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KNOCH MIDDLE<br />
SCHOOL<br />
<strong>Newspaper</strong>
Table of Contents<br />
Intro to <strong>Newspaper</strong>.............................................................................................................................................................3<br />
Important Dates in <strong>October</strong>.................................................................................................................................................4<br />
Poems................................................................................................................................................................................6<br />
Funniest Dates in <strong>October</strong>..................................................................................................................................................8<br />
How Many Students Participate in Sports Survey..............................................................................................................9<br />
Celebrities Birthdays.........................................................................................................................................................10<br />
Breast Cancer Awareness................................................................................................................................................12<br />
History of Halloween.........................................................................................................................................................14<br />
No Boos for Halloween.....................................................................................................................................................15<br />
Favorite Holliday Survey...................................................................................................................................................15<br />
Halloween Costumes........................................................................................................................................................16<br />
DIY Halloween Dessert Tutorial........................................................................................................................................17<br />
Decisions, Decisions, Is Our School Making The Right Decisions?.................................................................................18<br />
Is Homework Your Friend or Your Enemy........................................................................................................................20<br />
How to Have a Successful School Year............................................................................................................................22<br />
Fine Arts Needs Money.....................................................................................................................................................24<br />
KMS Clubs and Sports......................................................................................................................................................25<br />
A Sport or a Club?.............................................................................................................................................................26<br />
Knoch 2016 Middle School Cross Country........................................................................................................................28<br />
Student Council Chocolates..............................................................................................................................................30<br />
FBLA Promotion................................................................................................................................................................30<br />
FCA Promotion..................................................................................................................................................................31<br />
Yearbook Advertisment.....................................................................................................................................................31<br />
FCCLA Promotion.............................................................................................................................................................32<br />
KDA Promotion.................................................................................................................................................................33<br />
Favorite Halloween Candy................................................................................................................................................33<br />
Join Youth and Government.............................................................................................................................................34<br />
Mrs. Brutt's Math Club......................................................................................................................................................35<br />
History of the Steelers......................................................................................................................................................36<br />
Consol Energy Center or PPG Paints..............................................................................................................................38<br />
Evolution of Clothing........................................................................................................................................................39<br />
Presidental Debates with Survey.....................................................................................................................................40<br />
Presidental Elections.......................................................................................................................................................42<br />
<strong>October</strong>/November Weather............................................................................................................................................43<br />
In the News.....................................................................................................................................................................44<br />
Best Vacation Spots........................................................................................................................................................46<br />
More Sleep is Better.......................................................................................................................................................48<br />
Do You Really Know Your Teachers?.............................................................................................................................50<br />
Fine Diining....................................................................................................................................................................51<br />
.Sheets vs. GetGo..........................................................................................................................................................52.<br />
Bohemian Rhapsody Review with Survey......................................................................................................................53<br />
Divergent: Book Reveiw..................................................................................................................................................54<br />
Miss Peregrine? Home for Preculiar Children: Book Reveiw..........................................................................................55<br />
Storks: Movie Review......................................................................................................................................................56
Introduction......<br />
Knoch Middle School?s first by st udent s new spaper! You read t hat<br />
right -- t he m iddle school is going have t heir very ow n new spaper! The 8t h<br />
grade Advanced English classes are going t o const ruct a school new spaper<br />
once a m ont h w it h inform at ive pieces, argum ent at ive art icles, surveys,<br />
sport s pieces and m ore. Mrs. Kodrich?s 3rd period class produced t he idea<br />
for an e-new spaper w hile brainst orm ing w ays for t hem t o enjoy and excel<br />
in English class t his year. The ?paper ? w ill be e-published by your school<br />
em ail, so don?t forget t o check it out ! This opport unit y for creat ing a<br />
periodical w ill give t he st udent s a chance t o see w hat real report ing is like<br />
and show t hem t he hard w ork t hat goes int o m aking one. It w ill not only<br />
be a fun and int erest ing w ay for t hem t o w ant t o w rit e assignm ent s, but t o<br />
share t heir t hought s and inform at ion w it h t heir peers in addit ion t o t he<br />
t eachers. This is an avenue t hat Knoch Middle School st udent s can st ay up<br />
t o dat e on school new s, real new s, m odern art icles, and im port ant dat es.<br />
So don?t forget t o read t he m ont hly e-issues on each of t hese release dat es:<br />
Tuesday Dec. 6t h, Wednesday Feb. 1st , Tuesday March 7t h, Thursday April<br />
6t h, and Thursday June 1st .<br />
By Josie Ansell<br />
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Im port ant Dat es in Oct ober<br />
By Ginny Heltsley<br />
Oct ober has m any im port ant dat es t hat m any people don´ t know about . Som e<br />
of t hem are know n all around t he w orld, w hile ot hers are just know n around t he<br />
Unit ed St at es. Hope t his art icle w ill help bring aw areness t o you of t hese im port ant<br />
dat es in our hist ory.<br />
First of all, on Oct ober 1, 1908, John Ford released t he first m odel T car for t he<br />
w orld t o see. At t hat t im e t he cars cost $825, w hich is about $18,000 now. The car had<br />
a 22-horsepow er, four cylinder engine, and w as m ade of a new kind of heat -t reat ed<br />
st eel. It w eighed only 1,200 pounds and could t ravel at a speed of 40 MPH. It could run<br />
on gasoline or hep-based fuel, w hich is a carbon-based fuel. The car only cam e in one<br />
color, black, w hich is one of t he reasons m any people st opped buying t hem .<br />
Colum bus sailed t he ocean blue in 1492. Therefore, w e celebrat e Colum bus Day<br />
on Oct ober 12, because t his is t he rem em bered dat e t hat Colum bus landed in t he<br />
Baham as in 1492. He sailed w it h t hree ships and 90 crew m em bers. Colum bus m ade<br />
t hree separat e t rips t o t he new w orld. He used t he sam e t hree ships unt il on t he last<br />
expedit ion one of t he ships, t he Sant aMaria, hit a rock and crashed, so Colum bus left<br />
40 crew m em bers at t he crash sit e at Hispaniola and left t o go back t o England.<br />
On Oct ober 27, 1904, New York Cit y?s subw ay w as first run. The Int erborough<br />
Rapid Transit Com pany (IRT) operat ed t he 9.1 m ile long subw ay line t hat consist ed of<br />
28 st at ions from cit y hall t o 145t h st reet and Broadw ay. It w as alm ost 35 years aft er<br />
t he opening of t he first elevat ed line in NYC. Because of t his, w e now have a w ay all<br />
over NYC. This m ight have inspired all t he subw ays around t he w orld. There is even a<br />
subw ay in Pit t sburgh.<br />
n addit ion, on Oct ober 29, 1863 t he Am erican Red Cross (ACL) w as form ed. Clara<br />
Bart on w as t he founder of t he Am erican Red Cross, and she creat ed t he ACL t o<br />
provide em ergency assist ance, disast er relief, and disast er educat ion. The<br />
headquart ers are locat ed in Washingt on D.C. w here it is governed by volunt eers and<br />
support ed by com m unit y donat ion, incom e from healt h and safet y t raining and<br />
product s and incom e from blood product s. Rem em ber next t im e t he cashier asks you<br />
if you w ant t o donat e t o Red Cross, spare a dollar.<br />
On Oct ober 7, 1542, explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo first found Cat alina Island<br />
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off t he coast of w hat is now California. The expedit ion reached an enclosed port t hat<br />
Cabrillo nam ed ?San Miguel? (lat er know n as San Diego Bay) aft er one of his ships.<br />
They lat er sailed nort h along t he California coast , visit ing m any ot her islands t hat<br />
included Sant a Cruz, Cat alina, and San Clem ent e. The explorers found and nam ed<br />
?Cabo de Pinos? (present -day Point Reyes), and t hen sailed nort h t o t he m out h of t he<br />
Russian River before fall st orm s forced t hem t o t urn back. Because of t his<br />
explorat ion, w e now have t o San Diego Bay,Cat alina Island, and Point Reyes in<br />
California. So, next t im e you visit t he coast of California, rem em ber Cabrillo.<br />
Last ly, On Oct ober 11,1975, t he live com edy TV show Sat urday Night Live<br />
prem iered. The original t it le w as NBC's Sat urday Night . The show 's com edy sket ches,<br />
w hich parody cont em porary cult ure and polit ics, are perform ed by a large and<br />
varying cast of repert ory and new er cast m em bers. Each episode is host ed by a<br />
celebrit y guest (w ho usually delivers an opening m onologue and perform s in sket ches<br />
w it h t he cast ) and feat ures perform ances by a m usical guest . It w as creat ed by Lorne<br />
Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. Now t here are m any lat e night TV show s t hat<br />
everybody w at ches including The Tonight Show st arring Jim m y Fallon, The Lat e Night<br />
Show w it h St ephen Colbert , and The Lat e Lat e Show w it h Jam es Corden. Next t im e<br />
you w at ch one of t hese great show s, rem em ber Sat urday Night Live. They st art ed t he<br />
craze of lat e night show s.<br />
People don?t know about m any of t he dat es in t his art icle. They are im port ant t o<br />
our hist ory and our fut ure. They shaped our societ y t o t he w ay it is t oday. Each of<br />
t hese st art ed a new line. Sat urday night live shaped t he w ay for all lat e night show s,<br />
t he new york subw ay provided a basis for all t he subw ays in t he w orld, and t he red<br />
cross helped save so m any lives. They are really im port ant . That m akes t hem<br />
Oct ober ?s m ost im port ant dat es!<br />
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<strong>October</strong> Poems<br />
By Laur a Gr eb<br />
Oct ober<br />
The m ont h is Oct ober<br />
The air ?s t urning cold.<br />
The leaves are all changing.<br />
To red and t o gold.<br />
The m ont h is Oct ober.<br />
And pum pkins I?ve seen.<br />
Oct ober<br />
Oct ober ?s t he m ont h<br />
When t he sm allest breeze<br />
Gives us a show er<br />
Of aut um n leaves<br />
Bonfires and pum pkins,<br />
Leaves sailing dow n-<br />
Oct ober is red<br />
And golden brow n.<br />
~t aken from Pint erest<br />
They?re out t rick-or-t reat ing.<br />
It ?s Hallow een!<br />
~t aken from Pint erest<br />
Hallow een<br />
Ghost s and Goblins<br />
Spooks Galore<br />
Scary Wit ches<br />
At Your Door<br />
Jock-O-Lant erns<br />
Sm iling Bright<br />
Wishing You a<br />
Haunt ing Night .<br />
~t aken from Creat ive Cain Cabin<br />
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Aut um n<br />
As sum m er draw s it s final breat h<br />
To prepare it s curt ain call<br />
The m onarchs begin t heir epic t rek<br />
To usher in t he fall<br />
The nort hern w ind breat hes out it s<br />
chill<br />
As songs begin t o hush<br />
And paint s t he t rees upon t he hill<br />
Wit h it s art ist ?s brush<br />
From green t o red, orange and<br />
brow n<br />
The t rees discard t heir m asks<br />
And lay t hem gent ly upon t he<br />
ground<br />
For us t o begin our t asks<br />
Aut um n m akes w ay for w int er ?s<br />
reign<br />
We bid farew ell old friend<br />
Till sum m er ?s w arm t h begins t o<br />
w ane<br />
And fall ret urns again<br />
~t aken from Shm inhe<br />
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Funniest Dat es in Oct ober<br />
By Sam ant ha Archer<br />
Have you ever stopped to think there has to be more holidays than the big<br />
ones? If you answered yes, then you are in luck. Continue reading to find out<br />
what other holidays there are according to National Day Calendar. Below are just<br />
some of the funniest and most random dates in <strong>October</strong>!<br />
Nat ional Nam e Your Car Day<br />
National Name Your Car Day is on<br />
<strong>October</strong> 2 and is to celebrate the love of<br />
