On the Road 2015 Trinity Episcopal School 7th grade travel to learn

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13 22Trinity 7th Grade Explores Avoyelles Parish

by Hawkins Head

37The Well Know

n Faces Along Bayou Boeufby Adair C

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40Following the Places that Solom

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43Following the Steps of Solom

on Northup (places)

by Sophie Hogan

54People of Bunkieby Ellie M

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58Learning in Bunkieby M

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60Meeting Bunkie N

ativesby Eleanor Parker

62Bunkie Trip Sketchesby Davis Laibe

Experiencing the Youth Legislature in the eyes of G

race Dean by Sophie Brew

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107th Grade Youth Leg Participants Fight to Pass

Their Bills into Law

by Jane Murphy

6 Journalists Receive a Special Treatby Joel Funderburk

14 Youth Leg proves "Great Futures Start Here"

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16 Trinity Takes on the Legby M

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20 LSU Beats A&M

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12 Trinity Takes Over the Box

by Grant Brow

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28 Lettuce Grow

n in Spaceby D

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11 Traveling via the International Space Station & the Stennis Bus Tour by C

aroline Pitalo

17 Explore Space Like an Astronautby Joshua Keegan

46 Saturn V Rockets

by Duke W

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50 Eating Our W

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24 FOO

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CONTENTS

ON THE ROAD to bunkie

Created by:CELIA ROMANO & CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS

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7 t h Grade Yout h Leg Par t icipant s Fig ht t o Pass Thei r Bi l l s in t o Law !

l iza Powers from Trinity School unveiled a bill in the Senate stating no schools could assign students weekend homework, in order to alleviate stress and gain sleep, which would go on to be one of the

only bills to issue a recount. When Eliza presented her bill, it failed by two votes, giving Eliza the opportunity to request a recount. The opposition stated the students were generally lazy and they were sleep-deprived because they wasted their time during school and waited until nighttime to complete their homework. Others believed that the penalty, teachers being put on probation for one to two school weeks without pay, was too harsh for already low teacher salaries. Ms. Powers beautifully convinced the opposition that most students had plans over the weekend and could not begin their homework until late Sunday night, which affected their sleep and stress

levels. She also said that the teachers will

know about the penalty, so it is fair for them to be punished if they violate the no

weekend homework rule. When the voting came around for the second time, the bill passed in the Senate, 34 yeas to 24 nays!

Article by: Jane Murphy

"This bill will provide a beneficiary resolution to the ever-growing problem: diminutive focus of students." - Eliza Powers

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Photo by: Youth Leg

Eliza raises her senate number to support a bill

Photo by: Youth Leg

Eliza Powers poses for the camera while debating a bill on the Senate floor.

Eliza was nearly ecstatic when the bill passed. She practically had the audience in the palm of her hand! Even though the recount was what made Eliza's bill noteworthy among the others, when asked, Eliza said that she "would have expressed main points further and pointed out important topics during the summary" to avoid a recount in the first place. Unfortunately, the bill failed in the Senate, only 1 vote away from a recount, ending the

chances of it being passed. Overall, the experience was exciting and joyous for Eliza.

Photo by: Youth Leg Staff

Not only can you enjoy listening to bills in the Old State Capital Building in Louisiana, you can enjoy the view of the beautiful stain glass on the ceiling!

MEREDITH MELANÇON

IMPRESSES WITH HER EXPERTISE

"How ironic (is it) that the only story we have of this community is from the voice of an enslaved person?"

Meredith Melançon

"I took a Louisiana History class in college at LSU. Doctor John Rodericks was our professor and he had us read 12 Years a Slave as part of our Antebellum studies." As the bus rumbles along the dirt road, Mrs. Melançon expresses her extensive knowledge of the slave-dependent community Bunkie once was in the years

"It's special... to know that you're walking where

Northup would've walked."

Meredith Melançon, a 34-year-old woman commonly known as the "expert on Solomon Northup," Melançon greets the bus-load of Trinity students with an undeniable passion and a preeminent expertise on the story of Solomon Northup and his widely famous slave narrative, Twelve Years a Slave. She resides in Bunkie, Louisiana, near the re-created plantation of Edwin Epps, the slave-owner whom Northup spent 10 of his 12 enslaved years with. Like many, Melançon's passion for the story began with literature.

