@theHelm | October 2023 | Vol. 5 | Issue 1

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CONTENTS Art on front cover: Elizabeth Lerner (704)

4 LGBTQ History Month A timeline of the fight for inclusivity

11 E-Week at Camp Ki-Wa-Y Grade 6s go into the woods and out on the lake

12 Wildfires in Canada Noticing climate change in the air

SPECIAL FEATURES 03 E-Week Photo Gallery 05 Fun Facts Corner & Kindness Candy Sale 07 Escape Rooms 10-11 Orange Shirt Day 26 MS Musical: Into the Woods JR 27 Halloween Treats & Slime 30 All About New Brunswick 34 Candy & Chocolate Survey Results

REGULAR FEATURES 06 Sports Corner 08 "Coffee 'n' Questions" Interviews 18 Jokes & Riddles 19 Book & Movie Reviews 20-21 Music Reviews 23 Video Game Review: Gorilla Tag 24-26 Recipes 28 Comic Corner 31-33 Crossword and Word Searches

Inktober drawing by Artemis Rong (704)

MONTHLY CHALLENGES 13 English Corner 15 Writing Contest 17 Do you chew your pudding? (survey) 27 Art Contest & Slime-making Contest

ART AND CREATIVE WRITING 09 Art Club & Art Challenge Highlights 14 Writing Prompt 16 Halloween Poems 17 Autumn Haiku 29 “The Life of a Turkey on Thanksgiving”

Shared by Aria Rogers (805)

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Gallery curated by Valeria Caruana (802)

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Catey C. 702

2SLGBTQIA+

HISTORY MONTH

What is LGBTQ History Month?

2SLGBTQIA+ History Month is an annual celebration of 2SLGBTQIA+ history, including the history of 2SLGBTQIA+ rights and related civil rights movements.

Source

Democrats add “gay rights” to their platform

First pride parades

1977

1969

1989

1970 Stonewall Riots

1980 Harvey Milk is elected

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people can serve openly in the military

2004

Denmark becomes the first country in the world to legalize same-sex unions

Same-sex marriage is legalized in all 50 states

2014 2011

Massachusetts legally recognizes same-sex marriage

2015 Discrimination against students on the bases of sex/gender is prohibited

Fun Facts

by Arav Kulkarni (601) Alan Turing, the creator of the enigma machine, also imagined a mechanism that would take in a strip of paper with filled-in squares and blank squares (or 1s and 0s) that would have completely different operations; this was one of the first ideas for computer code!

The Turing Test (also known as the “imitation game”) is when humans are given an experiment in which they are chatting (via text) with someone who they think is human, but in some of the cases, the chat person is actually a computer. The computer passes the test if it can fool the humans into thinking that it is human 1/3 of the time.

Kindness Candy Sale In honour of LGBTQ+ history month, the Inclusivity+ club will be selling small bags of candy during lunch recess on Tuesday, Oct. 24 and Friday, Oct. 27 in the Kemper Lounge during lunch recess.

Minimum $1 donation per bag of candy.

Share a little kindness by buying candy for a friend!

Each bag contains a secret motivational message.

Proceeds will go to “Speqtrum” to help disadvantaged LGBT youth in local communities. @theHelm - page 5

Davis Schneider

by Katie Stubbs (705)

Debut

Key Info

Davis Schneider made his major league debut for the Toronto Blue Jays on August 4th in Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox. At his first major league at bat he hit a home-run. He is the fourth Blue Jays player ever to hit a home-run at their first MLB at bat. He contributed a lot to the series after this.

Height - 5’9” Birthday - January 26, 1999 Age - 24 years old Birthplace - Berlin, NJ Debut - August 4th 2023 Position - second base

Performance Since then, his batting average has dropped significantly down to 270. This is still an amazing average but it may drop further.

He has done well, though, and gave the Jays a spot in the wildcard playoffs. He also was a part of the Jays’ 26-man roster when they entered the wildcard series against the Twins.

My Fantasy Premier League Journey Jawaad Jaffer (503)

Hi, my name is Jawaad, and I play Fantasy Sports.

For fantasy sports, you get points based on how the players you pick perform in real life

I scored 48 points this week and going for seventy next weekend.

