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The Official Newsletter of Gregory-Portland Middle School: Home of the World’s Greatest Students! Academic UIL winners: Brodie Mitchel, Diego Aguillon, Adrian Galvan, Natalie DeLeon, Emma Denton & Erin Ebers.

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Visit www.g-pisd.org/gpms/community to view, GPMS Gazette download, and/or print your own copies in… March, 2019 Brought to you by students in the GPMS Press Corps!

Jonathon Martinez Executive Editor March “color” by Jessie Riojas

GPMS NEWS News Editor: Faith Pitts (with help from Toonie, the Press Corps Broonie)

Math Counts By Melany Castillo Photos provided by Collen Johnson

3rd-place winners (left-to-right, above) Lleyton Davidson, Elisabeth Miller, Eli Gerick and Elena Miller represented GPMS at the February 2, 2019 Math Counts meet. The team was selected by Mrs. Biediger, and some volunteered. The team can only have 4 students. Mrs. Biediger selected them from her UIL team. There were additional students who went to the November practice round. Eight students participated in the practice meet last fall. (Continued on next page) (Math Counts, continued from previous page)

The Nueces Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers and some local companies sponsor the event each year to challenge 6th-8th grade students with engineering-type problem solving. The competition consists of several different tests and a team test, like the UIL Math competitions. Currently they provide a stipend of up to $500 each competition year to up to two teachers per school for attendance at a free workshop in the fall with continuing education credits ($100), the practice ($200) and the competition ($200). Mrs. Biediger will be at the meet as coach. “If any teachers would like to help me at the competition, they would be eligible for a partial stipend,” she said.

Members of the GPMS Math UIL team calculated in a MathCounts meet on Dec. 8, 2018 sponsored by Nueces Chapter of Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Events include Sprint, Target, Team and Countdown - a buzzer beating live action contest. Quinn Smith, 8th grade, placed 10th overall in the individual competition. Contestants (pictured above, left-to- right) were Elena Miller, Lleyton Davidson, Peyton Felchak, Olivia Kohleffel, Luke Kohleffel, Eli Gerick, Quinn Smith, and Austin Nguyen.

Cats Club

By Kendall Lopez

On Jan 11, students that were eligible to go on the Cats Club field trip went to Bowlero in Corpus. Students were provided with a $7 arcade card, and most students brought extra money for food, drinks, and Laser tag. Students had 2 hours to play and bowl. Students had their own personal lane to bowl in with as many people as they want to bowl in the lane with them. Students could also order food from their lanes, as well as order dessert, drinks, and appetizers. In the arcade portion, there were games such as Flappy Birds, Angry Birds, and even a virtual roller coaster ride. Students could go in the photo booth to remember the trip, and they can save up tickets to get prizes in a machine. When the 2 hours was up, students and teachers loaded up the buses to come back to school. After returning to school, students ate their ordered sack lunches or their lunch brought from home. Then, students volunteered to play rounds of volleyball.

The next Cat's Club will be March 21st for 6th grade, and March 22nd for 7th & 8th grade. We will be going to Jumping World in Flour Bluff.

Attendance

By: Zoey Lankford January 31,2019-February 07,2019 95.49 % February 08,2019-February 14,2019 96.30 % February 15,2019-February 21,2019 94.55 % February 22,2019-February 28,2019 94.12 % Be sure to come to school whenever possible. Stay healthy!

Student of the Month - February Winners By: Rylee Martinez Congratulations to these outstanding students: 6th grade Winners: Bella Reed & Paul Sellers 7th grade Winners: Bayleigh Reed, Davian Guevara, & Ruben Flores 8th grade Winners: Brooke Moreno & Vincent Nguyen Library News

By Juan Hinojosa During the month of February, you could go on a “mystery date” with a book! People would come by the library and see the “Blind Date with a Book” display. All books were brand new and wrapped. You would simply select a book based on the description of it “Things went very well, everybody was respectful and treated the books with care,” said Mrs. Doty & Mrs. Costilla. “It pretty good,” said Jesse Riojas. Madysen Whitfield and Braelin Cates (pictured left) were the first to select their books from the “Blind Date with a Book” display.

Box Tops for Education Mr. Thomas, Room C112 Turn your trash into cash for our school! Please clip, collect and bring your Box Tops coupons to school. Money raised will support our school library! Box Tops collection bins are located in the front office, the library, and several teachers’ classrooms. For more information about the program and/or to register as a supporter of our school, please visit www.boxtops4education.com

Spelling Bee

By Jaden Velasco Pictures by Savannah Diaz-Korff & Faith Pitts

We had a spelling Bee in the auditorium on February 20th. Here is a list of contestants:

Madison Boomer Ayden Malerie Mendoza Vince Esqueda Hernandez Connor Carr Levi Welch Kenneth Voyles Quinn Smith Chloe Smith Hailey Rasmussen Cadence Phelphs Diego Aguillon Madison Caitlyn Byrne Eli Gerick Carmickle Taelor Fritz Reanna Aguirre Madden Schoener Lindy Rodgerrs Alyssa Shaffie Carson Victoria Garcia Danish Niazi Eva Huckaby Guidry Damien Rufino Medado Elena Miller Jacob Kohleffel Quesada

Jenna Rodriguez Reed Dooms Angelina Ortiz Estevan Martinez

Brayden Garcia Giovanni Correa David Sanchez Elisabeth Miller

Erica Estrada Jordan Milam Myles Holden Makayla Rodriguez Harlyn Falor Jazmin Jackson Benjamin Palacios

Lauren Spencer Gabriella Sage Moss Flores (Results on next Genesis Valdez Ruben Cuevas page) Mallory Hendryz (Spelling Bee, continued from previous page)

2019 GPMS Spelling Bee Champions! It was a close win, but in the end, Quinn Smith (now eligible for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.) won 1st place. The winning word was “obsidian”. Hailey Rasmussen got 2nd place and Eli Gerick got 3rd (pictured above, in that order).

