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Volume 4, Issue 18 http://somersschools.org/domain/995 Spring 2016 Rain Can’t Dampen Caramoor Trip By Hunter Duffy got to learn about Tusker Tribune Staff falcons and how they Rain everywhere, mud on the ground, and were used for hunt- cold kids. The perfect day for a field trip! ing. We also got to At least that was the case for the sixth meet three falcons grade trip to the Caramoor Center for the and an Arts in Katonah on Wednesday, May 4. owl. According to its website, Then “Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts we is a destination for exceptional music, cap- went to tivating programs, spectacular gardens the and grounds, and wonderful moments Rosen house, where they taught us with friends and family. It enriches the about paintings, statues, and archi- lives of its audiences through innovative tecture in the Renaissance. We and diverse musical performances of the highest learned how people posed for painting s and quality. about the usage of columns. Its mission also in- Then we went to another building to learn cludes mentoring young about music and acting. We heard the amazing professional musicians and musicians, singers and actors performing using providing educational pro- characters and instruments from the middle ages grams for young children to the Renaissance. centered around music.” Finally, after lunch, we saw a very funny Despite the weather show. You might of thought that the weather we all had a great time. We would`ve ruined our day but we still had fun.

Maker Space Magic! Multi Purpose Classroom Sparks Creativity; Innovation

By Mr. Matthew Lugo subject areas. Technology Teacher Through the Maker Club stu- Special to the Tusker Tribune dents’ hard work and dedication, the Students in the SMS Maker room is now one of the most exciting Club have been working hard all rooms in the middle school. school year to turn the former com- The room is equipped with puter lab (SMS room 130) into the hand tools, a 3D printer, a presenta- new SMS Makerspace. tion stage, custom work tables, a The SMS Makerspace is a STEAM material supply cart, a recy- "sand box" space that is dedicated clable supply cabinet made from old to providing students with the time, school tables, an earthquake shake tools and materials needed to in- table, a bicycle students can pedal to vent, create, make, experiment and create electricity, a wind tube, com- collaborate. This engineering de- puters, and a GoPro for movie crea- sign (STEAM) space will allow stu- tion. dents to experience the real-world, hands-on connections between all Continued on page 4 Page 2 The Tusker Tribune The student newspaper of Somers Middle School POETRY In Motion

By Remi Saad Tusker Tribune Staff I sit alone at the playground table; Volkman’s Music Mayhem! Drawing my feelings. I look up, A weekly my crush turned around looking at another. No eyes, no face, no contact. compilation of

I sit alone at the playground table; popular tunes Drawing my feelings. I look up, My crush turned around drooling over another. No eyes, no face, no contact.

I sit alone at the playground table; Drawing my feelings. I look up, A boy walking towards my crush's crush. By Evan Volkman No eyes, no face, no contact. Tusker Tribune Staff

I sit alone at the playground table, 1. (feat. Wizkid & Drawing my feelings. Kyla) - I look up, 2.Panda - Desiigner Only to see my crush turned 3.Don’t Let Me Down (feat. around, Daya) - The Chainsmokers Tears in his eyes, 4.Messin’ Around (feat. En- No eyes, no face, no contact. rique Inglesias) - Pitbull 5.CAN’t STOP THE FEELING I sit alone at the playground table, - Justin Timberlake Drawing my feelings. 6. (feat. ) - I look up, Drake 5 seconds of eye contact with my crush, 7.This Is What You Came For Eyes, face and contact, (feat. Rihanna) - Calvin Harris 8.7 Years - Lukas Graham Another follows; 9.Work From (feat. Ty He's turned around again. Dolla $ign) - Fifth Harmony 10.NO - Meghan Trainor 11.Work (feat. Drake) - Rihan- na The Tusker Tribune is published 12.Formation - Beyonce online and is featured weekly 13.Kiss It Better - Rihanna on the Somers Middle School The Tusker 14.Let It Go - James Bay Website. It is entirely student- Tribune Staff 15.I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb written by 6th, 7th and 8th Peyton DiSiena grade students from Remix) - Mike Posner Somers Middle School Remi Saad 16.Be As You Are (Jordan XL 250 Route 202 Julianna Aiello Remix) - Mike Posner Somers, NY, USA. Evan Volkman 17.Dangerous Woman - Ariana Any SMS student is eligible to Matthew Kushner write stories. If interested, Grande please e-mail Advisor Dean Hunter Duffy 18.Close (feat. Tove Lo) - Nick Pappas at Matthew Lugo Jonas [email protected] Daniel Tellez 19.Needed Me - Rihanna 20.PILLOWTALK - ZAYN

