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Cornerstone’s Haitian Food for Haitian lives: by ella kiwala

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the cold wind blows against a young 5th grade girl; her long dark  brown hair blowing in the wind, the leaves swirling around her, as  she adds lemonade powder to a large cooler while fourth, eighth and  fifth graders prepared for their fundraiser for Haiti, “Haitian food for Haitian lives”. It was a lunch and bake sale to raise money for Haiti at cornerstone learning community,(http://www.cornerstonelc.com/). on jan 29th. about 3 weeks after the earthquake hit Haiti.

“100% of proceeds will got to a non-prophet orization helping Haiti.” says Augie Soder

“The lunch is only $5.00 for an adult and $3.00 for a kid, but yet we made about $1,400 to give to Haiti!”said Paige Machie.

”It was a fundraiser to help Haiti recover from the earthquake. By doing that we had a bake sale and a Haitian meal.” says Paige Huewan

” i dont know why we didnt star doing this sooner.” Liam Martin

Kids put up colorful sings, and posters. Also some pie graphs about the Haiti stats, a poster that had some basic language, and another with Haiti proverbs.

under a covered area there are random teachers and some parents who volunteered to help; also some eight graders and some more parents are frying the plantains while the fourth graders are helping the fifth graders and bringing down the ladles and large forks and wooden spoons from the Slader house, “a house at the top of the quarter-mile track”    Paige Machie describes. the fifth graders are arranging the paper plates, plastic forks, and getting the lemonade ready,  laying out the cold salad and the beans and rice, and getting ready to man the bake sale’s  stampede of hungary people with a serious sweet teeth.

As the three classes cook and prepare, the rest of the school remains shivering up in front of the stage as they watching the FAMU director for the international student program talk about what FAMU is doing to help Haiti. He talked about how they were going to give Haiti some supplies and that they would need people like us to donate some

  • Blankets

  • Towels, Washcloths and Toothbrushes

  • Hygiene Products (soap, toothpaste, feminine products, alcohol swabs, diapers etc.)

  • First Aid Kits (self contained)

  • Antibiotics (ointment)

  • Medical Supplies (bandages, gauze, peroxide, etc.)

  • Bug Spray

  • Flashlights and Batteries

  • Detergent

  • Toilet Paper

See more at http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?haitirelief&DropOffCenters

How do you feel about giving Haiti $1,400?

“It thinks it was encouraging that we knew someone other than us was taking charge, helping Haiti.” said Paige Machie.

“I feel good, because they will use the money in a good way to help all of the people who need allot of help” Aliyah Kimelman

“I think it’s a big accomplishment.” said Abby Stone

“I feel good.” Lilli Hanks said.

“A big success!” Oscar Patterson noted

“Awesome” said Noah Wise.

“I thought we would only rise like, $100 dollars, but we made a mind blowing $1,400!” Paige Machie commented.

They brought cameras and microphones and they made us feel like we were seen, like we were really helping like we were making a real difference.  We were; we made a difference. We made a $1,400 difference.

Big thanks to:

Paige Machie ,Augie Soder, Abby Stone ,Paige Huewan ,Oscar Patterson, Noah Wise, Lilli Hanks, Liam Martin and Aliyah Kimelman

How We Helped Haiti

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On Jan. 29, 2009 Cornerstone’s 4th grade, 5th grade and 8th grade classes set up a fundraiser to help the Haitians in the earthquake. I asked some questions to administrator and  principal Bev Wells.

Here is what her responses were “I thought it was lots of fun and a great gathering of the community. The many parents who attended was a good sign of the shared mission of the school.  Plus the food was good and the money was raised.”

I also asked some questions to administrator Sandy Eggars here are her responses

“Happy to see the turnout and people willing to give to others” 8th grade math teacher Suzanne Ferrel-Locke who also has a word on that

“It seemed well orginized and effective”

This fundraiser has been a fantastic contribution to all of the Haitians that are in the Earthquake and I think everyone is happy with how we helped Haiti at their time of need.

This was a very succesful fundraiser due to how much money we have raised. Our predictions on how much money we would actually raise was way lower than our actual turnout which was $1400. Bake- sale employee Augie Soder quotes “Well like- um, it was frustrating that people were yelling what they wanted at you. At the same time it was fun to actually be sort of in charge of something.”IMG_4169[2] In this image you will see four fifth grade students named Augie Soder, Peter Sass, Jay Filmore and Wilson Abshire working on a poster for the bake sale “menu,” which stood on the side of a purple platform so customers could see what there was and how much it was.

Despite the lack of orginization in the swarm of rabid kids stampeding down the hill at the “CommunitySing” all of the employees were having a silent party with tuns of celebration, just that everyone was phenominally reliefed and extremely tired.

