L`écho du collège

L’écho du collège
June 2012
The student-run, student-written ISB Middle School newspaper
Théâtre en 4e
En classe de théâtre, les 4è travaillent sur deux pièces
très connues. Les garçons s’apprêtent à jouer une scène
de Cyrano de Bergerac d’Edmond Rostand et les filles,
un morceau d Antigone d’Anouilh. La scène qui va
être jouée par les filles est celle où les deux soeurs se
disputent car Antigone veut enterrer le corps de son
frère mais Ismène sait que si Antigone est aperçue pas
les gardes, elle sera tuée. La scène que les garçons vont
jouer correspond au moment où le nez de Cyrano (qui
est très long) est critiqué et Cyrano répond que s’il faut
insulter son nez, il faut le faire bien, et donne beaucoup
d’exemples que son interlocuteur aurait pu trouver. J’ai
fait un sondage sur vingt des quatrièmes et la majorité
a répondu qu’ils aiment ce qu’ils font.
Volume 1, Issue VI
The Geological Histor y
of the Grand Canyon
If you have ever glanced down upon the Grand Canyon, you will know how amazing it is. Beautiful
rock formations stretch throughout the whole canyon; the rainbow-splashed mesas, temples, and
buttes cascade down from the Northern and Southern Rim, extending for miles in either direction. Visually there is an immense amount of things to see,
among them the many colors, textures, and shadows, which is why most people who see the Grand
Canyon, even if not for the first time, are baffled by
its beauty. The Grand Canyon might take anyone's
breath away, but for every geologist, the Grand Canyon is head-spinning.
Par Luke V., 4e
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L a “ Wa l k f o r H u n g e r ”
Le dimanche 6 mai, on a fait la ‘Walk for Hunger’. La
‘Walk for Hunger’ essaie de remédier à la faim au
Massachussetts. Les participants peuvent donner de
l’argent, et peuvent avoir des ‘sponsors’ qui leurs donnent de l’argent aussi. Cette année, il y avait à peu près
40 000 personnes participant. C’est beaucoup! Et cela
se passe juste dans le Massachussetts, donc, pour un
état si petit, 40 000 c’est un grand nombre de participants. La Walk for Hunger a commencé en 1969, et se
passe le premier dimanche de mai, tous les ans. C’est
un total de 20 miles, mais les participants ne sont pas
obliges de tout faire. Il y aussi des bénévoles (a peu
près 2 000) qui offrent de l’eau et des snacks à ceux qui
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Table of Contents
In the News
3
Science
9
Word Search
13
Student Life
16
Riddles & Quotes
19
Un mot de l’éditrice en chef
Chargée principalement de travail scolaire et du journal du collège, cette année a été
pour moi une vraie aventure. Je voulais partager avec vous les expériences qui l’ont
jalonnée et ce que j’ai remarqué au fil des semaines avec mon travail au journal.
Tout d’abord, l’Echo du collège m’a permis de rencontrer un grand nombre d’autres
élèves. Bien sûr, puisque l’école est petite, je connais le nom de tout le monde; mais
j’ai créé des liens beaucoup plus forts avec les membres de l’équipe que je n’aurais fait
autrement.
Ensuite, j’ai été impressionnée par la variété d’idées fournies par l’équipe. J’en proposais, mais il y avait toujours des articles sur des sujets auxquels je n’aurais jamais
pensé, ou dont je ne connaissais même pas l’existence. C’est cette diversité qui a donné
au journal sa richesse!
Il y avait aussi de toute évidence des points moins positifs. J’ai découvert que ce n’est
pas du tout simple d’inciter les élèves à écrire leurs articles! Ils pensent qu’ils ont le
temps, et puis tout d’un coup la date limite approche à grands pas et le temps presse...
N’est-ce pas? ;)
J’ai aussi acquis des compétences qui me seront sûrement utiles plus tard dans la vie...
J’ai appris à faire un agenda, mener une réunion et je suis devenue beaucoup plus à
l’aise pour écrire des emails. Du savoir-faire qui va sans doute être utile dans ma vie
professionnelle!
Parfois, cette année, j’ai eu du mal à jongler avec tout le travail, les emails à envoyer
pour le journal, la mise en page, le piano... Cependant, je ne pense pas que ça m’ait fait
grand mal; au contraire, j’ai dû apprendre à économiser du temps par-ci par-là, à
expédier le travail quand il y en avait beaucoup... Bref, la quantité de devoirs en 3e ne
va peut-être pas trop me marquer puisque je saurai déjà comment m’organiser pour ne
pas me coucher trop tard!
Enfin, je tiens à remercier chaleureusement les adultes qui m’ont aidée avec ce projet.
Les profs qui ont aidé pour la relecture ont apporté une aide précieuse, ainsi que les
conseillères vers la fin. Je savais que je pouvais toujours compter sur Dinah et Martha
pour faire les copies pour les élèves et pour la réception, et sur M. Fontana, qui mettait
les numéros sur le site web. Fred m’a beaucoup aidée avec le programme, ce qui m’a
permis d’aller plus vite et de me retrouver avec un produit qui avait meilleure allure.
Enfin, un grand merci à Mrs. Lemp, qui m’a soutenue toute cette année et un peu de
l’année dernière avec les différents aspects de la gestion du journal!
Voila ce que j’ai appris avec ce journal! Je suis ravie de l’avoir fait et d’avoir réussi à le
tenir toute l’année! Pour la continuation, je souhaite une bonne chance à Markos et
Lennart, qui seront les éditeurs en chef l’année prochaine!
— Caroline
Les premières pages de chaque numéro du
journal depuis le début!
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In the news
Les jeux olympiques à Londres
Du tir à l’arc jusqu’à la lutte, aucun sport n’est oublié dans les jeux olympiques
de cet été de l’année 2012 - cette année à Londres!
© Geography.org.uk
Les jeux olympiques auront lieu du 27 juillet au 12 août. Les jeux paralympiques
commenceront le 29 août et se termineront le 9 septembre. Il s’agit des jeux
olympiques mais ces jeux-là sont specifiquement créés pour les athlètes handicappés. Les sports inclus sont très similaires aux sports des jeux olympiques. Il y a
