The Latest Buzz 16th Avenue School - January 2019

16th Avenue School

The Latest Buzz
January 2019

Delicious​ ​Recipes
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                       ​By:     Wiktor Gradzki and Pancham ​Chauhan

              ​Recipes      By: Food Network and Betty Crocker

                     Food Network​              ​Betty Crocker

                      Chocolate Lava Cakes
See recipe
Ingredients
Baking spray, for spraying custard cups

1 stick butter

2 ounces bittersweet chocolate

2 ounces semisweet chocolate

1 1/4 cups powdered sugar

2 whole eggs

3 egg yolks

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

Vanilla ice cream, for serving

   1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Spray four custard cups with baking spray
       and place on a baking sheet.

   2. Microwave the butter, bittersweet chocolate and semisweet chocolate in a large
       bowl on high until the butter is melted, about 1 minute. Whisk until the chocolate
       is also melted. Stir in the sugar until well blended. Whisk in the eggs and egg

yolks, then add the vanilla. Stir in the flour. Divide the mixture among the custard
      cups.

   3. Bake until the sides are firm and the centers are soft, about 13 minutes. Let
      stand 1 minute. Invert on individual plates while warm and serve with vanilla ice
      cream.

                         ​Meringue Cookies

Ingredients

2 cups sliced blanched almonds

4 large egg whites

Pinch kosher salt

3/4 cups granulated sugar

Pinch ground cinnamon Preheat the oven to 325
degrees F.

   1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

   2. Toast the almonds on a baking sheet in the oven until they are golden brown,
      about 10 minutes. Cool and then coarsely chop, either by hand or in a food
      processor.

   3. Put the egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer and add the salt. On the second
      highest speed of the mixer, beat the egg whites until they come to medium
      peaks. With the mixer running, gently sprinkle in the sugar and cinnamon. Beat
      until stiff peaks form, then remove the bowl from the mixer. Gently fold in the
      chopped almonds in 3 additions.

   4. Drop the batter in 1-inch balls, onto 2 parchment-lined cookie sheets. Bake until
      light brown all over, firm to the touch, and they lift cleanly off the baking sheet, 35

to 40 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. Remove from the oven and
      cool on the baking sheets. These cookies can be stored in an airtight container
      for up to a week.

   5. Cook's Note: Try to avoid baking these cookies on a wet and humid day as the
      crisp exterior of the cookie will slowly melt into something soft and sticky.

                             Picture from: Betty Crocker

              ​Peppermint Bark Hearts
See Recipe
Ingredients

18 peppermint candy canes (2 1/2 inch), unwrapped

5 oz vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark), chopped

2 teaspoons crushed peppermint candy canes

Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Arrange candy canes on waxed paper in groups of
2 with ends touching to form heart shapes.

In 2-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave candy coating uncovered on Medium
(50%) 2 to 3 minutes, stirring once halfway through cooking time, until softened. Stir
until melted and smooth.

Spoon or pipe candy coating into centers of hearts to fill spaces. Sprinkle with crushed
candy. Cool 30 minutes or until set.

                       Cookie Dough Cocoa
                                        ​See recipe

Ingredients:
Cocoa:

4 tablespoons butter

½ cup brown sugar

1-pint cookie dough ice cream

5 Cups water

Toppings:

Whipped cream
Mini chocolate chips
1 cup Cookie Crisp® cereal

Steps:

In 3-quart saucepan or large pot, whisk together butter, brown sugar, and ice cream over
medium-high heat until melted. Add the water; cook and stir mixture until steaming.

Serve in mugs, topped with whipped cream, mini chocolate chips, and cookie crisp
cereal.

          ​   Strawberry Frosted Layer Cake
                                      See Recipe

Ingredients:

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ white cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and whole eggs called for on cake mix box

Frosting
¾ ​cup butter, softened

4 ½ ​4 oz (half of 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened

⅓ ​cups powdered sugar

1 cup seedless strawberry jam

1 teaspoon vanilla

Betty Crocker™ red gel food color

1 cup sliced fresh strawberries (about 10 medium)

Steps
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Spray bottoms and sides of 3
(8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, beat Cake ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes,
scraping bowl occasionally. Pour 1 1/2 cups of the batter in each pan.

Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10
minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 45 minutes.

In large bowl, beat softened butter and cream cheese with electric mixer on medium-high
speed until smooth. On low speed, beat in powdered sugar until smooth and creamy. Beat
in strawberry jam and vanilla until blended. Tint frosting with food color to desired color.

Place one cake layer rounded side down on serving plate. Spread 2/3 cup of the frosting on
top. Place in single layer 1/2 cup sliced strawberries on frosting layer to within 1/2 inch
from edge of cake. Top with second cake layer, rounded side down. Spread 2/3 cup of the
frosting on top and add remaining sliced strawberries; top with third cake layer rounded
side up. Frost sides and top of cake with remaining frosting. Refrigerate cake at least 1
hour before serving. Place whole strawberries in center on top of cake. Store any remaining
cake loosely covered in refrigerator.

                          ENJOY THE RECIPES!
                                        Movie Reviews
                                       December 2018

                              By: Carl Ombajin & Duke Darko

Infinity War ​- ​Infinity War is terrific action movie, because it’s an ​Avengers movie. All the
avengers get alerted when they find out that Thanos is on the loose, trying to get all the infinity
stones to get rid of all the Avengers. All the superheroes try to stop Thanos from getting the
infinity stones to get rid of half of the Earth. In the credits of ​Ant-Man And The Wasp,​ Ant-Man
gets stuck in the quantum realm, because everyone disappears into dust, so no one can bring
him back. The movie gets sad at the end when...wait...I can’t spoil the movie.

