Volume 4, Issue 5

March 2015

11880 Roswell Ave. Chino, CA

Part 1 of the High School Series

Inside this issue: T.o.t.M./March Madness/Ayala 2-3

Don Lugo/Ireland/St. Patrick’s 4-5

Clover/Leprechauns/Celebrities 6-7

Creepy Pasta 8

Spring Break/Grow-up Quiz 9

Watch & Listen/Horoscopes 10-11

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T h e B r i g g s Randomness 12 Page 2 T.o.T.M./March Madness INSIDER Teacher of the Month: March Madness!!!

Mr. Millsap By: Raymond Ramos There are a total By: Brianna Shuttle of 68 teams that shall compete in the March Madness basketball tour- The teacher of nament. As teams com- the month for March is pete, it is a one game Mr. Millsap, who grad- elimination. As the tour- uated from Cal State nament continues, fewer teams are left and will go from San Bernardino, and 64 to 32 teams. Then the elimination process contin- National University. ues, which will drop more teams, and then there will be Mr. Millsap is the 16 teams, also known as the Sweet 16. The Elite 8 will father to two boys and follow and then the Final 4. Finally 2 teams will battle one girl. He’s been to see who is the Champion of College Basketball. married to his wife, March Madness is the best time for all those basketball Sandy, for 33 years. His fans out there wanting to watch some good basketball favorite subject is math. games. Well, I think we all March Madness begins March 15, 2015. As know that! His favorite Kentucky hopes to return to the championship game color is blue. after last year’s devastating loss to Connecticut. Ken- He likes football, basketball, and hockey. His fa- tucky who is ranked #1 in the nation is 1 of 5 teams vorite teams are the Rams, Lakers, and Kings. From favored to win the tournament. There is also #2 Vir- time to time, Mr. Millsap likes to go camping and fish- ginia (24-1), #3 Gonzaga (26-1), #4 Duke (22-3), and ing. His favorite movie is Arthur. #5 Wisconsin (23-2). These are the five teams that have a good chance to win the college tournament. Mr. Millsap had been teaching for 18 years. He’s only worked at Briggs for four years. Before that he As for Connecticut, who is currently not even taught over at Woodcrest. But before teaching, Mr. in the top 10, a chance for a repeat seems unlikely. Millsap was a custodian for 18 years in the district. I Duke, led by Coach K, has recently won his 1000th choose Mr. Millsap as teacher of the month because career game. Kentucky’s coach John Calipari, who is he’s a good math teacher, and is mysterious. as successful as Dukes if not more, has advantages over the 63 other teams who have not had as much experi- ence as these two coaches have. Despite Duke being ranked #4, they are not ruled out. All basketball fans must wait and see what happens. The Briggs Insider is a product of School Publications, and is published 7 times a year at Briggs Fundamental School Junior High by CVUSD. Opinions expressed herein are those of the reporters, writers, photographers, and cartoon- ists, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the school, the district, or any other individual associated with The Briggs Insider.