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AI rates my team 89/100 which is really good.

s m o o R e p a c Es Intro Hello wonder ful readers, The sentenc es below are little tips an recommenda d tions for es c a p e r ooms. Pleas enjoy, and re e member to h ave an esca pe-fully good time!

Helpful Tips: If you’re in a team, make s ure that every something to one has do, or you’ll b e w asting efficie time having 5 nt people work o n one simple puzzle.

Don’t get stre ssed; remem ber these are to be difficult designed and challengin g even for ad ults.

If the escape room has sid e quests or a puzzles that dditional aren’t needed , d on’t do those you finish th until e last puzzle , a n d o n ly if then you have enough time (meanin g over 5 minu tes).

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Hamilton Recommendations: (In order of rating) https://alcatrazescaperooms.co m/ rating: 4.9, 1.5k reviews https://www.escapemanor.com/h amilton rating: 4.8, 814 reviews https://crimsoncodesescaperoo ms.ca/ rating: 4.9, 464 reviews @theHelm - page 7

COFFEE & QUESTIONS 2.0 Question 4: Do you have any weird hobbies?

Mr. B: I don't have any weird hobbies, but I am kind of obsessed with golf and playing music in the halls.

Abdullah: I like jumping off tall things.

by Marco Mayens & Aria Rogers (805) Teacher Interviewed: Mr. Birthelmer Student Interviewed: Abdullah Tahir

Question 5: If you had to spend an entire day indoors what would you do?

Question 1: What is your favourite part of the school day?

Mr. B: The morning when I'm greeting people and playing music. I also like the lunch hall even though it's crazy because I can interact with people.

Abdullah: I love 4th period because lunch and recess are after.

Question 2: How did you enjoy E-Week and what was your favourite part?

Mr. B: Loved E-Week (the best one ever).

All the students were acting well and when everyone went and sang during the campfire…. The E-Week was amazing and magical.

Abdullah: I enjoyed it thoroughly and the thing I liked the most was the campfire night.

Question 3: If you could add anything to the lunch menu what would it be?

Mr. B: I don’t really eat lunch because I'm on duty, but I’m particular with my pizza so I wish it was a little different.

Abdullah: I would add burritos.

Mr. B: Watching some of my favourite movies/binge-watching tv shows or cleaning (start with cleaning then watching movies) Abdullah: Read, watch tv, and play indoor sports.

Question 6: What are you looking forward to most this year?

Mr. B: I'm hopeful that the students in the Middle School will have a good year. I'm really excited for House Cross Country.

Abdullah: I am excited for basketball season Question 7: If you could add any extracurricular activity what would it be?

Mr. B: I don't know but I would ask the students and see what clubs they would want to be added.

Abdullah: I would add cricket.

Question 8: How was your summer and what did you do?

Mr. B: It was amazing. I played a lot of golf, and went to my cottage quite a bit.

Abdullah: It was great, and I went to Pakistan for 2 weeks.

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Evie Xue

Rose Cleary-Yu

Aria Day

Zoey Dam

October 2023 Art Club

Tessa Tierney

Katrina Genov

Nathan Yuan

Bukayo Tiamiyu

Charlotte Guest

& Art Challenge Highlights

Elizabeth Learner

Avery Johnson

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Selena Zhang

Grade 8 Orange Shirt Day creations French class

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Grade 7 Orange Shirt Day creations French class

~~Grade 6 E-Week~~ YMCA Camp Ki-Wa-Y Camp Ki-Wa-Y was a great experience for most Grade 6s, so that’s why I am going to try my best to tell everyone about it. Maybe this will bring back memories for the older students or give younger students the chance to look forward to this experience. I can’t predict the future and know what will happen, but you can lie back, relax and enjoy reading about the experience I had at Camp Ki-Wa-Y.

On the day of the trip, I woke up in the morning, brushed, ate, changed and got driven to my bus stop. Then I boarded my bus and sat, filled with excitement. I arrived at HSC and saw everyone gathered at Foxcroft Circle, so I walked to my friends, laid my duffel bag on the floor beside my backpack and waited for the buses to come. Once they arrived, I handed my things to one of the helpers who put my stuff on the luggage bus. I then sat on the bus for the second time that day and waited. 75 minutes later, I saw the counsellors waving, and knew we had arrived.

by Rohit Radhakrisnan (605)

Activities: Once we were all set up, with our stuff in the cabins, we were ready for our activities. We found out who was in our groups and set off. We did the following through our 2 days: archery, kayaking/ canoeing, high ropes (climbing), low ropes (obstacle course), shelter building, initiatives (working as a team), and fire starting.

