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Inside
This
Issue:
- Learn 2 stimulating math
games (p. 3)
-How to make
your own rocket
(p. 4)
-Exclusive interviews (p. 5)
-Recipe for edible Play-Doh (p.
5)
-Detailed
Zentangle art
instructions (p.
6)
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2016 Dates:
-Early Session
(Fireworks): July 5,
6, 7, 8
-Session I: July
11-15
-Session II: July
18-22
-Session III: July
25-29
-KITE: August 1-5
(Location: The Pike
School)
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The Kaleidoscope
Chronicle
Vol. 35, Issue No. 1
LEGO Building
Extravaganza
Keerti Daesety
and
Vivienne Foley
tects worked together to build an amazing and surreal city.
WKAL News interviewed a few of the
engineers, Joseph,
Nicholas, and Mahathi
and Ava, on this spectacular class.
Attention all
LEGO lovers! If you are
interested in building
golf courses, train stations, gardens, houses, and much more out Here’s what they
of LEGO bricks, join had to say:
LEGO City Planning
because you’ll have
loads of LEGO fun!
Each day, these creative builders focus
on a unique zone, or
area, of a city, each
zone being a combination of building and
civics. These zones
include the Industrial
Zone, Government
Facilities, and the
Transportation,
Commercial,
and
Residential Zones.
These fifteen archi-
WKAL: What are you
most excited about?
Joseph: I’m excited
to see how the whole
city comes together.
WKAL: What are you
most excited for and
what do you enjoy?
Nicholas: I enjoy
building all of the
zones of the city!
Everyday we do different parts, so I
would be most excited about the transportation part.
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WKAL: What was
your favorite zone?
Mahathi + Ava: The
Commercial Zone
As you can see, these
amazing architects
are very excited about
seeing the end result
of their hard work on
the city. Just imagine
watching a normal
classroom transform
into a unique and
unreal LEGO City!
Eat Your Heart Out, Toys “R” US
Ian Gaunt
Do you take small pieces of
paper and fold them into origami? Do you take paper bags
and turn them into fun puppets? If you do, then let your
creativity shine in Room 27,
the home of the Toy Making
class!
This reporter interviewed the teacher of the Toy
Making class, Kim, and two of
her builders, Chase and Parker,
while they were designing
ball-in-the-hole games from
paper plates, tape, balls, string,
and sticks. Every morning, this
group of engineers gathers in
their headquarters—Room
27—to construct fun toys like
pinwheels and kaleidoscopes.
“I’m happy I can help children
make toys that they enjoy and
can’t get from a store,” states
Kim. Two other junior toy
makers, Gavin and Anna, like
the kaleidoscope best because
they “have fun looking through
it!” Kim’s favorite project is
the parachute. Soon... in the
future...BAM! These toy designers will knock toy stores out of
existence!
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Art Relies on Earth
Rachel Chen and
Ella Grimes
Earth-Friendly Art has got to be
Earth’s favorite art. These artists
actually reuse the things that
people would normally throw
away, including cardboard, old
magazines, empty crayon boxes,
and even bottle caps, plastic
caps, metal caps, all different
kinds of caps! These things that
you would normally throw away
are not just junk. The Instructor,
Miss Jameson, tells her students,
“Look at this beautiful trash. You
can turn this into an art masterpiece!” Use old magazines and
turn them into necklaces and
more.
Here’s how to make an EarthFriendly necklace:
1. Cut out colorful pages from
a magazine. It’s always good to
America’s
Favorite
Sculptors
have flower magazine pages for
the necklace!
2. Get a toothpick and scissors.
Lay the toothpick down on the
table.
3. Cut the magazine papers into
little pieces.
3.5 Wait! Cut long strips of paper.
4. Roll it around and around
the toothpick. Do that until the
toothpick and paper look like a
Fruit Roll-up. Then, tape it on the
bottom.
of recycled containers, wood
animal sculptures, and papier-mâché. These WKAL reporters interviewed Yuting and
Chloe. First, Yuting was asked
what she was creating. She said
that she was creating a papier-mâché person on a swing.
Chloe was then asked if she
Piper Kirwin and
would recommend this class
Diya Patel
to a friend. She said she would
recommend it to anyone who
Oh my gosh! These are the best likes art. Do you have a talsculptures that these reporters ent for sculpting? If you do...
have ever seen! The artists in Sculpture is a place for you!
Sculpture create and decorate
all week. These creative sculptors are making sculptures out
Calling All Domino
Lovers!
