!st newspaper edition part 1 - Northmont City Schools

Page 4 of 18Going to aschool almost threetimes bigger than myold school is verydifferent. I knew somepeople because I wentto a Northmont schoolwhen I was inkindergarten throughsome of second grade,but some of the peopledidn’t remember me. Iwas kind of upset thatthey didn’t rememberme, but I just needed togo up to them and say hiand introduce myselfagain. I’m very shy so itwas hard to introducemyself and find peopleBeing Newlike me.The class sizesare so much bigger thanwhat I’m use to, and thehallways are so muchmore crowded. Youshould plan times to goto your locker and makesure to leave class assoon as the bell ringsbefore the hallways getsuper crowded. Try togo with the flow oftraffic and not against it.The first coupleof days I was verystressed out andoverwhelmed. But Ifound people to talk toand sit with at lunch,The Three Rsand I can get around tomy classes. I still missmy old friends andclassmates but I’vefound people like me.Being new isn’t so bad.If you are new youshould try to come outof your shell, try newthings and ask someoneabout homework or justtry to makeconversation. Trust yourjudgment, you’ll knowwhom the right kind ofpeople are to hang outwith. Just be you.AnonymousPerseverance is thehard work you do afteryou get tired of the hardwork you already did.This year we need to gogreen! Schools aregetting recycling binsand are printing lesspaper! People think it’snot a big deal but it is!About 250 million tonsof trash is being thrownaway that could berecycled! Clothes too!Homeless needclothing more then you.So instead of throwingit away, RECYCLE IT!Mrs. Ruschau’s targetis making up a rapabout recycling! We allcan’t wait to see it!They are also trying toset up a recyclingprogram for your school!It will help us a lot and ifother school find out,they can recycle, too!Recycling will spreadaround the world to helpplanet Earth. Tell yourfriends from otherschools to help get arecycling program, tellyour parents and if youhadn’t already, recycle athome, and tell yourfamily, too.No matter what, we canall come together andhelp reduce, reuse, andrecycle! You can helpyour home planet ANDyour hometown by justthrowing your emptyplastic water bottle in therecycling tub instead ofthe trash. If you don’thave one, you should andtell your family torecycle! If we can do it,so can you!!!RECYCLE!!!Emma Byanski

Page 5 of 18Introduction to Science OlympiadWant a fun way tomeet new friendsand have a blastliterally ? Whydon’t you thinkabout ScienceOlympiad. Meetingsstart in a couple ofweeks and runthrough May, if wereach nationals. Theevent types areBuilding, Lab, andTesting. There are23 different eventsin the catorgoriesof:LIFE, PERSONAL& SOCIALSCIENCEEARTH & SPACESCIENCEPHYSICALSCIENCE &CHEMISTRYTECHNOLOGY &ENGINEERINGINQUIRY &NATURE OFSCIENCEThe events are:Anatomy (Respiratoryand Digestive), DiseaseDetectives (Food BorneIllness), Forestry,Microbe Mission, WaterQuality, DynamicPlanet (Earth’s FreshWater), Meteorology(Climate), Reach for theStars, Road Scholar,Rocks and Minerals,Keep the Heat, Optics,Storm the Castle, CrimeBusters, Food Science,What’s New With PokemonBottle Rockets, MissionPossible, Mouse TrapVehicle, Towers,Awesome Aquifers,Compute This,Experimental Design,and last but not leastWrite It Do . If you likescience and want tomake lasting friendshipsthen this might be foryou. It also looks goodon college resumes.There are sixth, seventh,eighth, and ninthgraders on every team.Rachel TracyWhat’s New with thewonderful creator ofpokemon, SatoshiTajiri? Well we’ve gotit before most peoplehave the info!Hottest topic: TheNew pokepark wii 2:Bewond the worlds!Yep that’s right, they’rehaving a sequel to the 4star rated game! In thisgame, not only are youallowed to play asPikachu, but also asTepig, Snivy andOshowatt! Each has aspecial ability and canbe very useful to betruthfully honest… Youcan also do four-playermode if you have asister or brother whowants to play with youand is getting on yournerves, it’s a very nicefeature… for you atleast. Snivy can jumphigher, which lets yougo to secret places,Tepig allows you to runinto boulders that maybe blocking your way,and last but certainlynot least, Oshowatt, hecan make friends byfloating on his back tothem and then doingwhat they want. Sothat’s that and I’ll tellyou if anything elsecomes out.Megan Slaybaugh

