Hello! everyone it's me Teresa back with you again sence I'm the only sixth grader so I'm doing it.

Our log out question is: What is the thing that you would want to change in the world?

Kirstan: fewer desease
Armand: no fighting
Zack: no more polution
Mori: family and friends to grow up
Aleah: more technology
Quinn:more technology
Meredith: wants to live in Calforina
Dylan: friends and family to grow up
Teresa: protect the animals of the world
Martin: fewer desease

BYE!!!

This is one of the Island Hood we have submited to the newspaper. This one is on our visit to the art museum on Saturday February 18th, 2006.

An Adventure in the World of Art
Written by Kirstan and Teresa Lin
Photographs taken by Kirstan and Teresa Lin

Last week Kirstan Lin and I, Teresa Lin, students in the 5th and 6th grade class at Pacific Horizons School, went to the Jean P. Haydon Museum in Pago Pago to see the exhibition of student artwork. We did not want to miss this opportunity to observe and appreciate the creativity and talent of our peers. Schools from all over American Samoa contributed their best student-produced art that included sketches, paintings, handicrafts and other forms of art. Kirstan and I took photographs of the ones we thought were the best. After taking pictures, we also added some of their thoughts about the art we admired.

The following pictures have been selected by Kirstan.

Artist: Meredith DeWees
Level: 5
School: Pacific Horizons School
I thought this fantastic picture looked so fancy because the sun was shining out of the sky. I liked the way the sun was shining out of the sky because it blended in with the sky.

Artist: Daniel Saufo’i
School: SPICC
Level: 6
I thought this picture was very neat because this person put so much detail into his work, it was neat because he outlined it in black so that it’s easy to see.

Artist: Lela Nomura
Level: 7
School: Pacific Horizons School
I thought this picture was very amazing because it looked so old fashioned but in the good way; it looked old fashioned because it was all done in black and white.

The next few picure selections were selected by Teresa.

Name: Jordan Miliao
Grade: Five
School: Pavai'ia'i Elementary
I like the painting because it's nice and enjoyable because of its many attractive colors, and the design looks like it has flowers and fire around it.

Name: Josephine Leota/Mome Pulemagafa/Tai
Grade: Six
School: Olomoana Elementary
I like the painting because it is interesting. The artist used a lot of colors and it looks like the stained-glass windows of a church.

Name: Petelo Sio
Grade: Five
School: Pavai'ia'i Elementary
Why I like the drawing: I like it because it's very attractive, and it looks very real because there are a lot of colors in the sky like there are at sunset.

That concludes what we are showing in this entry I hope you enjoyed it, and remember that this is only some of the amazing artwork at the museum. Go and see for your self if you want. It's awesome.

The question for t'day is:

What is the one thing in your life that you hope never changes?

Kirstan: freedom
Meredith: family
Quinn: this school
Kimberley: parents
Davalynn: family and friends
Teresa: family
Dylan: family and friends
Martin: family
Mori: family and friends
Zackary: family and friends
Armand: family

Aleah: my personality

AWESOME PICTURES!

Click to enlarge.

Hello! everyone I'm Teresa Lin long time no see hope you still remeber me our log out question is: What was your favorite thing you did today???

Zack: Math
Mori: Black History
Meredith: Black History
Aleah: Black History
Dylan: Current Events
Teresa: Black History
Kimberley: Current Events
Armand: Computer and Math
Davalynn: Current Event
Martin: Math
Kirstan: Black History

and thats all for today folks! BYE

Hi, this is Kim. Our logout question is:

What was your favorite word you spelled today in the spelling bee?


Armand: virus
Aleah: sandstorm
Meredith: Acid
Mori: crossover
Zack: shift
Dylan: courage
Kirstan: stadium
Teresa: lobby
Kim: Browbeat
Davalynn: aligator

Kim here, our logout question is:

What was your favorite poem and who was it by?

Davalynn: Son to Mother by Maya Angelou and, Mother to Son by Langston Hughes.
Dylan: I, Too by Langston Hughes.
Aleah: Phenomenal Women by Maya Angelou.
Kirstan: Touched By An Angel by Maya Angelou.
Mori: Son to Mother by Langston Hughes.
Martin: I, Too by Langston Hughes.

Quinn: As I Grew Older by Langston Hughes.
Zack: Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes.
Armand:I, Too by Langston Hughes.
Meredith:Phenomenal women.
Kim: I, Too by Maya Angelou.

Aleah here... the logout today...

What was your favorite subject through out the whole week?