Meals: Camp Ki-Wa-Y provided us with very nutritious meals. We had access to a salad bar for lunch and vegetables to eat with our main course. The food we ate included the following: macaroni and cheese, spaghetti and meatballs, burgers, French toast, and breakfast sausages.

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The Climate Corner by the Green Team (Ainsley Douglas, 605)

Wildfires in Canada Hello, and welcome to the Climate Corner.

In the Climate Corner this year, I will be releasing information on climate change, the effects of it around the world, and what we can do to help.

In this issue I will be talking about the wildfires that happened over the summer.

In the summer of 2023, there was a record number of wildfires in Canada. The wildfires were in Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia.

Do you remember when we went out for recess and it smelled like burnt marshmallows? There where no marshmallows in Lawson Hall --- the smoke was drifting over from the wildfires all of the way in Quebec!

Climate change is creating a longer wildfire season, which is intensifying the risk of fires. Climate change also creates more droughts, leading to dry conditions and making the wildfires more harmful.

We can't simply go and put out the fires ourselves, but we can keep improving our ability to be friendly toward the environment and try to decrease climate change.

Resources: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-did-wildfires-incanada-start-spread-to-europe-midwest/ https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/ @theHelm - page 12

ENGLISH

Corner

TESSA TIERNEY (604) Hello MS and welcome to the first English Corner of the year! This week, in the spirit of Halloween, we’ll be looking at three ways to make your piece nice and spookified.

Let’s go!

Adjectives Adjectives are a great and simple way to add depth to your story and get your reader immersed.

Similes This is one of the easiest ways to describe something. Comparing two things can really help the reader paint a picture in their mind.

Metaphors Metaphors are extremely useful, especially when you want to exaggerate something.

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Viann W. and Sophie C.M. (804)

Writing Prompt These are some writing prompts for you guys!

1) Maybe you experienced something that you thought might be a great scary story or have a family member or friend with a good story they are willing to share.

2) You and your friends spend your entire childhood and now most of your adulthood saving the world from the deadly, fast-spreading virus. Suddenly you encounter at the end of your journeys...

3) Zombie apocalypse or really any kind of apocalypse.

4) You and your reckless friends arrive at an abandoned hospital after your car breaks down...

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Thanksgiving Writing Contest Tessa Tierney (604)

This month I decided to host a writing contest. Not just any old writing contest, but a Thanksgiving-themed contest!

But what exactly do I mean by that? Well, I want you to write a fiction story about being thankful (and/or a delicious turkey dinner!).

If you are interested, please make sure to READ THE RULES BELOW! 1. Your piece must be audience-appropriate.

2. Your piece must be relevant to the topic.

3. You must submit by November 10th.

4. Your piece will most likely be shared with MS (It can be anonymous).

Click here to submit!

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HALLOWEEN

POEMS When witches go riding And black cats are seen, The moon laughs and whispers ‘Tis near Halloween Black hats pressed And brooms full power; All aboard for The witching hour

Endra Zhubi (701) Sarah Ansari (706)

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You should’ve seen this coming.

PRESENTING: DO YOU CHEW YOUR PUDDING?: THE SEQUEL

Choose today.

Form closes November 10th.

By Rachael Xu (601) and Tessa Tierney (604)

2. What happens when you throw a blue stone into the Red Sea? 3. A man went outside in the pouring rain without an umbrella. While he got soaked in the rain, not a single hair on his head got wet. How is this possible?

Sarah Ansari (706)

Endra Zhubi (701)

What reads and lives in an apple?

What kind of vest should you wear in the fall?

What do you call a tree that doubts fall is coming? it is in dis-be-leaf!

1. What is as light as a feather, but even the strongest might not be able to hold it for more than a minute?

Autumn Riddles A har-vest!

By Paige Howie (503)

A bookworm!

Riddles

What did the squash with an identity crisis say?

I’m A - Corn!

4. How many apples can you put in an empty basket?

What did one leaf say to another?

I’m falling for you.

