Celestial Body of the Week

By:Matthew

Hey have you ever wondered what the sun is or what it’s made of? Ok well our sun is a big round ball in the middle of our solar system. Our sun is made of pure gas most of our gas is sensitive to magnetism. This sensitivity makes this type of gas so special that scientists sometimes give it a special name: plasma. Eight planets and their moons, tens of thousands of asteroids, and trillions of comets revolve around the sun. The sun and all these objects are in the solar system. Earth travels around the sun at an average distance of about 92,960,000 miles from it. The suns temperature is about 5,500 degrees. So just imagine u in the middle of the pe field in the hot summer of the weather of about 110 degrees and then multiply it by 5 and that is how hot the sun is.

Band of The Week by Martina

Nirvana

Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined the band in 1990. With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from the band's second album Nevermind (1991), Nirvana entered into the mainstream, bringing along with it a subgenre of alternative rock called grunge. Other Seattle grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden also gained popularity, and as a result, alternative rock in general became a dominant genre on radio and music television in the United States during the early-to-mid-1990s. As Nirvana's frontman, Kurt Cobain found himself referred to in the media as the "spokesman of a generation", with Nirvana the "flagship band" of Generation X.[1] Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention and placed his focus on the band's music, believing the band's message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, challenging the band's audience with its third studio album In Utero (1993).
Info found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)

Nirvana's brief run ended with Cobain's death in April 1994, but the band's popularity continued in the years that followed. In 2002, "You Know You're Right", an unfinished demo from the band's final recording session, topped radio playlists around the world. Since their debut, the band has sold over twenty-five million albums in the US alone, and over fifty million worldwide.

Three of my favorite Nirvana songs are:

Come As You Are : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOL5cpwTkes

Breed : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNYgNpAX__M

Smells Like Teen Spirit : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXO3OMGKPpw

But there are many more so go check them out.

Band Of The Week By Martina

Alien Ant Farm

Alien Ant Farm is an American alternative rock band that formed in the southern California city of Riverside in 1995. Their name comes from an idea guitarist Terry Corso had about aliens and the earth--"I was daydreaming at my dull desk job with my feet up, and I thought to myself, 'Wouldn't it be cool if the human species were placed on earth and cultivated by alien intelligence?' Maybe the aliens added us to an atmosphere that was suitable for us, and they've been watching us develop and colonize, kind of like what a kid does with an ant farm."

Info found at : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Ant_Farm

One of my favorite song from them is :
Smooth Criminal : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cJB2Z_aTEQ

Survival Quest

The Cure Music Review
By:Leslie

The Cure is an English Rock Band formed in Crawley, West Sussex
in 1976 mostly considered as a 1900's rock band or Gothic band
they are a very famous band from England and mainly around the world
first begging releasing music in the late 1970s with their debut album Three Imaginary Boys (1979); this, along with several early singles, placed the band as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s, the band's increasingly dark and tormented music helped form the Gothic rock genre.

After the release of Pornography realeased in 1982, the band's future
was uncertain and Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation
his band had acquired. With the 1982 single "Let's Go to Bed" Smith began
to inject more of a pop sensibility into the band's music. The Cure's
popularity increased as the decade wore on, especially in the United States where the songs "Just Like Heaven", "Lovesong" and "Friday I'm in Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100 charts. By the start of the 1990s, The Cure were one of themost popular alternative rock bands in the world.

In February 2008 The Cure kicked off the 23 date European leg of ‘The 4Tour’, and
in May released “The Only One”, the first of 4 singles to be released every 13th of
the month for 4 months. “Freakshow”, “Sleep When I’m Dead” and “The Perfect Boy”
followed, and as the band continued ‘The 4Tour’ with a sell-out 27 date North American
leg, all 4 singles reached #1 on the Billboard chart. Indeed, for one remarkable week in
August, 4 Cure singles were in the USA Top 20 at the same time!

The Cure has inspired a lot of artist into doing some of their greatest work going from
September the “Hypnagogic States” EP was released, featuring remixes of the first 4
singles by acclaimed younger artists Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), Pete Wentz
& Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy), Jade Puget (AFI) and 30 Seconds To Mars. 4Tour support
band 65 Days Of Static joined in the fun, remixing all four singles as one track. All artist
royalties from this EP were donated to the International Red Cross

1985's The Head On The Door, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, 1993, Paris, Sleep When I'm Dead and Galore; these were one of the most famous and best sold albums The Cure sold, beingthe best they have the best songs they have ever made such as; Lovesong, Boys Don't cry, Friday I'm In love, Pictures of You, Why Cant I Be You, Forest, Sleep When I'm Dead. So go listen to The Cure anytime soon and start enjoying their music :D

AC/DC Music Review
By: Carlos



One of the worlds favorite rock band in history. AC/DC.