Mori: social studies
Dylan: social studies and mathematics
Kirstan: social studies
Zack: social studies
Martin: mathematics
Davalynn: social studies
Lauren: black history and social studies
Kimberley: social studies
Teresa: social studies

Quinn: social studies
Meredith: mathematics

Aleah: social studies and mathematics

Note: We had a class spelling bee today and I (Aleah) won all three rounds. Isn't that great?

Also: There's a reason why I put Meredith and Quinn up there away from the other peeps... mwahahaha

Today's logout is... What did you learn that you thought was the most interesting thing today.

Zack- That babies know math
Martin- Storm by Saturn
Davalynn-Current events
Mori-Babies know math
Kirstian-current events
Teresa- Babies know math, black history
Dylan-Currents events
Kim- Current events, black history
Armond- Currents events
Aleah- Everyones penguins " they rock!"
Meredith- Everyones penguins
Lauren- Current Events
Quinn-Current events
Mr. Hatcher- The blue penguins being so small "25cm.tall"

Hi, this is Kimberley this is our logout for today.

Question: Which song by Paul Robeson do you like most?

Aleah: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Meredith: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Dylan: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Teresa: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Kim: Joshua Fit De battle of Jerico
Davalynn: Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Go Down Moses
Lauren: Joshua Fit De Battle of Jerico
Kirstan: Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Go down Moses
Mori: Go down Moses
Quinn: Go down Moses
Zack: Go Down Moses
Armand: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Martin: Joshua Fit De Battle of Jerico

Today's logout is the most intersting thing that happend today.
Moir- reading
Zack- dressing up dylan
Davalynn-reseaching on cupid
Quinn-math
Lauren-reseaching on the history
Teresa-math
Meredith-black history
Martin-current events
Kim-black history
Armond-math
Kirstian-math
Dylan-dressing up like cupid,math
Aleah- reseaching on valentines

Hi, it's the Adventurers' class. Last week was the Science Fair and today we are going to post pictures of ourselves with our Science Projects. We will type down what our project was about, why we did that project, what we liked most about our project, and what our favorite part of the Science Fair was.

Wazzup? My name is Aleah Cunningham. My project was about how an egg will drop into a bottle due to the change is air pressure. I did this project because I didn't know what to do for a science project because I had never done one before. The thing I liked most about my project was that I got to eat part of my project when I was finished with it. My favorite part of the Science Fair was... I don't have a favorite, the Science Fair was scary...

Hi, my name is Armand Haxton. I chose this for my science far project because I wanted to find out what melts ice faster half a cup of water or half a cup of salt. My favorite thing about the science fair was geting judged because I wanted to know how I did and my favorite thing about My project was finding out what melts ice faster.

Yo, my name is Davalynn Betham. I thought the Science Fair was SO scary, I was sweating the whole time. But it was fun doing the projects. My favorite part of project was doing the experiment. The reason I did the project that I did, was to see if the girls in our class had better hearing than the boys. My favorite part of the Science Fair was just looking at all of the projects.

HI!!! I'm the shorty, and my name is Dylan Willis. I did my project on how far a toy car can go at different angles. The reason I did this project is because my brother did this project and I wanted to learn more about it. My favorite part of my project was messuring how far the car went. What I liked most about the Science Fair was learning that I am going to the Territorial Science Fair.

My name is Kirstan Lin. I did my project on how an egg would shrink if the egg shell was off. I did this project because I was curious on how the egg would shrink. My favorite part was doing the expirement. My favorite part of the Science Fair was presenting it to the judges.

Hi, my name is Kimberley. My project is about the affects of blood pressure when listening to music. The reason I did this project, was because I thought it was very interesting. My favorite part of my project was testing people. My favorite part of the Science Fair was winning even though I can't go to the Territorial Science Fair...

Hi, my name is Lauren Folau. I did my project on "Potato Power" to see if potatoes really have enough electricity to light up a LED light bulb. My favorite part was just putting the whole project together. My favorite part of the Science Fair was presenting my project to the judges.

My name is Martin Folau. My project is on earthquakes. My favorite part of my project was timing it, because I broke the watch. My favorite part of the Science Fair was presenting it to the judges.

Yo, my name is Meredtih DeWees. I did my project on Hydrogen. The reason I did this because everybody should know about Hydrogen because it's the Fuel of the Future. The thing I enjoyed about my project was when the Hydrogen Gas Bubbles started comming through the tube. My favorite part of the Science Fair was looking at everybody else's project.

