Modes of Transportation, Great Things in February, Learn About Alaska, Get Ready for the Winter Olympics, and more!

Phyllis G. Merlino, DDS

February is an exciting month filled with fun and

historic days to celebrate. It starts with Groundhog Day (let’s see if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow), moves on to the Winter Olympics, then onto Valentine’s Day, and finally Presidents Day. This month is also National Children’s Dental Health Month.

Remember to read the next month of The Wonders of Alaska: Poetry in Art. Read the poem on Page 13 called “Totally Totem” and interpret it in your own way through an original drawing. More details to follow through your local school.

Have a great February full of fun!

Check out great articles like “Transportation” in Buzzworthy, learn about the Red Panda in Buzzing Through the Trees, and try some extra fun experiYour friend, ments in Math, Science and Teeth. As you learn about and celebrate the many things in February, don’t forget to try to solve the puzzles in Brain Buzz and work on the Olympics section. These, and all of the other great events happening throughout February, are in the pages of this edition.

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A message from the Regional Superintendent Dear Parents and Students: February is a busy month filled with celebrations. Black History Month is a holiday celebrated every February in the U.S. and Canada. It’s an important month for remembering people, events and achievements of the African people who were displaced, enslaved, and resettled. The month of February was chosen because the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass are in that month.

To learn more about Black History Month and the heritage and culture of African Americans read the poem “I, Too, Sing America” written by Langston Hughes; view the Migration Series by artist Jacob Lawrence – which shows the migration of slaves from the south to the north; or read the poem “A Pledge to Rescue Our Youth”

by Maya Angelou.

February 14th is Ash Wednesday, the day when Christians mark as the first day of Lent, the time of reflection and penitence leading up to Easter Sunday. On Ash

Wednesday our priests remind each of us of Genesis 3:19: “For dust you are and to dust you shall return.”

Our month continues with thoughts of Love. On February 14th we celebrate St. Valentine’s Day. It is said that St. Valentine was a Roman priest martyred during the reign of Claudius Gothicus. He was arrested and imprisoned upon being caught marrying Christian couples and otherwise aiding Christians who were at the time being persecuted by Claudius in Rome.

Later, because a pagan ritual was held in

February each year, the Pope abolished this festival and proclaimed February 14th Saint Valentine’s Day, thus establishing this feast day on the Catholic Calendar of Saints. Today we celebrate Valentine’s Day as a day to rejoice with those we love.

On Monday, February 19th we honor our forefather’s birthdays, presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Here are a few interesting facts about these two famous men. Did you know that George Washington was mostly self-educated? His formal schooling ended by the time he was just 15 years old.

Washington is best known as a general and president, but it is his willingness to surrender power that may be his most important legacy. As president, there were no term limits and many supported his presidency as a lifetime role, but Washington stepped down after the end of his second term - setting an important precedent that lasted until the middle of the 20th century.

Abraham Lincoln was an accomplished

wrestler as a young man thanks to his long limbs. He was defeated only once in over 300 matches. On April 14, 1865, Lincoln signed legislation creating the U.S. Secret Service to combat currency counterfeiting and that evening he was shot. In 1901, after the killing of two other presidents, the Secret Service was formally assigned to protect all future presidents. Lincoln is also the only president to have obtained a patent, having designed a method for keeping vessels afloat when traversing shallow waters.

As we celebrate the accomplishments of those who have gone before us, let’s not forget the continued accomplishments of our students. Happy February!

Sincerely,

Zoilita M. Herrera, Regional Superintendent

Catholic Identity / Values Infusion By: Paige Sanchez, Associate Superintendent for Mission Effectiveness, Archdiocese of New York

The Holy Family:

Transportation at Jesus’ Birth The month of February is dedicated to the Holy Family: Jesus and his parents, Mary and Joseph. The life of the Holy Family helps us to know Jesus and the beauty of learning about Him in our own families. Have you ever thought about the different ways Jesus’ family and those who traveled to see him at his birth moved from place to place?

Can you draw lines to match the modes of transportation with the correct people (or spiritual beings) from the story of Jesus’ birth below? If you need help, read Luke 1:26-38, Luke 2:1-20 and Matthew 2:1-15.

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Mary and Joseph The Magi Shepherds Angels

flying walking camel donkey

Bonus Question: At the time of Jesus birth, there were no GPS or Google maps. How did the Magi find Jesus?