Mark Your Calendar!

There are a lot of exciting events happening at GPMS; to see what they are when they will happen, visit the school’s website, or click the link below!

https://www.g-pisd.org/gpms/calendar/happening-now-event-calendar

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Editor, Madison Snody Meet Mrs. San Juanita

Perez By Ginny Carey, Photo by, Eagle Imaging

What do you do at GPMS? I teach 6th grade Science. I try to inspire my students to appreciate and respect the world around them and understand how it works.

Education/experience: Bachelor’s Degree from University of Texas at San Antonio in 2006, I have been a teacher at G-PISD since spring 2007. For 12 years I was a member of the Texas Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Science Education: this organization allowed me to grow as an educator. TRC has given me some valuable experience that I have been able to bring back to my classroom. For 2 years I worked with the UT STEM Center to expand my knowledge in technology and Computer Science. I am always ready to learn more and find resources to use in my classroom!

Hobbies: I love spending time with my family! I also love to travel. This past summer I was able to travel to ; while there, I visited Niagara Falls and it was amazing! It is my goal to visit every National in the U.S.; I have already been to most of the parks in the west.

Favorite Book(s): I also love to read. I currently have two favorites: Fish in a Tree by Lynda Hunt and What If? By Randall Munroe (I often refer to this book during class if the content is relevant). I have many students that like to ask “WHAT IF questions, and I will not ever answer a “what if” question because there are usually too many variable to consider to come up with a precise answer.

(continued on next page.) Mrs. San Juanita Perez (continued from previous page.)

Favorite Game(s): Monopoly, Risk, Scrabble and Words with Friends. Family game night occurs at least once a month in my home and we are competitive. Thanks to my , I recently started playing a card game called “Magic the Gathering” and it is my goal to beat him every time we play.

Favorite music, artist or genre: I enjoy listening to all kinds of music. some of my favorite bands that are in my playlist at the moment include: Rush, The Eagle, Green Day, John Mayer, Post Modern Jukebox, Metallica, Blink 182, Chicken Foot, Queen, Paramore, Pink Floyd, Van Halen, George Strait, Joe Satriani and Fleetwood Mac.

Something about me that might surprise people: When I was in 7th grade I missed half the school year! It is not as fun as it sounds…… I was homeschooled because I broke my ankle into really bad and was not allowed to go to school. I had to have two surgeries to fix it and was in a cast for almost 5 months. Meet Coach Christopher Kasner By: Bella Rodriguez

What do you do at GPMS? Boys athletic coordinator, head 7th-grade football, basketball, assistant track, 7th grade Science experience: it's my 19th year at GPMS

Hobbies: Family time, fishing, snow skiing

Favorite Book: The Bible

Favorite Game: Any game I play with my daughters

Favorite music: Christian music- favorites are Crowder, Skillet, Switchfoot, and any Bethel Music

Something about me that might surprise people: I love snow skiing! I have been to numerous places in Colorado and New snow skiing over the past 28 years. I also used to be the lead singer in a Christian rock. Meet: Coach Lori Wilson

By: Maddy Gross

What do you do at GPMS? I teach PE, Adapted PE, girls athletics and I coach 7th grade girls basketball and track and serve as the Middle School girls athletic coordinator

Education/experience: I have been teaching for 29 years and 25 here at GP

Hobbies: I enjoy kickboxing and spending time with family and friends

Favorite Book: I like reading anything mindless with a happy ending during the summer when I have time

Favorite Game(s): I like basketball, softball and track

Favorite music: I like country music and motivational sports music

Something about me that might surprise people: I started the GP High School varsity girls’ softball program 25 years ago.

Meet: Mrs. Lucia Mendez By Zoey Lankford, photo by Eagle Imaging What do you do at GPMS? I am the Registrar at GPMS.

Education/experience: I graduated from Del Mar College with a certificate in General Office and a certificate as a Medical Secretary. I have worked in education over 10 years. This is my 4th year at GPMS. I worked at Del Mar College as a records clerk in the Registrar Office and the Counseling and Testing offices for 5 years. I subbed and worked as a paraprofessional at Sinton ISD for 7 years. Prior to that I subbed for year at Calallen ISD and Odem-Edroy ISD.

Hobbies: My hobbies are going to the movies and spending as much quality time with my 5 grandbabies and working on all kinds of crafts.

Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Twilight and Fantastic Beast series. continued on next page.) Mrs. Lucia Mendez (continued from previous page.) Favorite Game(s): My favorite games are Mahjong, Sequence, Checkers, Solitaire, Mancala, Monopoly and Backgammon.

