2 February 13, 2017
Paul Revere Charter Middle School
Opinion
Sixth grader Tala Maher is quizzed for a
math test by her mom. Photo: Neyla Maher
Too Much
Help?
After surging into the second semester, Revere students can be found around
campus, socializing with friends, working
in classrooms, and of course, completing
the anticipated task of homework. During
the first half of the school year, the amount
of schoolwork reached the ceiling, and the
workload is continuing to increase rapidly.
But the question is: How much should parents be involved with their child’s homework and studies?
As the amount and difficulty of
homework students are assigned each night
intensifies, the more likely students will
be asking their parents to assist them with
this nightly task. According to the Harvard
Family Research Project, being involved
in your child’s homework is crucial. Their
website states that parents should support
their child’s education by supervising them
while doing schoolwork and understanding
their child’s curriculum.
Although parental involvement in
homework is beneficial, most parents don’t remember much of what they learned when they
were in school. According to an article written
by Cindy Long from the National Education
“Even though parents are
always there to help in all
situations, homework doesn’t
have to be one of them.”
Association, 46.5% of parents don’t understand the subject matter of their children’s
homework even when they try to help them
and 50% of parents struggle finding the time
to even try to help their kids with their studies. When parents try to assist their child with
schoolwork, it can harm their relationship.
When both the child and parent don’t know
the answer to a homework question, doing a
single math problem can become a stressful
situation. Since the Common Core Standards
have been infused into all subjects, parents
are not familiar with the curriculum of their
child’s classes. Although people might think otherwise,
parents aren’t the equivalent of a tutor. When
a parent and child are perplexed on the
schoolwork given, the parent not knowing the
answer isn’t helpful, it just causes more stress.
A tutor or teacher is trained to understand the
curriculum taught in class, and help students
if they are struggling.
Even though parents are always there to
help in all situations, homework doesn’t have
to be one of them. Getting help from professionals will put students on the right track to
do their homework, and will create less stress
at home. —Madison Liberman
The Town Crier asked Patriots what the correct amount of parental involvement in homework for students is. Below are their responses:
“Often, I need help with my
math homework. When I go
home I try to do my homework
on my own. If I can’t, I ask my
mom or dad to help me understand the topic better. I know I
can always turn to my parents
when I am struggling with
homework.”
—Yael Berulchim, 8th Grade
“I think parents should be
involved with their child’s
homework and school studies
because they can push their kids
to work harder and study more.
They should also correct their
child’s homework and make
sure they are doing all of the
problems right.”
—Sofie Brazier, 8th Grade
“I am in sixth grade now and I
don’t think my mom should be
helping me do my homework.
Your overall school studies is
okay though, for example, if
I have a test in three days my
mom could quiz me, and it’s
good your parents know where
you are in math, science, etc.”
—Aysa Aghchay, 6th Grade
“In my house, I do all of my
homework on my. Though, if I
am having trouble on a specific
math problem or if I need proofreading on an essay, I will turn
to my mom. She will explain it
to me or point out corrections,
and then I will go and finish
them on my own.
—Lili Callaway, 8th Grade
THE TOWN CRIER
February 13, 2017
Paul Revere Charter Middle School 3
TALKING HEADS
Should LAUSD put chocolate
milk back on the menu?
“Yes, I do think chocolate milk should be served
because some people don’t like regular milk and
would prefer to drink milk with flavor, in this case
chocolate milk. By offering chocolate milk for
breakfast, there is a higher chance for more people
to drink milk.” —Aaron Benyamini, 8th Grade
TOWN CRIER POLL
At what age should young
people start dating?
14%
39%
39%
8%
12 or
13-14
15-17
18 or
under
older
A poll of 6th, 7th, and 8th grade homerooms conducted by Madison
Liberman, Neyla Maher and Izzy Gill on Jan. 17, 2017.
VOLUME 61, ISSUE 3
Published by and for the students of
Paul Revere Charter Middle
School and Magnet Center
1450 Allenford Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90049
Member of the National
Scholastic Press Association
Editors: Isabel Gill, Halsey Hulse,
and Anouk Wijeratne
Faculty Advisor: Mr. Wechsler
(1) Annie signs a wall at the L.A.
Women’s March. Photo: Vinetz Family
(2) Michael and Sophia gather
clothing. Photo: Tristan Larson
(3) Nia honors Beyonce for Black History Month. Photo: Evan Grochola
(4) Kiley and Margot play in the
rain. Photo: Christopher Clausen
(5) Sixth graders learn about plate
tectonics. Photo: Nick Johansen
(6) Madison performs a dance
solo. Photo: Liberman Family
(7) Patriots groove at the
Valentine’s Dance.
Photo: Evan Grochola
(8) David and Ella show off their
Patriot pride. Photo: Chris Clausen
“The benefits of milk are crucial to children’s health.
While there is some added sugar in chocolate milk,
there are still lots of vitamins. Also, the cafeteria
moderates the breakfast to make sure kids get balanced meals. Chocolate milk encourages kids to
drink milk, so it should be allowed in our school’s
breakfast menu.” —Abigail Hamid, 6th Grade
“Yes, I think chocolate milk should be served for
Breakfast in the Classroom. It is just as bad for you
as regular milk, so what’s the difference?”
—Mr. Foxson
“One cup of plain fortified low-fat milk has 100
calories and 13 grams of sugar. The same size of
low fat chocolate milk has 160 calories and 25
grams of sugar. Most of us already consume too
much sugar in our diets. Many kids are already
struggling with their weight and unhealthy
eating. So, it would be better for schools to serve
1% or fat free milk. ” —Nurse Goldman
“I’m not a fan of milk or chocolate milk. Too much
fat and sugar for what it’s worth. There are plenty
of other foods that have just as many nutrients
(without the fat and sugar). Nuts, greens, and leafy
vegetables are all milk substitutes.” —Mr. Honda
“Absolutely not. Milk already has a lot of sugar in
it. The Dairy Council wants people to believe that
cow milk is a vital source of nutrients, but it’s not.
There are many whole food sources that provide
much better nutritional value.” —Ms. Chen
“No, chocolate milk should not be served for
Breakfast in the Classroom. There’s already
too much sugar in the breakfast.” –Mr. Kirby
“No! No! No! The goal of Breakfast in the
Classroom is to provide a high quality, nutritional
product for students that teaches healthy eating
habits. Sugary beverages are the antithesis of
this goal!” —Ms. Robertson
Interviews and layout by Ethan Hamid
4 February 13, 2017
THE TOWN CRIER
Paul Revere Charter Middle School
Patriots react to Donald J. Trump’s inauguration with outdoor protests and indoor observations
Many Revere teachers protest. Photo: Ethan Hamid
Jan. 19, 2017: Teachers Rally for Education
By SIDDHARTHA
SHENDRIKAR
Bad weather did not stop
teachers from gathering in front
of the school to protest against
the nominee for Secretary of
Education, Betsy DeVos. Many
teachers believe that Devos and
her boss will wrongly impact the
education system.
LAUSD sent a note to all
teachers stating, “We support
students’ freedom of speech and
encourage them to
take a positive
leadership
role in their
communities, while
participating in campus activities
during
the instructional day.” LAUSD
also set up a special website
and hotline that “will be
accessible beyond Inauguration Day as needed, and will provide
families with emotional support, enrollment, attendance
and health insurance
information and link
Ms. Chen protests against
Betsy DeVos. Photo: Isabel Gill
them to resources.”
The teachers were furiously
protesting against numerous issues such as union busting and
the primarily Republican government.
There was an article in the
United Teacher Newspaper that
declared, “January 19 #SchoolTrump actions show unity
against hate, anti-immigrant policies, and privatization of public
education.”
Jan. 20, 2017: students watch HISTORY UNFOLD
By SIDDHARTHA
SHENDRIKAR
Many Revere students
watched the inauguration live
on CBS, FOX, or CNN. In E5,
students watched the inauguration throughout the day.
Aaron Yamin, watched the
inauguration during homeroom,
first, and fourth period. Aaron
is a Trump-supporter and said,
“The inauguration went well,
and he had a great speech.”
Emily Schwartz watched the
inauguration during homeroom,
lunch, first, and fourth period.
She said, “Trump’s wife, Melania was hardly paying attention
during the speeches and acted
like she didn’t know what was
going on. Trump did not look interested in what the others wanted to say and many people just
repeated over and over again
their main point, hardly giving
details.” Mr. Marino’s class
watched a recap of the inauguration throughout the day.
David Orlinsky said, “It was
really good to see American history first-hand. We conversed
a lot and we were able to share
each other’s thoughts.”
Kourosh Sahmedini is in Mr.
Fulling’s class, and watched the
election during third period. He
said, “Mr. Fulling played the inauguration while we all worked
silently, but most people were
shouting at the television. I was
happy at the inauguration.”
Ms. Lee’s history class watches the inauguration of the Vice President.
February 13, 2017
THE TOWN CRIER
Lila shows off her
poster that reads,
“You Can’t Comb
Over Sexism.”
Paul Revere Charter Middle School 5
Sophia (right) marched
for women’s rights with
her older sister (center)
and Fritze (left).
Jan. 21, 2017: PROTESTORS MARCH FOR EQUALITY
By DYLAN TZUNG
On the day after Donald
Trump took the oath of office,
people of all races, genders and
cultures flooded into the streets
to protest for women’s rights in
cities all around the world, such
as Washington D.C., Phoenix,
San Diego, San Francisco, Austin, Sydney, Toronto, Copenhagen, Paris, and many more.
Many Revere Patriots stood up
for their beliefs and went to the
Women’s March Los Angeles.
Seventh grader Annie Vinetz went with her mom to the
march. She saw booths set up by
Planned Parenthood, Los Angeles LGBTQ Society, and other
activist groups. Annie made a
sign for the march that had her
favorite phrase. It said, “My
rights are NOT up for grabs, and
neither am I.” During the march,
it took her about two hours to
walk five blocks, because she
estimated that there were around
500,000 to 750,000 protestors.
