Where Poetry Hides

On team 6B, in English Language Arts we have started poetry. We have been working on a project called "Where Poetry Hides."

Before we wrote the poems we wrote down a list of where poetry hides in us. Our poems were free verse poems, which means it can just be anything you want it doesn't have to rhyme or anything like that. It didn't matter what the poem was about. It just had to make sense.

We all then typed the poems that we had written in the computer lab in the media center. We used the outstanding new computers that were recently added. Then we all posted our poems on colored paper and decorated them.

Wow! In My opinion, they all looked like excellent quality work. Some of them were even 3 dimensional! They blew Mrs. Naugle and Mrs. Kirsch right out of their socks! That tells you that team 6B is definitely amazing.

Reporter: Brooke M.
Photographer: Paige W.
Editor: Paige W.

New Improved Media Center Lab!

When the Middle school was remodeled the media center computer lab still had old computers. Many other rooms got new computers over the years, but the media center did not. The Media center finally got new computers early in October. By that time at least 22 of the computers were over 14 years old. That’s old considering the excepted life of a computer is only 4 years!

We really needed new computers because none of the CD drives or USB ports worked. Many of them would fail and no one could get parts. The hard drives didn’t have enough space for Windows 98 and MSWord together. Students sometimes would lose there work because the computers crashed during class!

Now, finally, we have brand new Dell desktop computers with flat screen monitors. These computers are much better. Their hard drives are almost 300 times larger. The CPU speed is many times faster, and they have a lot more RAM. Plus, they have optical mice so it is impossible to steal any parts.

Students who have used the lab are very excited when they see the new equipment. They can bring in their flash drives or CD’s with files from home and upload the files themselves. Everyone feels more secure because the computers work well and do not crash.

Reporter: Lexi W.

Photographer: Corbin K.

Editor: Paige W.

Band-O-Rama was a Blast

The Band-O-Rama Concert was great!! The high school Jazz Band played, then all of the middle school bands played. 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade all did a superb job. The 8th grade band had some teachers come down and make music by popping balloons and paper bags! Then the high school marching band played. They first played in the dark with a TON of glow sticks, then played in the light. The concert was very fun. If you weren't there, you should have been!

Reporter: Carley L.

Photographer: Kelsey T.

Editors: Laura A., Jessica C.

Week in Review 6B

In team 6B we finished MEAP last week, HALLELUJAH!!

• Our team will soon be having Pumpkin Day and we will also be raking on Rake-a-Difference day!

• In ELA we have started poetry and we have all typed our poems in the computer lab. Last week we all posted our poems on colored paper and decorated them. They all look excellent! They blew Mrs. Naugle and Mrs. Kirsch away.


• In science we are Studying the four states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. We also watched a "Bill Nye" video.


• In math we are learning about the Mean, Median, Mode, and Range.


• In Social studies we are working on comparing the two presidential candidates: Obama and McCain. We traveled to the computer lab to participate in Channel 1's "One Vote." Who will YOU vote for?
  

Reporter: Brooke M.
Photographer: Carley L.
Editors: Jessica C. and Carley L.

Animals Escape

A visiting Life Skills Class was surprised when a snake escaped this week. There was a lot of excitement as it happened. This was one of two animal incidents that occurred this week.

Mrs. Kudlac's class room does not have a working projector, nor was there a TV available for a movie she wanted to show. Mr. Bundas was nice enough to trade classrooms so the Life Skills classes could watch the movie in the science room. During the movie, the snake climbed up the lamp and managed to get half way out of the cage. When the snake was discovered trying to escape, Mrs. Kudlac ran to the office to get Mr. Bundas back to his room to help. Luckily, an 8th grader passing by in the hallway went into the room, picked up the snake, and returned it back to its cage. No one was harmed in this incident.

The second animal incident this week involved one of Mr. Bundas' fish. During communications class on Friday, students were surprised to see the small-mouth bass leap out of its tank and land on the counter on which the tank resided.

Reporter: Andrea J.

Photographer: Carley L.

Editor: Laura A. CarleyL.

**Update on 11/3: The 8th grader who returned the snake to its home was Kayla. Thanks, Kayla