*Top 20 Songs as of 5/12/16 Page 3 The Tusker Tribune The student newspaper of Somers Middle School Matt Kushner’s ‘Time Warp’ Series

It is recommended that you read the previous will, to help with this mission. And now, the mis- chapter(s) sion has failed. I have to leave. Anywhere. Chapter 10 Okay, just relax. You know what you’re After 5 seconds of listening in the doing. Just come on, take one of the time ma- D.E.F.E.N.D. units’ com-link, I heard a voice chines so I can get home, and just… get out of that sounded like no one I’ve ever heard before. here. “Computer to All D.E.F.E.N.D. units. Re- “You’re too late, agent keep. We already assignment. Get into Power Core by any means. set it off.” Now I really have to book it out of Find two fugitive humans and terminate. Re- here. peat. Get into Power Core by any means. Find I sprinted to where I first entered this two fugitive humans and place. Focus. Run up the terminate. Connection sev- stairs, turn the doorknob, ered.” And so, right after I open the door. Run through heard the words connection the hallway, turn the door- severed, I immediately ran knob, open the door. to the first door that I As I jogged on the found on the wall, then I sidewalk as far away from placed a bomb, then held the electronic shop, I rum- the button on it for exactly maged through my pockets three seconds, and then I to make sure I had every- repeated the same thing. It thing I brought with me. was a routine that was sur- My apartment and shop prisingly easy. Find a new keys, my past wife’s locket, room, place a bomb in the my phone which I tried to middle of the room, and avoid so I didn’t ruin time, then I held the button for and my detonator for the exactly three seconds. bombs which I didn’t use. Just repeat the rou- “Agent Keep, if you tine, over and over again. are still there, we are too Find a new room. late. They had a plan B. Place a bomb in the Our mission failed. At least middle of the room. I set the Power Core to Hold the button for overload. Agent Flogger, exactly three seconds. out for the last time.” Find a new room. I could still use the Place a bomb in the middle of the room. detonator. Hold the button for exactly three seconds. All I had to do was hold the detonator, Find a new room. and hold it for three seconds, like all the bombs, Place a bomb in the middle of the room. and then it would just… Hold the button for exactly three seconds. BOOM. Find a new room. You could even hear the explosion from Place a bomb in the middle of the room. outside and around 10 meters away from the Hold the button for exactly three seconds. electronic shop. Maybe our mission didn’t fail at Find a new room. all. Place a bomb in the midd- “AGENT With the last time machine in the world KEEP!” It was Agent Treer. I had a feel- in my left hand, and my right hand still holding ing something had gone wrong. “COME DOWN the detonator, I decided that I had a new mis- TO THE POWER CORE! THEY GOT IN! WE sion. NEED YOU! HELP US! PLEASE! GET HERE! To give the last time machine to a shop- COME! PLEASE! GET DOWN HERE! keeper that I knew very well. PLLLlllllllllllllllll…” I need to leave this place. I didn’t even End of Part 1 want to be here. I was dragged along, against my Page 4 The Tusker Tribune The student newspaper of Somers Middle School

