Inside This Issue

Are You Smarter....1

9/11 Memorial ... 2

Sept History ........ 2

Survival Tips ........ 2

Hurricane Season 3

Movie Review ..... 3

Video Games ...... 4

Sports………..…… 4

Riddle ………….…… 4

Earth Race…..……..5

Trends………..……...5

Dear Anthony…....6

JOURNALISM STAFF

Editor in Chief:

Isabella Moreira

Seth Cruz

Co-Editors:

Valentina Garcia

Jed Hoffman

Giselle Baron

Ariela Brody

Photography:

Matheus Ashford

Administrative Assts:

Melania Gogrichiani

Gianna Vargas

Sophia Martinez

Are You Smarter Than An AI?

In 2015, a group of 700 computer scientists based in San Francisco held a contest to build an AI- (Artificial Intelligence)- that can solve an eighth-grade science test. The grand prize was an astounding $80,000 dollars! All of the AI’s didn’t pass the test, the highest grade an AI got was a 60%. Little did any of them know, an organi-zation in Seattle was inspired to accomplish what wasn’t accom-plished that year. The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle created an AI, Aristo, named after Greek philosopher Aris-totle - the AI blew the test out of the water. Aristo correctly an-swered 90% of the questions on the 8th grade test and 80% on a 12th grade test! The robot used logic rather than simple memory to an-swer the questions. Aristo is an advancement in AI technology and basic knowledge.

2019-2020

Mrs. Castillo & Mrs. Russo’s

Journalism Team

October 3, 2019 Volume 8, Issue 1

By: Alan Hurtado

School Survival Tips

1. Keep a planner with you to make sure you are organized.

2. Don’t be scared to ask your teacher ques-tions.

3. Don’t procrastinate with your school work.

4. Choose your friends wisely.

5. See something, say something.

This month of September contains a bountiful of interesting events and history to offer. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, start-ing World War Two. Weirdly, on September 2, 1945, World War Two ended. On a patriotic day September 9, 1776, the country of the United States of America was named. On a tragic day September 11, 2001, four planes were hijacked, two of which hit both of the towers of the World Trade Center, one of the planes hit the Pentagon, and the final plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after being taken over by passengers. Nearly three thousand innocent people died on that day. On another pat-riotic day, on September 17, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia twelve delegates proposed the U.S Constitution, which is the birthplace of the U.S that we know today. On September 2nd, 1666, the Great Fire of London occurred. On September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed, which marked the end of the American Revolution. September is definitely a month rich American history.

WE SHALL NEVER FORGET

September is Filled with History

On September 11, 2001, a tragedy struck the United States shocking the entire world. De-spite the devastation, America became more united than ever to find justice. This event will never be forgotten, and people in America will continue to take this day to pay tribute to all those lives lost. Bay Harbor Town members and RKBBHK-8 staff and students gathered together in a ceremony outside the Community Center. Bay Harbor police, firefighters, Mayor Stephanie Bruder, School Administration, counselors, and many more were in attendance. The ceremony started with several speeches with words of encouragement. The Ruth K Broad band played the national anthem, ending off with a moment of silence. Afterwards, the police had the flag at half-mast to pay tribute to the fallen of 9/11. As the town mayor of Bay Harbor, Stephanie Bruder stated, “Be positive, stay strong, keep looking forward, never forget, but don’t let that affect you in your happiness

and future.” Another spectacular speech was presented by Student Council President Car-olyn Bartroff’s left her audience with hope for the future as well. This day will always be a day to remember, not only as a tragedy, but a way to become stronger, stronger as a nation.

By: Shirel Albergel, Ariela Brody

By: Rocco Acosta

and Giacomo Battiston

By: Malik McNeill and

Giacomo Battiston

Movie Review

Angry Birds 2, made by Rovio Entertainment and Sony Animations, was released on August 14,2019. It takes place in the fictional land of Bird Island. After hu-mongous ice balls fall on both islands, the main character, Red, has to team up with his enemy, the Pigs, to pro-tect Bird Island and Piggy Island from the Eagles. The Pigs want to take over the islands and remove their in-habitants so that they can make a paradise for themselves. The Ea-gles use superweapons to send balls of ice to flush the birds and pigs out. Later on, the Ea-gles decide to put lava inside the ice balls. Critics rate the Angry Birds 2 movie a WHOPPING 9.0374521845 out of 1010.45368596.