your car. On this day, make a commitment<br />
to your car and name it. You spend so<br />
much time with your car that you might as<br />
well name it and make a day out of it.<br />
Maybe take it out for a spin, a nice car wash<br />
and shine, and then give your four wheels a<br />
name you will remember. To participate in<br />
this day, share the name of your car with<br />
the hashtag #NameYourCarDay on Social<br />
Media.<br />
Nat ional Pierogi Day<br />
National Pierogi Day is on <strong>October</strong> 8 and<br />
is to celebrate this delicious Polish dumpling<br />
dish. Pierogies are usually filled with a mashed<br />
potato filling, potato and cheese, potato and<br />
onion, cheese, and other foods. In Pittsburgh,<br />
many people love Pierogies enough that<br />
during every home Pirates baseball game six<br />
pierogi run around the baseball field. So be<br />
like people in Pittsburgh and share your love of<br />
pierogies using the hashtag<br />
#NationalPierogiDay.<br />
Nat ional Noodle Day<br />
National Noodle Day is on <strong>October</strong> 6<br />
and is to acknowledge all of the different types<br />
of noodles around the world. There are many<br />
types of noodles around the world, and this<br />
day is the day to share your favorite. To share<br />
your favorite noodle, take a picture and share<br />
it on social media using the hashtag<br />
#NationalNoodleDay.<br />
Nat ional Bring Your Teddy Bear t o<br />
Work/ School Day<br />
National Bring Your Teddy Bear to<br />
Work/School Day is on the Second Wednesday<br />
in <strong>October</strong>. On this day feel comfortable with<br />
your favorite teddy bear, give it a squeeze and<br />
it will be sure to make you feel better. To<br />
show your love for your little friend dress<br />
him/her up and take a picture and post it to<br />
social media using the hashtag<br />
#BringYourTeddyBearToWorkAndSchoolDay.<br />
Be Bald and Be Free Day<br />
Be Bald and Be Free Day is on <strong>October</strong><br />
14. This day was founded by Thomas and Ruth<br />
Roy from Wellcat. This day was created to<br />
recognize the beauty of the bare scalp. Post<br />
the hashtag #BeBaldAndBeFreeDay on Social<br />
Media to participate in this day.<br />
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Nat ional Clean Your Virt ual<br />
Deskt op Day<br />
Hagfish Day<br />
National Clean Your Virtual Desktop<br />
Day is on the third Monday in <strong>October</strong>. This<br />
day is to celebrate the joy of having nice clean<br />
desktop. National Clean Your Virtual Desktop<br />
Day was created by The Personal Computer<br />
Museum in Canada. To participate in this day,<br />
start off with sorting your files and deleting<br />
things you no longer need. Then share your<br />
progress using the hashtag<br />
#CleanYourVirtualDesktopDay.<br />
Hagfish Day is on the third Wednesday<br />
in <strong>October</strong>. Hagfish are eel-shaped, slime<br />
producing marine fish that are considered to<br />
be the ugliest species. This day is celebrated<br />
to look past how ugly hagfish are and to<br />
appreciate how much they have evolved. Post<br />
the hashtag #HagfishDay on Social Media to<br />
show you don?t care how they look.<br />
Nat ional Herm it Day<br />
Nat ional Greasy Food Day<br />
National Greasy Food Day is on<br />
<strong>October</strong> 25. On this day, take a break from<br />
healthy eating and indulge yourself with some<br />
of your favorite greasy food. Whether it?s<br />
pizza, bacon, french fries, etc, have fun and<br />
enjoy the day to make an excuse to eating<br />
unhealthy. Take a picture of your delicious<br />
greasy food and share it on Social Media using<br />
the #GreasyFoodsDay<br />
* Sneak peak for the upcoming month*<br />
Nat ional Jersey Friday<br />
National Hermit Day is on <strong>October</strong> 29.<br />
It is believed to celebrate the death of St.<br />
Colman, a man who was a hermit for seven<br />
years. Use this day to get away from the<br />
busyness of your everyday life and spend<br />
some free time alone. To participate in this<br />
day use the hashtag #NationalHermitDay, then<br />
remove yourself from the outside world. Be<br />
all by yourself and no modern day<br />
conveniences.<br />
National Jersey Friday is on the first Friday in November. This day was established by the<br />
National Football League Players Association to bring fans together on a single day by wearing their<br />
favorite football player?s jersey. Share your favorite football player by posting a picture of you in your<br />
jersey and use the hashtag #JerseyFriday.<br />
Sport s Survey<br />
By Ella Wilson<br />
For Mrs. Kodrich?s Advanced<br />
English class, I sent out a survey<br />
over e-mail to see which students<br />
participate in which sports. Here<br />
are the results:<br />
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Celebrit y Birt hdays<br />
By Bailey Rickenbrode<br />
* All information fouund on<br />
Everybody has Famousbirthdays.com<br />
a fovourite celebrity and if you were<br />
wondering if they had a birthday in <strong>October</strong>, and they are in the top five, then you?re<br />
in luck, their name will be one this list.<br />
<strong>October</strong> 1 - Luna Blaise(15), Julie Andrews(81, Myles Parrish(24), Drew Chadwick(24),<br />
Greg Davis Jr.(32)<br />
Oct ober 2 - Jacob Sartourius(14), Jeydon Wale(25), Maharma Gandhi(1896-1948),<br />
Sting(65), Huda Kattan<br />
Oct ober 3 - Gwen Stefani(47), Zlatan Ibrahimovie(35), Kenny Knox(19), Geovanna<br />
Antoinette(33), A$AP Rocky(28)<br />
Oct ober 4 - Rich Homie Quan(27), Leigh-Anne Pinnock(25), Derrick Rose(28), Dakota<br />
Johnson(27), Bill Fagerblakke(59)<br />
Oct ober 5 - Aron Capenter(18), Mahogany LOX(22), Kate Winslet(41), Kevin<br />
Olusola(28), Berniw Mac(1957-2008)<br />
Oct ober 6 - Leondre Devries(16), LeBron James Jr.(12), Daniel Nguyen(23), Jazz<br />
Jennings(16), Roshon Fegan(25)<br />
Oct ober 7 - Simon Cowell(57), Kira Kosarin(19), Holland Roden(3o), Alesha Dixon(38),<br />
Toni Braxton(49)<br />
Oct ober 8 - Bella Thorne(19), Bruno Mars(31), Nick Cannon(36), Matt Damon(46),<br />
Barbara Palvin(23)<br />
Oct ober 9 - John Lennon(1940-1980), Bella Hadid(20), David Cameron(50), London<br />
Barker(13), Tyler James Williams(24)<br />
Oct ober 10 - Thomas Kuc(14), Marina Diamandis(31), Ben Phillips(24), Fiona Frills(13),<br />
Vivian Hivks(13)<br />
Oct ober1 1 - Rhett McLaughlin(39), Chase Hudson(15), Cardi B(24), John Luke<br />
Robertson(21), Amitabh Bachchan(74)<br />
Oct ober 12 - Josh Hutcherson(24), Hugh Jackman(48), Tyler Blackburn(30), Erica<br />
Dixon(33), Jeffrey Miller(16)<br />
Oct ober 13 - Jennifer Pappas(21), Park Jimin(21), Anastasia Kingsnorth(16), Taylor<br />
Alesia(20), Jerry Rice(54)<br />
<strong>October</strong> 14 - Rowan Blanchard(15), Usher(38), Jelle Van Vucht(20), Bryan Breeding(23), Tyler<br />
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Oct ober 14 - Rowan Blanchard(15), Usher(38), Jelle Van Vucht(20), Bryan Breeding(23),<br />
Tyler Christie(21)<br />
Oct ober 15 - Malu Trevejo(14), Bailee Madison(17), William Brent(21), Dominic<br />
Sandoval(31), Spencer Owen(28)<br />
Oct ober 16 - Aphmau(27), Ruby Rose Turner(11), Sylvia Gani(22), CharlesGreen(66),<br />
Bryce Harper(24)<br />
Oct ober 17 - Eminem(44), Chris Motionless(30), Carli Bybel(26), Witney Carson(23), Nikan<br />
Nadim(20)<br />
Oct ober 18 - Zac Efron(29), Tyler Posey(25), Noah Atwood(12), FaZe Jev(23), Ne-Yo(37)<br />
Oct ober 19 - Sam Pottorff(21), Arzaylea(22), Lil Durk(24), Maria Shabalin(14), Tanner<br />
Zagarino(18)<br />
Oct ober 20 - Snoop Dogg(45), Matt Steffania(30), Candice Swwanepoel(28), Brennan<br />
Clost(22), Jess Glynne(27)<br />
Oct ober 21 -Kim Kardashian(36), Marzia Bisognin(24), Amber Rose(33), Cody Johns(27),<br />
Kaycee Rice(14)<br />
Oct ober 22 - Acacia Brinley(19), 21 Savage(22), Manon Mathews(28), Lewis Brindley(33),<br />
tobyMac(52)<br />
Oct ober 23 - Pele(76), Ryan Reynolds(40), Emilia Clarke(30), Nathalie Paris(17), Weird Al<br />
Yankovic(57)<br />
Oct ober 24 - PewDiePie(27), Drake(30), Gabriel Conte(22), Daya(18), Wayne Rooney(31)<br />
Oct ober 25 - Katy Perry(32), Ciara(31), Tyler Alverez(19), Pablo Picasso(1881-1973), Felix<br />
Sandman(18)<br />
Oct ober 26 - Hillary Clinton(69), CM Punk(38), Seth McFarlane(43), Keith Urban(49),<br />
Bbwquinn(14)<br />
Oct ober 27 - Missy Lanning(27), Charlie Lenehan(18), Casey Moreta(21), Theodore<br />
Roosevelt(1858-1919), T-Wayne(26)<br />
Oct ober 28 - Bill Gates(61), Caitlyn Jenner(57), Troian Bellisario(31), Matt Smith(34), Julia<br />
Roberts(49)<br />
Oct ober 29 - Tove Lo(29), Brad Leman(20), Gabrielle Union(44), Alec Bailey(20), Fleur<br />
East(29)<br />
Oct ober 30 - Janel Parrish(28), Doego Maradona(56), Edge(43), Jake Brennan(14), Ivanka<br />
Trump(35)<br />
Oct ober 31 - Willow Smith(15), Jimmy Savile(1926-2011), Frank Iero(34), Vanessa<br />
Marano(23), Christopher Columbus(1451-1506)<br />
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Breast Cancer Aw areness<br />
By Nat alie Brands<br />
Everyone know s t hat Breast Cancer is relevant t o Oct ober,<br />
but do you know w hy? According t o<br />
w w w.breast cancer.org, Nat ional Breast Cancer Aw areness<br />
Mont h (NBCAM) is an annual healt h cam paign organized<br />
by t he large breast cancer charit ies such as Dr. Susan Love<br />
Research Foundat ion, California Breast Cancer Research<br />
Program , Young Survival Coalit ion, Nat ional Breast Cancer<br />
Coalit ion Fund, and The Pink Fund Inc, every Oct ober t o<br />
increase funds for research int o t he cause, t reat m ent , and<br />
cure of breast cancer. NBCAM w as founded in Oct ober of<br />
1985 as a part nership bet w een t he Am erican Cancer<br />
Societ y and t he division of t he Im perial Chem ist ry<br />
Indust ries. Oct ober rem ained breast cancer aw areness<br />
m ont h because t hat w as w henever t he first m ajor<br />
organizat ion w as st art ed. Therefore, Oct ober is know n as<br />
Breast Cancer Aw areness Mont h.<br />
Breast cancer is com m on am ong w om en. There are about<br />
200,000 cases a year, w hich are m ost com m on w it h w om en<br />
bet w een t he ages of 40-70 years old. There are four st ages<br />
of cancer, 1 being m inor t o 4 being fat al. The st ages t ake<br />
int o account t he size of t he t um or and w het her t he cancer<br />
has spread t o t he lym ph nodes or not .<br />
Alt hough t here is no cure for cancer, t here are m any<br />
t reat m ent s t hat t ry t o rem ove unnat ural grow t h.<br />
According t o w w w.cancer.org, local t reat m ent s include<br />
surgery and radiat ion t herapy, w hich are used t o t reat t he<br />
low er st ages of cancer. A few of t he syst em ic t herapies<br />
include Chem ot herapy, Horm one t herapy, and Target ed<br />
t herapy. Most pat ient s get m ore t han one of t hese<br />
t reat m ent s. Breast surgeons, radiat ion oncologist s, and<br />
m edical oncologist s are t he only doct ors qualified t o t reat<br />
breast cancer.<br />
Wom en w ho have one breast larger t han t he ot her have a<br />
slight ly larger risk of developing breast cancer. Wom en<br />
som et im es w onder if past injuries could have caused t heir<br />
breast cancer; how ever, doct ors don't believe t hat an
injury t o t he breast can cause cancer. An injury can cause scar<br />
t issue t o form , and t his is oft en t hought t o be cancer.<br />
Som et im es inflam m at ion m ay m ake a lum p t hat is already<br />
t here m ore visible. According t o w w w.cancerresearchuk.org,<br />
t here is current ly no know n link bet w een breast cancer and<br />
injury caused by sport s, including cont act sport s. Som e<br />
w om en have claim ed t hat bras cause cancer; how ever, t here<br />
is no evidence t o prove t his. Wom en have suggest ed t he<br />
t heory t hat under w ired bras block t he t ubes of t he lym phat ic<br />
syst em under t he arm . This st ops t he norm al drainage of t he<br />
breast t issues, m aking t oxins gat her in t he breast . This result s<br />
in cancer. How ever t his w as proven t o not be t he case.<br />
There are several risks and cont ribut ors t o breast cancer,<br />
w hich include:<br />
Get t ing Older<br />
Lat e or no pregnancy<br />
Not being act ive<br />
Fam ily hist ory of Breast Cancer<br />
Drinking Alcohol<br />
Genet ic Mut at ion Breast cancer is not a joke. About 307,660<br />
w om en get diagnosed w it h breast cancer every year, and<br />
m ore t han 40,000 w om en w ill die each year. Support ing t hese<br />
w om en and m en is very im port ant . If you have t he chance,<br />
you should donat e t o a nearby charit y t o help t he cure and<br />
t reat m ent of breast cancer because you never know w hen<br />
breast cancer w ill st rike. So w hen next Oct ober com es around,<br />
don't forget t o w ear pink t o support t his cause at t he pink out<br />
sport s gam es and t o t he ant icipat ed pink out foot ball gam e.<br />
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History of Halloween<br />
By Terann Macrlravey<br />
It?s <strong>October</strong>! When you think of <strong>October</strong>, you usually think of Halloween. You may think it's all just<br />
dressing up, getting candy, and attending parties. Little do you know the history behind this<br />
spooky holiday.<br />
Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival Samhain (sow-in). The Celts lived 2,000 years<br />
ago where Ireland is today. They celebrated their new year on November 1st. This marked the<br />
day that summer and the harvest ended. The Celts believed that on the night before the new<br />
year, <strong>October</strong> 31st, the ?boundary? between the worlds of the dead and living would be blurred.<br />
This is when they celebrated Samhain, a day that the dead would return to earth. The Celts<br />
thought that the spirits would damage crops and cause other troubles to the living. However,<br />
they thought the spirits actually helped the Druids, or Celtic priests, predict the future. The Celts<br />
depended on the priests to make predictions for the cold, harsh winter ahead, so they celebrated<br />
this day, and Halloween was born. To celebrate Samhain, the Celts would light bonfires and dress<br />
up in costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. Samhain also included ceremonies, feasts and<br />
gatherings with family, friends and the spiritual community.<br />
In the eighth century, Pope Gregory designated November 1st as All Saints?Day. This was a day to<br />
honor all saints and martyrs. The evening before was then known as Hallow?s Eve. This is because<br />
All Saints?Day is also commonly called All Hallows?Day. The word ?hallow? means holy or<br />
sanctified. People used to celebrate this the same way the Celts celebrated Samhain. They<br />
celebrated with feasts and gatherings to honor all of the saints and martyrs.<br />
Over the years, Halloween has evolved into a community-based holiday. Now-a-days, people<br />
dress up in costumes and go around begging for candy. This tradition didn?t start until the<br />
middle-ages. Children and sometimes poor adults would go around and beg for food or money in<br />
exchange for songs and prayers. This tradition eventually evolved into the annual occurrence we<br />
call trick or treating.<br />
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No Boos for Hallow een<br />
By Andrew Fanton<br />
Halloween is a holiday known by many people all over the country. Some people love it, while others<br />
hate it. It?s celebrated on or near <strong>October</strong> 31st. The people that hate it think that Halloween is one of the worst<br />
holidays in the year. They say things such as ?It?s very unhealthy to give kids that much candy.? Others would<br />
argue that it?s not as unhealthy as it may seem because of the amount of calories they burn walking or<br />
running. There are a lot of pros for Halloween that other holidays don?t have.<br />
Unlike holidays such as Christmas and Easter, Halloween isn?t a huge holiday celebrated for religious reasons.<br />
Instead it is a holiday that celebrates horror and fun. Most holidays should be known for celebrating fun;<br />
however, very few are. Christmas is known by most for the presents everyone receives, and Easter is known for<br />
its Easter egg hunts. Because Halloween focuses on fun and people enjoying themselves.<br />
Christmas and Easter bring happiness to young children, but often for the wrong reasons. Many<br />
teachers in lower grades have problems with kids not focusing on their work because they?re too busy talking<br />
