image courtesy of: www.ethicsalarms.com Funny April Fools Pranks By Maggs & Kate (with help from Alexis) What Not Want a cookie?- Take a pack of oreos and scrape out the cream. Eat the cream. Once you are done eating the to do on cream, take a tube of white toothpaste and fill the cookies with some toothpaste. Put them back in the April Fool’s package and seal it. Wait for your subject to take a cookie. ~ L.S Day AIRHORNS- Take airhorn. Duct tape it to behind a door By Maria DeIuliis knob. Wait for someone to open the door. Heart attack in 1. Don’t send “screamers”! 3,2,1 “Screamers” are what they call ~ L.S the messages that seem to be harmless, grab the reader’s Cadbury eggs- Cover a raw egg in chocolate and wrap attention, then scare them in coloured paper. Give it to someone. Wait for them to with a horrifying picture and take a bite. usually a loud noise. Don’t ~ L.S send these. For people that Surf the interwebs- Take your subjects mouse. Cover have anxiety, these can be the little light with a piece of tape. What for someone to extremely harmful! try and use it. 2. Don’t be the person that ~ L.S continues their pranking into April 2nd. Nobody likes that Happy Halloween- Make candy apples, but instead of person. using apples, use onions 3. If you know someone has a ~ L.S certain phobia, don’t target that phobia! Just like #1, this Put Kool-Aide in the shower head and wait for someone can be very harmful to those to take a Kool-aid shower they will be like what the heck with anxiety. my shower is blue. 4. Obviously, don’t hurt anyone. ~K.W Stick to the harmless pranks that everyone can laugh at. Tape a Confetti Popper to someone’s door and the wall 5. Don’t joke about death. For next to it once they open the door POP! obvious reasons, this is just ~K.W wrong. Top 10 Fred and George Weasley Moments By Maria DeIuliis and Alyssa Iampietro In the Harry Potter series, the Weasley twins are the two biggest pranksters ever at Hogwarts. And don’t forget, Fred and George’s birthday was April Fool’s Day. So, happy birthday to our 2 favorite characters, and let the countdown begin! 10. Mooorning- Harry and Ginny are kissing in the kitchen, when George walks in, sits, stares, and utters, “Mooorning.” (The Deathly Hallows) 9. 5 Times Fast- The Weasley twins were at mandatory dance classes for the Yule Ball. Professor McGonagall is speaking and says they are “...behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons.” Fred and George decide to try say that 5 times fast. (The Goblet of Fire) 8. Well done, dragon- It was the first competition of the Triwizard Tournament. Fred and George, with everyone else, were in the stands watching Harry fight the dragon. Harry calls his broom to him and flies away with the dragon tailing him. He flew over the stands and the dragon, chasing him, destroyed that part of the stands, which Professor Snape sat at and fell over. In the distance, all you hear is the Weasley twins screaming ‘‘Well done, dragon!’’ (The Goblet of Fire) 7. 7 Harrys- Harry Potter was to be transported from his house to a new one, as he was turning 17. To ensure his safety, because Voldemort was after him, they had 6 people take Polyjuice Potion so they are identical to Harry. Fred and George are 2 of those 6 people. Keep in mind, Fred and George are twins. After they and everyone else take the potion, Fred and George (who both look like Harry) just stare at each other and say “Wow. We’re identical.” (The Deathly Hallows) 6. Exceeding Expectations- Ron, Harry, and Hermione were all at the Burrow and talking about the O.W.L.’s they would soon have to take. Fred and George just got their results. They only got a score of 9. Fred says “We should’ve at least gotten an exceeds expectations. We exceeded expectations just by showing up!” (The Order of the Phoenix) 5. Twins- This one is a classic twin prank. The twins are standing at platform 9 ¾. Mrs. Weasley turns to Fred and tells him to go first. “I’m not Fred, he is,” he says, pointing to his brother, “And you call yourself our mother,” he says with a shameful look. After all the Weasleys are through and about to board the train, the twins reveal that he was, in fact, Fred, and they were playing a joke on Molly Weasley. (The Sorcerer’s Stone) 4. Holey- Just after the ‘7 Harrys’ scene they leave by broom, flying motorbike, or thestral. As soon as everyone is in the air, each and every one of them is mobbed by Death Eaters. A bit later (almost) everyone returns safely to the Weasleys’ house. Fred shows up after George asking where he is. He walks inside seeing George lying on the couch with his ear blown off. Gone. He walks up and says “How you feeling?” George responds “Saintlike. Get it? Because I’m holey,” and points to his ear. “Pathetic. The world of ear-related humor and you go for holey.” Fred said. (The Deathly Hallows) 3. 