Page 6 of 18Bullying is rudeAnd bullying is mean.The age it happens mostlyto are middle schoolers andsome teens.Bullying is when someoneis mean to another person.If you don’t tell an adult,it will quickly worsen.The Shadow ChildrenIf you are a bully,you should stop rightnow.You think this is normalto do?Bullied people ask thequestion, “How?”Bullying is out of handNorthmonts Best Kept SecretAnd needs to stopeverywhere.Bullies need to learnabout feelingsand treat people withcare.Emily RoachWhat is Northmont’snot anymore best-keptsecret? NorthmontJunior Color Guard!!!It is a lot of fun. Youget to perform at 7 th and8 th grade footballgames, perform at Wee-Bolt night, theEnglewood ArtsFestival Parade and theHomecoming Parade.Color guard is one ofthe most hard- workingsports. It helps buildarm strength, your core,leg strength, your abs,and much, much more!Our color guardperforms at parades,football games, andonce winter guardstarts, we compete. Lastwinter we competed inMEPA (Mid-EastPerformanceAssociation) and got 2 ndplace over all at finals.This year we will alsobe competing in WGIThey also have winterguard where you get tobe in competitions. Youmostly spin flags butyou can also takelessons to learn rifle orsaber. You may gethurt sometimes but youjust have to keeppracticing and try yourhardest.(World GuardInternational),Color guard is a sportwhere you spin flags,rifles (looks like a gun),and sabers (looks like asword). In our colorguard, you work on ALOT on technique.Technique helps youunderstand the basics ofguard.Sure, in guard you getbroken toes, brokenfingers, bumps, bruisesand blood. So basicallyColor Guard can be sortof hard at times but it isfun when you like achallenge. The gameson Wednesday’s start at(usually) 5:30 at O. R..Color guard is also goodif you want to makenew friends and justhave fun.you can get prettyinjured when flyingmetal and wood isfalling towards yourface. But over all, guardis SO much fun. Youget to meet new people,get closer to friends,and have a once in alifetime experience.Come out and supportus at football games! Itis totally worth it.Sharlee Twarek andMegan McKarns

Page 7 of 18Harry Potterentered into our livesbeginning in 1997,which was the yearmost of the 8 th graderswere born. It has nowcoming to an end in2011, with DeathlyHollows Part 2.I recently saw the moviewith my dad and I gotThe End of a Legendto say, it had the BESTending I have ever seen,even if you aren’tinterested in the HarryPotter series. HarryPotter is the best seriesever and if you’rereading this and youhaven’t started it yet,START IT!!!!!! It willchange the way youlook at wizards. YouLike a Box of Chocolatesshould talk to yourparents about it. Anddon’t watch the movie ifyou don’t like blood(sorry). Well that’s allfor me andremember….WATCH THEMOVIE!!!Paige JacobsThe movie ForrestGump is one of my alltime favorite movies.This movie is rated PG-13 due to drug content,some sensuality, andwar violence. It’s agreat movie to peoplewho enjoy learningabout history, talkingabout life stories. Oneof the reasons this is myfavorite is because ofthe talented actors!andactresses. Tom Hankswas a great choice forthe part of simpleForrest Gump. Whothroughout the movietells his life story, of hislove Jenny (RobinWright), and some ofhis friends Bubba(Mykelti Willamson)Dan Taylor (GarySinise). You'll fall inlove with ForrestGump’s awkwardinnocents the momenthe starts talking. I!would say this is a goodmovie for middleschooler and up not thebest for children underthe age of 8 or 9."Forrest Gump" is thewinner of 6 Academyawards including BestPicture. I hope youdecide to watch ForrestGump and learn themeaning of "life’s like abox of chocolate."Sarah Martin