to their friends about what they got for Christmas or Easter. This is obviously a negative of those two holidays.<br />
This happens with Halloween, too, but it?s not as extreme. This is because students don?t get a day off unlike<br />
Christmas and Easter where there are breaks long enough for kids to develop a lot of stories. This means that<br />
there is only a very limited amount of stories that kids have to tell.<br />
Halloween is also easy for adults to participate in. Unlike Christmas and Easter, adults don?t have to<br />
figure out what their children like or what other children like. They can just go out and buy a variety of candies,<br />
so if one trick or treater doesn?t like one of the candies, they can pick a different one. Also, anyone handing out<br />
candy doesn?t have to do much; in fact, they can just set out a bowl of candy out on their doorstep.<br />
People may not get great and expensive gifts on Halloween, but it?s the small ideas like talking to friends<br />
and neighbors that count. Many people neglect the importance of Halloween in small neighborhoods and large<br />
cities alike. In small towns, Halloween encourages kids to interact with others that they wouldn?t normally talk<br />
to. On the other hand, in large cities, Halloween encourages kids to meet new people that they?ve never even<br />
seen before.<br />
A survey was conducted among students to see what their favorite holiday is. The survey found that<br />
approximately 66.7% of students prefer Christmas over any other holiday. While that may be, it is most likely<br />
because of the aforementioned presents. However, the survey also shows that in a tie for second, Halloween<br />
and Thanksgiving are preferred by 7.9% of students. Halloween may not be the most liked holiday there is or<br />
even close to it, but that doesn?t mean it can?t be the best. It?s better for kids, parents, and even teachers. Just<br />
because it encourages kids to go out and collect candy just for themselves doesn?t make it bad. Also, if<br />
Halloween is so bad, why is it a long standing and thriving holiday to this day?<br />
Favorite Holidays Survey<br />
By Andrew Fanton<br />
It?s holiday season with both Halloween and Thanksgiving<br />
happening this time of year. So what is the most popular holiday<br />
in Knoch Middle School? Obviously, Christmas is the winner!<br />
1st -- Christmas -- 66.7%<br />
2nd -- Thanksgiving and Halloween -- 7.9%<br />
3rd -- Easter, 4th of July, and Other -- 4.8%<br />
4th -- New Year?s and Valentine?s Day -- 1.6% 15
H alloween Costum es<br />
By L in den Sloan e<br />
Halloween is a strange but amazing holiday. Children dressed as monsters run in the streets at<br />
night, visiting strangers houses and begging for candy. Parties are thrown in honor of the day where<br />
the dead are closest to the living. People dress as monsters and princesses to amuse themselves. It is<br />
one of the weirdest holidays we celebrate. Candy, late nights, hanging with friends, parties, haunted<br />
houses, all of these make Halloween fun and awesome. But what the people love most is costumes. It<br />
may seem strange wanting to dress like something you?re not and parading around. But it is one of<br />
America's favorites.<br />
Halloween is thought to have originated at a Celtic festival in Ireland called Samhain. From at<br />
least the 16th century, the festival included people going house to house in costume or disguise,<br />
which they called mumming and guising. It is thought to have started as a tradition where people<br />
were impersonating the Aos Si, or souls of the dead, and wanted to receive offerings, such as sweets,<br />
on the dead's behalf. Impersonating a dead soul was thought to protect one from ghosts or demons.<br />
It was also thought that receiving gifts to give to the souls of the dead would grant them good fortune<br />
in the upcoming winter.<br />
In some places children would dress as demons or blacken their body with ashes from a sacred<br />
bonfire and go house to house giving misfortune to those who did not welcome them. In other parts<br />
of Ireland a man dressed as a white horse would lead children home to home reciting verses, some of<br />
which had pagan overtones, in exchange for food. In Wales men dressed as fearsome demons. And in<br />
other parts of Europe, people cross-dressed.<br />
In 1911 the first written record of Americans starting this practice arose. A newspaper in<br />
Kingston, Ontario, reported children in costumes running around the neighborhood. In the early 19th<br />
century, the holiday was celebrated with parades featuring costumes. The holiday was also less a<br />
public holiday was more focused on private adult celebrations with lots of liquor. Only children were<br />
expected to celebrate in the festivities. Costumes were handmade at home until the 1930s when A.S<br />
Fischbach, Ben Cooper Inc. and other companies started mass producing Halloween costumes.<br />
Unlike the traditional supernatural themed costumes (werewolves, vampires, demons,<br />
monsters etc.) the newer costumes for children are much different. Girls costumes are now<br />
princesses, animals, flowers, superheros and other cute things as boys stay with the traditional<br />
monsters or superheroes. But women (and sometimes men) have over sexualized Halloween.<br />
Substituting cute or scary costumes for revealing, skimpy and sometimes offensive costumes. But<br />
Halloween will still live on in our hearts.<br />
Here is a survey of the Knoch middle school costumes.<br />
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DIY Hallow een Dessert Tut orial<br />
Quinn Hughes<br />
Candy is great, but if you really wanted to spookify your Halloween dessert, try making this<br />
simple Oreo pop. Turning an ordinary Oreo into a Jack Skellington pop is a fun and delicious<br />
new way to enjoy Halloween desserts.<br />
Ingredients/supplies needed:<br />
12 Oreos<br />
1 large bag of white chocolate chips<br />
Black Edible Marker or a Decorating Gel<br />
Small black ribbon<br />
Cake pop sticks<br />
A large bowl<br />
Baking sheet<br />
Foil<br />
Small Glass<br />
Instructions:<br />
Step 1: In the microwave, heat white chocolate chips in the bowl until completely melted (about 40 seconds), then<br />
pour into a glass.<br />
Step 2: Add a drop of the melted chocolate to the end of a cake pop stick. Insert the stick into the cream filling part<br />
of each oreo. (Insert the stick about halfway into the oreo cream filling).<br />
Step 3: Cover the baking sheet with foil. Lay oreo pops onto covered baking sheet. Stick into freezer for about 1<br />
minute. This step will help keep the oreos from moving on the stick.<br />
Step 4: Remove oreo pops from freezer. Dip the pops in the white chocolate one at a time. After the pop is<br />
completely covered in chocolate, tap the stick on the side of the cup to get rid of the excess<br />
chocolate.<br />
Step 5: Place the pops back onto the foil lined baking sheet. Then place in the fridge for about 5 minutes. After the<br />
chocolate is hard, remove from the fridge.<br />
Step 6: Using the edible marker/ decorating gel, draw Jack Skellington?s face onto each oreo pop. Lastly, using the<br />
small black ribbon, tie on his bow to finish the pops.<br />
Step 7: Enjoy this adorable and spooktacular Jack Skellington treat!<br />
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Decisions, Decisions, Is Our School Making t he Right Ones?<br />
By Kaylynn Brum baugh<br />
Maybe you?ve seen t he Snapchat filt er or w ondered w hy you can see t hrough t he high school library?s<br />
w indow s, but not from t he out side Maybe you?ve heard t he band st udent s t alking in hushed voices about t he<br />
disappearing m usical art program and t he t eachers w hose jobs are on t he line. I bet you as a st udent or<br />
t eacher have seen t he pow er go out or felt how cold it w as in t he library for a couple of w eeks. I?ve gone<br />
around t o st udent s and t eachers alike t o gat her as m uch inform at ion as I could, from overhearing<br />
conversat ions t o asking direct ly, all in order t o find out if our school board is m aking t he right decisions, and<br />
if not , w hat can w e do about it ?<br />
I st art ed Friday t he 7t h of Oct ober, and w ent around t he school gat hering inform at ion (aka I w ent t o<br />
t w o st udy halls). Brandon Rodgers, Cody Moore, Ira Mercer, Carlie Gizinski, w ho are som e of m y fellow peers<br />
at Knoch, w ere m ore t han happy t o give m e som e inform at ion. I st art ed by asking a broad t opic quest ion,<br />
?What do you t hink of t he recent school board?s decisions, m eaning anyt hing t hey've done recent ly?? and t he<br />
answ ers w ere m oderat ely t he sam e: ?Trash.? How ever, as w e got int o m ore quest ions t hat w ere based off<br />
single choices, such as how and w here t he school is spending m oney or w hat t hey're doing in concerns of<br />
bullying, t here w as som e favor on t he school board?s side.<br />
The second quest ion w as about t he m usical program . Recent ly I?ve heard som e rum ors about t he art s<br />
program slow ly but surely disappearing. You m ight not rem em ber if you w eren?t in band or orchest ra, but<br />
m usic st udent s used t o have sm all classes about t hirt y m inut es som ew here in t he day, once a w eek. This<br />
assured confidence and m ade sure every kid received t he t im e he or she needed t o learn slow ly, carefully, and<br />
confident ly. Now , how ever, t he school board is t aking out t hat t im e and m aking t he groups bigger in order t o<br />
give t he kids m ore t im e for educat ion. It m ay not seem like t hat big a difference, but w it h bigger groups and<br />
less t im e, it ?s going t o hurt confidence in st udent s. This is going t o hurt m usical educat ion in t he long run.<br />
?True, t hat it is bet t er t o use t his t im e for educat ion,? Moore said, w hen asked about t he t opic. Educat ion is<br />
im port ant , for kids and for school, w it hout it w e can't get good jobs or a subst ant ial am ount of m oney.<br />
How ever, Rodgers gave a very good reason w hy slow ly t aking out t he art program m ay not be such a good<br />
idea: ?We have t o give st udent s t he chance t o becom e a funct ional part of societ y.? Som e people just aren't<br />
t alent ed at m at h or science. It 's t he sam e as som eone w ho m ay be am azing at m at h, but not as good in<br />
English or reading. There are kids w hose ent ire lives revolve around m usic. If w e w ould t ake t hat aw ay,<br />
w here w ould t hey go? Parent s w ant t o send t heir kids t o school w it h high rat ings, and having good art<br />
program s is a good w ay t o have t hem . We need m usic as m uch as m usic needs people t o creat e it .<br />
The t hird quest ion w as very narrow and one-sided: ?What w ould you say about t he snapchat filt er??<br />
Snapchat is a new and rising popular social m edia app. One of it s feat ures is all kinds of filt ers t hat can m ake<br />
your face look disorient ed, or give you a flow er crow n and perfect skin t one for an epic selfie. The school paid<br />
for a filt er of it s ow n w it h t he t ext below it saying: ?Proud t o be a Knight .? I didn't get a very clear answ er at<br />
first on t his one. It w as m ore a chorus of disapproving t hought s. ?It 's st upid,? ?it 's expensive,? and ?w e could<br />
be put t ing t he m oney som ew here else w here it 's needed? w ere t he m ain opinions on t he subject . Not t o<br />
m ent ion, half t he t im e people use t he filt er for disrespect ful reasons t ow ards t he school. For inst ance, one<br />
individual could have a pict ure of som eone st anding on a desk w it h a bot t le balanced on t heir head,<br />
capt ioned ?Proud t o be a Knight .? How ever, t he filt er does bring hum or and laught er t o t he school. We do use<br />
it . For exam ple, aft er t he foot ball or soccer t eam w on a gam e, t hey w ould t ake a pict ure w it h t he filt er. In<br />
som e sense it does bring a feeling of pride.<br />
Anot her recent decision m ade by t he school board w as t o t ake out French. One of t he t eachers w as m oved t o<br />
t he high school, and t he ot her ret ired before he finished t eaching years four and five t o t he st udent s w ho<br />
w ere current ly t aking it . They never got t o finish t he course, w hich affect ed t hem in t heir search for colleges.<br />
Som e colleges require five years of a language, and w e don't even offer t hat anym ore since French is gone.<br />
Learning languages is a very im port ant part of our societ y. The w orld is enorm ous, and t here are hundreds of<br />
languages out t here. If som eone w ant ed t o learn French now , t hey w ould have t o get a privat e t ut or, w hich<br />
could cost said st udent or st udent ?s parent s even m ore m oney, and even m ore t im e. Tim e t hat w it h m ore and<br />
m ore act ivit ies t o do as a young adult is quickly running out .<br />
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The school has also lost various t eachers, From phys ed. t eachers t o art t eachers. One t eacher w e lost w as<br />
Mrs Schaw l, a personal favorit e of m ine. Last year t he art room st art ed t o sm ell a lit t le w eird w hen w e w ent<br />
in. It t urned out she had t o heat up t he clay for her Art of Clay and Wire sculpt ure in her ow n m icrow ave! So,
t o get rid of t he sm ell, t he school gave her perm ission t o buy an all new kiln t o heat t he clay. How ever, she's<br />
gone now , and t he brand new piece of equipm ent is just sit t ing t here gat hering dust . Hopefully, one of t he<br />
ot her art t eachers w ill find a use for it , assum ing w e st ill have t hem by t he t im e t hat happens.<br />
So all in all, ?We need t o fix som e t hings,? according t o Cody Moore. Whet her it 's clim at e cont rol, pow er<br />
cont rol, w at ching how w e spend our m oney, and m aybe ?Get t ing a bit bet t er lunches,? according t o Gizinski,<br />
but how can st udent s help? That 's up t o you. Maybe w e can show t he school board how m uch w e care about<br />
cert ain sport s t hat aren't get t ing enough m oney t o support t he t eam s or suggest bet t er ideas t o spend our<br />
m oney. As long as w e're being respect ful and polit e, w e could even w rit e let t ers of recom m endat ion t o our<br />
school board for suggest ions of ideas t o t ry. If w e could gat her t he resources and people t o do it , w e could<br />
even sponsor our ow n fundraiser for t he school t o help out . This is our school, t oo, and for t he sake of<br />
grow ing up t o be responsible adult s, w e need t o m ake sure t hat our educat ional environm ent is healt hy and<br />
secure. I do believe t hat t he school board has our best int ent ions in m ind w hen t hey m ake t hese choices, but<br />
everyone m akes m ist akes. It ?s im port ant t o get ot her ?s opinions w hen t aking act ion. An iea t hat m ay seem<br />
good t o you m ay not be t he best for everyone. Maybe if w e t ry, w e can show t hem t his. In t he end, w it h all<br />
m y peers behind m e and responsible t eachers and adult figures guiding m e t o cont inue learning and<br />
im proving, I am proud t o be a Knight .<br />
Foot not e: Special t hanks t o Kody Moore, Brandon Rodgers, Carlie Gizinski, and Ira Mercer for giving m e t heir<br />
t hought s on t he school boards m ost recent choices. I couldn't have done it w it hout you.<br />
st upid,? ?it 's expensive,? and ?w e could be put t ing t he m oney som ew here else w here it 's needed? w ere t he<br />
m ain opinions on t he subject . Not t o m ent ion, half t he t im e people use t he filt er for disrespect ful reasons<br />
t ow ards t he school. For inst ance, one individual could have a pict ure of som eone st anding on a desk w it h a<br />
bot t le balanced on t heir head, capt ioned ?Proud t o be a Knight .? How ever, t he filt er does bring hum or and<br />
laught er t o t he school. We do use it . For exam ple, aft er t he foot ball or soccer t eam w on a gam e, t hey w ould<br />
t ake a pict ure w it h t he filt er. In som e sense it does bring a feeling of pride.<br />
Anot her recent decision m ade by t he school board w as t o t ake out French. One of t he t eachers w as m oved t o<br />
t he high school, and t he ot her ret ired before he finished t eaching years four and five t o t he st udent s w ho<br />
w ere current ly t aking it . They never got t o finish t he course, w hich affect ed t hem in t heir search for colleges.<br />