même des sports où on peut rester assis dans un fauteuil roulant, comme le tennis
ou l’escrime!
Cette semaine, les quatre meilleures équipes de rugby (dans des fauteuils roulants!) sont arrivées à Londres
pour essayer le nouveau terrain
pour les jeux paralympiques.
Ces équipes sont l’Australie, la
Suède, le Canada, et le Royaume-Uni. Plus de 160 nageurs
synchronisés venant de 34 nations se sont aussi mis en
compétition pour pouvoir se
qualifier parmi les trois équipes
qui pourront participer à la finaL’horloge du compte à rebours à Trafalgar Square
le, et pour voir que le matériel sportif fonctionne. Jusqu’au 18 avril, des millions
d’habitants du Royaume-Uni se sont préparés pour accueillir tout ce monde.
Le nouveau slogan des jeux olympiques a aussi été révélé : “Inspire a generation”. Les anneaux olympiques, d’une taille impressionnante, ont été installés
dans les jardins botaniques royaux de Kew, dans la partie ouest de Londres.
Evidemment, il y a un très grand nombre de personnes
qui ont déjà acheté des places. Qui ne voudrait pas assister au plus grand évènement sportif de ces quatre ans?
http://www.london2012.com/
Par Audrey L., 4e
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L a “ Wa l k
for Hunger”
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marchent. C’est la 4ème
année que l’école participe, et cette année, on a eu
un total de 94 personnes et 21 qui l’ont
terminée. On s’est tous
bien amusés, et ce n’est
pas si long que ça. 20
miles paraît beaucoup,
mais pendant toute la
promenade, on est avec
des amis, donc le temps
passe vite. Aussi, il y a
des ‘rest stops’ ou on
peut s’arrêter pour manger, aller au toilettes, etc.
Je suggère à tout le
monde de le faire: c’est
très amusant et on aide
une bonne cause.
Par Paloma H., 4e
L’équipe du LIB avec ses 94
membres en T-shirts bleus
avant de partir!
The 2012 Presid ential Elec tions
Can you believe it’s already 2012!? The 45th presidential elections are coming up
in November and the top two candidates are Barack Obama for the Democrats and
Mitt Romney for the Republicans. The primary elections in Arkansas and Kentucky on May 22nd were bad luck for Obama as 42% of Democrats voted
“uncommitted” to him even though he won with 119,277 votes which was almost
2,000 votes more than Romney! In all, the leading candidate at the moment is
Obama.
By Valentine F., 7th
At the moment, Obama, the current president, is in the lead.
Voyages
Maine
Over the course of the Memorial Day weekend, my family and I went to some friends’ house in Maine, near
Booth Bay Harbor. It was spectacular — we were in the woods, right by the ocean, in a studio above the garage that had a “million dollar view”. Also, the tides were very pronounced; the little island nearby was sometimes easily accessible on foot, and other times separated from us by a LOT of water.
On the first day we made a trip to Pemaquid Point Lighthouse — it’s the one featured on the back of the
Maine State quarter. Short and stout, we spent about five minutes going up, seeing the view (which consisted
of waves crashing over the rocky shoreline), and going back down. In the afternoon, we went to see Fort William Henry, which was originally built to protect the English from the French, but repeatedly — that is, three
times — got taken over by the French and Native Americans. Before going up, however, we cooked in the sun
and watched the Maine St. Andrew’s Pipes and Drums play a variety of traditional tunes. They were also in
traditional costumes — very neat. When we got home, we took the kayaks out of the garage, pulled them
down to the beach, and paddled off! It was the first time I was kayaking in salt water, but I honestly did not
see the difference, apart from the fact that we may have been occasionally going against the current. The air
was fresh out on the water, but we unfortunately saw no wildlife. Anyway, it was a good end to the day.
In the morning, we got up and made pancakes. Yum. Then we drove off into the nearby town of Damariscotta
to see alewives — fish making their way up the river, similar to salmon. The townspeople had collected money to make a fish ladder, making it easier for the alewives to go back to fresh water to spawn. They have an
awful lot of strength! We continued on to Booth Bay Harbor, which was smaller than expected, filled with a
variety of quaint shops (candy, souvenirs, miscellaneous Maine-made objects, art galleries…) We got some
taffy and postcards, and drove off to one of Maine’s few beaches. It took a short 15 minutes to go from one
end to the other and back, so I practiced my skipping of stones. One end contained all sorts of flat ones, which
was nice. In the evening, after dinner with our friends, we played a game of Scrabble, which my mom and I
led till the very end. :( Overall, it was a very pleasant break, filled with fresh air, sunshine and calm, that I did
not want to leave!
By Caroline R., 8th
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M y Tr i p t o S a n t a Fe
For my April vacation I went to Santa Fe, New Mexico. We went there by car, driving about 8000 km! We
passed through many states. I really liked to
see how the states changed from the Northeast to Southwest. From Massachusetts we
went to New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Everyday we did about nine hours
(sometimes more, sometimes less). It took us
four days to get there, but we stopped three
times to sleep. The first night we slept in
Buffalo, NY and at night we saw Niagara
Falls which was amazing! They even lit the
falls up with changing color.
In the morning we went to Cleveland, Ohio,
where my parents used to live. I really liked
Cleveland, and it seemed so friendly. Cleveland had many deserted houses and it has some abandoned
neighborhoods. Next we went to Indiana. Here, the landscape had really changed from New York -- now