From visit ing the rebuilt Epps plantation to spotting lustrous shards of pottery in a f ield where Northup labored, Melançon keeps the students utterly fascinated. Every question is answered with such articulate precision that many students ask a substantial amount throughout the day. "I'd never been introduced to the idea of a slave narrative before, so it was amazing to me that so much history was preserved from the mouth of someone who had been enslaved," Melançon states when asked about her introduction to Solomon Northup. Now married, her boyfriend at the time lived in Bunkie while she studied at LSU.

To her, It was fascinating that the area that he worked and lived on every day was the land that Northup and other slaves labored on. Her passion is once again defined as she refers to the soil of the winding paths and brambles in which Northup walked on as "holy ground." It was an inspiration to all students to meet and have the privilege to spend a day learning by a true expert: one who is not only characterized by ample knowledge, but also possesses the admirable passion of a true historian.

Photo by: Charlotte Will iams

Items are placed in the re-created Epps plantat ion to display what slave-made art i facts would have looked l ike. Art icle by El iza Powers

Melançon shares informat ion on the f ield that Northup labored on one summer enslaved.

Photo by: Ellie Montgomery

Exper iencing Yout h Legisl at ur e t hr ough t he eyes of Gr ace Dean By: Sophie Br ewer

Grace Dean participated in the Louisiana Youth Legislature as the Secretary of Agriculture, Wildlife, and Fisheries. She attends Elm Grove School and is in the eighth grade. She attended the Youth Legislature for the first time this year. When asked, she said that she did not see herself in politics in the future. In fact, she says that she would like to be a teacher or a doctor. Her favorite part of the Louisiana Youth Legislature was making new memories and especially meeting new people.

She believes that if she could describe herself in three words they would be Christian, intelligent, and determined. She chose Christian because she believes that loving God and being Christian is a big part of her life. She chose intelligent because she believes that everyone at the Youth Legislature is intelligent. Finally, she chose determined because she believes that she would not have obtained a position in the Governor's Cabinet without her determination.

Mr . Br aud

The gover nor and his cabinet member s. (Dean is on t he f ir st r ow, t hir d f r om t he l ef t )

When asked if she enjoyed her role at the Youth Legislature, she said that she enjoyed the experience and was proud of her position. She says that if she could do anything over again, that she wishes she could redo her speech because she wishes she would have been less

nervous. Another reason she wants to redo her speech because once it was over, she realized that it was not as scary as she thought it would be.

El eanor Par ker

Gr ace dean; Secr etar y of agr icul t ur e, wil dl if e, and f isher ies

Lettuce Made in Space by: Dylan Cummins

Controlled Environment Agriculture is a laboratory that makes aeroponic lettuce. This lettuce is top of line for health. It uses 80% less water, it is better than organic, safe-clean food, requires no soil, and can be grown anywhere, etc. It takes about 30 days to grow which is 40% quicker than normal lettuce. Scientists use butter head lettuce. Butter head lettuce is grown using the technology of aeroponics. Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in mist and air without the use of soil and or an aggregate medium. Aeroponics is mainly grown in labs and space. In space, astronauts grow butter head and it is a major part of their diet due to easy access. Since the 1990s aeroponics has caught the attention of NASA. Aeroponics also uses hydroponics. Hyrdroponics is the act of transferring water to the plants to give the plants nutrients. NASA uses aeroponic lettuce because it is easy and quick to grow. They also use it because it requires no soil to attach to. It is impossible to attach to because in space there is no gravity to hold the plants together. CEA lettuce is now becoming public and soon will be another spin-off NASA item. Scientists who use aeroponics to make food trying to figure out how to make different food or even cure diseases.

Aeroponic lettuce after it has f inished growing.

An aeroponic laboratory where the growth of the lettuce is f inishing up.