Som e colleges require five years of a language, and w e don't even offer t hat anym ore since French is gone.<br />
Learning languages is a very im port ant part of our societ y. The w orld is enorm ous, and t here are hundreds of<br />
languages out t here. If som eone w ant ed t o learn French now , t hey w ould have t o get a privat e t ut or, w hich<br />
could cost said st udent or st udent ?s parent s even m ore m oney, and even m ore t im e. Tim e t hat w it h m ore and<br />
m ore act ivit ies t o do as a young adult is quickly running out .<br />
The school has also lost various t eachers, From phys ed. t eachers t o art t eachers. One t eacher w e lost w as<br />
Mrs Schaw l, a personal favorit e of m ine. Last year t he art room st art ed t o sm ell a lit t le w eird w hen w e w ent<br />
in. It t urned out she had t o heat up t he clay for her Art of Clay and Wire sculpt ure in her ow n m icrow ave! So,<br />
t o get rid of t he sm ell, t he school gave her perm ission t o buy an all new kiln t o heat t he clay. How ever, she's<br />
gone now , and t he brand new piece of equipm ent is just sit t ing t here gat hering dust . Hopefully, one of t he<br />
ot her art t eachers w ill find a use for it , assum ing w e st ill have t hem by t he t im e t hat happens.<br />
So all in all, ?We need t o fix som e t hings,? according t o Cody Moore. Whet her it 's clim at e cont rol, pow er<br />
cont rol, w at ching how w e spend our m oney, and m aybe ?Get t ing a bit bet t er lunches,? according t o Gizinski,<br />
but how can st udent s help? That 's up t o you. Maybe w e can show t he school board how m uch w e care about<br />
cert ain sport s t hat aren't get t ing enough m oney t o support t he t eam s or suggest bet t er ideas t o spend our<br />
m oney. As long as w e're being respect ful and polit e, w e could even w rit e let t ers of recom m endat ion t o our<br />
school board for suggest ions of ideas t o t ry. If w e could gat her t he resources and people t o do it , w e could<br />
even sponsor our ow n fundraiser for t he school t o help out . This is our school, t oo, and for t he sake of<br />
grow ing up t o be responsible adult s, w e need t o m ake sure t hat our educat ional environm ent is healt hy and<br />
secure. I do believe t hat t he school board has our best int ent ions in m ind w hen t hey m ake t hese choices, but<br />
everyone m akes m ist akes. It ?s im port ant t o get ot her ?s opinions w hen t aking act ion. An iea t hat m ay seem<br />
good t o you m ay not be t he best for everyone. Maybe if w e t ry, w e can show t hem t his. In t he end, w it h all<br />
m y peers behind m e and responsible t eachers and adult figures guiding m e t o cont inue learning and<br />
im proving, I am proud t o be a Knight .<br />
Foot not e: Special t hanks t o Kody Moore, Brandon Rodgers, Carlie Gizinski, and Ira Mercer for giving m e t heir<br />
t hought s on t he school boards m ost recent choices. I couldn't have done it w it hout you. 19
Hom ew ork Can Be Your Enem y and Your Best Friend!<br />
By: Nichole Sico<br />
Hom ew ork is assigned t o everybody at least once in t heir lifet im es.<br />
People eit her love or hat e hom ew ork. Most people hat e hom ew ork and t hink<br />
it ?s a w ast e of t im e. Ot hers, on t he ot her hand, believe hom ew ork can be<br />
beneficial. Teachers assign hom ew ork for pract ice and t o st udy, but t hey<br />
som et im es go a lit t le t oo crazy. They end up assigning an ext rem e am ount of<br />
hom ew ork t hat t hey expect st udent s t o do in a single night ! Hom ew ork can be<br />
very st ressful, so should hom ew ork be assigned or not ?<br />
Many st udent s get assigned a lot of hom ew ork. The st udent s pret t y<br />
m uch get hom ew ork in every class, every single day of t he w eek. It ?s<br />
ridiculous because w e are t rapped in t his ?prison? for 7 hours a day, t hen w e<br />
go hom e and have 4 hours of hom ew ork t o do in about 2 hours. Plent y of<br />
st udent s have m any project s and hard t est s t o st udy for on t op on t heir<br />
hom ew ork. Most st udent s part icipat e in school sport s and clubs, and even do<br />
sport s and clubs out side of school. I know a lot of st udent s at Knoch Middle<br />
School, w ho do sport s or clubs for t he school and st ill do part i out side of<br />
school, t oo. The school t ries t o prom ot e school sport s and clubs, but t hey<br />
shouldn?t if t hey are going t o give t he st udent s so m uch hom ew ork. We can?t<br />
even part icipat e in t he sport s or clubs if w e have so m uch hom ew ork.<br />
Many st udent s w ast e t heir free t im e on hom ew ork. We get assigned a<br />
lot of hom ew ork and w e have t o do t hem on t op of w hat w e w ant t o do in our<br />
free t im e. It ?s sickening because w e have t o spend our free t im e doing<br />
hom ew ork. Now a days children are t rapped inside school, and t hen w hen<br />
t hey get hom e, t hey are t rapped inside doing hom ew ork. It ?s sad because t hey<br />
don?t even get enough t im e t o go run out side and t urn off t heir energy or<br />
relax. This explains w hy som e st udent s are so row dy w hen t hey are in school.<br />
Fam ilies aren?t as close as t hey use t o be because t hey don?t have any t im e t o<br />
sit dow n, relax and play gam es or w at ch TV because t hey?re spending all t hat<br />
t im e doing hom ew ork. I know t his because even m y ow n fam ily are so busy<br />
and w e don?t have t im e t o spend t o t oget her. We only have t im e on t he<br />
w eekends.<br />
Then, aft er t he children get hom e from t heir act ivit y and do hom ew ork<br />
it ?s like close t o m idnight w hen t hey finish. Som e st udent s don?t even get t o<br />
finish t heir hom ew ork because it 's so lat e. Then t he next day t hey have t o<br />
w ake up so early and have t o go back t o t he school. St udent s eit her get in<br />
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t rouble because t hey didn?t finish it or t hey didn?t do it at all because t hey<br />
w ere procrast inat ing about t heir hom ew ork since t hey have so m uch.<br />
St udent s have lives out side of school, so w hy should t hey have t o spend it<br />
doing hom ew ork? Most st udent s end up get t ing st ressed because t hey have<br />
so m uch going on bet w een hom ew ork, act ual school, and life.<br />
School is ext rem ely fun ot her t hen having t o do hom ew ork. You have<br />
classes w it h your friends. They can m ake learning easier w hen you are having<br />
fun w it h your friends.<br />
Hom ew ork is also good. Trust m e w hen I say t hat . I know it has kind of<br />
saved m y life at t im es, and I?m pret t y sure it has saved ot her ?s life, t oo.<br />
Hom ew ork saves m y life by helping m y grade and helping m e do go on t est s.<br />
Hom ew ork is m ost assigned for pract ice or w hat you didn?t finish in class.<br />
When hom ew ork is assigned for pract ice, m ost st udent s appreciat e it because<br />
it helps t hem com prehend w hat t hey learned t hat day and rem em ber it . Also<br />
t he hom ew ork helps st udent s w ork independent ly and t ry problem s and see<br />
w hat t hey know. When t he t eacher grades hom ew ork for part icipat ion and<br />
you earn hom ew ork point s, t hey are useful. For exam ple, if you do badly on a<br />
t est , t hose hom ew ork point s balance out your final grade. Hom ew ork also<br />
helps you prepare for t hose t est and quizzes by it helps your pract ice and<br />
underst and t he concept s t hat w ill be on t he t est .<br />
Most people do not w ant hom ew ork or just an excessive am ount of<br />
hom ew ork, but ot hers t hink w e should have hom ew ork. Let ?s see w hat your<br />
fellow classm at es t hink about hom ew ork. Tw o st udent s from m y survey says<br />
t hat w e should rarely have hom ew ork. Also, t hat w e should have fun and easy<br />
hom ew ork. Anot her one from m y survey says w e should only have t o st udy<br />
for hom ew ork. Most st udent s from m y survey t hat I t ook said t hat w e<br />
should have hom ew ork, but not an excessive am ount of it . Barely any<br />
say w e should have hom ew ork.<br />
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How t o have a Successful School Year!!<br />
By: Laura Greb<br />
Being successful can be looked upon in m any different w ays. Being successful<br />
m eans t hat a person accom plished t he goals t hat he or she set for him self or<br />
herself. Set t ing m any goals and w orking hard is being successful every day. In<br />
order t o have success,st udent s have t o be m ot ivat ed and have t hat drive t o go out<br />
of t he w ay t o reach t heir goals. Goals can also be accom plished by t aking advice<br />
from ot her people and learning from som ebody else?s m ist akes. Too m any people<br />
allow ot hers t o define success for t hem , w hich is t he result of w hy so m any people<br />
fail t o achieve success for t hem selves. In order for st udent s t o have success in<br />
school, t hey have t o creat e healt hy habit s t o follow every day. St udent s also<br />
should be at t ent ive t o t heir school w ork and m anage t heir t im e w isely. Here are<br />
som e helpful hint s t o follow along t he pat h of success.<br />
1. St udent s can have a successful school school year by creat ing healt hy habit s.<br />
One healt hy habit is t o have a good m orning rout ine. When st udent s goes t o bed<br />
at night , t hey should be get t ing 8 t o 10 hours of sleep each night . As m iddle school<br />
st udent s, w e t end t o st ay up lat e because w e are busy on our phones a lot of<br />
t im es. To avoid st aying up lat e, st udent s could charge t heir phone at night aw ay<br />
from t heir bed or even out of t heir bedroom .<br />
Anot her healt hy habit is t o eat a healt hy breakfast . Most people do not eat<br />
anyt hing for breakfast and t hen t hey are t ired t he rest of t he day because t heir<br />
body does not have energy.<br />
Also anot her healt hy habit t hat m ost people do not t hink of is alw ays t hinking<br />
posit ively. If som eone is never happy, t hen t hey are not going t o enjoy school at all.<br />
A lot of people t hink t hat school is not t he m ost excit ing t hing in t he w orld, but if<br />
st udent s have a posit ive at t it ude about it , t hen t he school year w ill be m uch m ore<br />
enjoyable.<br />
2. St udent s can have a successful school year by being at t ent ive t o t heir school<br />
w ork.<br />
To be at t ent ive m eans t hat one pays close at t ent ion t o som et hing or is alert . A<br />
st udent can be at t ent ive t o t heir school in m any different w ays. One can be<br />
at t ent ive in school by paying at t ent ion in t heir classes and t aking good not es t o<br />
help t hem st udy. Being at t ent ive in class also m eans part icipat ing in classes by<br />
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answ ering quest ions and st aying involved in class conversat ions.<br />
Anot her t ip t hat st udent could follow is care about t heir grades. St udent s?<br />
grades are very im port ant w hen it com es t o going t o college. If one does<br />
not have good grades, t hen he or she w ill not get accept ed t o a college and<br />
t hen w ill never be able t o get a job lat er in life. If st udent s are not going t o<br />
at t end college, t heir grades st ill m at t er and w ill help t hem be m ore<br />
successful in life.<br />
3. St udent s w ho m anage t heir t im e w isely w ill have a successful school<br />
year..<br />
Managing t im e does not m ean t hat t hey should spend every m inut e of<br />
t heir life st udying or doing school w ork. It m eans part icipat ing in ot her<br />
act ivit ies t hat t hey enjoy. For exam ple, on t he w eekends st udent s should<br />
set aside som e t im e t o hang out w it h t heir friends or do som et hing t hat<br />
t hey enjoy.<br />
Anot her t hing t hat st udent s should do t o m anage t im e is t o avoid<br />
procrast inat ion. Procrast inat ing is a very com m on t hing t hat st udent s do<br />
w hen t hey are in m iddle school. To avoid it , st udent s should st art st udying<br />
or working on t he project as soon as t hey get t he assignm ent inst ead of<br />
w ait ing unt il t he last m inut e.<br />
In conclusion, st udent s can have a successful school year by creat ing<br />
healt hy habit s, being at t ent ive t o school w ork, and m anaging t heir t im e<br />
w isely. School can be a st ressful t im e, but if st udent s t hink posit ively, t hen<br />
t hey could have a fun-filled educat ional year. Success also requires<br />
pat ience and m ot ivat ion. Using t hese t ools w ill pay off in t he end if t hey<br />
are used consist ent ly.<br />
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Fine Art s Need Money<br />
By: Brenden Smith<br />
Schools put t ing m ore m oney t ow ard classes like m usic and art has alw ays been<br />
a cont roversial t opic. It usually com es dow n t o w ho is on t he school board and t he<br />
st udent s have no cont rol. The school board m akes all t he decisions w it h no regard t o<br />
w hat t he st udent s w ant or are m ore int erest ed in because t hey?re w orried about t he<br />
budget , but t hey could t ake t he m oney from som ew here t hat doesn?t need it as<br />
m uch.<br />
Schools put t ing m ore m oney t ow ard classes like m usic and art has alw ays been<br />
a cont roversial t opic. It usually com es dow n t o w ho is on t he school board and t he<br />
st udent s have no cont rol. The school board m akes all t he decisions w it h no regard t o<br />
w hat t he st udent s w ant or are m ore int erest ed in because t hey?re w orried about t he<br />
budget , but t hey could t ake t he m oney from som ew here t hat doesn?t need it as<br />
m uch.<br />
One of t he classes t hat w ould benefit from m ore m oney t ow ards fine art s is t he<br />
m usic program . Music is a part of everyone?s lives, and som e st udent s even w ant t o<br />
m ake a career from it . When st udent s say t his, t hough, som e adult s m ay t hink t hey<br />
w ant t o drop out of high school and st art a band. While t hat is an underst andable<br />
problem t o w orry about , t hat is not alw ays w hat it m eans. It could m ean m usic<br />
t herapy, m usic educat ion, w rit ing m ovie scores, and t he list goes on.<br />
Even if a st udent does not w ant t o go int o t he art s, t hose t ypes of classes can<br />
help w it h sit uat ions t hey w ill encount er in t heir everyday lives. Music, and act ing<br />
classes can all help w it h t eam w ork. In m usic you have t o w ork t oget her w it h t he rest<br />
of t he band/ orchest ra t o bring all t heir part s t oget her t o creat e som et hing t hat can?t<br />
be done alone. In act ing classes you have t o have ot her people t here t o w ork w it h<br />
and bounce lines off of each ot her. Anna Williem e, direct or of Art Med Insight (w hich<br />
explores t he connect ions bet w een art and m edicine), has said ?t hat art and draw ing<br />
can release st ress. She says t hat t he rhyt hm ic and repet it ive m ot ion of draw ing helps<br />
synchronize hand and eye, body and m ind, and can elicit w hat Harvard cardiologist<br />
Herbert Benson has ident ified as t he relaxat ion response.?<br />
Fine art s are an im port ant part t o st udent ?s educat ion but isn?t given enough<br />
focus. Today?s educat ion has t hem w orried m ore about having t o excel at t est ed<br />
subject s except t he ones st udent s act ually w ant t o do. If schools w ould put m ore<br />
m oney t ow ards art s, t hen st udent s w ould be able t o do w hat t hey w ant t o and<br />
act ually have a job t hey enjoy.<br />
A survey w as t aken and 100% of st udent s w ho answ ered said t hey w ant m ore m oney<br />
t ow ards fine art s.<br />
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KMS Clubs & Sports<br />
Quinn Hughes<br />
Clubs and sports are a great way to meet different people<br />
and learn new material. It is important to take part in these<br />
during middle school years because clubs provide people with<br />
an extra curricular enrichment that can help you during your<br />
daily life. These fellowships promote awareness about certain<br />
topics or ideas that that are being discussed,and they are a fun<br />
way to expand your knowledge.They also look great on a<br />
resume. Sports are a really good time as well. Playing sports<br />
allows athletes of all skill levels to interact with other<br />
competitors and come together as a team. Players can improve<br />
