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COMET CHRONICLES
Volume I, Issue II
Comet Chronicles
Our Mission … YOU!
Inside this issue
About our paper
2
Winter Concert
3
Extended Day
4-5
Student Essay
6-7
Pi Day Celebration
8-9
Candid Student Pics
10-11
Spirit Week
12-13
Student Spirit
14
Art Show Participants
15
16-17
Spotlight:Charley Gips
Girls Varsity Basketball 18-19
Poetry
20
Environmental Club
21
Artist Works
22-23
April Calendar
24
Website Info
25
The Comet Chronicles hopes you enjoy the latest edition we have put together for you. These pages are dedicated to our students. It was our intent from our first edition, to make this a very student center school paper. We
like to focus on the interests and talents of the many diverse students that make up our Jr./Sr. High School.
Take a look at the article in this edition highlighting
the many artistic achievements of Charley Gips. She is truly
a talented artist.
We would love to hear from you about what you
would like to see in your paper! You can get in touch with
any Chronicles student staff member listed below or by emailing the paper’s advisor: [email protected]. If
you attend a school event and take pictures, why not send
them to us to review for publication? Want us to cover an
upcoming dance, fundraiser, or other event? Just let us
know! Thank you for supporting the Fallsburg Jr./Sr. High
School’s paper, the Comet Chronicles!
Comet Chronicles Team
Johnni Brown
Brendon Sapolsky
Dawn Ruhren
Alyssa Sacadura
Olivia Vales
Natalie Pazona
Lamera Palmer
Lesvi Fuentes Hernandez
Advisor-L. Moriarty
Back Cover Artist:
Brenda Granados
Special Thanks to Winnie Fortsch and Larry
Schafman for letting us use some of their great photos!
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Front Cover Artists: Mark
Stubble, Dawn Ruhren,
Shawn Leszczynski, Angelina
Gennaro, Alyssa Sacadura
Effort = Excellence! Students perform at the winter concert for family,
friends, and members of the community.
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What’s happ
ening in
Extended D
ay!
MOVE A
ROUND
!
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Extended
Day
Involve
Yourself!
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The Patrol
by Katherine Mendez
In the 1980’s, much of Central America was entrenched in civil war. El Salvador was no exception. The military-led government and a coalition of guerilla
groups who called themselves the FMLN fought each other in a brutal war over economic equality and human rights. Many innocent lives were lost -roughly
two percent of the population at the time- in this devastatingly unfortunate period in history. People you may know were there to experience the terror of this
war. In the following piece, Katherine Mendez, 11th Grade, gives us a glimpse of the world her own mother knew as a youth in El Salvador in the 1980’s..
(Introduction by Ms. Meaker)
During the day the women cooked, washed and cleaned while
their husbands and children slept. The smell of beans and the roosters
crowing rose. These brave men had spent the whole night awake.
This group of men had the name "The Patrol". My greatgrandfather, Candelario, and his sons started the group to take care of
his family fervently. Other neighboring males joined the group.
At night the Patrolmen did not sleep, making sure that the guerrillas did not kidnap the women of the family. When they saw the
guerrillas come, they awakened the women and sent them to sleep at
the bank of the river so they would not be found. The darkness and
the dark shadows of the trees hid them while the noisy waters drowned
their silent whispers.
During the night, all the families came to sleep at the house of my
great-grandfather. They felt so secure there that they wanted to sleep
there until the war ended.
At this time my mother was 6 years old and went to school. Very
near her school, the guerilla used to fight with the soldiers. The guerilla
threw bombs in the soccer field while students were still in the classroom. The helicopters picked up the wounded soldiers. These wounded
guerrillas kidnapped women to take care of them and feed them. Sadly
the patrol could not avoid this kind of kidnapping.
But these men became heroes, respected throughout the colony.
Now all that remains are memories of the Patrolmen, they who patrolled at night.
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Los Patrulleros
by Katherine Mendez
En los años ochentas, mucho de America Central estaba sometido en la guerra civil. El Salvador no fue una excepción. El gobierno militar y una coalición de
grupos guerrillas (quién se llamaba el FMLN) peleaban el uno contra el otro una guerra brutal sobre la igualdad económica y los derechos humanos. Se
perdieron muchas vidas inocentes -aproximadamente dos por ciento de la población en aquel entonces- en este tremendamente desafortunado período de
historia. Probablemente conozca a gente que estuvo allí para experimentar el terror de esa guerra. En el trabajo siguiente, Katherine Mendes, del decimo
grado, nos da un atisbo del mundo que su propia madre conocía como una joven en El Salvador en los años ochentas. (Introducción por srta. Meaker)
Durante el día las mujeres cocinaban, lavaban, y limpiaban mientras sus esposos y hijos dormian. El olor de los frijoles y el canto de los
gallos los levantaban. Estos valientes hombres habían pasado la noche
entera en vela.
Este grupo de hombres tenía por nombre “Los Patrulleros”. Mi
vis-abuelo, Candelario, y sus hijos empezaron el grupo al cuidar fervorosamente de su familia. Otros vecinos varones se unieron al grupo.
Por las noches los Patrulleros no dormían cuidando que los guerilleros no fueran a secuestrar a las mujeres de la familia. Cuando ellas
veian venir a los guerilleros, ellos despertaban a las mujeres y las mandaban a dormir a la orilla del río para que no las encontraran. La oscuridad y las sombras oscuras de los arboles las escondian mientras las
aguas ruidosas ahogaban sus callados susuros.
Durante la noche, todas las familias llegaban a dormir a la casa de
mi vis-abuelo. Ellos se sentían tan suguros allí que hasta cuando
terminó la guerra querían dormir allá.
