Tag Archives: Durham Academy

¡Durham!

Posted on by
Reply

Hola, yo me llamo Jake. Tengo doce años y mi cumpleaños es el dos de diciembre. Yo juego fútbol, estudio en Durham Academy. También, yo tengo un perro, su nombre es Winnie.

 

Yo vivo en Durham, hay muchas cosas para hacer. Primero, puedes caminar con tu familia y correr en los Jardines de Sarah P. Duke. También, en los Jardines de Sarah P. Duke puedes tomar fotos de hermosos paisajes y relajarte. ¿Te gusta correr y caminar? También, ¿Te gusta tomar fotos?

 

Segundo, en Durham puedes visitar el museo de arte Nasher y tomar fotos de la exhibición. También en el Museo de Arte Nasher puedes caminar con tu familia y explorar los jardines. ¿Te gusta caminar con tu familia? También, ¿Te gusta explorar?  

 

Tercero, en Durham puedes mirar el béisbol en el estadio de los toros de Durham y comer en el área de concesiones. En el estadio de los toros de Durham puedes comprar recuerdos de mercado. Finalmente, en el estadio de los Toros de Durham puedes ver fuegos artificiales. ¿Te gusta ver béisbol? También, ¿Tú juegas beisbol? 

 

Finalmente, en Durham puedes visitar el parque estatal de Eno River. En el parque puedes nadar o montar en bote en el río y caminar en las montañas. También, puedes comer junto a los árboles y correr. ¿Puedes ir en barco? También, ¿Puedes nadar en el lago? 

 

 En conclusión, Durham tiene muchas casas, mercados y jardines. También en Durham hay muchas personas, cultura y bibliotecas. En mi opinión Durham es limpio, antiguo, interesante y fascinante. 






Movement!

Posted on by
2

Movement performance

Right now my fine art is Movement, which I’m loving! I love movement because of Mrs. Norkus who lets us use our curiosity in our project and lets us be really creative! Right now in Movement we are working on our final projects, this might be my favorite thing we have done all trimester! Why it’s my favorite thing we have done all trimester is because as long as we are following the guidelines we can do any dance we want!                                                     

I also like the walkabouts and stretches that we do so we can exercise! I like these because it is an opportunity for us to walk outside, get fresh air and most fun play on the playground! The stretches we make up with partners which is really fun and we can be as creative as we want! In Movement, we also play lots of fun games,  like swipe the Tic Tac box, Night in the Museum and my favorite Asparagoose! All in all, Movement is really creative, fun and at the same time super relaxing! 




 

My Ideal World

Posted on by
Reply

By: Jake

My ideal world is probably different from yours in many ways. My ideal world is not anything you know, my ideal world is self-sufficient from any other planet, galaxy, or solar system. My ideal world has a name, meet Abstract Astronomy. Abstract Astronomy has 500 days in a year, 25 hours a day. School starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m. Any child must attend school until after college. AA’s school system is fabulous. All schools are free for any child. At age 19 everyone must have a stable job and be self-sufficient unless they physically or mentally can’t. At age 60 any citizen can stop working and retire. All children until age 18 must be enrolled in a physical sport as well as an organization working towards a cause, both are run through the school system. 

In AA all animals are unable to go extinct because no hunting is allowed without a permit. Transportation is all electric and there are no accidents because everything is on tracks. There are flying cars but they are only used for emergency purposes. The military can go wherever but anyone else can only go 150 feet above the ground. All buildings can only be 300 feet at the most.  In the case of a war the military will put a draft into effect for 25 percent of all able citizens.      

A big part of AA is the fact that everything is free, to some extent. In AA all non essentials are needed to be paid for. All essentials are free though. For example, the government will assign you to a house but if you want a nicer house then you must pay extra. Everyone gets paid very little because essentials are free. The governments will give registered businesses a set amount of money to pay the employees. 

In AA the justice system is very essential in life. The system is built on checks and balances. There are three branches of government: law makers, (Legislative) the people who carry out laws, (Executive) the people who evaluate laws and take away laws, (Judicial). Any buffoons or criminals are innocent until proven guilty. When a disruption to society is proven guilty they are fined, put in a correctional facility, or put to death.  If it is a minor fine then they are just fined for example speeding in a car or not paying for something that is a want. For major crimes, for example murdering or severely hurting a human, you are put to death when proven guilty. The person that committed the crime only goes to court if the police are going to put him in a correctional facility or put them to death. 

In Abstract Astronomy the physical appearance is a little funky. Sixty percent of all surfaces is land, therefore forty percent is water. Even though 40 percent of the surface is water that is not enough so AA also has water 600 feet under the surface that can be pumped up straight into living accommodations. In AA the power lines are underground so that you don’t have to see some funky lines in the air. So in conclusion, after all has been said and done Abstract Astronomy is very creative and unorthodox to you but to me it’s fair and well balanced.  





 



My Field Trip To The Museum Of Raleigh Natural Sciences

Posted on by
2

Thank you to Patti Donnelly for this picture. Here is the link to the museum https://naturalsciences.org

https://naturalsciences.org

 

On January 27th the sixth grade class at Durham Academy went to the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina. The trip was a big eye opener to many ideas; one was the Race Exhibit. The Race Exhibit was a really interesting way for the museum to show what race is and how it affects my daily life. The physical exhibit was nothing too interesting because it was just posters but the awareness of how race affects everyone was mind blowing.

Another exhibit was with dinosaurs which was one of my favorites. They had dinosaurs that literally looked like the real things, they even had real life bones!  After looking through all of the exhibits we went outside of the building and ate lunch in our groups. Lunch was delicious but I was way too excited for what was coming next! 

So, after lunch, we went walking around the capitol building. The exterior of the building had a bunch of different statues which was really cool. The entrance even had a memorial to World War ll which is my favorite history topic. Unfortunately, after looking at all the statues it was time to go home, so we piled up onto the buses and drove back to Durham Academy. 

Wisdom Tales Comic

Posted on by
Reply

My class read Wisdom Tales and then did a project. I chose to do a comic. It was super fun! In the book there’s a bunch of different tales. I chose The Wise Master. The Wise Master is about a master who tells his students to steal. One holds back who says no, “I can’t go steal.” I used Comic Life 3 and drew the images in Paper 53. I highly recommend reading the book and doing a project!