their skills and get exercise. Joining a club or team will be<br />
something you won?t regret!<br />
Clubs: Sport s:<br />
~ FCA ~ Volleyball<br />
~ FCCLA ~ Basketball<br />
~ FBLA ~ Football<br />
~ Yearbook Club ~ Soccer<br />
~ Math Club<br />
~ KDA<br />
~ Student Council<br />
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A Sport or a Club?<br />
By: Nichole Sico<br />
Cheerleaders are peppy, loud, and energetic. Cheerleaders<br />
spend hours practicing and learning their cheers and half time<br />
routine. They work really hard to perfect everything. Cheer is<br />
really hard. Everyone thinks it?s so easy. Most people think that<br />
cheerleaders just dress up in little cute uniforms and stand on the<br />
sidelines and scream words while moving their arms.<br />
Cheerleaders are very dedicated to what they do. Most people<br />
don?t realize how hard it really is, and should be considered at<br />
sport not a club. The school considers is a club. Many people<br />
think cheer is amazing and really insteresting.<br />
Cheer should be considered a sport because it?s really<br />
exhausting. Cheerleaders have to spend hours conditioning. They<br />
have to do push-up and sit-up. It takes lots of energy to do to<br />
them. Cheer involves many trys to get a stunt, defintly when its a<br />
new stunt.<br />
It is time consuming just like an other sport. Cheerleaders<br />
spend hours practicing and learn everything. Cheer is hard work<br />
and takes dedication. This hard work and dedication is needed<br />
when you also play a sport. If they don?t try hard to get a stunt,<br />
they may end up dropping the girl, and that?s scary. Just like<br />
football, soccer, basketball, or volleyball, they have to work<br />
together to succeed, and absolutely have to do that with<br />
cheerleading because if you don?t it won?t look fantastic when you<br />
perform. They have to be very energetic because you have to be<br />
positive and cheer on the school. Cheerleaders also have to work<br />
on being loud and self-confident. If they aren?t loud, then they<br />
can?t be heard. They also have to have self-confidence to perform<br />
in front of many people and don?t screw up .<br />
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Cheerleaders also have to be responsible and remember all<br />
their cheers and dances. They have to remember about 200<br />
cheers and learn them all. They also have to perfect them.<br />
Cheerleaders have to be able to speak clearly and spell, so they<br />
don?t mess up. Cheerleader have to be flexible and strong. They<br />
have to jump really high, which takes a lot of leg strength. As well<br />
as leg strength, they have to have arm strength. They are<br />
throwing and catching the flyer. Cheerleading is just as hard or<br />
even harder than regular sports.<br />
School cheerleaders don?t practice as hard as football<br />
players do, but they still train hard. Cheerleaders parctice so<br />
hard that they end up injuring them self. They work so hard to<br />
get stunts and not to drop anyone. They are throwing then up<br />
and flipping in the air. Cheerleaders also have to work hard on<br />
new trick like tumbling. Perfesionals have hours apon hours of<br />
practice.When they spend months working just on one routine<br />
that is about 3-5 minutes to only preform it once, then it?s<br />
considered a sport.<br />
Cheer is just as hard as an other sport, but any athlete<br />
probably has it harder. Cheerleaders should be credited more<br />
for what they do. Just because it isn?t a sport to doesn?t mean<br />
cheerleaders don?t work hard. People actually think cheer<br />
leaders are amazing because they do all these cool things that<br />
they can't even image doing.<br />
College Football Survey<br />
It?s College Football season! So which team<br />
is Knoch Middle School?s favorite? The<br />
results show that the winner is Pitt!<br />
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K noch 2016 M iddle School Cross Country<br />
K aylynn Brumbaugh<br />
Potential--that's the word I would use to describe the cross<br />
country teams this year.<br />
Knoch had a reasonably good year; the odds are normally<br />
stacked against them because of their small size, but that didn't<br />
stop them.<br />
The Girls Team: Reasonably, they had no chance of winning.<br />
Statistically speaking, they had no chance of winning because they<br />
didn't even have a full team. Therefore, it was impossible to win a<br />
race, but that didn't stop them from running. When racing against<br />
other schools, a team must have at least five runners to place;<br />
however, Knoch only had four. One more runner, and their year<br />
might have been just as successful as the boys. But that didn't stop<br />
them from still giving opponents a run for their money. They may<br />
have been small but they were fast enough to put up a quite a fight.<br />
Other schools were always amazed by the fact that they were even<br />
running. No one expected the small team from Knoch to almost<br />
take them out. By the time that the North Allegheny Invitational<br />
arrived, other schools had heard of their tiny, spitfire team, and<br />
knew not to underestimate them. The team?s strategy was to stay<br />
as close together as possible. They?re strong as individuals, but it's<br />
been proven that running in large groups gives runners more<br />
energy, so they tried their best to stick together. The top runner,<br />
Maddie Loos, didn't medal, but she took a place in the thirties,<br />
followed close behind by the second runner. The girls team always<br />
stayed close together, and finished within a couple places of each<br />
other. The team was made up of two seventh graders, and two<br />
eighth graders, who plan to move onto varsity.<br />
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The Boys Team: Last year the boys team had trouble securing wins<br />
with only a few 8th grade boys and a surplus of young 7th grade<br />
unbridled talent. Now our 7th graders have made the 8th grade jump,<br />
and there's no gap to close. It's really incredible to watch them run, eyes<br />
fierce, faces set. If you've ever seen a top runner, they look entirely<br />
exhausted, but their eyes are livid with feeling. Their top runner Daniel<br />
Deal was always ahead of the others, but second runner Luke<br />
Klutschkowski was normally close behind or right on his leader's heels<br />
for the second half of the season. Their third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and<br />
seventh runners shifted around from person to person, meaning that<br />
they were always in a different order. It depended on how that runner<br />
felt and the difficulty of the course. However, that pack always stayed<br />
close together. They ended the season quite well, Deal taking a 6th<br />
place at NA invitationals, and Klutschkowski snagging sixteenth. If they<br />
keep that up, they could make it to states.<br />
The problem with the cross country team currently is that they<br />
don't have enough runners. Running is individual, but it's also a team<br />
sport, and they need each other to win. It's all about points. If the top<br />
five runners combined scores are lower than the other teams, then the<br />
team has won, but that only works if the team has at least five top<br />
runners. Pretty soon the seniors will be gone, and others will have to<br />
step up. However,what would happen if there's no one there to take<br />
their place? Cross Country is an addictive and extraordinary sport, the<br />
power you feel, and the adrenaline coursing through your veins is like<br />
nothing else you?ve ever felt. I encourage people highly to join. Running<br />
does something to you that once you start you can't stop. It's a gift and a<br />
curse, sometimes you have to miss other important things for a race or<br />
a practice, but there's no place we?d rather be. And even if there's only<br />
three people to a team, they?ll still run because they're so in love that<br />
they can't seem to stop.<br />
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Student Council Chocolates<br />
As many people probably know, the Student Council has been carrying<br />
out their yearly chocolate sale since September. Each member of the<br />
Student Council is selling chocolate bars. There is a large variety of<br />
delicious chocolates such as Peanut Butter Meltaway, Roasted Almond,<br />
and Salted Pretzel. Each chocolate bar costs $2, and the money goes<br />
towards paying for field trips and other school events. They can be bought<br />
from any member of the Student Council before or after school, so get<br />
one today!<br />
Join FBLA<br />
Are you interested in getting a job in the business field? If so, then FBLA is<br />
the club for you! FBLA stands for Future Business Leaders of America.<br />
During FBLA, business topics are discussed, such as fundraisers and field<br />
trip topics. We usually have a plan for what we are discussing during that<br />
meeting. During some of the meetings, we work on our competitions that<br />
we selected at a previous meeting. Your competition is a test or a project<br />
that competes against other kids in Pennsylvania. There are plenty of<br />
options for different skill sets, such as computer terms, business spelling,<br />
and many more. After you select your competition, you will have time to<br />
work on it. Winners usually receive awards and other bonuses. Every year,<br />
we have a candy cane sale to fundraise our field trip. The trips are usually<br />
to a local business and we take a tour of the business. The meetings for<br />
FBLA are one selected Monday every month. The next meeting is<br />
November 7. The meetings are after school till 3:30p.m. in Mrs. Bocci?s<br />
room (104). Sign up today!<br />
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Join FCA<br />
Join FCA! FCA stands for Fellowship of Christian Athletes. FCA is a great<br />
place for Christians to come and learn about their faith. During<br />
meetings, we usually have a lesson and we learn a thing or two and<br />
discuss topics about being a Christian. An officer usually leads the<br />
meeting, but anyone is welcome to step in and lead. Summer camps for<br />
leadership are also offered to improve your speaking and leadership<br />
skills. Meetings are held every other Wednesday at 7:00a.m.in Mr.<br />
O'Donnell's room(129). The next meeting is Wednesday November 2.<br />
There is no sign up date so you can come whenever you like.This is a<br />
great way to start your Wednesday morning. I hope that I see you there!<br />
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FCCLA<br />
FCCLA is a club that helps young men and women become<br />
leaders and address important personal, family, work, and<br />
societal issues. FCCLA stands for Family, Career, and Community<br />
Leaders of America. Join FCCLA today in Mrs. White?s room (204).<br />
Mrs. White will tell you the meeting dates. Below are some things<br />
FCCLA is doing that you can help with if you want.<br />
FCCLA is taking on a community outreach project called Jared<br />
Box. A Jared Box is the gift of play to chronically ill children.<br />
FCCLA will fund the boxes, but we need your help to fill them. Do<br />
not send used items, hair products, or food products. Items you<br />
can send are art supplies, puzzles, small board games (to fit in a<br />
shoe box sized box), cards, activities, notepads, books, stuffed<br />
animals, word searches, matchbox cars, play-dough, bubbles,<br />
stickers, or costume jewelry. Drop off new items in room 204<br />
between Oct. 17th and Nov. 18th. For more info go to<br />
www.thejaredbox.com<br />
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Free Pre-School Program through FCCLA<br />
Little Knights Preschool Program for kids ages 3-5.<br />
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:45 AM-11:45PM.<br />
Beginning Oct. 4th. Free of charge. For more info.<br />
contact Mrs. Grantz<br />
Phone: (724)-352-1700 ext. 4317<br />
Email: grantzm@southbutler.net
Join KDA<br />
Have you ever wanted to learn how to ski/snowboard? If so,<br />
Knights and Days of Adventure, KDA, is the club for you! KDA is<br />
great way to learn to ski/snowboard and hangout with friends. If<br />
interested in joining KDA, find Kaylynn Brumbaugh for more<br />
information. We hope to see you on the slopes!!!<br />
Favorit e Hallow een Candy<br />
Tippy Barnes<br />
It?s that time of year- Halloween! The night<br />
for trick or treating, fun costumes, and of<br />
course, CANDY! What is your favorite<br />
Halloween candy to get while trick or<br />
treating? Out of 70 people, 19 chose Twix, 9<br />
chose Kit-Kat, 11 chose candy corn, 10 chose<br />
skittles, 6 chose Hershey?s chocolate, and 14<br />
people said other. So parents, it looks like<br />
Twix is the favorite of the year. You should<br />
definitely give out some Twix this year!<br />
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Join Yout h & Governm ent !<br />
Learn Public Speaking, Branches of t he<br />
Governm ent , and m ore !<br />
The next Yout h and Governm ent<br />
m eet ing is aft er school on<br />
Novem ber 13 in room 107. Sign up<br />
in t he office if you are int erest ed.<br />
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Mrs. Brut t 's Mat h Club<br />
We provide a new experience and an<br />
opportunity to learn what MathCounts<br />
competitions are all about. We usually take 2-3<br />
field trips for competitions each year. There is a<br />
team of four and a few individuals in standard<br />
competitions. The competitions always include<br />
more challenging math problems that<br />
challenge all of us. It does not matter if you<br />
don?t think you are very good at math, just<br />
come to have fun! We could always use more<br />
members!<br />
Where: Mrs' Brutt's Rm. 128<br />
When: Select Thursdays after school<br />
Dates: November- 10, 17December- 1, 8, 15<br />
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History of the Steelers<br />
By: Ian Robb<br />
It?s Pittsburgh?s most well-known professional team, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Did you know<br />
that the Steelers are the seventh oldest football team in the National Football League(NFL)? The<br />
team was founded by Arthur J. Rooney on July 8, 1933, by the name ?Pittsburgh Pirates? to honor the<br />
baseball team.<br />
Arthur Rooney is the founder of the Steelers. Rooney was born and raised in Pittsburgh and<br />
was a good athlete. He played football for Notre Dame, baseball for the Boston Red Sox, and was<br />
also invited to join the 1920 Olympic boxing team. He loved sports so much that he became an<br />
organizer and promoter and founded the Hope-Harvey Football Club, Pittsburgh's only semi-pro<br />
team, when he was a teenager. This semi-pro team was the start of the Steelers.<br />
The Hope-Harvey Football Club mostly played at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh. Exposition Park<br />
was located near the Allegany River, approximately in the same area as Three Rivers Stadium was<br />
built many years later. Although football was big in Pittsburgh, they did not have a professional<br />
team due to the laws in Pennsylvania that prohibited football to be played on Sundays because<br />
Sunday was the Sabbath, and no work was to be done on Sunday. In May 1933, Rooney applied for a<br />
franchise with the NFL because the restrictive laws in Pennsylvania were being repealed. His<br />
application was granted, and the Pittsburgh Professional Football Club Inc. joined the NFL. Rooney<br />
named the team the ?Pirates? after the baseball team and the NFL made them an official team in<br />
1993.<br />
According to Wikipedia, the next four decades were rough for the ?Pirates? football team. They<br />
had a winning record only eight times in their first 39 NFL seasons and never came close to a<br />
championship. During the Great Depression, Rooney said the team lost over $10,000. To draft<br />
players, they had bidding wars. This method made it harder for less established clubs to get good<br />
players. Rooney said that the top finishers should have restrictions to their player choices.. This<br />
idea eventually created the NFL draft that came into effect in 1936. The ?Pirates? continued playing<br />
until 1940 when Arthur decided that they needed a name change. Arthur used the Pittsburgh<br />
Post-Gazette to run a contest to find a new name for the team. The name ?Steelers? won. This name<br />