Sources: Fall Riddles Autumn Jokes

HALLOWEEN JOKES Aria Day (502)

1. What do witches put on when they go trick or treating? Mas-scare-a 2. What do you call two witches living together?

Broommates 3.How do you fix a damaged jack-o’lantern?

Pumpkin patch 4. What is a skeleton’s favorited instrument?

A Trombone

5. What is a ghosts nose full of?

Boooooogers

6. What room dose a ghost not need?

A living room https://www.bitsycreations.com/free-printable-halloween-jokes-for-kids/

1. Breath, 2. It gets wet, 3. He man was bald, 4. 1, once you put an apple in it, it is no longer empty.

Dark Life Review (Book 1)

by Charlie Chou and Tessa Tierney (604) Hi Middle School! Our names are Tessa and Charlie, and today we are going to review Dark Life

by Kat Falls.

Dark Life starts with the main character’s introduction, Ty. At the start of the book, it’s pretty slow-moving, but if you wait, it starts to get really interesting. There are so many plot twists that we both had trouble figuring out what was happening almost all the time. But if you’re looking for a confusing and exciting book, Dark Life’s for you. Overall the plot is pretty good and kept us hooked.

This book received a lot of mixed reviews. On Google Books, Dark Life is rated 4.6/5. On Goodreads, it’s 3.9/5, and on DOGO Books it’s a 3.8/5.

Charlie and I would rate it 3.5/5.

Wonder: Movie Review

by Talia El-Fouly (602) Hi, I am Talia and here are my thoughts on the movie, Wonder.

Wonder is an amazing movie. One reason for this is because Jack Will is a great character. Jack is my favourite character because I love the way he fights Julian in order to protect Auggie. It is so nice! I also love that during science class, Jack prevents Julian from working with Auggie.

Another character I like is Summer.

She is filled with joy. She is also Auggie's friend and tells Auggie, “ You can’t keep ignoring Jack, Auggie.” @theHelm - page 20

Idol Music Review

by Charlie Chou (604) and Isabella Zeng (602) Hi! We are Isabella and Charlie, and we will review the song, “Idol” by Yoasobi. At some point in time, it blasted off the charts in the Billboard Global 200 and went to the No.1 spot, but now (at the time we’re writing this) it’s at 53 . This song is the opening theme for the popular anime, Oshi no Ko. This song is about Ai’s love for her fans, family, and friends and how she thinks she won’t ever love someone romantically. @theHelm - page 20

Check out this song on YouTube: YOASOBI - Idol Lyrics Video [Kan/Rom/Eng] Oshi no Ko ( ) OP

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Song Reviews

Viann .W. and Sophie .CM. (804)

“Epic Disney Villains Medley” Peter Hollens feat. Whitney Avalon.

- “Epic Disney Villains Medley” is a very interesting song. It starts off with Ursula and goes through all of the major villains with unique lyrics that come from their original songs.

“The Addams Family” - Andrew Gold - *Snap* *Snap* This song is used in the animated version of the Addams Family and was made for the Addams Family musicals. It has a very catchy opening tune.

“Beetlejuice: Beautiful Sound” - Alex Brightman - That beautiful sound is about Lydia and Beetlejuice scaring people. There are two versions of the song found out there. The one made for musicals and the online version.

“The Nightmare Before Christmas: This is Halloween” - Danny Elfman - This song is from a Halloween movie and introduces you to the Halloween world that Tim Burton created. @theHelm - page 21

Tessa Tierney (604)

INTO THE WOODS After much anticipation, we finally know what the musical will be! This year, it will be Into the Woods JR. So exciting!

AUDITIONS + STAGE CREW MS GUTAUSKAS HAS SENT OUT ALL THE INFORMATION YOU WILL NEED IN AN EMAIL. THE AUDITIONS WILL BE ON OCTOBER 23, 24, AND 25.

PERFORMANCE DATES THE MUSICAL WILL BE PERFORMED ON FEBRUARY 29, MARCH 1 AND MARCH 2.

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PaintBrawl is a game mode where there are two teams: Blue & Orange. You are given a slingshot on your chest that you attack the Orange/Blue team with.

If you destroy an opposing team member three times, they become Dead/Trash Monkey (weird name, I know). How to play the game? You swing your arms as seen in the picture above. It takes practice to get it right, but in a month, you will be faster than ever!

