Late Passes

During this last week the amount of students which arrived late increased a lot. Thats because of the constructions made for the International Festival. The school campus was chaotic during the morning. It didn't only generate traffic inside the school but also outside. One had to go out at least 10 minutes before one normally does not to arrive late at school. The school at least announced at the end of the week almost for the students to try to leave before from their houses, but when a students arrives 2 minutes late they should be excused. Because they probably were already in the school for like 10 minutes but the cars took too long to move. Finally this week everything will go back to normal and we will be able to continue with our usual routine.

Softball Tournament

Saturday 13th at PACA the Varsity girls softball tournament was taking place. After an undefeatable season not loosing one game either from PACA or Graded, Chapel was ready to bring the gold medals home. During the first game many points were scored and Chapel ended up beating the Graded Eagles. But the second game, the final, which was against PACA had a very tight score which didn't pass 7 points. We were all working very hard and together as a team. Fortunately everyone gave their all during the game and brought the gold medals home. We hope that the same will happen at Big 4!

International Festival

This year the International Festival was amazing. It was very organized and there were booths which even looked like restaurants. The food was delicious! One was able to eat delicacies from all around the globe in a matter of minutes. With great shows representing different countries. One could go from dancing tango at Argentina, to dancing samba at Brazil to breaking plates at Greece. Mexico and Brazil's booth really impressed everyone. Mexico's booth looked like a restaurant's bar, and was sponsored by Mercedes Benz and a traveling agency which takes care of tourism around Mexico. The Brazilian booth was very big and offered different kinds of entertainment. I just didn't like how they already declared themselves champions of the World Cup by writing " Caminho ao Hexa" on the booth. A statement a bit too soon to made. But in spite of that the rest was great. No one left with an empty stomach.

Chapel VS. St.Pauls

Two great teams, formed by dedicated and talented players played against each other this Friday at Chapel. A very exciting game in which Chapel started out in front, with a great first set which they won with ease. Chapel made precise plays and were in control of the game. During the second set they were trying to catch up to St.Pauls but in the last fews points of the set fell behind. During the third set Chapel won again, and were a bit nervous about the next set which they were hoping to win so the game would come to an end. Unfortunately St.Pauls won the next set and the final set too. Our volleyball players played very well, all together as a united team. The only thing they should work on should be their spikes, because that's the strong ability in the St.Paul's players. Even though we lost this game we are all very excited and full of hopes that we will make it to the finales.

BRAMUN

Brazil MUN is coming close and all the Chapel delegates must be starting to feel very anxious excited waiting for this event that is arriving. BRAMUN is the same thing as Sao Paulo MUN but it happens at Angra dos Reis at a luxurious hotel where the students participating stay for about 5 days. It is a bigger event because many different schools from around Brazil participate. It is a great experience to learn and debate. Also to meet new people and open new connections. A lot of hard work is put into it but in the end it is totally worth it. For those not participating I recommend to join next year. It is an activity that everyone who participates enjoys doing.

Carnaval

Carnaval break is here and we have 10 full days to relax. Teacher, students, well basically anyone is excited for this particular holiday. Is a great season at Brasil, full of celebration and festivities. Especialy in the beginning of the week , which is when all the "desfiles de samba" happen. Everybody is traveling to different places, some o Rio, some to the beach, some to Salvador. Well but it doesn´t matter because anywhere you go during carnaval will definetly be exciting!

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Research Paper

All the 10th grade students from Mrs. Feitosa's class are in the process of writing a research paper. Each student has chosen a topic of their own liking, and have started to look for websites and books to implement their work. Last year when we were in 9th grade we also wrote a research paper, but it was about careers. Now we are able to pick our own topic, and that makes it easier to write the paper, because when you are writing about something that you like it becomes fun at the same time.By now we have only researched and haven't got to the writing yet, but we will probably start that this week. Although research papers tend to be long and a lot of hard work they end paying off at the end, because you learn and other people who read it learn too.

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