10 Galleons- Fred and George opened a joke shop called Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes. Before school started, the Weasley family plus Harry and Hermione went to their shop. Ron walked up to the twins holding something and asked how much it was. Fred and George said 5 Galleons (which is the most expensive wizard form of money). Ron says “But I’m your brother!” and Fred and George just stare at him and say “10 Galleons” and walk away. (The Half-Blood Prince) 2. Age Line Mishap- Only students 17 or older were allowed to enter the Triwizard Tournament. Dumbledore put an age line around the Goblet of Fire so that underaged wizards cannot enter their names. Fred and George, being 16, wanted to enter but couldn’t. However, with them being themselves, they tried to find a way around it and they (sort of) did. They both took some age potion, to make them appear older, and jumped across the line and threw their names in. The goblet blasted them back and when they sat up they both had long, white beards. (The Goblet of Fire) 1. The Great Escape- The fifth years are taking O.W.L. exams, including Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Fred and George send lots of fireworks into the great hall to fool Umbridge and fly away from hogwarts on brooms in their final year at Hogwarts. (The Order of the Phoenix) Light-Up Dance 2015 photos by Maggie Browning Apps Of Hate By: Krista Hammerle On April 16 at 1:00 pm, there will be a student-led Mr. Muench gave me a flyer that should be put up discussion about social media, and cyber bullying. around the school. The flyer basically sums up what I There will be guest panelists such as Senator Matt said above. The flyer states: ¨Middle Schools in the Smith (37th Senatorial District PA), Ryan communities of Bethel Park, Brentwood, Canon Klingensmith (LPC, NCC Addiction Medicine, McMillan, and South Fayette invite you to a panel Prevention Education and SAP Services Western discussion on the intended and unintended Psychiatric Institute and Clinic), and Aaron Jackson consequences of social media and app use among the (Motivational Speaker and Actor, Dangerous Curve kids in school. The panelists will discuss ramifications Productions). Mr. Muench told me that they are for House Bill 229 which qualifies cyber harassment trying to make cyber harassment a crime, which I as a crime.¨ agree should happen. This panel will basically explain the consequences of being on Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter and many other social media websites. Lunchtime Book Club Book Club will meet two more times this school year, April 8 and May 13. We are reading, The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson now. Recently, we cast our ballots in the statewide “Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award”. Statewide results will be revealed in a few weeks. Our favorite from the grades 6-8 category was One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. The Divergent Series: Insurgent Movie Review by: Paige Bowermaster Spoiler warning: If you have not seen Insurgent, and do not want it spoiled. Do not Read the following. For many for even older audiences. I went to Insurgent the teen readers The second day also, but this time I brought my dad Divergent Series along since he had enjoyed the first movie, he is a huge deal. On stated the following about the film. the day of March “I thought the movie definitely stood its 20, 2015 The own, you know when you see the second movie Divergent Series: in a series and it is easily forgettable? This one Insurgent hit all was definitely not, Insurgent held its own.” theaters in the ~ (Eric Vaughn, March 21) U.S! I had the Some people had the issue that the movie privilege of going wasn't relevant to the book at all, I highly to see the movie disagree. Sure the movie ended differently, and on opening night, they had the faction box, but inside the box was something I did for the message from Edith Prior. The box, in my personal opinion, was an amazing idea. The author of the enjoyment and for series said the following about her opinion on the the purpose of this article.