was perfect because it referenced the city's long history of steel production. No one knows who<br />
deserves the credit for the name, but the name won regardless and still remains today. Soon after<br />
Rooney finally gave in to Alexis Thomson?s offer and sold the team due to the poor eight years that<br />
the team had. Rooney then invested in his friend Bell?s team, ?The Eagles.? The two teams worked<br />
together and distributed the players equally by talent among the teams. Thompson later renamed<br />
his team The Iron Men in 1941. However, Rooney began to regret selling the Steelers and Thomson<br />
wanted to move the team nearer to his New York home. Rooney made a deal that he and Bell would<br />
move their Eagles to Pittsburgh and Thomson?s team could relocate to Philadelphia, which was<br />
closer to his home. Thomson agreed to the deal, and Rooney and Bell?s Eagles became the<br />
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Steelers, and Thomson?s Iron Men became the Eagles. This deal was one of the most<br />
unusual swaps in football history.<br />
World War II had a big impact on the NFL. The Steelers decided to draft many<br />
married players, hoping that they wouldn?t be drafted for the military. During this time,<br />
the Steelers also went through a couple of head coaches. The team still had a losing<br />
streak, and they weren?t looking too good. Although the Steelers tried, the team still<br />
lost some key players to the military. The next few years for the Steelers had lots of<br />
ups and downs.<br />
Then, the Steelers finished first in the league but lost in the playoffs to the Miami<br />
Dolphins in 1973. This was still a great game because of the close score and high<br />
intensity of the game. In 1974, the Steelers won their first Super Bowl against the<br />
Minnesota Vikings. The score was 16-6. After 42 years, they finally did it! The next year,<br />
they did it again and had an even better season, ending with another Super Bowl win<br />
against the Dallas Cowboys in a tight game that ended 21-17. The Steelers didn?t make<br />
the playoffs for two years until 1978 when they won their third Super Bowl. This game<br />
was against the Dallas Cowboys and ended with a score of 35-31. The following year,<br />
they won their fourth Super Bowl in 1979 against the Los Angeles Rams. The game<br />
ended with a score of 31-19. The Steelers were in decline and the next time they made<br />
a Super Bowl appearance wasn't until 1995. However, they lost this game to the Dallas<br />
Cowboys with a score of 27-17. Up until this point, all of the Steelers games have been<br />
at Three Rivers Stadium. The 2000 season was their last season playing there.<br />
In 2001, they opened the stadium we know and love today, Heinz Field. The next<br />
few seasons were rough until 2005 when the Steelers made another Super Bowl<br />
appearance. The game was great and the Steelers pulled out a win against the<br />
Seahawks with a score of 21-10. This Super Bowl tied the Steelers for most Super Bowl<br />
titles at 5 with the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys. The Steelers didn't<br />
make another Super Bowl appearance until three years later in 2008. The Steelers<br />
faced the Arizona Cardinals. It was a great fought game, ending in a Steeler win to<br />
become the first team ever to win six Super Bowl titles. The Steelers have not won any<br />
more Super Bowls since 2008, but keep rooting for your hometown Pittsburgh<br />
Steelers.<br />
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The Consol Energy Cent er or The PPG Paint s Arena<br />
By: Tippy Barnes<br />
The iconic Consol Energy Center (the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey arena)got<br />
a new name, The PPG Paints Arena.The arena was originally named Consol<br />
Energy Center after Consol Energy purchased the naming rights in December<br />
2008. Consol Energy Inc. is an American energy company with interests in coal<br />
and natural gas production headquartered in the suburb of Cecil Township in the<br />
South pointe complex just outside of Pittsburgh. Low coal and natural gas prices<br />
have caused sponsorships to lose money. A gas price slump has Consol Energy<br />
shedding jobs. The name change was an opportunity to make a play for the<br />
multi-million change.<br />
Many people think the name change was a thoughtless idea. Some think<br />
the name PPG Paint Arena is ?stupid.? Although the company was put in a<br />
situation where they had to do something, some people are so used to the<br />
Consol Energy Center that they do not approve of this change. Before the<br />
Pittsburgh Penguins played in the Consol Energy Center, there was the<br />
Civic/Mellon Arena. The Civic/Mellon Arena closed on June 26, 2010. The former<br />
Mellon naming rights expired soon after, and the Penguins and all other events<br />
moved across the street to the new Consol Energy Center. Now the naming<br />
rights expired once again and was changed to what is now the PPG Paints Arena,<br />
which is still hard for some people because it has been the Consol Energy Center<br />
for a long time.<br />
On the other hand, many people think the PPG Paint Arena is a good name<br />
to fit in with the other PPG Paint facilities. The hockey stadium will join the other<br />
PPG-sponsored buildings and attractions such as Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Place.<br />
PPG Industries is an American Fortune 500 company and global supplier of<br />
paints, coatings, specialty materials, chemicals, glass, and fiberglass. David<br />
Morehouse, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pittsburgh Penguins<br />
stated,?We believe that the partnership will offer exciting opportunities for our<br />
fans as well as employees and customers.? It seems as if people are already used<br />
to the name, so maybe it?s not so bad after all.<br />
So, what do you think: is the PPG Paint Arena a good name?<br />
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Evolut ion of Clot hing<br />
By Josie Ansell<br />
For centuries popular trends in the fashion world have made statements, by both females<br />
and males, all the way to 2016. However, something consumers don?t often know is that there is<br />
some history behind some of the most popular clothes in the 21st century fashion market.<br />
Converse, jeans, flannels, and sperrys all are at least half a century old and were made not only just<br />
for fashion but for functionality.<br />
The Converse shoe company was founded in February 1908 by Marquis Mills Converse.<br />
Galoshes, similar to the rubber boot, were the first shoes the company produced. But they started<br />
making the iconic tennis shoe soon after, and in 1917 they were named All-Stars. However, the<br />
All-Stars didn?t become popular until Chuck Taylor (a famous basketball player) started wearing and<br />
selling them in the 1920?s. These trendy shoes are still in style today. The shoe?s smooth tip,<br />
durable rubber soles, and distinct star symbol makes these tennis shoes unmistakable. So, next<br />
time you get a compliment for your ?Chuck Taylor?s,? you know why!<br />
Jeans, unlike converse, were an immediate sell because of their resistance and price. The<br />
cheap material was extremely durable for poor laborers. Jacob Davis partnered with the Levi<br />
Strauss Company to invent the jeans in 1871. In present time, they are much more expensive<br />
($50-70 a pair in popular stores) than the $1.50 (about $25 today) pairs sold in 1885. Today, jeans<br />
are sold in many different styles, such as skinny, bootcut, high-waisted, and distressed.<br />
Flannels, like both jeans and converse, were used solely for its durability. These shirts were<br />
made by the Welsh (an ethnic group native to Wales, Great Britain) in the 1700?s to keep them<br />
warm during labor in cold weather. This affordable and warm apparel quickly became a hit across<br />
Europe. They are still used today in not only plaid but solid colors as well. These shirts are iconic<br />
for fall occasions and perfect for the declining temperatures.<br />
Sperry?s were created in 1935 by sailor and shoe designer Paul A. Sperry. Slipping overboard<br />
while sailing on the Long Island Sound (in the Atlantic Ocean between New York and Rhode Island)<br />
drove him to produce a non-slip boat shoe. The Sperry?s were the first shoe introduced to the<br />
boating and shoe market. In the present, these boat shoes are a comfortable and popular trend on<br />
and off the ocean.<br />
So next time you slip on your converse or button up your flannel, think about the history<br />
behind these trendy clothes, and how crazy it is that these veteran clothings are still in style!<br />
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President ial Debat e<br />
By John Mack<br />
The debates are a major part in the presidential election process because they allow for<br />
the public to see the both of the candidates?views on the issues side by side. This is a major<br />
United States topic with the upcoming Presidential Election. A poll conducted showed that<br />
58% of Knoch Middle School students watched the debate.<br />
The first debate, which took place on Monday, September 26, started with both<br />
candidates presenting what they would do as president. Secretary Clinton spoke about how<br />
she is planning to raise taxes on the wealthy to allow for free college.Then, they moved on to<br />
talking about jobs. Mr. Trump discussed how he would tax the companies that moved to<br />
Mexico for selling products from Mexico back to the United States. Due to a lot of quibble<br />
between the candidates, they did not get through a whole lot of information. Mr. Trump said<br />
?Wrong? to Mrs. Clinton every two sentences. There was much hope across the country that<br />
the second debate would provide more answers as they did not answer many of the citizens<br />
questions. It was decided that Hillary Clinton won the first debate because she had better<br />
answers to the questions and did not interrupt the other candidate like Mr. Trump did in this<br />
debate.<br />
The second debate on <strong>October</strong> 9th, 2016 was considered a win for Donald Trump by<br />
many reporters for more reasons than one. The first major action that Donald Trump did was<br />
invite four of Bill Clinton's accusers. Bill Clinton?s face dropped when he saw them in the<br />
Trump box on TV. Secretary Clinton was trying to compare herself to Abraham Lincoln. Mr.<br />
Trump quickly fired back to that remark. He said, ?Honest Abe, Honest Abe, Honest Abe never<br />
lied. There is a big difference between Abe Lincoln and you (pointing to Hillary Clinton).?<br />
Secretary Clinton just smiled and continued to talk about other topics. Mr. Trump also<br />
provided answers to national security and trade questions. While Mr. Trump won this debate,<br />
he was very critical of the moderator, Martha Raddatz. He at one point started debating<br />
Martha Raddatz, the moderator, about an energy question. Mr. Trump also accused the<br />
moderators of giving Secretary Clinton easier questions than he. The other hot topic of the<br />
debate was Hillary Clinton saying Donald Trump invaded her space. On television it seemed<br />
as if Hillary Clinton invaded Donald Trump?s space, as she kept coming to where his chair was<br />
when she was answering a question. Another popular topic was when Mrs. Clinton said,<br />
?Someone like Donald Trump should not be in charge of the justice systems.? Mr. Trump shot<br />
back, ?Because you would be in jail.? Secretary Clinton just closed her mouth after that<br />
comment. Many more answers were provided than in the first debate.<br />
The third and final debate started with Secretary Clinton pressuring Mr. Trump with a<br />
tough question about his proposed policies. It seemed as if he started off slowly. Twenty<br />
minutes into the debate, Mr. Trump started pressuring Secretary Clinton with questions about<br />
the 33,000 emails that she says she knows nothing about and her policies on immigration.<br />
When discussing immigration, Mrs. Clinton plans to have open borders and to allow many of<br />
the illegal immigrants in the country to stay. While, on the other hand, Mr. Trump plans to
secure our nation's border by deportíng the illegal immigrants, building a wall, and getting rid<br />
of the heroin problem that has been causing problems in many parts of the country. Other<br />
topics were discussed such as whether Vladimir Putin and Russia are behind Wikileaks, a<br />
company that is hacking into the Clinton?s email servers and getting information. They then<br />
release the info to the public. This debate was considered a tie by many news networks. The<br />
second and third debates provided answers that the first debate lacked. This was the last<br />
debate being held before the November 8th election.<br />
Before the election both candidates, begin their final push to the finish. The Trump<br />
campaign has been in Florida and plans to be in Florida a total of eight more times in an effort<br />
to try to win the Sunshine State. The Clinton campaign is making a push in the battleground<br />
state of Pennsylvania. She made a stop recently at Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh.<br />
It should be a close race on November 8th.<br />
Donald Trump. Digital image.<br />
Http://trump29.com/donald-trump-and-the-presidential-election-2016/.<br />
N.p., n.d. Web.<br />
Hillary Clinton. Digital Image<br />
Http://www.facebook.com/ReadyForHillary N.p., n.d. Web<br />
In a poll conucted, there was more<br />
Knoch Middle School students who<br />
watched the debates than did not<br />
watch the debates.<br />
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President ial Elect ion<br />
By Grant Nether<br />
The race to the election this year has so far been filled with lies, questions, and a very small amount of answers.<br />
The two main candidates Donald Trump (R) and Hillary Clinton (D) have exchanged many words about each other<br />
whether on emails, tax returns, and more. These responses have only lead to disappointment and anger within many<br />
voters.<br />
This year?s polls have been very uncertain. The closest Trump and Clinton have been was July 20 and 21. They<br />
were at a 1% difference during this period of time as stated by Projects.fivethirtyeight.com The two candidates seem<br />
more focused about talking down about one another than pushing their own campaigns. According to<br />
Projects.fivethirtyeight.com, Hillary Clinton, in the polls, is currently 6% above Donald Trump, which could mean her<br />
victory in this election. That?s because of the ending of the election during November 8, 2016. Knoch Middle School,<br />
however, seems very different, if not totally opposite, from the polls with Trump leading by 60% of the votes, other in<br />
2nd with 29% , and Clinton with 1/10 of the votes.<br />
The teamwork of the candidates and their running mates are very crucial to this election. Trump?s vice president<br />
and the 50th governor of Indiana, Mike Pence, often disagree with Trump on certain subjects. For example, Donald<br />
Trump said, ?He and I haven´ t spoken and I disagree? on Pence's speech of Syria. Hillary?s running mate Tim Kaine,<br />
however, said he trusts Hillary. According to www.businessinsider.com, Tim Kaine said, jokingly, ?Other than supervising<br />
attorneys this will be the first time I?ve had a female boss.? The alliance between Kaine and Hillary could help in future<br />
debates or discussions. Some large political figures such as Mitt Romney disagree with what Trump says or does. The<br />
Atlantic states that he had said, ?My conscience won?t allow me to vote for Trump or Clinton?. That is a major problem<br />
in Trump?s campaign because many voters listen to people such as him and other important Republicans.<br />
Trump and Clinton have very different views on many laws put into action. One example is Obamacare. This<br />
insurance aid has caused 9 out of 10 of U.S. citizens to have insurance said by The Washington Post That?s the highest<br />
it?s been in years. There is a bad side. It causes insurance to be hard for many people to afford . Clinton wants to<br />
expand Obamacare in hopes to fix it eventually. Trump, however, wants to decrease its power if not eradicate it in all<br />
because of how corrupt he says the system is. Another issue is gun control. Trump agrees with the right to bear arms,<br />