Catherine Francis and
Sarah Zhang
Throughout
the week in this
all-day course,
Domino Physics,
these
young
domino physicists
design,
name, and construct separate
domino chains
and plan to connect them later in
the week. WKAL interviewed a
four-time domino physicist, Alex:
WKAL: Why do you keep coming back to Domino Physics?
Alex: I think it’s fun and diffi-
cult. It challenges me and keeps
my mind going over the summer.
WKAL: How many retakes does
it take to make a well-working
domino chain?
Alex: Ten to twenty retakes.
Then, these reporters interviewed instructor Peter Bloom
(a.k.a. The Domino Man):
WKAL: How many dominoes
do you have and use in the class?
The Domino Man: A little over
8,500.
Grab your dominoes, line them
up carefully, and see where they
take you in Domino Physics!
5. Slide the bead off the toothpick and keep on repeating this
pattern.
6. After you’ve made all your
beads, string them together to
form a necklace.
Happy beading!
Start reusing, reducing, recycling, and turning trash into
beautiful art!
July 2015
Blast Off!
Shane Henrick and
Sam Tang
Have you ever wanted to
build your very own rocket
ship? If so, then Rocket Launch,
is the place to be. These little
rocket engineers design their
very first spaceship on some
paper. Then, these rocket scientists build their spaceships
out of plastic and wood. After
that, these astronauts paint
their spaceships any color they
choose. Throughout the rest of
the week, they learn how to
use stomp rockets and have fun
seeing just how high the rocket
can reach. Finally, these soonto-be astronauts will count
down from ten and watch their
rockets blast off into the air
as the spectators cheer wildly!
10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3…
2… 1… Blast Off!
There Are No Lines
for This Wild Ride!
Mackenzie Morong
Roller coasters, they’re a
fairground favorite for many
kids, and this year, a team
of 10-, 11-, and 12-year-old
architects are reinventing
them! In Rollercoaster Physics,
these young designers have
been having a blast all week.
They’ve made marshmallow
launchers, prototype roller
coasters out of K’NEX, and
marble tracks with loop-theloops. Wow!
One physicist, ten-year-old
Nora, says that her favorite
part is the trip to Canobie
Lake Park at the end of the
week. “We get to ride on a
bunch of the roller coasters,
and the staff teaches us how
they work,” she explains. So,
get your tickets and hop in
line because you’re not going
to want to miss a second of
Rollercoaster Physics!
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Mad Math
Shane Henrick
Do you love math but crave a
challenge? Then you should join
Math Challenge. In Math Challenge,
these mathematicians learn about
geometric shapes, multiplication,
and elapsed time. First, they made
a game called “To the Moon.” Next,
they made a data analysis game
(find the instructions on how to
play this game and “To the Moon”
at the end of this article). They sure
looked like they were having a blast
playing both games.
How to play “To the Moon”:
Materials:
- Game board
- Multiplication cards
- Dice
- Small playing pieces
Instructions:
1. Roll the dice.
2. Move that many spaces.
3. Answer a multiplication question.
Junior
Survivor
Sophia Rivard and
Garrett Kelley
Do you like to survive in the
wilderness? If so, Extreme
Survivor is for you! In this
course, adventurers learn to
make a shelter, learn which
foods are good to eat and which
foods are not, and learn how to
collect water with a trash bag.
If you want to try to make your
4. If your answer is correct, you can
stay at your space, but if it is incorrect, you must go back.
How to play “Data Analysis”:
Materials:
- Paper
- Pencil
- Dice
- Timer
own shelter or lean-to, here’s
how:
Calling all
kitchen chemists! If you
like
crazy
chemistry and
cooking, this
class is for
you! Each day
in Kitchen Chemistry focuses on
different themes such as color
science, food science, outdoor science, and so much more! You can
watch sugar melt, soap explode,
and soda erupt, but that’s not all!
Kitchen Chemistry has tons of funfilled and hands-on experiments
for scientists like you! These
BibbidiBobbidiBoo
Margaret Cabot
Instructions:
1. Set your timer for a minute.
2. Roll the dice and mark down the
number you roll.
3. Repeat step two for as long as the
timer runs.
4. Make a bar graph for each number rolled.
This reporter hopes you join Math
Challenge, it seems like so much
fun!
In Disney Delights, these little princes and princesses have
made amazing Disney creations, from Dalmatian hats,
Mickey Mouse head bands, and
enchanted mirrors to sparkling wands and gem crowns!
Throughout the week, these
Disney fans have read books
to help themselves create
crafts based on Disney movies
like Beauty and the Beast and
The Little Mermaid. So, grab
your princess dress or your
prince-charming smile and go
to Disney Delights.
1. Gather a big stick and lean it
against a tree.
2. Take smaller sticks and lean
them against the tall stick.