She said, “There were lots of
speakers, including governors,
and celebrities and Helen Reddy! My mom pointed her out
because she knew I was learning about her.” Annie was interviewed by a couple of web sites
and magazines, and the L.A.
Times had her pose in front of a
sign that said, “Make your own
history.” She commented, “All
in all, it was an amazing experience that I loved taking part in
with my mom.”
Lila Ward, an eighth grader,
went to the march because she
said, “It is such a huge, important
event to be a part of, and I really
believe in rights for women and
everyone.” Lila made a poster
that read, “You can’t comb
over sexism.” She explained,
“Because
Annie saw
Tr u m p
Helen Reddy
can’t preat the March.
tend that we
aren’t here,
like he does
with his bald
spot.”
During the march,
Lila felt very
overwhelmed, but
happy. She learned just
how many people care.
Seventh
grader
Emanuel Borror went
to the march and said,
“Women’s rights are
human rights. I was
marching in support
for women’s equal
rights and freedom of
choice.” After going to
march, Emanuel learned
that people fight for what
they believe in. He added, “I also learned that
if you believe something
isn’t the way you think it
should be, you should
peacefully speak up.
During the march, I felt
the pride in the people. I
also felt empowerment.”
Eighth grader Samantha
Miller said she went to the march
to stand up for minority rights.
She said, “Recently the voices
of women and other groups
have been silenced, and have
had to deal with prejudice
for hundreds of years.
Anything we can do
to bring equality to
our country, and
to make it well
known that we too,
are people, is an
important opportunity that should
be taken advantage
of.”
Samantha did not
see any celebrities
at the march, but
she heard that Miley Cyrus and Liza
Koshy were there.
During the march,
Samantha felt excited
to be a part of a large
group of empowered
and strong people. She
commented, “After the
march, I felt frustrated.
Part of me was extremely
glad that I had spoken up
for others, but I also felt
angry that we even have to
protest for our own human
rights.”
Anthony Graeber, a
seventh grader, didn’t bring
a poster to the march,
but he did see one that
stood out to him. It said,
“Women=Men=Human, We are
all equal.” He interpreted the
poster as meaning that women
are the same as men and should
be treated equally. He said, “After the march, I felt equal to
women and felt a little disappointed that they aren’t treated
fairly.” Anthony’s dad pointed
out many celebrities during the
march, but Anthony didn’t recognize them and forgot their
names.
Eighth graders Sophia Klotz
and Fritze Mayer said they
went to the march to protest
for women’s equality, their personal rights, fair pay and treatment, and to show unity. After
the march, both Fritze and Sophia said, “We learned about
all the reasons that people were
marching such as, immigrants,
welfare, and LGBTQ. We felt
empowered to know that we
weren’t alone and that we can
make a difference.”
Emanuel (middle), went
to the march with two of
his friends.
6 February 13, 2016
THE TOWN CRIER
Paul Revere Charter Middle School
Funds to Swing In
From Golf Tourney
Tests Promote
Healthy Hearing
The Genesis Open Golf
Tournament, will take place at
the Riviera Country Club. This
PGA Tour, sponsored by Genesis, will be starting today and
ending on Sat. Feb. 19.
Having to deal with heavy
traffic, not being able to use
the west driveway, and having
restricted P.E classes, make
this event an inconvenience for
many students, parents, and teachers. But for the school’s finances, more good comes from this
tournament than bad.
Mr. Iannucci explained, “Revere’s parent organization, PRIDE, receives a donation from the
Golf Tournament which PRIDE
uses to fund classroom needs/up
keep of technology and teacher
support throughout the year.”
–Neyla Maher
Every year, eighth grade student must be evaluated on their
hearing. These tests are used to
identify which students do and
do not have hearing loss. They
will be held during P.E classes, from Feb. 15-16. This assessment, administrated by the
health office, uses an audiometer
to test a students hearing level.
Mobile Museum
Moves to Campus
The Mobile Museum, will
showcase “a collection of artifacts from around the world representing other lands and their
cultures and people,” according
to Mr. Iannucci. This event happens this week in Town Hall.
Valerie Leniz will present her
artifacts that she personally collected along with sharing very
interesting stories.
–Neyla Maher
Magnet to Sleep
Through History
Many Magnet students are
given the chance to go visit the
La Brea Tar Pits for an overnight field trip from Mar. 3 to
Mar. 4. Ms. Mabashov believes
that the students will, “have fun,
while learning, and will bond
with their classmates.” It will
cost $70 per students to go on
the trip. During the sleepover,
students will have a tour of the
museum and the Tar Pits, watch
a 3D movie, have a pizza dinner, snacks, and breakfast at the
museum.
–Neyla Maher
Cupid Comes to Revere
Leadership prepares grams to give out in homeroom. Photo: Eric Palermo
Instead of roses, leadership sold
BY AVA HURVITZ
three Hershey chocolate hearts
Valentine’s Day is here and and two lollipops, for two dolso are all the festivities. From lars. Math assignments are also
Valentine’s themed homework Valentine’s Day themed. Ms.
to the Valentine’s Dance, this Stewart explained, “Valentine’s
holiday is full of all sorts of love Day worksheets get everyone in
themed activities.
the spirit and they’re just fun to
The Valentine’s Day Dance give out in general.”
took place on Feb. 9. (see page Every year, seventh grader
27 for photos). When speaking Ananya Tan says she loves to
about the preparations for the make Valentines crafts, origami
dance, Ysabelle Sibley said, dollar bill hearts with a choco“This year, we decided to make late coin in the middle. She also
decorations for the dance, such likes making Valentine’s themed
as paper chains and a nicer photo snow globes. Ananya commenbooth background.”
ted, “I really like Valentine’s
Valentine’s Day Grams came Day because it makes everyone
back again, but in different form. feel loved and it brings me joy.”
School Schedule Stays Unchanged
LAUSD has now decided
that next year’s school schedule
will stay unchanged. Like this
school year, which started Aug.
12, 2016, the next year will start
before Labor day on Aug. 14,
2017.
The next school year will
continue again like this one,
with same length breaks and
days of school. Patriots can
start their Winter Break on Dec.
15 and end the break on Jan. 8.
Next year, Spring Break will begin on Apr. 23 and students will
come back to school on Mar. 3.
The entire school year will end
on Jun.7 for summer break. In
all, students will attend school
for 180 days, 80 days in the first
semester and 100 days in the second semester.
The schedule has been a hot
topic for a long time, especially
with teachers. Ms. Barbieri commented, “I believe school should
begin before Labor Day. Many
students are already practicing
for fall sports outside of school
and need to be in town. At the
high school level students are
back on campus prior to Labor
Day for band and other extracurricular activities. Also starting
class prior to the holiday gives
students more instructional time
before the Smarter Balanced Assessments in May.”
Mr. Foxson, who has a different opinion, said, “I would love
school to start after Labor Day –
it gives families more of an opportunity to vacation together in
August – plus August is usually
a very hot month.”
–Neyla Maher
Nurse Goldman
According to Nurse Goldman, “The room that the testing is
done in is required to be as quiet
as possilble, and is located away
from street noise, lockers, etc.
Earphones are placed over the
student’s ears to test the air conduct. Hearing is tested by using
tones from very low to very high
frequencies at various decibles
of intensity (loudness). The person being tested will hear tones
in one ear and raise their hand to
signal that they have heard the
tone. The testing is then repeated
in the other ear. A student who
is able to hear all three tones in
both ears is considered to have
no hearing problems. If a student
does not hear the tones, we will
increase the loudness of the tones until the students indicates
that they can hear them. Parents
of the student who did not pass
the audio test will be sent a letter
notifying them of their child’s result, and they are advised to take
their child to their health care
provider as soon as possible for
a follow-up.”
This assessment makes sure
that all students are able to hear
the lesson their teacher is teaching, even with backround
noises so all students can learn
and understand what is happening in class.
–Neyla Maher
THE TOWN CRIER
February 13, 2017
Paul Revere Charter Middle School 7
Cary helps a
child score a
basket.
The Community Service
Club smiles after a day of
helping others.
Community
Service Club
members pack
presents for the
children in need.
Contributions to the Community
Patriots have generously volunteered with organizations to help the less fortunate living nearby.
By TRISTAN LUCAS
Revere Patriots are lending
helpful hands throughout their
communities by extending their
hearts to people in need.
In December, the Community Service Club went on a field
trip to a homeless shelter. They
went to deliver warm socks that
Revere students donated.
Michael Brent, Community
Service Club President, says,
“Giving socks to people in need
felt great, every project and
drive that we do has been great
this year.” When Michael puts
himself in homeless shoes, he
says, “If I were homeless and
a group of kids from a middle
school gave me a pair of socks,
I would cry!” He hopes that the
people that the Community Service Club donated to feel the
same.
The idea of giving socks
came from “Kid President” who
was talking to his friends and
made a non-profit project named
“Socktober.”
The Community Service
Club is hoping to do this drive
again and get more than 300
socks.
The club is also planning a
new drive called “WE DAY.”
This is a non-profit organization ran by two brothers named
Dan and Craig. They were both
12 years old when they went to
Africa to stop child labor and
continue to this day. Every April
they come to Los Angeles to celebrate kids who do great in the
world.
Seventh Grade Patriot Maddie Glenn goes to a homeless
shelter for children and works
with an organization named
“The Birthday Party Project.”
The organization meets once a
month on a Tuesday night. They
all celebrate with every child
whose birthday is in that month.
Each month there are different
activities that the Birthday Party
provides. They include food,
arts and crafts, a photo booth,
and a dance floor. She helps to
set up the party and clean it up,
as well at working the arts and
crafts booth.
Maddie says, “I dance with
the children and give them hugs.
I’ve also learned a lot from going and it feels amazing to see
all of the kids smiling.”
