Bon Apetit with Chef Reva

Chef Reva is a very healthy chef who visits Northeast School to serve us very tasty, healthy foods. We interviewed her and here's what she said.

Hootie's News: Why did you become a chef?

Chef Reva: I liked cooking as a kid, and I spent time on a farm. And everyone eats!

HN: Why did you become a healthy chef?

Chef: A lot of problems come from unhealthy eating. I wanted to help.

HN: Did you go to culinary school?

Chef: Yes! Le Cordon Bleu in Boston.

HN: Why are you mostly for kids?

Chef: Adults are hard to change. I want to keep kids on a good track for the future.

HN: How do you get inspiration to make these new dishes? 

Chef: I have a friend who helps me get ideas. Her name is April Liles. Two minds are better than one!

HN: How do you get kids to eat things that have vegetables in them?

Chef: I hide the veggies in other things that kids like, and I involve kids in preparing the food. I encourage them to try new things.

HN: Have you ever served anything with candy in it to students?

Chef: I have not, except for sprinkles on the yogurt parfait.

HN: Where do you grow your food?

Chef: The food comes from different local farms like Waltham Fields.

HN: What's your favorite dish to make?

Chef: Baking bread. It is very simple but good and also fun.

HN: What foods do people like the most?

Chef: People like a lot of things before they realize that it is healthy. They are surprised that it is healthy.

HN: What do you like most about your job?

Chef: I like to interact with different people because I learn from them.

HN: If you could go back in time, would you change your job?

Chef: I actually studied architecture in school, but most of my day was boring. I wanted to be more in the community, so I started cooking. I love teaching, so I became a chef who teaches other people.

The Fourth Grade Mushers Take to the Trail

The fourth grade has been reading a book called Stone Fox. It is about a little boy who enters a dog sled race with his dog to win money for his grandfather. The fourth graders have also chosen mushers to root for in the Iditarod dog sled race. We asked some fourth graders questions about the project. We asked Matthew in Ms. Hache's class what his musher's name was and he said it was Nicholas Vineere. We asked him what his favorite part was, and he said "tracking the racers." That was the general consensus of what all of the fourth graders had the most fun with. Next we asked Sophie from Ms. Nichols' class and her racer's name is Hugh Neff. And then we asked Ariana from Ms. Wilbur's class, and her musher is Raymey Smyth. Overall the fourth graders had a lot of fun with this project, and we congratulate Mitch Seavey on becoming the Iditarod winner.

Mystery Staff

The Hootie's News team is starting Mystery Staff of the Month. We will give clues as to who it will be, and it's up to you to figure it out. At the end of the month, we will post the answer. We hope you will have fun with our game.

Clues:

• Her favorite food is steak with crabmeat and Hollandaise sauce.
• She's been teaching for 11 years.
• She has a bird named Bird, a cat named R2, and she's getting a fish named Fish. 
• Her favorite subject to teach is history because she thought it was boring when she was a child. She thinks of history as stories now, and she hopes her students will too.
• Her favorite thing to do out of school is go to the beach.
• Her favorite color is purple.
• Her favorite sport is hockey.
• She loves all music, including Train, Tom Petty, U2, the Lemurs, Rod Stewart, and Justin Timberlake. Everything but techno, she says.
• Her talent is feeding the minds of our youth.

The Roar of Anti-bullying

Last Friday TIGER came to our school. TIGER is an anti-bullying theater group of five college students from Plymouth University. They performed many skits to show how bullying is not OK. They also had many dance numbers and songs to help you remember what TIGER stands for.

T is for take action.
I is for I can say no.
G is for get help.
E is for empathy.
R is for respect.

We had fun with them. We hope they'll visit Northeast again soon.

The Second Graders Find Nemo

In November the second graders went on a field trip to the New England Aquarium. We interviewed some second graders, and they told us “We got to touch stingrays, starfish, and crabs.” They also got to look at penguins, turtles, and jellyfish. The other class said that their favorite part was looking at the sea snake and touching the sea stars. This field trip was a big success.

The Fifth Grade Erupts!

Recently the fifth grade has been learning about volcanoes and earthquakes. They were told that instead of writing a report, they could come up with their own creative way to do their project. Some ways included Coke and Mentos, baking soda and vinegar, and a puppet show.

It seems as though this was a stressful project, but a lot of students said they learned about teamwork and working together through the process. The students who chose earthquakes said that they learned that an earthquake usually comes before a volcanic eruption and happens because plates move past each other. Students who studied the volcano said they learned what happens when a volcano erupts and how it is formed.

It seems that the students really took to heart the lesson and enjoyed learning about volcanoes and earthquakes.

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