Page 8 of 118There is a horse rentalat Houston Woods, andyou can do guided trailrides for thirty fiveminutes with anamazing price for just$20.00!They have a hugeselection of horses foryou to choose from,Alfonz, Cricket,Blizzard, Lady, Tater,Rolly Oli, andJust Horsing AroundObsession, just to namea few. And theyrecently bought threedonkeys.I will start giving updates on the horses anddonkeys in everyedition and if I can putsome pictures up I will.If you would like tohave a guided trail rideyou can makereservations with Markat 1-765-517-5328, oryou can come any timethat they are open onthe weekend. It is cashonly, and his hours areSaturday and Sundayfrom 9:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. you have to be 8 orolder to ride on the trail.Katie PoynterSecrets(A short story)The wind blowswith sorrow and sadnessand fog hangs over thestreet. I don’t want togo home because that’swhere it happened.I honestly don’twant to go to schooltoday. I absolutelyknow I’m going to failmy science test on thesolar system. Anywayto add to the torture Ihate my new school, it’sawful. I loved my old.school; it was inNorthern Idaho with mymom. Plus, that’s whereall of my friends are,and there’s an overcasteveryday. Which isexactly the way I like it.My new “location” is ina place that is too hot,dry and barren. Tomake it worse I don’tknow anyone andeveryone treats me likea freak.When I arrive at schoolI stuff my bag in mylocker and get the booksfor my first class. WhenI get into my first class Isee I’m not the onlynew student. There isalso a girl namedVictoria, and she is sobeautiful the guys arealmost drooling…literally. I also find thatI have to sit next to her.- to be continued …Grace Fink

Page 9 of 118My Young Dear(A short story)Tape muffled agirl’s cry. No one couldhear her, even if theywere listening.“I will bestow agift to you, myyoung dear,” adeep raspy voicesaid as abeautiful womancame out of theshadows. The girl saidsomething behind theduct tape, nothingintelligible camethough. She squirmed,trying to get free fromthe rope that limited hermovement.“There will beno rescue for you, myyoung dear.” The deepraspy voice said. Hewalked into view. Hehad a tape recorder tightin his grip. “I’m goingto let you say your finalwords to this recorder. Iwill only give you onechance, my young dear.Choose wise words. I’llsend one copy to eachof your loved ones.” Hegrabbed her face withone hand. He smiled,with a sparkle in hiseyes. He let out a laugh.What horrified the girlwas that there washappiness in his eyes,like he was a child in acandy store. The womanslowly came closer, andthe man let go andmoved out of the way.The woman ripped theduct tape off the girl’smouth, shooting painthroughout the girl’swhole face. Shescreamed. The womanwas smiling too.“Please,” the girlbegged, “don’t do this!”She choked back tears,trying to keep a stronghead. The man shookhis head though, stillamused. “What’s thepoint of this? You willget caught!” Shescreamed at him, andhis acquaintance.“Shhhh,” theman cooed. “This is ourhome! No need for cruelwords, my young dear.Now say your finalwords!” He shoved therecorder towards thegirl’s mouth andcrouched beside her. Hesmelled fowl. Thestench was so strong thegirl wanted to gag. Heclicked the recorder on.She swallowed hard.“I love you.”She said it so smoothlythe man lost his smile.“That’saaaaaall?” The mancomplained. “I hoped itwould be more deep andtouching.” She didn’tsay another word. Heclicked the recorder offwhen she refused to saymore.“You will becaught!” She said, andstarted to cry again. Hertears were the onlywarm and humane thingin the room.“Probably,” theman said tilting his headsideways, “but youwon’t be here to see it.”He grabbed a knife froma table nearby. “It’s ashame to see such apretty and pure face likeyours, in such an uglyand sick world likemine, my young dear.”He took the knife andput it to her neck. Shescreamed as he touchedher neck with the knife,and made a swift, deepcut to her throat. Thewoman laughed as thelifeless body fell to thefloor. The man wentand picked up aphotograph. It was apicture of a girl whowas the same age as thenewest corpse to theworld.Emma Byanski

