Carson Chronicle

Interview with Mr.Sieminski Carson Middle School By:Tejas Prasanna I retired, all at N.A.S.H. 17 assistant principal for On January 18th, I of those years I was an Moniteau School District. Volume 22 Issue 2 interviewed Mr. Sieminski. assistant principal, and for Then, I became a principal He is a retired principal of the last five years I was a at Valley High School, be- Winter 2016/2017 N.A.S.H. and is filling in for principal. fore becoming an assistant Mrs. Crimone, our principal at N.A.S.H. Points of Interest CMS Assistant Q: When you principal, while were little, what Q: Do you have a favorite  2/12—President Lincoln’s she is out on ma- did you want to school? Birthday ternity leave. Here be when you A: In all my time in working  2/14—Valentine’s Day are the questions grew up? at N.A.S.H., I do have to  2/14—Celebrate Freder- A: I wanted to say N.A.S.H. even though I I asked Mr. ick Douglas’s Birthday Sieminski and the be a carpenter. like Carson too.  answers he provid- 2/24—GOLD Program ed. Q: What were Q: Do you have a favorite  2/13-2/24—NASH you before you were a school besides Spring Musical Q: How long have you principal? N.A.S.H.? worked at North Alleghe- A: I was first a teacher, A: Well, then, it has to ny? and I taught Social be Carson. Studies at Seneca Valley. A: I worked at North Alle- Inside this issue: gheny for 22 years before After that, I became the (Continued on page 2)

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What will Trump Accomplish as President? A Story 3

By Owen Jin Half Marathon 4 president? Trump is taking Illegal Immigrants office with a record low 5 approval rating of only In the election, 34%. As the president of Trump promised that he Guinea Pigs 6 the United States, the would remove more than two million illegal immi- country is more divided only an estimated 178,000 Black History Month 6 grants. According to the than united. With such a illegal immigrants with BBC, "It might be difficult, monumental task ahead of (Continued on page 2) Fun Page 8 him, what will Trump do as mainly because there are

Interview with Mr. Sieminski Q: How do you think of the stu- dents Carson versus the students Q: Did they ever go to N.A.? (Continued from page 1) of N.A.S.H.? A: No, they all graduated from Sen- A: The students of Carson are a lot eca Valley. They were already all in Q: What is your favorite part of your like the students of school at Seneca Valley by the time day? N.A.S.H...... only smaller. I was hired into N.A., and I didn't A: The favorite part of my day is want to uproot them and have them when I get to meet and get to know Q: Would you rather be a principal change schools. the other students and staff. or a vice principal? Q: Do you have any memorable sto- A: I would say a vice principal. Being Q: And finally...... do you like dogs or ries of your time at N.A.? a vice principal is easier because cats? A: Um, I walked. Much of my time you don't have all the responsibility A: I like dogs and cats. I used to at N.A. was memorable. The student of a principal, although I still enjoy have a dog, but she passed away. I activities, their plays and musicals, being a principal. now have one cat. those were all memorable. The sporting events, the prom, and Q: Do you have kids? graduation was always eventful. A: Yes. I have three children, two boys and one girl.

Trump as President

(Continued from page 1) This vow made by Trump basi- be added that would benefit the U.S. cally appeals to every single Ameri- economy. criminal records currently in the US. can. According to Mr. Trump's web- Even if there were two million, begin- site, he plans to enforce a 12% tax on Clearly, these are very few of the ning a mass deportation on that scale incomes less than $75,000, 33% on possible things that President Trump would be hard." This is saying that incomes greater than $225,000, and might be planning over the next four this would have a "huge" economic somewhere in between for the years, and his task to reunite the effect on the nation costing millions rest. How is this going to be done? if not billions of dollars. Just wait and see. Build a Wall Reintroduce Coal Power The most famous of the President Trump has shown he highly Trump pledges is that he would build doubts the theory of climate a wall separating Mexico and the change. This is why he is planning to United States. With a border of bring back jobs to the coal indus- 1900 miles, Trump is planning to build try. While some experts agree that a wall that is 1000 miles long and let this is a good idea, others are doubt- "natural obstacles" make up the ful. "Trump is not going to bring all rest. Trump believes the cost of the the coal jobs back," says Jason Bor- wall would be $10-$12 billion dollars, doff, founding director of the Center but most experts agree the cost on Global Energy Policy at Columbia would be much higher. The Washing- University. "There isn't a lot of in- country will take some time. ton Post estimated that a wall would vestment activity because in some cost $25 billion, and most likely, Mex- cases it looks more economically at- ico would not pay for it. tractive for firms to invest in cleaner Cut Taxes technologies." But if President Trump is successful, thousands of jobs could