Isaac Alkin, a member of
Leadership, put a lot of dedication into calling huge companies
to collect donations for the “Revere Cares” program. He called
companies such as Trader Joes,
Kind, Whole Foods, Cliff Bars,
Quest Bars, Cascadia Farms and
many others. Isaac is still waiting to hear back from Costco,
Gelsons, and a few others.
He wrote many letters to
ask for donations because he
saw that there were some hun-
gry kids at school. “I knew that
it would be hard for them to
concentrate without food and I
wanted to help.”
After the winter break, Isaac
found a big box of Kind bars and
three huge bags full of cereal
bars from Trader Joe’s. He felt
great knowing that those bars
would help hungry kids focus
better in class.
Twins Jake and Cary Ross
go to a park and help kids with
special needs play basketball.
These Seventh graders work
with an organization called “VIP
Basketball”. They do drills with
the kids and teach them the fundamentals of basketball (shooting, passing, dribbling, and
more) The twins go every Sunday afternoon at Lake Balboa/
Anthony C. Beilenson Park.
Jake says, “The kids are always listening and cooperate,
and they all have smiles on their
faces too.”
Community
Service Club
member Eli
packs gifts.
Countless toys, donated by
Patriots, are showed off by
Community Service Club.
Maddie
makes an ornament
with a homeless girl.
8 February 13, 2017
THE TOWN CRIER
Patriot Earns Police Badge
Paul Revere Charter Middle School
By ALEXANDRA SCHOETTLER
Vet Treats Students
To His Scoop on Pets
By ALEXANDRA
SCHOETTLER
Dr. Bob Olds came to Paul
Revere to tell students about the
koalafications that one needs
to become a veterinarian. On
Thursday, Jan. 26, the pet doctor explained that he acts as a
purramedic for many animals
who aren’t feline well at the
Brentwood Animal Hospital.
His fascinating stories caused
many students to say “Bowwow-wow!”
Eli G.: How long does it take
to become a veterinarian?
Dr. Olds: It takes 8 years.
Netaniel D.: What are the
worst kind of accidents?
Dr. Olds: Dogs that are hit by
cars. They are really banged up.
Mason W.: Do you have a
favorite animal to operate on?
Dr. Olds: Yes, dogs, I’ve always
loved dogs, and I have 2 of my
own that I’ve operated on.
Arya N.: What drove you to
become a veterinarian?
Dr. Olds: My love of animals.
Osher N: When was the first
time you realized you wanted
to be a vet?
Dr. Olds: When I was 13,
maybe even before that, like 10.
Ava G.: What was the strangest animal you’ve ever
treated? Why?
Dr. Olds: A Bengal tiger. I
treated him because I was working at a zoo in Paris, and there
was a tiger with a deformity.
Shayda S.: Has an animal ever
attacked you?
Dr. Olds: Yes. My worst bite
was from a golden retriever, I
think.
Austin S.: What is the scariest
animal you ever operated on?
Dr. Olds: The scariest animal
was probably a rottweiler.
The police force gained a new member, and she’s one of Revere’s very own. Janet Machado, an eighth grader, just graduated from the Police Explorer Academy. She participated in a
12-week program at El Camino College. Janet says, “I decided
to attend a 12-week Police Explorer Academy to gain the experience and knowledge of Law Enforcement in which I want to
major in as a young adult.” The course is designed to expose
14-21 year old students to the field of law enforcement.
One of Janet’s favorite parts was Crime Scene Role Playing.
“I had an opportunity to experience how it feels to be in a crime
scene and what to expect, as well as what to do.”
Janet plans on becoming a police officer when she’s older.
She wants “to help others in the community.” One of her goals is
to “stop crimes and riots, and keep violence out of the streets.”
Graduates from the course are eligible to become members
of their local Police Department Explorer Post.
Janet and more Explorer Academy recruits show their certificates.
Revere Hosts LAUSD Forum
By MATTY GOTTESMAN, Special Correspondent
A forum for candidates running a position on the LAUSD
school board was held in the Revere auditorium on Feb. 2. The
four candidates, all competing for a four-year term on the sevenperson LAUSD school board, are Steve Zimmer, Gregory Martayan, Nick Melvoin and Allison Holdorff Polhill. Steve Zimmer has been District 4 member of the board since 2009, and is
looking for his second reelection, while the other candidates are
challenging him for the job.
This was the second forum for this election. The two-hour
forum was moderated by former Revere principal Fern Somoza.
Issues brought up during the forum were budget cuts, technology in the classroom, graduation percentage, art programs and
safety on campuses. The election is on March 7. If none of the
four candidates get a majority, then the top two vote-getters go
head-to-head in an election on May 16.
Mrs. Somoza questions the four candidates.
Photo: Matty Gottesman
PR’s Perky Principal
Preaches Principles
By ALEXANDRA
SCHOETTLER
Students in Revereland
came to Town Hall on Feb. 1 to
hear Mr. Iannucci. The ultimate
Dodgers fan talked about his
life and his journey to becoming
principal. He inspired students
with his story of going from being the great-grandchild of immigrants to a successful teacher
and leader. He told about the importance of always doing what’s
right, because it’s better than doing what’s wrong.
Joey C.: What is your favorite
part of being a principal?
Mr. I.: I get to interact with you
guys on a daily basis.
Emily S.: Is it hard to fire
people?
Mr. I.: Yes, I haven’t had to fire
people as a principal, but when I
did with other jobs, it was really
hard.
Ella D.: Do you think the dress
code is fair?
Mr. I.: Yes, what’s wrong with
the dress code? I look great.
Annie V.: Your ancestors came
to America as immigrants;
do you have any thoughts on
recent immigration policies?
Mr. I.: Our country would not
be the same without all of the
immigration groups that came
to the USA.
Ethan S.: Why do you reinforce the rule of sitting before
the bell?
Mr. I.: It’s the easiest way to see
who’s on time and who’s late.
Dorian E.: What was your
favorite subject during middle
school?
Mr. I.: P.E. was my favorite.
Dash H.: What was your
favorite grade?
Mr. I.: Senior year. Nothing
comes close to your senior year.
A Dozen Cousins
February 13, 2017
Paul Revere Charter Middle School 9
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There are a surprising number of cousins at the school,
and they have a lot to say about each other and
the extravagant connections between them.
Aaron
Yamin
Chloe
Ebrahimi
By CHARLIE CAPP
“Justin (Bral) and I get along. We see each
other a lot at family get together and we go
to each other’s houses a lot. It is almost as
if he is my brother.”—Aaron Yamin
“One time Justin (Bral) got locked in a
room with other people and we had to get
him out. Another time we walked across
snow, barefoot, in 20 degrees F. weather
at Big Bear.”—Kayla Manavi
Justin
Bral
“People do not recognize us as cousins,
especially Kian. We look like opposites. We
don’t really hang out at school. My friends
and I hang out, but my cousins are scattered
around the school. We get along, we usually
see each other at parties and we quickly play
a round of Call of Duty. Kian, Mona and I
are really blood related cousins. Aria and
Gabriel are related to my aunts, none were
really blood related. All of those cousins
are on my dad’s side. My mom’s side has
cousins, but they live in Arkansas. One time,
Kian’s twin brother got a cardboard box at
my great-aunts house. They went to the top
of the stairwell and pushed the box with
them in it. They where so rambunctious, that
I nicknamed them ‘the minions’ because
they acted like the characters from ‘Despicable Me.’”—Joseph Darvish
Kayla
Manavi
“Josh (Khorsandi) and I have always been
really competitive with each other and we
have some sort of rivalry between us. We
have one class together so I see him every
day, but we don’t normally hang out together. Most students that have known both
of us for a while know we’re cousins. But
for those who just found out we are cousins,
it comes as a shock to them because the two
of us are completely different.”
­—Chloe Ebrahimi
“Justin and I get along pretty well. We’re
always cracking jokes and roasting each
other. Sometimes Justin and I disagree with
things, but we barely get into arguments.
When Justin and I were young we’d always
have sleep overs at our grandmother’s house.
When we’d wake up she would give us stickers. I would always get the Hello Kitty and
Barbie ones, while Justin would get the cars
and Spider-Man ones. We’d combine our
stickers on one side of a cabinet door while
Justin put his cars stickers on the other side
of the cabinet. The next thing I know, Justin
is scratching off my stickers and claiming
the cars cabinet door as his. Justin and I
love to pass around footballs in the pool and
yell “Odell” meaning we want the person
throwing the ball to throw it high and far so
the person catching it can catch it like Odell
Beckham, Jr.”—Shayda Shafa
Josh
Khorsandi
Justin
Shafa
Shayda
Shafa
Joseph
Darvish
Mona
Abai
Kian
Darvish
Gabriel
Hekmatniaz
Aria
Abaei
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By COLE HERRON
Revere is filled with remarkable students.
In order to reward these students for their
“Mr. Hernandez gave me this
superstar because I was the
first one in his class to learn all
my ‘Romeo and Juliet’ lines. I
also finished ‘Hamlet’ quickly.
I have never gotten a superstar
before.” —Joshua Katzman
excellent academics, citizenship and character, the faculty and staff at Revere give their
students superstar cards. Only a handful of
students who earned superstars are randomly
“I tutored people for a big test
at lunch so Ms. Cronin gave me
a superstar. I think I’ve won
two superstars in 6th grade and
one in 7th, and now one in 8th.”
—Lila Ward
picked out a “hat” on Wednesday and Friday
for the “mystery prize.” Here are some of
the stellar students who earned themselves a
superstar so far in 2017.
“We were in the unit of volleyball in Ms. Johnson’s class, and
my team won third place. This
is my first superstar.”
—Miracle Echupue
Academics!
Citizenship!
Character!
“I earned this superstar from
Mr. Iannucci by being a helpful
student and also bringing about
100 cans of food for the food
drive. This is my first superstar.”