Page 10 of 118Red Walrus RedemptionThe Walrus lookedinto the horizon, as a singletear rolled down his cheek. Hesighed, and turned his headdejectedly, his head lowered.He dragged his feet on the icyground, and into his Antarcticcave. Ugh, he thought.(walrus’s can’t talk) Heslumped down on his couch,which was coated with a thicklayer of that orange stuff thatgets on your fingers when youeat Cheetos. He grabbed a fishout of a bowl, and took a bite.The other fish in the bowllooked up at him, yelling,“Please don’t eat us!” (fish cantalk)The Walrus’s namewas Jim. He was 768 and ahalf years old, and was justkicked out of his band, “SgtPenguin’s Eating Fish ClubBand.” Which is why he wassad. He adjusted his jacket,and slumped down further. Hetook another fish, andmunched. When he ate it, itsquealed feebly. Jim got up,and put on a CD. It was LadyGaga. He started singing alongin his mind, a little cheered up,but not a lot. He dancedaround, and eventually calledup a friend on his cellularbanana (In this story, bananasare used as a substitute forphones, as there is a surplus ofBananas in the Arctic, and avery small amount of cellphones)Soon (16.24 minutes tobe exact,) his friend, Pengo thePenguin showed up, alongwith Pigu the Pig. Jim knewPigu, because, sadly, there arenot a whole lot of pigs in theArctic. Tragic, really.Anyways, Jim looked toPengo, and gave a friendlynod. Pengo said hi (penguinscan talk) and Pigu nodded.(pigs can’t)After Pengo talked awhile, as the others noddedvigorously and drank theirsoda, they all got up andshook hands. Before leavingthough, Pengo said, “It’s toobad that you got kicked out ofthe band. You should find theother members and convincethem to take you back.” Jimthought about thisproposition, and smiled. Henodded again, his mustachenow lopsided from all thenodding he’d been doing.The next day, he tookoff, grabbing his backpackand using the magical powersthat all Walruses have to flyaway on a stream ofrainbows. He journeyed far,facing many dangers,including an evil pink ninjaweasel with wings on its face.Once he had defeated orevaded these dangers, hecame to a clearing in theChewing Gum forest. Hisband members slowly creptout of the sticky bushes.“Gah!” they all said, shakingthe sticky off. (they could alltalk) They eventually lookedup at Jim, and the “leader”,Gorkinsquash, beckoned forthe drummer,Yorshkrunskwarklejolnerstrink. They both surrounded Jim,the other two,Gornonbenmayerguld andGreckencoodle both hungback.“You know why wekicked you out Jim.”Gorkinsquash said. “Yourname is not nearly longenough to be in the band.”“Yeah!”Gornonbenmayerguld calledout.Gorkinsquash lookedat Jim, and said, “Y’knowwhat? If you can beat me in arhyme battle, I’ll let you backin.” But Jim couldn’t talk!He nodded anyway,and took his position.Gorkinsquash took his, andall of a sudden, spectacularrhymes spewed from hismouth in a flurry of epic. Jimreeled, but knew he couldbeat it. He took a sheet ofpaper, and wrote his rhymeon it. He showed it, and theband member exploded. Thepaper said Orange. Jimtraveled back home, just a bitremorseful. He saw that thefish had all escaped his bowl.He would have to catch them.Life goes on. And on. Andon.Matthew Luncente

Andrew Wood

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