Game Review by Bukayo Tiamiyu, 502

Gorilla Tag is a Popular Game available on VR & PC. In Gorilla Tag, you are a Gorilla with two arms and no legs.

Right now as you are reading this, there are 6,000-7,000 people online right now! The Game is a bit complicated, but I’ll explain it in a short period.

GAMEMODES & GAMEPLAY Gorilla Tag is split into four game modes. First, there is Casual. Casual is a game mode where you can just hang out with people or roleplay (School & FNAF are very popular). Then, there is Infection. It’s more intense than other game modes but less complicated.

There is a lava monkey that tags you. If you are tagged, you become a lava monkey with the previous tagger. To win you have to be the last monkey tagged. Next, there is Hunt. Hunt is my favourite game mode because it's unique and very suspenseful. In Hunt, everyone has a different target. You also have a watch on your hand. On that watch, It Displays The color of your Target, Their Cosmetics, Their Name, & Even how Far away They are!

If you tag the right target, they become dead (water monkey), and they can’t tag other monkeys. But someone might have you as a target, and Tag You. You have to run from them if they have you. And the best part is that you don’t know who has who! Lastly, there is PaintBrawl.

Cosmetics & Colour Codes There are hundreds of cosmetics to choose from.

They are all in city, which is located beside clouds.

Once in a while, the game updates and they add limited-time Cosmetics. Currently, there are volcano/lava Cosmetics. The developers usually add in some hats with some shirts/badges to match, but sometimes they add holdables (accessories you can hold) and umbrellas. Each monkey has a colour. To change your colour, go to the old computer and press the arrow button until you find a page that has numbers and colours on it. Press options 1, 2, or 3 to change the Red/Blue/Green of your monkey. You can also change your name. Press the arrow button once to get to the name page, then type in the letters of your desired name.

Now that I’ve finished this review, there’s one main thing I want to say: We should take time to appreciate what we have. Some people don't have games or technology, so it is advised you use it wisely. Cyberbullying is harmful. It can even feel worse than someone saying it to your face. It lowers people's spirits and ruins their day, so please, do not be toxic.

And lastly, I’ll leave you with this: Monkeys Need To Swing,

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Lemon Crinkle Cookies Olivia Huynh (501)

Step 3

Ingredients

Stir in flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda slowly until just combined. Scrape sides of the bowl and mix again briefly.

All-purpose flour Salt Granulated sugar Baking soda Baking powder Lemon zest Lemon juice Butter Vanilla extract Egg

Step 4 Pour powdered sugar onto large plate. Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a dough ball and roll in powdered sugar. Place on the baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.

Step 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease light colored baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray and set aside

Step 5

Step 2 In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Whip in vanilla, egg, lemon zest and lemon juice.

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Bake for 9 - 11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte (not melty or shiny). Remove from oven and cool lemon crinkle cookies for about 3 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

Pumpkin Spice Latte

Ingredients

Serves 2

2 cups milk (dairy or non-dairy)

by Paige Howie (503)

2 tbsp pumpkin puree

Directions

1-3 tbsp sugar (any kind, to taste) 1 tbsp vanilla extract

1. Heat the milk, pumpkin puree, sugar, pumpkin pie spices, and vanilla extract on the stove.

1/2 cup coffee or tea

2. Mix the pumpkin spice milk with strong coffee or tea.

Whipped cream

3. Divide between two mugs and add whipped cream.

1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

4. If you want, you can sprinkle some of the pumpkin pie spice on top.

5. Enjoy your pumpkin spice latte!

Recipe originally by Inspired Tastes https://www.inspiredtaste.net/8419/pumpkin-spice-latte-at-home-recipe/

Pumpkin Spice Scones Zoey Dam (503) Directions to Bake

Directions for the Dough Ingredients 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 8 tablespoon cold unsalted butter 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 tablespoon molasses 3 tablespoons cream 1 large egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/2 cup pumpkin puree 2 cups (280 grams) all-purpose flour 1/3 cup (65 grams) brown sugar

1. Heat oven to 400ºF. 2. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg

3. Cut butter into cubes and add to flour mix. Use food processor to mix butter into flour 4. Whisk pumpkin puree, molasses, cream, egg and vanilla extract in another bowl

5. Stir pumpkin mixture into the flour and butter mixture until a dough forms.

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Shape dough into a 10-inch by 7-inch rectangle. Cut the rectangle in half lengthwise then cut into four even pieces crosswise, making eight rectangles. Cut each rectangle into two triangles.