The End is Near!!!! Yay!!!! Maker Space Continued from page 1 CALENDAR OF EVENTS The room has been painted bright green for the creation of green screen movies. May 18th, 19th & 20th: The students are very proud of the build- 8th Grade visits Wash- ing and painting work they accomplished. They ington, DC are excited to start using the space they created May 18th & 19th: 5th more and more in the future. The room will con- grade visits SMS stantly be improved through the building of May 25th: ILS Lab more creative projects. Assessment May 25th: Chorus/ BELOW: Scenes of Inventiveness in the Orchestra Concert Maker Space May 26th: Living His- tory Day May 27th-30th: Schools Closed (Memorial Weekend) June 2nd & 3rd: ES Regents Lab Practical June 8th: Band Concert June 9th & 10th: 6th-8th PE Final (in class) June 13th -17th: 7th Grade World Language Fi- nal (one piece per day) June 13th: 8th Grade Social Stud- ies exam June 14th: 7th Grade Math final June 14: Yearbook Distribution June 15th: 6th & 7th Grade Math final June 16th: Algebra Regents June 16th: 6th & 7th Science final June 17th: Earth Science Regents (AM) June 17th: Geometry (PM) June 17th: 7th Social Studies final June 17th: 6th Grade Health June 20th: 7th Health final June 20th: 6th Grade Social Studies final June 20th: FLACS Exam June 20th: 8th Grade Graduation practice, 8th Grade Dance at Villa Barone (7- 9PM) June 20th: 7th Grade Splash- down trip June 21st: *Raindate for 7th Grade Splashdown trip June 22nd: ½ day (dismissal at 11:30AM) June 22nd: 8th Grade Graduation (2:00PM) June 23rd: Last day of school for 6th/7th Grade (1/2 day – dismissal at 11:30AM) Page 5 The Tusker Tribune The student newspaper of Somers Middle School Movie Review: Captain America Civil War

By Daniel Tellez over. But no this movie Tusker Tribune builds up tension throughout Staff the movie, you do see both By Peyton DiSiena Spiderman fan sides. right here, and this I was team cap, but Tusker Tribune Staff has got to be the best you do see both sides and on-screen Spiderman and Pe- that’s what this movie does so Hello readers! Today, ter Parker I have well. It makes you I have a great review on the seen. Tom Hol- feel as stuck as the book, Warriors: Forest Of Secrets by land, great job. characters in the mov- Erin Hunter. He isn’t in the ie. Now, in this book, Fireheart movie for very Black Panther and his friend Graystripe have com- long but now I’m and Spiderman are pleted the quest to find WindClan, interested to see introduced in this but Fireheart is seeing Graystripe where they go movie and they are sneak out of camp a lot, and is con- with him, be- both great. I will say fused about this. cause he was ex- one thing, this movie Fireheart tries to ask his cellent. has the greatest, all friend, but Graystripe constantly re- What is it star, royal superhero fuses, so it is up to Fireheart to find About? fight ever. You know out why Graystripe is leaving before So, Cap- the fight’s coming it is too late. I have read this book, tain America throughout the whole and it is a great book to learn about Civil War is the movie and when it some of the characters, especially if third Captain America movie, does happen it is absolutely you haven’t read the first book. the second Captain America perfect. All the personalities, It also reveals some great se- movie directed by the Russo all the weapons, all the pow- crets, hence the name. All in all, I Brothers. They also directed ers clash and it’s insanely en- highly recommend this book. But, Captain America The Winter tertaining. since this is the third book in the se- Soldier. The Bad ries, you should read the first two In this movie tensions This movie is exciting, books (I have done Book Talks on are rising, and governments has amazing action and is them before too), Into The Wild and and countries out there are funny. There however, are Fire And Ice. thinking to themselves, may- some flaws. It’s little things, If I had to rate this book, it be the Avengers need to be but there are flaws. The vil- would be an 8 out of 10, and is rec- controlled. From there comes lain in this movie was stupid. ommended for people who are into a divide. There are two sides There was absolutely no need action, fantasy, and a bit of adven- to that opinion. There are for a villain in this movie. ture and mystery. See you later pro’s and cons here, pros and There were also some readers, and happy reading! cons there. scenes were everything got Tony Stark picks one confusing, but I forgive it be- side. He’s like yea we should cause this movie, as I said be controlled. Captain Amer- has the best battle sequence ica's side is like, once the con- ever. trol starts were does it stop But in the End… and also raises a lot of other This movie is great, I good points. Point is, they loved it. All the characters both have different ideologies were entertaining, the action on the subject and now the was exciting, there were fun- Avengers are dividing and ny moments where the movie they all start picking sides. needed it to be funny. This Thus, the civil war. movie is the perfect example The Good of why Marvel is so damn It would be so easy to great. Even if you’re not a just make a movie, have eve- Marvel fan you’ll still enjoy ryone suit up at the begin- this movie. ning, fight, fight, fight and Rating then done, the movie could be 10/10