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The Tusker Tribune The student newspaper of Somers Middle School

Volume 3, Issue 10 http://somersschools.org/domain/995 Spring 2016

REMINDER: “Spring Forward” this weekend! Move clocks ahead one hour! And, change your Smoke Detector Batteries!

SMS’ ‘Uniqueness Awareness Week’ Promotes Tolerance; Acceptance

For Thursday, which was By Noelle DeMarinis "Promote progress towards peace", Tusker Tribune Staff everyone was decked out in pink or This past week our school took purple and pajamas! This represent- part in Uniqueness AwarenessWeek. ed the school supporting peace and Uniqueness Awareness Week is a love across the world. great time to express your interests On Thursday afternoon, over and passions. 200 students played in a spirited Organized by the SMS Student Dodgeball competition in a celebra- Council, Uniqueness Awareness Week tion of school-wide kindness and was founded by Emily Schreer, a for- cross grade teamwork. (See Related mer SMS student, who has tireless Story on next page.) worked with current SMS students to Lastly on Friday, it was keep the event going strong. "World Language/ Cultural Day"! According to Emily, The school wanted to explain their "Celebrating and accepting what support to all of the different races makes each person unique is the best and cultures practiced by the stu- way to bring us together and bring us “Equality for All” Day dents and teachers. closer to a future without bullying or involved wearing In addition, during Lunch inequality." sports team jerseys to Periods, the top student projects Many students and teachers promote that everyone from 8th grade ELA classes on So- participated by wearing the designated cial Action were invited to spread attire for each day. On Monday, it was has a talent in some- thing. awareness about the issues that con- "Equality for all Day". The students cern students. 13 projects from pas- expressed their love for different sports sionate students formed a daily con- or activities. This showed how everyone is vention in the cafe to promote kindness and tak- unique in their own way. On Tuesday, we cel- ing action in the world. Students put an empha- ebrated "Anti-Bullying Day". We were supposed sis on the belief that all humans can make a dif- to wear blue to make a wave against bullying. ference and that all humans can be inspired to This helped the school unite and protest against be "Global Citizens". bullying issues. Uniqueness Awareness Week teaches us On Wednesday, the school was filled with that we must always be open minded and ac- red and Somers gear. This day was named cepting to others. Understanding these differ- "Somers Action Day". This was to show our love ences can prevent further bullying, racism and and pride for the school and the community. discrimination. Page 2 The Tusker Tribune The student newspaper of Somers Middle School : The Warriors Series— Into the Wild

By Peyton DiSiena then this is for you. We have here our Tusker Tribune main protagonist, Rusty, a normal Staff housecat, wanting to be free in the wild. Have you fin- But when he gets the chance to live in ished a book and are ThunderClan, a wild band of clan cats in need for a new that live in the forest, will he go and book or series! take the chance of living his dreams, or Well I have stay a housecat, being lonely for ages to some news for you! come? I will leave the rest of the plot for Every article I will be you to find out. doing a report on Oh, and if you didn’t know, in the books and series for forest there are four clans, Thunder- every reader here! Clan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, and Let’s start WindClan. I hope you check out the with a favorite of mine, the Warriors series by Warriors series, and the first book, Into The Erin Hunter. If you enjoy fantasy and animals, Wild. Happy reading!

Having a Ball! Dodgeball Tourney Highlights Uniqueness Awareness Week

By Mia Renne finally the oth- Tusker Tribune Staff er team gives it their all and The stands were gets Gabby filled with enthusiastic out! people waiting for the All the games to begin. game were Just before the SMS Dodge- amazing, and bal Tournament started, the stu- they all got the dent council had a special award to give to Emily crowd cheering! Of course it had Schreer, in honor of creating to come to the end, but it was amazing how Uniqueness Awareness Week back many students supported Uniqueness when she was in eighth grade! She Awareness Week and all of its very special was greeted with flowers, and gave a events! speech about her experience of creat- Tournament Results are as follows: The ing this huge event atSMS. White Mambas" dodgeball team was victo- Finally the tournament begins. rious. 8th graders Drew Lasher, Aidan Game after game, dodgeballs flying Rodgers, and Thomas Parisi back and fourth, players teamed up with 7th graders dodging and throwing. And Jackson Kossow, Jett Colella, finally the last person on the and Greg Gates who teamed team standing! Gabby Parisi ( grade 6 ) up with 6th graders Jake Riina, Eli is the last one standing on her team! 6-1, Yates, and Francesco Gioffre for Gabby's team cheering for her along with the 2016 title. the crowd! She manages to stay in but Page 3 The Tusker Tribune The student newspaper of Somers Middle School Cultures Shine During World Language Day

