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November/December 2021

The PS249 Student Newspaper

Newspaper Publishes First Student Issue of 2021-2022 School Year

New student editors & newspaper staff have been selected. They have many cool and articles for you to read!

By Kevin Galeno, 5th Grade
Writers on the staff of The Caton Conversation were getting closer and closer to showing all their hard work to the whole P.S. 249 Caton School. All you could hear were the keys of their keyboards clicking, the faces of the people glued to their screens. "Focus on finishing your work!" Shouts Ms. Shames, one of the Newspaper Committee members. (continued on page 3)

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

A Day in the Life of a P.S. 249 Newspaper Writer P. 3

Harvest Dance P.4

Interview with Ms. Musso P.6

Debate: Cats Vs. Dogs P.9

We're Still Here P.10

MLK Jr. P.12

Movie Review: WALL-E P.14

TABLE OF CONTENTS

All About Anime P.16

All About Hanukkah P. 3

Roblox Drama P.19

Short Story: When a ride flashed before my eyes P. 21

Kidcore Vs. Indie Style P.22

The History of Slavery P.23

Interview: Ms. Martin P.25

Meet Ms. Williams P. 27

Sharks: Monsters of the Deep P.29

Soccer Poetry P.31

Diary of a Newspaper Reporter P.33

Meet the Editors P.34

Your Horoscopes P.41

Caton Classifieds P.42

"A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself."

- Arthur Miller

The Caton School Harvest Dance

by Marlie Malivert and Tanayha Mitchel, 5th Grade

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Q:Why was it held?
A:To celebrate the month of October and Halloween

Q: Who was there?
A: Third, fourth and fifth graders, as well as teachers, Ms. Brown, and other P.S. 249 Staff!

Q:What did everyone do?
A:Danced and played games such as horse shoe, bean bag toss and sketch art. They also talked to their friends and had dance battles.

Q:Where was it held?
A:The school yard

Q: When was it held?
A: Friday, October 29th from 4-6pm. It even rained at the end!

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I think the style indie is better then kidcore is because there are more vibrant colors and they give me happy vibes, depending on the occasion.

In my opinion indie style is better then kidcore, because indie has more pigmented colors and they are more vibrant. The second reason for my opinion is indie gives off more happy and exciting vibes. Sometimes when I’m feeling sad I look at indie pictures or I draw indie pics. The final reason for my opinion is for different occasions depending on the color, the color might look good and match.

In my opinion kidcore is not the best style because the colors are pale and pastel. The second reason for my disagreement is the pastel colors give me sad and dead vibes. The last reason is kidcore clothes are not as stylish as indie. If you have indie clothes don't forget to wear them whenever it's the perfect weather and rock the style.

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What's Better? Kidcore or Indie Style?

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By: Raven Derring-Kilkelly
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A Day in the Life of a P.S. 249 Newspaper Writer

Kevin Galeno, 5th Grade
(continued from the front page)

Outside it was sunny, but inside, not that much. You could hear kids running around chasing each other on the playground. These writers wished to play too, but they had lots of business to take care of. The time was ticking down and writers were running out of time for the deadline. Everyone is working hard and focused.
Since lunchtime was hours ago, the newspaper staff is hungry again, so they ate whatever they found. Everyone is working to get their work turned in so that their writing will be featured in the official first issue of the newspaper. Everybody rushes to finish because who wouldn't want their work in the "OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER''?
Several writers were not happy with the amount of time they had to finish and worried that their work would not go through. Did everybody make it or did they leave a kid behind? Hopefully not, we sure had a nail biter!

About the Army Q&A

by Diara Dollar, 4th Grade

Have you ever heard of Veterans Day? Veterans day is a public holiday held on the anniversary of the end of World War 1. It is to honor all past and present
army workers.

Do you know the oldest service for the military? The Second Continental Congress founded the Army in 1775; it is the oldest service of the United States military. Originally formed to protect the freedom of the first 13 colonies, the Army has evolved and grown from this small militia force into the world's premier fighting force.

Do you know why it is so important for us to have the people that are in the military? It is so important because without the people who work for the army we wouldn’t have justice and some of us wouldn’t be here reading this!

Interview With Ms. Musso

By Ashley Bonilla, 5th Grade

Why did you join the Army?

Ms. Musso: Reason one was to serve the country and second reason to pay for college .

Did you make any friends in the army?

Ms. Musso said yes alot

When did you join?

Ms. Musso said : I joined January 3, 2006

What was your favorite thing of being in the army?

Ms. Musso said helping the people and giving the medical treatment

Martin Luther King Jr.

By Breanna Long, 5th Grade

Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the activists that has helped us, fighting against discrimination and for racial justice. For example, he started a march for black people's equal rights, even though he went to jail several times. He did it for justice because white people discriminated against Black people due to their skin color.