Advisor: Mr. Adam Pease

Staff writers and contributors: Alona Belcher, Madison Brown, Andrea Bucio, Max Cordova, Justin Noppert, Levyan Pham, Raymond Ramos, Matthew Romero, Christian Salazar, Brianna Shuttle, Jaylee Vargas. Volume 4, Issue 5 Ayala H.S. Page 3 Ayala High School By: Levyan Pham Ruben S. Ayala High School (AHS) Ruben S. Established in 1990 Ayala High School, locat- Mascot: Bulldog ed in Chino Hills, whose Colors: Black/Red/Gray/White mascot is the bulldog, is Athletic League: Palomares one of the Enrollment: 2400 (est.) four high schools in the Motto: Home of the Bulldogs, Dare to be Chino Valley U n i f i e d G.R.E.A.T. School Dis- Claims to fame: Renaissance School, Rallies trict. Ayala, named after the California senator, was founded in 1990. As a high school, Ayala has lots to offer. Aca- demically, Ayala offers up to 17 AP level courses, and is the home of the Computer Science and Software Engineering Academy. There are many sports to join, such as track, soccer, basketball, and golf. There are many electives, too. For example, there are several foreign languages, photography, art, drama, band, dance, and color guard. Unlike other high schools in the district, Ayala is the only one that teaches sign language for a foreign language. For those who want their resume to look good in college, it would be beneficial to join clubs. Ayala has many clubs available. To name a few, there are the volunteering clubs like Key Club and Make a Wish Club, the anime, Asian, Polynesian, and ping pong club. Also, to the people who think that our ral- lies are boring and a waste of time, you won’t be dis- appointed when you go to Ayala. For example, there are blackout rallies, which come every four years and are glow in the dark. During December, Power 106, a radio station, comes to Ayala. They play music for the students and, they also have basketball games at the school. Finally, like all other high schools, there is no AR, and if you are 18 or older, you may go out for lunch. Page 4 Don Lugo H.S. INSIDER Don Lugo High School Don Antonio Lugo High School (DAL/Lugo) By: Jaylee Vargas Established in 1972

D o n Mascot: Conquistador Lugo High Colors: Brown/Gold School is a good school. Athletic League: Mt. Baldy Lugo’s school colors are Enrollment: 1800 (est.) brown and gold. Lugo’s Claims to fame: Diana Taurasi, , school mascot Tony Zendejas, Marty Zendejas, , is a conquista- Moriah Peters, Leah O’Brien-Amico dor. Many stu- dents that go to Briggs are supposed to go to Don Lugo. I am going to Don Lu- go. Other people go to Chino, Ayala, or Chino Hills. I interviewed a junior at Don Lugo named Reynaldo Ballesteros. Reynaldo has been going to Lu- go since he was a freshman and is on the JV football team. He has played for two years. Reynaldo has four core subjects and two electives. He really likes his elec- tives, which are digital video and athletic PE. He takes digital video because he likes editing videos. He takes athletic PE for football. Reynaldo says he goes to Lugo because of football and because his friends go there. Reynaldo says there’s lots of clubs there, so everyone fits it somewhere. Reynaldo says the staff is strict some- times, but friendly for the most part. Everyone gets along at Lugo and it’s fun. Reynaldo says people should go to Lugo because it’s fun and friendly. There are many special electives at Lugo like Yearbook, Art, and Culinary. People should people go to Lugo instead of other schools because it’s small, so that means you can meet a lot of people, and you could like know everyone at Lugo. Also, if you are someone who likes to sleep in, or has trouble getting up in the morning, classes at Lugo start at 7:30 a.m. So, get ready to be up and ready to go even earlier than here at Briggs! V ol ume 4, Ireland/St. Patrick’s Day Page 5 History of St. Patrick’s The Culture of Ireland Day By: Jason Molina By: Matthew Romero