—Aiden Kruk
“In Mr. Anderson’s class, he
asked why the expression ‘as
the crow flies’ had a crow
instead of any other bird. I said
that the crow felt left out because the bald eagle was made
the national bird. He thought
my answer was funny and gave
me a superstar. This is my first
one.” —Chase Plager
Paul Revere Charter Middle School
“In science class we practiced
Punnett squares and Mr. Cos
had a competition. Whoever
could finish the first four questions the quickest and were
correct won a superstar. My
friend Oona Fitzmaurice and I
won. I have gotten three other
superstars besides this one and
won two, not including this
one.” —Ella Hobert
“I answered a riddle about a fly
in a cup of coffee before anyone
else could in Ms. Daley’s class.
I have gotten many superstar
cards before, but this is the first
I’ve won.” —Kayla Brunell
“At a school dance my classmate gave her backpack to a
friend and her friend left it on
the ground. I found her backpack as I left to the restroom so
I took it and went back to Mrs.
Fowler’s class and gave it to
her. This is my first time winning, and I have gotten three
more superstars.”
—Giovanni Bautista Lopez
Making
A Mark
February 13, 2017
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Paul Revere Charter Middle School 11
Black History Month is celebrated at Revere
Nikki shows her
presentation on
Ruby Bridges in Mr.
Hyman’s 5th period.
At Mr. Mercado’s first year
at Revere, he was approached
about having his students do
something for Black History
Month. “So what I decided to
do, was to modify my Portrait
Grid Enlargement Project to
accommodate his requests,” he
says. Each year he goes into a
different theme of Black History
such as notable African Americans, notable African American Females, and Civil Rights/
Black Codes/ Slavery. This year,
his students are doing a grid
enlargement of notable African
American inventions.
The 7th graders in E-5 wrote
inspiring essays about famous
people who overcame obstacles.
Stephen Curry, “one of the National Basketball Association’s
(NBA) superstars,” writes Josh
Diaz, triumphed over many barriers throughout his life. “Curry
has faced obstacles his whole
life, from being the third smallest kid on his middle school basketball team, that included his
little brother, to failing to get any
scholarship for a high school, to
becoming an underrated NBA
draftee who expected to come
off the bench his whole career.”
By winning an NBA championship and two MVP awards, he
might be “the best shooter in
NBA history.”
Lindsay Reyes wrote about
Simone Biles, a gold medal
gymnast. “Simone ‘never knew
her father, who abandoned the
family years earlier and knew
her mother barely.’”But Simone
Biles powered through all the
negativity and became an outstanding gymnast and “hopes
that all her victories inspire more
girls to train harder.”
Evan Grochola wrote about
“The Weeknd” or Abel Tasfaye’s
tough childhood and his comeback to stardom. “He didn’t try
and this eventually led to getting kicked out of high school.
In addition ‘The Weeknd’ was
homeless for three weeks,” after
losing a bet. But after uploading
a video of him singing, he was a
YouTube sensation in 24 hours.
Now, “‘The Weeknd’ stuns many
people around the world with his
incandescent vocal skills and upbeat music.”
Mr. Iannucci will talk about
important men and women in
black history all throughout
February. On Mon., Feb. 6, he
spoke about Angela Davis. “She
became an icon of the struggle
for black people’s rights,” he
said. Mr. Iannucci talked about
George Washington Carver on
Fri., Feb. 10.
In Mr. Roig’s 7th grade English class, the students read Mar-
Mr. Mercado helps Marco start
his art project. Photo: Jack Grazer
tin Luther King’s famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and
his inspiring “I Have a Dream”
speech. Then they wrote essays
based on their readings.
Mr. Hyman’s 7th grade hon-
Rick Singer talks about his new
T.V. show “Pitch,” starring a
character who was the first
African American woman in Major
League Baseball. Photo: Mr. Hyman
ors students are working on an
extra credit project on Black
History Month for the first time
this year. Students will present
their PowerPoints on people
who made their mark on history.
“Curry makes the game fun to
watch and to play.”— Josh Diaz
“The Weeknd manages to amaze
people. . .” — Evan Grochola
“Barack Obama’s achievements
changed the world.”—Tyson Brazil
“Simone Biles has made a positive impact. . .”— Lindsay Reyes
By JOEY CHAE
Photo: Eli Ghodooshim
Mr. Iannucci talks about Angela
Photo: David Orlinsky
Davis’s life.
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Beehive remnants were seen
near rooom E-5. Photo: Jack Grazer
A squirrel enjoys a
muffin near S-2.
Photo: David Orlinksky
Campus Critters
By JACK GRAZER
Creepy crawlers and curious creatures roam the school
for students to see all their features. The wild animals on the
Paul Revere campus are very
subtle, yet a key element for the
structure of Revere.
The farm has also supplied
Paul Revere with many animals
like tortoises, turkeys, goats and
guinea pigs that collide into one
big critter haven. Revere is also
surrounded by seagulls, spiders,
crows, lizards, skunks, raccoons,
snakes, rabbits, hummingbirds,
eagles, beetles, frogs, bugs, possums, sparrows, coyotes, deer
and even huge green praying
mantises. Patriots are always
spotting creatures at the school.
Seventh grader Jack Gurevitch
says, “Literally, everywhere I
go, I see some kind of animal on
the campus.” Sometimes teachers even use the animals at our
school to teach lessons. “Teachers really respect the nature and
animals here at our awesome
school,” seventh grader Christopher Clausen stated.
Paul Revere is full of animals that roam in, around and
over our campus due to the nature surrounding it. Each and
every creature contributes to this
curious campus of critters.
A baby sparrow was exploring in
the quad. Photo: Kourosh Sahmedini
A crow was spotted eating food
in the quad. Photo: Eli Ghodooshim
A seagull was seen soaking up the
sun on the roof. Photo: Jack Grazer
A hummingbird was sun-bathing in
the east driveway. Photo: Eric Palermo
A lizard was seen upon the hillside near C-5. Photo: Jack Grazer
A praying mantis was near Mr.
Cos’s room. Photo: Eli Ghodooshim
A Monarch butterfly was spotted
near room J-8. Photo: Eric Palermo
A snail was on a red leaf by the
P.E. field. Photo: Christopher Clausen
A baby caterpillar was spotted slowly crawling towards his snack
near the X building during 1st period one morning. Photo: Justin Shafa
SOAKED!
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Charlie Capp wades into the
pool of water behind the K
building. Photo: David Orlinsky
Recent rainy weather causes issues at Revere
By ALEXANDRA
SCHOETTLER
For the past few years, rain
couldn’t seem to reach the Los
Angeles area. During January,
though, Los Angeles has been
the target of an onslaught of
stormy weather. Not only has all
of Los Angeles been affected by
the rainfall, Paul Revere Middle
School and its students have
dealt with the consequences as
well.
Revere’s students have
mixed feelings about the rain,
as it has changed school life immensely. The eighth grade quad
had to be closed down because
of flooding. The pool of water
in the middle of the eating area
forced eighth graders to eat either in the auditorium or a teacher’s classroom.
Many areas of the school had
huge pools of water. Most of the
planters were filled with muddy
water. In between some classroom buildings, like the L
and K buildings, areas had
to be closed off because of
the extensive amount of
water. The farm and
agriculture area have
also felt the effects
of the storms.
The
recent
Evan (left) and Tate
got wet while walking outside in the rain.
Photo: Shayda Shafa
storms have also taken their toll
on the electricity at and around
Paul Revere. In mid-January,
the power went out for hours
at a time. Arden Abitboul, Emily Schwartz, Samantha Sinaiko,
Mia Kulinsky and Tiana Nikkhoo were forced to film their
history video in the dark. They
lit their video with candles,
flashlights, lanterns and the flash
on their camera. “At first I was
super stressed that we wouldn’t
be able to make the video, but
it ended up being really cool,
because the video was about
ancient times, and there weren’t
any lights back then,” says Emily Schwartz, whose house in the
Palisades had no power for four
hours.
At Revere, the power also
went out for a short period of
time. By the time school started,
the power was back on. The
only problem was that the power
outage caused the bells to stop
working. For the first few periods of the day, after the outage,
the office used a beeping or alarm noise
instead of the bells,
and it had to be
played manually.
The rain has
not been helpful to traffic on
Sunset Boulevard, either. An
eighth
grade
Patriot, Anouk
Paul Revere Charter Middle School 13
Wijeratne, and the rest of the
pupils on the school bus from
Topanga missed homeroom and
first period one day because of
complications on Sunset. They
had to take a different route to
school to make it at all. “We
passed a huge tree that had fallen down and was blocking the
road as well, and it was a very
long wait,” says Anouk. She also
said that she had to miss homeroom for over a week because of
a boulder blocking the way to
PCH, in Topanga Canyon.
Matty Gottesman, a seventh
grader, had to walk to school
because of bumper to bumper
traffic on Sunset Boulevard.
Emily Schwartz, Jack Grazer,
and several other pupils who get
to school on the Metro bus from
the Palisades, had to walk halfway to school because the bus
couldn’t go any farther on Sunset, due to the terrible traffic.
Seventh grade Patriot Kiley Silkman experienced a rock
slide while driving home from
school on Palisades Drive. “My
mom stopped the car and these
ginormous rocks landed in front
of us. After a good 45 minutes,
the firemen were able to move
the rocks to one side of the
road.”
Grace Smith, another seventh grader, and several other
students spent two hours waiting
for the bus that would take them
home in Downtown LA.
Even though the rain has
ceased, it has helped move
Northern California out of the
drought. Although Southern
California is still in drought status, the rain was very beneficial
to the area. Californians are hoping that the rain continues.
Mateo’s backyard got flooded
during the rain in mid-January.
Emily (left) and Arden are illuminated by the flash of the camera while
they make their history video during four-hour long power outage.
Students hurry through the rain in the eating area between classes.