AC/DC is and Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Angus and Malcolm Young. Malcolm and Angus Young developed the idea for the band's name after seeing the initials "AC/DC" on a vacuum cleaner. The brothers thought that the name could represent the band symbolic energy.

These are the Band Members:

Brian Johnson
Angus Young
Malcolm Young
Cliff Williams
Phil Rudd
Former Band members
Bon Scott
Simon Wright
Chris Slade
Mark Evans
Dave Evans
(full list)

On 19 February 1980, Bon Scott passed out after a night of heavy drinking in London and was left in a car owned by an acquaintance named Alistair Kinnear. The next morning Kinnear rushed him to the hospital where he was announced dead at arrival. Pulmonary Aspiration caused him to die. On August 18 Colombian records announced the band 18 record "Black Ice" was going to be in stores. The band never broke up, they just grew old.

Here are some song included in The Album "Black Ice".

1. "Rock 'N Roll Train" 4:21
2. "Skies on Fire" 3:34
3. "Big Jack" 3:57
4. "Anything Goes" 3:22
5. "War Machine" 3:09
6. "Smash N Grab" 4:06
7. "Spoilin' for a Fight" 3:17
8. "Wheels" 3:28
9. "Decibel" 3:34
10. "Stormy May Day" 3:10
11. "She Likes Rock N Roll" 3:53
12. "Money Made" 4:15
13. "Rock N Roll Dream" 4:41
14. "Rocking All the Way" 3:22
15. "Black Ice" 3:25

Vocabulary Word Of The Week: PWNED

By: Soccorro and Casey

This is Socorro and my awesome friend Casey. We want to increase your vocabulary during this school year. This isn't just boring school vocabulary. This is awesome internet vocabulary. So get ready to learn the vocabulary word of the week. This week's word is *drum roll* PWNED! Pwned is a word that mainly originated from the word owned. Owned was used to say that you just got served. For example, "You just got owned!". Internet users thought owned sounded pretty weird to use in such a way so they created the word pwned. Pwned is a word that is now being used anywhere in the world. So please increase your vocabulary, tag along and learn the word that everyone is using, and become a fan of PWNED! Here's a link to an awesome video by nigahiga that tells you about the word pwned! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhb89V43KWc&feature=channel_page (The video is hilarious!) Thank you for taking time to learn about the word pwned.

Survival Quest

Band Of The Week By Martina

Coheed and Cambria

Coheed and Cambria is an American rock band from Nyack, New York, formed in 1995.The band was originally named "Shabütie"; however, the name was changed to "Coheed and Cambria" when drummer Nate Kelley departed. The band incorporates aspects of progressive rock, punk rock, heavy metal and post-hardcore.

Coheed and Cambria's albums are concept albums that reveal a science fiction storyline called The Amory Wars, a series of comics written by lead singer Claudio Sanchez. The band has released four studio albums, two live albums, and several special-edition releases, with their latest release being Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow in 2007. In 2008, the band held a four-day concert series, Neverender, during which they played their studio albums in succession. They are currently working on their fifth studio album which will be a prequel to the series.

Info found at : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coheed_and_Cambria

My favorite Coheed and Cambria song is:

Welcome Home : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycMNBgoWPZg

This song is also in the menu for the movie CORPSE BRIDE from their album Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV.

Why Don't People Think About Disabled People and Their Needs?

My name is Socorro Torres and I am going to talk to you about a very serious situation. Hasn't it ever crossed your mind that disabled people aren't treated the same as people that can walk? It probably hasn't. Adolescents usually don't think about serious things going on in the real world because they are usually concentrating on getting a good education. You see that buses have lifts to allow disabled people to travel on them but, let me ask you something. Have you ever seen a disabled person, in a wheel chair, board on an airplane? I think not. I have a disabled brother so it is very hard for my family to go visit my grandma because she lives in Mexico. The government talks about having no discrimination however, they are discriminating against disabled people. They should have a place where they can strap the wheelchairs into an airplane so disabled people can sit with their family members.
We should all start thinking about disabled people and their needs because they are humans just like us. Don't discriminate against them just because they can't walk. Many people have health issues but people discriminate against disabled people more than others. We are all equal and we should all be treated equally. Remember, the next time you see a disabled person, treat them as if they were family.

Say No to Uniforms At LAAMS!

posted by Marsela B.


