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CONTENTS

Human Rights—

Rosa Parks—Martin

Luther King

School news & in-

terviewing A Ka-

paniaris

Paths to the For-

estbooks

Happy hours

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Dear readers

You are holding now the second issue of our English newspaper “Little Argonauts”

for this school year. You are going to read about our news, the forthcoming

Easter events, the “Paths to the Forestbook” our cultural and environmental

three-day event, the Human Rights and our anti-racism project. You can also have

fun on the last page. Enjoy reading our newspaper and HAPPY

EASTER!

Forthcoming Easter Events

Monday 30 th March: Students and parents will make Easter candles.

Wednesday 1 st April: There will be a Puppet Theater performance by

“Aerostato” group in our school.

Thursday 2 nd April: The choir of our school with our music teacher will visit theSpecial School of Agria. They will sing songs and they will give presents and

Easter candles to the children of the school. On Thursday also, we are going to

make “Lazarakia” and “Kokones”, special Easter bread and cookies.

Friday 3 rd April: We will go to church. The girls will sing the “Lazarus” a tradi-

tional Easter song, sung only by girls. We will make Easter cards, eggs and bas-

kets. A and B classes will play Easter Bunny.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January. It celebrates the lifeand achievements of Martin Luther King Jr. an influential American civil rights leader. He is most well-known for his campaigns to end racial segregation on public transport and for racial equality in the UnitedStates.

ROSA PARKS

Within the project on ra-cism taking place in ourschool, we decided todramatize the incident withRosa Parks.It was on December 1, 1955 that Rosa made her famous stand (while sitting) on the bus. Rosa had settled

in her seat on the bus after a hard day's work. All the seats on

the bus had filled up when a white man boarded. The bus drivertold Rosa and some other African-Americans to stand up. Rosarefused. The bus driver said he would call the police. Rosa didn'tmove. Soon the police showed up and Rosa was arrested.Rosa was charged with breaking a segregation law and was told topay a fine of $10. She refused to pay, however, saying that shewas not guilty and that the law was illegal. That night a number ofAfrican-American leaders, among them Martin Luther King, gottogether and decided to boycott the city buses. This meant that

Africans would no longer ride the buses. It wasn't easy for peo-ple to boycott the buses as many African-Americans didn't havecars. They had to walk to work. The boycott continued for 381days! Finally, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the segregationlaws in Alabama were unconstitutional.SEGREGATION

During this time, the city of Montgomery, Alabama was segregated. This meant that things were differ-ent for white people and black people. They had different schools, different churches, different stores,different elevators, and even different drinking fountains. Places often had signs saying "For ColouredOnly" or "For Whites Only". When Rosa would ride the bus to work, she would have to sit in the back inthe seats marked "for coloured". Sometimes she would have to stand even if there were seats open upfront.

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BeRight to

Others

T ry to

Help the others

End the

Racism of

t He

Others

Or

Die trying

FreedomRights

Equality

Education

Do not be a racist

Or afraid of coloured people

Martin Luther King fought for these.

Destiny is in our handsRights are

Equal for

All the

Members of our society

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Martin Luther King, Jr. was a civil rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s. He led non-violent protests tofight for the rights of all people including African Americans. He hoped that America and the world couldbecome a colorblind society where race would not impact a person's civil rights. He is considered one ofthe great orators of modern times, and his speeches still inspire many to this day.Where did Martin grow up?Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, GA on January 15, 1929. He went to Booker T. WashingtonHigh School. He was so smart that he skipped two grades in high school. He started his college educationat Morehouse College at the young age of fifteen. After getting his degree in sociology from Morehouse,Martin got a divinity degree from Crozer Seminary and then got his doctor's degree in theology fromBoston University.Martin's dad was a preacher which inspired Martin to pursue the ministry. He had a younger brother andan older sister. In 1953 he married Coretta Scott. Later, they would have four children including Yolanda,Martin, Dexter, and Bernice.How did he get involved in civil rights?In his first major civil rights action, Martin Luther King, Jr. led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Thisstarted when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She was arrested and spent

the night in jail. As a result, Martin helped to organize a boycott of the public transportation system inMontgomery. The boycott lasted for over a year. It was very tense at times. Martin was arrested and hishouse was bombed. In the end, however, Martin prevailed andsegregation on the Montgomery buses came to an end.When did King give his famous "I Have a Dream"speech?In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. helped to organ-ize the famous "March on Washington". Over250,000 people attended this march in an effortto show the importance of civil rights legislation.Some of the issues the march hoped to accom-plish included an end to segregation in publicschools, protection from police abuse, and to getlaws passed that would prevent discrimination inemployment.It was at this march where Martin gave his "IHave a Dream" speech. This speech has becomeone of the most famous speeches in history. TheMarch on Washington was a great success. TheCivil Rights Act was passed a year later in 1964.How did he die?Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April4. 1968 in Memphis, TN. While standing on thebalcony of his hotel, he was shot by James EarlRay.Interesting Facts about Martin Luther King, Jr.· King was the youngest person to be awarded

the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.· Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a national holiday.· At the Atlanta premier of the movie Gone with the Wind , Martin sang with his church choir.· There are over 730 streets in the United States named after Martin Luther King, Jr. One of his

main influences was Mohandas Gandhi who taught people to protest in a non-violent manner.