which is a reason the NRA (National Rifle Association) has endorsed him. He supports the 2nd amendment and wants<br />
to keep guns with good citizens. Hillary Clinton, however, strongly supports gun control in hopes of causing less gun<br />
violence. Their views on these subjects, and others such as these, will determine who becomes this nation?s next<br />
president.<br />
This election is crucial for the nation?s future. The fate of the United States is at hand, so it?s very important to<br />
support your favored nominee in the election. So whether you want to ?Make America Great Again? or be ?Stronger<br />
Together,? support your candidate with pride!<br />
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Oct ober/ Novem ber Weat her<br />
by Olivia Verzilli<br />
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday<br />
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partly<br />
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mostly<br />
66 degrees,<br />
partly sunny<br />
56 degrees,<br />
mostly<br />
64 degrees,<br />
partly sunny<br />
73 degrees,<br />
sunny<br />
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showers<br />
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cloudy with<br />
59 degrees,<br />
mostly cloudy<br />
56 degrees,<br />
rainy<br />
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cloudy<br />
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cloudy<br />
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rainy<br />
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partly sunny<br />
52 degrees,<br />
cloudy and<br />
51 degrees,<br />
cloudy<br />
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mostly<br />
44 degrees,<br />
sunshine<br />
51 degrees,<br />
sunshine<br />
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sunshine<br />
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very cloudy<br />
54 degrees,<br />
showers<br />
53 degrees,<br />
partly sunny<br />
43 degrees,<br />
partly sunny<br />
46 degrees,<br />
cloudy<br />
Oct ober Weat her<br />
Quinn Hughes<br />
Oct ober is easily t he spookiest m ont h of t he year, but it is also a t im e w hen<br />
t he t em perat ures drop and t he days becom e very short . The average highs for<br />
Oct ober ranged from 55 degrees t o 65 degrees. The daily low s (t he overnight<br />
t em perat ure) plum m et ed t o low er t han 35 degrees (29 degrees - 47 degrees)!<br />
Believe it or not , Oct ober 1st had t he clearest skies of t he m ont h, and t he 31st<br />
w ill be t he cloudiest day of t he m ont h. It just so happens t o be t he spookiest<br />
night of t he year. Fall t hunderst orm s are very com m on during Oct ober, but<br />
snow is highly unlikely. According t o Weat her.gov, t he last largest snow fall in<br />
Oct ober w as w ay back in 1993 w hen 6.6 inches fell on Hallow een! Daylight<br />
savings t im e is t he reason for t he rushed night fall. At t he end of every day, 2 ½<br />
m ore m inut es of darkness are added on. That m eans t he lengt h of t he days<br />
decreases by about 1 hour and 17 m inut es in t ot al. Novem ber is predict ed t o<br />
have m any cloudy and rainy days along w it h t em perat ures dropping int o t he<br />
20?s. Yikes! Here com es w int er!<br />
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In The New s<br />
By Bailey Rickenbrode<br />
Hurricane Mat t hew<br />
* All information is found at<br />
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-matthew-bahamas-florida-georgia-carolinas-forecast<br />
and Hurricane Matthew economic damage nears $6 billion - USA Today<br />
From September 28 through <strong>October</strong> 9, Hurricane Matthew swept from the<br />
Caribbean all the way into North Carolina. The US knew that this storm was<br />
coming, but we never knew that it was going to be as bad as it was. At first it<br />
looked like it was nothing, but the storm was then labeled a tropical storm when it<br />
was near the Windward Islands (a group of islands in the SE West Indies) on<br />
September 28, 2016. According to the Weather Channel, when it reached the<br />
Caribbean, it was then classified as a hurricane and only got worse from there. It<br />
reached peak intensity of 160 mph winds and was labeled a Category 5 hurricane<br />
and was classified as that from September 30 until <strong>October</strong>. In Florda,on <strong>October</strong><br />
7, a peak surge of water reached 9.88 feet above normal. The storm became<br />
post-tropical whenever it moved away from the U.S. on <strong>October</strong> 9,2016. According<br />
to USA Today, the cost in damage is between $4 billion and $6 billion.<br />
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Silky t he Hairless Ham st er Get s a Sw eat er<br />
* All information and images found at<br />
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hamster-no-hair-gets-hand-knit-sweater-winter/<br />
A hamster named Silky doesn?t get the luxury of a furry coat, but a kind<br />
animal shelter worker decided to knit a sweater for the hamster.<br />
According to the Good News Network, Silky has been hairless since birth,<br />
and one day she was so cold that Selene Mejia decided to crochet a<br />
sweater for her.Silky now has a sweater and is happy and no longer cold.<br />
She is located in Portland, Oregon and is availabe for adoption.<br />
How These Therapy Horses are helping Hum ans<br />
* All information and images have been found at<br />
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiny-therapy-horses-big-impact-hurting-humans/<br />
The horses that are part of the Mini Therapy Horses program are<br />
introduced to individuals that have gone through trauma and harsh times.<br />
They are partnered with American law enforcement and children?s and<br />
veteran agencies to help the patients. ?After having just one meeting with a<br />
miniature therapy horse. Individuals have been known to speak for the first<br />
time in years, smile, and tell their stories of deepest pain and tragedy,? says<br />
Victoria Nodiff-Netanel, founder of Mini Therapy Horses. This program has<br />
been going on for the past 8 years, and in each of those years, they have<br />
soothed over 45,000 crisis victims each year. The ponies- Black Pearl, Willow<br />
Blue, Liberty Bell, American Valor, Blue Moon, Sweet Louise, and Bluebellhave<br />
all worked with humans and understnad what to do to help them.<br />
Most of their patients are burn victims, veterans with PTSD, orphans, rape<br />
survivors, or hospital patients.<br />
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Best Vacat ion Spot s<br />
By Ella Wilson<br />
Have you ever w ant ed t o go on a dream vacat ion? Here are t he best vacat ions<br />
around t he w orld t hat are perfect dest inat ions for w int er break w het her you w ant t o<br />
visit t he beach or go skiing in t he snow.<br />
St . Thom as, Unit ed St at es Virgin Islands<br />
St . Thom as is an island locat ed sout h of Florida. Even t hough it ?s<br />
only 32 square m iles, it ?s packed w it h act ivit ies t o do. There are a<br />
variet y of beaches from t ourist sw im m ing spot s t o beaut iful,<br />
privat e diving spot s. If you aren?t int o sw im m ing w it h fish, t hen<br />
m aybe som e of t he ot her w at er sport s are for you, like w indsurfing<br />
and jet skiing. Ot her at t ract ions include t ours, gardens, and<br />
aquarium s. One of t he m ost popular at t ract ions is t he Tree Lim in<br />
Ext rem e Zipline. You st art your advent ure in a Sw iss Arm y<br />
Pinzgauer, w hich is an arm y vehicle designed t o handle rough<br />
t errain. When you exit at t he t op of Mount St . Pet er, you are fit t ed<br />
w it h a harness and sent on an exhilarat ing ride m oving at 35 m iles<br />
per hour. There are m any am azing act ivit ies in St . Thom as t hat<br />
offer unique experiences and m ake a once in a lifet im e advent ure.<br />
Picture taken by<br />
Samantha Archer<br />
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Mt . Blue St at e Park, Maine<br />
Mt . Blue is t he perfect place for som eone w ho w ant s t o<br />
visit t he beach but doesn?t w ant t o deal w it h t he hot<br />
sum m er w eat her. Mt . Blue St at e Park includes m any<br />
beaches and hiking t rails. Visit ors can eit her just com e<br />
for t he day or st ay in one of t he st at e park?s 136 cam ping<br />
sit es. Act ivit ies include biking, hiking, kayaking,<br />
canoeing, and sw im m ing. There are kayaks and canoes<br />
for rent by Webb Lake, a 756 acre lake t hat is great for<br />
fishing. Webb Lake is abundant in Nort hern Pike,<br />
Panfish, and Largem out h Bass and has a m axim um<br />
dept h of 31 feet . The Mt . Blue St at e Park Nat ure Cent er<br />
has live anim als such as snakes, fish, t urt les, and frogs.<br />
If you decide t o t ake a vacat ion t o Maine in t he w int er,<br />
it 's great for skiing and snow boarding as w ell as ot her<br />
w int er sport s. Mt . Blue St at e Park offers a variet y of<br />
act ivit ies t hat w ill keep you busy and help you enjoy<br />
nat ure w it h your fam ily and friends.<br />
Picture taken by Ella Wilson<br />
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Bim ini, Baham as<br />
Bim ini, in t he Baham as, is act ually t w o different islands. Nort h Bim ini<br />
is m ore for t ourist s because it has m ore rest aurant s and hot els. Sout h<br />
Bim ini, on t he ot her hand, has t w o rest aurant s and is very privat e.<br />
Sout h Bim ini has very few t ourist s and is m ost ly inhabit ed by locals.<br />
Bot h of t hese locat ions have an abundance of w ildlife such as sharks,<br />
fish, coral, and st ingrays. There are m any places around t he islands<br />
t hat are w ell-know n for sw im m ing, snorkeling, and scuba diving. One<br />
of t he best diving sit es in t he w orld, t he Sapona, is off t he coast of<br />
Bim ini. The Sapona is a ship t hat w recked and w as used as a rest aurant ,<br />
but w as w iped out by a hurricane. Anot her fam ous diving/ snorkel sit e<br />
is t he Road t o Bim ini, som et im es referred t o as t he Road t o At lant is.<br />
The Bim ini Shark Lab and t he Bim ini Big Gam e Resort are bot h on t he<br />
m ust -see list w hen visit ing Bim ini. People w ill visit Bim ini from all over<br />
t he w orld t o experience it s m any am azing feat ures.<br />
Picture taken by Ella Wilson<br />
Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos<br />
Grand Turk is t he largest island in t he Turks & Caicos,<br />
a chain of islands sout heast of Miam i. Grand Turk<br />
has a great hist ory. Christ opher Colum bus m ade his<br />
first landfall here on his w ay t o t he new w orld. Five<br />
hundred years lat er, John Glenn cam e t o Grand Turk<br />
aft er his orbit around eart h. Grand Turk is one of t he<br />
m ain hist orical point s of Turks & Caicos. If you?re not<br />
int o learning about hist ory, t here are st ill plent y of<br />
act ivit ies for visit ors t o part icipat e in. One of Grand<br />
Turk?s m ain at t ract ions is diving. There are plent y of<br />
dive inst ruct ors from snorkeling t o expert diving. If<br />
you visit during w hale season, t hen you have a good<br />
chance of seeing t he hum pback w hales pass from<br />
Grand Turk?s shores. Grand Turk is definit ely t he best<br />
place t o w it ness all of t he ocean?s w ildlife.<br />
Picture taken by<br />
Samantha Archer<br />
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More Sleep Is Bet t er<br />
By: Anna Peart<br />
Do you get enough sleep? If not, it can cause lots of problems. Getting lots of sleep is very<br />
important, especially in your teenage years when you are growing. During this time you need to<br />
get as much sleep as possible. While you are asleep, ?important body functions and brain<br />
activity occur,? according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Not sleeping can be very<br />
harmful to a teen?s body, and performance in school may even decrease. Teenagers are<br />
generally pretty moody with all the hormones flaring, why would they want to make themselves<br />
even more moody by not getting enough sleep? Sleep is just as important as the water you<br />
drink, the food you eat, and the air you breathe. Getting sleep can help you manage the stress<br />
of being a teen.<br />
Did you know, according to the National Sleep Foundation, that teens need about 8-10 hours of<br />
sleep each night to function? It is important to go to bed early, especially on school nights. You<br />
might think that staying up at night is not a big deal, but it can drastically affect your daily life.<br />
The (NSF) says, ?Not getting enough sleep can limit your ability to learn, listen, concentrate, and<br />
solve problems.? If experts think it is important, shouldn?t you?<br />
Loss of sleep can cause you to even forget things you normally would not forget. These<br />
include: names, homework, numbers, and dates with special people in your life. Forgetting<br />
these simple things can cause some issues. You?re having a conversation with your best friend<br />
and you forget something very important they told you the day before. They get mad and now<br />
you are in a fight with your best friend. Another example: You?re talking with your mom or dad<br />
and they are telling you to go do something like chores. You are so tired that you aren?t paying<br />
attention and didn?t hear what they told you to do, so you don?t do it. Now you end up getting<br />
in trouble for not paying attention and forgetting to do your chores. You wouldn't want that<br />
would you?<br />
Not getting enough sleep can actually make you more prone to pimples, too! The absence of<br />
sleep can lead to acne and other skin problems. Nobody likes acne, so why get more of it just<br />
because you want to stay up late and get in a few more episodes of your favorite show on<br />
Netflix or play videos games with your buddies? Less sleep can make you want to eat unhealthy<br />
foods and more of them, which can lead to weight gain. Some unhealthy foods can contribute<br />
to the acne, too.<br />
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If you don?t get enough sleep, the National Sleep Foundation has some suggestions to improve<br />
your sleep.<br />
Take some naps! They can help pick you up if you are tired and need to wake yourself up.<br />
Keeping your room cool, quiet, and dark will help.<br />
In the morning, let in the bright sunlight to signal your body to wake up.<br />
Caffeine close to bedtime can affect your sleep, so steer clear of coffee, tea, soda, and chocolate<br />
late in the day and towards bedtime.<br />
Stick to the same bedtime and wake up time so your sleep schedule stays consistent. This will<br />
make you feel less tired since your body will have a pattern to get used to.<br />
Don?t leave your homework until last minute.<br />
Try to stay away from the TV, computer, and phone an hour before you go to bed.<br />
Doing calm and quiet activities like reading a book or listening to some music before you go to<br />
bed will make it much more easy to fall asleep.<br />
Teens encounter problems when they have to get up for school. Most of you probably need a<br />
parent or an alarm clock to wake you up for school, and you usually aren?t in the best mood. I<br />
bet you are sometimes sleepy during the day and can?t pay attention in class and have a hard<br />
time focusing. This can cause stress because you don?t get their homework done and are not<br />
getting the best grades in school. This means that you cannot do your best in school and<br />
cannot reach your full potential. Getting sleep is very, very, very important! You require much<br />
more sleep than others because you are at an important developing stage of your development<br />
and growth time in your life. There are many things that keep you from getting the sleep that<br />
you desperately need. These include busy schedules, active social lives, and many growing and<br />
body changes. It is important for you to work around these things and get as much sleep as<br />
possible. When you are home, get some sleep!<br />
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Do You Really Know Your Teachers?<br />
By Samantha Archer<br />
Sure, you go to class every day and listen to your teachers talk, but have you ever stopped to think<br />
about how much you really know about them? For instance, what high school did they go to? What<br />
sports did they play? Do they have siblings? Take this short quiz to see if you really know your<br />