Favorite music, artist or genre: All kinds of music

Something about me that might surprise people: I swam with sharks in the Gulf of Mexico, summer of 1987, while on vacation in Tampico, Tamaulipas. What a scary experience that was! never again. Meet Lorraine Ramirez By: Marky Trevino, Photo by Eagle Imaging What do you do at GPMS? I am the Secretary for Special Programs Dept/Asst. Principal Vaseliades Education/experience: I have over 12 years experience working with school districts. I possess an Associate's Degree. Hobbies: My hobbies are Home Improvements. I love helping people to renovate their homes. I enjoy demolishing old kitchens and baths and laying the Ground work for the new kitchen and baths. I love decorating. I also enjoy fishing and crabbing. Favorite Book: I don’t really have a favorite book, but I do enjoy reading about real estate investing quite a bit. Favorite Games: Any favorite games… no not really. I’m not much into video games but if I had to choose a video game, I would say PACMAN. I enjoy most games, so I really do not hold a favorite. I won’t play baseball or football but I will play basketball and volleyball….. OHHH! Wait…I truly enjoy playing poker and 21! Favorite music, artist or genre: I truly enjoy country music. George Strait and Garth Brooks are some of my classic favs. I’ve got to admit Dolly Parton’s songs can bring a smile to my face as well. Tejano music is a close 2nd. Something about me that might surprise people: Hmmm… I’m not sure, I guess I’d have to say I love horror movies. I’m a real screamer! If you’re ever at the movies and you happen to be watching a horror flick and you hear a deathly scream, chances are that would be me …. Lol. And not on purpose either. A&E Section Editor: Isabella Baietto Bull with a Red Apron By: Cadence Phelps Life may want to bring you down, don’t let it. Lift yourself from the restraints holding you away from it all. Reality hits like a bull, it will knock you down over and over again. Sometimes you may feel as if you’re in a rodeo, keep going and don’t let go. Fight it with a red apron, as if to say, “Come at me, I’m willing to take the hit.” Sometimes when you take the hit, . Don’t let that stop you, heal from it and keep going. Sometimes others will put on their red aprons and run with you. In some situations, more than one bull will come at you and you have to fight alone. Keep fighting until you beat them. Never give up and fight for what you will. A&E (Arts & Entertainment) Mascot By: Isabella Baietto Introducing the new A&E Mascot!! This is Renzo! Every month, Renzo will appear on a random page of the A&E Section. The first person to find him and e-mail me (Isabella Baietto) what page you found him on, will be featured in the A&E section of the Gazette for the issue after that. Make sure you’re looking for him, Renzo will start appearing in this section starting next month! Sometimes you will spot Renzo with Bob and Rob or sometimes he’ll be flying solo. Renzo Renzo & Friends

Crossword Puzzle made by: Isabella Baietto Collected Dad Jokes? From http://pun.me/pages/dad-jokes.php “One time I had a dream that I was a muffler, and I woke up exhausted!” - Isabella B. “Did you hear about the restaurant on the moon? Great food, no atmosphere” “Why are teddy bears never hungry? Because they’re stuffed!” - Isabella B. “What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta!” -Isabella B. “What do you call cheese that’s not yours? Nacho Cheese!” -Rylee M. “How many apples grew on the tree? All of them…DUH!” “What’s brown and sticky? A stick!” - Madison S. “Want to hear a joke about paper? Never mind, it’s TEARable.” “Why did the coffee file a police report? It got mugged!” “Want to hear a joke about construction? I'm still working on it.” “What do you call a guy with rubber toes? Roberto.” - Isabella B. A&E Themes “A&E Themes” was suggested by Skyla Martini

“A&E Themes” is where a theme will be selected and posted in (A&E section) the Gazette. The theme will be for the following month, anyone who would like to write a story/article, draw/paint something that has to do with the theme. (Ex. If the theme is “Heroes” then you can write a story about a hero, or draw your own hero) If you’d like to request a theme, email Isabella Baietto.

Next month’s Art/Writing theme will be… “Best of Books”

“Best of Books” means you can write a short alternate ending to a story/book that you’ve read, or draw what you think one of the characters from the book would look like. Choir Fundraiser By: Bella Rodriguez

In February, the GPMS choir kicked off their Simply Sheets spring fundraiser. This year, the money the fundraiser makes will be added to the choir budget, but, most importantly, so choir students can earn money toward their spring trip. I know buying sheets sounds weird, but if you tell your parents, they will understand. Right now is the perfect time to buy sheets. There were two ways to buy your very own set. Customers could choose to buy on-paper or online. Student-collected paper orders were turned in byWednesday, March 6th. If you missed out, you may still be able to order online, with a credit or debit card. The company will send the sheets directly to your shipping address within 3–5 business days. Here’s the link: https://shop.simplysheetsfundraising.com/campaign/5c6468 96524043001ff8407e **Answers will appear in next month’s A&E Section** **Answers will appear in next month’s A&E Section** Do You Wish To Be Entertained?

