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Florida By Joe P.

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Instead of going on the Nature’s Classroom trip, I went to Florida to visit my grandma and hang out…..

The clock said 4:30 AM an hour before I was about to leave. I was heading off to Florida for a week! I woke up to the shower running which meant my dad was in there. I scurried downstairs and ate while watching Sportscenter. After 30 minutes passed my mom woke up and came went downstairs to give me my medicine for the plane. Another 30 minutes passed and I was off headed to Stewart airport. We got there and I said goodbye to my mom. Then we checked into the airport along with our bags. Moments later I was headed on to the plane. We sat in the upgraded seats so it was very comfy. I had two flights to take. I was on the flight to Atlanta and then we had a lay over for about two hours. After that we were headed to West Palm beach. It took us about 4 hours to get to West Palm. When we got there my dad and I got out of the plane and went to the pick up zone where are bags were. We picked them up and then waited for my Uncle to pick us up. My uncle finally came and then we got into his car.

When we were driving I looked outside my window. It was sunny and there were palm trees all around. The roads were very open and they were almost white. Nice cars kept on passing us like Lamborghini’s and Ferrari’s and lots more. When we got to the development that my grandma lived in, I almost flipped out on how nice it was. There was beautiful scenery and huge houses. When we got to my Grandma’s street my dad told me that she had the nicest house and trust me, it was nice. More important is that I was so happy to see my grandma. I call my grandma Baba. After we said hello we got are luggage and unpacked. After we got cozy we went to the pool. The pool was so nice and warm and very refreshing. I was so happy to be in Florida!!!

After swimming we came home and went out for dinner. The dinner was Italian and Italian is one of my main dishes so I loved it. After dinner I was very tired so I went to bed. The very next day my dad and I played golf.

I first have to say that my dad and I are golf fanatics and we love the sport so all week we played golf. We wound up playing 8 rounds of golf and my dad and I played very well. My best game was when I shot a 44 on the front and on the back I shot a 47 so I was very proud of myself. We played a couple of different golf courses; Westchester course, Palm Air, Palm Beach National, Boyton Municipal I think, and I can’t remember the other one. After playing golf for 7 days straight my muscles got tight and I got really tired. That’s what happened to me but golf is addicting so au never want to stop. That is one of the activities I did this week.

Something bad happened to me during this vacation though…

I got a rash from being in the sun too much. It was really itchy and it was all over my body. My dad and my grandma thought it was prickly heat and so they got me Benedryl and aloe. After a few days it went away and I was happy but it was really itchy for those days. Throughout my vacation I golfed and swam and ate and just relaxed. Although I did something that was very cool. I went to a boat show…

In the boat show there were really nice Yachts and speedboats. It was really cool to go inside the big Yachts and look around. They were like small houses. My dad and I found a really nice Yacht that we were looking to buy for the Hudson River and other places. I am really happy. We also looked at some speedboats which was very cool. I have a speed boat at my lake just like them..

On Sunday morning I woke up and turned the television on and watched sports. After that I started to pack as this was the morning of when we were leaving. After I was done packing I cam into the kitchen and ate. The biscuits were warm and toasty and they were so good. After I ate I put my luggage into the car andmy dad and my grandma and I drove to the airport. I was so sad and disappointed to leave but I was excited to see my friends and family. When we got to the airport I said goodbye to my grandma and checked in. An hour or so passed and then the next thing I know I’m on the plane to Atlanta and then to New york…. This was a fun trip!! 🙂

Company B Auditions By Stella

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Last week I had an audition for the Company B in my Irish Step group. Company B is the junior performance group for the Solas an lae Irish step company. I have been doing Irish step since last summer and I am absolutely addicted to it.

I was so nervous on the day of the audition. I woke up at about 7:30 and I had to find a way to make my hair stay in a high pony tail. Finally I got it to stay using hairspray and a ton of hair pins. Then I tried to eat breakfast, but I was having trouble because I was so nervous and excited. Then my mom drove me to the dance studio. Once I got inside I saw my friend who was also auditioning. Seeing my friend eased my nerves a little bit, but I was having trouble doing the warm ups because I couldn’t feel my legs. My friend is already in Company B, but you have to re-audition every year. As the audition went on I got more nervous by the second.

Next we started doing drills across the floor. That is one of my favorite things to do, so I had a lot of fun during that part of the audition. We did cut-two-threes and overs. Cut-two-threes and overs are classic Irish step moves.  Then we did prances and grapevines across the floor.

