Archive for May, 2008
The Scoop: DAYTIME reviews Coney Island and Ice Cream Club
Coney Island offers a variety of ice cream flavors, as well as many other treats, such as tea and coffee. Unfortunately, it no longer serves soft-serve ice-cream. This makes options a bit more limited, but the upside is that there are many normal ice-cream flavors to choose from.
There was practically no wait after ordering. The [...]
Game Review: Grand Theft Auto IV–Fun game for kids, or most violent game ever?
Grand Theft Auto is a worldwide series of 6 games known to many gamers everywhere. The series itself sold 65 million copies, in which the latest release Grand Theft Auto IV have sold 9 million copies.
The first game was Grand Theft Auto III which was released for the PS2 in 2001. Between the time of [...]
Profile: Francis Moore Lappe
On March the 24th, 2008, Frances Moore Lappe visited the Newton Free Library as part of the environmental speaker series with the Green Decade Coalition, and there, she discussed her book, DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET, which has won many awards. Lappe also discussed her feelings about conservation and the environment.
Lappe is a fascinating woman, [...]
Day’s Art Fair demonstrates students’ talent
Day Middle school’s 2008 art fair took place on Wednesday, June the 11th, from 5 to 7PM. Day students were able to present the artwork that they had created during classes throughout the school year. A range of ceramics, drawings, sculptures, and paintings were exhibited throughout the school.
Sandy Chaet, Day’s Tech. Ed. teacher displayed tables [...]
F. A. Day walks away with SILVER MEDAL at Massachusetts Middle School Drama Festival
Picture this: 120 middle school students running around a high school that is unfamiliar to them. All of these students are getting ready to put on plays that they have been working on with titles such as “Jack suing Jill”, or “A Scarecrow Woman”.
Or…a dysfunctional family whose perfect façade falls apart, as told by the [...]
Bedrooms are a reflection of you
Every time you walk into your room you want to see a place where you could feel comfortable spending time in, a place where you could hang out with your friends, or a warming area that feels homey. Some kids hate their rooms and some kids love them. Some kids’ rooms have all the [...]
Environmental Awareness Corner: Newton Serves Environmental Projects
On April the 13th, many people from Newton participated in Newton Serves, a city-wide event that had the purpose of cleaning up around the city. Volunteers from all over Newton could partake in any of several different projects to make Newton a better place to live. Several of these projects were designed to help the [...]
Faculty Spotlight: Spanish teacher Heather Garni ran in Boston Marathon
Garni has taught for seven years, two of them here at F. A. Day. When she’s not confined to Room 111, Garni likes to run in the great outdoors.
Recently she ran in, and completed, the world-famous Boston Marathon. For training, Garni ran a long run every Saturday. Also, she ran two or three other, shorter [...]
DAYTIME interviews GLOBE columnist Alex Beam “My Life as a Journalist and other Mistakes I’ve Made”
Alex Beam gave a lecture about his life as part of the Newton Community education lecture series called MY LIFE AS A JOURNALIST AND OTHER MISTAKES I’VE MADE. It was presented at Newton South on April the 17th.
Beam is a reporter for the Boston GLOBE. He is a columnist which means he writes a regular [...]
Elective changes will affect 6th graders
For the current 2007-‘08 school year, 6th graders were offered a choice from a range of electives that were described in the elective choice brochure as designed to “…present an opportunity for students to enrich their academic experience”.
Then, students were able to choose from among art, band, chorus, creative drama, engineering and woodworking, media fact [...]
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