Theatre News By: Victoria Smith

According to Mrs. Leisher’s teacher page, “in addition to building humorous and dramatic characters and scenes, students will collaborate to create choreography, write and play music and sound effects, design unique lighting and effects, and design and build costuming that all help build the theme and mood of the world of the play.”

Cast includes: Jackson Blasy, Madison Carmickle, Serina Colley, Tyler Dobbs, Cole Dowell, Emma Faughts, Zoe Garza, Sami Gregory, Megan Griffith, Eva Huckaby, Toni Joskiewich, Camryn Kahl, Abby Krisl, Jade Lucero, Madelyn Makar, Mia Munoz, Kylee Powers, Brita Rhodes, Lindy Rodgers, Alyssa Shaffie, Kori Simmons, Lauren Spencer, Nina Steele, Austin Watts, and William Watts.

Thank you for all of those who attended the GPMS Asylum play on February 22! Across “(Some Of) 4. Thanos's #2 adopted blue kid Marvel's 5. Metal armed toy soldier Infinity War 7. Red haired goddess 8. The God of Mischief 9. Characters” Big purple man with By: Victoria gauntlet Smith 10. The bus driver 11. Tree Boy 13. "Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good" 15. The man with a hammer 16. Holder of the Mind Stone 17. Thanos's #1 adopted kid 18. Groot's Best Friend

Down 1. The Wizard (Include the “. 2. Needs revenge on Thanos ”) 3. Bruce Banner 5. "Wankanda Forever!" 6. The red witch 12. Our most iconic patriotic boy 13. Intergalactic space pirate 14. Man Metal Man “Accurate representation of Juan” By: Jesse Riojas

With Cheeto dust on his hands and down his triple chin, Juan plays “Fortnit” in his room across the cheese puff covered table... “This is an accurate representation of me.” -Juan 2019 “What is this, Jesse!?” -everyone 2019 “Send this to me!” -Rylee & (Superior) Isabella 2019 And now, a quote from who made this eye cleansing art... “I was inspired by my good friend Juan... and boredom.” - Jesse 2019 “Every time I look at this at night, a tear sheds from my cleansed eye...” -Juan 2019 “I pray to this every night, it brings me joy.” -The Legend, Rylee 2019 Foreign Music A Gazette A&E Exclusive By: Ginny Carey

Have you ever heard of KPOP? Korean Pop is a that has become very popular worldwide. BTS, Bigbang, , , , (g)-idle, , , , Monsta-X, , , , Nct U, Nct 127, and Nct Dream, Vixx, WannaOne, EXID, Triple H, Kard, CLC, Pentagon, Iz*one, , 24k, Red Velevt, ,, Ladies Code, , IOI, AOA, and Girls Generation. Are some of the groups I’m going to be introducing you to, along with the soloists, , , Amber Liu, and . and if you already like these groups, then you rock!

BigBang- BigBang is a five member group Including T.O.P, G-Dragon, , , and . BigBang is signed with YG Entertainment. Their group debuted in 2006 some of their most famous songs are Sober, , Bang Bang Bang, and Loser. G- Dragon, and Taeyang both have released solos, crooked and . They have also released their duet good boy. Momoland- Momoland is a female Kpop group who debuted in 2016 with MLD. They have 9 members named Hyebin, , Jane, Daisy, Taeha Nayun, JooE, Ahin, and Nancy(she personally is my favorite member of momoland) They received more attention when Yeonwoo, JooE, and Nancy appeared on , A program in Korea that brings in celebrity’s and people with concerns and solve the problems people may be facing. Momoland has received more recognition since their newest , Fun to The World. BTS- BTS is considered the most popular K-POP group. They are signed with BigHit Entertainment. They debuted in 2013 with 7 members. Seokjin, Min Yoongi(my personal favorite), Hoseok, Kim Namjoon, Park Jimin, Kim Taehyung, and Jeon . Their song No More Dreams quickly took off and won serval awards with their songs Anpanman, DNA, Fake Love, Idol, and Waste It On Me. Blackpink is a female K-POP group signed with YG Entertainment. They are YG’s only , they debuted on August 6, 2016 with 4 members, Kim , Kim Jennie, Park , and Lalisa Manoban. Their latest songs, Ddu du Ddu du and Forever Young have gained a lot of popularity.

Stray Kids- Stray Kids is a male k-pop group who debuted in 2018 with 9 members, Bang Chan, Woojin, Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and I.N. They are signed with JYP Entertainment and have been gaining a lot of popularity with their songs Akward Silence, My Pace, and District 9.

G-(Idle) - G-(Idle) is a female K-Pop G-(Idle) signed with . They debuted with 6 members. Miyeon, Minnie, Soojin, Soyeon, Yuqi, and Shuhua. The group debuted on May 2, 2018 with their song . They later released .

GFRIEND- GFRIEND has 6 members, Sowon, Yerin, EunHa, Yuju, SinB and . They made their debut with the EP Season of Glass on January 16, 2015. They have won multiple awards since. Sistar- Sistar is a female K-Pop formed with . They debuted in 2010 with 4 members, , Bora, , and Dasom. They disbanded in 2016.

Ikon- Ikon is a South Korean with 6 members B.I, , Jinhwan, Ju- ne, Yunhyeong, Donghyuk and Chanwoo. They debuted in 2015 with YG Entertainmenrt and gained much popularity with their songs Killing Me, Bling Bling, and Rhythm Ta.