LSU Beats A& M on Walk Off Double in

Ninth

The highly anticipated match-up between #2 ranked LSU (36-6, 13-5 SEC) and #1 ranked Texas A& M (36-6, 12-6 SEC) was a great start to a three-game series won by LSU. The weather was clear, the fans were loud, and the food was great. In the first inning, A& M scored first on a run by shortstop Blake Allemand. LSU had an decent inning, going scoreless with one hit. In the second inning, A& M scored again, on a run by J.B. Moss. LSU had a bad inning, going scoreless. While the third inning was scoreless for both teams, LSU turned it up in the 4th. The Tigers scored twice, once off a walk by infielder Connor Hale and once off a single by outfielder Andrew Stevenson, while

A& M went scoreless. With a tie game, you could hear the noise rising in Alex Box Stadium. The fifth and sixth innings were boring, each team going scoreless with one hit. In the 7th, A& M went scoreless with no hits, but the tigers scored once off a walk by outfielder Jake Fraley. The Tigers had taken the lead! In the 8th, both teams went scoreless. A boring 8th, however, was followed by an exciting 9th and final inning. The Aggies had two hits and one run by Moss. The game was tied. LSU needed one run, and they got that on a walk off double, hit by infielder Danny Zardon. Final score:

LSU 4, Texas A& M 3.

The LSU baseball team stormed the field after their dramatic win.

(taken by Gabe Labadie)

LSU pitcher Hunter Newman threw against Texas

A& M in the second inning.

(taken by Gabe Labadie)

by Tim Favrot

M eet in g th e Storytel l er, M s. Rosa M etoyer!

Having being married into the Metoyer Family, Ms. Rosa Ashby Metoyer is the wife of one

of the many great, great grandsons of the enslaved matriarch Marie Thérése Coincoin of Natchitoches, LA. History revealed that Coincoin was the slave to the Louis Juchereau of St. Denis. St. Denis leased Coincoin to a French merchant by

the name of Thomas Pierre Metoyer, who eventually purchased Coincoin as his slave. While

Coincoin was Metoyer's slave, she gave birth to ten children with him. Coincoin and Metoyer were together for many years but he was never allowed to marry her. Metoyer was forced to sever his relationship with Coincoin. He set her free upon separation and also gave her acres of land along the Cane's River in Nachitoches.

Although she was close to Metoyer she was forced to survive on her own. Coincoin learned to become an agriculturist, growing tobacco. She also received land grants and purchasing slaves. As a free and privileged woman of color, she was able to free her children from slavery. Descendants of the Coincoin /Metoyer Family

were some of the wealthiest people of color in Northern Louisiana, owning acres and acres of land along the

Cane's River and Melrose Plantation. Ms. Rosa Metoyer lives to tell the family history. In my ten minute interview with Ms. Rosa, in order to know where one is going , one must know their history. History is learned by reading, researching an talking with elders in our families.

Ms. Rosa Metoyer also introduced African originated instruments such as the djembe, marracas, shakeray, and other various instruments that are hand made. She introduced parts of the instruments that were cut from natural resources such as trees, and assorted fruits. Throughout her years of storytelling Ms. Rosa cherishes family history and storytelling.

"In order to know where you are going, you must know

your history"

Photo Credi t : El i za Powers

In ter v i ew i n g M s. M etoyer , an d ask i n g her var i ous quest i on s abou t w her e her stor ytel l i n g or i gi n ated f r om .

M r s. Rosa M etoyer tel l i n g her fam ous f r actu r ed i n ter pr etat i on of L i t t l e Red Ri d i n g H ood .

W ri t ten By: Kam ryn Th om as

ne of the many privileges of being a journalist at Youth Legislature was the experience at the ?Ghost of the Castle? presentation. The audience was immersed in a ?4D? theater where they were surrounded by action. The theater had projectors aimed at the walls which allowed for the walls to almost come to life. After the press was informed that the theater was partially designed by professionals

that helped create some of Disney World's attractions, their expectations were greatly increased. Frankly, those expectations were utterly and completely surpassed.