En aquella época mi mamá tenia 6 anos y iba a la escuela. Muy
cerca de su escuela, la guerilla peleaba con los soldados. La guerilla tiraba bombas en la camcha de futbol de la escuela mientras los estudiantes todavía estaban en las aulas. Los helicópteros recogían a los
soldados heridos. Estos guerilleros heridos secuestraban a las mujeres
para que ellas cuidaran de ellos y los alimentaran. Tristemente los
patrulleros no podían evitar este tipo de secuestro.
Pero estos hombres llegaron a ser heroes, respetados por toda la
colonía.
Ahora todo lo que queda son recuerdos de los patrulleros,
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Congratu
la
Reciting the
tions!
most number of decimal places of pi (154!)
Angelica Mejia 10th
3-way tie for best decorated pi symbol:
Julia Batista- 9th
Ms. Colavito’s
Annual
PI
DAY!
Ciana Patterson DaCosta - 10th
Abigail Langeland 10th
Thanks to Candhace Forrest for the Pi Day pics!
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W
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Students at
work...
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Students
a
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t work...
SPI
WE RIT
EK
!
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GO
COMETS!
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Superhero Day!
fl a u nt
Students
SPIRIT!
L
O
O
H
C
S
Color Day!
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Congratu
la
tions!
These students were selected to have their works of art on display at the
Catskill Art Sociey for the 2015 County-Wide High School Art Show.
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9th Grade
Kaitlyn Simms
Julia Batista
Victoria Langeland
Ayanna Princival
Isaiah Rodriguez
10th Grade
Analise Mojica
Daisy Thomas
Rebecca Budrock
Aliza Santos
Abby Langeland
Melanie Dalman
Jose Fuentes
11th Grade
Kaitlyn Price
Johnni Brown
Jessica Russell
Brian Brown
Christian Rosales
Juver Argueta
Momodou Gai
12th Grade
Aaron Cohen
Rasheem Armstead
Naomi Moody
Shane Luczyski
Ajani Vernon-Desmangles
Brieanna Simms
Joseph Aitken
Karryn Smith
Kali Seastrand
Charley Gips
Dakota Moody
Wendy Mendez
Natalie Tejada
s
Art by Charley Gip
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SSTUDENT
TUDENT S
SPOTLIGHT
POTLIGHT
CHARLEY GIPS
B y C o m e t C h r o n i c l e r e p o t e r N a ta l i e P a z o n a
Charley Gips, now a senior, has a love of art that started when she was
4 years old. From then on, she could create almost anything.
Her portfolio can be seen by many colleges. An on-line slide room
shows her artwork, where it can be accessed by many colleges. She credits
Ms.Magnetico, who was very helpful with lighting the artwork for her online portfolio.
Gips’ recently attended
Portfolio Day at SUNY
Purchase. This is a day
where many colleges
come to look at student
work.
So far, Charley
Gips has three colleges
where she has applied
and been accepted! Her
first choice is SVA,
School of Visual Arts in
Manhattan. Her other choices are PRATT MWP of Utica/Brooklyn where
she also got a scholarship. Go Charley! SCAD, Savannah College of Art and
Design, in Savannah, Georgia is also another possibility.
We wish her the best of luck and hope to see her artwork in the future!
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Girls Varsity Basketball Senior Recognition
Family, friends, faculty, and members of the community come out to
show support for our girls Varsity Basketball team.
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Girls Varsity Basketball Senior Recognition
CO
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GO
ME
TS!
Poetry
Spotlight
The Horror
The blackness slowly creeping up her throat.
Closing in, taking over her body.
A cold skeletal hand dragging across her throat
The more and more it squeezed, the harder and harder it was to breath
The once bright light of the day, started becoming duller and duller.
The small beacon of light growing dimmer and dimmer.
Until the smallest speck of hope or the so called light, closed for good.
Dragging her into eternal darkness.
-Rachel Collura
Concert
Walking out to crowds
Flashing lights
Blaring music
Time of my life!
-Rachel Collura
This space could
Showcase
Your talents!
Send us your
Poetry and
Short stories!
-Comet Chronicles
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Recycle-It makes a difference!
Reduce your environmental
footprint.
Every Thursday student
volunteers go room to room
and collect all paper recyclables.
Remind your fellow classmates
to use the PAPER ONLY receptacles when discarding anything
paper. Thanks to all the student
Long Live the EARTH!
Viva la TIERRA!
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Amazing Artists!
Artist - Kaitlyn Simms
es M
c Rey
t - Eri
Artis
arillo
Artist - Ajani Desma
ngles
Artist -
Artist -
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Jalen H
Naomi
Moody
ulligan
Taylor C
Artist arvey
en
Ornam
ts made
ents in
by stud
wing
and Dra
Design
Artist -
Johnni
Brown
Artist - Cullen Feagin
Amazing Artists!
ren
t - Ka
Artis
Camp
os
Artis
t- J
ohn
own
thia
t - Cin
Artis
Artist - Jason Sanchez
7th grade
Abstract Design
Ink and Pencil
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ia
Garc
Pavon
Feel free to use this calendar to organize your assignments, appointments,
sports schedules, or other important dates!
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Did you know…
The District website has calendars
available that give you all sorts of
great information? It’s all there, everything from fundraisers, to concerts,
to sporting events! Check out what
the website has to offer!
http://www.fallsburgcsd.net
Ch
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to
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p!
Feel free to use this calendar to organize your assignments, appointments,
sports schedules, or other important dates!
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Feel free to use this calendar to organize your assignments, appointments,
sports schedules, or other important dates!
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st
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