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A Story—A Camping Trip

By Rachel Malko snagged from the cabinet. “You only get tired after the It was as regular as any other In one quick move, I fire, and Aunt Izzy never gets camping trip as, my kids, Grace and sized up the tree and tired.” Ryan, and I went to pick up my sister, leaped onto a high branch, “Grace,” I begged calmly,” Isabelle, before choosing a spot of surprising everyone, even try to show some enthusiasm.” woods in the area to spend to week in Grace. As I climbed higher, Isabelle At that moment Ryan burst out our tents. Isabelle and Ryan shared a realized I would be victorious and of the sunset colored tent he was tent, which left me with the tiny, in- quickly surrendered all of the choc- sharing with Isabelle yelling to me, expressive life form I called my olate, including the half eaten bar. “Mama, Isabelle wants to know if daughter. Ryan and his Aunt have a “Isabelle, Isabelle, Isabelle,” I she can have the blowtorch!” very strong bond, reminding me of my scolded her playfully, taking a bite “Tell her no,” I called back, ex- bond with Isabelle when we were out of my prize, “I guess you'll nev- asperated, but amused. kids. These camping trips were a tra- er learn that I'm the better tree When we finished setting up dition that Izzy and climber.” our tents, Izzy uncovered the I had started as a “Jo, you were the best marshmallows, singing campfire result of being from the start,” Isabelle songs. kicked out of our admitted, then added Isabelle set the record for house one afternoon. quickly, " and you honestly most marshmallows eaten in one Our mom ended up weren't supposed to see sitting, for the ninth year in a row, encouraging them, so that.” Ryan gasping for air before run- there we were, in Both kids pounced on ning to the tree line, losing the the middle of the woods, setting up me as soon as my feet touched the fight with the extreme number of our reflective tents with the great ground. In Isabelle’s haste, she had marshmallows he had eaten. Isa- ease of having done it so many times neglected the fire, leaving it to die belle did her signature victory before. Ryan and Grace began gath- out. Night was falling, so I promptly dance, then slowly sat back down, ering kindling as Isabelle set up rocks ordered the kids off of me and told looking a bit green herself. I for the fire pit. I unloaded the car, Grace to collect more sticks, Ryan speared another marshmallow for having just finished securing the tent to find the matches, and sulking Grace, before handing her the stakes into the soft, porous dirt. Iz- Isabelle to get the stick and murmuring a warn- zy started the fire while I drove the paper. They com- ing not to eat to many more. car out of the woods. pleted their tasks I was rewarded with a know- When I came back, the party was without too much ing glance from Grace. She in full swing. The irresponsible Aunt complaining, to my then proceeded to warm her Isabelle had climbed to the top of a delight. I soon de- snack, shove it in her mouth, tree, challenging the kids to get to cided that it was and cautiously tiptoed to her, as she had done to me so many time to set up where her brother was, times before. sleeping spots. Isa- leaving Isabelle and me in “Mama! She's too high in the belle eagerly the flickering light of the tree!” Ryan squealed in delight from grabbed her pile of dying fire. the first branch, “Can you get her?” things and disappeared into her “Just like old times, huh Izzy?” “No, she is too high up”, I sighed, tent with Ryan trailing behind her. I inquired smugly. in mock defeat, "I'll never get her.” “All right, Grace, time to set up “Yes, Joan,” She groaned, “I “Ha!” Isabelle laughed, looking your sleeping bag,” I said sleepily. get sick and you skip off to your down from the topmost branches, “I “Mama, I know you're not tired,” tent leaving me to sit on a rock, in guess no one gets any chocolate!” She Grace said in that same vague voice, (Continued on page 4) held up the candy bars she had

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A Story

(Continued from page 3) “Yes!” Isabelle ex- in a little past two or three, so, tell claimed, clearly defeat- him to go to sleep.” the cold, alone in my mis- ed. Grace led Ryan to the tent, ery.” Grace reentered to shouting my name over her shoulder “All because you try circle of light, Ryan three times to un jinx me. After to beat your own marsh- walking slowly behind dropping him off she came to sit mallow record, year after looking pale and tired. next to me. Then, leaning into me, year,” I smiled at her, then remem- “Mama, Ryan’s not feeling well,” she asked if we could go to bed. I bering that first campout that I she said, stating the obvious. of course agreed. Isabelle donned had won at, I smiled at her, “Put him in the tent,” Isabelle her guitar and started to play a lit- “Remember that time I beat you?” and I said at the same time, stand- tle tune. As Grace and I headed in, “Joan let it go! It was the first ing up. Isabelle began her concert, singing one ever!” Isabelle groaned. “Jinx!” Isabelle yelled in my songs from our childhood, songs “But I won.” face, louder than necessary. from the radio, and everything in “Only because I had eaten din- I had been jinxed, so I sat down between. It was the last thing I ner first!” silently as Isabelle carried on, a heard before drifting off into a “But I won.” look of triumph on her face, “I’ll be restful sleep.