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Journalists Receive a Special Treat at the Leg

The theater was partially designed by professionals who helped create some of Disney World's attractions

It is said that Sarah Morgan still watches over "her castle" from beyond the grave

Photo by: Colleen Daly

Joel Funderburk

The presentation suddenly begins with a portrait on the wall coming to life and stating that her name is Sarah Morgan and that the audience is in ?her castle?. From there, she tells the long and sad life of the Old State Capitol. She includes how she suffered as ?her castle? not only fell into disrepair once, but twice! The first time occurs during the Civil War when the Union took the capitol building and accidentally burned it down! At this point, the

audience was surrounded by fire! The next time occurred after the building was replaced. During that time, college students would come from all over to throw crazy parties within the capitol. At this moment in the production, silhouettes of party-goers danced around the room. These moments were the the most exciting, but there were so many more! Honestly, the only way to fully experience the presentation is to see it in person!

The "Ghost of the Castle" presentation is located on the first floor, of the Old State right under the action at Youth

David J. Kaminsky/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LA-1132-28

Youth Legislature is a organization that allows teenagers to get the experience of the legislative progress. Youth Legislature takes place in the Old State Capital in Baton Rouge. Youth Leg introduces nearly 1,700 kids annually to the legislative process. Before the students even arrive for the two day trip preparation work must be done. The students are first put in a committee. When placed in the committee the students must write a bill that has to due with the topic of his or her committee. When the students finish writing their bills, they submit them to Youth Leg. Upon arrival to the Old State Capital the students are placed into a room. The students then hear the speeches for the Governors position. The students then are put into their respective chambers to vote on Speaker of the House on

President of the Senate. The students are then sent to committees to vote on bills. The students will then hear the bills and rank them accordingly. The students will then go back to the Senate or House to vote on the highest ranked bills from Committee. If a bill passes in the Senate or House it will then go to the opposite chamber. If the bill passes in the opposite chamber it then goes to the Governor. The Governor can then either pass the bill into law or veto the bill. Youth Leg is a great organization which will drive to teach kids about the legislative progress for years to come.

One of the very few bills signed into law at Youth Leg

Photo by ; Duke Wirth

The governor and his cabinet in the most recent session of Youth Legislature

Photo by Boys & Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge's Youth Legislature

Youth Leg Proves " Great Futures Start Here"

After completing a scavenger hunt and Geek Test, Vickey, a worker at Stennis Space Center, told Trinity's seventh grade about the International Space Station. Since 2000, the floating laboratory which is as long as two football field, has had six members per manned launch. Space food's appearance is unappetizing, because every pound brought onto the space station costs about $10,000. The space food looks dry because food is dehydrated when brought onto the station and before eating, astronauts add water.

Astronauts observe the effects of gravity on the human body and plants while in space. Every 90 minutes, one rotation occurs which makes sleeping difficult because every 45 minutes, sunrises and sunsets. While going to sleep, astronauts sleep in a sleeping bag, are velcroed to the wall, and blindfolded to shield light from eyes and hold their head in place.

After learning about International Space Station, the class went back on the bus for a bus tour. The bus was driven into private property, where engine testing takes place. The land also has amenities for the Stennis employees, but no employees live near engine testing. Stennis is one out of ten NASA centers in America, it is the second largest (JFK Space Center is the biggest) . Vickey said that NASA workers prefer to use:

much more than 'Houston we have a problem.' Stennis has its own zip code and two business residents: the National Data Buoy Center and National Marine Fishery Service. Stennis was built in that area because of not many residents and a body of water nearby. 300 reusable engines have been tested at Stennis and different pieces are reused.

Traveling via the International Space Station and the Stennis Bus

'Failure is not an option,'

A student went on the stage to demonsrtate how astronauts prepare to sleep in a space station.

Strawberries sent into space, like other foods, are dehydrated.

Photo Credit: Joshua Keegan

Photo Credit: Joshua Keegan

By: Caroline Pitalo

LSU DN A FACES Lab, where bones can tell a story

Citizens from not only Louisiana, but around the southern region of the United States of America, go to the FACES Lab to give the scientists a found corpse and see what the FACES Lab can tell from the body. Two of the students who were studying there were Rose Wayne and Cameron Dufored. One case has occurred when a citizen from outside Baton Rouge brought a skeleton that looked extraterrestrial who could swear that it was an alien. The Dr. who was dealing with this man was very confident when he told him that it was not an alien corpse, but instead, a skeleton from a guitar fish that was washed up on shore. The students and instructors at FACES Lab use the skeleton that is brought to them, and find out the skeletons gender, name, and the trauma and or force that killed the victim. Everything from what we learned at the FACES lab, to what we saw around campus, makes the lab a must see on future class trips.

