SILVER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL Volume 15, Issue 1 December 2019
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SILVER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL Volume 15, Issue 1 December 2019 Special points of interest: Old Fort Niagara Field Trip National Junior Honor Society Spirit Week The cast of Seussical Jr. performs a scene during the Friday night performance. Submitted photo. Middle School Music Department Presents Seussical Jr. By Katelyn G. geous lullabies and love ballads like Inside this issue: “Solla Sollew” and “Notice Me, Hor- ho hasn’t gone a Christmas ton,” this show was definitely some- 7th grade field trip 3 W without watching How the thing to remember. Grinch Stole Christmas? Or grown up Unlike last year’s production of Spirit week 4 without reading Horton Hears a Who Aladdin Jr., the middle school’s sec- or Green Eggs and Ham? This No- ond musical included a double cast, vember, Mr. McMullen and the Middle which meant that there were two Modified Boys’ 5 School Music Department brought shows, each with a different cast of Soccer these stories to life in their production leads. These casts preformed their Book Reviews 5 of Seussical Jr. shows on Thursday, November 14th This playful, energetic, and brightly and Friday, November 15th. Game Reviews 6 colored musical was a smash hit with the audiences young and small, short —continued on p. 2 as “Musical”— and tall. From upbeat songs like “Oh! The Thinks You Can Think!” to gor- Page 2 The Grapevine Musical: World of Dr. Seuss comes to life in show The cast included Trent Lack and Liam Matney Booster as Horton the Elephant; Marissa Grisanti and mothers defi- Katelyn Gard as Gertrude McFuzz; Emily Bow- nitely de- ers and Cody Ramirez as JoJo; Cassidy and serve a huge Katrina Haskins as the Cat in the Hat; Julie thank-you for Decker and Renee Soggs as Mayzie La Bird; their hard work and dedication to these kids, this show, and the mu- sic depart- ment as a whole. The high school- ers also de- serve acknowl- edgement for their help Mikey Grisanti and Makayla Kelly as Mr. and with sets and hair and makeup the night of Mrs. Mayor; Gianna Gracias as the Sour Kan- both performances. garoo; Ireland Henry as the Young Kangaroo; However, most of all, Mr. McMullen is enti- Cassidy Westbrook as Yertle the Turtle; Gabri- tled to a huge amount of gratitude for his hard el Bistrisky, Joel Dolce, and Jake Schwab as work and perseverance throughout this entire the Wickersham Brothers; and Emma Gretsch- process. As easy as he makes it look, putting mann, Kristal Zayas, Madison Larson, Brook- together a show in this short amount of time lyn Mil- with hundreds of middle schoolers is no easy ler, and feat. Overall, the amount of work put into this Rachel production was outstanding, and we would like Kemp as to congratulate the Middle School Music De- the Bird partment on a job well done! Girls. Both the cast and middle school choirs worked ex- tremely hard to put together this musical, but they are not the only ones. The Booster Club also had a huge part in putting together this show. From putting together costumes and props, to giving up weekends to work on sets, the Scenes of the Thursday and Friday performances of Seussical Jr. Submitted photos. Volume 15, Issue 1 Page 3 Seventh Graders Travel to Old Fort Niagara in October By Benjamin L. n October 24 the 7th grade took a trip to O Old Fort Niagara, a big historical battle field. This trip was led by Mr. Graf, the 7th grades social studies teacher. Old Fort Niaga- ra is a historical battlefield that featured the wars of the French, British, and later, the USA. Old Fort Niagara was a very important base because whoever controlled the fort, con- trolled the water; this caused many battles for control of the fort. In the fort, you get to learn countless things like drumming, blacksmithing, life as a soldier, laundry, trade and marching. Each individual station gives the background of the job and shows you helpful and informative demonstra- tions. In certain events like the cannon and musket shoot, photography is not allowed. Inside the fort, towers and buildings litter the terrain. The fort has many interesting rooms to check out. This includes a kitchen, chapel, well, soldiers’ rooms, trade room, musket tower, and blacksmith shop. There is also a gift shop is in a separate building. Gary Dudek, a 7th grader, stated “The trip was fun and nice.” Another 7th grader, Tanner Templin, stated, “It was a very fun learning experience and I would like to go again sometime”. Mrs. Kempster, the 7th grade ELA teacher, stated, “ I think it was a wonderful opportunity to see history in our very own region and