You can draw a picture of it, too!

Can you color the routes on the map of Israel and Egypt to trace the Holy Family’s travels at the time of Jesus’ birth? Start by circling, in different colors, the city where the angel appeared to Mary, the city where Jesus was born, and the place Mary and Joseph went to flee from Herod’s order. You can read the previously

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underlined Scriptures to help you.

Values Infusion Program: The Value for the Month of February is Perseverance How has perseverance helped you to discover the joy of hard work?

“Let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us” (Hebrews 12:1).

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Transportation

hat is transportation?

Transportation is defined as either the act or process of being transported as well as the means to get passengers or goods from one place to another. Of the many forms of transportation, such as automobiles, boats, busses, cable cars, ferries, planes, and trains, we use a few more often than the other methods. If you needed to travel across the country, to school, or a family member’s house, how would you do it? Would you travel by a plane, bus, car or a train? How would you have travelled if busses, cars, planes, and trains did not exist? The transportation options we have today are a result of how much the world has changed, and how we have improved transportation to meet the needs of today.

The first major improvement in transportation was the invention of the steam engine. The steam engine allowed trains to be faster and they became the best option for people wanting to travel longer distances. The alternatives at the time were horse and carriage or streetcars, which took much longer. Trains were also used to transport goods from one place to another, so the ability to transport faster was very beneficial.

Today, we have both above and underground train systems. Most underground train systems, such as the Metro in Washington DC, allow you to travel

through the city quickly.

If we go back in time to the 1800s, there was an Underground Railroad in the United States, but it did not involve trains. The Underground Railroad began in 1810 and was used until the 1860s. It was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape from slavery in the south to freedom in

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the north and Canada. It’s believed that the name “Underground Railroad” was chosen because it refers to the underground resistance movement against slavery, and the secret routes were used to transport the escaped slaves like a train would do.

The next major change in transportation was the invention of the automobile

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because it improved day to day life and enabled people to travel further and faster on their own. It’s easy to see the appeal of cars because we use them every day. Imagine how much more time a trip from New Jersey to New York would take if you were traveling with a horse and carriage instead of a car. Although, we don’t think of cars as being used to transport people or goods on a large scale, that’s the work of busses and trucks. People use busses to go to school or work every day. Busses are also used all over the world in theme parks such as Disneyland, sightseeing tours use busses in cities like Philadelphia and New York, and bus services transport people across the country every day. Mail services such as FedEx, UPS, and US Mail use trucks to deliver packages and mail across the country every day.

Planes were used by the military first, then to transport goods, and finally people used them as commercial transport. The invention of aircrafts made traveling large distances in a short amount of time possible. Airplanes allow us to travel around our country in hours instead of days, weeks or months. It also made international travel possible. In only a few hundred years, we have improved our methods of transportation dramatically and created new ways to travel and transport.

We can only wonder what will be next!

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Great Things in February PRESIDENTS’ DAY

Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. Presidents’ Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents, past and present.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Black History Month is celebrated annually in the month of February. It is a month to remember both the important people and the important events in Black history. It began in 1926 as an annual

VALENTINE’S DAY

Valentine's Day is February 14. This day is set aside for exchanges of love with sweetweek-long celebration created to encourage hearts, friends and family. education about America's Black history.

Valentine’s Day Fun Facts: In 1969, leaders of Kent State University's 1. Reports indicate that more than 36 milBlack United Students proposed a monthlion chocolate boxes which are heart shaped long celebration, which took place one year get sold on the eve of Valentine’s Day. later in February 1970. In 1976 the United 2. More than 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards States government officially recognized are being exchanged each year Black History Month.

3. A total of 50 billion roses are brought to exchange THE SHORTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR 4. Children between ages 6 to 10 exchange February 29, 2016. Leap days are needed Having only 28 days in most years, Febmore than 650 million Valentine's cards to keep our calendar in alignment with ruary is the only month of the year that can with teachers, classmates, and family memthe Earth’s revolutions around the Sun. It pass without a single full moon. This last bers. takes the Earth approximately 365 days, happened in 1999 and will happen next in Have fun making handmade cards for spe5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 seconds to 2018 (this year)! The same is true regardcial people in your life with glitter, markers circle once around the Sun. This is called ing a new moon, which last happened in and pictures. You could even get creative by a tropical year. Without an extra day on 2014 and will happen next in 2033. Leap placing cards in strange spots for your famFebruary 29, we would lose almost six hours years occur every four years... the next is ily to find, like in a refrigerator, on a mirror, every year.