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Paul Revere Charter Middle School
Science Projects Showcase Prowess
6th Grade by Josh Diaz
Photo: Christopher Clausen
Photo: Josh Diaz
Tectonic Plate Models
In Mr. Springer’s class, Patriots are doing 3-D models of regions
that lie on tectonic plate boundaries. This helps the 6th graders apply
their engineering skills to their studies on earthquakes.
Puzzle Poster Project
Deep inside the jungle of room K2, you will find Mr. Tokeshi’s class
working on their puzzle poster projects. It is a group project that
helps Patriots become even better friends with their classmates.
7th Grade by Alex Denham
Photo: Alex Denham
Photo: Alex Denham
Photo: Alex Denham
DNA Extraction Project
After squashing strawberries, and adding alcohol and soap, Mr. Cos’s class got to see the
DNA of a strawberry. The point of this lab
was to learn what DNA looked like.
8th Grade by Tessa Smigla
Vegetable Reproduction
In Ms. Asahina’s class, students studied the
topic of asexual reproduction by reusing
vegetable scraps to grow new plants that
were then put up in the farm.
Chicken Dissection Lab
In L1, Mr. Cos’s students dissected a chicken wing and used their comparative anatomy
skills to find differences between that skeleton and the human arm skeleton.
Moon Lab
This year, Ms. Banner instructed all of her
students to create a Moon Log. For about
one month, Ms. Banner’s students took pictures and sketched what the moon looked
like every day and every night. After taking
pictures and sketching the moon, the students recorded the time of when they took
the pictures and what type of moon it was.
Atomic Timeline iMovie
Mr. Fiser is having his class make an Atom
Timeline iMovie. Mr. Fiser said, “They will
create an iMovie consisting of static pictures
that appear and disappear and a voiceover
to go along with them that explains the evolution of the model of the atom from Dalton’s hard marble model all the way to our
present electron cloud probability model.”
Photo: Christopher Clausen
Mousetrap Cars
Ms. Combis had all her students create a
self-moving mousetrap-powered car. The
car was to be made up of recycled materials
and should be able to reach seven meters.
Once finished with their vehicle, the students got to test their work to see how far
their cars could go. After break, Ms. Combis
had her students conduct a lab on their cars.
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Students in Ms. Del Cambre’s class have to come up to the front of
the class to get their breakfasts.
Paul Revere Charter Middle School 15
Ambassadors “set the table” in their homeroom foe the breakfasts.
Breakfast Routines Run Smoother with Teams
By DAVID ORLINSKY
Every morning around 7:45,
two students from Ms. Del Cabre’s class head up to the cafeteria get their classroom’s breakfasts. The ambassadors place
the meal boxes on the front table
of B-5. They announce that the
breakfast is available to those
who ordered the day before, and
check off how takes a breakfast.
Then they announce the next
mornings breakfast, and the routine continues the next morning
and so on.
Mrs. Stewart gave up a
quick, efficient breakfast method for a much more simple way.
Ms. Stewart broke down her reasoning. “The distribution process has changed, I believe, due
to the style and personality of
the new breakfast ambassadors,”
said Ms. Stewart. Her method
was also formerly used by Ms.
Del Cambre.
This method starts with the
ambassadors the day before.
Each homeroom student has an
index card with their name written on it. If they want to order
a breakfast, they place their card
in a box in the front of the classroom. The ambassadors then
use this to order breakfasts for
the correct amount of students.
Other classrooms use a
quicker method like Mr. Hyman’s class. His breakfast ambassadors can get the breakfast
as early as 7:15, and wait until
Mr. Hyman arrives. Once he and
the students enter the classroom,
his ambassadors have already
memorized who ordered break-
fast from the day before. The
ambassadors grab the breakfasts
and split up, quickly distributing them throughout the aisles
of a K1. “I think our way of doing breakfast in the classroom
is pretty effective. No one can
complain, and we always know
what is happening,” said Nadia
Rios, one of Mr. Hyman’s ambassadors.
Some of the teachers gave
their opinions on how they feel
about their methods of distributing the breakfasts. Ms. Barbieri said, “My ambassadors sit
down with a Jupiter roster and
the LAUSD breakfast calendar.
They announce the breakfast
for the next day.” The rest of the
process is as expected as the ambassadors write down the orders,
and distribute the breakfasts
the next day. For some teachers
however, it’s harder to expect
what happens next in the breakfast process. In Ms. Kruger’s
class, the ambassadors take the
names of the students who would
like breakfast the next day, while
they hand out the breakfast being served. Ms. Kruger denied
the creativity of her method and
said, “This is not clever or creative,” but then mentioned, “It is
efficient.”
In Ms. Joensen’s homeroom,
the process doesn’t end with
the ambassadors handing out
the breakfast. “The ambassadors will call out to see if anyone wants extras, and at 10 past
eight, they will call for clean up
time,” said Ms. Joensen. “Our
breakfast ambassadors run the
process seamlessly.”
Seventh graders in Room B-3 walk up to ambassadors at a select desk to receive their breakfast they pre-ordered the day before. Photos: David Orlinsky
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Paul Revere Charter Middle School
Listening
and
Learning
Crazy for
Coins
Study
Buddies
Alani (left), Zoe, and Allyson study for
Community Service Club organized the
schoolwide Coin Wars. Photo: Kourosh Sahmedini English before school. Photo: Gena Levin
Campus
News and Notes
Practice
Makes
Perfect
Ms. Cronin’s Concert Choir students sing and practice
their variety of songs during period 4. Photo: Aaron Yamin
Ms. Grayson talks during the sixth
grade assembly. Photo: Evan Grochola
By Dylan Tzung
Shading
Shadows
Feeling
Blue
Avani shades her drawing
in art class. Photo: Neyla Maher
Interactive
IPads
Marco uses his IPad.
Photo: Porter Comstock
Leadership sorts
through Blue art
contest entries.
Photo: Dylan Tzung
Purchasing
Pizza
A seventh grade member of the Go Green Club, named
Haley, sold pizza at their bake sale. Photo: Dakota White
Rainy
Day
Delight
Mr. Iannucci and Mr. Rodman hold umbrellas on a rainy day. Photo: Maddie Glenn
Warm
Welcome
Revere said goodbye to Mr. Olmedo and
welcomes Mr. Lockwood. Photo: Dylan Tzung
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Fun Fire
Drill
Frisbee
Fun
Patriots sit patiently, in straight lines, for the
duration of the fire drill. Photo: Porter Comstock
Mystifying
Math
Activists from Early Recognition is Critical, or E.R.I.C., came
to Paul Revere to play frisbee with Patriots. Photo: Eli Ghodooshim
Halsey and
Sidd show
off their “To
Kill a Mockingbird”
projects.
Absorbing
Autry
Photo: Dylan
Tzung
Mr. Nardini helps Toulmin before a
district assessment. Photo: Maddie Glenn
Hot
Chocolate,
Cold Day
Community Service Club sells hot chocolate on
cold mornings at Revere. Photo: Maddie Glenn
Two Autry Museum speakers discussed the American
West in Ms. Makhani’s history class. Photo: Dylan Tzung
Mapping
Maycomb
Hands On
Hinduism
Sixth graders in Ms. Jackson’s class learn interactively about Hinduism. Photo: Caitlin Howard
Dance
Party
During one of the many rainy days at Paul Revere, Patriots had to remain in the gym during P.E. so, to stay active they played the Wii game called Just Dance. Photo: Eli Ghodooshim
Presenting
Projects
Samantha (left and Eva present their telegraph
project in Mr. Fulling’s class. Photo: Halsey Hulse
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Lifestyle
Paul Revere Charter Middle School
Patriots study
and eat lunch.
No Space Crunch for Lunch Bunch
With so many places to munch, Patriots of all grades share their favorite lunch hangout spots
By KOUROSH SAHMEDINI
Every day, thousands of students on Revere’s campus stroll
out of classrooms for lunch,
talking and laughing with each
other. From the friendly farm to
the exclusive eighth grade quad,
Patriots have a wide variety of
places to hang out in and eat during lunch.
While most sixth graders
hang around the cafeteria and
the covered lunch area, a lot of
the seventh graders sit near the
Student Store tables. The sixth
graders also tend to eat lunch
and play sports like basketball
and soccer up on the P.E. field,
while the seventh and eighth
graders prefer to stick with their
own hangout spots.
Another student hotspot is
the farm, located by the P.E. field
next to Mr. Honda’s classroom.
Many new sixth graders are
enticed by the farm and spend
Sixth graders eat lunch on the
stone steps by the X-buildings.
most of their time there, especially in the first semester. When
asked why she enjoys the farm
so much, sixth grader Mandana
Sahmedini said, “It’s really cool
to be able to pet all of the chickens and guinea pigs. I really like
the natural environment of the
farm.”
While the sixth and seventh
graders have always sat in the
same lunch areas together, the
The Coin Wars. This was a challenge to see which grade would
raise enough money to win a
pizza party in the quad, and the
sixth graders won.
The Revere lunch clubs are
the place to go when you want to
learn about something new with
your friends. They are similar to
electives but have a wider variety of subjects, and take place
once a week during lunchtime.
(Clockwise from left) Tessa, Rose, Anna, Kira, and Becca eat their
lunch at the lockers by the eighth grade quad. Photos: Kourosh Sahmedini
eighth graders are a whole other
story. Each generation of eighth
grade students have been waiting for years to finally claim
their special spot, the quad.
“Ever since the sixth grade,
I’ve always wanted to sit in the
quad. I’m so glad I finally have
the chance,” eighth grader Lila
Ward. Well this won’t be the
case for long because for the
first time, the sixth graders are
taking the quad after winning
Some of the lunch clubs include
Aca Deca, Film Club, GSA/
Stand For The Silence Club, and
Circle of Friends.
Another area that’s a pretty
well known lunchtime spot is the
library. The library is a food free
area where students spend time
studying or doing homework.
The library has many resources
for research and homework, so
it’s a popular destination for
many students.
A group of eighth grade boys
hang out and eat their lunches.