Saint Pat- rick’s Day was first celebrated in Ameri- ca in1737 by a chari- table Irish society in Boston. Saint Pat- rick’s Day was first celebrated to honor Irish culture; they celebrated this day with grand feast, elaborated festivals and threw many pa- In Ireland there are many astonishing sights and rades. many cultural traditions, too. Most of the old traditions involve the simplest of ceremonies. Some of them are All of this used in occasions like weddings and funerals. They are was put together by Irish immigrants with political also used in holidays like Christmas, Halloween, Easter, power. Saint Patrick’s day was first known to be a and St. Patrick’s Day. catholic holiday, but later came to be a day of feast and celebration .to the catholic church saint Patrick’s day is In Ireland they have a blessing that is still going not recognized as a holiday of religion but to others on all around the world. In their weddings the groom the fact that saint Patrick devoted his life to spreading would wear a kilt from his clan and the bride would the Catholic religion that resulted in thousands of peo- wear a white dress to show purity. ple to turn to faith in god. Even in sad time times, like funerals, they have Saint Patrick was born in Scotland in 373 AD. traditions for the dead. Although it’s a sad occasion they The information of his parents are unknown to this do not grief as much. Instead of feeling sorry they all tell day. Saint Patrick’s child and teen years are lost to peo- funny, happy stories of the dead in a church with food ple to this day but we do know that he was a child and drinks. when the roman empire was close to collapse. Saint Back then holiday’s like St. Patrick’s Day, in Ire- Patrick wrote in his confession in his older age about land was held as an important religious day for celebrat- how he was captured by an Irish slave trader and was ing the spread of Christianity by St. Patrick. Not only sent to Ireland to be a slave and field worker. Six years this but even on Easter, rather than having Easter Sun- went by as he was still captured then one night he day and doing spring cleaning the Irish would get their heard the voice of telling him to spread faith and that homes blessed by the local Priest. night he fled. Over his years in Ireland he spread the faith of God to thousands of Irish. So to say the least about the Irish Culture, it is very fascinating in many different ways, however these If you were wondering why people wear green are only a few thing I have found while researching the on saint pat ricks day well it is said that leprechauns subject. There is still plenty more you can find out about can’t see those who wear green so if you wear green a Irish culture and many other cultures, but for now I leprechaun can’t pinch you , that is also why people get hope you enjoyed learning about the few thing I could pinched when they don’t wear green on St. Patrick’s find. day. Page 6 4 Leaf Clover/Leprechauns INSIDER 4 Leaf Clover. Myth? Ireland’s Warriors / By: Christian Salazar Tricksters

By: Andrea Bucio Have you ever won- dered if four-leaf We’ve all heard of clovers are real or leprechauns being fake? If you said yes known as tricksters, but then my article will what if they don’t actu- tell you the answer ally have a history of to your question. pulling pranks on peo- Many people say ple? What if they were and believe that something more? they’re a myth, but some people believe The history of the that they’re real. The leprechauns itself has article below will tell its beginning in magic. you the truth. Leprechauns, according to Irish legends, are de- The four-leaf clover is an uncommon and rare scendants of the Tuatha species of the three leaved clover. According to Irish De Danaan; the people of the goddess Danu. The lep- tradition, the leaves bring good luck to their finders, rechauns’ ancestors were magical creatures who were especially if found accidentally. In addition, each leaf is guided by the Long-Armed Warrior, who used rain- believed to represent something: the first is for faith, bows as sling weapons. The Tuatha De Danaan came the second is for hope, the third is for love, and the to Ireland centuries before the Celts conquered the fourth is for luck. It has been estimated that there are place. After battling with the Fir Blog, the native people approximately 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every four- of Ireland, the Tuatha De Danaan inhabited the Irish leaf clover, so the likelihood has not stopped collectors land until the Celts arrived. The Celts brought with who have reached records as high as 160,000 four-leaf them the only weapon able to pierce the Tuatha De clovers. Danaan’s magic barrier: the iron sword. The Celts raid- According to the Irish tradition you can also ed the towns in small groups and eventually conquered find a four leaf clover by finding a path of white or red the island. clovers. If you look carefully you will see a green clo- The Tuatha De Danaan made magical tunnels in ver with a yellowish-white stripe on the petals forming the soil, and vanished underground. The beings are said either a diamond or clover shape. Some people have to return to Ireland’s soil whenever they want, and usu- seen them in Ireland, Scotland, New York, and even ally come out during the night. One legend tells of an California. Irish poem called the Finnian Cycle, which has a verse A different Irish tradition is that if you find a that states that a harp-playing dwarf, name Cnu Deire- four leaf clover by a church it gives you good luck, and oil, self-appointed himself as the son of Lugh the Long- some people say this because Eve always carried a clo- Armed Warrior. Based on this information, some be- ver with four leaves on it. When Adam and Eve got lieve that leprechauns are descendants of Cnu Deireoil. locked out of Heaven she dropped it out of Heaven Even though there have been some sightings and many and it supposedly landed on Ireland. So, yes, the four convincing legends, we are still faced with the same leaf clover is real, but we can’t prove if it gives you question: are they real or fake? good luck. V ol ume 4, Celebrity Names Page 7 Stars’ Real Names

Compiled by: Madison Brown Have you ever wondered what some of your favorite rapper/celebrity real names are? Well just keep reading, I got some for you!