3. Use leaves and mud to close
up any holes.
4. Remember, it’s okay if the
shelter is small; it’s just for sleeping.
If you would like to try to surviving in the wilderness, come
to Kaleidoscope at Pike School,
where you can only trust your
wits and your instinct. Will you
survive Extreme Survivor?
Kitchen Chemists at
Work!
Katharine deBethencourt and
Keerti Daesety
July 2015
reporters interviewed two young
chemists, Evelyn and Liam, and
this is what they said:
WKAL: Why did you choose this
class?
Evelyn: I didn’t choose this class,
but I would’ve anyways because I
like to cook.
WKAL: What are you excited to
do in this class?
Evelyn: I am excited to make ice
cream.
WKAL: What have you done so
far in Kitchen Chemistry?
Liam: Lots of experiments.
Once again, if you like the
fizz, boom, and bang of Kitchen
Chemistry, I guarantee that you
will have a blast and that this
class is the place to be!
They’re Not Wizards!
They’re Scientists!
Max Glick
Procedure:
1. Wet the paper towel.
2. Fold the paper towel.
3. Put beans inside the paper
towel.
4. Put the paper towel in the bag.
5. Tape the bag to the window
and wait a few days.
These scientists have been
experimenting with household items like ping pong balls,
gummy worms and wet paper
towels. In Science or Wizardry,
these young scientists are making ping pong balls float, eggs
float, and seeds sprout without
If you like all these exciting
dirt.
experiments, join the scientists
in Science or Wizardry!
Here’s how to make your own
seed sprout:
Ingredients:
- 1 paper towel
- 4 bean seeds
- tape
- plastic bags
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5… 4… 3… 2… 1…
Blast Off!
Max Glick and
Matthew Wasilewski
The scientists in Rocket Launch
are so into making rockets that
there are rocket-building materials all over their classroom.
These scientists have been
studying rockets, looking at pictures of rockets, and even making puzzles! These young astro3. Triple-knot the elastic to the
nauts have been designing and
nosecone.
building incredible rockets all
4. Glue the elastic into the rocket
week.
Scientists gaze up into the sky
to see how their rocket will perform. Will the engine explode
tube.
in mid-air? Will the streamer
5. Attach the streamer to the elasfail to ease the rocket to a safe
Here is how to make your own tic.
landing? Or will it land safely on
rocket:
6. Paint the rocket.
the grass as the crowd erupts
7. Wait for the paint to dry.
1. Glue fins on the rocket tube.
Countdown! 10… 9… 8… 7… 6… with applause? One never knows
2. Glue the tiny tube on the side of 5… 4… 3… 2... 1… Blast Off!
what will happen in Rocket
the rocket tube.
Launch!
Caution!
Architects at
Work!
Vivienne Foley
Flowers, pebbles, pipe cleaners, shoe boxes, and even
barrettes were used to make
amazing gyms, pools, bedrooms, bathrooms, and more
in House and Building Design.
These architects have been
working on their projects with
great enthusiasm, each with a
special mind-blowing building
in mind. These young builders are using household items
to make mini-versions of their
dream-houses. This reporter
asked two of the amazing architects what they liked about this
class. Maeve answered, “You
can take household items and
make a house out of them.”
Aidan responded, “Making
houses!” In House and Building
Design, creativity rules, so the
world better look out because
these architects are about to
change it!
“Shoot” for the Stars
Ian Gaunt
they’re having so much fun with
their friends! Whether they’re
Do you watch basketball on TV
playing knock-out or friends are
in your free time? Have you ever
pitted against each other in valbeaten your dad
leys, they are sure to have fun.
in a “sudden
death” round?
SWISH! The sound of a basket
If you answered
echoes through the gymnasium
yes, run to the
as the players dance and the
Pike School gym
crowd goes wild! These junior
and show off
Lebron Jameses are showing
your Shaquille
their basketball spirit in Hoop
O’Neal in Hoop
Stars, the next big basketball
Stars!
trend!
I interviewed four different
fans: Noah, Matthew, Liam, and
Peter. All four players gave me
similar answers: They have
fun working together, and the
game goes by so quickly! Some
stars say the time flies because
July 2015
Soar Into
Space!
Ella Grimes
Watch out! The soon-tobe astronauts in Blast Off
are coming through! From
building spacecrafts and
creating universal bubble
art to designing a control
panel, these future astronauts are learning about
space. These soon-to-be
astronauts are learning and
playing their way through
space. What if you could
go to space and visit Mars?
These astronauts are discovering what it would be
like to do just that. If you’re
a creative and kind astronaut, then Blast Off is the
place for you!
Lights… Camera…
Action!
