Posts Tagged ‘ fire ’

The CSI/McCown varsity softball season has officially ended and just like the bases, the girls were loaded with excitement. Despite the 14-1 losing streak during the ‘08 softball season, the girls worked hard this season to show what they are really made of. “I feel we have a strong young team, and we play more Read More »

In countries all over the world, Valentines Day is celebrated in many ways. Valentine’s Day is known as a day for love and friendship. We have adapted to the American way of celebrating this holiday, which is the typical purchasing of roses or chocolate for loved ones, spouses, or friends. Valentine’s Day is known to Read More »

JEA Executive Director Linda Drake and NSPA Executive Director Logan Aimone open The JEA Convention. Fresh from a Journalism Convention, students have brought back new knowledge to our newsroom and soon to you. The new information and knowledge will bring our news publication, as well as our new online edition, to a greater and more Read More »

Halloween is the time of year when people bring out the jack o’lanterns, costumes, and most importantly candy. Whether a small child, a teenager or even an adult, Halloween is all about collecting candy. According to neopagen.net, Halloween began as a Celtic celebration for the New Year on November 1st. The Celts believed the line Read More »

Firemen putting out a fire at theStaten Island Mall. It was 4:27pm on a chilly Wednesday. Tons of students poured into the mall. The smell of the recently burnt trees, and the faint traces of smoke and ash flew in the door from the Macy’s parking lot. The mall was surprisingly vacant, but that could Read More »

Fellow fashionistas, trends come and go, and style has transformed into one of the most serious influences in one’s daily life, especially with school starting up again. It’s School Year’s Eve, the night before the first day of school, and students were asking, “What am I going to wear? What are my friends going to Read More »

Brussels, Belgium, the headquarters of the European Union, and the European Parliament, was the first stop for our school’s exchange students on their one week trip to France. Brussels is also home to a diverse population to match—the city is officially bilingual with both Dutch and Flemish spoken. Students visited Brussels’ Grand Place, the geographical Read More »

Of all the traditional Chinese festivals, the New Year is the most complex, luminous, and important holiday of the year. This is a time for the Chinese people to congratulate each other on having passed through another year and to welcome in the New Year. Chinese New Year is a time for family reunions, and Read More »

Welcome to your new building, NewYork foundling. The New York Foundling, a foster facility on Staten Island, moved, into its newer and clearer building. Their old building was 100 years-old and considered a landmark, but falling apart, so it had to move. To the residents, another move is just the way of life. They are Read More »

Switzerland is a small, independent country in Central Europe. It isn’t an European Union- member, but it has bilateral contracts with the EU. Switzerland has 7.7 million inhabitants and the proportion of foreigners is over 20%. It is one of the six wealthiest countries in the world and has a current gross domestic product of Read More »