Welcome to our school newspaper for Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women. We are very excited to share our hard work with you with our first issue as an official newspaper! We hope you enjoy it and please share our great newspaper with all your family and friends!
The UAI Insider is created by the 6th and 7th grade students of the Girls Gazette after school class provided by Girls Inc. of NYC
Spring, summer, fall, winter – everyone needs to eat. Most people have a favorite season.But why have a favorite when talking about food?
The second season of the year is spring. Spring is Easter time. Easter time is when people decorate eggs and write Easter poems. But, after all that work people will be hungry. So, they will most likely buy foods that represent Spring.
So, here is a spring food that comes to mind. This spring dessert is called a “Chick and Egg Cupcake” and it represents spring so why not make these for yourself or someone else?
Vanilla Cupcake Ingredients:
·2 ⅔ cups of sugar
·2 sticks of butter cut into at least 16 pieces per stick
·2 large eggs
·2 egg yolks
·⅔ cup of milk
·⅔ cup of water
·2 ½ pure vanilla extract
·2 ⅔ cups of all-purpose flour
·1 ⅓ cups of cake flour
·4 teaspoons of baking powder
·½ teaspoon of salt
Directions:
·Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
·Get two 12 cup cupcake tins with paper liners
·Put both tins on a baking sheet and set them aside.
·Put the butter and sugar into a food processor and mix until very creamy.
·Add the egg and the egg yolks to the batter one at a time. Pulse after each addition.
·Add the milk, water, and the vanilla extract. Blend for each addition.
·Whisk the all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium mixing bowl.
·Add the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients. Pulse the ingredients. Then scrape the batter off the sides of the food processor. Process until the batter is smooth and pourable like pancake batter.
·Evenly pour the batter into the cupcake tins ¾ full.
·Bake the cupcakes for 18-25 minutes until the cupcakes are golden brown. To make sure all cupcakes are done get a knife or a toothpick and stick it in the center of the cupcake.
·If no batter comes out on the knife or toothpick then the cupcakes are done.
·Cool cupcakes for at least 15 minutes so when the time comes to frost the cupcakes it won’t slide off.
Frosting Ingredients:
·1 /4 cup whole milk
·2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
·10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
·5 cups sugar
·1/2 cup marshmallow fluff
·fine salt
Directions:
·Whisk the milk and vanilla extract together in a small bowl.
·Slowly beat the butter and sugar, in another medium bowl, with an electric mixer until incorporated. Raise the speed to high and mix until light and fluffy, about 5 to 7 minutes.
·Occasionally turn the mixer off, and scrape the sides of the bowl down with a rubber spatula.
·Add the fluff and salt and reduce the speed to low.
·Add the milk and vanilla mixture, scrape the bowl down, and mix until fully incorporated.
·Raise the mixer to high and beat briefly until fluffy, about 1 to 2 minutes. Frost cupcake immediately.
Coconut Grass Ingredients:
·2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
·2 tablespoons of liquid green food coloring
·1 tablespoon of yellow liquid food coloring
Directions:
·Note: Food coloring can be messy and can stain your skin. To prevent this, wear latex gloves. You may find it easier to color the coconut in a large ziplock plastic bag, tossing it to color evenly.
·Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
·Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
·Place a mesh rack on top, if available.
·Put coconut in a shallow bowl. While tossing with a large spoon, add food coloring drop by drop until the desired color is reached.
·Add a few tablespoons water to moisten the mixture and help disperse the color evenly. If the color is too dark, add additional water, as needed, to dilute to the desired color.
·Carefully drain coconut in a strainer.
·Spread the coconut in an even layer on the rack after draining, or place directly on the lined baking sheet.
·Place in the oven until dry, about 10 to 15 minutes. Use immediately, or store in covered container for up to 3 days.
This song is a good song because it talks about how Jacob and Diggy like all types of girls – girls with different “flows” and girls with different looks.
In the song they say, “You may not see her in themagazines.” This quote stood out to me because a lot of girls focus on the “magazine picture perfectgirl” and these boys are saying you don’t have to look that way.
“You are perfect the way youare,” they say. The song also states that girls don’t have to act or look different for a guy,such as no makeup and no different personalities!
Ms. Cindy is a great teacher at UAI. She teaches EA to the 6th graders and makes it fun for us all! Learn more about her in the interview below!
Question: What do you like about your job?
Answer: I like helping students learn about academics as well as themselves.
Question: Is ELA harder to teach to girls or boys?
Answer: It’s hard to teach both genders because I’m always trying to find things for my students to read and write about that are interesting for each of them.
Question: Who is your hero in your real life and in the media (superstars, famous people)?
Answer: In reality my dad is my hero because he taught me about hard work. In the media I would say Wendy Williams because she has taught me about being myself.
Question: When are you the happiest, in the morning or at night?
Answer: I am the happiest in the morning when I can start fresh for the day.
Question: What does ELA really mean to you? Answer: ELA is all about becoming a reader and writer so you can continue to learn and explore with books and your own writing.
Question: Why did you choose to teach this subject?
Answer: I decided to teach ELA because reading books as a group helps bring people together.
Question: What are your favorite hobbies, foods, holidays, subjects, and sport activities?
Answer: My favorite hobby is working out, walking Herbert, hanging out with my family, reading, and drawing. My favorite food is lobster. My favorite holidays are Christmas and Labor Day. My favorite subjects are gym and recess, and my favorite sports activity is riding my bike.
After getting engaged and becoming a first time mother, Keyshia Cole released her third single off of her new album. After her debut song with Nicki Minaj (I Ain’t Thru) she has come back with another intriguing song, a song that can get stuck in your head after one listen. The video starts with Cole in a bathroom dancing and leads to her dancing on the beach. dancers.
The album from the movie Lemonade Mouth which aired Friday April 15th 2011 has songs that inspire people who think they can’t do it like Determinate and Breakthrough. These songs teach you that you can work through anything that is in your way.
The cast of the movie were known the “nobody’s” in school and they battled through that to become a spectacular band that eventually signs at Madison square garden. This movie is another big time kid hit with songs that had meaning!
This song is a great song for girls who think they can’t follow their dreams. This song tells girls to take risks and that when you give someone time to do what they want they will amaze you in the end.
In the songSmith says, “I’m on a mission, with no restrictions, don't second guess myself” and “I set theboundaries, the rules don't own me.” These quotes demonstrate the path that courageouswomen have paved before us and that we can do anything we put our minds to.