In Irish step it is really important to be to get really good lift on your jumps. So the company directors asked us to show them what we could bring to the company for height. I did cut-two-threes because they are one of my strongest moves. Then they wanted to see our “steps”. Steps are small fast routines that are done across the floor. I was doing the bridges step. It was really embarrassing because I had to do the step by myself with everyone watching. The worst part was that I messed up the beginning of the step and had to start over.

After the drills and steps we started doing some choreography. I had some trouble with that because I had never done or seen any of the moves that we were expected to do. Also we only got to go over it three times and then we had to do the choreography to fast music.

Then the audition was over. I went outside and got into the car, worried that because I didn’t know the choreography I wouldn’t get in. Then a couple of days later I got a letter in the mail, saying that I was accepted into Company B. I was thrilled. My mom and I were jumping all around my house because we were so excited. This weekend I had my first rehearsal and I loved it!

Ramapo by Ben

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Dear Sam

Thank you for bringing me on the wonderful adventure of Ramapo. My name is Ben. It was my second time there and we did some new things and old things. I loved all the group exercises we did in the start, especially the jump rope game. I liked it because you had to use your Brain and your speed. It was hard to figure out the pattern but after some testing we were able to figure it out.

The low ropes were also very fun. They were the same ones I did last time but they were still as challenging as ever. The hardest part was balancing because we knew the pattern already. I also liked the little twist you put in by giving us leaves which we had to give to you if we wanted to place a log on the stump.

My favorite part of the field trip was the high ropes. My group consisted of Joe, Clay and me. The most challenging part about it was we had to go first! I think we did pretty well. All of us got onto the fifth ledge. Overall it was an amazing experience. Thank you.

From, Ben

Blogging

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I really like blogging! This is my first year working with blogs. I liked posting our scary stories and writing and posting about our new lunch program. It’s really cool that people from all over the world can read what I’ve been writing about. It’s also fun reading other peoples writing.
I have never commented on someones blogs before humanities this year. I thought it was really fun being able to see different schools from different parts of the world. A lot of the places are really similar to our town. Overall I think blogging is a lot of fun!

New Lunch Program by Deanna

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At PDS we have a new lunch program! I  think so far it’s really good and very good for us (unlike my old schools lunches). The lunches are really good and lots of people like to try new things. I have never tried some of the dishes the school has for lunch. I have never even heard of some of the lunches that we have here, but they are very very good and I really enjoy them. I  also like how they are healthy and my last school’s lunch was not.

Blogging

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I sort of like blogging. Even ‘though I’m not a big fan of it I think that it is a good way of getting your work onto the Internet. Blogging is great for schools and almost anything academic. Our class does a lot of blogging. We do it because we can easily share our work with our teacher and other students.
You also go on other peoples blogs. When you go on another persons blog ( if its a school blog) you can learn about what they are doing in class. You can read blogs from all over the world. You can comment on other peoples blogs and usually they will comment on yours. You can get to know people like this.

Blogging

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Blogging

Personally, I like blogging. I like that people from all over the world can read MY opinions. I also like the topics that we are writing about. All of the topics that we have posted are all about our opinions. In my old school we barely did anything on the computer, and when we did it was research. It was NEVER our opinion.
There are very few recommendations and things I don’t like about the blog. One thing is that is I wish we could do more blog entries that we get to choose the topic. Also, I think that we should have less of the homework that we have now and have blogging homework. Over all, I LOVE blogging.

Blogging – by Andrew

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Blogging is a lot of fun and an adventure because you never know what’s going to happen or who is going to comment on your blog. Blogging is a challenge because it is hard to get the site out there and known publicly. The more you add to the blog the better it is and it’s also a good idea to add decorations. Sometimes blogging can be dangerous because there are really weird people on the Internet.
Blogging is fun but not my favorite thing to do. Some people like to share about their day and other stuff, but not me. There are many blogs and the number is growing, so if you’re looking for something to do, try blogging and maybe you will like it. On blogs you can talk to others, show off pictures, ideas and drawing.


Blogging – by Adrian

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Blogging

I think blogging is really cool! It allows people to share their ideas about the world around them. You can blog about anything and almost everything. Many people around the world can see your blog and post on it.

Blogging can tell you news,weather what is popular etc..I don’t do much blogging, I mainly blog in school and nowhere else. The blogging experience has changed people in many ways, others just don’t do it much. Many teachers and students in school do it a lot about school matters and they post home work on the blogs. Also blogging is a fairly recent discovery. A man named Peter Merholz designed it in 1997 so it is quite recent. Big Internet sites like face book and twitter are like giant blogs! There are so many people in these giant blogs and small blogs all over the world.

In the end blogging is really super special awesomeness!!