Why should students wear uniforms when teachers don't? Students hate uniforms in case teachers don't notice. We hate the uniforms and especially tucking in our shirts. The colors blend in with the paint of the school! Why do we have to wear uniforms?
This is what students think about uniforms:

"I think that school uniforms don't let us express our feelings." -Anonymous

"I think that school uniforms suck that's why I don't wear it." -Socorro

Do you think school uniforms express our feelings?

"No not at all."-Franklin

"No because they don't let us wear what we want.They male us wear what they want."-Anthony G.

"Our school uniforms look like jail uniforms." -Edward C.

"School uniforms do not look like jail uniforms."-Dennise

"It is trying to be a private school."-Ashley P.

How does the uniforms make us look?
"I think school uniforms make student look more professional because their wearing collars and they have their shirts tucked in just like adults in Corporate America." -Mr.Pascascio

Why do they make us wear uniforms?

"So everyone is equal." - Ms. Murphy

"Many people judge you by the way you dress so, they rather make us keep it the same." - Javier

Cool Facts
By: Dennise and Marsela

1. There are 58 million dogs in the United States
2. There is a town in Texas called "Ding Dong"
3. Human thigh are stronger than concrete
4. Mexico city sinks about 10 inches every year
5. The fifthy states can be found in a 5 dollar bill
6. Humans swallow an average of about 8 spiders per year while asleep
7. It is impossible to sneeze with our eyes opened
8. In average a person spends 2 years on the phone

For more cool facts go to http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/strawberry/facts.html

Viva Mexico!!!!!
By: Javier A.
As the school ate lunch, the MPR’s stage’s door flew open and a lovely mariachi came out. They sang a variety of songs such a Canta Y No Llores, El Mariachi Loco, and other traditional songs. Of course they were celebrating September 16 the day Mexico got their independence. Since it got us all unexpected the media team was really close in not being able to take pictures, but we covered it anyway. Everybody had fun, because even students danced with teachers and students danced with other students. In behalf of the media team we would like to say thanks to Mr. Hernandez and Mr. Guerrero for bringing the Mariachi.

Kraken

By:Oscar, Edgar

Have you herd of the myth of kraken if you didn't I will tell you about it.
HISTORY OF KRAKEN :

Since the medieval times, sailors and fishermen have been disappearing from western Europe.Scandinavia has told us about a vast,tentacled sea monster that terrorizes all ships that set sail. The kraken lives in depths dwarfing the largest of whales. In some "stories" the Kraken is said to have 1000 tentacles and ten mouths. The kraken is gargantuan in size, it has dozens of mighty tentacles that are used to grab ships and crush them, its eyes are like those of squids and octopuses. When it attacks it spreads its tentacles in every directions grasping everything with in reach. They said the monster was so big that the monster was sometimes mistaken for an island. The kraken has a lot of nicknames like giant squid or giant octopus and crab-fish. It also says that kraken was sorta related to Leviathan a sea serpent. The kraken is awesome and has recently had a role in the pirate of the Caribbean series.

Band Of The Week by Martina

Papa Roach

Papa Roach is a four-piece hard rock band from Vacaville, California.[2] They broke into the mainstream with their triple-platinum major-label debut Infest (2000). The group's success continued with later releases Love Hate Tragedy (2002), Getting Away with Murder (2004), and The Paramour Sessions (2006). Their latest album, Metamorphosis, was released on March 24, 2009. Papa Roach has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.

Info found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Roach

Two of my favorite songs from them are:
Last Resort : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neU_2L5lCME
I Just Wanna Be Loved : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gPmOWLsWos

Band Of The Week By Martina

Rise Against

Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. Their current lineup consists of Tim McIlrath (vocals, guitar), Joe Principe (bass guitar), Brandon Barnes (drums), and Zach Blair (guitar), all of whom are straight edge (excluding Barnes)PETA supporters and strict vegetarians/vegans. The band is currently signed to Geffen, a record label owned by Universal Music Group. As of 2009, Rise Against has released fivestudio albums, two EPs, and one DVD.

Rise Against spent its first five years signed to the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords, on which it released two studio albums. The band gained mainstream popularity with its first two releases on Geffen, Siren Song of the Counter Culture (2004) and The Sufferer & the Witness (2006), which produced several high-charting singles, including "Swing Life Away", "Prayer of the Refugee", and "The Good Left Undone". Their most recent studio album, Appeal to Reason, was released in North America on October 7, 2008, peaking at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 and producing the singles, "Re-Education (Through Labor)", "Audience of One", and "Savior".

Info found at : (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_Against)

Five of my favorite songs from them are :

"The Good Left Undone" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGxLPV19tO4

"Injection" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjObi8ESWjA

"Prayer Of The Refugee" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qhry7ufxno

"Savior" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qhry7ufxno

"Entertainment" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TZTj0RfRNU