Margaret Cabot and
Mackenzie Morong
looks like a movie.” These movies are shown at the end of the
week, and all of the producers
get to take their movies home
afterwards. They are also posted
on YouTube!
Quiet on the set! Filming in
3… 2… 1! In Stop-Motion Movie
Making, these young directors
work together to make friends…
and a successful movie with
So, grab a camera and turn
nothing but LEGO bricks! They on your creative mind in Stopplan their ideas before design- Motion Movie Making!
ing the sets and backgrounds.
Then, they grab their characters
and a camera and start filming!
One set designer, eight-year-old
Keegan, explains how stop-motion movies work: “You put your
LEGO characters on your set,
take a picture, and then move
them a little bit so when you put
all of the pictures together, it
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Showcase Awesome
Katharine deBethencourt
Okay actors, take five...
take five minutes to look at this
fantastic program, Kaleidoscope’s
Got Talent, that is! Speaking of
programs, in this course, you
will make an ad about your act
for the playbill, and participate
in a contest to have your art
put on the front of the playbill.
This year, the acts include a rollerblading and whistling showcase to Rachel Platten’s “Fight
Song,” performed by Piper K.;
a dance to Pharrell Williams’s
“Happy,” performed by Julia and
Piper G.; “Do You Want to Build
a Snowman?” from Frozen, performed by Piper and Anya; and a
mime performance entitled “The
Exploding Cow,” performed by
Klarysa and Emma. For the finale, the entire group will perform
a jump-rope dance to “Shake It
Off” by Taylor Swift. WKAL interviewed one of the stars, Anya.
Fantastic
Fencers
Sam Tang
Do you wish you could learn
to fence from a world-champion fencer? That’s exactly what’s
happening in Fencing. These
fencers have been learning footwork, blade work, skills, training,
and much more! So far, they have
been taught how to dodge and
parry. They have also been playing fun games like dodgeball to
help them understand the skills
Here’s what she said:
performances and performing
myself.
WKAL: Why did you join this
WKAL: What’s your partner
class?
dance about?
Anya: I thought it might be
Anya: I sing and dance to “Do
cool.
You Want to Build a Snowman?”
WKAL: What’s the best part of with Piper.
the course?
Anya: Watching the other
Now, back to the show!
of fencing. In order to start fencing against each other, they need
to wear two layers of protection to make sure they are safe.
Throughout the rest of the week,
these young fencers will keep
working on their focus, coordination, and strategic thinking.
As these warriors-in-training
improve, they are turning the
gymnasium into a battlefield!
Bakery Madness!
Sophia Rivard
Watch out, bakeries of the U.S.!
These bakers are baking their
hearts out in Baking Bonanza!
In fact, at the beginning of the
session, they
made fondant!
Now you may
be wondering
what in the
world that is!
“Well, it’s kind
of like edible
Play-Doh,”
says Hannah, an aide in Baking
Bonanza.
Here’s how you make it:
1. Take two bags of mini
marshmallows and dump them
into a bowl.
2. Put the bowl in the microwave for three minutes.
3. Take the bowl out of the
microwave and mix the marshmallows with water and powdered sugar.
4. Stir it all together until it
looks like Fluff.
5. Add food colouring and let it
sit in the fridge overnight.
6. Take the bowl out of the
fridge and make sure the marshmallow mixture is firm like PlayDoh.
7. Spread it onto sugar cookies,
use a food coloring pen (optional) for decorations, and enjoy!
Dominoes!
Rachel Chen and
Matthew Wasilewski
Don’t touch! Or else these domino physicists’ hard work will
be gone! These physicists have
been working on domino tracks
that contain towers, cardboard
bridges, paper templates, and
cereal boxes. Domino Physics’
instructor, Peter Bloom, has
been teaching young physicists
at Kaleidoscope for eight summers. He also teaches Marble
Machine Madness. There are
different kinds of dominoes,
Shining
Young
Chefs
July 2015
Garrett Kelley and
Piper Kirwin
Did you know that more
bananas are sold in the U.S.
than any other fruit? Or that a
bunch of bananas is called “a
hand” and a single banana is “a
finger”? Well, these are some
bonus facts from Young Chefs!
In this course, creative cooks
make everything from strawberry shortcake to banana
sushi! Later in the week, these
talented young chefs will even
be making pizza! At the end
of the week, these little chefs
go home with cookies, fudge,
and so much more, including
their own cookbooks! If you
enjoy cooking, Young Chefs is
the place for you!
including cigar cases, music
tapes, and big wooden dominoes. These physicists are very
creative and smart, too! They
put a “fire-break,” a block lying
on its side, between dominoes
every once in a while to stop
it from continuing on if it falls.