Half Marathon By Lilly Hartley morning of the race, you put steady pace throughout the The rush of adrenaline on shorts, a long sleeve race only stopping at 2 of the floods over you as see the finish shirt. Tying your sneakers as water stations. After an exhaust- line. For the past 5 months, you tight as you can get them and tri- ing 1 hour and 57 minutes of run- have been training to run a ple knotting them, you ran a ning, you see the finish line! All of half marathon. It was final- lap inside your house to make a sudden, you feel as if you are ly the day to see if all of sure you were set and ready. running on air. You cannot feel your training has paid You woke up at 4:45am to the ground beneath your off. You had run tons of make sure you were on time feet. You crossed the finish line 5k’s in the past, but never even for the start of the race. Once and were congratulated with high thought about running 13.1 you got there, you got your num- fives and a medal. The experience miles. You set a goal, only stop- ber and pinned if to your was the best time of your life. ping at water stations if you have shirt. Before you knew it, your to. You got a training schedule group was getting ready to go, and trained 5 days a week. The 5...4...3...2...1...GO! You keep a

Emoji Sentences! ?

By: Tejas Prasanna Try to guess what the emo- ji's are saying! Answers are on the last page . Here is an example. (Piece of cake)

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Pittsburgh

By: Anonymous Pitts- other super bowl when they lost in Pittsburgh is burgh is also the game against the New England unique in many ways. You known for its sky- Patriots, were founded by Arthur J. could say because we have the most scrapers. The tallest is the US Rooney on July 8, 1933. The team is bridges in the world or talk about Steel Tower or the UPMC Building. the seventh-oldest franchise in the the number of skyscrapers in the UPMC stands University NFL. The Steelers were known as city. You may remember last year in of Pittsburgh Medical Center. It the Pirates until 1940. 2016, we celebrated our city's has 64 floors and 2,300,000 square The Pittsburgh Pirates, 200th year anniversary. Lets feet in floor area. The second larg- have a great history of winning, just go back where it all started. est building in Pittsburgh is the PPG not recently. The team has five Place. PPG stands for Pitts- In 1816, Pittsburgh official- world series wins and nine National burgh Paints and Glass. It has a ly became a city with Ebenezer League pennant titles. PNC Park, number 40 floors and 46 acres of Denny as the first mayor. For many named one of the top baseball sta- the floor area. The third largest years, Pittsburgh was known for diums in all of baseball has incredi- building is the BNY Mellon Building. their steel mills until the early ble views and tasty food. An inter- BNY stands for Bank of New York, 1980s when many of them closed. esting fact is that they were first located right by the US Steel Tow- Pittsburgh has nowhere to go but known as “Allegheny.” er. The fourth tallest building up. The in Pittsburgh is 5th Avenue Place or Pirates have Since 2006, Pittsburgh has the Highmark Building. Highmark is not always had the most bridges with a number a health insurance program just like been the of 446 bridges, we beat the former UPMC. world leader, Venice, Italy, by 3 only baseball The Pittsburgh Penguins bridges. Most bridges are known team in were the 2016 Stanley Cup Cham- for their color, yellow. Pittsburgh. pions. The Pens beat the New York For example, there is the The Home- Rangers in the first division, then Roberto Clemente stead Grays the Washington Capitals in the Bridge, Rachel Carson and the Pittsburgh Crawfords also second division, next beat the Bridge, Andy played here and were part of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the third Bridge, , Fort Negro Baseball League during the division, then finally winning the Pitt Bridge and much more. 1930’s and 1940’s. Stanley Cup in fourth division The city has a wide range of The three sister bridges against the San Jose Sharks. This immigrant history that made up the look alike and are side by side near was the 4th Stanley Cup win for small towns that surround the city the Pirate stadium, PNC Park. The Pens. We also won the Stanley Cup as well. From Polish Hill to Little Bridge was named af- in 1991, 1992, 2009, and then in Italy, as people moved here from ter a popular artist 2016. An interesting other countries, many settled from Pittsburgh. There is also a fact about the win- in areas that were made up of museum named after him. The Rob- ning the Stanley Cup. other people that spoke their erto Clemente Bridge was named In 2016 we won the native language and enjoyed after a Cup on the same, day the same native food. Famous Pittburgh Pirates player as we did in 2009, who unexpectedly died in a plane June 12th. We had The next time you and crash. Rachel Carson was a marine never won the Cup in Pittsburgh. your family are heading into the city, think about all of the history biologist and an author who wrote The Pittsburgh Steelers, that surrounds you. Silent Spring. The cross over the which ended their 2016 bid for an- .