Even with all these hangouts, there’s still one unexpected area, Lunch Detention. Even
though this area might come as
a surprise to many, it’s a very
common eating area. Many students who go to lunch detention
are there for some of the simplest mistakes such as forgetting their locker combinations
or having backpacks that are too
big.
After all these locations
there is one last spot: teachers’
classrooms. They allow students to eat in a quiet place and
do their homework. The classrooms include Mr. Cos’s classroom, Ms. Stewart’s classroom,
Ms. Combis’s classroom, and
many more.
Out of all these places, there
are plenty more on Revere’s
large campus. At Revere there
are lunch clubs, sitting areas,
a quad, even a farm, and more
tables than we need.
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Chili and Chips
“I usually have a turkey and
cheese sandwich so I love
having something different. I
absolutely love that it’s spicy.”
­­­­­
—Ms. Stewart, Teacher
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Gourmet Sabzi
“It is awesome, it’s great. My
food is rare as it is like a soup
on rice. It takes an hour to make
and has a ton of greens.”
—Kourosh Sahmedini, 8th Grade
Paul Revere Charter Middle School 19
Vegan Spaghetti
“I eat vegan spaghetti because
I just started being vegan because I feel it is healthier. I also
make the spaghetti myself.”
­—Charlie Capp, 8th Grade
What’s
For Lunch?
By DAVE TOBIN
Pollo Pacata
“I don’t like school food so I
bring food. I order from out to
get my pasta and salmon. I really like dinner for lunch.”
—Mr. Hernandez, Teacher
Egg Salad Sandwich
“My lunch is special because
it’s different. It is an odd combination taste. I love this lunch
because I eat it with friends.”
—Dash Horowitz, 7th Grade
Lunch is the biggest meal eaten at
school. With so many people here
at Revere, there are also many
different lunches. Sometimes there
are lunches that stand out as fantastic
feasts. These Patriots have some of
the most interesting lunches.
Lasagna
“It’s homemade and warm in
my thermos which I love. It’s
so great and cheesy which I
also love. I love it.”
—Taylor Arnold, 6th Grade
Chicken Paprika Stew
“My lunch is rare because it
is Hungarian. It is like a thick
chicken soup with rice. I have
it for dinner, too.”
—Tristan Lucas, 7th Grade
Veggie Burger
“I love this lunch due to how
healthy it is. It is sweet, sour,
and is all green beans. I only
have this once a month or so.”
—Justin Tavakali, 8th Grade
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Winter
Wonderlands
Patriots traveled all around the world over the
winter break and explored some new places
By MADELINE GLENN
Paul Revere Charter Middle School
Jack Grazer (7th)
made a splash
in Tulum, Mexico with his new
friend, Angelica
the dolphin. Jack
got to swim around
in caves with some
magnificent mammals, and he also
went zip lining.
Jack says that his
trip was absolutely an amazing
experience.
Layla
Abdelbar
(7th) went to Hawaii over break,
and was only
walking to the pool
at her hotel when
a bunch of swans
appeared out of
nowhere.
Layla
also went snorkeling and explored a
beach with black
sand. Layla absolutely loved her
trip to Hawaii.
7th grade friends
Lydia Sutton and
Maddie
Glenn
helped build a
float for the Rose
Parade in Burbank, California.
For about 4 hours,
they used tweezers
to glue lentil seeds
onto a small piece
of
Styrofoam.
They enjoyed seeing their decorations on the float.
7th grader Joshua
Diaz traveled to
Amherst,
Massachusetts, where
he left a big smile
during an intense
snowball
fight.
Josh also went
sledding, tubing,
and explored the
city. Overall, Josh
enjoyed playing
in the snow and
seeing his family.
Fritze Mayer (8th)
adored going to
Fiji over break.
She spent most of
her time on vacation by the water.
Between
swimming,
snorkeling, surfing and
sunbathing, Fritze
was having fun at
all times. In fact,
she spent practically 8 hours in
the ocean a day.
8th grader Sophia
Klotz spent the
holidays in Innsbruck, Austria. “It
was very special
to see the Christmas markets and
beautifully decorated cities,” she
says. Sophia really
enjoyed
spending time with
her family, and
had an amazing
time in Austria.
Sofie Brazier (8th)
went skiing in
Vail, Colorado. It
was below 0° most
of the time, but
that made it the
perfect weather for
skiing and having
a snowball fight.
Sofie also had fun
bowling and ice
skating, and overall, she loved her
trip to Colorado.
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7th grader Brendan Kraft went
kayaking with his
family in Cabo,
Mexico. Brendan
enjoyed
going
through rapids and
exploring Mexico.
He also went on
a submarine, and
went on a pirate
ship.
Brendan
thought his vacation was very fun.
6th and 7th grade
sisters Elysha and
Joey Chae visited
a secret beach in
Oahu,
Hawaii.
They went paddle boarding and
played volleyball
on the beach with
their
younger
brother. They also
went zip lining
and snorkeling on
their exciting trip.
8th grade English
teacher Mr. Slavin
went to Cuba
with his family.
He visited several
historic sites even
took salsa-dancing lessons. Mr.
Slavin also felt
like he was stuck
in the 1950’s, saying, “The whole
trip really was
like opening a
time
capsule.”
7th grader Tristan
Lucas had a great
time skiing in
Annaberg-Buchultz, Germany.
Tristan was super
excited to go skiing because he
“hadn’t seen snow
in forever,” and
snow was exactly
what he got— 40
inches of it to
play in and enjoy.
Eliana and Renata
Feinstein
(8th) were part of
a twinning program and got to
go to Israel to
meet their “twins.”
They lived with
their
“twins’”
family for a week
and got to explore
different parts of
Israel. The girls
had an awesome
time in Israel.
Annabelle Grandy
(6th) caught a
wave in Tavarua,
Fiji over the holiday break. She
went scuba diving,
snorkeling,
paddle boarding,
and also took part
in a Fijian Kava
ceremony. “This
was the best trip
of my life,” Annabelle says about
her
vacation.
6th grader Julia
Musumeci traveled to Papallacta,
Ecuador over winter break. While
she was there, she
visited Mitad del
Mundo and stayed
at a hotel that
her family runs.
She also went
to the beach and
saw llamas while
she was hiking.
Emily Schwartz
(7th) went to the
super snowy Lake
Tahoe over break.
Emily went skiing
and also saw the
SnowGlobe Music Festival, which
had artists like The
Chainsmokers and
Major Lazer perform. Emily had
a super fun time
in Lake Tahoe.
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JOSHUA DIAZ and his family
speak Vietnamese, Spanish, and
English. His mom was born in
Vietnam and his dad was born in
El Salvador. “My mom’s family flew to America in 1965,”
he said. Josh practices his culture by cooking and eating food
from his countries. He speaks a
little Vietnamese at home. Josh
also practices Vietnamese traditions. He celebrates the Lunar New Year (Chinese New
Year), and he takes his shoes off
when he enters his house. Josh’s
grandparents practice the Vietnamese religion of Buddhism.
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AIDAN BALESTRA and his
family speak French. He was
born in America, but his parents
and siblings were born in France.
Aidan practices his culture by
only speaking French at home.
His family listens to French music and eats French meals. They
also follow French traditions
like eating crepes at La Chandeleur (a French Catholic holiday),
Mardi Gras (a carnival celebration), and eating galette des rois
(a French cake with almond filling). Aidan says, “Of course we
also eat a lot of different and delicious stinky cheese.”
ENKHJIN ERDENEE and his
family were born in Mongolia, and they flew to America.
They speak Mongolian, Spanish, and English. Enkhjin and
his family practice their culture
by celebrating the Mongolian
New Year. “To celebrate, we
have a feast, and throw wine
on the ground for the dead,” he
said. After his family does this,
the kids get presents. Enkhjin
also eats foods from Mongolia.
Mongolian foods include khorkhog (Mongolian barbecue), buuz
(a variation of dumplings), and
guriltai shul (soupy noodles).
Paul Revere Charter Middle School
JAKE MEYERSON and his
family speak Hebrew and Spanish, in addition to English. Jake
and his parents were born in
America, but the rest of his
family immigrated here on boats
from Lebanon, England, Scotland, Ukraine, New Zealand, and
Israel. Jake said, “I practice my
Jewish culture by going to Hebrew school every Sunday, and
fasting during Jewish Holidays.”
Jake celebrates Jewish holidays
like Hanukkah (the festival of
lights), Yom Kippur (a day of
atonement), and Rosh Hashanah
(the Jewish New Year).
Diverse student population
creates a global community
By IRIS BERMAN
Collage: Iris Berman
ARI BLLOSHMI is from
America but his Dad was born
in Albania. Ari’s dad had to escape from Albania because it
was off limits and there was a
wall around the border. A group
of people drove a truck into the
wall, climbed over it, and escaped on boats. After this, Ari’s
dad escaped the same way. Ari
and his family speak Albanian.
“I practice my culture by celebrating Flag Day, and the Albanian New Year,” he said. Flag
Day is celebrated like the Fourth
of July, and the Albanian New
Year is celebrated with parties.
DANIEL ANOH and his family speak French and English.
His family was originally from
the Ivory Coast, but they took a
plane to move to America. The
Ivory Coast is located in West
Africa, South of the Sahara desert. The government is a presidential representative democratic republic, where the President
is the head of the state and the
government. In the Ivory Coast’s
culture, they eat foods like jollof
rice (rice cooked in pepper and
tomato puree), puff puffs (deep
fried sugar donuts), and cassava
patties (potato cakes).
ALEX PORUDOMINKSY and
his family are originally from Israel, Peru, and Lithuania. They
speak Hebrew and Spanish, in
addition to English. Alex practices his culture by eating foods
from Peru. “One Peruvian dish
I eat is called lomo saltado” he
said. Lomo saltado is a stir-fry
dish with sirloin, onions, tomatoes, and french fries. Other Peruvian foods include ceviche (a
seafood dish), anticuchos (skewers of meat), causa (mashed potatoes with tuna, egg, shrimp, or
avocado), tiradito (raw fish), and
lucuma (a sweet fruit).
