How can I call an angular controller function from my custom polymer web component? - angularjs

Question

I've seen this question and seen it answered but not in any way I can use or understand. The question is very specific and simple but somehow the answers are a bit over my head.
All I want to do is have a very simple menu work. when i menu item is clicked, I need it to of course use my angular controller function to handle it. I want all of that on the angular side. It actually does work when I simply use the elements directly without declaratively making my own.
So this works just fine and my ng-click is successfuly calling my acceptedSelect() in my controller:
<core-menu>
<div ng-repeat="order in acceptedOrders" ng-click="acceptedSelect(order)">
<paper-item class="my-paper-item" >
<div class="order-list-item">
<div class="order-number">{{order.Order}}</div>
<div class="order-date"> {{order.Date}} </div>
<div style="clear: both"></div>
<div class="order-address">
{{order.Property}}
</div>
</div>
</paper-item>
</div>
</core-menu>
But i do the same thing by wrapping the paper element in a polymer-element, it doesn't work. So this will not work:
<polymer-element name="my-app" attributes="refresh">
<template>
<style>
...
</style>
<core-menu>
<div ng-repeat="order in acceptedOrders" ng-click="acceptedSelect(order)">
<paper-item class="my-paper-item" >
<div class="order-list-item">
<div class="order-number">{{order.Order}}</div>
<div class="order-date"> {{order.Date}} </div>
<div style="clear: both"></div>
<div class="order-address">
{{order.Property}}
</div>
</div>
</paper-item>
</div>
</core-menu>
</template>
<script>
Polymer('my-app', {
});
<my-app></my-app>
I'm just not sure what I can do to make this work. Any help is greatly appreciated.