Braves’ Bulletin

October 2015, Issue 2 Student Teacher Ms. Boldrin is a Big Hit with La Conner Inside this issue: Middle School Students By Natalie Holt Teacher Feature 2 Jokes/Word Search 2 We have a great student teacher this year at La Conner Meet Ashley Davis 3 Middle School. Ms. Boldrin is a Movie Review 3 student teacher from Western Washington University in Recipe of the Month 4 Bellingham. She is really fun to LCMS Sports 5 have around. She is teaching Social Studies and Language Arts Meet Delaney Cobbs 6 with Mrs. Thurmond and Mrs. October Birthdays 6 Keith. Ms. Boldrin knew she wanted Weird Facts 7 to become a teacher at an early age. “In first grade, I used to play Meet Ally Brewer 7 school with my little brother,” said Meet Mrs. Olson 7 Ms. Boldrin. “I was always the teacher, and he was always the Student Poll 8 student. I remember how excited Student Artwork 8 my brother would be when we played school. He would even get Contest 9 up early Saturday mornings in order to play.” Her favorite age to teach is middle school. She likes all three grade Newspaper Staff: levels. Ms. Boldrin said, “I really like all the grades in middle school. Eighth grade, because they are right on the cuff of high school; 7th grade, because • Arjuna Adams of their amazing energy level, and 6th grade because they are excited to be new to the middle school.” • Charles Baker Some things she likes best about La Conner are the students and the • Carmen Garcia beautiful new building. (Continued on Page 3) • Kaylanna Guerrero- Gobert Open House • Allison Hill By Emma Sullivan • Natalie Holt Every year La Conner Middle School has an Open • Tori Lockrem House. This year it was on Sarah Malcomson September 24, 2015. During • Open House, students showed • Maya Masonholder their parents around the middle Maya Medeiros school. Teachers were in their • classrooms so students could • Giselle Rindy-Cox introduce their parents to their teachers. There was also a • Jenna Rudig spaghetti dinner, with desserts. “Dinner was delicious,” said Ms. Boldrin, a • Emma Sullivan student teacher. Also there were some signup places to sign up for Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. Ms. Sullivan said, ”Open House had a great turnout.” • Ms. Clothier A lot of people came- over 200 families! • Mr. Novak “Open House is a great experience (Continued on Page 2) Braves’ Bulletin

Open House Teacher Feature, Starring… Mr. Cicotte! Continued from Page 1. By Charles Baker for students to show their parents the new school,” said ASB President I interviewed Mr.Cicotte, La Conner Middle School Science, Aviation, and Preston Rivas. P.E. teacher. He is a fun teacher who likes the Overall, Open House was a outdoors and building things. We are lucky to have fantastic success in the new building! him in our school!

Q: Who are the members of your immediate Jokes family? By Carmen Garcia and Kaylanna A: My wife Barbara, and my two sons Luke and Guerrero-Gobert Tyler.

Q: How do you mend a broken Q: Who/What inspired you to become a teacher? A: My Uncle Wayne. He suggested it to me. He thought I would be good at pumpkin? it. A: With a pumpkin patch! Q: What is the best thing about teaching in a small school? Q: What is a snowman’s A: Getting to know all of the kids and I get to do so many different things. favorite breakfast? A: Frosted Flakes! Q: Which class do you like teaching more: Science or Aviation? Why? A: It’s like choosing between two kids; I love them both equally. Q: Why can’t you say a joke while standing on ice? Q: What are your hobbies? A: Because it might crack up! A: I like to build things, go hiking, and go sledding.

Q: What’s the slipperiest Q: What do you like to do with your family? country? A: Bike riding, fishing, going on trips and finding good food. A: Greece!

Q: Beastie Boys or Run DMC? Q: What’s the tallest building A: Beastie Boys! Most Definitely! in the world? A: The library, because it has the

most stories

Q: What do you call a king who is only 12 inches tall? A: A ruler.

Q: Why was the baseball game so hot? A: Because all the fans left!

Q: What do you call a story about a broken pencil? A: Pointless.