there was a lot of countryside and many green hills. The next morning we headed to Missouri and stopped
to see the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. It is a tall, curved sculpture that from far away seemed very thin, but
when you got close to it, it was really thick and big. It represents a sort of entrance to the other side of the
U.S.A and it was beautiful. I even touched the Mississippi river! Then we went to Oklahoma, a state inhabited by many Native Americans. We stopped in quite a few restaurants and gift shops and everything was
made by Native Americans. There were also hundreds and hundreds of cows in Oklahoma!
Finally, we drove towards Texas, which I had always wanted to see ever since I was little. We passed only
through the north of Texas. There was a lot of desert. It was so vast and the land kept going on for miles -you couldn't even see a house or anything for a long time. When you turned 360 degrees, all you could see
was the vastness of the desert. There were many cactuses, but not the big ones you see in cartoons or movies! That night we finally arrived in Santa Fe. It was really late but the sun hadn’t set yet so we saw the sunset. It was breathtaking, splendid, and I just couldn’t believe my eyes -- it was orange, black, red, purple,
and yellow! What really amazed me was that it lasted for an extremely long time. Santa Fe has many colors, which are mostly earth colors: brown, beige, yellow, orange, red, green, and some white. It is a totally
different atmosphere than that of Massachusetts. It seems more calm and relaxing and also more peaceful.
We stayed in Santa Fe for four days. Each day we did something different and fantastic. We visited Old
Town Santa Fe which is basically central Santa Fe. There were many lovely stores and lots of jewelry was
sold. It is a very cute town and one day there was a small market of Native American objects. The houses in
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M y Tr i p t o S a n t a Fe
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Santa Fe are made of very
smooth stone that is usually
curved in the edges. One day
we went to see Georgia
O'Keeffe’s house and it was a
wonderful sight. She is a famous artist that lived in New
Mexico most of her life. She
painted many pictures, most
of them of what she saw in
New Mexico. She lived in a
sort of hill or mountain and
when you looked in the distance you could see all the
mountains and landscapes. I
really liked her house. We also
visited Ghost Ranch which is
an area with many cliffs and
rocks that were the color of
burnt stone. It was magnificent
and the red clashed beautifully with the blue sky behind it.
We went to a place called The
Bandelier National Monument,
which is a zone full of caverns
from the Native American
tribes. I went inside the caverns and it was really interesting to be inside a place where
the tribes used to live. There
were many holes made in the
cliffs and each one was a living space. Before leaving
New Mexico we saw another
astonishing scene: there was a huge thunderstorm and when it was over there was a double rainbow -- two
rainbows at the same time! Now I know why they call it the “Land of Enchantment”.
On the way back, we passed through Colorado, Kansas, and Pennsylvania, which we didn’t see when going to Santa Fe. Colorado is full of woods and trees -- no more desert! It was kind of scary when we drove
through the woods at night time, not even on a highway but a normal street! We arrived in Kansas. There
were many factories and grain elevators. It was very pretty even terrain. It felt like a lot of suspense because there wasn’t anyone on the road and no gas stations either for miles! There was lots of green and
many windmills too.
We passed back through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. This time we stopped in Pennsylvania to see
the Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is a modern house that is in the middle of the woods, of course
on a waterfall. It was a really interesting house and it was also very big. It was different from a regular
modern house because the ceilings were low. Wright wanted the attention of the person to be on the light
outside, not the spacious room. We then passed through New Jersey, West Virginia, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, and finally back to Massachusetts. Coming home was quite sad; I really liked this trip because I had
never done something like this before and Santa Fe was one of the most beautiful places I had ever seen.
Overall, it was a really fun April vacation!
By Olivia S.-S., 6th
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Poésie
Les 5e ont composé de jolis centons que nous publions ici. Profitez-en!
Nous
Et tout ce qui vient avec…
Par Alice R.
Malgré nos disputes et nos désaccords,
Nous partageons des grands moments si
forts,
Qui rythment nos vies ponctuées d’efforts
Pour mieux se comprendre, ne pas faire de
tort.
Je t’aime, aucun mot n’est assez fort,
Pour décrire ce sentiment et encore,
C’est le seul de tous ceux que je ressens,
Que je peux distinguer clairement.
J’espère maintenant que tu comprends,
Que peu importe ce que tu ressens,
Tu seras toujours mon petit frère,
Rien ne nous séparera, pas même l’enfer.
L’animal de l’été
Par Lennart N.
C'était en juin, la chaleur était grande
Le soleil de midi, sur le sommet aride
Sur le sentier qui partage la lande,
Seul héritier des sept collines
Lézard bleu diamant.
Mais hélas ! à notre approche,
Le lézard pâmé bâille, et parmi l'herbe cuite
On entend résonner les vipères en fuite.
Un tel charme à ce point m'avait donc captivé
quand septembre en larmes revenait,
la plante et l'animal
Je les entends chanter.
L’enfer que l’on s’impose mutuellement
Bien qu’il se soit apaisé récemment,
Alors je te le dis maintenant,
Je t’aime plus que tu puisses le penser,
Et ça sera pour longtemps.
C’est pour cette raison
Que je te dédie ce recueil,