As a conclusion, we all contributed a good $1400 to go to Haitians in need.

Behind the Scenes: Cooking for the Haitian Fundraiser

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Local Private school leads Fundraiser to help-Haiti-heal!

Cornerstone Learning Community’s  4th, 5th and 8th grade classes have performed a huge fundraiser on Friday, January 29th, to help–Haiti–heal!

The 4th grade (with the help of some parents and their teacher, Anmerie Small) lead a big canned food drive and cookedthe fried plantains right before the event took place. “Our aim was to make them taste just like the one’s that get served at restaurants, and we did!” 4th grader Riley Bohnstengel stated. “I think that it was a great experience and now I know how to cook fried plantains!” Theo Scott said. “It was the taste of teamwork” Riley added. “first we got got whole, fresh plantains, then we stripped them and cut them in to bite sized pieces and then fried them. When that was finished, we got paper plates and squished them into a more “pancake” form, then some salt and they were off to the serving table!!!” 4th grader Thomas Einerson explained.

The 5th graders made the salad and made all the media to advertise for the event. “We made the salad using green beans, carrots, onions, parsley, pea’s, corn and then the dressing (which we made too)” 5th grader Peter Sass said. “Well it’s for a good cause and I feel like it’s Haiti’s gain, my gain because I enjoyed doing it and had fun, and I’m sure Haiti is going to like the $1,000 we raised for their recovery. So over all I think that it was fun, helpful, exiting, and it’s a great way to stay in shape!” 5th grader Jay Fillmore added. The 8th grade made the vegetarian and non-vegetarian rice and beans as the main coarse the day before, just like the 5th graders.

The fundraiser took place on the hill at 12:00 pm on Friday, January 29th at Cornerstone Learning Community. All of the raised money raised went to Red Cross and Doctors without Boarders. “We all went home thinking about what a big difference we had made and about the lives we saved” Zachary Jackson said…

Haiti Interveiw

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On Jan,29 CLC, “A private school with a public mission,” took on the job of helping Haiti in a Haitian food for Haitian life’s fundraiser. The three classes of 4th, 5th and 8th grade made a great Haitian meal and held  an awesome bake sale. Which includes red beans and rice, fried plantains and a bean salad. The bake sale and meal included earned about $1,300.

My job was to interview a 4th grader about the event and Haiti. I asked “Omie Coyne”, ( A 4th grader from CLC ) a couple of questions.

Q: Did you ever know anything about Haiti, before the earthquake hit?

A:”No, I did not even know that Haiti existed.”

Q: How do you feel about what you did to help?

A: “I feel Great and I’m glad I did it!”

Q: How do you think the fondraiser went?

A: Great, I think it went very well.

Omie told me that a lady came into her classroom and talked about Haiti. The lady had been to Haiti one month before the disastrous earthquake hit. Omie said that the lady talked about Haiti’s history. Omie thinks that the $1,300 dollars should go to Doctors without Borders and Red cross.

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Behind The Scenes Marketing “Scheme”

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On Jan29th a Friday, the 4th,5th, and 8th graders of Cornerstone Learning Community put on a “Haitian Food For Haitian Lives” fundraiser, to help raise money for Haiti after the earthquake hit. Two of our teachers here at school have some relashion to the subject, Miss Small the 4th grade teacher is from Jamaica, and  Miss Janviar the social studies teacher she happens to be part Jamaican and Haitian now for the info. 

I am writing on how they got they got the word out . Its the day before the event, children are scurrying around the room putting last min touches on there posters, now some quotes from the kids,5th grade student Jay,”Well, you know its for a good cause and well you know its a GREAT way to stay in shape and well you know its for a good cause. Other student Wilson Abshire, does concer.

For most children this was not a horrible experience.The poster making was fun as student Lilli Hanks said “It was fun running around the school hanging up posters and what not.” Personally I thought getting the word out was easier than it would be, but it was still fun, with a total earning of $1200. With a total number of  75 students, in my perspective that’s a lot of money. student Augie Soder quotes ,”It was hard but it was fun.” That’s how we, the 5th,4th and 8th grade ,GOT THE WORD OUT.

Haitian Fundraiser

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On Friday Jan. 29, 4th, 5th, and 8th grades put on a fundraiser to raise money for Haiti by making a meal and inviting kids and adults.  I am here to tell you about it with some of the 8th graders who helped make the fundraiser happen! It all started in the 5th grade room at Cornerstone thinking of a name and the kind of event we were going to put on.