NATALIE GERGES speaks
Arabic and English. Her family also speaks French. Natalie
was born in America, but her
parents were born in Egypt. She
practices her culture by speaking and singing in Arabic. Her
family cooks, and eats Egyptian
food, like kosheri (rice and pasta
with sauce). Natalie celebrates
Egyptian Christmas on January
seventh. “I celebrate by going to
church until midnight and having a party the next day,” she
said. Natalie also goes to church
regularly and continues to learn
about her Egyptian culture.
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Paul Revere Charter Middle School
TREND TALK
Venomous
Valentine’s Day
Strikes Again
By DAVE TOBIN
Roses are red, violets
are blue, on Valentine’s
Day, there is nothing
good to do.
There are many
things about tomorrow’s holiday that are
not cool. I have heard
many people tell me that
they think Valentine’s Day is just another
excuse to eat candy. And at Revere, there
is the Valentines day dance. However,
after all the hype of the dance, the buying tickets, the trying to look good, the
anticipation of how fun it is going to be, it
is just a disappointment. Why is it such a
big flop? For one thing, the boys and girls
both stand on opposite sides of the room,
as though there is a 10-foot fire blazing between them. That fire would also explain
why everyone is sweating through their
clothes.
There is lots of dating going on at
Revere and I hardly think there should be
a holiday to give people another excuse to
date. This holiday has more broken hearts
than romantic endings, because everyone wakes up thinking that their “dream
match” will come along and their life will
be complete. But, that just isn’t realistic.
I feel that dating at this age is pointless. There is almost a no chance that the
person you are dating now is who you will
end up marrying. Therefore, it is best to
wait and start dating when you are older.
As you can see on the poll printed on page
3, a lot of the school thinks that age 13-14
is the time to date, while the same amount
says 15-17 years old. Nevertheless, I think
people should start dating at a much older
age.
However, if Valentine’s Day was
celebrated the right way it could be a fantastic holiday. On Valentine’s Day people
used to have a feast day to celebrate the
Christian martyr, St. Valentine. He is associated with love because he ministered
and married Christians who were persecuted under Rome. I think Valentine’s Day
should be a feast to celebrate the courage
of martyrs and amazing love, not a holiday
to give teens another reason to date.
February is the
perfect time of
year to wear
lovely clothes!
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February 13, 2017
Ryan Birch performs a hip
hop dance at Nuvo Dance
Competition. Photo: Nuvo Photos
Diving
into Dance
DIVING INTO
DANCE
By EMILY SCHWARTZ
The dancers at Revere are
always moving with their busy
schedules. These patriots are
dancing anywhere from 10-20
hours a week and are still managing to get their homework
done by the due date. Patriots
are also going to dance conventions on the weekends where
they dance for up to 12 hours
on Saturday and Sunday. Some
of them compete on Friday or
Saturdays as well as being at the
convention. With a total of up to
30 hours of dancing.
Ruby Anderson is an 8th
grader who spends everyday at
her dance studio, Fancy Feet.
She has been dancing for 12
years and started at age 1. Ruby
trains in ballet, contemporary,
jazz, tap, hip hop, and musical
theater 19 hours a week! She is
well known for her technique
and her performance skills. To
catch onto a combo she isolates
herself during the class to focus
better. Ruby is on the Senior
Company at her studio.
Emma and Mattie Tillman, 6th
grade twins, are both dancers at
Fancy Feet Dance Studio with
Madison Liberman (8th)
competing her solo,
“Wonder Woman” at
Thunderstruck Competition in Long Beach.
Photo: Thunderstruck Pics
their mom being the owner of
the studio! They each dance 14
hours a week training in hip hop,
ballet, modern, tap, and jazz.
Some of their performances have
been at Disneyland and Magic
Mountain. They also have raised
money for Make a Wish Foundation, March of Dimes, Cute
batten, and DEA Youth Dance
Program. 8th grader, Jacob Viyuoh, is a
jazz and hip hop dancer. He enjoys dancing while he acts at the
Santa Monica Playhouse. Jacob
is known for his technique and
facial expressions. He had been
dancing for 3 years, but is now
more focused on acting. He is
part of the Revere Show Choir
and enjoys being on it because it
involves dancing and singing.
Ryan Birch, 6th grader, is a
competitive dancer at 8 Count
Dance Academy. She dances
13 hours a week training in all
styles but her favorites are lyrical and hip hop. She is best at
doing turns and has been dancing for 9 ½ years. Ryan is very
excited because she competing
in her first solo competition this
year!
(Continued on page 26)
Emma and Mattie Tillman
perform a tap dance
together on stage at their
dance recital. Photo: Fancy
Feet Dance Photos
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Madison dances at KAR Dance.
Photo: KAR Dance Photography
Ruby dances at a recital.
Photo: Robin Aronson Photography
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(Continued from page 25)
Madison Liberman is an 8th
grade Patriot who takes dance
classes at Kick Start Dance Studio. She spends 6-9 hours in the
studio depending on the week.
Madison is known for “having
the best facial expressions” and
picking up on choreography
quickly. She won 2nd overall
with her musical theater duet
with her sister. Madison’s dance
motto is, “if you have fun, the
audience will have fun!”
Samantha Hannasab, 7th
grader, is a competition dancer
at Pacific Arts Center. She dances 12 hours of ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, and lyrical a
week. Samantha won 1st place
while competing her solo last
year. She enjoys conventions
because she says it, “broadens
your horizons on dance and
shows you how different teachers teach.”
Nadia Armas, 8th grader,
is a hip hop, modern, jazz, and
pop dancer. She trains at Santa
Monica Hip Hop Dance and
dances anywhere from 1-5 hours
daily. She is well known for her
facial expressions and gracefulness. She had been dancing for
5 years and enjoys getting loose
and dancing her heart out.
Emily Schwartz is a 7th grader whose daily routine involves
school, homework, dance, and
sleep. On a typical day after
she has finished her homework
she heads to dance for multiple
Mattie Tillman and Emma Tillman
performing at their annual recital.
They are performing their tap
dance together on the SAMOHI
Stage. Photo: Robin Aronson Photography
hours and doesn’t come home
until ten. She dances at Santa
Monica School of Dance on the
dance company and competes.
She also competes independently throughout the year. Depending on the week Emily dances
10 hours a week and then trains
at her home studio for about 7
hours. She is mostly known for
her technique and gracefulness.
She has been dancing for 11
years starting at the age of 2.
Anya Ruvelson, a 7th grade
Patriot, dances more then 9
hours a week at the Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet. She
trains in Court and Character
Ballet, Technical Ballet, and
Modern and Contemporary. She
also spends 2 and a half hours in
stretch classes. Anya enjoys the
supportive environment at her
studio and enjoys spending time
with her “dance friends between
classes!”
According to Livestrong.
com, dance is a great way to get
someone’s energy out. It is also
a great way to become more socialand have better social skills
because it helps kids connect
with other kids who have the
same passion as them. Many
Livestrong.com also states how
kids enjoy dancing because hey
feel they can let go and relase
their energy an tension. The
dancers at Revere continue to
work hard everyday in the studio, dancing their way throughout life to reach their dance
goals.
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Ruby performs a dance solo.
Photo: Robin Aronson Photography
Anya poses for a photo in her
dance costume after her recital.
Emily Schwartz competing her solo, “Lost Boy” at
Revel Dance Competition
where she won a high platinum award. Photo: Revel Dance
Photography
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Popping Into
The Theater
By Aaron Yamin
Sitting in a dark room,
the sound of crunching
popcorn and sipping sodas, how else would you
spend two hours? Some
people like waiting for
a movie to go on to T.V.
to watch it, but I think
they’ll be missing out
on the whole movie theater experience.
Going to the movies can sometimes seem
underrated, but with the new theaters that
have reclining chairs, I think it’s actually
more comfortable than sitting on your
own couch.
I always look forward to going to
the movies on the weekend with family.
With theaters like iPic, I like reclining my
seat back with a pillow and blanket while
eating food. Sadly, sometimes there are
annoying people sitting in the back ruining
the movie. I always try my best to just ignore them, but I can’t because they won’t
stop talking. So the whole movie I don’t
know what’s going on. The funny part is
that I’m sometimes the annoying person
in the back, throwing popcorn, ruining
the movie. That’s the only reason that you
would watch a movie at home, so nothing
could disturb you.
Speaking of movies, the Oscars are
coming up and people all over the U.S.
will be watching. Held in the Dolby Theatre, on February 26, actors will be strutting on the red carpet, nervous, hoping for
an award. As usual many people already
have predictions on who will win what
award.
Looking back on the Golden Globes,
I have an idea on the frontrunners for the
Oscars. For best actor, Ryan Gosling is on
the top of my list. I think that Ryan Gosling deserves the award the most for his
outstanding performance in the movie, “La
La Land”. For best actress, Emma Stone is
a very big possibility. She performed great
in “La La Land” which won 7 Golden
Globes, the most awards won for a single
film in golden globe history. For best
sound track, Moana’s inspiring lyrics and
catchy tunes, have a high chance of winning. This year’s Oscars is full of amazing
movies which will make it much more
exciting. Overall, the 2017 Oscars will be
something you won’t want to miss.
Let's
Dance!
