March, 2016 Edition

One Working Unit

Principal’s Message

From Ms. Amador

Principal’s Message

On March 9, 2016, I.S. 303 hosted its first annual CPR Awareness event.

The event was coordinated by Mr. Caggiano, who is a certified CPR instructor. In his

short time here at I.S. 303, he has been able to do many wonderful things with the students

and staff including the Mighty Milers club, and the boys’ soccer and basketball teams. The

purpose of the event was to show students, parents, and faculty the proper procedures in

performing CPR. There was an amazing demonstration on the technique given by mem-

bers of the FDNY mobile CPR training unit. They even brought along the test dummies

for the students and teachers to practice on. The FDNY also had a table set up where they

handed out carbon monoxide detectors. Also on hand participating were staff members

from Coney Island hospital to check people’s blood pressure and offer further insights into

what programs the hospital has to offer. We were lucky enough to have Councilman Mark

Treyger attend and address the standing room only crowd. During his speech, he was

quoted as saying “Only here at I.S. 303 can you see Broadway quality plays as well as

have such informative sessions that further educate our school community”. All in all, the

evening was a tremendous success. After the event, we caught up with Mr. Caggiano and

asked him how he felt about the turnout for the evening. “I’m very happy that so many

students, faculty, and parents attended. It was an important lesson to all because we never

know when we might have to save somebody’s life”. A special thank you to Ms. Amador

for hosting the event, Councilman Mark Treyger, the FDNY, Coney Island hospital, and to

all of the staff that attended.

This Newspaper is

Owned by I.S.303

Where has the year

gone? It seems as if it was only

yesterday when I greeted all -

students, teachers and parents and

now today I reflect on all that has

happened. We have all grown

and learned from each other. We

have shared triumphs and chal-

lenges and more than all we have

supported each other.

It is my hope that the talent we

discover, promote and support

here at IS 303 flourishes not only

within our school but also within

our community at large.

We have an array of upcoming

events which we hope you will

support: Poetry Slam, Career

Day, Junior Hairspray and our

Multicultural Fair. We look for-

ward to seeing you at each and

everyone one of these.

By: Samil Levin

Photos By:

Mr Dobin

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1. Work – Rhianna ft. Drake

2. 7 Years – Lucas Graham

3. No – Meghan Trainor

4. Pillow Talk – Zayn

5. Panda – Desiigner

6. Love Yourself – Justin Beiber

7. My House – Flo Rida

8. I Took a Pill in Ibiza – Mike Posner

9. Work From Home – Fifth Harmony

10. Me, Myself, And I – BeBe Rexha ft. G- Eazy

11. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots

12. Cake By The Ocean – DNCE

13. Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande

14. Sorry – Justin Beiber

15. Never Forget You – Zara Larasson ft. MNEK

16. Pop Style – Drake ft. The Throne

17. 2 Phones – Kevin Gates

18. Hands To Myself – Selena Gomez

19. Oui – Jeremih

20. One Call Away – Charlie Puth

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pell, 6-108

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By: RosaMaria Garces,

& Abigail Quirindongo

Q: What inspired you to become a teacher?

A: When I was a student, I had a fifth grade teacher whom I admired very

much. I saw the way that she cared for her students and I wanted to be

just like her.

Q: How long have you been the District 75 supervisor here at I.S.

303?

A: I have been here at I.S. 303 for ten years. I was placed here by my

principal at the time. I love working with the students here, and I.S. 303

has become my second home.

Q: What do you like most about being a teacher and supervisor?

A: I love being a teacher because it allows me to interact with all types of

students. Being a supervisor is also great because it allows me to work with

all of my teachers, paraprofessionals, and students.

Mr. Young

Q: What inspired you to become a teacher?

A: Teaching is my second career. I came to it from the corporate world. I

have always had a passion for children and wanted to become an educa-

tor.

Q: Can you tell us more about the drama program and the upcoming

Hairspray production?

A: Drama is a way of expressing one’s self in a variety of ways. Since I

joined the I.S. 303 family, we have put on several productions and each one

was better than the last. Hairspray is a fun musical that the students have

been practicing all year for. Our productions come complete with state of

the art lighting, scenery, and most important the dedication of all the stu-

dents that take part. I never turn down a student’s request to be a part of a

school production. We have actors, stage managers, lighting crew, stage

crew, and backstage workers. All that I ask from my students is dedication.