Q: Why did the gardener plant his money? A: He wanted his soil to be rich!

Q: When are kids most likely to go to school? A: When the door is open.

www.funology.com By Carmen Garcia and Kaylanna Guerrero-Gobert 3 Student Teacher Continued from Page 1

La Conner 8th grader Arjuna Adams said, “She’s awesome, she’s an amazing student teacher, and I hope she comes back to La Conner after she graduates.” Ms. Boldrin enjoys teaching history and language arts because she loves writing and learning about other cultures. In her spare time, Ms. Boldrin loves to run. She recently ran a half marathon. She also likes to play the guitar, sometimes writing new lyrics to songs. We are very happy to have Ms. Boldrin is here!

Parent- Teacher Conferences By Carmen Garcia 7th Grade: Get to Know Next week on October 14th and 15th there will be parent-teacher Ashley Davis conferences. Students will be released from school at 11:30 am on those By Maya Masonholder dates. The parent-teacher conference on Wednesday, October 14th will be held at the Swinomish gym from 12:00-5:00 pm. The parent-teacher I interviewed new La Conner conferences on Thursday, October 15th will be held at the middle school Middle School 7th grader Ashley from 12:00-5:00 pm and 5:30-7:30 pm. The conferences will be student- Davis and found out a lot of super led. cool stuff about him.

Q: How is 7th grade different Movie Review: Inside Out from 6th grade at your old school? By Sarah Malcomson A: It’s different in that I have to be more responsible and understand In the movie Inside Out, Riley is a happy 11-year old girl who loves what I am learning really well. hockey, but her world turns upside-down when she and her parents move to San Francisco. Q: What do you like about going Riley's emotions (Joy, to school in La Conner? Anger, Sadness, Fear, A: I like that it is small and and Disgust) try to everybody seems like family. The guide her through this school is so beautiful and, well.... difficult, life-changing just awesome. event. After they get to

San Francisco, they Q: Who is your favorite teacher? start to disagree on A: Mr. Novak. how to deal with this dramatic change, Q: What is your favorite subject which causes problems up in Headquarters, the central living and working in school? place for the five emotions. A: Science is my favorite. On Riley's first day at her new school, Sadness accidentally causes

Riley to cry in front of her class, creating a sad core memory. Joy tries to Q: What is your favorite color? get rid of the new core memory before it reaches the central hub, but she A: Dark green. accidentally knocks the other core memories loose in her struggle with

Sadness, shutting down the personality islands and making them Q: What is your favorite book? unstable. Before Joy can put them back, she, Sadness, and the core A: Harry Potter and Chamber of memories are sucked out of Headquarters through the memory tube Secrets. leading to the rest of Riley's mind. They end up in the storage area of

