Good Morning Blackstone!

GOOD MORNING BLACKSTONE

TODAY IS FRIDAY DECEMBER 14, 2012

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•Around 2,416 students graduate from NYU every year.•In 2011 40% of the graduates got 3 or 4 job offers. •Largest private research university in america. •Part of Step Up 3 was shot at NYU when the character Moose was a major in engineering.

College of the week

SAT Word of the Week

Gregarious

(adj.) Fond of company; sociable.

The gregarious child ran up to every person on the playground and wanted to be their friend.

Book of the Week 1 The book I have read is called, " Tuesdays With Morrie," by Mitch Albom. The genre of this book is Nonfiction. This book is about a boy named Mitch and his favorite teacher Mr. Morrie. Mitch slowly started to realize that his favorite teacher was becoming very ill. When his class saw him during his Tuesday classes, he had to sit in a wheelchair because he could no longer walk. Everyone found out about Morrie's sickness and it was all over the news stations and even the newspapers. Mitch starts going to visit with Mr. Morrie to talk to him and tell him how his day went. Over the course of a few years Morrie tells Mitch how much he has learned in his life. This book inspires me a lot because Mitch loved Morrie as a person. It was really sad for Morrie to die in such a tragic way. I would recommend this book to anyone who has a good heart and wants to learn lessons about life.

The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Teens, by Sean Covey, is a step-by-step guide for teenagers. This book contains advice, tips, quotes, hotlines, and many true life stories of teens all around the world. Many people follow these rules and apply them to their own lives. The seven habits are: be proactive, put first things first, begin with the end in mind, think win-win, seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw. In my opinion,

"The Seven Habits" is a wonderful book and I recommend it to all teens around

the world.

Book of the week 2The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective

Teens By Sean Covey

Name: David Mejia Sport: BaseballTeam: KR-AUU Baseball Academy Played for: 6 years Win-loss ratio : 31-8Awards: 1 MVP , Championship 2009,2012 Other sports: basketball for Goff (last year)Shea (current)Grades: High Honors

Athlete of the day

Name: Amanda Aywas

Sports: Basketball and track

Awards: 1st place in Division 1 for hammer

Has played basketball since 7th grade and has been throwing hammer since 6th grade.

Grades: High Honors, Quarter 1GPA: 3.7

Blackstone Athlete of the day

Name: Erika CarterSport: Basketball Team: Central Falls Lady WarriorsPlayed for: 6 yearsOther sports: Softball, volleyball Awards: 3 awards for varsity Softball, 2

awards for junior varsity Basketball, 2 awards for junior varsity Volleyball , Athlete of the year at Calcutt Middle School Grades : High Honor Roll GPA: 3.5

Blackstone Athlete of the Day

The dazzling Alberto Flores is a sophomore at Blackstone Academy Charter School. He is a right-

footed defender for the soccer team, Title Wave. He is from Pawtucket and has played for the Central Falls

Warriors, Rams and Bruno FC. He was born on August 21, 1997 and has never scored a goal but he feels "it's never too late." He also does spectacular in school as he only gets A's and B's. Don't be too surprised if you

see him playing for Real Madrid pretty soon.

Blackstone Athlete of the Day:

Alberto Flores

T.I. has always lived up to his nickname as "The King of The South." No doubt he

is a big rap icon, with 7 successful albums and many top hits on the charts.

Not only is his music great, but the movies that he stars in are also, from the

classic movie "ATL," to "Takers," and then "American Gangster." Coming from Atlanta, Georgia he keeps it real with his

lyrics, always representing where he comes from at all times.

Artist of the day

Kgr is a local rap artist coming

in from Pawtucket, RI. He is being seen by a couple of

labels but he hasn't made up his mind. Lately he has been working on his new and first

project, "Mental Fatality," which will be dropping soon.

He focuses more on his lyricism than he does on his beats. Say hi to him, though,

when you see him in the halls!

Artist Of The Day

KgR

Casey Veggies is an LA rap artist that is only 19 years

old. One of the first founders of OFWGKTA but he decided to leave to do his own thing. Currently he is signed to Roc Nation which was done back in July of 2012. Casey also has his own clothing line

Peas & Carrots international. Mr. Veggies only has 1

album, Sleeping in Class, while he has done 4 mixtapes

in the span of his career, which includes his most

recent, Customized Greatly Vol. 3.

Artist of the dayCasey

Veggies

Artist of the day

Stalley

Stalley is a sophisticated rapper who raps with a unique rhythm. Born & raised from Ohio, he never shows me doubt into downloading his albums or mixtapes. With pleasant poetry in his lyricism he is one of the strongest part of MMG & BCG. Even as old as they are though, Stalley still stays strong with his music, with his only album Lincoln Way Nights. Along with a couple of mixtapes including his recent project "The American Dream". He remains who he is even after the fame.

Kanye West is a rap icon with 6 platinum albums. At 35 he's

doing things bigger than ever. From owning his own record

label, GOOD Music, to making his own music always hit number

one charts. Aside from his inspirational music, He is

definitely a fashionista himself, working with many top line clothing companies such as

BAPE, Louis Vuitton, Nike, etc.. Producing unique styles of hip-

hop/rap & fashion.

Artist of the day

Kanye West

Video of the Day!

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow,learn as if you were to live forever."

- Gandhi

Quote of the Day

"Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it

hurts you, it probably hurts the other person too."

-Unkown

Quote of the Day

"Don't let where I am fool you about where I've been. And don't let where I've been fool you about where I'm going."

-Wes Moore

Quote of the Day

"We are products of our expectations not of our environment."

-Wes Moore

Quote of the Day

"The problem is not that you've changed, but that they haven't."

-Wes Moore

Quote of the Day

What consumes your mind, controls your life. - Unknown

Quote of the Day