Ecrit avec tout mon cœur sur quelques
feuilles
Qu’il traverse avec toi toutes les saisons.
Le lion
Par Zachary Y.
Un lion comme une colère extrême
Garde la lionne et les petits qu’il aime.
Devant l’antre il se dresse tout hérissé
Il faudrait qu’à nous deux on invente un nou- Et montre ses longues griffes acérées.
veau mot,
Ses yeux jaunes sont enflammés de rage
Qui exprime le vrai amour, l’amour fraternel. Ses longs crocs pointus feraient des ravages.
Il ouvre la bouche et si on voulait
Même y passer la tête on le pourrait
Mais il faudrait ne pas trop y tenir.
Bouche tes oreilles -- le lion va rugir!
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Liban
Voyage dans les eaux
Par Kevin E.
Par Gustave D.
C’est le plus merveilleux paradis dans le monde
Où les plages ont de l’eau chaude qui vient du soleil
Les piscines ont des eaux bleues qui brillent à merveille
Les sables secs et doux où les enfants vagabondent
Il est arrivé dans un grand bateau
Une barque remplie des plus
beaux trésors
Des mémoires, souvenirs, qui
ont la valeur d’or
Après avoir fait ce voyage dans
les eaux
Les vagues fortes, bleues et chaudes viennent toutes les
secondes
Ils bâtissent des châteaux de sable dès leur réveil
Les enfants heureux ont tous des sourires vermeils
C’est la plus belle plage sur la planète
Ma visite à la montagne est inoubliable
Un pique-nique aventureux et non regrettable
Les mouches et les abeilles dérangent notre déjeuner
Mais la fin de mon beau séjour est vite venue
Il faut que je quitte où j’ai été bienvenu
Une visite mémorable pas oubliée
Mais moi, je suis coincé sur
mon petit bateau
Je ne me souviens plus d’avoir
vu un port
Moi qui suis coincé avec aucun
trésor
Maintenant, tout ce que je vois,
c’est de l’eau
Les mémoires précédentes
sont toutes perdues
Tous mes souvenirs sont remplacés par des morues
Et l’eau imbuvable de la Méditerranée
La Méditerranée remplace l’Atlantique
Maintenant ce vaste océan me
paraît antique
J’attends le jour où cela va se
terminer
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Science
The Infinite Benefits of Bilingualism
Bilingualism has been said to help you “communicate with the world”, to speak another country’s native language. This has helped a lot, especially since countries are starting to intertwine more
and more. But this is not the only benefit in a more globalized world. Recently, researchers have
found that being bilingual makes you smarter.
Theories about how bilingualism affects your brain have changed overtime. In the 20th century, educators and neurologists have thought that bilingualism would impair the brain, because of the
two language systems conflicting. For example, if a French-English bilingual saw an apple, both language systems would turn on
and say “apple” or “pomme”,
thus creating a conflict. This theory was true, but the researchers
from the 20th century did not
think the entire situation
through. The brain is not as passive as what they thought. It will
try to adjust to this problem, get
a habit of it, and get a type of
“workout”, thus making the
brain “smarter” and more prone
to this conflict.
This workout helps the brain in a
lot of mental tasks, such as inhibition or observing situations
and adjusting to them. Inhibition
is deliberately segregating your
attention from one object to another, such as the two language
systems. For example, reading
the names of colors but written in a different color requires a lot of inhibition (such as red blue grey
purple). You would be obligated to segregate your attention from the color of the word and focus on
the letters.
Several tests were done comparing monolinguals and bilinguals in different mental tasks,
some including pre-schoolers, toddlers, elderly people, and adults. The test results have proven that
bilingualism improves inhibition, helps you look at a situation and find changes, and lessens the
chances of suffering from dementia and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in your twilight years.
This shows how being bilingual, trilingual, or even quadri-lingual, thanks to ISB, will help us
throughout our lives.
By Gustave D., 7th
Source: Why Bilinguals are Smarter by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
In the editorial section of The New York Times of March 18th
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The Geologic a l Histor y of the Grand Canyon
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The Grand Canyon as we know it today developed over 6 million years ago, which, in geology, is a blink of an
eye. This may sound weird or even crazy, but in reality, the way the Grand Canyon looks today is due to the fact
that the Colorado River, which still flows through the canyon today, sliced Northern Arizona open. As the river
flows downstream, it takes in an enormous amount of sediment along the way. This sediment is a mixture of
gravel, silt, and clay, eroded from the region’s softest rocks. As the river picks sediment up, it slowly digs into
the ground, and, over millions of years, has formed a canyon.
So far, the Colorado River has cut downward at an average rate of 6.5 inches every 1000 years, which is extremely fast in geological time. What is so special about the Grand Canyon’s depth today is that it is one of the
few places on earth where you can see, in the open, very ancient layers of rocks that developed about 1.7 billion
years ago. Every single layer of rock in the Grand Canyon is from a different time period and of a different nature. Right now, eleven layers of incredibly ancient and interesting rock are visible, all due to the Colorado River digging so fast and deep, even through the hardest layers of stone. Most of these rocks are sedimentary rocks,
which form when any sediments (gravel, silt, clay) gather in thick layers and, over time are compressed into
rocks. As the Earth developed, oceans advanced and retreated, and distinct layers of sedimentary rocks were