Riley's long-term memories and set out to return to Headquarters. The Other… rest of the movie is about Sadness and Joy continuing on their journey A: I love muffins!!! and eventually recovering Riley’s core memories and fixing the personality islands. This is a movie for people of all ages. Braves’ Bulletin Book Review: Pegasus: The Flame Recipe Of The of Olympus By Emma Sullivan Month By Natalie Holt Pegasus: The Flame of Olympus is a great mix of modern life and mythology tales. Microwave Chocolate When Pegasus crashes on Emily’s roof Chip Cookies from being struck by lightning, her life is changed forever. Soon she finds herself in Ingredients the middle of a battle between the 1 pouch of (17.5 oz) Betty Olympians and the stone-skinned, multi- Crocker™ chocolate chip armed creatures called Nirads. Emily has to cookie mix join forces with a boy named Joel, a thief ½ cup unsalted butter, from Olympus named Paelen, the goddess softened Diana, and the flying horse, Pegasus, to 1 egg escape the secret government agency Chocolate chips, for topping, known as the CRU. Emily soon finds out if desired. that her role in this quest to save the Flame of Olympus from burning out is greater than Directions she thought. I highly recommend this book In medium bowl, stir the to people who like the Percy Jackson series. cookie mix, softened butter and egg until soft dough forms. Movie Review: The Lion King By Maya Medeiros Lightly spray 8 (6-oz) ramekins with cooking spray. The Lion King begins with Scoop 1/4 cup of the dough Mufasa, king of the lions, into each ramekin; use the holding his newborn son Simba. back of spoon to smooth and The whole community of spread dough evenly into animals is here to witness bottom. young Simba, because he is the future king. Everyone was Microwave 1 ramekin at a happy except one lion. That lion time uncovered on high for 1 is Scar, Mufasa's brother, who minute and 15 seconds. was next in line before Simba About 30 seconds into the came along. Scar was angry. cooking time, add a few Simba plays all the time with a chocolate chips to the top of lion named Nala. Scar decides the cookies (Many of the to put Simba in danger and then chocolate chips in the dough sends his minions the hyenas will sink during cooking, so there. They try to kill Simba until this step helps the cookies Mufasa shows up and saves him. Scar sends Simba to a place look more like classic and tells him to stay while the hyenas caused a stampede. chocolate chip cookies). Mufasa saves Simba but puts himself in danger. He is hanging off a cliff. Then Scar blames Simba on his death and tells him Let the cookies cool in he should leave. Simba finds himself somewhere else to live. ramekins 10 minutes, then Then he meets Timon, a wisecracking meerkat, and Pumbaa, run a knife along the edge of a funky warthog. Simba adapts to hakuna matata. The cub each ramekin to help remove matures into a young adult. Then Nala returns and he the cookies before serving. remembers his past. She tells him about how the lions were all miserable under Scar's eyes. Then with the help of Nala and a wise monkey named Rafiki, he realizes his father's spirit lives on in him and that he must take on the responsibilities of his destined role. Simba returns to Pride Rock to fight Scar for his kingdom, and takes his rightful position as king. This movie was made 1994. It’s my favorite movie. I highly recommend it.

5 Sports By Maya Medeiros, Maya Masonholder and Sarah Malcomson

The La Conner Middle School 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams are off to a great start. Both teams are currently undefeated. The teams have defeated Concrete, Mount Vernon Christian, and Friday Harbor. Seventh grade team members are Tori Lockrem, Kaylanna Guerrero- Gobert, AnnaJane Thulen, Katie Watkins, Maya Masonholder, Maya Medeiros, Isabelle Williams, Avery Sloniker, Kayla Rasler, Justice Morgan and Sarah Malcomson. Eighth grade team members are Krista Bailey, Morgan Sidzyik, Riley Brooks, Riley Banaszak, Jayden Moberg-Lewis, Roxy Orkney, Mary Lou Page, Yareli Lopez and Logan Lowry. Aubrie Sloniker is the team manager. The teams are coached by Aly Sehlin, who played on our 2002 La Conner High School state championship team and Candice Pedroza, who played high school volleyball at La Conner and then at Saint Martin’s University. Go Braves!

The La Conner Middle School Coed Soccer team has played three games so far this season. The team’s record is two wins and one loss. The Braves have beaten Lopez, Mount Vernon Christian and lost to Lucille Umbarger. Team members this year are 7th graders Ketelina O’Brien, Bridger Tautvydas, Alden Schnabel, Andre Knudson, Will Southard, James Carlton and Luke Lowry. Eighth graders playing are Addie Reinstra, Ari Betts, Serrana Chilcote, Gavin Brown, Natalie Holt, Trey Casey, Troy Sampson, Lark Lewis, Preston Rivas, Preston Haberly and Ian Heart-Broker. The team manager is Rylan Leonhardt. The team is coached by Mr. Hunter. Go Braves!

Seahawks Update By Arjuna Adams

Week 1 Seahawks 31 Rams 34 Week 3 Seahawks 26 Bears 0

Week 2 Seahawks 17 Packers 27 Week 4 Seahawks 13 Lions 10 Braves’ Bulletin La Conner Tidbits: Did You Know?

• To honor his wife, Louisa A. Conner, John Conner named the town, La Conner. • La Conner High School was opened in 1921. It was called Union High School then. It is now our District Office building. • The turkey was proclaimed the town bird in 2005.

