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THE WAVY REPORT
Being a role model is a hard job,. Our 6th grade students are constantly looking up to you. Coming to school in your uniform everyday, the white shirts and blue slacks mean something important. It means that you are maturing and developing into a respectable young man or lady and that you take your education seriously. Please remember when you decide to do something wrong, that they are watching. Be positive examples! media. Last week's situation involved, Brown, after an interview on "Good Morning America," trashed the dressing room, broke out a window and ripped off his shirt. Is this someone who we should be looking up to? He got mad because he was asked by the show's co-host about beating up his ex-girlfriend, Rihanna, who, back when the incident happened, filed a domestic assault case against him.
March 30th , 2011 Volume 1, Issue 3
EDUCATING FUTURE LEADERS SINCE 2003
You Vs. Chris Brown: A Battle Between Role Models
DOES YOUR HOMEROOM HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THE FIRST EVER HOMEROOM TO WIN MARCH MADNESS?
Are you using your Extended Day time wisely? Do you know that studying and practice are required to be great in anything that you do in life. Practicing and studying in school is the equivalent to practicing for a sport. You wouldnt just show up for a game with your equipment or practicing. Why would you show up for school or a test without your equipment? Think about it!
This kind of immature behavior should, first of all, not be tolerated in a civil society. But more importantly, there is no responsible explanation for the media continuing to parade this tragic example of a supposedly successful young man in front of our youth.Though he says he felt the interviewer was wrong to bring up his past troubles, Brown has now apologized and claims to be disappointed in his actions. What do you think?
The interview went along calmly enough, with Brown dodging the We cannot count on the media question, like anyone has a right to find a legitimate role model to do, continually repeating the for ourselves. Chris Brown, the seemingly rehearsed lines that baby-faced, tattoo-chested were promoting his new album. entertainer, is the latest It was afterward in the dressing celebrity whose inappropriate- room that he went ballistic. behaviors are constantly in the
Nicki Minaj Showing Compassion for Japan
A variety of rappers Proceeds from the album, are being tapped for which is being rushed to be an upcoming digital released at the end of this album being released week, will benefit the by Universal Music Japanese Red Cross. Group to raise funds for the victims the A number of other Universal March 11th artists could be included on earthquake/tsunami in the project, including topJapan that left over selling rapper Eminem and 15,000 people dead. pop singer Lady Gaga. According to reports, Nicki Minaj has been confirmed for the project, while Universal acts like Rihanna and Bon Jovi have also been tapped for the album, which will be released worldwide. Universal representatives are looking for artists who are willing to waver their royalties for the tracks that appear on the untitled, digitized benefit release.
Got 4s?
New York State ELA Test May 3rd-May 6th New York State Math Test May 10th-May 13th
DEAN TALK 101:
Did you know that defacing school property is not just against the rules but also a crime?
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Wavy For The Week
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COLUMBIA 701 Omar Carrera Brianna Alicea UCONN 702 Alicia Belgrave Brittany Galarza NORTH WESTERN 703 Sonia Mellado Fatoumata Kebbeh
SYRACUSE 704 Natasha Pena Mariah Perdomo PACE 705 Angel Rodriguez Jarlene Roman DUKE 706 Junior Del Rosario Michelle Najera
WAVY SONG OF THE WEEK:
DOWN ON ME // JEREMIH F 50 CENT
WAVY SHOUT OUT to Ms. Summer and class 704 for having the highest attendance in the 7th grade last week with 96.30% ! For the second week in a row!
WAVY BOOK OF THE WEEK:
21 - The Story of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago
WAVY HOMEROOM OF THE WEEK: 705*
Nintendo 3DS launch was best handheld debut ever
Nintendo said that its U.S. launch of the new 3DS gaming handheld which lets players see images in stereoscopic 3D without special glasses was the best it ever had. The initial launch figures arent available. But getting record numbers at the outset is important because it will help Nintendo grow support for the handheld which it hopes will last for years to come. And its also impressive considering all of the competition from tablets and smartphones. Nintendo said in a statement, U.S. day-one sales numbers for Nintendo 3DS were the highest of any Nintendo hand-held system in our history.Nintendo more details about U.S. sales numbers will be made public on April 14, when first-week U.S. sales figures will be tallied by the market researcher NPD Group. Overall, Nintendos goal is to stave off rivals like the iPhone and iPad 2 and get as many units in place before Sony comes out with its NGP gaming handheld late this year. Nintendo has projected that it will sell 4 million 3DS units this month across the U.S., European and Japanese markets.
Case Closed For Bronx Youth Correctional Facility
Lights out to the once-notorious Bronx juvenile detention facility that gained notoriety decades ago for inhuman conditions has officially been shuttered by the city. The Bridges Juvenile Center, which originally opened in the late 1950s, was better known by its former name, Spofford, and had been closed once before in the 1990s before being reopened to accommodate the uptick in youth being arrested under the Giuliani administration."The community has said loud and clear they would like to use it (the facility) for some other purposes, but there aren't any plans right now for using it. I just don't plan on ever reopening it for detention", said John Mattingly, the commissioner Administration for Children's Services, which recently took over the city's juvenile justice system. Last year, 3,431 youth were admitted to Bridges one or more times, according to the department. Those admitted tended to be between the ages of 11 and 16.Those housed at Spofford were transferred to the city's two other secure detention facilities. The closure is part of the city's efforts to reform its juvenile justice system by diverting more troubled youth from detention centers into smaller, alternative programs where they live in less restrictive settings or where they live at home but are closely monitored."It doesn't make a lot of sense to take a young person ... who you are concerned is headed on a trajectory into adult crime and put him in a facility with 150 other young people some of them older and some of them farther out in that career", Mattingly said. The closure is part of the city's efforts to reform its juvenile justice system by diverting more troubled youth from detention centers into smaller, alternative programs where they live in less restrictive settings.
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TEAMWORK REFLECTION COMPASSION RELENTLESSNESS
