Hercules the Worlds Biggest Dog

Hercules is a English Mastiff he has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds. He is the Worlds Biggest Dog ever according the Guinness world records. Click here to see the website!

By Christina, Valarie and Cindy

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GOLF		SUNBURN
HATS		SUNSCREEN
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HUMID		VACATION

A Little About Barack Obama

Obama was born August 4, 1961 in Hawaii, U.S.A. His father was a black Kenyan and his mother was a white American. He was raised partly in U.S.A. and partly in Indonesia.As a kid he had a nickname of Barry Soetoro and last year Obama received the Nobel peace prize. He is he first African American to be president of the U.S.A. He is also the 44th president.

 

By: Elizabeth 

Book Reconmendation

If you are looking for a good book that is hard to put down then read the Harry Potter series. There are 7 books in the Harry Potter series.
The books in the series are:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Every book in the series is hard to put down. I think the 4th book is the best book of the series. The series is about how Harry Potter finds out that he is a wizard and attends a wizarding school called Hogwarts. He goes through many hard times to defeat the wizard that killed many lives-Voldemort.

By: Bertrand

Isabel and the Miracle Baby

Isabel and the Miracle Baby by Emily Pearce is about a girl, Isabel and she hasn't been acting very nice to her mom and baby sister. In return, her mom bans her from playing with her best and only friend, who is a bad example. Meanwhile, she is scared that her mom will get cancer again. When she starts to make new friends in school, her mom pushes her to be friends with Ben, whose mom is also struggling with cancer. But Ben sticks to her in school, and Isabel gets embarrassed and teased about him. Will Isabel ever make friends again? 

Angelina

Summer

It's almost summertime! Nothing to do? Bored of the same things? Here are some ideas that can spice up your summer!
You could...

• Check out http://dragongazette.blogspot.com/
  
• Do crosswords on http://www.boatloadpuzzles.com/playcrossword
• Do word searches on http://www.puzzles.ca/word_search_online.html

Dragon Rider

This book is great for fantasy lovers. It is about a dragon who's valley is about to be taken over by humans, so he goes in search of a magical place called the Rim Of Heaven. He sets out with a Scottish brownie and a small little boy. On his way, he finds out about a golden dragon that wants to eat all silver dragons. They must destroy him, but how? Read this book to find out.

By Cindy

An Interview with Mr. Watson

Summer Vacation

By Eunice and Zoe

Are you looking forward to Summer vacation? Or, at least Summer?
Well, if you don't have anything to do, try out this maze!

We are all going on a summer holiday -don’t get left behind! Find your way to the car quickly!

Start at the top and end at the bottom!
Challenge: time yourself or else your car will leave!

Book Review - The Landry News

In the Landry News, a girl named Cara Landry starts making a newspaper. Cara is in Mr.Larson's class. Mr.Larson is a very strict teacher. Most parents tell the principal their child cannot be put in his class. She makes a newspaper saying ‘There has been no teaching in this classroom. This teacher says children should teach themselves. If that were so, we should each get about $7.00. Mr.Larson does not seem like such a good teacher in ways. Read the rest of the book to see Cara's experiences with her newspaper and Mr.Larson!

By Michelle and Sophie

Coraline (the Graphic Novel)

Have you read the graphic novel "Coraline"?
Well, if you haven't, you are miiiiissing out! Even though this comic was adopted from the original chapter book, it still has an exciting tingle to the story. What's more, it's not too scary (like the movie, as I've heard!) and suitable for fantasy lovers like me. The pictures give an almost animated feel to them.

The book spooked me out a little the first time I read it. With Coraline finding a magical link to another kind of world made by the evil "other mother" in the old flat her family just moved into. It was almost exactly like Coraline's real world, since the other mother could only make twisted copies of what was real.

There was a copy of her father, a copy of the two old once-ago actresses, Mrs. Spink and Mrs. Forcible, and even a copy of the crazy old man who lives upstairs!

Coraline's real mother and father are kidnapped by the other mother. Will Coraline be able to rescue them before she is turned into a ghost? Read the book to find out!

You can even find the book in our trusty old UPS library!

By Amelia

Mika in HK!

Do you know who is coming on June 16, 2010?