formed. Some sedimentary rocks include: sandstone (formed when sand dunes were slowly cemented), shale
(formed when mud compressed over time), and limestone (formed when discarded shells of marine animals
were cemented). The eleven layers, from the top one (which is the youngest) to the very bottom one (the oldest), which can be seen in the Grand Canyon are:
Kaibab Limestone (formed 260 million years ago): a young limestone, the most recent one created.
Toroweap Formation (formed 262 million years ago): As rocks from surrounding mountains washed into the
area, they were compressed and formed this recent layer of rock.
Coconino Sandstone (formed 265 million years ago): At that time, Arizona was covered by a gigantic desert, as
big as today’s Sahara. Giant sand dunes were slowly compressed into sandstone.
Hermit Shale (formed 270 million years ago): At that time, Arizona’s floor was moist, creating mud, that was
slowly compressed into shale.
Supai Group (formed 270-320 million years ago): The thickest layer discovered, it was formed as debris
washed all the way from the Appalachian Mountains (which then were 30.000 feet high, which is similar to the
height of today’s Himalayas) to Arizona, and was compressed.
Redwall Limestone (formed 340 million years ago): At the time, Arizona lay under a shallow tropical sea, similar to today’s Caribbean. Over thousands of years, shells of the dead sea life piled up on the sea floor and, as
the water slowly receded, were compressed into limestone.
Temple Butte Limestone (formed 370 million years ago): Similar climate to the above limestone formations
caused sea debris to compress slowly, creating a very strong layer of limestone.
Muav Limestone (formed 530 million years ago): This layer was formed far earlier than the two layers of
Limestone above, giving it unique characteristics, and much time for further and stronger compression.
Bright Angel Shale (formed 540 million years ago): This ia a thick layer of shale most likely created by a large
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amount of muddy ground being powerfully compressed.
Tapeats Sandstone (formed 550 million years ago): The oldest major sedimentary rock was formed by sand
dunes, belonging to a big desert at that time, not quite as big as the one that formed the Coconino Sandstone.
Vishnu Schist (formed 1.7-1.5 billion years ago): An extremely old layer of rock, that was not formed by any
kind of sediments, ergo it is not a sedimentary rock. It was formed as very extreme heat and pressure transformed shale into schist, an very hard rock. Due to its transformation, it is called a metamorphic rock.
By Lennart N., 7th
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© Grand Canyon Explorer
As you read through these, you may have noticed the gigantic jump in time between the Vishnu Schist and the
Tapeats Sandstone. A whole billion years in
between them! Many geologists have wondered about this period, but we are unsure
what happened during that time, which is why
geologists have labeled this period the “Great
Unconformity”.
Now that you know about the eleven layers,
let’s talk more about the creation of the Grand
Canyon itself. Although the Colorado is incredibly good at cutting downwards, it doesn’t
cut horizontally at all. Those of you who have been to the remarkable canyon might have realized that, from the
rim, the Colorado River looks like a little stream, yet it is supposed to have cut the whole canyon, which is 10
miles wide. How did a little river, even with its enormous cutting powers, do that? To tell you the truth, the
width of the Grand Canyon is mostly due to runoff from the rim. In both cases, the cutting and the runoff, the
mechanics are basically the same: water grinds down the region’s soft rocks, breaking them down into sediment
that’s flushed out of the Canyon. The runoff flows from the rims into the Colorado River, forming steep walls
that way. However, the walls are not smooth, but have formed cliffs and uneven slopes. Why is that? The answer is simple: different layers are differently strong and stable, so some may resist the erosion with greater
power than others. And where does all the runoff rock go? Over time, the runoff rocks have formed deep, narrow side canyons everywhere, similar to little blood veins protruding out of the large vein. Another of nature’s
methods of expanding the Grand Canyon is called “frost wedging”. Frost wedging occurs when water freezes
and expands into cracks in the rocks, producing massive pressure that “wedges” or splits the rocks apart.
In the very end, the creation of the Grand Canyon is due to many, many factors. Rock formation and erosion,
tectonic forces and water, all worked together to create this stunning landscape now on display in the Four Corners region of the United States. Every layer of rock that is visible in the Grand Canyon has its unique characteristics, and, if you think about it, when you look down from the rim, looking at every single rock layer, it is as if
you were looking back in time. So I would say: consider yourself lucky! Congratulations! You are alive for that
single, brief moment (geologically speaking) during which you can enjoy one of earth’s most amazing natural
features! The so very grand Grand Canyon.
Obesity
Research shows that by 2030, about 42% of all Americans will be obese. That will cost an extra estimated
$550 billion in medical needs. In addition, 11% of the population will be severely obese by 2030 (meaning
100 pounds above normal weight), and one of three children will be obese. Also diabetic patients will increase
from 8 out of 1000 people to 15 out of 1000 people by 2050. This will be an extremely serious problem America will have to face, because of the financial and health consequences.
You might be wondering what is making so many Americans obese. There are two main reasons: fast food