Monsta X- is a 7 member boy band signed with Starship Entertainment. They debuted in 2015 with 7 members Wonho, Minhyuk, , Jooheon, , , and I.M. Their song Hero, Dramarama, and Shoot Out pulled a lot of popularity for them.

2NE1- 2NE1 is a female girl group formed in 2009. They debuted with four members Bom, CL, Dara, and Minzy. They were quickly considered the best female kpop groups with their release of “” and “Come Back Home” but alas all good things must come to an end. Fans started calling Minzy plastic surgery monster. Minzy left so the other girls could keep going but the group disbanded later in November of 2015 4Minute- 4Minute is a 5 member formed in 2009 by Cube Entertainment. Nam Ji-hyun, Heo Ga-yoon, Jeon Ji-yoon, Kim Hyun-a, and Kwon So-hyun were the members of the band. They released their most popular songs Whatcha Doin’ Today, Crazy and Hate. They were quickly gaining popularity. In 2016 4Minute disbanded and only Hyuna renewed her contract.

EXO- EXO is a 6-member male group formed by SM Entertainment in 2012. The members are , , Chanyeol, D.O., Kai, Sehun, , Lay and Chen. Their songs , KoKo Bop, Tempo, Power, and Growl quickly drew in popularity for them.

NCT U- NCT U is one of the three NCT units. NCT’s members Taeil, Taeyong, Kun, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun, Winwin, Jungwoo, Lucas, and Mark Debuted on one 4th, 2016. Becoming the first unit of NCT.

VIXX- The six members of VIXX are N, Leo, Ken, , Hongbin and Hyuk debuted in 2012 with . They have released many songs and have been getting more fans every day. NCT 127- NCT 127 was debuted as the 2nd NCT unit on July 1st, 2016 with nine members Taeyong, Taeil, Johnny, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Winwin, Jungwoo, Mark, and Haechan.

NCT Dream- NCT Dream debuted As the 3rd unit of NCT on August 24th. The unit consisted of 7 members Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Chenle, and Jisung. NCT fans are still waiting for the release of the 4th and final unit, NCT .

Wanna1- Wanna1 is a South Korean boy band formed through the survival show Season 2 by the company CJ E&M. They debuted with eleven members in 2017 with Daniel, Park Ji-hoon, Lee Dae- hwi, Kim Jae-hwan, Ong Seong-wu, Park Woo-jin, Lai Kuan-lin, Yoon Ji- sung, Min-hyun, Bae Jin- young and Ha Sung-woon. EXID- Short for Exceed in Dreaming, these five beautiful girls have been burning the stage since February 2012. The girls Solji, LE, Hani, Hyelin and Jeonghwa have released many songs. Up & Down, Hey Boy, and their most recent releaser I Love You has greatly grown their fandom. Triple H- Hui, Hyuna, an E’ are the three members of Triple H. Hui and E’dawn are members of the kpop group Pentagon and Hyuna, the world wide famous soloist, were put in this group together and gaining a lot of love and attention. When Hyuna and E’dawn came out and said they were dating, they were removed from Cube and Triple H disbanded.

Kard- Kard is one of the very few groups that have men and women in it. Kard was formed by DSP Media. J.seph, B.M, Somin and Jiwoo are the four members that make up Kard. Their songs Hola Hola and Oh Na Na have gained a lot of popularity for them. CLC- CLC is a 6 member group signed with Cube Entertainment. They debuted in 2016, Yujin, Seungyeon, Sorn, Yeeun, Elkie, and Eunbin. Their songs Black Dress, and have been very popular and have gained a lot of popularity for the group.

Pentagon- , Hui, , Shinwon, Yeo One, Yan An, Yuto, Kino and are the nine members that make up Pentagon. The former band member E’Dawn was removed from the group after it was released that he was dating soloist Hyuna.

Iz*One debuted on October 29th, 2018 with their song Color*Iz. They have 9 members Kwon Eun-bi, Sakura Miyawaki, Kang Hye-won, Ye-na, Lee -yeon, Kim Chae-won, Kim Min-joo, Nako Yabuki, Hitomi Honda, Jo Yu-ri, Ahn Yu-jin and Jang Won- young. There most popular song is La Via En Rose. Interesting fact: the age range is from 14 to 23. Weki Meki- Weki Meki has become a very popular girl group with here songs Crush, and I don’t Like Your Boyfriend. They debuted on August 7th, 2017. They have 8 members Ji Suyeon, Elly, Choi -jung, Kim Do-yeon, Sei, Lua, Rina, and Lucy.

24K- On September 6, 2012 24K debuted with there song Hurry Up. They debuted with 8 members Cory, Kisu, Sungoh, Jeonguk, Jinhong, Changsun, Hongseob, Kiyong. Their popular songs Bingo, Super Fly, and Still 24K. - Red Velvet is a quickly growing female Kpop group. There debut song Happiness gained a lot of popularity. The original group consisted of Wendy, Irene, Seulgi, and Joy. The youngest member Yeri joined the group later on. The girls latest songs Power Up and Really Bad Boy have become very popular. Loona- Loona is a 12 member girl group. They debuted in 2018 with there song Hi High. The twelve members are HeeJin, HyunJin, HaSeul, YeoJin, ViVi, Kim Lip, JinSoul, Choerry, Yves, Chuu, , Olivia Hye. They form the three sub units Loona 1/3, Loona Odd Eye Circle, and Loona .