Max Kean

Different bone textures and colors due to trauma and the earth dying the bone.

-Hampton Gomila

The LSU DNA FACES Lab is a Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services lab, located on the main campus of LSU. Students who are at the FACES Lab worked on hands on experiments and attended classes all at the FACES Lab. The instructors at the FACES Lab do not only give lessons and lectures, but also occasionally deal with new found corpses which they will then determine what kind of trauma or force, killed the victim. We learned about the different traumas that can shatter, splice, and blow a hole through a bone.

A fragmented cow rib, and cave bear rib which were found around the Baton Rouge area.

-Hampton Gomila

The LSU FACES Lab studies anthropology, which is the study of human races, origins, and societies. Two anthropologists, Rose Wayne and Cameron Dufored greeted the Trinity 7th grade upon their arrival. They both explained the four sub-f ields of anthropology which include biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology, and the f inal sub-f ield is l inguistics. The main subject at the FACES lab is forensic anthropology or when one person factors anthropology into legal issues.

The anthropologist created a slide show which gave the reader a general view of what happens at the FACES lab. The slide show explains that the steps to identifying human remains. The steps are determining age, whether the bones are animal or human, sex, ancestry, height, ancestry, trauma, pathology and facial reconstruction.

The FACES lab anthropologist said that the FACES lab was mostly used for modern cases, but sometimes for historic due to its location in Louisiana where many plantations were built. An example of this is when two skeletons were found in a ditch by farmers who then gave the corpses to the FACES lab. The anthropologists stated that the victims were black, and that they most certainly lived in the mid 1800's. If all of this is true they would have probably been slaves. While presenting their power-point, the anthropologist had an assortment of bones on display. Nonfiction sources recommended by Ms. Wayne and Ms. Dufored about anthropology include Death's Acre and Beyond the Body Farm. Both are written by Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson. To f ind more out about the LSU FACES lab visit www.lsu.edu/ faceslab.

LSU FACES Lab Gives 7th Graders New Insight

The sl ide show showed the reader a general idea of what goes on at the LSU FACES Lab.

-A photo taken by Hampton Gomila

The various bones put on display at the LSU FACES Lab. Some are human, some are animal 's.

-Photo taken

by

Hampton Gomila

Tr init y 7t h Grade Exp lores A voy elles Par ish

Our class recently took a trip to Avoyelles Parish. Avoyelles is in central Louisiana and has lots to offer travellers. There are museums such as the Cottonport Museum, where one can learn about historical and modern cotton farming. A visitor can also learn about how the Avoyelles French settlers differ from those in Southwest

Louisiana. Like New Orleans, Avoyelles was settled by standard Parisian French rather than Canadian French. The strong French history is why Avoyelles parish had le code noir, which was common way of dealing with the treatment of slaves before the Civil War.

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Picture credit: Trevor Peyronnin

Avoyelles Parish symbol names many attractions and landmarks.

Picture Credit: Davis LaibePost offices would be placed in general stores that were the center of communities.

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The most interesting thing about Avoyelles is the incredible journey of Solomon Northup, a free African-American who was kidnapped into slavery. Northup (changed to Platt when he became a slave), spent ten of his twelve enslaved years within Avoyelles Parish. Our class traced Northup's journey guided by the foremost historian on Northup's life, Mrs. Meredith Melançon. The tour

included recreations of plantations, such as the Epps House, where Northup lived for many years. At the Epps House, our class learned much about the life of an average planter during the mid-1800s. Our next stop was Waverley Plantation where we saw a slave cabin much like one Northup would have inhabited. Avoyelles Parish

Picture credit: Gabe LabidieRecreation of the Epps' house standing in the LSUA campus.

