1. art and entertainment
2. music
3. music genres
4. hip hop

District 196 /Apple Valley/ Area Learning Center
THE ALC INSIDER
Volume V
Issue 1
October 12 , 2011
ALC Flex Field Trips!
By Brittany Bonacci
Usually school field trips are just going for a
drive to some destination, but here at the ALC
it’s a completely different scenario. When we
go on trips during the school year, it’s the same
thing as any other school, but we’re different
because we have trips in the summer time,
sometimes out of the state.
Our school will be going on school field trips
during the year to Orlando, Florida, where the
people who are able to go can go to Disney
World. And the next trip will be to Washington, D.C. The date for Orlando will be somewhere around January 28th until February 5th,
and the dates for Washington, D.C., will be
somewhere around May 12th through the 20th.
Then we have about three trips during the summer. These trips we’ll be going to South Dakota, Duluth, and Chicago.
no talking about sex, parties, alcohol, or drugs;
it has to be school appropriate talk. Act respectfully to the teachers/ staff, no yelling or
swearing at the staff members. You are not allowed to wander off by yourself; you need to
inform your teacher. Cell phones and headphones rules are the same as when you’re at
school also.
There are rules because the school is trying to
keep everybody safe. They’re trying to make it
a fun and exciting learning experience for everybody.
If you have anything lower than a 60 percentage of passing classes, you are disqualified
from these trips. If you are passing at exactly
60%, you can qualify to go after an interview
process. Anyone who passed 80% or more of
their classes is automatically qualified for these
trips, no questions about it. Dave will be looking at the five previous terms before the trips
to see who can be considered to go and who
cannot.
Take advantage of these exciting and fun opThe rules for these trips are basically the same portunities, and come on some of the trips!
as the rules at school. You have to participate,
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9/11: A Day to Remember
By Jose Cabrera
September 11, 2011, The day that changed
America forever. A day we will never forget. A
day that changed a lot of people’s lives.
Ten years ago, Al-Qaeda, a terrorist group,
hijacked four airplanes and planned on attacking America. Out of the four airplanes, two of
those hit the Twin Towers and ended up collapsing later. Another hit the Pentagon, and the
fourth one crashes in a field in Shanksville,
PA.
People were horrified
for others; some had
family that worked in
those towers or in
those hijacked planes.
Rescuers tried to help
the people that were
trapped in those buildings but the damage
had so much impact
that the exit stairs were destroyed from the fire
caused by the fuel. People watched as it got
worse. Firefighters were trying their best they
could when they got word that they had to get
out of there because the towers were about to
collapse. There were no exits for some people
trapped so some ended up jumping off the
buildings until they hit the ground.
Approximately 3,000 Americans died that day.
Families were in pain knowing that they lost a
relative. People were crying for their lost ones
and they will never forget such a day like this.
It left a big scar on America.
Ten years later, on September 11,2011 people
take a moment of silence and remember their
lost ones, as they will always remember ten
years ago, when they experienced a gruesome
scene like that and hoping that they will never
go through that again.
October 12 , 2011
SUMMER
FLEX:
CHICAGO
By T.J. Scholl
The Chicago trip
was a new experience and a good one. We went to Chicago
for student council leadership. We talked
about the upcoming school year and how
could we become leaders and planned what
we wanted to do for the whole year.
We also went site seeing: we went to Navy
Pier, Chinatown which the food shops
smelled nasty, and we went to Little Italy
were we ate at a nice restaurant. The hotel
we stayed at
in the theater
district and
our hotel was
extremely
nice.
We had the
chance to fish in the river for free. Even
though I didn’t catch anything, it was fun.
We walked everywhere the first day and a
lot of people’s feet hurt; but thank goodness, we took the subway around the city
the second day.(Thank you, Dave.)
Overall it was a good experience and we
had lots of fun.
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October 12 , 2011
Summer Flex:
South
Dakota
By T.J .Scholl
The South Dakota trip
an adventure. We got
to see some pretty cool stuff. What I got from
this trip was better understanding of American
history and got to experience some historical
places.
We went to the Badlands and walked across
them. Isaiah and I went down a really steep cliff
and were jumping from hill to hill. I also didn’t
know that there were rattle snakes down in the
Badlands and until we got back the van.
We traveled on the Needles Highway which was
really cool and we stopped at a park and had
launch. Then after we could go and climb the
rocks. Again Isaiah and I went cliff climbing.
We climbed all the way to the top of this cliff
and we could see the whole park and lake from
up there. It was an awesome sight.
On the second day we went to Mount Rushmore
and got to walk right underneath the mountain
and we went into the museum and learned many
interesting things.
Overall, it was an awesome experience and fun
to hang around with some of the students and
teachers for a week.
Summer Flex:
Game Shows
By T.J. Scholl
This class was fun, but it also taught us the
importance of team work. Without team
work, whatever your doing
would fall
apart and
wouldn’t be
very successful.
Not only did we play games, but we also
watched games shows such as Wipeout,
Family Feud, Jeopardy, Deal or No Deal,
Let’s Make a Deal, Don’t Forget the Lyrics, Are You SmarterTthan a 5th Grader?,
and Minute to Win It.