By Julianna Aiello rice and a lot of other real- Tusker Tribune Staff ly good foods! Mr. Lindia: In Italy World Language Day there were lemon cookies, 2016 was a complete and appe- lasagna, quiche, bread tizing success! sticks, pasta, and believe This year's 7th me, it was good! There also graders made projects to repre- was a simple dance video going on. sent the country that specific Señora Pepe: In Mexico, class had assigned. you could have made a God’s eye, Señor Guidolin had Cuba, or a mini piñata. There was Mexi- Señora Gottlieb had Columbia, can soda, hot chocolate, tacos, rice. Mr. Lindia had Italy, Mrs. Messina: In and Mrs. Pepe has France there were lemon Mexico. Each class had meringues, macaroons, different foods and en- quiche, crepes, croissant tertainment. with chocolate, and other Señor Guidolin: delicious things. There were In Cuba there was perfumes, mask making, plantains, rice, crèma fritas, and taking a picture as the Mona trece leches, and much more! Lisa. The entertainment was a This Years World Lan- simple dance move, and a guage Day was the best! All the Dominos game. classrooms made it feel like it Señora Gottlieb: In was the celebration in that coun- Colombia there were paper try! flowers, arepasi, ring toss,

Music Mayhem! A weekly compilation of popular tunes Top Charts for: March 10, 2016 By Evan Volkman

1.Work (feat. Drake) - Rihanna 17.Save Dat Money (feat. & Rich 2.7 Years - Lukas Graham Homie Quan) - Lil Dicky 3.PILLOWTALK - ZAYN 18.Die A Happy Man - Nelly 4.Work From Home (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) - 19.Hello - Adele Fifth Harmony 20.Middle (feat. Bipolar Sunshine) - DJ 5.YOUTH - Troye Sivan Snake 6.My House - Flo Rida 21. (feat. Ariana 7.I Took A Pill In Ibiza [SeeB Remix] - Mike Grande) [ Remix] - Nathan Sykes Posner 22.2 Phones - Kevin Gates 8.NO - Meghan Trainor 23.Stand By You - Rachel Platten 9.Never Forget You - Zara Larsson & MNEK 24.Hotline Bling - Drake 10.Love Yourself - 25.Don’t Let Me Down (feat. Daya) - The 11.Stressed Out - twenty one pilots Chainsmokers 12.Cake By The Ocean - DNCE 26.Sorry - Justin Bieber 13.Me, Myself & I (feat. ) - G- 27.Company - Justin Bieber Eazy 28.El Taxi (feat. Lil Jon & Osmani Garcia) - 14.One Call Away (feat. ) - Pitbull 15.Roses (feat. ROZES) - 29.Hide Away - Daya 16.Hands To Myself - 30.Jumpman - Drake & Future Page 4 The Tusker Tribune The student newspaper of Somers Middle School Matt Kushner’s ‘Time Warp’ Series

It is recommended that you read the previ- store, and call this an early retirement. That’s ous chapter in the 3/3/16 issue of the Tusker what was going to happen. Tribune. “By the way, Mr. Chapter 2 Hobo-” We arrived in an alleyway near “Move! Quick! my shop. “Where are we?” And then I What are you waiting realized where we were. “Is this where for? Move! Move! Move! you… ugh….” I was disgusted. “Sleep?” It’s happening! Touch “You better get used to it, shop- the sphere! You’re the keeper.” only one who can stop “You’re just as bankrupt as me. this from happening!” Shut up.” “Wait! What “Well then. How am I going to thing?” And then I go ‘back into time’ as you said?” looked across the street “Here you go.” The old hobo pulled out a to the electronic shop across the road. little, 70’s looking, small, chipped up, almost toy- People. Seeming to be falling into the looking, machine. It had a weird sphere in the ground. center, and an old box surrounding it by 4 sides. Cars. Seemingly attracted to the sky. “I’m going to give this to you. Don’t ask Buildings. Being ripped off their founda- why, don’t ask how I got it, and don’t ask where I tions. got it. If you want to save yourself from losing ll of it coming in a ripple, from the shop, your precious shop, just put your hand on the towards us. sphere. I already set the time. “Quickly! No time must be wasted. USE “Now, I’d like you to go back in time and THE MACHINE!” And then, out of fear, and stop this from happening.” rage, and confusion, I put my hand onto the “What happens if this’ll just shock me, dark, almost black, sphere. and you are just a murderer?” “It’s a one-time use!” And then everything “Then you have to trust me.” I was going went black, and time as I knew it disappeared to touch the sphere nothing was going to happen, before my eyes. and I was going to start working for the grocery

