the echolopaperMagnolia elementary school student newspaper
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by Miraj Kedir
Francis is very tired one night and changes into her pjs. She goes into her bed and drifts asleep. She disappears from her bed and teleports into a new world without realizing it. In the new world she lives in a castle. In the castle a woman gives her a tour of the castle. Too many hours later she realizes she is not getting out of the dream. She sees some type of spinning portal. She try’s walking into the portal to get out of the dream but it took her to a candy land with lots of gingerbread houses and HUGE lollypops for trees. She sees someone dressed in a dress with candy stuck all over it. She asks them how to get out of this dream. The candy person just got the most confused that they could ever be. They looked terrified that someone thought this was a dream than ran away. She sees something with wings, chocolate wings. It’s a unicorn! She tells it to fly her out of this world. The unicorn thought she just wanted a good flight. Francis has never been more confused when the flight was over. They were at the same spot they started at. Francis finds a beautiful glowing rock and continues to the portal so she can go home to the castle and put it in protected place. Francis is filled with sadness as she wishes to get back home, and she can’t. As she enters the castle the woman who gave her the tour/Jessica/ Miss. tori asks her what’s wrong. She says that she wishes she can go back to her world, and she has tried many things and she couldn’t. Miss. Tori smirks and mumbles “You don’t need to go to that world”. Francis knows Miss. Tori said something, but she doesn’t know what she said and is too Sad to ask. She goes to her room trying to figure out what Miss. Tori said because she doesn’t know but it might help her. She looks out the window, it is late, so she gets ready for bed. The next morning, she is sad but ready to start a new adventure trying to get out of this dream world. She puts a smile on her face when really on the she is sad, but she can’t let miss. Tori know because she wasn’t any help the other day. Miss. Tori goes to the market with Francis. Francis blurts out about the other world and Miss Tori yells “THAT WORLD DOESN’T MATTER IT IS BETTER THAT YOU ARE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!”. What felt like everyone in the market stared at the and Francis was fuming. “Stay here I’ll be right back” Miss. Tori said and as soon as Miss. Tori left, Francis ran away back to the castle. She got past the guards because they recognized her, she ran into her room and slammed the door. She picked up her glowing rock from earlier she took it to miss. Tori and said “My other world is my real home” Miss. Tori said “Fine if you really want to go there then say your wish while holding the rock in your hand. “I wish to get out of this dream and wake up on my bed” Francis whispers while holding the rock in her hands. The dream world starts to glitch and spin. She appears on her bed in her pjs. She goes to her living room and saw her whole family. They all started to hug each other. Everyone was happier than ever. The End
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Glass frogs are see-through frogs that are mostly green. If you look through one you might see its organs. Because its bones are green it has a lot of camouflage. Even their tadpoles are a bit see through. Their predators are birds, snakes, and mammals. Even if they are seen they can jump 10 feet high! They eat bugs and spiders that crawl along the tree branches. Some glass frogs are critically endangered on the IUCN red list! This is because humans are chopping down trees where glass frogs live.
You can have a glass frog as a pet, but you need a special requirement. They also need to house them in an enclosure that supplies plenty of space for plants and other structures that the frogs will use in captivity. They have a lifespan of around 10-14 years. If you think that they are poisonous (because they look poisonous) they are not. They are very gentle and harmless, (phew!) so no need to watch out. Sources: by Natalie Hoffman If you have a request leave it in the comments!
Details: If it’s a character, please say what the character is from. It can be anything! From a picture of you, or a character from an echolopaper story! It can also be for an echolopaper story or any other project! If you are in willow/goldfinch I can deliver the drawing so you can keep it. Please use your real name in the comments so I know who wants the drawing I take my time so the drawing looks good so it may take 1-3 days depending on how many requests I have. I am excited to draw for all of you! -Natalie By Avery Riley, Adele Goldsworthy, and Laykin Markle Born 1918 – died 2020 at the age of 101 Katherine Johnson was a very accomplished Black woman who worked as a mathematician for N.A.S.A., helping in the launch and landing coordinates for the Friendship 7. In 1939 she was one of the first three African Americans to enroll in a graduate program at the West Virginia University. Childhood Katherine Johnson was born on August 26, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Her mom worked as a teacher and her dad as a farmer and custodian. As a child she was incredibly smart (and she still was as an adult!), but we will get to that in the next section. Moving on, Katherine’s town did not have a High School for her to attend once she finished middle school, and her dad insisted she had an education, so she went to a High School in another town! One Smart Child Katherine Johnson skipped lots of grades. She started Elementary School at age 5 (the usual), but with her crazy intelligence, she skipped an abundance of grades and entered High School when she was just 10 years old! She was also 18 when she went to college! She graduated before her older siblings. College Katherine got her Bachelor of Science in mathematics and French. In college Katherine started studying English and French, but her professor and a lot of others told her to start studying STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) instead. But she managed to find time to do both. Working For NASA Katherine worked as an exceptional mathematician for NASA, helping Astronaut John Glenn into space on the spacecraft Friendship 7. She helped with the launch and landing coordinates for this journey to space. While she was working for NASA, there was something going on called the “Space race.” The Space Race happened in the 1950s and ‘60s, where America and Russia were competing for technological advancement in spaceflight. Katherine helped in America’s getting a man to the moon. Family to Care For Katherine had a family to take care of as well as being a big part of the launching of a spacecraft. Her family consisted of her first husband (James Goble), her second husband (James Johnson), and her three daughters (Constance, Joylette, and Katherine Goble). Her mother was Joylette Roberta, and her father was Joshua Coleman. More Fun Facts!
