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month 2005Volume 25, No. 05, DECEMBER 14, 2005 CLUB NEWS
The emphasis is on individuality in Art Clubby S. C. and Ben Conescu Meeting on Thursdays, the Art Club consists of a core group of 10-12 people. Occasionally students from art class come to Art Club to finish work. Sherry Edwards commented that the Art Club is a less structured environment than the classroom and that kids are free to work on their own projects. Now most of the kids in Art Club are painting lovely pictures. At the end of the year the Art Club might have an art show, depending on what the kids want. “We get to do whatever we want, art-wise,” said one member.
Asian Pacific Islander Club travels to Chinatownby P. C. and A. C. The field trip to Chinatown was refreshing for many of the Asian Pacific Islander Club’s (APIC) members. On Friday November the 18th, the APIC members took a bus to Newton Highlands, where they then took a train to Boylston. APIC members braved the icy November weather and winds as they walked into the China Pearl restaurant. STAND UP, a group for Blacks and Latinos, was also there. The members of APIC have gone to China Pearl as a field trip annually since the club started 6 years ago. Then, finally, the APIC members sat down to a mouth-watering meal of dim sum, pushed through the aisles by waiters/waitresses. The veggie and shrimp dumplings, tofu yogurt, etc., were just gobbled up. The money for the public bus, the MBTA, and last, but not least, the food, was paid with $15 from everybody who went on the field trip. On their way out of China Pearl, the members witnessed the opening of a new store. They watched from the street as the store displayed a good luck and wealth parade, complete with drums and a Chinese dragon.] Clay Club offers a chance to sculptby A. W. and F. Z. Clay Club is a new club that offers students a chance to express themselves through sculpting clay. Kids will learn new ways to use clay and sculpting materials. Each meeting Bohn Whitaker will offer to teach a lesson to any students that want to learn. Some new supplies and tools will be introduced throughout the club’s meetings. When asked about the number of people that showed up, Whitaker said, “I was excited that a lot of people showed up and I hope they continue to.” Clay Club meets every Friday with Whitaker in Room 108 from 2:40-4:10PM. All students are welcome. Interested students should see Whitaker in Room 108.Learn How to Sign Club aims to broaden communications among all studentsby A. W. and T. W. The American Sign Language Club (ASLC), recently re-named the “Learn How to Sign Club”, started on November the 30th. Led by Kristen Giunta, the club aims to teach students the alphabet, family members, current holiday terms, and other simple items in sign language. Students who are already fluent in the American Sign Language alphabet are helping others learn. ASLC has been done in past years, and due to requests from mostly 6th and 7th graders, Giunta decided to start up the club this year. “I’m really excited about leading the new club,” said Giunta when asked about the Learn How To Sign Club. The club is held every Wednesday from 2:45PM to 4:10PM. Interested students should see Giunta in Room 225.Oceanography Reef Club learns about symbiotic relationshipsby A. D. and K. D. In December, the Oceanography Reef Club, with Tom Barner, will have a surprise. “Members of the Boston Reefers Society have donated a number of coral fragments, which will be acclimated to the water conditions and then added to the tank,” Barner states. The club will also view a DVD on setting up a salt water aquarium. The DVD includes information about symbiotic relationships, like the clown fish and the anemone, which help each other. The club will continue to test the water quality and maintain the tank. This month, there will be no speakers, but the club will get a few more organisms like the Sally Lightfoot Crabs, which came in November 16th and were put in the tank to control algae on live rock. Students interested in the salt water tanks, or interested in joining the Oceanography Reef Club, should please talk to Barner in Room 101.The Photography Club gets a new cameraby J. T. and O. W. Members of the Photography Club, which meets every Wednesday, are excited about the new Lumix digital camera they purchased. It is very small and is easy to carry around. “(The camera is) sort of special,” said F. Z., a Platinum Team girl in the Photography Club. “You can only use it if you get permission.” Photographers can carry the new camera anywhere and have more opportunities for good pictures. Then THE DAYTIME will be more colorful, have more pictures, and better ones too. At their most recent meeting, members, led by advisor Amy Gallese, dealt with matters of organization.Scrapbooking Club is teaching valuable archiving skillsby K. R. and H. S.-T. In the past weeks of the Scrapbooking Club, kids have been stamping and using shape punches (stamps) to make unique frames, which are rings of paper with the middle cut out. During Thanksgiving week, members worked on Thanksgiving pages in their scrapbooks and journal boxes. In journal boxes, students write a narrative of what’s going on in each page. Members are also working on using paper crimpers, which are used to give paper a texture and a wavy look. Journaling is the most important part of scrapbooking. “Say you’re not here in 50 years, but someone is reading your scrapbook. [You would] know exactly what was going on in your scrapbook, but the person reading your scrapbook would have no idea,” says Paula Hudak, the club’s advisor. Hudak will begin each session of the Scrapbooking Club by getting out the abundant supplies. Kids work quietly and efficiently throughout the time period they have, because they don’t have much time now. Scrapbooking Club ends the week before Christmas. Membership of the club is switching regularly, because new members are joining, and the club is losing members too. |