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Fun Fact!

Did you know that GSOTA has a different schedule compared to most other charter schools?

Class Spotlight!

Here at Gardens School of Technology Arts, our students are project based learning, encourage class discussions, and set creative educational goals for their futures. With the help of our creative Technology Arts program and the help of our amazing teachers, our culture of kindness and cooperation will hope to inspire a new generation of students!

Written by: LIzette Jimenez

Today, I went to Mr. Brown's class to ask him a few questions for the class spotlight.

My first question for Mr. Brown was, "What made you wanna start teaching middle school civics?", he replied with "so I can always know what's going on in politics."

My second question for Mr. Brown was, "What do you enjoy about teaching middle school civics?", he replied with the saying, "Because I love to see the light in them switch on from someone who says "I didn't get it".

My last question for Mr. Brown was, "What would the students be surprised to find out about you ", he replied with, "I love to watch anime when I have the time".

School events

Birthdays!

March 1st: First Day of Women's History Month
March 3rd: 7th Grade Field Trip to MacAuthor Park 9AM - 2PM
March 10th: End of Quarter 3!!!
March 12th: Daylight Savings Time
March 17th: St. Patrick's Day / Lucky Charm Day
March 20th-24th: Spring Break
March 27th: No School - Teacher Work Day
March 30th: Open House for Prospective Families 5PM

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Amar Belony - 03/08/2017
Ailey Obas - 03/30/2015
Gabrielle Thomas - 03/19/2016
Kacey Francois - 03/25/2015
Morgan Joseph - 03/31/2015
Drake Kirin - 03/25/2015
Carson Nicar - 03/19/2015
Jeremy Tovar - 03/10/2015
Aschanney Charles - 03/19/2014
Steffan Calixte 03/17/2013

Rico Roundtree - 03/01/2013
Christian Castro Vasquez - 03/12/2012
Keandra Joseph - 03/16/2013
Isabela Coppola - 03/15/2012
Keon'dre Geffard - 03/30/2012
Jacob Portillo - 03/03/2012
Kaesun Cottom - 03/01/2011
Mya Griffiths - 03/25/2011
Joshua Murphy - 03/26/2010
Henrique Santos - 03/15/2010
Cliff St. George - 03/10/2010
Marha Richard - 03/24/2009

Top 3 Weirdest Guinness World Records

There are a lot of people out there who have created history and have been celebrated in the Guinness Book of World Records. With that, there are also those who’ve set some of the most bizarre and weirdest world records that have ever existed. Like these

Antanas Kontrimas of Lithuania set the record for the heaviest weight lifted by a human beard.
It’s true. In 2013, Antanas lifted 63.80 kg with his beard. During his performance he lifted the presenter of the show Gupse Özay’ın.

Dalibor set the world record for having the most number of spoons on a human body.
In 2016, Dalibor Jablanovic from Serbia did the impossible. He managed to balance 79 spoons on his body. The teaspoons that were used for the attempt were of various sizes.

The Ramos Gomez family set the record for being the largest hairy family in 2000.
Victor “Larry” Gomez, Gabriel “Danny” Ramos Gomez, Luisa Lilia De Lira Aceves, and Jesus Manuel Fajardo Aceves are four members of a family of 19 from Mexico who suffer from a rare condition called congenital generalized hypertrichosis (excessive facial and torso hair). And, they hold the Guinness World Records title for being the largest hairy family.

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Unique Animals

By: Shantel Tyree

Indian Crested Porcupine

Four-toed hedgehog

The Indian crested porcupine is a rodent species native to southern Asia and the Middle East. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It belongs to the Old World porcupine family, Hystricidae. The New World porcupines are indigenous to North America and northern South America. They live in wooded areas and can climb trees, where some species spend their entire lives. Indian crested porcupines have a very broad and mostly herbivorous diet. They consume a variety of natural and agricultural plant material, including roots, bulbs, fruits, grains, drupe and tubers, along with insects and small vertebrates.The porcupine is best known for the sharp quills that cover its body. A slow moving, medium-sized mammal, the porcupine has poor eyesight and relies on its sense of hearing and smell, as well as its quills to avoid predators. But overall the Indian Crested Porcupine is a unique animal with amazing talent.

