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December 2020 Volume 2 Issue 2 Notes from Orr Rosie Staff Reporter/Photographer One of the big questions on middle schoolers minds is, are we going to have a school dance this year? Principal Orr says, “the school dance is one of my favorite events. I would love to make the dance a reality and will continue to hold out hope that it could happen in late spring. However, it may be one more aspect of our school life that looks a bit different this year. I know how difficult it is for us to lose out on fun traditions. Counselor Corner But I also know that our school still keeps so much of our culture alive with our kindness campaigns Ella and our willingness to find new ways to Staff Reporter/ Photographer celebrate.” Some things that Mrs. Orr would like to Mrs. Chedwick wants us to practice habit 5, tell you, “keep family and friends close over the seek first to understand, then to be understood. “I break by reaching out electronically or by phone if listen before I speak, I consider other people’s you cannot see one another in person. It’s also feelings and see things from their viewpoint. I am incredibly important to find time to be a kid and confident and look people in the eye.” We should think about kid things. This year has included a lot practice kindness, be kind to someone and do a good of anxieties, but the holidays should allow us to deed. On world kindness day we filled buckets by remember our values and celebrate the ones we doing good deeds. love. I hope there is snow for playing in and opportunities to enjoy favorite movies with hot chocolate. Everyone should take out a board game Rosie or puzzle and get off of their devices for a while to Staff Reporter / Photographer remember how fun it can be.” Grace Staff Reporter Mrs. Confer “You can always, always give something, Ella even if it is only kindness!” – Anne Frank. This Staff Reporter quote means that even if you think you have nothing to give you can always give kindness. So, kindness Have you met our advanced PE teacher? Mrs. is key. Confer Teaches Advanced P.E. and works in the office as a student coordinator. She was born August 11, 1983 and has been in Reno since the age of 4. Mrs. Confer loves it here at Doral Academy. In her spare time, she likes to go on runs and spend time with her family. If she could go anywhere, she would choose Florida. Friendly Reminders Christian Staff Reporter Hey Dragons, here are some more friendly reminders for all of you! Remember that all of you are awesome! If you ever have problems, remember to talk to someone. Do not keep things to yourself. If you keep things to yourself, things will get worse, so remember to talk to someone! If you ever make a mistake, mistakes happen, mistakes help you learn and improve! You are amazing, do not forget that! You are unique and super! Christmas Holiday Treat: Mila Marisa Editor Staff Reporter Sleighs When you decorate the Christmas tree, celebrate Ingredients: Your favorite candy bar (bite size), with family, and open presents, you’re continuing a mini candy canes, teddy grahams, chocolate tradition that is over a thousand years old. Christmas is a chips giving day that has been changing ever since it has become a holiday. There are many perspectives on what 1. Melt the chocolate chips the holiday is about and there are many ways to celebrate 2. Use the melted chocolate to glue two your Christmas. In the earlier centuries, (way before our candy canes to the bottom of the candy current time) people would hold winter solstice bar gatherings to come together and celebrate that the worst 3. Cut a small hole out of the top of the of winter was now over and they could look forward to candy bar towards the middle longer days and more hours of sunlight so they had the 4. Pour some melted chocolate in the hole opportunity to get more work done during the day. People and place a teddy graham inside still do that presently, and it’s a fun way to celebrate your 5. Enjoy! winter solstice. The Roman Citizens celebrated Saturnalia, (the roman holiday originally known as Kronia) the god of agriculture. This was a month-long celebration that included a feast that would seem to last a century. Two additional events that would also be happening during this time were festivals held for Juvenalia, a feast honoring the children of Rome, along with the birthday of Mithra, the God of the untouchable sun. By celebrating Christmas during the period of time that the festivals were held, religious leaders hoped their version of this holiday would be more openly embraced. However, it continued, by many, to be celebrated with lots of food, drinks, and partying. This holiday has a lot of history that is important, but it's your choosing of how you wish to celebrate it. (information about Christmas found from https://www.makeitgrateful.com/living/celebrate/christmas/non-religious-christmas- historical-timeline/) Jakob Sports Reporter - The Winter X Games are different from the Winter Olympics. Why are they different? While the X Games are held in the U.S.A., the Winter Olympics is an international competition that is held all over the world. The Winter X Games are made up of competitions such as the following: • Ski Knuckle Huck • Men's Snowboard Slopestyle Final • Men's Snowboard Superpipe Final • Snow Bike Cross Elimination and • Women's Snowboard Big Air Final Final • Snowmobile Freestyle Final • Women's Ski Superpipe Final • Women's Ski Big Air Final • Men's Snowboard Big Air Final • Men's Ski Big Air Final • Snowboard Superpipe Final • Men's Snowboard Superpipe Session • Women's Ski Slopestyle Final • Women's Snowboard Slopestyle • Snowboard Slope Rail Jam Final • Snowboard Knuckle Huck • Snow Bike Cross • Men's Ski Superpipe Final • Men's Ski Slopestyle Final • Snow Bike Best Trick Final • Adaptive Snow Bike Cross This year's event will take place during the week of January 28-January 31, 2021. The X Games are held in Aspen, Colorado at a mountain called Buttermilk Ski Resort. For this event to happen the people who are hosting the X games must pay the sponsors. The people who are hosting the X Games to advertise their products and brands. The sponsors for the last X games were Jeep, Wendy's, Monster Energy, Pacifica Beer, Great Clips, The Real Cost, and GEICO. The advertisements will include onsite advertising and these products will be used during the X Games. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2873265-winter-x-games-2020-full-results-medal-winners-and-best-trick-highlights Are Doral sports coming back? Yes, they are! Volleyball: Is coming back in January. Boys’ Basketball: Is coming back in February. Girls’ Basketball: Is coming back in March. X-Country: Is coming back in April. Track: Is coming back in May. Food Drive Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Kutz Ashley Ryann Staff Reporter Editor Our teacher spotlight this month is Ms. Kutz. Ms. Kutz is one of our 5th grade teachers here at The food drive was put together by Lauren Hayes, one of our Social Studies teachers and the leadership teacher at Doral. Her favorite thing about teaching is that she has an impact on her students' lives. She also enjoys Doral. The Food Drive ran from October 12- November 16, teaching because her students are funny and keep during that period 2,174 POUNDS of food was collected. her up to date with the latest trends. Ms. Kutz This equals 2,609 meals for families in our community. As decided to teach 5th grade because last year she you can tell this Food Drive was highly successful. taught 1st graders and realized that littles was just The donation helps us feed more than 106 ,000 not for her, when given the opportunity to teach 5th children, seniors, veterans, and families in our region every grade she took it, and so far, 5th grade seems like a month. Why did we have a Food Drive? 1 in 5 families are perfect fit. Ms. Kutz feels motivated by the amazing “Food Insecure,” which means they often do not have access teachers here at Doral. Ms. Kutz wanted to be a to nourishing food. Our school partners with The Food Bank teacher because she had so many influential teachers of Northern Nevada because they work tirelessly in our in her life and she thought that it would be special if community to support seniors, children, veterans, and she was that person to her students. She values and families in need. appreciates students when work and assignments Something very small like sharing a couple of cans of are submitted on time. Before Ms. Kutz was a food can make a huge impact on our community. Our school teacher; she worked as a nanny, an accounting clerk decided to do the Food Drive because it is a way to help the at a law firm, and at a restaurant. Some of Ms. Kutz community while still social distancing. In conclusion the favorite things to do as a kid were to play sports Food Drive was highly successful with many donations, our outside, she tried to do all her schoolwork on the bus school spent the time doing this for a very good cause. IT so as soon as she got home she could go play outside.