2024 Fall Recap

Hello and welcome to the 2024 Fall Recap! I am happy to say the Maryland Times has lasted through 2024! Who would have thought? With the new year we are entering a new era of The Maryland Times. Thank you for supporting us and I hope you will continue to through 2025!

By Eleanor Sapplingshade

By Miss Frizzle's Child

George Freedman's Guide to the Galaxy

By George Freedman

(Guest writer)

I, George Freedman (Bob Freedman’s brother) have many talents and today I am an astronomer! This is my (Very true and totally accurate) Guide to the galaxy.

Lets start at the center of everything (literally!) the sun! This bright fellow can really hurt their eyes if you stair at it too long ( I know from experience). It is this lavaish planet that is like, so hot! Its hotter than Arizona, I know, hard to believe.

I know their are some other stuff between the sun and the Earth, but I’m sure it isn’t that important enough to pay any attention to, so now we are at earth. It is obviously the best planet because (if you didn’t know) it is home to humans! We have this moon which is like, so so small, and it has these little marks on it that makes it look like a chocolate chip cookie. The worst part about the moon is you can’t eat it!

I am sure you have learned many things from my amazing guide! If I can, I will learn more about the galaxy and make another update!

Olympic Snail Racing

By Eleanor Sapplingshade

(true story, based on an article from The New York Times, July 25, 2024)

Believe it or not, humans aren't the only ones racing for a medal. Since the 1960s, Britain has had a tradition of hosting epic races - for snails! Dozens of garden snails were collected to race the 13.5 inch course. The world record for this race is 2 minutes, because snails travel at around 0.006 miles per hour. You don't need to have any previous snail racing experience to hire a snail; anybody who is interested can. There are 85 snails divided into 8 heats. The snails are set on a damp cloth draped over a round table. On the cloth, there are 2 circles, an inner circle and an outer circle, that are 13.5 inches apart. They start on the inner circle, and the first snail to reach the outer circle wins. Some snails started off well, but then started going around in circles. Other snails tried to cheat, by attaching themselves to sails in front of them and riding on their backs, but their masters detached them, because this racing tactic is unfair. In this year's final, a big snail called Jeff took a strong lead, and in 4 minutes and 5 seconds, Jeff was officially the champion!

Book Recommendations

By: Andrew Nye the Writer Guy

3-5

Little blue truck by Alice Schertle

Good night Construction site By Sherri Duskey Rinker

Dr. Seuss

6-7

Amelia Bedelia By Peggy Parish, Herman Parish

Frog and Toad by Arnold Loble

13 Story Tree house by Andy Griffiths

Jellyfish and Narwhal by Ben Clanton

8-10

Warrior Cats by Erin Hunter

Wings of fire (10+) By Tui T. Sutherland

Percy Jackson (10+) By Rick Riordan

Survivors By Erin Hunter

Diary of a Wimpy Kid By Jeff Kinney

Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs

Way of the Warrior kid by Jocko Willink

11 and 12+

Keepers of the lost city By Shannon Messenger

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

Lord of the rings (12+) JRR Tolkien

Treasure Island By Ronald Louis Stevenson

CROWS ROOST AT SCHOOL DURING SUMMERTIME

By Hazel Riverdale

Baltimore, MD: The American Crow is usually seen flocking in the winter months, but not anymore. Now, crows have taken over the Boys Latin school in mid-August! This is something that biologist Susan Wonderman says has "never happened before." The crows were first discovered on August 9, 2024, by Bryn Mawr 7th grader Zadie Clarisse Goldenwood. Goldenwood says that she and her mom had arrived at about 4:30 PM to practice soccer when they found crows surrounding the turf. They stayed for over 30 minutes, playing soccer like they had planned and ignoring the occasional cawing of the crows. Goldenwood and her mom had been there to play soccer before, but they had never seen so many crows there. Once they returned home, Goldenwood's mother called her friend, who referred them to Dr. Wonderman. Dr. Wonderman says that the situation with the Boys Latin crows is "unusual, possibly magical, and certainly perplexing." Dr. Wonderman and Zadie Goldenwood will both stay on the watch for other animals out at strange months or times of day, so stay tuned for any more reports on the Boys Latin crows or other sightings.

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