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For Every Slain
Child, A Butterfly

ustin Moss made more
than 50 ceramic butter-
. - flies during art class at
the Frankel Jewish Academy as part
of Zikaron v'Tikvah (Remembrance
and Hope), a project memorial-
izing the 1.5 million children who
perished in the Holocaust. He said
making the butterflies helped him
see the sheer magnitude of victims
who lost their lives.
"It is a cool project to be a part
of,' said freshmen Tammy Silber.
Twenty-four students working
with teacher Teri Barkin rolled, cut
and painted about 200 clay butter-
flies, which will go to the San Diego
Jewish Academy where the project
began. The school is hoping to col-
lect 1.5 million butterflies — one
for each child lost. Inspired by the
documentary Paper Clips and the
Holocaust poem "Butterfly:' the
project symbolizes hope, freedom
and faith in the future of the Jewish
people.
What began as a fun art project,
turned into a special, life-altering
experience, giving students an
appreciation for children who lost
the opportunity to live their lives to
the fullest.

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fats.
Frankel Jewish Academy junior Solomon Ylyaquev made 19 butterflies and dedicated
them to 19 children who died in the Holocaust. His design incorporated the Hebrew
names and birthdates of those who perished.

By Rachel Margolin,

14, Frankel Jewish

Academy, West

Bloomfield

Top row: Showing off their butterflies are Solomon Ylyaguev, Tammy Silber, Atara
Lakritz, Justin Moss
Bottom row: Jacob Allen, Justin Polk, Corey Rosen, Alec Arbit

Andover's
Newspaper
Earns High
Honors

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11 he Andover Shield earned a
Spartan Award, the highest
level of achievement, at the
2007 Michigan Interscholastic Press
Association (MIPA) conference at the
Lansing Center in mid-April.
The newspaper award is judged on
coverage, writing/editing, design, pho-
tos/graphics and editorial content.
Senior editor Michael Hamel said,
"It was good to know that all the hard
work everyone has been doing during
the year has gotten recognized and
that we are able to work well together
and put out a successful publication.
We overhauled the design and size
while focusing more on content. We
made sure to get good quotes and
sources along with making the pages
more appealing."
Individual staff members earned
first place awards, seven second place,
six third place and 11 honorable men-
tions.
Sophomore Carolyn Alter won first
place with sophomore Alicia Curtis
for their photo essay, Life of a Dancer.
"I was so surprised:' Alter said. "This
was my first time doing a photo story
and I was not anticipating much.
People told me it was good but I
didn't think I was capable of produc-
ing anything worthy of first place."
Junior Jamie Gorosh received an
honorable mention for her feature
story on helicopter parents.
On-site contests requiring students
to write a news, feature or editorial
article in a given amount of time on
abusing stimulants also were held at
the MIPA conference.
"Jillian Kushner and I participated
in the editorial contest and it was very
hectic;' said sophomore Natalie Stern.
"We arrived late and the lady would
not tell us what one of the terms
meant so I was very nervous. Yet
Jillian and I worked
together well and
were thrilled to win
second place."

By Rachel Wein,

16, Bloomfield Hills

Andover

June 14 Q 2007

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