Amtrak Mystery

by Jack

Amtrak is a very big company. There are many types of trains on the rails, many crashes. But there is one that will baffle investigators for centuries. One night, May 12th 2015, in Philadelphia, a typical late-night northeast regional train was carrying in little bit over 200 passengers. It was going around a curve at a shocking speed: 107 miles per hour. The train curved off the rails and bursted into flames. 2 cars were thrown into the bridge and smashed to pieces. The power car was thrown 2 tracks away from the rest of the train and came to a stop. But no one knows why the train was going 107 miles per hour. The conductor, Brandon Bostian, didn’t remember anything that night. But this is the #1 mystery for Amtrak that they will never figure out why it happened.

The Boston Tea Party

by Xiyan

When it was the night of December 16, 1773. The Sons of Liberty pretended to be some Indians and boarded three ships on the Boston Harbor and they threw 342 chests full of tea into the sea. This is today known as the Boston Tea Party.

The Cause of the Boston Tea Party

The American Revolution had started and the king had just passed out a new law, that everyone had to pay taxes for all the Tea they drank, that’s a LOT of Tea, so on December 16, 1773, some of the true patriots of our country decided to dump 342 chests full of tea into the sea.

The Effect of the Boston Tea Party

When all of the Tea was dumped overboard, the British shut down the Boston Harbor until all of the Tea was all payed for.

The Boston Tea Party was one of the most important and famous acts of the American Revolution.

The Rise and Fall of TWA

by Jack

TWA is an Airline that went out of business in 2001, because of bankruptcy. Several flights made it almost impossible for them to ever fly again. The first plane EVER to crash on TWA was Flight 553. The plane was descending towards the airport when a Beechcraft Baron private jet crashed head-on. The second crash was TWA Flight 159. It overshot the runway after an abort takeoff. The WORST crash TWA ever had was Flight 800. Shortly after takeoff, the plane blew up over the Long Island Sound. The nose fell out from the plane and then the rest of the plane went up, stalled, then came down. The NTSB was only able to put together the main part of the plane. The rest of it was never recovered. This is why people don’t fly TWA.  

Fraunces Tavern - a food review

by Sophie

Fraunces Tavern is a restaurant /museum. I went on Sunday and I saw a lot of interesting things I saw a piece of George Washington’s hair and John Adams tooth and I saw a rifle that he actually used. I think that this place is really historic.  I also saw a sash that had blood because this person was shot in war.

HExpo 2017 - by Michael

A few days ago we had HExpo! It was really cool. You probably don’t know HExpo but if you do click this, link. So HExpo is basically a workshop so your mom could sign you up. You could go make your stuff and the workshops I went to were pretty cool there’s like times  could be making robots and also making slime.you should check it out it’s at Heathcote School. Here is a picture of the Hexpo t-shirt:

HExpo 2017 - Katie

by Katie

On Saturday, 3/18/17, Heathcote had HExpo. I missed my first class, sewing because I had to go to the doctor. My second station was seeing in 3D. Now I know how to do all this 3D stuff. Too bad we didn’t get to print out our projects. I did 3 projects. My friend Claire. B was there with me too. She did 1 or 2 projects. Same thing with my friend Mia. Claire. B’s and Mia’s are so pretty!! I also did fashion arts studio. I did a messed up drawing but the teacher said it was great! She even wanted to show the other girls. I also did draping. I didn’t do the whole shirt. I only did half of the shirt. But at home, I did the other half. It’s not sewn together yet. That’s the end of my HExpo!

Traditional Food in China

by Xiyan

After all, I am chinese, so researching about this topic was very easy. Let’s first start with the most popular and traditional, Dumplings. The fillings usually inside are pork or cabbage. You can also have Fried Dumplings. In my opinion, they are delicious!

Dominican republic - a travel journal

by Katie

On winter break, I went to Dominican Republic. The plane ride took 4 hours. I wanted to go swimming when we came but we ended up not doing it. I found a GIANT chess board with GIANT chess pieces next to a ping pong station. First I played against Lucka’s little brother that is a 9 year old. He took all my chess pieces away. I only had a king left. Then I played against Cedric. On Sunday, my dad joined the ping pong lessons. He almost came to the finals, but the game before the finals, my dad lost!

Skiing - a travel journal

by Sophie

Have you ever been to Colorado? Well if you haven’t this a time to lean a little about it. I can tell you one thing I enjoy is the skiing in Colorado. I went skiing there for 5 days it was really fun most of the mountains are steep but there is some green. Everyone is a different level the highest level is 8 I am on a 5 the lowest you can get is one. The ski instructors say  you move up it is good to stay on the same level just one more day or else it can get to hard.