Ladies Code- Ladies Code is a female group, they are on the list of groups that may disband due to two of their members passing away in a car crash. The original line consisted of Ashley, EunB, Sojung, Zuny and RiSe. The group debuted in 2013 and lost EunB and RiSe due to a fatal car crash in 2014. The group Came back in 2016 and their latest song ‘The Last Holiday’ has gotten fans Twice- worried that the disbandment rumors might actually be true. Twice is a female Kpop group that has been getting bigger and bigger everyday. They have become very popular with their songs being released multiple times. , BDZ, Dance The Night Away, , andYes or Yes have been very successful. , , Momo, Sana, , Mina, , Chaeyoung, and are the nine members of Twice. IOI- IOI is a female group with 11 members Lim Na-young, Kim Chung-ha, Kim Se-, Jung Chae-yeon, Zhou Jieqiong, Kim So-hye, Yoo Yeon-jung, Choi Yoo-jung, Kang Mi-na, Kim Do- yeon and Jeon So-mi. They debuted on May 4, 2016 with the EP Chrysalis and actively promoted as a whole and as a sub-unit for less than a year.

AOA- AOA is seven member kpop group with the original line up with 9 members but went to seven after 2 left. Choa, Jimin, Yuna, Youkyung, Chanmi, Hyejeong, Seolhyun, and Mina make up AOA.

Girls Generation- Girls Generation (also known as SNSD) is one of the most loved female Kpop groups. There song Gee and are very popular. , Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and are the eight members of SNSD the original line up consisted of one more member Jessica. Hyuna- Hyuna was an Idol for ten years with Cube Entertainment. She is loved by many people and her songs are very popular. Red, , and How’s This are very famous songs. In 2018 it was revealed that Hyuna and Pentagon member E’dawn were dating for 2 years. Both Idols were removed from the company and have been happily dating in the public eye since.

Minzy-

Minzy, the former 2NE1 member, is starting to begin her solo career. Leaving 2NE1 for being called names like plastic surgery monster for the way she looks. She is getting back into the and trying to start releasing her own songs.

Amber Liu- Amber Liu is a part of the kpop group F(x) but she releases her own songs as well. Her song Borders is a very popular song. The song is about how people see her as a celebrity and don’t realize she is still a human with feelings and trying to tell people not to be afraid to be who they are.

Sunmi- Sunmi is very well know and loved soloists. As a former member of she had gained a lot of popularity before she began releasing her own songs. Her songs Heroine, Siren, and are very popular. March Features Madelynn Gross, Features Editor (with help from Toonie, the Press Corps Broonie)

GT Field Trip By Marky Trevino

On January 29, GT (Gifted & Talented) students went on a field trip to Early Scholars Academy in Corpus Christi. The theme of the trip was communication and careers. The students had to escape 9 different themed escape rooms. The students learned about different careers associated with the themes. The themes include a rainforest, the polar region, submarine and ocean, a greenhouse studying plants and insects, an animal room studying wild and domestic animals, healthy living, space, a community cityscape, and Earth’s elements. The escape rooms help develop collaboration, problem solving, and critical thinking for the students. The students spent the time after the trip at the Portland fire station and learned about being a firefighter. Hopefully they all learned a lot and had a good time.

Above: Aaron Lowry, Dylan Mauch, Aiden Aguinaldo, Chloe Smith, Sabrina De la Fuente, Elena Miller, Olivia Kohleffel

Above Right: Engineer Swarek, Bella Rizo, Alayna Villerreal, Braelin Cates, Farah Standley, Camden Woodall, Matthew Rush th 6 -grade Science ProjectsPhoto story by Savannah Diaz-Korff

The projects above were created by Kaden Diaz-Korff, Dulcemaria Perez, Jeneva Tagaloa, Jalysa Alvarado & Sabrina Delacruz, and on display in the upstairs D wing!

Scavenger Hunt By: Marky Trevino The GPMS Gazette has created a new idea. We are creating a super scavenger hunt. We will have questions that come from previous Gazettes, and you could answer them for the chance to win a prize of... who knows? * When was the first pep rally this school year? * Who wrote “The Sun Shines” poem? * When does the chess club meet? * Who wrote the comic about the little duck? * Who is the GPMS Gazette’s Executive Editor? * Where are the student printers? * When was the Halloween Dance? * When was the first picture day? * When was the Favorites Dance? * Where was the first Cats Club supposed to have taken place? If you have all the answers, use your GP student e-mail account to contact Marky Trevino for your reward. Mrs. McClary’s ELA Students Plot the Elements of Plot in Literature A photo story by Rylee Martinez (with help from Toonie, the Press Corps Broonie)

In February, Mrs. McClary’s ELA students worked together to graph the elements of a story. Below are the work and workings of: Ian Ward, Jase Hartung, Riley Laws, Elena Miller, Sabrina De La Fuente, Reagan Rodrigue, Megan Griffith, Lleyton Davidson, Austin Nguyen, Chloe Smith, Leilani Deleon, Jalysa Alvarado, and Santiago Sanchez