February 29, 2020 and the last one was on on a computer or on a pillow.

What else makes

red pandas so interesting?

Red Panda

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• Red pandas are usually quiet animals but can also make noises like twittering, tweeting, and whistling sounds

an you imagine living 15,000 feet in the air? If you were a red panda, that would be your home! Red pandas are native to parts of India and China.

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gy, they spend most of their day asleep to conserve their energy.

Additionally, they are known to Their habitat ranges from western be dormant in very cold temperaNepal to northern Myanmar and tures. Red pandas are most active throughout southwestern China. from dusk to dawn. It’s believed that red pandas live most of their Since red pandas spend most of lives within one square mile, their lives in trees, they live at and they typically live alone. The altitudes ranging from 4,900 to 15,000 feet and in tempera- largest exception to red pandas tures between 50° living alone is while they are to 77° Fahrenheit. young, since they live with their mother for the first three months Red pandas eat of their life. bamboo primarily, The fur on a red panda’s upper but they also eat roots, body is long, coarse, and redgrasses, fruits, insects, dish-brown in color. They also mushrooms, acorns, have an undercoat made of soft, small rodents, eggs, lichens, and flowers. Since dense, and woolly fur. The undercoat helps protect the pandas the red panda’s diet does not give them much ener- from severe cold and wind. The

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red panda’s fur covers five toes and their retractable claws as well. The fur on their lower body is mostly black, and they have a light face that is framed with rusty colored fur.

Red pandas have bushy, long tails with white and rust colored rings in an alternating pattern.

Their tail helps the pandas to keep their balance, climb trees, gain protection from predators, and forage for food. Since red pandas spend most of their time in fir trees, which often have plenty of reddish-brown moss and white lichens on them, the color of their fur helps camouflage them from predators. Their main predator is the snow leopard.

• Baby pandas are born blind and their ears are closed • Depending on the region, red pandas are also called fire fox, lesser panda, and red cat-bear • Oldest known red panda lived to be 23 years old!

• Like giant pandas, red pandas have a pseudo-thumb which helps them to grasp their food • It’s estimated that red pandas eat 200,000 bamboo leaves every day!

• Red pandas are the only carnivores able to test odors with the underside of their tongue • Red pandas can scent mark through the glands on the bottom of their feet.

The liquid is colorless and odorless to humans!

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Solutions on page 12

Groundhog Day Word Search Puzzle

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Morning Routine You are going to a special event in the city with your class. It starts at 8 AM. It takes you 15 minutes to wash your face, brush your teeth, comb your hair and get dressed in the morning. It takes 10 minutes to eat your breakfast. Your Mom will drive you to the train station (12 minutes) where you will meet your class.

Trains run every 10 minutes and the train ride is 32 minutes.

What time do you need to get up so that you don’t keep your class waiting and you all make it to the event on time?

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Flowers for Valentine’s Day A boyfriend wants to be romantic on Valentine’s Day and wants to give his Valentine a rose for every month they have been together (2-1/2 years).

How many flowers does he purchase?

Can you spot the differences?

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Solutions and More!

Can you spot the differences Groundhog Day Word Search Puzzle

Morning Routine Answer: 6:41 AM Solution: Add the minutes (including the time between trains). This is 79 minutes.

79 minutes = 1 hour and 19 minutes.

1 hour 19 minutes BEFORE 8 AM is 6:41 AM.

Flowers for Valentine’s Day Answer: 30 Flowers Solution: 2-1/2 × 12 = 2 × 12 + 1/2 × 12 = 24 + 6 = 30 flowers.