· He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.· The name on his original birth certificate is Michael King. This was a mistake, however. He was sup-posed to be named after his father who was named for Martin Luther, the leader of the Christian refor-mation movement.

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Little Euclides

On Friday 6th March all the students of 6 th classand Olga Katsada of 5th class took part in theMathematical Competition “Little Euclides”. Thecompetition started at 8.30 in the morning and

ended at 11.30. The maths test had ten problems,some of them very difficult, but we managed tosolve them. We are looking forward for the re-

sults.

Popular Greek Instru-ments

We visited an popular Greek instruments exhibition with our music teacher Mrs.Dina Karafergia. We saw a lot of stringed instruments such as guitars and tam-

pouras; we also saw wind instruments such as clarinets and flutes and other in-struments made by different materials. We learnt a lot about the past and theevolution on musical instruments. It was a great experience and we had a greattime.

School news ...Page 4, Little Argonauts, 2nd issue, Jan.— Apr. 2015

The pupils of the C class interviewed the writer AlexandrosKapaniaris who visited our school and presented his book“The Colourful Dragon”.Mr. Kapaniaris, where and when were you born?

I was born in Zagora in 1971.

What was your first book about?

It was about a hero.

What inspired you to write this book?

My children did not want to eat, so I started telling themstories .That’s why I decided to start writing this book.

How many books have you written?

I have written eight books.

Do you like reading books?

Yes I do. My mother used to buy me a lot of books to read.

Do you like your job?

Yes, a lot.

What is the theme of your book?

It is about a dragon which was egoistThank you Mr. Kapaniaris.

You are welcome.

Interviewing the writer A. Kapaniaris

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Paths to the Forestbook ...

Our school organized an environmental and cultural event on Thurs-day 19th , Friday 20 th and Monday 23rd March 2015. This three-dayevent took place in our school and in the village of Portaria.

On Thursday 19th M arch, our English teacher Mrs. Z. Louvari and ourteachers Miss Sotopoulou and Mrs. Tsalavreta organized the project“White-Black: Approaching the Different” . The students of the 6 th class made black and white masks and dramatized the Rosa Parks in-cident.

The headmaster of our school Mr. I. Karagiannis and the teachersMr. Siouras and Mrs. Tsalavreta organized “The Eratosthenes Ex-periment” in our schoolyard. The students of 5 th and 6th classeswatched the experiment and measured the imaginary perimeter ofthe earth. It was very exciting.

The earth is threatened by a bad king “The witch Tsapatsoula savesour planet”. The pupils of A and B classes with the help of the musicteacher Mrs. Karafergia and the teacher Miss Sotopoulou drama-tized, sang and danced. They had fun.

On Friday 20th March, the writer Mr. A. Kapaniaris presented hisbook “The Colourful Dragon” to the pupils of A and B classes. Theydiscussed about the book, they made dragons and coloured them.

“The Eclipse of the Sun”. The students of our school watched firstthrough the internet the eclipse of the sun, with the help of our com-puter teacher Mrs. Albanidou. Then we went to the schoolyard andwatched that unique phenomenon wearing special glasses.

“Myths about the sun ”. Our teachers Mrs. Karagiannelou, Mrs. Tsa-garopoulou, and Miss Sotopoulou organized this project and the stu-dents of C and D classes drew and painted the myths.

On Monday 23rd March, the students of A, B, C and D classes tookpart in the project: “Old Book – New Cover ”. They went to KDAP ofPortaria and with the help of the educators of the center they madenew covers for their old books using newspapers, cloths, ribbons andwaste materials.

All the students had planned to make “Environmental Interventions”in our Herb Garden but because of the bad weather this project was

postponed for a sunny day.“Athens-Bangladesh” is another anti-racism project which took placein our school. Our English teacher Mrs. Louvari and our teacher Mrs.Tsalavreta organized real life situations concerning refugees living inGreece and the students of the 6 th grade responded and reacted tothem. It was a very interesting experience.

“The Flying City of Children” is a workshop influenced by a“philanagnosia” project which runs in our school throughout the year.The headmaster Mr. Karagiannis and the teachers Mrs. Nasiakou andMrs. Tsagaropoulou organized the project. The pupils of B and C classes made their dream city usingrecycled materials.“I Have a Dream” The students of the 5 th and 6th grades painted the walls of our school in an anti-racism mood, with the guidance of our art teacher Mrs. Kolaxi.


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J OKES

Q: Teacher: What is the shortest month?A: Student: May, it only has three letters.

Q: Why did the teacher wear sunglasses?

A: Because his class was so bright!

Q: Why did the teacher go to the beach?A: To test the water.

Q: Teacher: If you got $20 from 5 people, what you get?A: Student: A new bike.

Q: Teacher: If I had 6 oranges in one hand and 7 apples inthe other, what would I have?A: Student: Big hands!

Happy hours…

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TEAM WORK: Andreadis Konstantinos, Iliadis Michael,Kontogianni Anna –Maria, Kounara Fotini, Karabinas Konstanti-nos, Papavasiliou Athanasios, Popoura Triada, Kousiaris Chrisostomos,Tsagrasouli Danai, Karaiskou Irida, MastakoulisAnestis, Mouharem Maria, Latifi Anna, Kalovrektis Dimitrios, Merko Fabio-Alexandros,Desipris Nikolaos.


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