Teachers: Do you have pictures of students doing great things in your classroom? Please send them (with the names of all students pictured) to your subject’s beat reporter or Madelynn Gross, our Features Editor! Honor-Roll & Attendance Awards for the 2nd Nine Weeks Photos by: Rylee Martinez Captions & layout by: Madison Snody & Toonie On February 1st, first-period teachers presented students with awards for “A/B Honor Roll”, “A Honor Roll”, and “Perfect Attendance” for the 2nd nine weeks. Many of those teachers were kind enough to send their award recipients to the GPMS Newsroom, where Press Corps photographer Rylee Martinez took their pictures. Congratulations, students & thank you, teachers! Honor-Roll & Attendance Awards for the 2nd Nine Weeks (Continued from previous page)

Abigayle Nunez, Meenakshi Nair, Marissa Valenzuela, Victoria Grant, Tyler Dobbs, Gavin Busam, Devan Escalante & Olivia Berger.

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THE Unknown Winner Honor-Roll & Attendance Awards for the 2nd Nine Weeks (Continued from previous page) Opinions Jayden Campbell, Editor

Welcome to the Opinions section of the March Gazette; let's get started! Today we are starting with something new: Letters to the Gazette’s editors!

To start off the letters, let's begin with Style! Dear Style Editor, To start off with, the pictures that you take are unique. They’re always pictures of something happy and with color and pop. Whenever you take pictures of someone or something you can tell that they have meaning, and they make the Gazette more fun to read and look at. But even though you’re an awesome photographer and you have beautiful style, you can always make it even better by adding different stuff and thinking of new ideas to add to the Gazette. Maybe you can do different colors for each theme or different types of pictures for each section of the Gazette. Honestly, other than that, I think that you’re doing a fantastic job! You’d be a great photographer when you get older, because you take great pictures, they always look perfect. Sincerely, Cheyenne Rounds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now, let's go to A&E!

Dear A&E Editor, I’m a big of your section of the Gazette! I personally love the comics and art pieces that you feature, like in the December 2018 edition, for example. But of course, there’s always room for improvement! For one, what's with the crazy borders? In the January 2019 edition, the snowflake design is a little large for the page and overlaps some of the text. Then, in the February 2019 edition, the border is, to put it simply, of terrible quality. Maybe you can keep them a little tamer in future editions? Of course, there’s also the obvious shortage of content, which really can’t be blamed on you. Something you can do to fix it, however, is to respectfully encourage artists, whether they act, draw, or write, to create and submit work for you to publish! It’s no guarantee, but it’s better than nothing. Sincerely, Diego Aguillon.

Dear A&E editor,

I’m writing about the band news page in the February Gazette. I loved the format you used by putting the 1st chair people all the way to the right. It’s organized and I can see the information easily. The only problem I have is that you should have put what chair every person got. This would have shown which sections dominated. For example, the saxophones dominated and got the top three chairs: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. You could have also put the grade they’re in so people know if a 7th grader beat an 8th grader. These things are super impressive, so you should show these things next time. Thank you.

-Vincent Nguyen

Dear Isabella Baietto, I really enjoy your section of the Gazette! Don’t get me wrong, it’s amazing, but there are a few things I wish you would add. I love that you put up pictures and comics, but I wish there were more. I think you would benefit from more comics like on a Sunday newspaper. Also, more drawings! Maybe you could do what you missed of drawings from past Gazettes or maybe go through Gazettes from last year. Since your part of the Gazette is art AND entertainment, you could not only put pictures, drawings, and comics, but you could also add short stories, writing prompts, and monthly jokes that will leave people laughing all month! I hope to see some of these in the future Gazette articles. Sincerely, Skyla Martini

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On to News!

News Editor, Your article (about Communities in Schools) was very informing, yet it didn’t catch my attention. It lacks vivid colors. It looks like you were just rushing and trying to get it done in time. That’s something I would do LOL. Mostly all the pages have borders around them but not yours. The headings were in a simple format. I think that adding borders and different type of lettering would make it better. Everything looks the same through the page, so I think that’s what makes it not worthy of catching my attention. Maybe spending more time on it would help? I don’t know, man. I wouldn’t know how long it took you, but the information is really good; you should keep that on there. Also, not a lot of people know who Mrs.Abby is, so it would help if you added a picture of her. That way the readers know who to donate Ziploc bags to. Sincerely, Angela Lumbreras

Now on to sports!

Dear Sports Editor, In my opinion your work is very good, but I believe you could use some extra help to make it even better. You could start off with some extra information about the coaches; for example: list someone background information on them or winning streaks they had in the past. For athletes, I think you could talk about all the practices and work they put into this school. As an athlete myself it takes lots of hard work and rules you have to follow; it’s a big task and we set examples for all, so talking about some of these rules and examples we set could give someone thinking about becoming an athlete information before they go into it. Thank you for reading this and hearing my opinions. Sincerley, Brynn German ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On to the People section!