and computers. In every state (except New Jersey) you can find at least 6 fast food restaurants for every
100,000 people. The reason that there are so many fast food restaurants is that fast food is so convenient. It takes about 2 minutes for it to be served, which is much faster than going home and having to prepare
something, or going to a restaurant and waiting 20 minutes for food. At fast food places, people can quickly
get their food, carry it around wherever they need to go, eat on lunch breaks, road trips, or any other time during their busy day... And yet, we all know how unhealthy it is for us.
The other reason people are becoming obese is computers. Computers have replaced so many physical activities, from closing a car window by simply holding a button instead of turning the handle to many jobs that
used to require physical effort and strength, for example factory jobs or outdoor jobs, like being a lumberjack.
American jobs are becoming (and will be becoming) more and more sedentary and that’s a second big reason
why Americans are becoming more and more obese.
By Markos A., 7th
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d’Olivia en 6e (la
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Caroline en 4e.
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De nos futurs 6e
Pour ce dernier numéro du journal, nous avons invité les CM2 à écrire des articles. Bravo et bonne chance l’année prochaine en 6e!
The Electric Car
We organized a meeting with Scott M. about electric
cars.
Q: What is an electric car?
A: Electric cars are cars that don't use gas. Instead, it
uses a battery.
Q: How do you charge it?
A: You use an electric charger. It has a nozzle which
you put in just like a gas pump, and it charges the battery.
Q: Where do you find charging stations?
A: People can usually find them near malls, work, restaurants, their own homes...
Q: When was the first electric car invented?
A: In the late 1800's, before gas cars.
Q: Where does the electricity go in the car?
A: It goes into two batteries that takes up most of the space of the trunk.
Q: Why were the electric cars replaced by gas cars in the old times?
Price per mile
Distance per charge/
Time to charge
Noise
refill
Gas
$0.25
350 mi.
5 mins.
Yes
Electric
$0.05
85 mi.*
4-8 hrs.
No
A: Gas cars travel more than electric cars.
Q: What kind of electric cars are there?
A: BMWs, Nissan Leaf, etc…
*People have succeeded to make the car go 250 miles. So you can travel long distances!
By Jihane J., Michelle E., and Nathan M.
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Visite au Da ily T imes Chronic le
Le 9 mai, les classes de CM2 ont visité le « Daily Times Chronicle ». Le « Daily Times Chronicle » est une
entreprise familiale qui
produit des journaux
depuis 1901. Le fondateur était James D.
Haggerty. La société
produit sept journaux
différents mais en imprime 11 300 par jour.
La plupart des travailleurs commencent leur journée à sept heures du matin. Pour le journal, il y a cinquante
(ou plus) personnes qui font la mise en page et écrivent le journal. Plus tard, à 17 heures, il y a au moins 300
enfants, âgés de dix à douze ans, qui distribuent les journaux. Chaque journal coûte $0.75.
Dans l’entreprise, il y a 6 départements différents : le « Editorial department » le « Advertising department »,
le « Production room », le « Circulation department », le « Press room », la « main room ». La « main
room », c’est l’accueil. A l’« editorial departement », ils écrivent les journaux, les articles. A la « production
room », ils utilisent une très grosse imprimante spéciale pour faire la mise en page. Dans la « press room », ils
impriment tous les journaux. Les énormes machines qu’ils utilisent peuvent imprimer 2000 journaux par
heure !!! Puis, plus tard, les journaux vont dans le « Circulation department », là où les journaux sont comptés
à la main et donnés aux enfants qui distribuent les journaux. À l’ « advertising department », les employés
s’occupent de mettre la publicité dans les journaux.
Cette sortie nous a ouvert les yeux sur combien d’efforts les personnes font pour créer un journal !! Nous
avons passé un merveilleux moment !
Par Claire C., Paloma D., Althéa M., et Kimberley R.
Critiques de films
The Avengers
En allant voir ce film, je pensais que ce serait un film américain typique:
un héros, une belle femme et un scénario catastrophe où le héros doit sauver le monde. Bon, le scénario est plus ou moins identique à ce schéma
mais il y a quelque chose qui le distingue des autres films américains: son
humour. Oui, ce film a beaucoup d’humour grâce, notamment à Robert
Downey Jr. Il joue Iron Man et il est très drôle. Ce film met en scène des
super-héros de Marvel (bande dessinée américaine) qui se rassemblent
pour sauver la Terre d’une invasion extra-terrestre imminente dirigée par
Loki. Les Avengers se composent de Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America,
Hawkeye et Thor. Je vous conseille vivement d’aller voir ce film.
© Walt Disney Pictures
Par Jean F., 4e
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Student life
Student Council Update
La boum
Even though the end of the school year is draw-
l’année sur le thème de ‘Hollywood’. Le prix était de dix
ing near, the activities are not quite over yet!
dollars, incluant deux parts de pizza et une boisson. Robin
During the afternoon of Monday June 11th, the
M. était, encore une fois, le DJ. L’argent allait à une or-
end of year ceremony will be held in the Church
ganisation appelée TILL, qui aide des enfants handicapés
Hall. The following day, Tuesday June 12th, the
et leurs familles (spécifiquement les autistes) dans l’Est du
annual Variety Show and Field Day will take
Massachussetts et le Sud du New Hampshire. Voici quel-
place. Make sure to sign up to show everybody
ques commentaires et plaintes à propos de la boum :
one of your unique talents! On Wednesday June