Karmin Kharbough Amethyst Amelia Kelly Tauheed Epps Shawn Corey Carter

Stacy Ann Ferguson Cameron Jibril Thomaz Robyn Rihanna Fenty Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.

Jessica Ellen Cornish Earl Stevens Alecia Moore Onika Tanya Maraj Page 8 Creepy Pasta INSIDERINSIDER Top 5 “Creepy Pastas” By: Max Cordova

1. Robert the Doll—A real doll that has been believed to be possessed by a demonic force given to Robert Eugene Otto by a servant that worked for him. He named the doll after himself, and it terrorized his family as he grew up he kept the doll and it terrorized his wife. The doll is then sprung up, crouched in front of the husband’s face, still around at a museum in Florida people who want to and ran to their child's bedroom’s. They ran after the crea- take pictures of the doll must ask politely or it’s said that ture but it was too late, they found their daughter mutilated Robert curses people who don’t ask for permission or in her room, her last words being "he is the rake.” mocks him. 4. Eyeless Jack 2. Gate Way to the Mind—Scientist theorized that the 5 Mitch moved in with his brother Edwin after his house senses cloud our sense of eternity and without them we was foreclosed. While sleeping he heard rustling noises would be able to perceive the presence of God. To test outside his window at night. He thought nothing of it and their hypothesis they needed to cut off all senses to the they both agreed it was a raccoon. Mitch awoke late the brain. A man with “Nothing to live for”, volunteered for next night to hear his window open and a thump as if the experiment. They operated, and after he couldn’t someone had entered. He darted up to investigate, but saw hear, see, feel, taste, or smell. After four days he said that nothing. The next morning Edwin was horrified to find he could hear unrecognizable voices in his head. 2 days that his brother had a large gash on his left cheek. He was later he claimed he could hear his dead wife speaking to rushed to the hospital to find that his kidneys had been him and communicating back; they still were not con- removed with near surgical precision. The next night, he vinced until he started naming dead relatives of the scien- woke to a truly horrifying sight: a hooded figure with a tist. After weeks of talking with the dead he became dis- blue mask staring at him. A thick putrid black substance tressed, saying that he couldn’t stand the constant voices oozed from its void black eye sockets. He grabbed the torturing his mind and every hour he spent alive he was camera next to him and snapped a picture. This enraged given sedatives to sleep and escape the voices. This only the creature, causing attack. Mitch got away and ran into worked for three days until he started having severe night the woods and passed out from exhaustion. He woke up in terrors. He kept saying that he could hear and see the a hospital to the same doctor that treated him to find out dead in his dreams he clawed at his eyeballs trying to feel that his brother was killed by a "thing." His parents took pain. The subject said that the voices were now hostile him back to collect his brother’s possessions. He stopped speaking of hell and the end of earth he yelled, "No heav- dead in his tracks when he found his brother’s decompos- en no forgiveness," for five hours, begging for death. The ing corpse and lying beside it a photo of Mitch’s half eaten scientist kept him alive in hopes of him being able to kidney covered in that putrid black thick ooze. speak with God. Completely insane, he started to try to chew his arms off. He was then restrained, and despite 5. Happy Appy his blindness focused his eyes after days of crying and A child’s showed that aired shortly on Nickelodeon during said these words to the scientist "I have spoken with God the early 00's was a show about a clay apple that helped and he has abandoned us.” His vitals stopped and there kids when they got hurt, until the show started getting was no apparent cause of death. morbid to the point where people believed that kids were 3. The Rake—In 2006 documents were uncovered de- being murdered. There was one episode that stood out as scribing a creature only known as the Rake. They were being the most terrible of them all. It starts off with Appy filled with people’s encounters with this creature; one telling the kids about the cycle of life at a playground. couple described their encounter as followed. They woke Smoke was rising behind Appy so they all turned around up in the middle of the night to find a creature that (remember this episode was aired 1999) to see the tail of a looked half human and half big hairless dog sitting at the plane and people jumping to their deaths closely resem- foot of their bed, facing away from them the creature bling the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The show ended with Appy saying, "That's natural kids."