Mrs. Tancreto

American basketball star Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brook-lyn, New York. Jordan left college after his junior year to join the NBA. Drafted by the Chicago Bulls, he helped the team make it to the playoffs. For his efforts there, Jordan re-ceived the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. With five regular-season MVPs and three All-Star MVPs, Jordan became the most decorated player in the NBA. He was known as a professional basketball player, Olympic athlete, businessperson and actor. Born on Febru-ary 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, he was considered one of the best basketball players ever. Michael Jordan dominated the sport from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He led the Chicago Bulls to six National Basketball Association championships, and earned the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award five times. Growing up in Wilmington, North Caroli-na, Jordan developed a competitive edge at an early age. He wanted to win every game he played. As his father James later noted, "What he does have is a competition problem. He was born with that ... the person he tries to outdo most of the time is himself." Jordan en-rolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981 and soon became an im-portant member of the school's basketball team. His team won the NCAA Division I cham-pionship in 1982 with Jordan scoring the final basket needed to defeat Georgetown Univer-sity. He was also singled out as the NCAA College Player of the Year in 1983 and in 1984. During the summer of 1984, Jordan made his first appearance at the Olympic Games as a member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team. The team won the gold at the games that year, which were held in Los Angeles. Jordan later helped the American team bring home the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games, held in Barcelona, Spain.

By: Jason Dyer, 6-

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By: Jason Dyer, 6-

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It was on April 3, 2016 in Dallas, Texas that history was made. There were 12 matches in total. The main event saw Roman Reigns defeat Triple H to win the WWE heavy weight championship. Shane McMahon then battled The Undertaker in a steel cage. The match stole the show with The Undertaker coming out on top and in-

creasing his Wrestlemania win streak to 22-1. Another scene steal-

ing match was Dean Ambrose vs. The Beast Brock Lesnar. This was a no-holds-barred match with Lesnar getting the vic-tory. The Divas match stole the show with Charlotte winning the new undisputed women's championship belt. The roaring and record breaking crowd of 101,000 plus people set an all time Wrestlemania attendance record. I enjoyed watching the event on the WWE network. The Rock and John Cena also made surprising appearances and the crowd went wild. Next year’s Wrestlemania will be held in Orlando, Florida at The Cit-rus Bowl. This Wrestlemania will be hard to top as far as at-tendance records go, but it is always a spectacular event.

It’s slowly approaching that busy movie season. With spring in the air, the hot summer blockbusters are upon us. While looking through the new crop of films about to be re-leased, I want to do a throwback to last year. I remember seeing a film called Final Girl and can’t forget it. It was a fan-tastic action film. The main stars of the film are Abigail Bres-lin, Alexander Ludwig, and Wes Bentley. It’s about a girl who’s parents die and she gets taken in by a man who trains her to be an assassin when she grows up. We flash ahead and she is now in her late twenties. Her first mission when is to track down a team of men who have been killing blonde haired girls in the woods. After methodically meeting each man and gaining her trust, she assassinates each as they try to make her one of their victims. The film also features a somewhat religious theme that goes along with the girl’s training. Until the next issue, see you all at the movies and

By: Gabriella Bere-

zovskaya, 8-313

Are you ready for your swords to go into battle? It’s Clash of

Clans!-one of the most popular games for phones only. Clash of Clans is

a fun battle game. Usually when you start you have 500 gems. Gems

are used to upgrade or give a boost to make them go faster. If you

don’t have enough resources it will let you use gems instead. When you

first start, you first have to upgrade your town hall so you can have a

really good inventory. When you start you are going to need to buy

gold mines and other things to help start out at the base. People can

raid you and you can raid them online, so watch out for those people

who just attack you when you’re offline. With gems you can buy shields

so people don’t attack or raid you. It is important to upgrade your

town hall to get new and improved troops which will help you in raids.

When your town hall is at a certain level, you can buy new defense

items to protect your base like wizard towers and archery towers. You

can also upgrade troops so that they do a lot more damage; however,

they cost a lot more money.

By: Daniel Brown

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Newspaper Staff

Publisher and lead Advisor Senior Editor & Advisor Technical Advisor Monthly Horoscopes

Mr. Dobin Ms. Amador

Mr. Wu

Samil Levin

8-317

Monica Benyaguyeva

6-147

Lailah Elmegdani

6-106

Abigaail Quirindongs

6-165

Rosamaria Garces

6-108

Jason Dyer

6-104

Ms. W

Brandon Shle-

movich 6-122