Hurricane Season

The 2019 hurricane season started off in late May with Andrea, but in mid-July Barry hit Louisiana as a low-end category 1 with winds of 75 mph. The storm killed one man and cost 600 million dollars in damages. From August 24 to September 8 Dorian went on a tear making hurricane landfalls in the U.S Virgin Islands, The Bahamas, North Carolina, and Canada. The storm did most of its damage in Bahamas where many are dead, many are still missing, and there are billions of dollars in damage. The storm peaked out as a category 5 as it made landfall on the Bahamas and stalled for over 40 hours. North Carolina was hit hard and so was the region of Halifax, Canada when it was hit by a post-tropical Dorian. Tropical storm, Imelda, struck Texas with 40 mph winds dumping 42 inches of rain in areas previously devas-tated by Hurricane Harvey. Tropical storm Karen struck Puerto Rico as a weak tropical storm and was originally thought to threaten Florida however, it was killed off by wind shear. Hurri-cane Lorenzo peaked out as a category 5 in the eastern Atlantic. Luckily for the nation’s Hurricane basin, most storms ended up being fish storms, and most scares were just that, scares. It is recommended that everyone continue to take precautions and prepare for the unexpected. So far, this season of storms has been active and the storm season just got started. Be safe!

By: Jed Hoffman

A SEASON OF STORMS

By: Joseph Oppenheimer , Jaden Zaitz, and Gavriel Barcelo-Jeffers

Riddles of the Month

1.Can you name three consecutive days with-out using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Answer: Yesterday, To-day, and Tomorrow.

2.David's father has three sons : Snap, Crackle and _____ ? Answer: David.

3. What goes up, but never comes down?

Answer: Your age.

4. Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

Answer: The man is bald.

5.A man rode out of town on Sunday, he stayed a whole night at a hotel and rode back to town the next day on Sunday. How is this possible?

Answer: His horse was called Sunday!

2K20 Video Games Alert

The NBA (National Basketball Association) offseason was a very exciting time. The Miami Heat along with many other teams made big

moves during the offseason. One of the moves the Heat made was the Jim-my Butler trade. Jimmy Butler is one of the top Shooting Guards in the league. The Heat traded their starting SG Josh Richardson for Butler. The

Heat also had the 13th pick in the NBA Draft, and selected Tyler Herro from The University of Kentucky. Some other big offseason moves in the league were made by the Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers, and Los An-

geles Clippers. The Nets signed Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. The Lak-ers traded for Anthony Davis. The Clippers signed Kawhi Leonard and traded for Paul George.. Inter Miami is a brand-new Soccer team, who has

the legendary Soccer former player David Beckham as their owner. Inter Miami Cf’s stadium has a capacity of 18,000, located in Lockhart stadium. Some big players are rumored to such as Edinson Cavani, David Silva,

Luiz Suarez, and Zinedine Zidane as a coach. Inter Miami will join the MLS (Major League Soccer) in 2020 and will be very exciting for every-one in Miami.

These months of September and October in 2019 is a great

month for gaming. Many new exciting releases were an-nounced, such as NBA 2K20,

Mario Kart Tour, and Luigi’s Mansion 3. NBA 2K20 is the newest installment in the world

of basketball and NBA games. This new staple in the NBA 2K franchise features a new

way to customize your charac-ter, named “MyPLAYER BUILDER.” This system in-

cludes more than 100 arche-types and 50 new badges for your player. It even introduces

the ability to choose your own takeover.

By: Diogo Guarita & Maya Hickey

This Month in Sports….

By: Alessio Fleites

By: Logan Brennan, Luca Matteucci, Ben Romani

Half a century ago, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. NASA is planning to go to the moon again. But, now America has more competition. China is planning space travel as well. Lunar ice can be turned oxygen which could be combined with hydrogen to make rocket fuel. The moon could be a stop for fuel for the rockets so that they will be able to go to farther places such as, Mars. NASA is planning to build a Space Launch System which will carry a space craft called Orion. Orion is a craft that will be a lander for crews that are traveling to the moon’s surface. Another moon lander is called Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander. The company’s founder is Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon. Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, plans to send people to the ISS or International Space Station. In 3 years it plans to launch Starship a moon orbiter that can hold 100 people. All these space-crafts will be beneficial to space travel.

Brandy Melville is a popular brand between teenage girls from age 11 to 18. It was brought from Italy about 20 years ago, now it has 93 stores worldwide. Many girls have found their styles with the brand, now basic and cute clothing is trending. Brandy has only one size clothing that fits most girls. It is featured in Pacsun at Aventura Mall and there is a store in Lincoln Road.

SprayGround backpacks have be-come one of the most popular choices for the new school year of 2019. This brand of backpacks has styles that are suitable for both boys and girls. SprayGround back-packs are unique because of their designs that include iconic sports teams, tv shows, and many more.

TikTok is a social media app for people who are interested in creat-ing short lip-sync, comedy, and talent videos. The app is compati-ble for IOS and Android, it has 800 million downloads as of October 2018. A goal of most users is to get on the For You Page. The app has about 500 million active users globally since June 2018, most of the users are from age 12 to 19. TikTok has a lot of trending chal-lenges like Area 51 Raid and the Broken Clock Challenge.

By: Milan Espy , Mia Elias, Kristina Konovalova, Shirel Albergel

By: Ariela Brody

Earth’s Race to the Moon

Keeping up with the Trends...

By: Lucio Portillo, Ernest

Plokhotnichenk, Samuel Behar, Anthony

Vazquez