2. Move the scones to the baking sheet then bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.

Recipe from: Inspired Taste

Pumpkin Pie Recipe

by Aarohi Banerjee (602) and Alysa Chen (601)

Ingredients

Yumm!

1.Total: 3h 10m 2.Bake: 1h 5m 3.Cool time: 2h

3/4 cup sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix) 1 1/4 cups evaporated milk or half and half 2 eggs, beaten 1 crust from 1 package (12 oz) frozen Pillsbury™ Deep Dish Pie Crusts (2 Count)

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Directions

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Step 1 Heat oven to 425°F

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Halloween treats

Cookie, Chocolate Kisses, Mini Starbursts, FROSTInG

Pretzels Frosting White Chocolate

Orange Rice Crispie and green licorice.

Strawberry, Chocolate chips, White chocolate

Vivi Drossos(501) & Isabella Ghayoor(502)

Olivia Huynh (501) & Julia Testa (502)

Calling All Artists!

by Paige Howie (503) Do you love art?

If you do, you can create a piece of art and send it to 036712@hsc.on.ca There are a few rules: the theme must be fall your art must be in by October 30 it may not be made digitally. @theHelm - page 27

School of Doom

Hello! My name is Aurora.

Today is my first day of the School of Doom. I don't want to go, but it doesn't look like I have a choice.

School of Doom

Like the School of Doom? Hope you like your locker and the bits of paper and pencil tips in it!

Here I am: The School of Doom

By Isabella Zeng 602 and Ainsley Douglas 605

Hahaha! You’re locked in too!

Why is there a human being in my locker?!!

If it's one of those cringy girls shoving you in, I will be mad.

Anyways my name is Elias

Help me! Get me out!

We brought a new friend.

WHAT?

I can’t believe I turned Jade in to the teachers...

I feel sorry for her

After Class ...

She’s going to the detention room, the basement!

Jade, please come to the office to get ready for detention.

And so we meet again...

That jump was impressive!

Aurora, Elias, please come to the office.

What happened!?

Honestly, I’m kind of creeped out by going down to a rickety old basement.

I heard there’s something cursed down there! It's supposed to make your eyes unfocused and dreamy like Heather’s eyes!

This is my first time in detention

~ er v i h ~S

Heather come to the office to get ready for detention.

NOW!

After Detention...

Yes, we do.

Here it is... the entrance to the dreaded basement!

It’s rather fancy for the entrance to a human eating monster filled basement.

A capybara??!

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The Life of a Turkey on Thanksgiving

by Mahi Nathoo, 503 Hello! My name is Tom the Turkey. I am a standard bronze turkey and I live with my older sister Marie, who takes care of me. Tomorrow, it will be my second birthday. Unfortunately, tomorrow is also the day before Thanksgiving. On the day before Thanksgiving, the turkey farmer comes and chooses who to cook for Thanksgiving dinner. Last year, Mum was eaten, and the year before that my dad was eaten. Marie says that this year, it is her turn to be eaten.

When me and my friend Terry from the neighboring farm heard this, we decided to somehow put a stop to it immediately. All right, I know what you all are thinking.

“This is hilarious! How can two young turkeys stop a fully grown man?”

Initially, Terry thought the same thing. When I brought this up, he said “Tom, you’re crazy! How are the two of us going to stop him?”

“No matter what, I will not give up.”

After convincing Terry that we could save my sister, a plan began to form in my mind. The only reason why the turkey farmer would abandon all attempts to catch Marie would be if he couldn’t get to her.

“Maybe,” I said, “we could somehow get the wooden beads from the shed, place them on the path to our pen…”

“And the farmer will slip on them on the way to your sister!” said Terry.

“Exactly!” I said.

As Terry and I returned to our farms for lunch, I began to feel that I couldn’t do this. As soon as that thought popped into my head though, I pushed it down and began to strut towards the shed to get the beads. When I was halfway there, I heard footsteps coming towards me.

“Well, hello there, turkey,” said the drawling voice of the turkey farmer.