We also got served breakfast and lunch
everyday for two weeks. (Thank you, Dave
and Lauren.)
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Top Ten Video
Game Villains
by IGN.com
By Austin Magadan
October 12 , 2011
5. Donkey Kong In Mario's first real videogame adventure, the guy played a carpenter
named Jumpman who set off through the unfinished skyscraper scaffoldings to rescue his
girlfriend Pauline from the clutches of a wild
ape named Donkey Kong.
$. Sephiroth is arguably the most well-known
antagonist of the Final Fantasy VII franchise.
Originally a hero of Shinra's SOLDIER division, Sephiroth was driven mad by the chilling
knowledge he found at Nibelheim mansion.
After discovering that he was in fact a product
9. Mother Brain The origin of Mother Brain a
of Shinra's biological experiments, Sephiroth
mystery, but over the course of the Metroid
destroyed the village of Nibelheim and started
timeline this cybernetic life form has been the
the confrontation between himself and Final
epic final battle for Samus since the first game
Fantasy VII's hero, Cloud.
on the NES.
3. Ganon, like so many on this list of villains,
8. Psycho Mantis Admit it he freaked you out
Ganon in Zelda:Ocarina of Time desires to
in Metal Gear Solid. Sure, he was just a crazy
obtain an ultimate weapon and lay waste to the
dude in a gas mask, but Psycho Mantis hit you
world. As the possessor of the Triforce of
where you couldn't defend yourself.
Power, he has a significant head start. Part
7. Pac-Man’s Ghouls This crew of spectral
bull, part pig, part ginger, Ganon will stop at
meanies, dressed in the finest 4-bit linens, is
nothing to add another piece to his unholy trindetermined to ruin poor Pac's endless buffet of
ity.
dots.
2. Bowser is obsessed on ruling the Mushroom
6. Nazis make great villains. First off if you
Kingdom in virtually every Mario game. Most
accept the fact that Nazis are some of the most
of his plans involve taking over the land ruled
morally lacking and evil beings in history. The
over by Princess Peach using his powers to
gratification of eliminating them with a deadly
command an army of goombas and koopas and
arsenal just makes it oh so much sweeter.
anyone else falling under this mutant turtle's
influence.
10. Andrew Ryan Bioshock. This mad scientist is the reason the Rapture exists. He built an
underwater city with genetically altered humans. Many more details about him are revealed in the game Bioshock.
1. GlaDOS A master of manipulation,
GlaDOS has you become a friend with an inanimate object, only to have you incinerate it
at the end of the test. In the game Portal
GlaDOS isn't overly logical or calculating or
emotionless. She's spontaneous, passionate,
vengeful, and completely unforgettable. Because she is almost entirely artificial she possessed human like qualities which in turn made
her even more devious when she tried to get
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ASKING ALICE
By Alice
Dear Alice,
October 12 , 2011
YMCMB
young money, cash money
Q: My friend is currently dating this very nice,
By Deuntay Charles
sweet and normal guy, which you can probably
say he’s just a typical boyfriend. The problem
Birdman
Lil Wayne
is that she’s starting to get bored of him. Now
Drake
Tyga
she’s interested in this other guy that’s not so
Nicki Minaj
Mack Maine
nice and sweet and is more likely to cheat on
her then the guy she is with now. So my quesLil Chuckee
Lil Twist
tion for you is, what advice can you give her?
Bow Wow
T-streetz
She’s stuck and doesn’t know what to do. PurDJ Khaled
Jae Millz
sue this other guy that she’s crushing on or
Gudda Gudda Shanell
stay with her boring boyfriend?
Heart in Confusion Lil Wayne and Birdman’s group “Young
Dear Heart in Confusion,
Money, Cash Money" is one of the hottest
A: My advice for her would be to talk to her
record labels in the music industry. With
boyfriend first. Let him know what’s going on over 15 artists signed to
right now so they’re both on the same page.
the record label, they
Then she would have to think about what she
are pulling in bank.
wants to do: either go on a break with her boyfriend to give her some time to figure out what The record label is estimated to be worth over
she wants or just break up with him, so she
$500 million and 1 bildoesn’t have to hurt him by dating him and
having feelings for another person. It wouldn’t lion dollars by the end
be fair for either of them. It would just cause
of 2012. With Lil
her more problems because she’ll start to ques- Wayne selling over 5
tion her own feelings and have mixed feelings.
million records, it makes him one of the hotAlso it would make her boyfriend confused
test rappers in the game. Also one of the
and sad because he would probably feel as if
he wasn’t doing his job as a good boyfriend to smartest, by putting together one of the hottest groups out “Young Money” with star
make her feel that way or less interested in
him. It’s always better to be honest and up
rappers Drake, Nicki Minaj, Tyga and also
front with relationship problems then not to be. Bow Wow who took the rap industry by
Thanks for asking, Alice storm. Drake selling 500,000 records his first
week with his first album Thank Me Later.
Nicki Minaj dropping her album “Pink Friday” sold an est. 500,000 its first week also.
Tyga and Bow Wow’s album will be dropping in November.
YMCMB has made there mark on hip-hop & rap.
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October 12 , 2011
New World of Work
Seven Survival Skills
Survival Skills
By Brittany Bonacci
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