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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Lion’s Roar A Thorne Student Publication Fall 2016 Still Free Student Interest pg 1-4 Gamer’s Corner pg 5- 6 Art, Music and Literature pg 7 Book Reviews pg 4 Sports pg 8 Anime & Manga pg 9 Respect LionQuest By Kaitlyn Racioppi By Ben Tooker and Keira Killeen What’s the newest If someone asked you on a scale interactive activity coming to of 1-10 how much respect do you the Lion’s Roar newspaper? think we 8th graders have for each Glad you asked! This issue will other, our teachers and each Ted-ED: “Ideas Worth Spreading” by Kirsten other’s property, what would you say? As an 8th grader, I feel that as Dunn and Kaitlyn Nickerson a whole school, I would say that we do have respect for our school. The Thorne Middle school However, as individuals I don’t Ted- ED club is a club in which think we have as much respect as you plan a 5 minute talk about we should. your interests, passions, and Other Opinions About dislikes. It is a new club started Respect by Thorne’s very own Ted ED At first I didn’t know how to Specialist, Wendy Morales. The start this article off but then my goal of the club is to get the word partner and I decided to ask a few out about your opinions and people what their thoughts are ideas, and to share them with the about respect within Thorne. We world. started off by asking our guidance counselor, Mr. McCabe. Why join the Thorne Middle mark the launch of a new school Ted- ED club, you might interactive sector, titled Mr McCabe- ¨Overall I think ask? Well quoted from Mrs. ‘LionQuest’. As the name Morales herself, she describes that it's a respectful grade.¨ implies, LionQuest is an the club to be, “for anyone who activity which students (after likes something!” It's a place We then asked a few teachers where you can freely explore the school day of course) what they thought. your hobbies and ideas! journey throughout the school in search of the next Mr McCann- ¨It's important that Where does it meet and ‘adventure’. to the 8th grade respect is when? Well, The Ted- ED club However, in this case, the important. Respecting people you meets every other Thursday in adventure can be accessed know, hopefully recognizes the Media Center. It runs from with a digital device: By respect. 8th grade should model 2:40 to 3:30! There, you would scanning QR codes and pick your seat, give an respect, because we’re looked up completing activities, to. Respect should go both ways, introduction of yourself, then participants will uncover teachers should be respected by jump right in, viewing a slideshow new locations. Now, let’s students and students should be of what members are going to do imagine that a participant is respected by teachers. With that and some videos of kids our age willing to scan (or record the giving a ted-talk! comes balances everywhere.¨ url of) a document. Let’s call The club is so much fun! him Logan. At some point in How? Well first, it's small, so if Mrs. Velez - “There are some you're shy, it’s okay because it is this quest, Logan will be led to students that I’ve witnessed who a safe environment, judgement two locations. One location will show respect to others, including free! Second, they do fun complete his quest, while one their teachers, however there are activities like one meeting, the will lead to certain death definitely a handful of students club made a poster of what a (figuratively of course). By that could use a lesson in respect great idea is! Also, Mrs. Morales using clues from previous for authority, feelings, and brings snacks to snack on! Yum! activities, Logan will have to possessions. ” What is the goal of the Thorne figure out which one to scan… Middle School Ted- ED Club? It as well as the ‘code’ to enter. is so students can share their We then asked a few students in He could be recorded as one ideas. All year they will be our grade what they thought about rough-drafting speeches, and in of the first 10 participants to respect. June, they go to the Ted-ED finish, based on his day of headquarters, where people will finish. (Note: 7 days are added Cathryn V.- “I think the 8th give Ted-Talks. At the end, you to the original score if Logan grade has respect not only to their will be given an opportunity to scans the incorrect document teachers, but also to their other give one yourself. Shy? Don't before the correct one.) He classmates, peers and everyone worry, if you don't feel could be--after he ‘enters’ the who helps them while they are at comfortable yet on stage, you final document. can stand on the very red dot that Thorne.” Sounds complicated, many others have stood on, such right? Though this is widely as Bill Gates, and film yourself Sara W.- “In my opinion, not only giving your talk! Finally, if you accepted, like any activity or do 8th graders respect their would like to join Ted-ED you are game that requires skill, after teachers, but they respect each more than welcome. They are understanding the other. From being here at Thorne always looking for new fundamental rules, it seems for 3 years now, it’d be expected of members!!! easy and practical.With that, us to learn respect for our peers.” here are some tips: ● If you cannot stay Most of the people who we asked said after school, record basically the same thing. That they think urls on your way to the 8th grade is overall a respectful grade. class (only the end No one had a negative thing to say about the 8th grade respect. part). Then complete What do we think? activities at home. ● Only when you find the right password, will the next activity be revealed. 1 The Secret Psychology ● Copy the activities in Behind Student Council drive, or print from the Polls source. ● Log into your By Liam Perez middletownk12 account in order to be We decided to tell you guys what our opinions are on respect within recorded. It makes it our grade: easier to connect to Keira: I think that respect could be drive if you do not have better, but overall pretty good. What I’m any other accounts. trying to say is that there is some room ● Consider completing for improvement. I think that we could be the activities from Well, who? more respectful with tearing down signs in chromebook rather Who are you voting for? That is the than phone. Save to the school for student council, but I am question to be shoved down our throats drive or record url to only pointing out the negative things. I from now until November 17. But are think the 8th grade is very respectful, and these results a fair representation of who access it from your most of them will help out each other in a people want? Or is a combination of chromebook. little knowledge of the candidates, peer heartbeat. What are you waiting pressure, and popularity contests subtly for? The document will be making sure certain people have a sealed Kaitlyn: As an 8th grader, I believe win? Read on to find out. released on Monday, November 14. You must that there are many individuals that have For the start of the experiment, I had one person mark two votes for each respect for their peers, their teachers and complete the activity by the candidate he wanted. All other end of 2016 in order for it to their schools property. However there are participants marked one vote. As the be valid. Good luck! Link to some students that aren’t the same way. I polling data continued, the two votes think that we should always have respect heavily influenced the rest of the votes. for everyone that we know, even if we’re While viewing these results, please note the double voter voted for Michaela not friends with them, we should still Pala, Kaitlyn Racioppi, Hope Finnucan, respect each other. Especially when we are and Angel Specchio. President: Katie Osborne-2 supposed to be setting an example for the 6th and 7th graders. Of course, I think Joey Kang-1 Michaela Pala-8 our grade is very respectful. We do nice Vice President: John Borne-2 things for one another and for the most Owen Flynn-2 part we’re all friends. Kaitlyn Racioppi-7 Secretary: Jillian Schiaffino-3 Respect is something you Hope Finnucan-8 Treasurer: Steven Malo-2 Lionquest: earn, not something you’re given Angel Specchio-9 https://docsend.com/view/z4ak As you can see, the double voter 6tx influenced the polls by a large amount. These polls are inaccurate though, since one person voted twice and the promotional election day videos are yet to be shown. All this proves is that my experiment was a complete success. 2 How can we, as students, show Tech Tutor our respect towards one another? Life on Other Planets? by Kaitlyn Nickerson My partener and I gave you our By Rachel Domin Have you ever wanted to learn thoughts on respect within our more about Technology? Do you school, and we think the same Astronomers have always suspected have a lot of knowledge about thing like everyone else we had that there was life on other planets, but are Technology but don't know what to do interviewed.