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The Bromwell Blabber Around the World
Many Bromwell students have had the good fortune to visit far-away places. Other students have had notable encounters with people from far-away places right here in Denver. Both kinds of experiences are enriching for the children and, in turn, for our school community... especially when discussed in the classroom or shared in the Blabber. Here are articles that touch upon such international themes.
LIFE IN BRAZIL AND DENVER
At Bromwell Elementary I am in Mrs. Fox's Third grade and this is where I study. Here I have some friends. Joel and I are doing a project on dinosaurs. We did a really cool model! On June 15, I am going to Brazil. I am going to stay there one and a half months. There I am going to have fun playing with my friends. Obviously, my life is fun!  DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LONDON? by Anna How would you like to go to a school with no boys? And no playground? Where you couldn't wear jeans? Well, I went to a school like that. It's in London, England. My cousin, Kara, goes there and she let me go with her one day. They don't have a playground! They also have gym only once a week! Mr. G would go crazy! They also walk down to a swimming pool once a week.
They say some different words than we do. They say "maths" instead of math, "loo" instead of toilet, "biscuits" instead of cookies and "rubber" instead of eraser. Also, the girls had to wear dresses or skirts. I was the only one wearing jeans!
KATARINA FROM THE WAR
 THE CITY OF LIGHT by Lili A big tower towering above me in the shape of an “A.” The Eiffel Tower is what I see, it is the color gold. But that’s not all there is to see in Paris. There are a lot of museums to look at... the one with the Mona Lisa, for example. They’re lots of shops to look at and lots of stuff to buy. You can buy souvenirs and a lot more. The food is mostly good but some is not... there are little fish and there supposed to taste like fish ‘n’ chips. But they don’t! You can travel by train or you can travel by boat. Or glide down a canal on a barge. You can stop by the side of the river for lunch or stop to just have a rest. But you have to keep going or you will never get where you are going. The train station is always busy and people are always rushing around so you better run if you want to catch your train!  A BLAST IN HAWAII by Alex During my life I’ve been to many far-away places that take my breath and mind away. The best of them is Hawaii. I’ve been there five times! Hawaii is my favorite place to go in the world. The climate is hot and the ocean is cool, but warm at the same time. Hawaii is full of so many things to do! Did you know that I learned how to surf in Hawaii!? My dad and I both did, actually! We got this guy named Ron to teach us. He was really nice to me. He didn’t force me to go on a wave that I said was way too big, he just said, “Ok, maybe the next one!” After a while I was Queen of the Waves... or should I say the whole ocean? Everyone started clapping when I rode my first wave all the way to shore. I received many high and low fives when I walked on shore soaked to the bone. Another fun thing to do in Hawaii is to go to a luau! I’ve been to two luaus in Hawaii. One was this year. It was a big family gathering with many relatives I hadn’t ever met before. There was signing, dancing, and food. This one lady (to whom I was somehow related) asked me if my aunt, grandma, grandpa, dad, and me wanted to get on stage and dance with her. So we did! The other luau I went to was when I was just a baby, but I remember like it was yesterday. People were cooking a pig over a fire they had built (that’s a tradition at luaus) and later they ate it!! There were hula dancers with skirts that swayed in the wind. One of the last things that’s fun to do in Hawaii is shop. The stores in Hawaii are full of all sorts of things. I bought a toe ring there that was so cool. It had little feet all over it, but I lost it, boo hoo!!! To end my Blabber article I'd like to say that if you haven’t been
to Hawaii, you don’t know what your missing!  Where Have You Been, B-6? Bromwell kids go to a lot of places, even in Second grade. 10 B-6 students have been to California, 11 to New Mexico, and 12 to Florida. 8 B-6 students have been to Washington, D.C. (Max says, “We love that place!”) and 6 have been to New York City.
B-6 students have been all over the country. Kate and Connor have been to Arizona. Chuckie went to Minnesota. Eric and Aujaunae have both been to New Orleans. Hannah has been to Indiana and Oliver has been to Florida. Colin has been to Boston. Amanda was born in Alaska.