The four-toed hedgehog, is a species of hedgehog found throughout much of central and eastern Africa. Populations tend to be scattered between suitable savannah or cropland habitats, avoiding forested areas. The species common name is derived from the number of toes found on its hind feet. They are omnivores which diet consist of vegetation and meat. Four-toed hedgehogs feed primarily on insects in the wild. They also consume small reptiles and amphibians , eggs, invertebrates such as scorpions, spiders, and insects, and small mammals and birds. A small part of their diet consists of plant material including fruit, seeds, and nuts. Four-toed hedgehogs can live 8-10 years in captivity and 2-3 years in the wild. Hedgehogs have a trick up their, errr, “sleeve” to give themselves extra protection “self anointing.” These amazing animals are immune to certain poisonous plants, which they eat before making a frothy saliva in their mouth. The Four-toed Hedgehog is a very unique and adorable creature with a great skill.

How the Hot 100 Began

Words by Colin Murphy

As stated from Wikipedia.org, the weekly tracking for sales was initially through monday to sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991.The very first chart published by Billboard was "Last Week's Ten Best Sellers Among the Popular Songs" it was a list of the best selling sheet music.

As stated from Wikipedia.org "Popular Numbers Featured by Famous Singers and Leaders" appeared, which added radio performances to in-person performances. On January 4, 1936, Billboard magazine published "Ten Best Records for Week Ending", which recorded the 10 top selling records of three leading record companies as reported by the companies themselves.

Fun Facts About Hot 100

Words by Colin Murphy

The first number one song on Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson on August 4th 1958. The current no.1 song is "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus. Drake has been on the Hot 100 (276) times and top 40 (147) times he has the most time on the top 10. Paul McCartney has written the most Hot 100 No. 1s: 32.

Booming Businesses

By Pragya Mathuria

Welcome to Booming Businesses! This section features two businesses and jobs every week that are of high demand in 2023. I'll be listing a variety of info on the job. This week, we'll examine high in-demand jobs that are more accessible and available for everyone.

Fast Food Worker

Personal Care Aide

Median Salary in US: $25,980

Median Salary in US: $29,430

Ethics: friendly, respectful, persistent, sociable, and responsible

Ethics: patient, dependable, trustworthy, and compassionate

Fast food workers perform customer service, food preparation, and cleaning duties in food service establishments from fast food restaurants to hospitals and hotels. Fast food requires less time and effort, which is a major factor in the increasing demand. This job outlook has a steady 9% growth rate, reported by BLS.

Personal Care Aides assist clients in any scale of everyday tasks. As the population ages, hundreds of thousands of these aides are needed to help people with daily living tasks like bathing, brushing teeth, or using the bathroom. This job outlook has an estimated growth rate of 25%, as stated from BLS.

Requirements: important skills including cash handling, cooking ability, food preparation, food safety experience, communication, and customer service

Requirements: critical skills including interpersonal communication, organization, time management, adaptability, technical and medical knowledge, and significant physical stamina

WPTV

At Channel 5

Words by Michael Venelus
Today, the GSOTA news crew and the GSOTA magazine crew went to WPTV-Channel 5 station. Imagine a very big workplace that over 100 of people could work at the same time and It was so quiet and peaceful( until we showed up).

We learned about a lot of stuff including green screens, things about broadcast meteorologists, and the control room. They said that green screens are green because green blocks out a lot of colors. We met some broadcast meteorologists and they said that they do the things behind the scenes and make the forecast. They also talked about streaming which is someone's thing is playing on the news but they are not there physically. We also went through the control room and they said that it is the most important room because they make the news go live and work on the graphics. They showed us the live cameras that see stuff on the streets if anything happens.

They told us that they get their money from selling 30 seconds blocks of time. The last room they showed us was a big room with a lot of stuff, they said they use the room for commercial production and it was very expendable.

Well that was our experience at WPTV-Channel 5 News. Thank you for reading my page on the magazine and if you like stuff like this stay tuned because we do this every week. I'm Michael, signing out.

Fun Facts

History Of WPTV

1: The station produces more than 40 hours of local news every week

2: Has a a weekly political program called "To The Point."