Hello, my name is Mori Aiono. I did my project on... MOLD BREAD. The thing I liked most about my project was the mold. My favorite part of the Science Fair was presenting my project to the judges.

My name is Quinn Sivaivai I did my project on... *whispers* a Naked Egg... The reason I did this project was because I thought it was interesting... The thing I liked most about my project was that the egg started taking off it's shell in 3 days. My favorite part of the Science Fair was looking at everybody else's project.

Hi, my name is Teresa Lin, I did my project on Volume and Buoyancy. The reason I did this project is because I didn't know what to do for the Science Fair. The thing I liked most about my project was that I got to use Playdough in my project. My favorite part of the Science Fair was... I didn't like the Science Fair.

My name is Zackary Mayer. I did my project on finger prints. The reason I did this project is because Mr Hatcher told me to do that project... I didn't like anything about my project. My favorite part of the Science Fair was presenting it to the judges.

Hi, this is Kimberley Ayre from the sixth grade. Well anyway this is our class logout question

What was the best thing we did today?

Teresa: Drawing the Underground railroad.
Dadvalynn: Learning about Black History.
Lauren: Learning about Black History 102 worksheet and Math.
Quinn: Math
Kirstan: Math
Mori: Reading the underground Railroad.
Martin: Math
Armand: Math
Meredith: Learning about Black History.
Aleah: Black History.
Dylan: Silent reading and Black History.
Kimberley: Drawing the Underground Railroad.

Bye, See ya next time (maybe)

WE LOVE MUSIC!
By Davalynn Betham, Lauren Folau, Aleah Cunningham and the Adventurers’ Class

The award season is upon us, and it’s time to pull out the big guns: The Grammys and the Academy Awards. Members of the Adventurers’ class at Pacific Horizons School took this opportunity to find out more about the Grammy Awards and the artists who are nominated for awards this year. We also put our math skills to work and found out which song students at our school thought should win Record of the Year.

The Grammys were awarded on 8th February, 2006.

Grammy Fun Facts

• The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Inc. was created in 1957.
• There are over 20,000 members of the Academy today.
• The first Annual Grammy Awards began in 1959.
• The awards are named for the trophy which the winner receives - a small gilded statuette of a gramophone.
• The eligibility period for the Grammys begins October 1 each year and ends September 30 of the following year.
• Soul and R&B legend Aretha Franklin has won 11 awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
• The most Grammys won in a single night is eight -- a record shared by Michael Jackson (1984), and Carlos Santana (2000).

The BIG Nominees

Mariah Carey, Kanye West, and newcomer John Legend each received eight Grammy nominations this year. Let’s get to know each artist a little better.

Biography of John Legend

John Legend (born as John Stephens) was born on December 28, 1978 in Springfield, Ohio. He grew up in Springfield, Ohio and started playing classical piano his grandmother taught him at the very young age of four. Legend attended Springfield North High School, graduating as Salutatorian at sixteen. Legend left Ohio at sixteen to go to college at the University of Pennsylvania, and it was there that he first found a larger audience.

Not yet out of his teens, Legend was tapped to play piano on Lauryn Hill’s “Everything Is Everything” in 1998. After completing college, he moved to New York where he began to build a loyal following playing in nightclubs and releasing CDs that he would sell at shows.

He also became an in-demand session musician, playing and occasionally writing for a wide array of artists, including Alicia Keys, Twista, Janet Jackson, and Kanye West.

Legend was recently nominated for eight Grammy Awards, including best new artist. The awards will be held February 8, 2006.


Biography of Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York. She was the third child of Patricia Hickey and Alfred Roy Carey. Mariah attended and graduated from Oldfield Middle School and Harborsfield High School in Greenland, New York. After moving to New York City, she became a backup singer for Brenda K.Starr. In 1988, Mariah Carey became a singer because of her friend Brenda. Brenda loved Mariah’s voice and thought that it was beautiful. So she gave Tommy Mottola (an executive of Columbia Records) at a party. Tommy listened to her tape and was impressed with what he heard. He returned to the party to search for Mariah, but she had already left. Tommy tracked her down and got her to sign a Record Contract. She has since become an R&B singer and an actress.