Picture credit: Charlotte Williams One of the last remaining original slave cabins' chimney recently fell in.

Tr init y Get s a Guided Tour

AVOYELLES PARISH

Created by:TREVOR PEYRONNIN & RUFFIN HENRY

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Trinity Takes over The Box

By: Grant Browne

Some fans were all with the same team.Others fans were together yet separate also.

A HOUSE DIVIDED

Guy = Texas A&M fan

Girl = LSU fan

Trinity students with the statue of Mike the Tiger.

The LSU v. Texas A& M baseball game was a nail biter for all the fans, but thankfully the Tigers won with a walk-off double. The final score was 4-3. Trinity's experience at the game was phenomenal and exciting. LSU showed off all of their skills by having a great comeback, and keeping Trinity interested in the game. Trinity was literally running around the stadium with excitement. While running, certain students would scream the cheers. While the kids were running around, the teachers were trying to keep them contained and still have a great time. All of the teachers were great but Mrs. Taylor deserves a big thank you for buying the tickets. In the end, Trinity went home happy with the LSU victory.

LSU celebrates victory by charging the f ield.

The view of Alex Box Stadium at night from the inside.

The 7th grade class was given the privilege to try one of Louisiana's richest delacacies, boudin balls. Boudin is a traditional sausage found in Louisiana with pork, rice, and seasoning.

Thanks to Ms. Melançon and her generous friend, the class brought their bagged lunches and enjoyed a relaxing picnic by the pool.

FOOD

phot os and essay by Adai r Ruf t y

After a long day touring Bunkie, the 7th grade students were overjoyed to visit On the Border, a lively Mexican restaurant in

the neighborhood. Some of the most popular foods among the students included chips and

queso, fajitas, and quesadillas.

Tokyo Cafe, a local hibachi restaurant in

Baton Rouge, was the highlight of many

student's trip because of the exciting

flames and delicious food.

The Best Western PLUS Richmond Inn and Suites breakfast buffet became a well-liked breakfast spot for the 7th grade class. Some of the most popular meals included fruit, waffles, and cereal.

The 7th grade class was extremely excited to take a Raisin Cane's lunch break after hours of passing bills at Youth Legislature.

The LSU vs. Texas A& M baseball game was action-packed with delicious treats such as dippin' dots", hotdogs, frozen lemonade, and an exciting LSU win!

The students' hunger began to satisfy after a long day exploring Stenis Space Center as they devoured pizza, chicken, burgers, and cookies with their friends.

Food

At 6:00 in the morning, Trinity's seventh grade loaded their bags on the bus, only to realize that they would soon devour some of the most delicious, cultural, and exciting food of all time.

After their arrival in Bunkie, Louisiana, the students were treated with boudin balls, traditional rice stuffed sausage. Not only is boudin rich, it is very important to Louisiana's culture and dates back to many Acadian feasts nearly two centuries ago! Later that night, the students were stuffed after feasting on quesadillas, fajitas, and more at Baton Rouge's "On the Border" Mexican restaurant. The students' breakfast consisted of waffles, bagels, and bacon at Best Western PLUS Richmond Inn and Suites' breakfast buffet. One of the trip's highlights was eating dinner at Cafe Tokyo, a local hibachi restaurant that awestruck the students with delicious food and massive flames. After a countless amount of food and fun, the students ended their trip at the LSU baseball game, where the traditional "dippin' dots" and hot dogs truly made the game. Overall, every tasty, traditional, and exciting meal made a great impact on the seventh grade's action-packed class trip experience.

The Well Known Faces Along Bayou Boeuf Photos and Essay by Adair Cook

In Bunkie, Louisiana, there is the famous Bayou Boeuf, in which the also famous slave narrative 12 Years a Slave is set. Along this trail, many different people can help students visualize 12 Years a Slave. These people include Meredith Melancon, Rosa Metroyer , and Michael Riggs.

Meredith Melancon is a historian, who is well known for her knowledge on 12 Years A Slave. She showed students Waverly Plantation, where one of the last slave houses stand in Bunkie, important cemeteries, Northup?s escape route, and many other historical places in Bunkie from 12 Years a Slave. She also told us about the lifestyle back when Northup was a slave. This included the importance of general stores and the importance of the bayou which was its use for the transportation of goods to farmers markets where they would be sold to locals.

