Get Involved - Volunteer and Visit!

By Kyra Hanlon, '12
(from Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School's The Town Crier, December 2010)

Operation Santa Clause:
Open Thursday, December 9 through Wednesday, December 22.
Help sort, bag, and wrap thousands of toys for children of all ages!
For more information, contact Chris Jones at 215-965-4625 or cjones@adphila.org.

The Macy's Holiday Light Show and Dickens Village:
Both of these events are hosted at the Macy's, Center City, Philadelphia location, at 13th and Market Streets.
They will be showing from Black Friday through Christmas Eve; the Lights Show runs on the hour from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Mummers Parade:
Wrap up your winter break with the Mummers Parade on New Year's Day, with 15,000 Mummers parading through the streets of Philadelphia!

Events of Germantown High School

Sent by Elisabeth D'Alessandro

    

      Germantown High School's Culinary Arts program participated in Bloomingdale's Chili Competition on November 14, 2010 at the King of Prussia Mall. 

     

     Students from the School District's Culinary and Hospitality Program competed for All-Clad cookware. Germantown High School placed second in the competition.    

     The Culinary Arts program is a component of the Communications, Arts, and Business Technology Academy at Germantown High School.

A Place for Teens Like You!

by Rose LaMay

Senior, Plymouth Whitemarsh

Frank Fennimore and Keith Smith playing Fuzz ball at Teen Center

Teens, Inc. goes live if we weren’t lively enough! Our web-site www.teensincphilly.org is loaded and full of information for and about young people in this area. If you want to discover what Teens, Inc is all about, tune into the site and check out the various tabs on the web-site. Read the testimonials and browse the Photo Gallery! Discover on-line the fun, recreational activities at the Teen Center plus the year-round trips. Don’t miss the tab on Community service and current service offered for November and December.

You'll want to attend the Yule Ball for all 6-8th graders on Friday, December 10 at 7:30 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Parish Hall; 22 East Chestnut Hill Ave., Chestnut Hill, 19118. Come to the community dance and listen to the sounds of Anthony Celli! Cost is $5. for members and $10.-Non-members. Chaperones are aways needed! Dress in pants, skirts and collered shirts and have a ball!

Peer Tutoring service at the Teen Center- (Back) Rrose LaMay, Olivia Dean,
(Front) Molly and Kelly Carroll

 Teenagers, Inc rocks and you can be a part of this community action! Make a difference in your community, city and the world and join Teens,Inc today! Check us out at www.teensincphilly.org You can also mail your completed membership form with $25. To Marianne Dwyer: 8600 Prospect Ave., Phila., Pa. 19118

Pro Athletes Out of Control

I was looking around my room the other day when I came across a 1980 Phillies World Series ticket. The infield ticket was $20. I then looked at my most recent ticket (Last Thursday's Phillies game) which was $55. I thought about why we pay all that money to see these athletes play, and as these athletes gain more and more power over their leagues, the more ridiculous their ego and contracts become.

Without even bringing up LeBron James, as the power in professional sports shifts from the owner to the player, the players are out of control. The ticket prices to see these players play are even worse. And the fact that we still go to the games is the worst.

What Makes a Great Concert?

Last weekend, I found myself at the Mann Center in Fairmount Park to see the band MGMT. If you haven't heard of them, their music is difficult to describe without referring to other obscure bands, but I've heard them referred to as Indie-rock, pop, electronica, physcadelic-pop, dance-punk, and various other strange genres. Needless to say, I wasn't at all sure what to expect from the concert in terms of the performance, the atmosphere, or the crowd.

My ignorance served me well, though, and allowed the night to far exceed my shaky expectations. When I discussed the event later with other attendees, we decided that, all-in-all, the concert was a blast, but the performance was really nothing special. And that got me wondering, if a top-notch performance isn't all that's necessary to make a great concert, then what is?

No Need for 3D

Lately, I've been asking some pretty simple questions. Why has an entire generation turned against our President? Why can't Germantown Avenue developers put something useful on the Ave? And, why exactly is Facebook taking over the world? Now I'm moving towards a more serious question: why in the world are 3D TVs becoming popular?

By the end of this year, TV makers expect 3.4 million 3D TVs to be shipped. This is the worst consumer mistake since the time we chose to spend our Thursday nights watching Jersey Shore. As I prepared to write this article I didn't know much about 3D TV's. But, I figured all needed to know is that they are overpriced and useless -- kind of like the cast of Jersey Shore.

31 Minutes to Takeoff: Plenty of Turbulence

After two good mixtapes and a hit single (Cooler Than Me), Mike Posner released his new album yesterday, "31 Minutes to Takeoff." With an early release of Please Don't Go, Posner's new album was on the top of my list, yet, when I got my hands on it last night, it proved to be a bumpy flight.

Posner's first mixtape, "A Matter of Time," promised  future success with studio albums, however, his first album didn't get close to reaching the level of his mixtapes.

To start, Posner's voice proves whiny and raspy, which didn't suprise me considering this was the case from the beginning. Yet, in his earlier music the heavily nasal sound worked because he was much more reliant upon rapping. Here, however, the sound got plain boring. Also, the love songs were absolutely tiresome. Posner may not necessarily want to or need to appeal to rap enthusiasts, but with all the crying love songs on his album, he definitely gravitates towards R&B/pop. Here's each song (emboldened titles are the songs worth listening to):