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Olympic Torch Maze solution

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Totally Totem By: Catherine DiDomenico Demarco Totem Poles are sculptures carved from trees, Often as tall as the eye can see Part of the culture of the people of Alaska, The artists who carved them were pure masters, Not only beautiful, but important surely, Each figure on the pole tells part of a story You see, legends and history had to be heard, Because for native Alaskans, there was no written word So to story poles Alaskans turned, To ensure that their culture was preserved and learned Common figures include the raven and the killer whale, As well as the fox and beaver tails, Each figure had its own meaning, To illustrate a lesson or teaching, Other poles were put in front of homes, On these poles the family’s story shown Equally significant was the shame pole, On which an embarrassing fact or misdeed would be told, The shame pole would remain erected, Until the offensive act was satisfactorily corrected One last fact about totem poles I must convey, They are read from the bottom to the top Alaskans say.

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Hey kids! Send in your original artwork, letters, and poems to be printed in an upcoming edition. Just have your parents complete this form and send it with your submission to:

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Artwork from each school will be showcased at The Golden Cross Award for Education Breakfast in April.

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Get ready for the Winter Olympics Color the winter sports and help light the torch

See page 12 for Olympic Torch Maze solution

Math, Science &Teeth

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, and what better time to see how much fun it can be to take care of your teeth.

While we know that Math is all around us, how about a fun survey.

There are so many flavors of toothpaste, and many have their favorite.

Do a survey in class, or at home, to find out the most popular, or favorite, toothpaste flavors. Will it be mint, bubble gum, fruit flavored? Graph the results and see what flavor wins. If it’s not your favorite, you might want to check it out the next time you have to buy toothpaste.

When it comes to Science, here are two fun and interesting experiments to try. You will see the power of taking care of your teeth right before your very eyes.

Ceramic Tiles for Teeth Ask your parents to get you some small white ceramic tiles from a tile store.

Then have an adult help you gather a variety of food products to smear on the tiles like jelly, ketchup, syrup, peanut butter etc. Then, take a new and clean toothbrush and real toothpaste and brush the tiles (teeth). Which tiles are stained? Can you imagine if these tiles were your teeth?!

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Egg and Vinegar Take a hard boiled egg, still in the shell, and put it in a cup of vinegar for a couple of days.

Watch what happens to the shell.

Imagine this is your tooth enamel protecting your teeth.

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Have fun, and keep brushing those teeth!!!

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By: Dr. Susan B. Miller, Director of Math Instruction, Archdiocese of New York

Build a Garden Have you ever planted a garden?

Gardens are beautiful spaces where we can grow both flowers and food. Francis Bacon once said, “God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.” This month, you are challenged to think about building a garden.

Did you know that animals like gardens too? They don’t like to look at them; instead, they like to eat them! To prevent this from happening, we often put a fence around the garden to keep all of the critters out.

Imagine a square garden.

It would have four sides that would need a fence. Look at the picture.

Can you see the four sides of the fence?

Now imagine that the garden is two squares big.

How many sections of fence would we need? Look

carefully at the picture. Can you see that we now need six sides of the fence? Why didn’t the number of sides double? In other words, why do we only need six sides of fence rather than eight sides? Did you notice that there is no fence running down the middle of the garden?

This idea of a garden and a fence is actually a math concept. We call the number of squares the area of the garden and the number of sides of the fence the perimeter.

Therefore, when you look at a garden that is three squares long, we would say that the area is 3 square units, and the perimeter (the number of

fence sections) is 8 units long.

Take a look at the picture and see if you can find the 3 squares and the 8 units of fence!

Now it’s time for you to try.

Go to this website: phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/area-builder/latest/area-builder_en.html Can you build a garden that is 6 square units? How long would the fence need to be? What if the 6 squares are not in a straight line? Does the amount of fence that is needed change?

Find the button on the bottom right of the screen that allows you to make two gardens side by side. Can you make two different gardens that are 6 square units, but have different perimeters (lengths of fence)? Can you make two gardens that both need 12 units of fence, but have different areas? Be sure to check out the game before you leave this simulation, and enjoy building a lot of gardens!

Education At Its Best By: Sara Collins, Blended Learning Coordinator, Archdiocese of New York

A website that lets you share your writing and artistic skills,

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Everyone has a story to tell. That’s what makes God’s creation so remarkable! We often read stories written by others. It’s how we learn in school every day. But when is the last time you created your own story and published it for the whole world to see? StoryJumper.com is a free website that lets you do just that. Not only does it allow you to write and illustrate your own story, but it also lets you read the stories written by thousands of other people all over the world. So, if you’re tired of being inside on these cold February days, why not visit www.storyjumper.com and read a story or two?

Better yet, write your own!

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