Volume 4, Issue 5 Quiz/Spring Break Page 9 Spring Break Activities Grown-up Quiz

By: Alona Belcher By: Justin Noppert

This is a quiz to see if the inside you is still a little kid or Beach- The to see if you have grown up. beach would be a nice place to go to during 1. Do you believe that there is a pot a gold at the end spring break. To spend of every rainbow? a day at the beach would be a nice relief A. Yes from school. B. No C. I do sometimes Park- Going to the park is another thing to do during Spring Break. You could lay out a picnic on the 2. Do you still believe in the Easter bunny? grass or go to the skate park and ride your skateboard or pennyboard. A. Yes Amusement Parks- If you want to go out and B. No do something fun, you could go to Disneyland, C. I do sometimes Knott's Berry Farm, or even Six Flags. These amuse- ment parks are exciting things to do during the week. 3. Do you still eat Lucky Charms?

Family or Friends- Visiting your family mem- A. Yes bers or going to a friend's house is probably something B. No everyone will do during their week off. C. I do sometimes Spring Cleaning- Spring cleaning is probably something your parents would want you to do during 4. Do you shop at Toys R Us? spring break. But there are done of you who like to clean so you wouldn't mind doing it over your break. A. Yes B. No Movies- Since there are tons of new movies C. I do sometimes coming out, going to the movies with your friends would be an entertaining thing to do. 5. Do you believe in Santa? Shopping- Shopping would be a fun thing to do over spring break! You could buy those pair of A. Yes shoes you've been wanting! Or you could by that nice B. No top you for a couple of days ago. Maybe you could C. I do sometimes even just walk around the mall and just hang out. If you mostly answered A you are still a little kid. Community Service- This would be a nice thing to do for our community. Cleaning up the small- If you mostly answered B you are all grown up. est things or just helping out however you can are very nice things to do during spring break. If you mostly answered C you are starting to grow up. Pedicure- I know that some people like to go out and get their nails done, but getting a pedicure is a very relaxing thing to do when you have a week off. Sleep- I know many of you will agree to this. Over our week off just staying at home and sleeping all day would probably be the likely thing everyone will do over spring break. Page 10 Watch & Listen INSIDERINSIDER In Theaters: On Blu-Ray & DVD: March 6 — Chappie, The March 3 — Foxcatcher, Second Most Exotic The Captive Marigold Hotel, Unfin- March 6 — The Hun- ished Business, Kidnap- ger Games: Mockingjay ping Mr. Heineken, Road Part 1 Hard March 10 — Night at March 13 — Cinderella, the Museum: Secret of Run All Night, Home the Tomb Sweet Hell, It Follows March 17 — Exodus: March 20 — Insurgent, Gods and Kings, Pen- The Gunman, Tracers, guins of Madagascar, Accidental Love, Danny Top Five Collins March 24 — Song One, March 27 — Get Hard, Home, While We’re Young, Unbroken, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Ar- Serena mies March 31 — Interstellar, Imitation Game, Wild, Wild Card In the Spotlight by Advisor Movie Starring Storyline I Think...

Cinderella Helena Bonham Carter, Live action retelling of the After Maleficent’s success, this (PG) Lily James, Richard Mad- classic Cinderella tale we are looks like another solid remake March 13 den, Cate Blanchett all familiar with. from animation to live action.