6th Grade: Get To Know Delaney Cobbs By Jenna Rudig LCMS October Birthdays

I interviewed La Conner Middle • Hannah Cook 10th School 6th grader Delaney Cobbs and th learned a lot of new and interesting • Bradey Wyles 17 facts about her. She is a cool kid! • Chloe Cunningham 28th th Q: What are your favorite foods? • Alias Sanchez 30 A: Salmon and apples. • Charles Baker 31st

Q: What is your favorite candy? A: Milky Way candy bar.

Q: What is your favorite color? A: Blue. Top 10 Movies for Everyone Q: What is your favorite holiday? By Emma Sullivan A: Christmas. 1. The Minions Movie Q: What do you like most about the 2. Inside Out new school? 3. Home A: I really like the new gym. 4. Cinderella

5. The SpongeBob Movie Q: What is your favorite sport? A: Soccer is my favorite sport. 6. The Peanuts Movie 7. Pan Q: What are you hobbies? 8. Tomorrowland A: Soccer and wrestling. 9. B.O.O: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations 10.The Good Dinosaur Q: Who are your siblings? A: My brother Quentin Cobbs.

Q: What is your future job? A: I hope to become a veterinarian or a teacher.

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Weird Facts By Tori Lockrem

• The elephant is one of few animals that can’t jump. • The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds! • Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows! • There are more plastic flamingos than real ones! • The penguin is only bird that can swim but not fly! • A giraffe can clean its ear with its 21-inch tongue. • There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. • There are 1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S !

8th Grade Get to Know Ally Brewer Get To Know Mrs. Olson By Giselle Rindy-Cox By Allison Hill

I interviewed Ally Brewer and learned a lot of new I interviewed Mrs. Olson, our friendly, awesome, hard- things about her. She is nice, funny, sweet, and fun working La Conner Middle School and High School to be around. Here are a few things about her. Secretary. Here’s what I found out about her:

Q: What’s your favorite food? Q: How long have you worked for the La Conner School A: Pasta, like pesto District? pasta. A: 12 years going on 13.

Q: What’s your Q: What do you enjoy about working in La Conner? favorite candy? A: Helping all the students. A: Seattle’s chocolate. Q: What was your first job? A: Babysitting. Q: What’s your favorite holiday? Q: Are you married? A: Christmas, Do you have any kids? because of the A: Yes. I have two girls. presents. Q: What do you like to Q: What genre of do with your family? music do you like? A: We like to go on A: 60’s music. hikes, camping and go to Husky games. Q: What’s your favorite dance move? A: The wiggle. Q: What is your favorite childhood Q: What are your hobbies? memory? A: Swimming, Legos, and walking my grandma’s dog, A: Going to Lake Chelan Jack. and camping with my family. Braves’ Bulletin

Top 5 Favorite Lunches at LCMS

16% 25% Chicken Nuggets Sausage Pizza 17% Sub Sandwiches French Toast Sticks

22% Ken's Skagit Chili

20%

Up and Coming Artists

Ian Heart-Broker 8th Grade Lexy Almaraz 7th Grade

th Collin Joe 6 Grade Abel Tenorio 7th Grade 9 Your Name ______

Can you guess how many years these teachers have been teaching in La Conner (including this year)? If so, you may be a winner! The first ten students with correct answers will win a candy bar! Just bring this paper to Mr. Novak’s classroom. You may only enter the contest once, so think carefully before you submit your answers.

By: Maya Masonholder and Maya Medeiros.

Mrs. Brown _____ A. 2 years

Mr. Cicotte _____ B. 3 years

Mr. Fraser _____ C. 5 years

Mr. James _____ D. 6 years

Mrs. Keith _____ E. 13 years

Mrs. Marble _____ F. 19 years

Mr. Novak _____ G. 21 years

Mr. Plank _____ H. 23 years

Mrs. Sehlin _____ I. 24 years

Mrs. Thurmond _____ J. 28 years

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