Sweethearts have fun at the Valentines Day Dance on Feb. 9, during lunch in Revere’s Town Hall.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Mobile Museum
February 13-24, All Day
Seeking Socrates
March 9 and March 10
P.E.P. Hairspray Musical
March 17-19
Young Authors Night
April 20, 6-8 pm
Brad Falchuk (left) and Mark Strand talk to the
Film Festival students about their success in
the entertainment industry. Photo: Kiley Silkman
Spring Concert
May 15, school assemblies
May 16-18, 7 pm
Talent Show
June 2
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Summit Entertainment
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A+
New to theaters, but filmed like an old-fashioned Hollywood movie, LA LA LAND sang
its way into my heart. Singing, dancing, and
the captivating score kept me entertained
throughout the entire musical, and made me
want to see it five times more. Well written
lyrics and perfected choreography brings
the musical to life. Jazz musician, Sebastian
(Ryan Gosling) and struggling actress, Mia
(Emma Stone) fall madly in love while trying to fulfill their career dreams. After many
failed auditions, Sebastian encourages Mia
to give her acting career one more chance.
This leads to Mia getting presented with an
amazing acting opportunity that forces her
to choose between her soul mate and her
career. Ryan Gosling’s and Emma Stone’s
commitment to their roles and charming
performances makes the musical even better. This spectacular musical will make
you laugh and cry at all the right parts.
–Halsey Hulse
Who Will
Prosper at
This Year’s
Oscars?
By AARON YAMIN
These are just a few of the
great movies nominated for
the Oscars. All earned an A+
with the Town Crier critics.
Movie fans will be tuning in
to ABC on Feb. 26 to see
which of these nominated
films go on to pick up the
famous golden statues.
A+
20th Century Fox
HIDDEN FIGURES is a remarkable movie that
opens a window to the watcher, showing one
what life was like for three brilliant AfricanAmerican woman working at NASA in the
1960’s. The story is based off of the life of
Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), and
her friends Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe).
In this movie, Katherine struggles for her
rights, as people try to push her down rather than help her up. Katherine is promoted
from working on the colored computers, to
working with white males to try and figure out how to launch John Glenn into orbit. Meanwhile, her friends work as hard as
they can in the colored building, fighting for
their own rights. This movie was inspiring
and beautiful, as well as exiting and heartfelt. You really end up caring for the characters, and hoping that everything works out.
Overall, this movie was very interesting and
I would recommend it to anyone who asks.
–Cole Herron
Paul Revere Charter Middle School
Paramount Pictures
A+
ARRIVAL is definitely a crowd pleaser. Straying far from cliché “Alien Landing” movies,
“Arrival” deliveres an excellent message
that was told through beautiful cinematography and a chilling sound track. The premise
is that twelve unidentified objects have landed in twelve different locations. The government has asked a high-level language detector and decoder, Louise Banks(Amy Adams),
to decipher the alien messages and find out
the alien’s purpose of landing; to help, or to
harm? While Louise spends countless hours
in the spacecraft, trying to figure out the language of the unknown species, the world is
falling apart. People are causing riots, and the
Chinese are planning to bomb and attack one
of the unidentified ships. The movie is beutifuly wrapped in an unexpected twist with an
important message to humanity. The movie
as a whole is suspenseful and intense, yet has
a touching, thoughtful undertone. Hopefully
this movie has arrived in a theatre near you.
–Charlie Capp
A+
Walt Disney Studios and Motion Pictures
The newest Disney princess is not the stereotypical princess that has been seen in
the past. When a demigod named Maui accidently sets off a curse by stealing a green
stone called the heart of Te Fiti, a girl named
MOANA is chosen to go on a journey to
save Motunui. Moana is the daughter of the
chief, so her parents must train her to become the next chief. While Moana’s parents
rebuke her for wanting to explore past the
reef, which her father had set as the borders
of the village, her grandmother encourages
her and shows Moana that she is meant to
be a voyager. Moana must find Maui, who
is hiding on a small island, and go on an adventure to restore the heart of Te Fiti. Overall, this movie is exceptionally produced.
The music by Lin Manuel-Miranda is absolutely fantastic, and though the plot is a
little wacky, “Moana” is an amazing movie
that both children and adults should watch.
–Maddie Glenn
A+
Paramount Pictures
FENCES is a beautifully written play turned
into a movie. This extremely emotional drama takes place in 1956 in Pittsburgh. Troy
Maxson (Denzel Washington) is a sanitation worker who struggles to be a good father to his son Cory (Jovan Adepo), and a
good husband to his wife of 18 years, Rose
(Viola Davis). Troy once dreamed of a
baseball career, but was too old once Black
players started to be admitted into the major leagues. The fact that his dreams were
crushed leads him to believe that the world
will never change. He has many personal
demons arising from his tough childhood,
his lost family, his disabled brother, and his
belief that nothing will ever get better. This
leads him to make a decision that may tear
his family apart. “Fences” is mostly talking,
and it may be too boring for kids. But, this
is a very good movie and it reminds us of
how lucky we are to be alive. For me, this
movie was life changing and is a must see.
–Joe Taylor
February 13, 2017
Sports
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ABOUT ATHLETICS
What Revere’s
Patriots Could
Learn from the
‘Other’ Patriots
By JOE TAYLOR
When Ella Hobert
was watching last
week’s Super Bowl she
said, “My whole family
thought it was over, but I
knew it wasn’t. I knew
Tom Brady would do
well under pressure.
When they won, my
whole house was bouncing up and down
celebrating.” The Patriots showus that you
can never give up. When thye were down
28-3, they didn’t feel down themselves.
The Patriots teach us that although you can
never be perfect, you can be absolutely
excellent. They teach us that if you want
to accomplish something, and you work
hard enough, it will be achieved. They are
a perfect example of the saying, “you can
do anything you put your mind to.” Dave
Tobin, another Patriot fan said, “I thought
it was possible for us to come back because
of Tom Brady—I think he’s the best player
of all time.” Mr. Slavin, an avid Patriots fan
said, “It’s never over until it’s over. With
Brady at the helm, I thought we had a pretty
good chance of coming back.” Mr. Fulling
said, “I thought we would win by three. I’ve
been a Patriots fan all my life”
I think the Patriots are a perfect example of a team that ignores negativity and
does everything their way. They show us
that you have to be yourself, no matter
what others say about you. I think that if
you work hard and never let anything
bring you down that you can succeed,
like the Patriots have.
The Patriots are an example
of a brotherhood. We students
should try to be like that. They
are a team with one leader,
which is how I feel a school
should be. We Revere Patriots
should strive to be more like
the New England Patriots.
We can learn a whole lot from
them.
P. E.P. Riders Ball Up
Owen jumps to win the tip-off. Photo: Joe Taylor
Diego shoots for the goal. Photo: Tristan Lucas
After school sports teams try their best in P.E.P session two.
By JOE TAYLOR
P.E.P. is Revere’s after school program
that many Patriots participate in. It offers
many after school activities for students.
P.E.P also offers many activities aside fromsports, such as tutoring. These sports and
classes take place over three 8-10 week
sessions each school year. The sports offered over each session are Basketball,
Cross Country, Dodgeball, Flag Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Lacrosse,
Martial Arts, Soccer, Softball,
Tennis, Track and Field, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball, and
Wrestling. Many Patriots
play for a team on this extensive P.E.P sports list.
Revere also holds
a sports camp called
Sports Mania that takes
place at Revere during breaks from school. This
camp is loved by numerous patri
ots who attend the camp regular
ly. Mr. Foxson is part of the
staff there. This winter break, Sports Mania was held from
December 19-23 and Decem
ber 27-30. It started at 9:00 a.m. and ended at 3:00 p.m.
Patriots fan and P.E.P. varsity
basketball player Forrest
Brock. Photo: Ethan Hamid
each day. Many sports are offered at Sports
Mania to appeal to everyone there. Mr. Foxson says, ”You name it, we play it. All sports,
all day.” This may be the reason that there
are many loyal campers and Revere Patriots that have been going to Sports Mania
for such a long time. Mr. Foxson founded
the camp thinking about getting kids off the
couch and outside. He wanted to keep them
active all day in a way that would be appealing to many kids. It seems that he has
succeeded.
As of today, we have just
concluded our second session
of P.E.P. It ended on Wednesday, Febuary 10th. The boys’
Maddy
soccer team and the girls’
kicks the
soccer ball. varsity basketball team both
made the playoffs, with the
Photo: Shea
girls’ basketball team going
Mcnulty
undefeated and taking the first
seed in the playoffs en route to a
Delphic League championship.
The P.E.P. program is now in a gap between sessions, as the final session of P.E.P
starts on Febuary 27th and ends on April
28th. The next sports being played are Track
and Field, Martial Arts, Ultimate Frisbee,
Boys Volleyball, Lacrosse, and Boys Tennis.
Boys Lacrosse, Boys Volleyball, and Boys
Tennis all require tryouts that took place
from Feb. 7-9.
The new session is almost upon Revere
and maybe some new stars will emerge in
the many sports and activities offered in
P.E.P. session three.
THE TOWN CRIER
30 February 13, 2017
Revere P.E.
From A to Z
The yearbook students show off their Photoshop skills to illustrate...
P.E. is everyone’s favorite time since we all love to jump and climb.
We all come out to exercise, especially when the sun is high.
When it`s raining out we go inside to play games on either side.
The obstacle course is an attraction since there’s always so much action.
The high jump gets a golden star when kids are able to beat the bar.
The teachers are the best in town, like when Flex Friday comes around.
When kids do their very best, they earn shirts to wear on their chests.
There’s so much fun for us to see when we picture P.E. from A to Z.
Layout: Eli Ghodooshim
Poem: Joey Chae
Paul Revere Charter Middle School
Asher Saven
Paul Hruska
Isaias Alegria
Aaron Benyamini
Ozzie Gabbard
Mona Abai
Eric Palermo
Miichael Brent
Nathan Ortega
Griffin Jones
Gena Levin
THE TOWN CRIER
February 13, 2017
Paul Revere Charter Middle School 31
Caitlin Howard
Yael Berukhim
Shayan Hazany
Joshua Bonrouhi
Matthew King
Julius Bort
Ava Cooper
Corey Ehrlich
Kiley Silkman
Shayda Shafa
Joshua Adefris
Kayla Tefilin
Alessio Trevisan
Sydney Goodman
Grace Smith