teachers at Knoch Middle School. See page 51 for the answers to see how well you did!<br />
1. What t eacher has a t w in brot her?<br />
A) Mr. O?Donnell<br />
B) Mrs. Schuster<br />
C) Mrs. Bocci<br />
D) Mr. Sharick<br />
2. What is Mrs. Woller ?s m aiden nam e?<br />
A) Boldy<br />
B) Henthorn<br />
C) Bitters<br />
D) Klimchak<br />
3. What t eacher has four brot hers and four<br />
sist ers?<br />
A) Mr. Sharick<br />
B) Mrs. Archer<br />
C) Mrs. Hall<br />
D) Mrs. McSwaney<br />
9. What t eacher played foot ball and t rack in<br />
high school?<br />
Mr. Wood<br />
Mr. Voltz<br />
Mr. MacAnallen<br />
Mr. Sharick<br />
5. What t eacher w ent t o Deer Lakes High<br />
School?<br />
A) Mr. Wood<br />
B) Mrs. Kodrich<br />
C) Mrs. Johnston<br />
D) Mrs. Brutt (previously Miss Ciamacco)<br />
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6. What t eacher played for t he At lant a Braves<br />
m inor league t eam ?<br />
A) Mr. O´ Donnell<br />
B) Mr. Schnur<br />
C) Mr. Blum<br />
D) Mr. Carney<br />
7. What college did Mrs. Hall go t o for her<br />
undergraduat e degree?<br />
A) Slippery Rock University<br />
B) Clarion University<br />
C) Grove City University<br />
D) Duquesne University<br />
8. Mr. Volt z has t w o sons in w hat grades?<br />
A) 3rd grade and 7th grade<br />
B) 2nd grade and 7th grade<br />
C) 1st grade and 7th grade<br />
D) 4th grade and 7th grade<br />
9. What inst rum ent did Mrs. McMillen play?<br />
A) Violin<br />
B) Oboe<br />
C) Clarinet<br />
D) Flute<br />
10. What t eacher has t hree kids t hat go t o<br />
But ler and are in 6t h grade, 5t h grade, and 1st<br />
grade?<br />
Mrs. Woller<br />
Mrs. McSwaney<br />
Mrs. Gall<br />
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Fine Dining<br />
By: Natalie Brands<br />
Have you ever really wanted to have a nice dinner out but you didn?t know where to eat? Well,<br />
struggle no more! The Monterey Bay Fish Grotto and Evolution Grille are two very different but<br />
delicious choices in Western Pennsylvania.<br />
The Monterey Bay Fish Grotto is an expensive, yet premium restaurant with delicious food set at<br />
the top of Mount Washington. It is known for its fantastic view of Pittsburgh skyline, wide range of<br />
food options, great service, wonderful seafood, notable wine list, high prices, and valet parking.<br />
Overall, The Monterey Bay Fish Grotto is rated very high with a tremendous 4.6 out of 5. With a<br />
rating of 4.5, The Monterey Bay Fish Grotto has fantastic food. The service is very attentive and rates<br />
4.6 as well. With the great atmosphere, the ambiance of The Monterey Bay Fish Grotto comes out<br />
with a towering 4.7. As good as all the food is, the price of it all is outrageous. The value is a 4.0<br />
($$$$). Currently a steak is about $60. WIth a moderate noise level, The Monterey Bay Fish Grotto is<br />
a delicious option, but should only be recommended for very important events. If you ever have the<br />
chance and the reason, I would recommend stopping by for a delicious meal! The Monterey Bay Fish<br />
Grotto is very well known for its delicious crab cakes; however, all of the food there is worth trying.<br />
Although The Monterey Bay Fish Grotto is very good, Evolution Grille is much more reasonable for a<br />
meal and is much closer in Sarver, PA. Evolution Grille is the perfect place for a great meal. Whether<br />
you are having dinner with your family or are there for a date, Evolution Grille is the place to be.<br />
Overall, Evolution Grille is rated well with a 4.5. With delicious food and a price range of $11-$30($$),<br />
it has been accepted happily by the surrounding area. With good service, average noise level, and a<br />
trendy ambiance, Evolution Grille is a great restaurant for families, business and friends. After many<br />
delicious meals here, I still love the seared scallops. Every night the chef makes a different flavor of<br />
scallops, and every night you will be blown away.<br />
Even though The Monterey Bay Fish Grotto is very delicious, with it?s pricey food and far location, I<br />
would have to say that Evolution Grille is a better all-around restaurant. With much more reasonable<br />
prices and a wide range of delicious food, Evolution Grille comes out on top. If you?re ever in Sarver,<br />
PA, stop by Evolution Grille for a meal you will never forget!<br />
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Answ ers t o ?Do You Really Know Your Teachers??: B, D, A, D, A, B, C, A, C, C
Sheet z vs. Get Go<br />
By John Mack<br />
Sheet z and Get Go have becom e st iff com pet it ors in t he Pit t sburgh area. Sheet z<br />
offers a sim ilar rew ards syst em as Get Go w it h 3 cent s off per gallon of gas w it h a<br />
rew ards card. Sheet z has run w it h t he Made t o Order idea of m aking food w hen ordered.<br />
They even have a drive t hru at m ost locat ions. While Get Go has Made t o Order t o an<br />
ext ent , t hey do not have it online and t he food opt ions are less. This is w hat put s Sheet z<br />
ahead of Get Go. Sheet z offers m any m ore delicious, cheaper food opt ions. A six inch<br />
sandw ich cost s $3.69 at Sheet z and is a slighly higher price at Get Go. Sheet z, using t he<br />
Made t o Order service, serves anyt hing from chicken t o m ilkshakes. They (Sheet z) also<br />
only build at four w ay int ersect ions. On t he ot her hand, Get Go t ends t o build in<br />
shopping plazas beside a Giant Eagle. This m ake t hese st ore harder t o access. Bot h<br />
brands are sim ilar, t hough, in t he rest of t heir offerings. A car w ash is present at m ost<br />
locat ions. The gas prices are also sim ilar at bot h Get Go and Sheet z. Sheet z?s current gas<br />
price is at $2.34 a gallon. Get Go?s gas prices are slight ly m ore expensive at $2.40 a gallon.<br />
Sheet z is clearly t he bet t er opt ion as t hey are cheaper, have a larger food m enu,<br />
and build only at four w ay int ersect ions. As t he gas st at ions becom e m ore popular food<br />
opt ions for fam ilies on t he go because t hey are convenient , t his com parison show s<br />
w hich gas st at ion has t he bet t er prices and bet t er qualit y.<br />
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Bohemian Rhapsody Review<br />
By: Suzanne Oswald<br />
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Recently the popular film Suicide Squad has been in the media frequently, and<br />
not only because of its star-studded cast. The movie is also known for its fantastic<br />
soundtrack. One of those songs is ?Bohemian Rhapsody? by Panic! At the Disco. If you<br />
know anything about classic rock, you know that the original song was by Queen, and<br />
Panic! remade it for this movie. It came out this year on July 31,almost 40 years after<br />
the original. Panic! At the Disco has won 8 awards, but still, many ponder a question:<br />
Which band did it better?<br />
While people usually stay with the classics, Panic! did a fantastic job of capturing<br />
the retro sound while simultaneously adding a modern touch. This could, in turn,<br />
change some people?s opinions.<br />
At the beginning, the new version sounds almost identical to the older one, which can<br />
be very confusing at first. Panic!?s harm ony is very similar to Queen?s in many ways;<br />
that?s why they sound so<br />
similar at first. Although as the<br />
song progresses, you can<br />
hear the difference in the bands?<br />
lead singers Brendon Urie<br />
and Freddie Mercury.<br />
Throughout the entire<br />
new version, you also hear more<br />
electronically generated noises that the 70?s didn?t have<br />
when the original came out.<br />
For example, towards the end<br />
they use a synthesizer, and it<br />
is very obvious. This came as a<br />
surprise because the song is<br />
very well done, and adding this<br />
momentarily made it sound<br />
very tacky. The rest of the song<br />
does, however, make up for it. The breakdown-type part at the end was fantastically<br />
done, and the guitars sounded superb! This was the perfect part to ease all the rock<br />
fans that were listening to the song . Compared to the original, this particular part<br />
could even be better than the old.<br />
Now we get to the end of the song. The ending is one of the most memorable<br />
parts because Queen (original) fades out in this eerie, unique way that adds to the<br />
effect of the entire piece. Panic! does a wonderful job of capturing this eerie ending<br />
and fades out, perfectly ending the song.<br />
Overall, the new version of the song was not done halfway. Panic! At The Disco<br />
did a very good job of remaking it without ruining it like other groups have done in the<br />
past (example: Purple Rain by Prince redone by Dwight Yoakam). I feel as though<br />
Queen would approve of their song. This, however, does not mean that I like the new<br />
version better; I will always be a person that sticks to the classics!
Olivia Verzilli<br />
Divergent : Book Review<br />
Divergent is a series by author Veronica Roth. The books are beautifully<br />
written and reflect what society might be like in the future. It contains tons of<br />
action, adventure, and a little bit of romance. The story will keep you in<br />
suspense and wanting more.<br />
Beatrice Prior is a very quiet and shy girl in the beginning. When she turns<br />
sixteen, she is finally old enough to pick which faction she will be part of. There<br />
are five factions: Dauntless, Candor, Amity, Erudite, and Abnegation. It is a<br />
choice that will change her life. She grew up in the Abnegation faction, where<br />
everyone must be completely selfless and wear the same gray outfit every day.<br />
But there?s something different about her that no one knows except her and a<br />
lady named Tory. She is Divergent. That means she doesn?t actually belong to<br />
any particular faction. They are usually killed because they can?t be brainwashed<br />
like everyone else. That?s why she must keep it a secret.<br />
Beatrice decides to be part of the Dauntless faction. The faction is<br />
dedicated to courage, toughness, bravery, and fearlessness. When she joins, she<br />
decides to change her image. She cuts her hair and tells everyone she meets<br />
that her name is Tris. The events that happen in this book force Tris to be bold<br />
and strong. She has to be brave and go out of her comfort zone many times. By<br />
the end of the book, she is a completely different person. But there is a twist at<br />
the end of the last book that you would never expect. You?ll have to read the<br />
book to find out what it is.<br />
My opinion of this book is that it?s one of my favorites. It?s hard to put<br />
down until you finish it. Even though it?s kind of like a different version of the<br />
Hunger Games, it?s still very interesting. It might even be a little better. I would<br />
definitely give it a five out of five stars rating. The characters are very relatable.<br />
Their personalities are easy to fall in love with. And the action will keep you on<br />
the edge of your seat. Veronica Roth?s style of writing is something I really love.<br />
It?s very bold and inspires the readers. I bet you would rate it five out of five<br />
stars, too, after reading the books.<br />
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Miss Per egr ine's Home for Peculiar Childr en : Book Review<br />
By Linden Sloane<br />
Miss Peregrine's Hom e For Peculiar Children is t he debut novel by aut hor,<br />
Ransom Riggs. It is 352 pages of beaut ifully w rit t en dark fant asy t hat w ill send<br />
chills up your spine and leave you w ant ing m ore.<br />
Jacob Port m an alw ays loved and w orshiped his grandpa Abe. He t old w onderful<br />
st ories and show ed Jacob pict ures of his childhood. But t hese pict ures w eren't<br />
norm al. They w ere of float ing girls, boys m aking t he dead com e alive, and a<br />
w om an w ho could t urn int o a bird. Jacob believed him unt il he w as old enough<br />
not t o. As t he years go by, his grandfat her st art s t o ram ble on about t he<br />
?m onst ers? w ho are com ing t o get him , so Jacob's fam ily blam e t he w ords on<br />
dem ent ia. But , aft er Jacob w it nesses t he m yst erious, unexplainable m urder of<br />
his grandfat her, he t ravels t o a Welsh island called Cairnholm w here he finds<br />
t hat his grandfat her 's peculiar childhood is not as st range as it seem s.<br />
Riggs com bines ant ique pict ures int o t his book t hat m akes it seem m ore realist ic<br />
and adds a int erest ing personal t ouch. The phot os are vint age supernat ural,<br />
black and w hit e, or sem i color, t hat look like t he charact ers in t he book. His<br />
st yle of w rit ing is ext rem ely descript ive in det ail. When reading t his novel, I felt<br />
as if I w ere really in t he sam e room as t he charact ers. The charact ers are very<br />
w ell developed, and even w it h t heir pow ers and peculiarit ies, t hey have a very<br />
hum an feel about t hem . Their lives are relat able, and t hey?re easy t o fall in love<br />
w it h. Even t hough it is a beaut iful novel, som e of t he ideas are a bit unoriginal. It<br />
rem inds m e of a creepier, darker, m ore advent urous and t w ist ed version of<br />
Xavier 's School For Gift ed Youngst ers,or X-Men. The m ain plot line w as<br />
shockingly sim ilar. It w as a slow m oving book, but sm all det ails kept m e hooked.<br />
The m ain charact er, Jacob Port m an, and his girlfriend, Em m a Bloom , w ill<br />
inst ant ly becom e your OTP t he m om ent you m eet t hem . Jacob is t he boyfriend<br />
w ish exist ed, and Em m a is t he girl of your dream s . The advent ures t hey have w ill<br />
leave you w ant ing m ore and m ore.<br />
Therefore, m y overall opinion of Miss Peregrine's Hom e For Peculiar Children is 5<br />
out of 5 st ars. I loved t he st yle of w rit ing t hat Riggs int roduced t o m e. And don't<br />
even get m e st art ed on t he pict ures. The w hole book w as w onderful even if it<br />
w as a bit slow m oving and had a few unoriginal ideas. St ill, overall, it w as<br />
m agnificent ...if a bit peculiar.<br />
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St orks: Movie Review<br />
Review written by: Brenden Smith<br />
St orks is a fam ily m ovie about a st ork nam ed Junior (Andy Sam berg) and a girl nam ed<br />
Tulip (Kat ie Crow n). St orks used t o deliver babies, but now t hey deliver packages for a global<br />
int ernet ret ail giant . Junior is about t o be prom ot ed t o t he boss of t his corporat ion on one<br />
condit ion, he fires Tulip. Tulip w as a baby t hat w as never delivered so t he st orks keep her t o<br />
w ork at t heir post al service unt il she t urns 18. Inst ead of firing her, Junior decides t o put her<br />
in charge of let t er sort ing because t he st orks no longer receive let t ers since t hey?ve st opped<br />
delivering babies and no one w ould know she is st ill t here.<br />
While t his is happening, a boy, Nat e Gardner (Ant on St arkm an), is t rying t o get his<br />
parent s, Sarah and Henry Gardner (Jennifer Anist on and Ty Burrell), t o get him a baby<br />
brot her. They say t hat he is all t hey need, but Nat e is not okay w it h t hat . He finds an old<br />
pam phlet in t he at t ic explaining how t o get t he st orks t o deliver a baby. He decides t o w rit e a<br />
let t er him self, w hich leads t o t he conflict of t he m ovie.<br />
At t he m ail room Tulip sees Nat e?s let t er com e t hrough t he syst em and, despit e Junior ?s<br />
inst ruct ions t o not leave t he m ail room , goes t o find him . He not ices her absence from t he<br />
m ail room and rushes t o t ake her back. They st art fight ing about w het her or not t o fulfill t he<br />
let t er and deliver t he baby but end up accident ally st art ing t he m achine t hat creat es t he<br />
babies. They decide t o deliver t he baby before anyone finds out , and Junior and Tulip head<br />
out int o t he w orld.<br />
Overall, t his w as a decent film t hat t he ent ire fam ily can enjoy. There is hum or for kids<br />
and ot her jokes t hat are hint ed at for an older audience. Though som e of t he jokes feel a<br />
lit t le forced(like being places t hey don?t need t o be), it holds up by t he end. The plot can be a<br />
lit t le m essy at t im es, like not explaining w hat happened t o t he babies, but not so m uch t hat<br />
it is confusing t hrough t he ent ire m ovie. I w ould give t his m ovie a 7 out of 10 and recom m end<br />
any fam ily t o go see it .<br />
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