Movies for the Summer

As thoughts of vacations, beaches, friends, and fun swarm the minds of the students at GK, a pertinent question begins festering in people's minds. What to do for summer? While no one can provide a direct answer for this, a wonderful option is to watch a movie. In case anyone needs some suggestions in order to fill the time, here are some movies to watch and enjoy during the summer.

● Knives Out- Available on Amazon, Knives Out is a murder mystery following Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), after the suspicious death of an acclaimed mystery author, Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer). Blanc is tasked with getting to the bottom of Thrombey death, as he begins to suspect it wasn’t an accident. Shifting through a multitude of motives, secrets, and red herrings Blanc is determined to find the true reason for Thrombey death.

● 10 Things I Hate About You- A rom-com on Disney+, the movie details the life of the new kid Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), trying his best to date popular girl Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik). However, before Cameron can ask Bianca out, he learns Bianca isn’t allowed to date until her older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. Kat's abrasive personality against dating and people in general leads to the seminal end of Cameron’s chances to date Bianca. Despite this, Cameron refuses to be deterred from his plan, and hires Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) to melt the ice queen’s heart.

● Ferris Bueller’s Day Off- A comedy classic accessible on Amazon, Hulu, and Showtime Ferris Bueller's Day Off observes the life of Ferris Bueller. As Ferris graduation day grows closer and closer, he decides to use his unique skill of cutting school to use, by having one last trip before entering the real world.

● 21- This true story drama on Netflix has Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), an ingenious MIT student, change his career path upon realizing that a professor at his university runs an illegal card-counting ring. Intenticed by the money and the story, Ben puts his phenomenal math skills to the test and joins the group with the intent to swindle casinos out of their money.

● The Losers- Found on HBO Max The Losers, is an action/superhero movie where a team of specially trained military soldiers (Jeffery Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Oscar Jaenada, and Columbus Short) go on a top secret mission in the Bolivian jungle. While there they are betrayed, now untrusting of their government and presumed dead, the team conspire with Aisha (Zoe Saldana) to hunt down their enemies, and get revenge.

AP Testing Studying Tips

Pencils hitting the paper, anxious students crowding the halls, and encouraging speeches from teachers will soon flood the halls of GK as the date for AP tests creep closer and closer. To avoid at least a little of the stress, here are some tips from some of the teachers of GK about the best ways to study for the upcoming test.

AP Lang:

● Review CollegeBoard videos on the content that was taught throughout the year (Take notes on the different subjects while watching the videos, it will allow you to retain information better)

● Work on extra practice available on Collegeboard

AP World History:

● Watch Heimler’s History for review of content

● Use a variety of strategies (timelines, maps, vocab cards are great options)

● Be consistent, even if it’s a short period of time. Everyday practice is invaluable

AP Government:

● Review vocabulary and concepts for each unit (this will be extremely useful when taking the

context based exam)

● Practice a plethora of different possible questions for the Free Response Section

● Don’t cram on the final night. The best thing for you to do is get a good night sleep, get up early

the morning of, and eat well AP Biology:

● AP classroom has daily videos in which you can watch for a review of concepts and skills

● Review old assignments and class work to better prepare yourself on the material

● Questions on the test were purposely made to confuse you. Don’t stress about it. All the questions are the same concepts you have learned throughout the year, just continue to use your usual strategies to complete them. While this article is section by subject it doesn’t mean that there isn’t useful information presented by other classes that can be adapted to fit your studying style. So good luck to all the students at GK taking this year's AP exams!

Vinyls

Vinyl records are rotating disks that play music. They are made out of polyvinyl chloride and come in many different colors and designs. Vinyls have been sold and made for a very long time, the first-ever vinyl was made in 1931, and RCA Victor launched the first commercially available vinyl long-playing record, where they were marketed as program-transcription discs.

Vinyls are very fun to collect and decorate your room with, Although they can be a little pricey, they are worth it. You can find vinyls at Target, Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. You can also order them or just go to a vinyl shop. One of the main questions asked about vinyls is how they are able to play the songs or sounds they are playing. A vinyl record works by spinning on the record player, commonly known as a turntable. A stylus on the record player moves through the grooves imprinted on the disc and “reads” them. This reading generates an electric signal which is transferred to an amplifier.

So yeah, vinyls are pretty cool and very fun to listen to. The most sold vinyl in the world is Thriller by Micheal Jackson, with over 27 MILLION vinyl records sold. The longest vinyl in the world At 50 minutes on each side, is The TISM Deluxe Omni-Album the longest single-disc vinyl record ever released, eclipsing 1974's “90 Minutes With Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops”.