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Do Guinea Pigs Make Good Class Room Pets?

By: GENA CHICK, MACY SEYMOUR, over the weekend and over the take up much room, and make lit- REYNA GARVEY holidays, the smell they produce, tle noise. There are many cons and and they didn't go with their cur- They are pros to having classroom pets, riculum. The problem with taking easy to specifically guinea care of them over the take care pigs. We interviewed weekend and holidays is of because 13 teachers and that if kids wanted to you only asked them their take the guinea pig have to opinions on having home they would need a feed them guinea pigs as class- note signed by the par- twice a day. You also only need to room pets. Although ents saying that it is make sure the water bottle has the teachers we in- okay and no one in their water in it. They rarely need to be terviewed had dif- house has allergies. bathed. Also, kids can take care ferent opinions the main thing Next, some people might get an- of them. They don't take up much that came to mind that had both noyed with the smell that they room. It depends on the size of cons and pros was the mainte- produce, but that can be fixed the guinea pig, but usually the nance of the animal. easily by not keeping them in a cage doesn't take up much space. small room. The last reason is the little noise they make. The only noise they Cons make is either squeaking or mov- Pros 7 out of 13 teachers that we ing around in their cage. asked said that they 6 out of 13 teachers would not want a guinea we interviewed like the pig as a class pet. Most thought of having guinea And to quote Mr. Pomposelli,“Who of them did not want one pigs as a class pet. This is doesn't like guinea pigs?” because of the mainte- because they are easy to nance. Some maintenance take care of, they don't problems are taking care of them

Black History Month By: Isabella Dietz In this wonderful month of February, we celebrate Black "I have a dream that my History Month, which we should four little children will one day honor every day. During this time, live in a nation where they will not we remember our great heroes are just some of the amazing, be judged by the color of their who have shaped our country for honorable heroes. Do not forget skin, but by the content of their the better. For example, Harriet that not all of these bold human- character.” Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., beings who fought for equality ~Martin Luther King Jr.~ John Earl Reese, and Rosa Parks (Continued on page 7)

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Black History Month

(Continued from page 6) trying to under- were African-American, many stand were different races that just that peo- wanted everything to be fair. ple gave Black History Month was created their in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson and lives for our life today, which is Three more incredible African the Association for the Study of equal, free, right, and justified. American women are highlighted African American History because on the last page of this newspa- they wanted to remember every- “The time is always right to do per. one who stood up for equality and what is right” rights in the past. The second ~Martin Luther King Jr.~ week of February was chosen to fall on Abraham Lincoln’s birth- Overall, try to remember day and Frederick Douglass’s this month of February as a birthday, which is two days after month to celebrate all of these Lincoln’s, because they had such a gallant, courageous, and fearless huge impact on civil rights for the people who have devoted their life country. As we look upon the his- to equality and civil rights. tory of our country and how equal- ity plays such a huge role, we should show our appreciation by

Theater ones I performed in are The Lit- tle Mermaid, The Lion King, and Legally Blond. They all take a lot By: Sydney Butscher of time and practicing to make Have you ever thought them perfect. about how much time and practice First, you have to re- people put hearse a song to au- On the day of the play or into making dition with. Then, you musical, you rehearse the entire plays and audition and find out play at least 2-3 times to make musicals? your part. sure it’s a perfect show for the Well, I'll tell audience. When you go on stage, Over the you. I've you have to express yourself and next 4 days you go performed in not be nervous. If you forget your scene by scene and theater for line, you improvise and move on practice lines and 3 years now. and try better the next time. I go to at- songs. For most of Now that you know a little tend a theater camp in North Car- the songs, there are usually cho- about theater, you should try it olina called The Lost Colony Thea- reographed dances to learn that out, and have some fun! ter Camp. We have 5 days to pre- were made by the directors or pare a Disney musical. The last choreographer.

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Hidden Figures—A great movie about three incredible African American Woman. This movie is HIGHLY recom- mended!

Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson--were instrumental in sending John Glenn into space. With their calculations, John Glenn became the first American astronaut to make a complete orbit of the earth.

In 2015, Katherine Johnson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Presi- dent Obama. As a human computer, she calculated the trajec- tory for Alan Shep- ard, the very first American in space. Her calculations were also critical to the suc- cess of the Apollo Moon landing program and the Space Shuttle program.

Answers to Emoji Sentences! Speak of the devil Kill two birds with one stone Don’t cry over spilled milk It takes two to tango Curiosity killed the cat A leopard can’t change its spots. Heart of gold