Well if you don't know. . . MIKA IS COMING TO HONG KONG! If you don't know who Mika is, he is a British-based musician who is awesome! He will be performing at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. You should really go and see him. If you want to hear him before you buy your tickets, you might try listening to "Lollipop", "Rain" or "We are Golden". Listen to these and you will definitely want to buy tickets!

By Zachary

Tongue Twisters

Animals
-She sells sea shells down by the sea shore.
-Big black bugs bleed blue black blood, but baby black bugs bleed blue blood.
-How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if woodchuck could chuck wood?
-The blue bluebird blinks.
-The cat catchers can't catch caught cats.

People
-Which witch is wickedly rich?
-One wise whistling wizard.
-Two tooting tuba-tuners.
-Mr. See owned a saw.
-Betty bought some butter, but the butter was too bitter, so Betty bought some better butter, but the bitter butter made the better butter bitter.

By Angelina and Serena

World's Smallest Horse; Einstein

On April 22, 2010, a horse named Einstein was born in Barnstead, New Hampshire. He weighed less than 6lbs, and had a height of 14 inches. He even set a new record for the smallest horse in the Guinness Book of World Records! Click here to watch the video, and learn about Einstein!


By: Christina

Percy Jackson Book Review

(Characters from top right to bottom left: Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson, Grover Underwood, Nico Di Angelo, Tyson(cyclops), and Rachel Elizabeth Dare)

If your looking for a good book then you should choose Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan. This series of books is about greek mythology. There are five books in the series plus another two which introduce you to the characters, The Lighting Thief, Sea Of Monsters, The Titans Curse, The Battle Of The Labyrinth, The Last Olympian. If you want to learn about the characters and the settings you should get Percy Jackson, The Ultimate Guide or The Demigod Files. 

In the first book Percy has to recover Zeus's lightning bolt. In the second book he has to get the golden fleece and save Grover. In the third book he has to rescue Artemis. In the fourth book he finds pan and has to stop Luke's army from getting into the camp and in the last book he has to fight Kronos.

By: Matthew

The life of Barack Obama

Obama was born August 4, 1961 in Hawaii, U.S.A. His father was a black Kenyan and his mother was a white American. He was raised partly in U.S.A. and partly in Indonesia.As a kid he had a nickname of Barry Soetoro and last year Obama received the Nobel peace prize.

By: Elizabeth Zhu

The Summer Poem

Summer!
I love summer it is very fun,
All school and homework is done,
Going to the far stretching sea,
With all of my friends and me,
Going to grandparent's houses,
Buying skirts and blouses,
Going to pools,
And closing down school,
Looking through the art halls of fame,
Playing fun video games,
I love summer do you?

By Caitlyn

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

Do you usually stick to the same book genre all the time? Is one of those genres not fantasy? Well, I do, but when my teacher assigned this book to me as a book club book, I enjoyed it very much and now enjoy reading fantasy.

Try reading, "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster. In this story, a boy named Milo journey's into a magical land using a phantom tollbooth that magically appears in his home. When he get's there, he meets lot of weird, but interesting people. As Milo travels through the magical place, he discovers a problem: Lots of different things are going on between the people. The only people who can help are Rhyme and Reason, the princesses that were banned from the kingdom to the castle in the sky. Milo and his friends set off to free the princesses. But will Milo encounter problems along the way? Will he make it? Read this great book to find out.

By: Shayla

Movie Review

They just get better and better!
-Jackson, Reporter

"The Greatest Things are the Pets"
The new movie: “How to Train your Dragon,” is the movie that fans have been waiting for. Fans of Avatar and Percy Jackson will enjoy this new mythological thriller.

Young Viking Hiccup is determined to show his father that he is a brave Viking, with the guts to kill a dragon. The only issue is, Hiccup’s father, Stoick, is the leader of their clan, while Hiccup is a silly wannabe teenager.

When Hiccup catches a one of a kind dragon, known as the “Night Fury,” he can’t bring himself to kill it for his father. So instead, he studies it, and learns that dragons aren’t the deadly creatures that the rest of the clan thinks they are.