Biography of Kanye West

Kanye West was born into a privileged family with a mother who was a doctor on June 8 in the year of 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Columbia College and Chicago State University, but he never graduated. He dropped out and started his music career. He became a co-worker with the artist Jay-Z. Jay-Z had West helped him make the album “The Blueprint”. On the album, 6 of the songs were produced by Kanye West. Kanye went on to work with other big hit artists such as Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, John Legend and many more. After assisting other artists he wanted to work on his own album. His 1st big hit album was called College Dropout. He went on to his 2nd album. Days, weeks, months went by and Late Registration came out in 2005. This was also a big hit for him. Over 904,000 copies were sold in the 1st week of it even being out. This year Kanye West received 10 Grammy Nominations. He is planning for 2 more albums to come out. One will be called “Graduation” and the other will be called “A Good Ass Job.” They will be coming out sooner or later.

Record of the Year

Our class made a list of the Record of the Year nominees, and we asked 36 students between the ages of ten and seventeen who they thought should win. Here is what we found out:

We Belong Together – Mariah Carey
8.3% voted for Mariah.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams- Green Day
33.3% voted for Green Day.

Hollaback Girl- Gwen Steffani
11.1% voted for Gwen.

Gold Digger- Kanye West
19.4% voted for Kanye.

Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
27.3% voted for the Gorillaz.

Log out:
Today's Question
What was your funniest thing youo did today?
WHATS UP DOC?

Zack: Science Fair
Armand: Science Fair
Kimberley: Science Fair, And Wheel
Lauren: Current Events and Wheel
Dylan: Science Fair, Wheel, and Current Events
Aleah: Current events
Quinn: Current Events
Kirstan: Wheel and Current Events
Martin: Science Fair and Current Event
Meredith: Matthew Henson and Math
Mori: Wheel, Science, Current event
Teresa: Wheels, and Current Events
Davalynn: Science Fair

WE'll, thats all folks!!

Today we all broght are science fair projects to school.

What is the most intresting thing you learned today?

Dylan: Aleah's current event, and talking about science fair project
Aleah: Mori's mold
Teresa: Aleah's current event
Quinn: Aleah's current event
Lauren: Aleah's current evet
Martin: Mori's mold
Zack: Math viarable
Armand:Aleah's current event
Kirstan: Science fair projects
Davalynn: Aleah's current event
Kimberley: Coretta Scott King's funeral
Mori: Aleah's current event
Meredith: All the science fair projects

Our log out for today:
One fact you've learned you learned today.

Mori: Dr Carter G. Woodson's parents were slaves
Aleah: Dr. Woodson entered High school at the age of 20
Lauren: Dr. Woodson graduated High school in 2 years
Armand: Dr. Woodson lived for 74 years 8 months and 6 days
Zack: Most penguins live on the coast of the Southern Argentina
Martin: Dr. Woodson earned his phd at Harver
Dylan: Dr. Woodson's parent's slaves
Meredith: In 1909 he went to Washington DC to teach french and Spanish
Kimberley: Dr. Carter's parents were slaves
Teresa: He finished high school in two years
Quinn: Dr. Carter died in 1950
Kirstan: Dr. Carter started High school at age of 20.
Davalynn: How to change a uncommon denominator.

Hola, Aleah is back... AGAIN.

The logout question for today was:

What was the best thing we did this week?

Teresa: Current Events
Lauren: Current Events
Dylan: science fair project, math
Meredith: Mr Popper's Penguins poster
Kirstan: Current Event
Armand: book report, Current Events, movie, math
Quinn: math
Kimberley: Mr Popper's Penguins poster, Current Events
Zack: Mr Popper's Penguins poster
Martin: Mr Popper's Penguins poster
Davalynn: art
Mori: Mr Popper's Penguins poster
Aleah: Mr Popper's Penguins poster, science fair project, Current Events

... You guys are probably getting tired of me posting, right?

Aleah

Aleah, here... again... Mr. Hatcher said I could update the blog for fun if I was bored, I think that's what he said... oh well, if he didn't say that I can just delete this post.

Here's what happened today...

We got out of school early because the storm nearly took our class roof off and it was all flooded. Lots of people went home early and I was the last one inside the classroom. Staying all by myself with Mr. Hatcher's laptop, emailing Davalynn and listening to Quinn's music was pretty fun... I guess...

QUINN WAS STEALLING MY MUSIC!!!!!

No. Not really but he copied all of the songs on my MP3 player, at least, I think he copied all of them.

I forgot to bring my math homework home... and right now I'm trying to find a bottle for my Science Fair Project... I have not had any luck at all... And one of my hard boiled eggs exploded... and right now I'm listening to my mom talk on the phone... but that doesn't really matter.

I tried to put a picture on here but it takes too long on my computer... stinky computer...

And that's pretty much all I have to say...

See ya later,

Aleah