Divergent Series: Shailene Woodley, Theo Erudite leaders hunt Tris and Should be a solid follow-up to Insurgent (PG-13) James, Jai Courtney, Jonny Four as they try to discover Divergent, as the tension Weston, Kate Winslet, Zoe the truth about the past and mounts and the stakes get high- March 20 Kravitz, Maggie Q the future of the world. er and higher.

Home Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Fugitive, misfit alien on the Sheldon as an alien? Isn’t he run teams with a teenage girl already? Looks like a funny ani- (PG) Martin, Jennifer Lopez to discover what “home” mated flick from Dreamworks! March 27 means.

The Cobbler Adam Sandler, Dustin Lonely cobbler in NY finds a Sandler has been missing the (PG-13) Hoffman, Method Man, magic heirloom that lets him mark lately. Premise sounds “walk in another man’s shoes” March 13 Steve Buscemi interesting though. Tracers Taylor Lautner, Marie Man joins a crime gang that Lautner still trying to be more (PG-13) Avgeropoulos, Rafi use parkour to pull off heists, than Jacob and Shark Gavron, Adam Rayner which get more daring. Boy...parkour is an interesting March 20 Volume 4, Issue 5 Horoscopes Page 11

9/23—10/22 3/21—4/19 You've been rushing around so much Don't be afraid to speak your mind, Aries. lately that you haven't had time to rest. People will be much more receptive to Spend a quiet evening at home tonight, hearing your ideas than you think. But Libra. Catch up on your reading, do your you'll never know what's up if you don't nails, chat with your parents -- anything step up and make yourself heard. Gather low-key will recharge you for the rest of your thoughts, and start spreading 'em! the week. 10/23—11/21 4/20—5/20 You're backed up against the wall, and You're forgetful today, Taurus! Make sure there's no getting out of this one. Raise to write down anything and everything up the white flag of defeat and surren- important and keep the list handy all day der now, Scorpy. What's the point of long. People (ie your teachers) may not be fighting when your fate's already been so forgiving when it comes to your inabil- decided? Might as well peacefully go ity to recall even the simplest of direc- with the flow. tions. 11/22—12/21 5/21—6/20 You've got a tough choice to make, and Arguing with people doesn't always mean you don't know what to do. Ask around you'll necessarily convert them to your way for advice. You don't need to follow of thinking or even make them see your any one person's direction. Getting dif- side of things. Sometimes, you just need to ferent answers will give you more expe- walk away from confrontation, Gem. Do rience to gather from when you decide you really need that extra stress in your what's best for you. life?

12/22—1/19 6/21—7/22 You've got so much to say, but you're Your recent breakup isn't so recent any- afraid to offend people if you say it. more. It's time you started to move on, Speak up, Cappy! You have a right to Crab. Things between you and your ex express your thoughts and opinions, so aren't gonna be what they were before, but don't worry if people don't agree with if you stop sulking about the split, you them. Maybe something you say could could salvage what could be a pretty awe- actually help someone else. some friendship.

1/20—2/18 7/23—8/22 Impatience is not a virtue. Be tolerant All good things must come to an end, Leo. and forgiving with the people around Be gracious when saying your goodbyes. you today, Aquarius. It'll undoubtedly It's much better to be remembered for be- be hard, but if you really give it your ing polite in spite of tough times than be- best shot, you'll be amazed at how well ing known for being a whiny brat when you can change your attitude. things don't go your way.

2/19—3/20 8/23—9/22 You've been playing a game of hide- You need to have an important convo with and-go-seek with your emotions re- your friend, and you're too chicken to do it cently, but you've gotta stop hiding and in person. Emails and text won't cut it this start seeking! Suppressing your sadness time, Virgo. Suck it up and tell her face-to- and anger won't make it go away, Pi- face. It'll make the news a lot easier to sces. The only way to overcome your ill stomach if you're there with her. feelings is to work through them. Page 12 Randomness INSIDER