Michael Riggs is an archivist who helped tour us through the Epps house, and explained objects in the house.

Rosa Metroyer is a storyteller, and uses the Grio tradition story telling. She told the story Jadime Waquisha Jaine Hood to the students which is similar to red riding hood. She also showed the students traditional African instruments which included African djembe drums, shakarays, and thumb pianos.

Meredith Melancon tells students the story of Waverley Plantation.

Meredith Melancon helps students trace Northup's escape route from Tibeats to Ford's house using the wall map.

Rosa Metroyer shares the story of Jadime Laquisha Jaime Hood with students.

Meredith Melancon expands on the layout of the slave cabins.

Rosa Metroyer shows students traditional African Instruments.

Michael Riggs relates The Man Who Sold His Wife and 12 Years A Slave.

The Epps house is a historic house where Northup was enslaved for 10 years.

Tracing the Footsteps of Solomon Northup By: Robert DeRussy

William Ford was Solomon's first owner who died in 1866.Epps's Field, located on the Banks of Bayou B? uf, is where Northup worked in the fields.

Some of the instruments that Ms. Rosa showed us where from Africa.

The only slave Cabin left on the Waverley Plantation, Cabins like these is where Northup would have slept.

The Waverley Plantation is another Plantation in Bunkie where the only slave cabin left in Bunkie is here.

The f irst stop for the Trinity class trip was the Edwin Epps?s house. The Epps house was originally on the banks of bayou b? uf, but it was relocated to LSAU campus in 1999. Afterwards the seventh graders went to the Waverley Plantation and saw the only slave cabin that we saw on the trip. Then they went to the cemetery where Ford is buried. After our they went to lunch at Mrs. Melancon friend?s house to have lunch and got to see some of the

instruments that Rosa showed us. After lunch the seventh graders stood in the f ield where Solomon Northup could have worked and examined census records to discover how some slaves bought their freedom and others were sold back as slaves to pay off debts.

The sign, one of many located throughout Bunkie, is part of the Solomon Northup Historical Trail.

Sitting just 11.5 miles away from the John C. Stennis rocket launch site is a mind-blowing museum called the Infinity Science Center. The Infinity Science Center features actual rocket engines used in some of the first rockets ever built such as the F-1 Rocket engine and the Linear Aerospike engine. An exhibit that is particularly unique and fun for kids gives them the chance to build paper airplanes. The creators can then test them to see how far they can go when thrown off a balcony. While visiting make sure to see Mrs. Vicky who gives phenomenal presentations that show how life in zero gravity works. The Infinity Space is a must when traveling to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Explore Space Like an Astronaut !By: Joshua Keegan

Before being launched to space rockets are tested on platforms to prevent fatal

accidents.

Famous rockets in comparison to the New Orleans Superdome.

Providing 1,522,000 pounds of thrust, this F-1

is the most powerful single chamber, liquid fueled rocket

engine ever built.

From 1968 to 1972, Apollo capsules carried astronauts to the moon and back to Earth.

Water is vacuumed out of strawberries when going to space to make them last longer.

Davis Laibe demonstrates how astronauts sleep in space.

Saturn V Rockets use the F-1 engines to reach the speed of 17,500 mph.

In the Saturn V rockets, there were 5 engines, and those engines were all named the F-1 Engine. The F-1 engines would be put into stages. The 1st stage would hold the biggest/main engine for the Saturn V rocket. The next stage would hold another F-1 engine but it wouldn?t be as tall as the 1st stage engine. The 2nd stage would also hold 5 J-2 engines to help recover the loss of the huge F-1 engine. In the 3rd stage, there would be another F-1 engine except it was even smaller than the 2nd stage F-1 and it would also have 1 J-2 engine to help this rocket. In conclusion the F-1 engine was a very important and powerful engine that was used for many years.

Saturn V Rockets are more than 20 meters higher than the New Orleans Super Dome.