That is what happens in Domino
Physics!
Where In the World is
the Kaleidoscope
T-Shirt?
WKAL News Staff
Are you planning your next
fun-filled family vacation? Don’t
forget to pack your Kaleidoscope
t-shirt! Snap a picture of yourself
wearing a Kaleidoscope t-shirt
and send it to mypopcorn2@aol.
com. The Grand Canyon, Niagara
Falls, the Empire State Building
or the Great Wall of China; wherever you visit, snap a photo!
Watch our website at
www.kaleidoscopekids.com
to see where the Kaleidoscope
t-shirt has been. Say “Cheese!”
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July 2015
Get
Moving!
Glitter, Gems, and
Sparkles, Oh My!
Sarah Zhang
Catherine Francis
Calling all imaginative
scrapbookers! Scrapbooking is a
creative way to make a treasured
memory book. Participants in
Scrapbooking bring in pictures and
learn new designs for their books
from both friends and the instructor. WKAL interviewed young
scrapbooker Samantha about this
course:
WKAL: What do you like about
Scrapbooking?
Samantha: It’s really fun. You use
glitter and make things for mom,
dad, and family.
Instructor Jaime Lane teaches her
class how to Zentangle. Here are
step-by-step instructions on how to
Zentangle:
1.Grab a piece of scrapbook paper or
a plain piece of paper and make one
Boom!
Diya Patel
dot in each corner so there are four
dots total.
2. Connect the dots however you want
to. If you do this right, there should be
multiple sections.
3. In each different section, draw a
different pattern (e.g. polka-dots, lines,
etc.). Then, color it in.
4.If you want, glue pictures down or
just do it for fun. This is a great thing to
do if you are running low on supplies.
Sort out your favorite pictures,
grab your stickers, and get ready to
scrapbook in Scrapbooking!
own tornadoes.
Here is a recipe to make your
own play dough:
Ingredients:
- 3 cups of flour
- 1 ½ cups of salt
- ½ cup of oil
- 1-2 cups of water (add food coloring)
- 1 container of cream of tartar
Woah! Watch out! These
chemists are doing out of the
ordinary experiments, so stand
back! In Kitchen Chemistry, they
are experimenting with melting sugar, making ice cream in
Procedure:
1. Mix ingredients in bowl
a bag, creating water-gel crys2. Roll on wax paper
tals, crafting quicksand, and so
3. Play!
much more. These scientists will
also build and erupt their own
Kitchen Chemistry is a really
volcanoes. They are even using
fun
class to take!
two-liter soda bottles and a special connector to create their
Kaleidoscope Turns
35!
David Benedict and
Jaime Street
Do you like to dance? If so,
then join these brilliant young
dancers in Dance Explosion!
All week, these talented
girls have been working on
all types of dances, including a jazz/cheer-dance, a hip
hop dance, and even choreographing their own dances! These amazing girls will
also design their own pompoms, megaphones, and even
T-shirts! These dancers will
also do a performance at
the end of the week to show
the skills they have learned!
Watch out for these future
stars from Dance Explosion
on T.V.!
that those words were modeled after Mrs. Baron herself.
She effortlessly inspires everyone around her to emulate the
same qualities that she demonstrates each and every day. It
is precisely because of this that
Kaleidoscope has withstood
the test of time: because it has
been, and is to this day, founded
upon the utterly indefatigable
character of Janis Baron. Over
the course thirty-five wonderful years, many generations creative kids have shone, grown,
and matured into aides and even
instructors at Kaleidoscope.
So thank you Mrs. Baron, for
thirty-five years of inspiration,
direction, and kindness. Here’s to
Kaleidoscope
thrives at Pike
for three weeks,
but it lives in
Mrs.
Baron’s
head all year.
One often spots
her holding a
clipboard, but
she hardly needs it. Ask anything of Janis Baron, and she will
personally give you a response
or grant you a request. She is diligent, observant, and, most of all,
kind. The motto of Kaleidoscope
is “Kids come first and kind- thirty-five more!
ness counts,” and it is apparent
Masthead
Colleen Dolan
Mass Media Blast Instructor
David Benedict
Jaime Street
Clay Rabold
Mass Media Blast Teacher Assistants
Margaret Cabot
Rachel Chen
Keerti Daesety
Katharine
deBethencourt
Vivienne Foley
Catherine Francis
Reporters
Ian Gaunt
Mackenzie Morong
Ella Grimes
Sophia Rivard
Max Glick
Shane Henrick
Garrett Kelley
Piper Kirwin
Diya Patel
Sam Tang
Matthew
Wasilewski
Sarah Zhang