Fourth Grader George Soukakos writes about The ACS Turtle Club

I first visited Archelon when I was 7 years old. I was amazed to see the huge and injured sea turtles in the water tanks, coming closer to me like saying: “I need your help!”. The same day I became a supporter. I started reading about sea turtles, and … what a coincidence: endangered animals was a topic in the 2^nd grade class. We all decided to support Archelon and our school is a sponsor since then. That same summer I went to Zakynthos for vacation, and I visited Daphni beach. There I saw a baby sea turtle that was left behind and was struggling to swim and travel away. People were saying that it will hardly survive. What a pity!

Two years later, my 4^th grade teacher Ms.Soteres and my former 2^nd grade teacher Ms.Mantarakis came up with the idea of starting up the ACS Turtle Club; a club with the purpose to save turtles.

Currently the Club has some 4^th grade students and some 2^nd graders –around thirty in all. We meet every Tuesday and Thursday between 12:40 and 1:00. The meetings are led by our teachers Ms. Soteres and Ms. Rovoli and they are very interesting. We talk about how we can help the sea turtles, and we share information about that animal. We have a list of items that they are needed by Archelon and we try to find ways to provide them. If we don’t take action they will become extinct.

I feel I have a responsibility to help those animals and I will do my best. But I can not do it alone. That will be possible if you put a hand and help us save the sea turtles!

Fourth Grader Marian Bitsikas writes about the Ecology Club

  «Αχ, κοίτα τη χελώνα! Μακάρι να μπορούσα να την βοηθήσω!»

Τώρα ξέρω πως μπορώ να βοηθήσω  την χελώνα γιατί είμαι μέλος του Ecology club. Εκεί θα μπορέσω να μάθω για τις χελώνες με διασκεδαστικούς  και διαφορετικούς τρόπους. Επίσης θα μπορέσω να φτιάξω ένα σπίτι για  τις χελώνες του ACS αλλά και να βοηθήσω τις χελώνες που φιλοξενούνται στο κέντρο διάσωσης ΑΡΧΕΛΩΝ.

Στο Ecology club μαθαίνουμε πολλά πράγματα για τις χελώνες Στις συναντήσεις μας λέμε τι ξέρουμε και τι θέλουμε να μάθουμε για τις χελώνες. Συχνά επίσης έχουμε καλεσμένους από το κέντρο διάσωσης που μας ενημερώνουν για τους τρόπους προστασίας.

Τα μέλη του  club xωριζόμαστε σε ομάδες για διάφορες δραστηριότητες: Φτιάχνουμε μικρές κατασκευές με θέμα τις χελώνες. Μια ομάδα φτιάχνει χελώνες από  πλαστελίνη ενώ άλλη φτιάχνει από πλαστελίνη το βιότοπο της χελώνας. Κάποια παιδιά  προσπαθούν να φτιάξουν  μια  ηλιακή χελώνα . Αυτή η χελώνα κινείται με τη δύναμη που παίρνει από τον ήλιο. Τέλος, μια άλλη ομάδα παίζει στον υπολογιστή ένα παιχνίδι γνώσεων και ερωτήσεων για τις χελώνες.

Αν θέλετε να συμμετέχετε κι εσείς σε αυτήν την προσπάθεια,  θα χαρούμε να γίνετε μέλη!

By Μαριαν 

Fourth Grader Diana Sabbagh writes a Short Story

The Missing Girl

Those kids are brave! Alex is a really smart girl. She always knows the clues and how to solve the cases. Alex leads the whole team. Carol is really good in karate. She is a tomboy. She never gives up. Her twin brother, Carlos is a strong character. He watches many detective movies. He is a little jealous of Alex. Alesha is the one that makes all the gadgets and she is really cute. Her Cute-Power makes all the boys faint, except Carlos. All of them together they make a great team. They also have a detective agency to solve cases.

One hot day, the detective agency got a phone call. The man on the phone yelled a couple of times that his daughter was missing. Alesha told him they would be coming as fast as a cheetah. Alex, Alesha, Carol and Carlos arrived to the place. They were at the forest. This forest is the most known place for kidnapping. The forest is used as a short-cut to school.