The tallest model rocket of the Saturn V rocket in all of Stennis Space Center.

One of the model of the Saturn V rocket that is grouped with all other rockets ever

created by NASA.

The Saturn V Rockets were one of 5 space rocket programs, they had been used from 1966 and ended in 1973. These rockets looked like they were constructed as one giant rocket, but the rocket happens to have multiple sections called stages. These stages would hold different individual engines than the main engine, these would also help get the Saturn V rocket at 17,500 miles per hour in the orbit of the Earth. There would be 3 stages in the Saturn V Rocket. The Saturn V rocket was about 111 meters high, that is taller than the Super Dome. In conclusion the Saturn V rockets have been very helpful to NASA to get people to the moon.

Class Trip!

Created by:Gabe Labadie & Cole Herrington

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Learning in Bunkie By: Mamo NashMrs.Altobello?s Seventh grade

Class, took a trip to Bunkie, where the class, met many people who

helped them learn more information. Mrs. Melancon,

brought the class to dif ferent historical places such as Mr. Epp?s house, the Solomon Northup Trail,

and A grave yard which Pasty may or may not have been buried in.

Another person they met was, Mrs. Rosa, who told them many

stories from her home land.

Mrs. Melançon brought Mrs.AltoBello's, Seventh grade class, to many historical places in Bunkie that matched up with

places ment ioned in the book Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup.

Mrs.Altobello's 7th grade class met Rosa Metoyer who told stories and showed us many inst ruments from her home town in

Cent ral Louisiana.

The 7th graders returned to Trinity by way of the Inf inity Space center in Mississippi. Ms. Vicky enthralled

them with interesting facts about astronauts and their activit ies while

they are in space.

The class met many people who helped them learn new

information on this trip, some of it connected to their study of 12

Years a Slave.

While exploring the Infinity Space Museum, students

learned from Ms. Vicky about the many things that

ast ronauts must do while in space.

As Mrs.Altobello's 7th graders t raveled through Cent ral

Louisiana, they walked the fields where Northup, spent his life as a

slave.

Burch beating Northup to discard him from saying that he is a free man .

After Northup was kidnapped, the il legal slave trader Burch beat Northup until he gave in and falsely claimed he was a slave when In fact, he was born a free Solomon Northup

Northup was half owned by Mr Tibeats , the other half by Will iam Ford. When Will iam was having f inancial trouble, he sold a $600 mortgage of Northup to Tibeats to pay off his debt, but stil l had a mortgage of four hundred dollars on him. Northup did not respect Tibeats and for that he was going to be hanged. Tibeats tied a tight rope around his head, hands and ankles. Chapin the overseer told Tibeats that Will iam stil l owns part of Northup, also known as "Platt" . Nobody untied him or even came to see him. The sun was scorching and burning " Platt", and "Platt" stood there until nightfall. By: Eleanor Parker

Meeting Bunkie Natives

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Mrs. Rosa Metoyer

Rosa Metoyer

Mrs. Rosa Metoyer: "Spreading oral histories around and sharing them with your peers and the people around you keeps your history alive."

By: Eleanor Parker

2k15 Bunkie Trip Sketches

All sketches drawn by Davis Laibe.

The Edwin Epps house was rebuilt on the campus of

LSU Alexandria. Back in 1850 this was the grand

house where Northup's last owner ( Epps ) lived.

The location and the history of Epps house are all written on this beautiful sign.

Many houses had a small postal office where the slaves and the white men who lived there received their mail. This was just a bigger version of today's mail box.

Edwin Epps

The significance of Mr. Edwin Epps house is

that building this house gave Solomon the chance to escape slavery. He met Bass who was a carpenter from Canada. Gaining the trust of Bass, Solomon confided in him and asked him to mail the letter that led to Northup regaining his freedom.

One of the really fascinating objects in the house is the post office used by both slaves and white men.

The slave cabin in Waverley plantation is significant because it

shows the condition and the little housing all those slaves had to share when their owner had a huge house to himself and any family. This shows how poorly the slaves were treated and how little the owners cared.

Many slaves lived in small wooden cabins like this one, which was not in the best of shape.

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