They have been out of the country, too. Morgan and Sarah have traveled to Mexico, Drew and Angelo have been to France, and Aris went to Antigua (“They are some islands” he says). Pierce went in the other direction, north to Canada.
B-6 kids voted on their favorite places that are close to home. They chose the Pepsi Center (“We love the big glass entrance, the ice skating and the SPORTS!!!”) and Longmont (“Because it’s pretty, nice and green.”) They say that whenever you go traveling, take books, a gameboy, a cd player... and luggage, of course.  INTO AFRICA by Olivia I went to the most interesting place in the world Tanzania, Africa. In Africa I saw both sides of its beauty. I saw the fast city life along with the peaceful serengeti life. The city was very much like Denver in size. Much of the city was poor and dirty. The safari was marvelous. I saw warthogs, lions, turtles, and wildebeasts. There were herds of gazelle and zebra. My favorite part was when an old lady on a safari shouted “HEY EDDIE! COME LOOK AT THE LIONS!” She basically scared them all away, and everyone was mad at her.
We went during the wet season and it was both wet and hot. There were some dry places, like the plains, where all of the animals were in the gullies so that we could spot them easily. My sister got scared because a lion came really close to her rolled-down window. If you want to go (and if you can!) I highly recommend a visit to Africa.  MY TRIP TO NEW YORK by John A year ago last Spring Break, I went with my family to New York. From the airplane, I saw the Statue of Liberty that France gave to our country. “Could we take the ferry to visit the Statue of Liberty?” I asked. They replied, “Yes, we’re planing to visit the Statue and Ellis Island if the weather is good.”
We woke up in the morning to a bright, blue sky, and took the subway to Battery Park. Fromt here we went on a ferry to Ellis Island. This is the palce where many immigrants had to pass through before they were allowed to come into this country. The immigrants had to have a check-up by the doctor and a reading and writing test, too! I wondered how they felt if they couldn’t read very well, because many immigrants were not well-educated even in their own language. Not everybody was allowed into the country -- people who had contagious diseases or who had been convicted of a crime might not get to stay. Each immigrant also had to pay $25 to get in.
After we visited the museum at Ellis Island, we got back on the ferry and went to the island where the Statue of Liberty stands. Unfortunately, the line was too long to go inside, but we read about how the statue was brought in pieces from France and assembled here. It really impressed me to see the beautiful statue that so many people see on their way to the United States of America, "the land of the free and the home of the brave."  A ROMANIAN INTERVIEW by Cassie On the 4th of July, Nico came to live with us. In the photo above, she is in the back row on the left side, in the green jacket, next to my mother. I am the middle child in front! Nico was from Romania, a country in Eastern Europe. She lived in the capital city, Bucharest, which has over 2 million people. Romania was a communist dictatorship since 1947, and became a democracy in 1989 when Nico was 9 years old -- the same age as me! So, of course, I interviewed her -- here are my questions and her answers.
Q: What did you think the U.S. was going to be like?  A DAY IN THE LIFE AT BALARAT by Claire Was Balarat fun or not? Here’s the story of one day at Balarat with the Fifth grade. You can read it and decide for yourself. When we arrived at Balarat, we hiked -- and hiked! -- up and down a rocky hill. It was so cold that some of us were wearing four pairs of socks. Finally, we reached the ranch house where we ate lunch. Then we split into two groups to make biscuits and candles. Then we hiked some more to where we picked up our bags and dragged them to our lodge. Then we unpacked. The girls did aerobics while the boys played “Dodge the Sock.” It was late in the day when we went to have a dinner of beef stroganoff. It wasn’t good at all! Neither was the pasta, green beans, or the rolls. Dessert was the only good thing, but it wasn’t good enough! We had a little break and then made dreamcatchers. Soon we left and dressed real snug. Then we trudged out through the snow, out into the night. It was our night hike. When we returned, we got ready for bed. There were no pillows, so we slept with sore heads! But before sleeping, we were able to read a book we’d been reading for a while. The next morning, we had pancakes and sausage. The rest of the day we hiked some more and played games. In looking back, I think that Balarat was fun except that it was really -- and I mean REALLY -- cold! Back to THE BEST OF THE BROMWELL BLABBER
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