Katherine’s Quotes!
Our sources are: https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography, https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/katherine-johnson-22835.php, and the books NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson, from the series STEM Trailblazer BIOS (available in our library), and Little Leaders Bold Women in History by Dylan Wyatt
Chapter 3 “Princess breeze” A boy called in a deep Icelandic accent Breeze would never forget, “Hey Tom” Breeze said back to the boy, in her lighter accent. Tom Mall Cap was his name, and he was the son of the best cooks in the sky Queendom. Mr. and Mrs. Cap, Tom was also Breeze's best friend. “And you don’t have to call me princess,” Breeze added. “Sorry, but anyway, are you excited for your ball?” Tom asked. “I would be more excited if you were coming,” she admitted. “Guess what?” Tom said excitedly. “My mom and dad are letting me go! Now I just need to get your parents to let me in.” he said, “Well, you will be the one guest that can come uninvited, My parents said I can invite one person and I invite you.” They both screamed with joy. “Want to go to the treehouse?” Tom asked. “Yes.” Breeze answered, Breeze knew her dress would get dirty but for this she did not care… if she took a bath when she got home. As they reached the treehouse its shape was… predictable. It was crooked and very dirty, it also looked like it would not be very safe, it was wobbling in the wind. As they climbed up the ladder Tom saw a SPIDER, his weakness. At the sight of the spider he fell. Luckily Breeze stopped him with wind powers. In the end Breeze won the fight, breeze VS spider. No fight needed though at the sight of her powers he ran away. Later at the party Breeze came down the staircase and when she turned the corner, she saw her theme “snowy mountains”. She searched the guests for Tom, but he was nowhere. Then she heard a voice--Tom's! He was calling her name. But where was he? Then she saw him. Two guards were keeping him out so she came over and ordered the guards to let him in, but they would not let him. When her parents came over her mother asked, “What is it?” “These guards won’t let Tom in.” Breeze answered. “We told them.” her dad responded. Breeze was shocked, “He is my special guest” she yelled at her parents. All the guests looked at the commotion. “But Breeze he is a-" Breeze cut her mom off “-a peasant?! He is my friend. Why do you have to not let him in just because he is not in a higher class? You know I do not even want to know.” And with that she pushed through the guards and ran off, to the stepping stones. At the last one she cried, her floating hair getting low to the ground for the first time in years. The magic heroes will return… in chapter 4 by Seth Essmeier
What would you do if you knew there were ruthless anime lovers with shocking habits near the ones you love? It was a time of terror. Ruthless anime lovers would eat each other in the street. Only one man knows how to stop the terror. One smart, stable man - Gary Bogtrotter. Gary is a 27-year-old mechanic from Florida with a thirst for justice. He knows that to stop the ruthless anime lovers from continuing their dastardly deeds, he must betray his daring rivel, Forest Smith. He gives up his simple life and travels to Florida where he attends an important disco and acquires some violent bees. However, the end of the world approaches, and time is running out for Gary. He is left with two options: stop the ruthless anime lovers in one hour, or allow the world to end in a ball of fire to be continued... by Bennett Linster Today Pokémon cards are very popular, and unfortunately people have figured out how to create fakes and sell them online! Here’s how to tell the difference. First, trust your gut Every now and then when you trade a Pokémon card something would feel a little off. Your intuition can recognize before your conscious mind does. Plus, the more time you spend with real Pokémon cards the more sensitive your intuition will become. When something about the card raises suspicion, it’s time to perform some tests. Don’t rely on any one test in isolation. Instead use a combination of tests along with your best judgement whenever you have a reason to believe a card is fake. Test #1 Read the card Directions: read through the card and check for both grammar and spelling issues. Mistakes like these almost always indicate that the card is a fake. Red flags:
Directions: Compare the card's back to the back of a card that is known to be authentic. If both cards are authentic, their backs should be nearly identical. Red flags:
If all other tests fail this is the last resort, THE RIP TEST. What is the Pokémon card rip test you ask? Well, The Rip test can be considered the last resort for determining if a Pokémon card is genuine due to the fact, as the name implies, you will need to rip the card to perform this test. Genuine Pokémon cards are made by layering semi-opaque paper and plastic in the middle of the card which in almost all cases result in a black tint or line in the middle of the card. (Real on the left)
Anyway, these are in my opinion the best way for determining if your cards are fake or not thanks for reading ill keep you posted :D. (source: TCG player) |
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Land Acknowledgement
We at the Echolopaper acknowledge that we are on the traditional land of the Coast Salish people, including the Duwamish people past and present. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the Duwamish people. Echolopaper History The Echolopaper was started by five MES 5th graders during online learning in December 2020: Dexter Chinn, Sam Long, Ella Smits, Ella Wagar, and Eva Mirsky. To learn about the unique name Echolopaper, read Ella Smit's article on it. Have a question or an idea for us?
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