Jen, the girl who got kidnapped had taken the short-cut to school. All the boys had a crush on her, including Carlos. Jen was very popular in school. She had light brown hair and groovy blue eyes.  When Carlos heard that Jen had been kidnapped he almost fainted and told them that he was going to get a hold of those kidnappers! Her father thanked them all for coming and helping.

They went to the woods to investigate. The woods were really scary. It was so dark and they could hear owls hooting. The four kids were wondering how no one heard her scream when the house was just right next to the woods. They went back and questioned the parents. Alex asked the questions, Carlos asked too. Alex asked the parents if they had any enemies. The parents answered no they didn’t have any enemies but they had seen a green car parked outside and never saw it move at all. The green car was parked in front of the woods. Carol thought they could ask to borrow Jen’s dad’s car. The team agreed, especially Carlos. They waited for Mr. Hunter to come back from searching for Jen. Mr. Hunter came home and told them he had not found Jen. Carlos was really upset because Jen was still missing. The team told Mr. Hunter the plan. He agreed with it and they got into his car and waited.

Suddenly, they saw a man heading into the green car. When he got out of the car he took out Jen’s electronic bag. Carlos insisted they follow him but the rest of the team was afraid of the man. They followed him to his cottage in the woods. The man did not stay for long and he left the bag in front of the cottage. Then they stopped and looked if there were any windows open. Each brave detective went in through the window and they helped each other. Like I said, they are a really brave team. When they were inside they heard Jen’s voice and they ran to her.

Jen was struggling because she couldn’t move. They had tied her up. Carlos untied her and she gave him a kiss on the cheek. Carlos was so happy but he didn’t want to show it because he was shy. They phoned Jen’s parents and they were all so excited. The man walked in but Jen quickly asked him “are you looking for something?” He tried to escape, but Jen’s dad came at him with a gun! Jen’s dad took him to the policemen and then rushed back. Jen tried to get up but she fell on the ground.  She had a really big scratch on her side. Jen’s mom insisted that they take Jen to the hospital.

They got to the hospital and took Jen to her doctor. Her doctor told her she couldn’t go to school for a month because she had an injured rib. The kidnapper revealed his secret and told the police that he kidnapped kids because he couldn’t have any of his own. The parents thanked the detectives and paid them for finding their daughter. Everyone went home happy.

Fourth Grader Cordelia Lawton writes a Book Review

“The Boy in the Girls Bathroom”
By Lous Sachar

Whoah, that was a great book! The title is “There is a Boy in the Girls Bathroom” The author is Louis Sachar. This books main characters were Bradley Chalkers, Jeff Fishkin, and another is main character is Carla. Carla is the counselor who helps Bradley Chalkers become benevolent. At first Jeff Fishkin is benevolent and Bradley Chalkers is mean but then they switch places! Do you think that they both become benevolent? I have to say it was a great book. I recommend this book to all bibliophiles. I rate this book a 10/10. Louis Sachar is Albert Einstein. This book is as awesome as ice-cream. “There is a Boy in the Girls Bathroom” ROCKS!!!

Fourth Grader Nefeli Noum demonstrates "How to writing"

“How to Paint your Nails”

Oooh – La – La! Do you want to learn how to paint your nails? Well this is how. The first step is to have the right materials which are a nail file, nail polish, a bucket of hot water, and a towel. After that, you get a bucket of hot water. Then you file your nails. After filing put your hands in the bucket of water for about ten minutes so your hands will soak. The next step is you dry your hands with a towel. After that step choose a color of nail polish. Then start to put nail polish on your nails and make sure you spread the nail polish. Also wait a half an hour to an hour without moving a lot. When your nails are dry they are ready to party and your nails will be as pretty as a model.

Fourth Grader Ilay Barhon writes a Short Story

Fourth Graders write Diamante Poetry

Fourth Grader Alexandra Papadakis writes a Short Story