                                Movie Rating: Four and a half stars

The Lion King​ ​- This is an emotional movie, because Simba, the main character, and his
dad, Mufasa, the king of the Pride Lands, get attacked. Mufasa’s brother pushed Mufasa off a
cliff to cause him to fall. Soon, Simba sees his father lying on the floor, so he runs away into a
jungle to find Timon and Pumba. He grows up and goes back to his home, finding Mufasa’s
brother, Scar, taking over the Pride Lands. He fights with Scar and he tells Simba that he killed
his father, so he gets revenge on Scar. Then he saves the the Pride Lands and becomes king,
and all the animals are safe.

                                  Movie Rating: Five Stars

Thor Ragnarok -​ An great action movie to watch is ​Thor
Ragnarok,​ because Thor and Loki are together until they find
their sister, Hela, and they try to escape to Asgard. Hela follows
them and gets them to Ragnarok. Watch the movie to see what
happens!

              Movie Rating: Four and a half stars

Spider-man Into The Spider-Verse ​- Miles Morales
is a teenager in Brooklyn, and he is bitten by a radioactive
spider on the subway, which makes him Spider-man. He
was the only Spider-man, until there were more spider
people from different universes. Brooklyn is getting taken
over, so Miles Morales and the other spider people have to
save Brooklyn.

Movie Rating: Five Stars

                     Survey On Winter Activities
     This Survey Included the Kindergarten - 4th Grades
      By: Christian Bakunas, Gracie Cooke and Kaitlyn Pressler

Family Time: 89 votes

Drinking Hot Chocolate: 83 votes

Ice Skating: 67
votes

Snowball Fight: 67 votes

Building a Snowman: 31                                              votes

Then that means…
”SPENDING TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY”
was the favorite Winter activity! :)

                 Trending Video Games
      By: James Policano,Tristan John Mandap, and Whardis Marte

       In Roblox, it’s like a game of games. Roblox has over 40 million games in
stock right now. It is a really popular game made in 2005, released in 2006, with
178 million downloads, 70 million people online monthly, an average of 662 million
hours of user time monthly, and so much more. In Roblox, players play and make
games, edit characters, accumulate “robux,” get new/play with friends, and that’s
it. The best part is that Roblox is a free and educational game. In our opinion, we
think Roblox is an awesome game that everyone should play!

The Madden game is like football in real life but with just animated people.
Madden is covered by EA Sports. They have sold 130 million copies of Madden. In
Madden, you can create your dream dynasty team and rule Madden. You can also
just play an exhibition game and play against a CPU or another player. You can
also play a franchise season with your favorite team. Or you can just do training,
so you can get better at those things. I think Madden is a great game, and you
should try it out for yourself!

      NBA 2k is a basketball game series. It was made in 1999. You can create
your own player, create your own team, coach a team, compete against others,
and have the chance of winning $250,000. They have sold 80 million - 90 million
copies. There is something called 2ku, which basically tells you the controls and
how to play the game like a tutorial. Oh, one more thing, you can create your own
shoes like Jordans, Nikes, Under Armour, and any other shoes that you can play
basketball in. NBA 2k is a great game, and you should try it.

Minecraft is a game of using your imagination. You can build whatever you
want. For example, you can build your dream house, you can fight beasts to get
items, or you can dig to get diamonds, emeralds, gold, obsidian, coal, stone, etc.
There are two kinds of modes you can use: survival mode and creative mode. In
survival mode, you have to earn your items by digging, defeating beasts, to get
wood, or hit trees. In creative mode, you are allowed to get anything you want. You
can also fly, unlike survival mode. There is an inventory you can go to and build
anything you want like a modern house, a diamond throne, or whatever you set
your mind to.
       There are also modes you can use. There are peaceful, easy, medium and
hard modes. Peaceful mode has no mobs like zombies, creepers, spiders, and all
those other hostile mobs. Every other kind of mode has mobs, but there are still
different things about them. In easy mode, mobs can spawn, but they do less
damage than on normal mode. Cave spiders can't poison players on easy mode and
some other mobs can't do all these special attacks. In normal mode, hostile mobs
can spawn, and will deal standard damage. Villagers killed by zombies have a 50%
chance of turning into a zombie villager. In hard mode, hostile mobs spawn, and do
greater damage than normal mode. Zombies can break through wooden doors and
can spawn reinforcements when attacked. Minecraft is crazy fun. Try minecraft
out for yourself!

Interview with Mr. Silla
                       Principal at 16th Ave. School
                     By: Patricia Mosticchio and Felicity Rogacki

1. What’s your favorite snack/ treat to eat and why?

Rainbow sherbert with Swedish fish and Hershey’s chocolate syrup!

2. How does it feel to be principal?

Being principal is a different responsibility than a teacher. I have to meet the needs of students
and teachers every day.

3. What is your favorite animal?

Dogs

4. What is your favorite sport and why?

Football, because in first grade my very first NFL game that I attended was the Giants vs.
Cowboys, and I liked it!

5. What is your favorite movie?

Snow Day!​

6. If you were to be anything other than a principal what would you be and why?

I would live in Montana and work for the forest rangers. I would live high in the mountains so
that I can look for fires and bigfoot! There would also be time for fly-fishing as well.

7. What is your favorite fruit?

Kiwi!

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