By: Ratana, G5
We all know our librarians care for our library books from their hearts, so the books are good until today. Also, about 1,000 new books have come in.
Miss Kelsey and Teacher Sothearath have loved books from when they were little until now. Both librarians love fiction books more than nonfiction books because they love the adventures the fiction characters have, but they still need nonfiction for the true facts that exist in the real world.
Miss Kelsey would like to recommend Dr. Seuss’ books to the young kids. She also recommends Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events for the middle grades and Percy Jackson and the Olympians for the older grades.
Teacher Sothearath suggests the book called Where the Red Fern Grows to the school.
One of the students named Navin, G5, who loves fiction books, has read many big books. He started to read the Harry Potter series last year and spent about three weeks altogether to read all of the books. Of all the big books he has read, he would like the school to read the stories Eragon and Leven Thumps. He informed me that he wanted to be an author of fiction stories in the future because reading fiction books has made him want to create his own too.
Taking one step into the library is like taking one step into the world of knowledge, so join Navin and step on in!
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By: Saven, G2 And Huy Keang, G2
Grade two scientists did an activity because we wanted to observe how light travels. We set up the activity. First, we punched holes in the middle of three identical cards, then we put the cards in the straight line in 15 centimeters apart.
Next, we checked if we could see through the holes and shone a flashlight in the first hole and the light could go through the three holes and we could see a little light on the card at the end. After that, we observed that when we moved the card the light couldn’t go through the three holes because we couldn’t see the light at the end. We moved the card again and the cards weren’t in a straight line. We observed the light didn’t go through the cards and we didn’t see the light on the index card at the end.
From this activity we could infer that light travels in a straight line.
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BY: Srey Nich, G7
This year in 2011 our director Mark decided to build a marvelous school that is ready to be called a high school for the older students. This building is designed by our talented and expert architect named Song Phana who is working so hard to make a project and organize this building. Mr. Phana also made and designed our old JPA elementary school that we are studying in now.
The building project for the new high school began recently. Right now our construction workers are busy working on the foundation first because it is the first step to start a building. They make the foundation by using the big machine to pound right into the ground to make holes, and this causes a lot of noise. It takes 15 minutes to hammer one hole. It will take them approximately 15-20 days to finish hammering all the holes.
They are going to build 8 buildings such as two science classes, 1 bathroom, and 5 classrooms. Our architect also added that this building might be finished in the middle of September in this year 2011. The construction workers are from places near our school. They work in the morning from 7-11 o’clock and in the afternoon from 1-5 o’clock. They are working hard to build our school.
So what will our building look like? Who knows? We look forward to seeing what it will look like in the future.
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By: Miss Kara
In Social Studies, first graders have been studying about citizenship and America’s heroes. We have learned and explored great leaders in America’s past that have displayed exceptional citizenship through working hard and helping others. We learned about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was a leader in the civil rights movement, Harriet Tubman, who helped hundreds of slaves escape slavery through the Underground Railroad, and Susan B. Anthony, who was a leader in women’s suffrage movement for over 30 years.
As members of home communities and our JPA community, it has been a valuable experience to learn about heroes of the past. As we examined the qualities and attributes of these heroes, we discovered a common thread: they worked hard and wanted to help others. Studying the greatness of others helps us to envision how our hard work and compassion can change our own lives, as well as the lives of the people around us. Whether your hero is someone you know personally, or someone you have only read about in a book, whether they are from America, Cambodia, or any other place in the world, we can learn from our heroes and consider how their tenacity and courage helps those around them.
As you enjoy your Khmer New Year holiday, take a moment to reflect on your hard work. Think about how your education affects the people around you, and consider how, by displaying your hard work and citizenship, you might be a hero to others. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream…. What’s yours??
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By: Seiha, G5
Extracurriculars are back! They’re back with original games for students.
Our new activities for this term are badminton with Teacher Kim and board games with Miss Kelsey. Many students have been interested in both of these games. For badminton, students can join from grades 6-10 . For board games, students can join from grades 1-10.
In badminton, Teacher Kim said that the students did very well and that they surprised him. They seem interested in that game. Teacher Kelsey chose board games for extracurriculars because she loves it, and she is a competitive person. Also, she wants to help students learn more games because she sees that they are bored playing the same games every day.
Both games are extraordinary activities for students.
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By Srey Nich, G7 And Limon, G7
This year in student council, there are three new jobs: president, vice president, and secretary.
Our president this year is Makara from grade 10. He told us that he has the biggest responsibility in the student council because he has to run and organize the meetings, make smart decisions when they vote on something, and check the work of the prefects.
Our vice president this year is Socheata from grade 9. As vice president she also has a lot of jobs to do such as putting the information on the board in front of the library. When the president is absent she will replace him and run the meetings. She also gives some ideas to the president.
The last one is our secretary Sreymom from grade 7. As the secretary she is responsible for giving information to classes, recording during meetings, and putting up the countries for international week.
This gives some ideas to you, so if you want to run for this job for next year this is what you need to do.
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