The Tusker Tribune Staff Somers Middle School Drama Club presents Julianna Aiello Evan Volkman Matthew Kushner

Steven Robeson Noelle DeMarinis Peyton DiSiena Mia Renne The Tusker

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“Cartoons n’ Comedic March 17, 18 and 19 @ 7:0 pm The Tusker Tribune is published & Saturday, March 19 @ 1 pm online and is featured weekly on the Creations” Somers Middle School Website. It is Tickets available @ www.seatyourself.biz entirely student-written by 6th, 7th and 8th grade students from Somers Middle School 250 Route 202, Directed by Michelle Moriarty Somers, NY, USA. Any SMS student is eligible to write Musical Direction Marie Williams stories. If interested, please e-mail Advisor Dean Pappas at Producer- Katy Faivre [email protected] Page 5 The Tusker Tribune The student newspaper of Somers Middle School Unforeseen: Chapter 1 By Steven Robeson

“C’mon mom, it’s so early… do I really pipes. The adults here get hard things like cook- have to get up now?” ing food, working the generators, monitoring the “School starts soon,” she says while she life support systems, and even being security points at the clock. MON 6:30. guards if the captain trusts them. “Oops… I didn’t realize I slept this late. MONDAY AFTER SCHOOL: Clean hall- Sorry mom!” way D6. I quickly put my school uniform on. I go TUSEDAY down and eat my breakfast. My mom poured me AFTER a bowl of Fre-EZY cereal, my favorite brand. She SCHOOL: knows me so well. I grab my books, stuff them in Fix leaky my backpack, and say goodbye to my dog and pipes outside mother. For a second there, I almost felt like a of septic room normal kid would have felt like 200 years ago. 2. Yuck. But then I walked out the door and onto the cat- WEDNES- walks that were being illuminated by the sun. DAY: No as- While I was walking to school, I see my signments! friend Nick come out of his room. He lives under THURSDAY our family’s room. I really wish we got his room DURING instead of ours; his is much bigger. “What’s up?” I SCHOOL: ask him. Lunch duty. I “The stars. And the sun,” he jokes. We stop and make small talk until we reach the elevator. For pause… be- the first time in months, the big OUT OF OR- cause the assignment on Friday is strange, really DER sign has been removed. They finally got strange. In my 6 years of school, I have never around to fixing the elevator. Now we don’t have seen this before. FRIDAY: Skip school, report to to walk 4 flights of stairs up the spacecraft to get the communication office for a special assign- to our classroom! ment. We arrive at our classes and split up. Sad- Beep! Beep! Be- ly, we don’t share classes. I sit down in my class Today I set my alarm to go off, the first and listen to my teacher’s directions. “Alright time I have done that in a while. Because today class, here are your schedules for the week,” she was special. I glance at my clock, FRI 5:30. I put says as she passes around papers, “make sure my clothes on, not my school uniform. Normal you are on time for your assignments.” clothes! My mom asks me where I am going, so I I show her my schedule. She sighs. Ralph, my dog, look is jumping all over me. down at “Stop it boy! I need to go!” mine. “Actually,” my mom chimes in, “I need you Every to walk the dog. He hasn’t been walked in 2 days. Monday, Bring him with you. I’m sure they won’t mind. all kids The assignment can’t take that long, right? They are as- probably just want you to clean or something.” signed “Yeah, you’re right.” tasks or When I arrived at the office for my chores to “special assignment”, they don’t even care or do mention that I have a dog with me. Pets are com- around mon here. Just about every family has a dog or a the ship. cat, so I guess they just grew accustomed to Of them. course, “Mr. Robeson? Today is a very special day. the I have a message for you.” He pauses, and looks adults around the room suspiciously as if he was check- here aren’t cruel. We get the easy things like ing if someone else was here. “It’s from Earth.” cleaning hallways, and fixing lights or leaky