“You know what? I think that you are the perfect meal for Thanksgiving.”

He grabbed me by the neck and brought me to the kitchen.

“Well, I suppose we’ll just have to do what we can. I am not letting him eat my sister for Thanksgiving dinner,” I said.

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He tethered me to the countertop so I couldn't move and got out a humongous Williams Bird Knife.

As soon as he got out the knife, I began hacking at the leather belt that fastened me to the table. I didn’t manage to do anything except turn the belt around so the buckle was on my side.

When I realized that I could unfasten the belt by pushing the metal hook upwards, I did so immediately. When the farmer began to prepare the knife, I fled.

I flew so fast that I felt that I could have raced a peregrine falcon diving and won. I flew straight into the shed, grabbed the bag of wooden beads with my talons, and landed on the path to the turkey pen. I slit the bag of beads open, poured them onto the pathway, and flew back to the pen.

Luckily, I managed to do all this just before the farmer left the house. He ran down the stairs that led to the path, slipped on the beads, and fell onto his back hard.

He let out a cry of pain, clutched his back, and vowed never to eat turkey ever again.

by Adam Yousif (501) New Brunswick is one of the many provinces of Canada.

Located on the Atlantic coast they make a lot of money in fishing industries by selling them into the United States and Europe and around Canada.

They have a lot of nature and some mild forests. The snow reaches up to the top of your legs and it gets to -30 in the winter… not the best place to live in December.

Some animals you might find are deer and squirrels in the winter and snapping turtles and chipmunks in the summer. If you want to go camping, late spring and summer are the places to go because it is mildly warm and it is very fun.

Fishing is a common hobby in New Brunswick.

Ice Hockey is a popular sport in the province of New Brunswick. It is really cold there so most kids go to the frozen pond to play

The boat represents the ship builders that made New Brunswick famous and the lion on top represents The gold lion in the flag Represents New Brunswick's Connection to the Duchy of Brunswick and England.

in the winter in New Brunswick. Another winter activity that most kids do is sledding. In New Brunswick there is usually a lot of snow that piles up and makes a sledding dream.

Kids also play snowball fights and build forts and make tunnels using the snow mounds.

New Brunswick's Climate in the north is cold.

The temperature reaches -30 degrees till March!

In the summer, it is mildly hot with average temperatures reaching 25 C and the hot months last 3-6 months. Fall lasts 2-3 months like where we live.

Common animals to find in New Brunswick's sealife are catfish and snapping turtles are among the sea life you might find in New Brunswick. Most of The time when you fish there is a majority of catfish catch and speaking of fishing in New Brunswick you don’t even need to have a license to fish!

In New Brunswick, the current party is the Conservative Party. They have elections every two years (it depends) and most of the time one of these two parties get elected: Liberals or Conservatives. In New Brunswick, the government stays inside one building called the Legislative Assembly Building. The current Leader of New Brunswick is Blaine Higgs.

New Brunswick was one of the first provinces of Canada along with Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. Along with that, more provinces came to Canada making what we have today. The New Brunswick crest was on the 1st variations of the Canadian flag but was removed after the new flag of 1964 came in.

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I used my experiences and sources like The Fredericton National website and the Moncton Airport website. I used the Emergency Services website too. For the History of New Brunswick and the flag, I looked at reliable Youtubers like Simple History or Epimetheus.

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New Brunswick is north of the equator by New Brunswick and is surrounded by ocean except Quebec at the north and Nova Scotia in the South. New Brunswick covers 73,440 square kilometers in roughly a rectangle shape about 242 kilometers (150 miles) from east to west and 322 kilometers (200 miles) north to south.

Since the crime rates are low, they don’t need a huge police force. The New Brunswick police has 1,272 people at work (866 regular members, 406 non-uniformed employees).

New Brunswick has a health budget of $1.4 billion and more than 14,000 employees: 1,242 physicians and many volunteers.

The largest of all New Brunswick airports is the one in Moncton. Fredericton and Saint John airports are the busiest after Moncton.

Moncton Airport has 461 flights every two days with six gates with Air Canada being the most common airline flying there. .

Instructions: Read each clue and then write the Halloween word in French (without the un or une) in the crossword. If you are stuck, here is a helpful link that will give you a list of all the words and their translations. Remember, try to figure out the words by yourself first! Have fun!

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