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By Cara Giardina Hey, blog! It’s sure been a while, but your former co editor-in-chief is back and for this article I will be sharing my experiences about what is happening right now.  People are scared, people don’t believe in what’s happening, and some people are being so completely awful to each other that it’s disgusting. But this blog is our way to shine just a little bit of light into today’s complicated and dark times. But enough of that, let's get into the article. People are trying to come up with explanations; they are trying to find someone to blame for the coronavirus, and they are attempting to sound clever while spreading lies. I will be explaining why some of these lies are incorrect and harmful. The first conspiracy that we will discuss is that the disease was created by someone in China. This is not correct for a myriad of reasons, the first of which is supported by Live Science’s article entitled, “ Here’s Why the Coronavirus is so Good at Infecti...

By Malcolm Mungo With all NYC public schools closed, students are doing school from home. But how do they practice music at home without instruments? Well, all students in music will be able to write and compose their own songs on a platform called Music First. This platform allows students to work with their peers to create cool songs. It also has many music exercises that can help students identify notes better and sight read music. So far, we have been tasked with creating a song on Soundation, one of the many apps on the Music First website. Plenty of 6th, 7th and 8th graders have made amazing pieces of music in the app, and we are getting more and more used to it. Our goal is to be composing full-fledged songs and posting them on Soundcloud for people to purchase. This opportunity may help many students to discover how fun it is to compose music and eventually become a popular artist. Jouseph Tenecla from class 603 is one such student. Check out his Covid-19 song here . ...

Even under quarantine, HPCMS Girls Volleyball is unstoppable!

By Malcolm Mungo 1. Read articles on the HPCMS Chronicle! 2. Create a snack. 3. Check-in with friends on Zoom. 4. Play video games (especially Minecraft). 5. Talk to your family. 6. Cook something. 7. Play with your pet. 8. Go for a walk. (Remember social distancing!) 9. Read a book. 10. Do something nice for someone. 11. Learn a new skill. 12. Exercise. 13. Clean/organize your room. 14. Binge watch a TV show. 15. Watch Youtube. 16. Sleep. 17. Play on a game console. 18. Ride a bike! 19. Ride a scooter! 20. Ride a skateboard! 21. Learn a new language. 22. Start saving up for something. 23. Play an instrument. 24. Learn a new song. 25. Create your own song on Soundation. 26. Watch a Livestream on Twitch.tv. 27. Chat on Discord. 28. Try a new video game. 29. Build a tent fort. 30. Have a Nerf war! 31. Do schoolwork. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 32. Listen to music. 33. Do Spanish or Math IXL. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 34. Play a card game. 35. Lear...

By Susana Hernandez This week for our 7th grade community spotlight we are talking about the great artist Rube Goldberg who we learned about in Art and created many art projects related to his work. Check out some of our work at the bottom of this article! Rube Goldberg was born on July 4th, 1883 in San Francisco, California and lived until the age of 67. His full name was Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg and he was known for being an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor and if that is not crazy enough he has his own award for the National Cartoonists Society. But perhaps he was most famous for his machines. When building the machine it had to have at least three energy sources and a purpose. For me this was pretty hard at first since we had to use household items we had around your home. I couldn’t really think of anything but one day I was looking at my fridge and got the idea of a machine that opened the fridge door. It was pretty easy after I kn...