Like most other movies nowadays, “How to train your Dragon” is presented to viewers in 3D. The effects are like Avatar, except you won’t be glancing at your watch waiting for it to finish.

Famous Fighter Jets

Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor
The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor’s role is a stealth air superiority fighter. It is a single seat, twin engine fifth generation fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology. It has additional capabilities that include ground attack, electronic warfare and signals intelligence roles.

Mikoyan Mig- 29
The Mikoyan Mig-29 is an air superiority fighter. It is a 4th generation jet fighter aircraft that was designed in the Soviet Union. It was developed in the 1970s and entered service with the soviet in 1983, and is still in use by the Russian Air Force and many other nations.

By Bertrand

Pajama Fun Drawing Contest

Are you a great artist? Are you proud of your artistic abilities? Are you outgoing? If you are, then this is the contest for you! Draw the most interesting pair of pajamas and send your drawing and name to hkislibrary@gmail.com. The winner of the contest will get their name and picture posted on the Dragon's Gazette Blog! All drawings must be recieved by May 15th. Good Luck!

By Eunice

Talking with Mr. Winston

Do you have any children? If so, how many?
Yes, two children.

Which languages do you speak?
English, German, and Spanish

What’s your favorite movie?
Jaws (danuh danuh)

When you were a child, what did you think you would do when you grew up?
A teacher

Where were you born?
New York City, USA

What’s your favorite color?
Black (even though it’s a shade, not exactly a color) and Yellow

How do you like teaching?
I like it.

How many years have you been a teacher?
16 years.

What’s a book you would highly recommend to a student?
Maniac Magee

Who was your favorite teacher when you were in school? Why?
Mr. Schneider. I had him for 4 classes a day (all in music) and he was mean and strict, but made us better students.

Have you taught any other grade or subject besides 4th grade?
For 11 years I taught 5th and 6th grade.

Overall, how do you like HKIS and your experience here?
I like HKIS, the students, the faculty, and the way the school pushes me to become a better teacher.

Interview by Shayla, Emerald and Christina

Earth Day!

Earth day is finally here! It’s a time to celebrate the earth. Some people celebrate this holiday differently- some people sing songs, some have a feast, some people do posters, and some do activities! One thing we did this week was turn off all of our electricity for one hour. We are also trying to use less water.

Did you know you shouldn't just recycle on this day you should do this every day! My family recycles everyday (otherwise our house would be filled with garbage!) I think we should all recycle everyday or we will have a huge mountain of trash that will be impossible to clean up!Everyone needs to try to think about the earth and how you are taking care of it each day. Please help us save our plant everyday. Please help us save our sea animals. Please help our planet!

By Samantha

Spring is here!!!!

Spring is the time of year when things get warmer and animals come out of their hibernating places. The flowers start to bloom with all there might thanks to the kind people that give them water and the sun that gives them power. The cold from the winter has gone away on vacation and the trees starting to get leaves again. It's sad to say goodbye to the snow, but the flowers come it's place.

After spring comes summer! It is the time for beaches and pools!!! It is time for fun!!!

By Samantha and Caitlyn

Book Review- The Quest Begins (Seekers series)

The Quest Begins is the first book in a new series called Seekers by Erin Hunter. Many of you may know her as the author of the Warrior Cat series. The Seeker series is about different bear clans.

In The Quest Begins you read about different kinds of bear cubs. Kallik, a polar bear cub, and her mother, Nisa and brother, Taqqiq travel across the ice. Nisa urges her children to travel faster before the ice melts. Toklo is a grizzly cub who has a weak brother named Tobi. Their mother, Oka is having difficulty catching prey. Oka pampers Tobi, and it seems as if she doesn’t care about Toklo. Another bear named Lusa lives in a bear bowl in a zoo with her friends. She wants to learn and live in the wild.

What will happen to the cubs? You'll have to read this great new series to find out!

Kelly Clarkson “All You Ever Wanted” Concert

If you like pop music and watch American Idol, you probably already know about Kelly Clarkson. She was the first person to win American Idol. She has sold over 20 million albums since 2002 and lots of people love her songs. She’s going to be singing in Macau on May 8, at the Venetian Cotai Arena. Tickets will be sold out soon, so hurry!

By Shayla, Christina and Emerald