The HPCMS Chronicle

By Arthur Troy, Damian Frankovic, Jada Pilgrim, and Nico Kladopoulos  A mural depicting Newtown Creek, a landmark dividing Queens and Brooklyn was uncovered at 3502 Borden Avenue on the wall of the HPCMS Campus. Federico "Iena Cruz" Massa is an artist who has painted the mural on the Hunters Point community Middle School (HPCMS) wall, as an act of support for the Newtown Creek Alliance. The grand unveiling took place at 10/21/20 12:00PM in Hunters Point South. The Newtown Creek Alliance is a community-based organization dedicated to restoring the waterway in Newtown Creek. This new mural is showcasing a variety of birds that live around Newtown Creek such, as the centerpiece heron and cormorant. The paint that they used to make the mural absorbs harmful greenhouse gases that is in the air making it better for the environment. Newtown creek is located in the border between Brooklyn and Queens where it then connects to the east river. The point of this mural is to spread aware...

By George Haraguchi These are Fire Ants. Fire ants are from South America and have a painful bite.  Have you ever wondered what species of ant you are looking at? Well, you might have seen the ants wandering on the sidewalk or in the grass, but you don’t really look up close at the traits that define them. Sometimes it’s what they look like that defines them or what they do. This is a leafcutter ant. Leafcutter ants are know for cutting up leaves and using it for farming the food they produce for their colony. People usually think there is only one species of ant, and that is usually black ants. The reason that people mostly see black ants is because they aren’t looking close enough. Most ants are dark colors and if you don’t look close enough they all look the same. Black. Most people think ants are just annoying, but others love ants because of their fascination. Asian Marauder Ants eating a superworm. Asian Marauder Ants scientific name is Pheidologeton diversus...