Le vendredi 11 mai, on a eu la 3ème et dernière boum de
"Oscar" à l'entrée était une bonne idée.
13th, the whole Middle School will go to Canobie Lake Park for a day of fun! Thursday (a half
Je pense que tout le monde s'est amusé. Le grand

Cette boum était très réussie et je l’ai préférée aux
day) will unfortunately be the last day of school.
autres car il y avait plus de décorations et on avait
Students will go around signing and getting sig-
l'impression qu'elle était plus longue. Très bon boulot!
natures in their yearbooks.

Les boums étaient bien meilleures que celles d'avant,
mais il y avait un peu trop de slows, et c'était un peu
dur de se déguiser en une personne célèbre.
After that, it’s see you next year!
By Audrey L., 8th

I liked the dance. It was fun !

J'ai trouvé que la boum était très amusante. J'ai trouvé
que le thème était bien choisi et les décorations étaient
très cool! Les slows étaient un peu rapprochés mais à
part ça, j'ai beaucoup aimé et je me suis beaucoup
Monday: the end-of-year ceremony
amusée.

I didn’t think it was as good as the last dances. I didn’t
want to dance as much at this dance than the other
Tuesday: Field Day & Variety Show
dances...but the theme was good....we should have an
Wednesday: Canobie
Lake Park
actually best dressed though.

IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Et voilà !
Thursday: sign yearbooks & say good-bye
for the summer!
Propos recueillis par Paloma H., 4e
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W h i c h d a n c e d i d M i d d l e S c h o o l e r s l i ke b e s t ?
Quotes from dancegoers:
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The last one was the best one because it was the last one and I had a great time with my friends -8th

I really liked the last dance; I’ll always remember it because it was my last one in middle school, not only
for me but for all of the other 8th graders. I think we truly lived all together for those last true moments8th
[I liked] the last one because I had more fun and it was the last
dance of the year. It was when I really knew everyone so I was able to
talk to everyone and the music was nice. We had a really cool theme8th

I think the first one was the best; I liked the theme, the music was
good, and overall I just found it really fun.-8th


I loved the theme and getting all dressed up.-8th
I thought that the last dance was the best because the music was
better and I just had a lot of fun.-7th

La deuxième était la meilleure car le thème était cool et c’était la
classe de se ramener en chemise. -7th

My favorite one was the last one because I thought the three grades
were mixed and getting along better and I really liked the theme. Everybody was very welcoming to the visitors and mostly everybody had a
blast.-6th

La deuxième était la meilleure car il y avait une bonne ambiance et
les slows étaient cool. -8th

Information gathered by Miriam B., 8th
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Neil McGarry
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.” ( and 32 lines more...)
Those words were the first to come out of the Shakespearean actor’s mouth when he peaked around
the corner unexpectedly. Everyone was stunned with astonishment when Neil McGarry acted the speech from
Henry V as if it was his own. Everyone after the speech clapped vociferously as if a hit song in a concert had
just ended. The eighth graders were at the edge of their seats listening to Mr. McGarry talk about his life as a
Shakespearean actor.
He talked about how it all started out when he read his first Shakespeare play. He immediately fell in
love with it. Ever since then in his childhood he aspired to become an actor, and his family supported all of it.
He played the main characters in plays, loving every second of the spotlight. He eventually got the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. He talked about the anxiety of it all and how exhilarating it was. He also answered
all our questions about stage fright, improvisation and a lot more. “If you have stage fright,” he explained,
“you have to focus on your character and completely forget about the audience. You have to totally put yourself in the scene you are playing.” Also Neil McGarry mentioned that if you forget your lines, it’s best to do
improvisation; that way it looks totally normal to the audience.
We were all astonished by how in love he was with his job, and how he was able to become what he
always wanted to be. I could tell everyone was
inspired and grateful for his presence, because how
often does a Shakespearean come to your school?
Almost never I would say. So a big thank you to
Neil McGarry for coming and sharing his experiences with us!
By Emma H., 8th
Théâtre en 5e
Le lundi 14 mai, les 5èmes ont presenté la pièce de
théâtre sur laquelle ils travaillaient depuis février.
Ils ont joué les deux derniers actes des Fourberies de Scapin de Molière. Les 7A ont joué l’acte II et les 7B ont
joué l’acte III. Dans cette pièce, Octave et Léandre tombent amoureux en l’absence de leur père, mais quand
ceux-ci arrivent, ils devront demander à Scapin de les aider à cacher leur secret.
Par Gustave D., 5e
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Photo du mois
Cette photo, prise par Paul-Albin B. en
4e, est celle d’un cormoran
(Phalacrocorax Carbo) en train de
prendre son envol. Elle a été prise sur la
Charles River, à Watertown. Pour voir
plus de photos de Paul, allez voir son
site: http://www.wix.com/pabertoye/
pbertoyephoto#!
More fun
Which Italian leader was terribly
I go up
and
down but
never
move.
Who am
I?
afraid of the evil eye?
Pour les experts:
Comment est-ce
qu'on appelle la peur
“Don’t feel stupid if you don’t like what
du nombre du diable
everyone else pretends to love.”
(666)?
-Emma Watson
For experts: A
En général, on ne demande
He has married many but has never been married.
de conseils que pour ne pas
Who is he?
husband,
les suivre ou, si on les a
drowned him in
suivis, reprocher à quelqu'un de les avoir donnés.
woman shot her
water, then
Who said, "Vini, vidi, vici"?
-Alexandre Dumas
hung him. How
is he still alive?
“There may never be a day where I don’t look back and say ‘What if?’” -Lindsey Vonn
him, put the picture in water in the dark room, then hung the picture on the wall.
Réponses: stairs / hexakosioihexekontahexaphobie / Benito Mussolini / a priest / Julius Caesar / She shot a picture of
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Écho du collège
ISB Middle School Newspaper
Editeur en chef: Caroline R.
L’équipe des journalistes: Luke V., Paloma H., Lennart N., Caroline R., Audrey L.,
Valentine F., Olivia S.-S., Alice R., Zachary Y., Kevin E., Gustave D., Markos A.,
Jihane J., Michelle E., Nathan M., Claire C., Paloma D., Althéa M., Kimberley R.,
Jean F., Emma H., Miriam B., Paul-Albin B.
Les relectrices et conseillères: Mary Hamilton, Florence Manoukian, Kimberly Stirling, Delphine Picard.
Un grand merci à Marti Lemp, Alessandro Fontana, Martha Mayne, Dinah MacPhail
et Fred Bolzan pour leur soutien moral, logistique et technique!
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