3: WPTV is the number one station across the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast of Florida

4: Since 1954 WPTV has dominated the DMA with accurate journalism, breaking news, severe weather coverage and Contact 5 Investigations.

WPTV was created on August 22, 1954 as the primary NBC affiliate for all South Florida with the call letters WJON-TV. The first words that were heard were from Director Vern Crawford and he said "The power has just turned on for WJON-TV channel 5".

History of Cameras

By: Wanessa Belizaire

Timeline

1888

What are cameras?

Camera's are devices people use of recording an image or videos. They have a light-sensitive surface, it's essentially a tight box with an aperture to admit light focused onto a sensitized film or plate.

The Kodak was made by a man named George Eastman, he waso was the man who introduced Photographic film. The camera was a simple box camera with a fixed focus lens and single shutter speed.

Camera Obscura

The Kodak

1813

The first camera was called Camera Obscura, which means "dark room". if was invented around 700 to 800 years ago. It was invented to study eclipses without the risk of damaging the eyes by looking directly into the sun.

The Compact Camera and 35mm Film

The The Compact Camera and 35mm Film camera was being used for photography between 1905 and 1923. It was made my a German inventor and photographer named Oskar Barnack.

Daguerreotype camera

1933

The first camera developed for commercial manufacture was called the Daguerreotype camera which was made by Alphonse Giroux in 1839.The Daguerreotype made it possible to capture the image seen inside the camera and preserve is as an abject.

Louis Daguerre

Louis Daguerre was a French artist, painter, photographer, and a developer of the diorama. Louis Daguerre made the first camera that he called The Daguerreotype Camera.

TRLs and SLRs

The SLRs or twin lens reflex camera was invented by the German firm Franke & Heidecke in 1928. It had two lenses of identical focal length-one transmitting the image to the firm and the other finctioning as a viewfinder and part of the focusing mechanism.

1986

The Digital SLRs was made by a man named Steven Sasson who was an electrical engineer that worked for Kodak with the help of his colleague Robert Hills.

Digital SLRs

2023

This Version of Lumix cameras were made in 2023. Lumix cameras are currently made in china by a company named Panasonic . The company is known for standardizing an developing the Micro Four Thirds system of cameras and lenses.

LUMIX S5M2

Fun fact: We use Lumix Cameras for in our Journalism Class

History of Mystery

The Bimin Road

The Bimini Road is a strange set of stones found near the The Bimini Islands which is where the Bahamas are located. This is a mystery about them.

There was a strange rock formation found near Bimini Island. It was discovered by a recording-holding diver named Jacques Mayol. Him and his two friends dove about 18 feet just off the coast of The Bimini Island finding huge stones made of limestone that appeared to be 1900 to 3500 years old. The stones seemed to be aligned in a straight line.

The "main" roads are two smaller, parallel rock lines made up of the same type of rocks. These roads quickly began causing historians, civilians, and divers to imagine a long-lost civilization, no longer known to mankind. A small group of historians proposed that a Chinese fleet could have created the road while on a journey in the area.

Many geologist argue if there were any signs of human life that used these rocks but it's impossible to tell seeing that these stones have been underwater for thousands of years, the evidence would have washed away indefinitely.

By Aniyah Dunbar

Theroies

Theories say that this might be a piece of a lost civilization that sought tragedy or a bridge that was destroyed by a natural disaster. One of the eeriest things about this mystery is that Edgar Cayce, a trance healer said that the remains of atlantis would be found near the Bimini Islands but, hey that's just a theory, a history theory.

Physical Features

The Bimini roads is 0.8 km (0.50 mi) long, a northwest/southwest-trending feature with a pronounced hook at its southwest end. It consists of stone blocks measuring as much as 3-4 metres (9-12 feet) in horizontal dimensions, with the average size being 2-3 metres (6-9 feet). The larger blocks show complementary edges, which are lacking in the smaller blocks. The two narrower and shorter, approximately 50 and 60 m (160 and 200 ft)-long linear features lying shoreward of the Bimini Road consist of smaller tabular stone blocks that are only 1–2 m (3–7 ft) in maximum horizontal breadth. Having rounded corners, the blocks composing these pavements resemble giant loaves of bread.