I sat down with a few of the middle schoolers to hear what they thought about the “Haitian Food for Haitian Lives” meal. One of the 8th graders said, ” I think cooking for the Haitian meal was very important because it was the main part in the money making.” Another 8th grader said, “Every one person helped in making a difference in the fundraiser.”

Cornerstone has pulled together once again to help make a difference in the world where we could help!

The Making of A HAITIAN Funraiser Event

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It is not really hard to believe that we had a really cool event.  So you ask how we did it.  We used resources that included humans, our parent and physical resources the food and music to make the event.  Why did we do this, to get the word out, to tell people about the event.  What was the purpose, to share information about Haiti.  What kind of information did we use?  Things like a map of Haiti, ingredients needed for recipes for the great food and a great salad dressing.   

Now I will tell you about our human resources.  The parents really helped and made great stuff for the bake sale.  The Middle School made the rice and beans.  The fifth graders made the salad and the dressing.  The fourth graders made the made the plantains.

Another resource used was graphs  to show how many the people live in Haiti.  The graphs showed the population of Haiti broken out by races of people.  The last and finally physical resource we used was music so people could get a sense and the mood of Haiti.  The sounds of the island played as people walked through the event and that was the bones of the event. 

By Ross

Interviews with Teachers

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As you know Haiti experienced a heart breaking earthquake measuring 7.0 on the mag. scale. To help, the students of CORNERSTONE LEARNING COMMUNITY (also known as CLC) had a fundraiser  to raise money to help the Haitians directly affected by the earthquake. This money was given to Red Cross. The fundraiser was held on FRIDAY, JAN. 29TH at  12:00 clock pm. at CLC.

The teacher of world culture,Miss Janvier also worked with the fourth, fifth and eight graders to create the event. Miss Janvier is also part Haitian. So I asked her a few questions on the earthquake and fundraiser event. Here’s Miss Janvier’s response.

Miss Janvier: “I think Red Cross will benefit from all of this,”

Interviewer: “What difference do you think you made in someone’s life?”

Miss Janvier: “I think I made a big difference in someone’s life.

Interviewer: “Who gave you the idea?”

Miss Janvier: “No one gave me the idea to help, Haiti.The reason for helping is if I needed help I would want someone to help me.

Miss Small, the 4th grade teacher, also took part in this event. Miss Small is JAMAICAN. She worked on cooking fried plantains for the Haitian meal fundraiser.

Interviewer: “What do you think about the event?”

Miss Small: “I think the event is a thoughtful gesture. It shows that people do care.”

Interviewer: “What have you been doing to help?”

Miss Small: “My fourth grade students and I have embarked upon a ‘Can and Water’ Drive.

Interviewer: “How do you feel about the earthquake?”

Miss Small: “My heart sunk to the ground. I was so shocked.

Interviewer:How do you feel knowing in your self that you helped to save a life by raising money?

Miss Small:I feel really good in my self knowing I made a big difference in someone’s life.

Interview:I’m sure you did,and I’m sure people in Haiti will be happy for everything you have done.

Thank you all from all around world for helping Haiti.Don’t think you have not save a life, because you have.This is also a time we the world can all come together as one work on one project and that’s to help Haiti one’s again thank you all.   )

The Science of Earthquakes by Abby Stone

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earthquake1-1From beginning to end an earthquake is deadly, from collapsed structures to cracks in the earth. But nothing is more fascinating then the scientific aspect to them. For instance here are some things I found out. 

  • Not all earthquakes are felt by people.

  • The majority of earthquakes occur  in the lithosphere of an area that lenthens 100km  downward from the Earth’s crust.

  • Earthquake vibrations come from an area in the lithosphere called the focus

  •  Earthquake tremors move at 2.5 miles a second traveling in waves

  • Earthquake shock waves can travel right through the Earth itself, these waves can also create tsunamis

  • Earthquake tremors bend were the Earth’s composition changes

  • Two scales can be used to measure earthquakes; the Richter scale and the Mercalli scale. The Mercalli scale measures the power of an earthquake. The Richer scale measures the seismic force of an earthquake, you can measure this with a seismometer.

  • Earthquakes are ranked 1-10, each rank higher is 30 times more deadly than the one below.

  • Earthquakes are caused when two of the Earth’s “Continental Plates” slide by each other creating stress, as stress levels rise the ground will shake. This is when the stress is realeasing from the the epicenter creating a wide crack in the ground, as a reminder of a tragic incident.

  • The Haiti earthquake was measured with the Richter scale; a magnitude of 7.0.

 After reading this article I hope you’ll agree that not all earthquakes are as deadly as they seem.

Thank you

 

sources: The Usborne Encyclopedia of Planet Earth, DISASTER! Catastrophes That Shook the World