ex- perience what it was like living in the time peri- od.” From top right to left: Students stand in front of the lighthouse at Old Fort Niagara; students watch the blacksmith at work; a group practices marching and drilling with wooden muskets; students look at the trading post in the fort. Photos by staff. Page 4 The Grapevine National Junior Honor Society Inducts Nineteen Students By Katelyn Gard described the qualities and Jorge Hasbun, Thomas Hogg, character that must be ex- Lucas Lawrie, Levi Lawton, his school year, pressed by these young can- Dean League, John Stein- T nineteen of our didates to be eligible for this wachs, Stephanie VanCheri, eighth grade stu- opportunity to join NJHS as and Kaelee Weiskerger. dents were induct- well eventually NHS, the in- These candidates were cho- ed into the Silver ductees proudly stood on the sen for their academic excel- Creek Chapter of risers facing their families and lence, leaderships qualities, the National Junior friends that have supported scholarship character, and Honor Society. On them throughout their school their service. In order to be the morning of October 3rd, years. After the inductees had accepted into NJHS, each stu- families gathered in the audi- pledged themselves to the so- dent was required to have a torium to watch their children, ciety, and received their certifi- 3.5 or above grade point aver- brothers, and sisters pledge cate, a small reception was age as well as two staff rec- themselves into the society. held in the High School Lobby, ommendations. Additionally, Each inductee was called up celebrating the hard work and the inductees had to write an to the stage to receive their dedication of these young stu- essay with the topic of, well, certificate of induction. Mean- dents. themselves. The essay had to while, the accounts of the Inductees included Rachael discuss their uniqueness in teachers who had recom- Beadle, Gabriel Bistrisky, the fields of character, service, mended the students for their Thomas Boothe, Emily Bow- leadership, and scholarship. amazing qualities and unique ers, Tessa Braidich, Sarah On behalf of the administra- character were read. Cross, Julie Decker, Jack tion and families, we would As high school members of Ewing, Scott Flick, Katelyn like to thank all our new eighth the National Honor Society Gard, Emma Gretschmann, grade inductees for their hard Spirit Week and Pep Rally Brought Pride in October By Jacquelyn F. chool spirit was alive and well in Silver Creek Middle School during the week of October S 15th to the 18th. Middle School Student Council sponsored Spirit Week for all middle schoolers. On each day, students had a different theme to dress as, and the week ended in a pep rally. There was no school on Monday, but on Tuesday, students wore their favorite sports team jerseys. Lots of Bills, Patriots, Sabres, and Silver Creek jerseys lined the hallways. Wednesday was wacky Wednesday, where students wore crazy mismatched clothes and did their hair in crazy ways. On Thursday, grade level color day happened. Sixth grade wore blue, seventh grade wore purple, and eighth grade wore red. Finally, Friday was school spirit day when stu- dents wore school jerseys and the school colors of black and gold. Many students also added black and gold face paint and glitter to their faces. Also on Friday, the pep rally was held in the auditorium. A bunch of challenges and games were played in addition to all of the fall sports coaches and athletes being announced. Mrs. Decker was the leader of the pep rally. Sixth grade won the class cheer this year. “The pep rally was fun,” said 7th grader Brock Stern. “I was proud and excited,” said 7th grader Kaitlynn Myers, when she and her soccer team- mates were announced at the pep rally. Volume 15, Issue 1 Page 5 Life as a Modified Boys Soccer Player By Mikey Dispenza soccer is so I could be more healthy our chests and heads. Before prac- and physically fit. I also joined so I tice, we would run around the field o you want to could have something to do other one or two times. D know what than going home and getting more The games would be on Monday, Modified Boys Soc- and more lazy, as well as make Wednesday, and Friday. Before the cer is? This article some more friends and to have fun game starts we would run half of the will tell you about it. We would have practice on Tues- field or the full field. After that, we Boys Modified Sports are those days and Thursdays. Sometimes did stretches and passing. The organized and coached sports we would have practice on game games would be an hour long. teams that your local school puts days if a game is canceled. During So based on the article, would forth for middle schoolers.