Dear People Editor,

I find your section about the staff here at G-P Middle School very interesting. If you were to include students in your section it would be even more interesting. There are some very talented kids at GPMS. Why not include students as well as teachers? Instead of asking “what is your education or experience?” you could instead ask “what extra-curricular activities do you participate in?” Another question you might ask students is “what is your favorite part of GPMS?” Including students as well as staff members in the People Section would allow the students of GPMS to shine.

-Laura Bennett

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you to all the kind students and their opinions! Thank you for reading the opinions section!

This is a sampling of great letters and ideas from great students! If you have some thoughts you want to share, please use your student e-mail account to contact our Opinions Editor, Jayden Campbell. Sp rts (March)

Editor, Lauren Spencer Ladycats “B” Team District game 7th- grade (Alice) By, Madi Snody, Information From, Coach Lyssy The 7th-grade “B” Team Ladycats remain undefeated after beating Alice in their last home district game. Scoring for the Ladycats was Leila Carpenter with 8 points, Kathleen Miller with 7 points, & Kensley Shirley, Hailey Bustos, and Sami Gregory with 2 points each. A great defensive job by the Ladycats held Alice at 12 points. The Ladycats defeated Alice 21-12, and are now 7 and 0 in district play, and 10 and 0 overall, with one more game to go! Great job Ladycats! Ladycats “A” Team District game 7th-grade (Alice) By, Madi Snody, Information From, Coach Lyssy The 7th-grade “A” Team Ladycats fell short in a tough district matchup 27 to 29 to the Lady Coyotes of Alice. The Ladycats led at halftime by 1 and it was a lead change up until the end. Rachelle Powell was high point with 14 points. Also scoring for the Ladycats was Madison Snody with 5 points, Madison Kilgore with 4, and Madison Tietze and Brenna Meier with 2 each. A great team effort by all.

Photo by Savannah Diaz-Korff. Tennis By Brandon Castilleja, Information From, Coach Esquivel First Place Doubles 7th-Grade Boys: Revel Wicks and Ruben Flores. Third Place Doubles 8th-Grade Boys: Kaiden Johnson and Ian Longoria. First Place Doubles 8th-grade Girls: Abigail Molone and Anyssa Castillo. Second place 8th-grade Singles Boys: Kadon Howard.

Group Picture: (left to right) Kaden Howard, Blake Farr, Ian Longoria, Dale Loveland, Braeden Gonzalez, Ethan Brymer, Kaiden Johnson. (top right) Ethan Brymer &Dale Loveland. (bottom left) Revel Wicks & Rueben Flores.

Pictures provided by Coach Esquivel. Technology

Hailey Rasmussen, Editor

Keyboarding Class

Photos by Micheal Messer

Touch System Data Entry (Keyboarding) is a course for high school credit. This course prepares students to operate the keyboard by touch and begin development of acceptable speed and accuracy levels.

Destiny Ramirez Micheal Rodriguez Desiray Ayala

Career Cruising

By Hailey Rasmussen Career Cruising is a website that assists students in finding out what careers they might consider studying in college. Once logged into the website, there is a test where people can answer questions about things they like. When the test is complete, the students will see a list of 40 possible careers that they should look into. Some careers may include an accountant or lawyer. Students use this program throughout middle and high school as they find out more and more about what they enjoy most. Here’s the website: https://public.careercruising.com/en

Robotics News

By Bella Rodriguez On February 2, the Gregory Portland Robotics team went to competition. They started off strong. After time had passed the Robotics team began to fall behind, but they still had core values and the project portion left. When the Robotics team had believed they lost, they came in top five. Now the Robotics team is working hard with determination for their next competition. The competition is on March 23 in San Antonio. See the April gazette for the results.

Robotics winners Bella Rodriguez, Damien Quesada, Dante Quesada, Avery Hayward, and Diego Aguillon. Photo by Mrs. Hayward

Did you know that you can help the planet and the robotics team at the same time? Simply bring your printer’s empty inkjet cartridges to C108 and the robotics team will recycle them for you. Remember: inkjet cartridges will fit in the palm of your hand. We cannot recycle larger cartridges.

Please e-mail ideas for technology-related content to our Technology Editor, Hailey Rasmussen (me)! ~.*;Style Section ;*.~ Editor: Zoe Garza Saturday February 9th UIL Meet Winners

7th-grade Art 7th-grade Editorial Writing 1st place - Brody Mitchell 6th place – Madalyn Makar 2nd place - Erin Ebers 4th place - Adrian Galvan 8th-grade Editorial Writing 4th place – Davian Guevara 8th-grade Art 1st place - Diego Aguillion 8th-grade Impromptu Speaking 4th place - Emma Denton 4th place – Jacob Kohleffel 6th place – Natalie Deleon 8th-grade Listening Skills 6th-grade Calculator 3rd place – Brooke Moreno 5th place - Elena Miller 6th place - Luke Kohleffel 6th-grade Mathematics 4th place – Elena miller 7th-grade Calculator 6th place – Lleyton Davidson 4th place - Gael Garza 5th place - Eli Gerick 7th-grade Mathematics 6th place - Camden Winkler 5th place – Austin Nguyen

8th-grade Calculator 8th-grade Mathematics 4th place - Quinn Smith 1st place – Quinn Smuth 5th place - Elisabeth Miller 5th place – Elisabeth miller 6th place - Jens Quam 6th-grade Modern Oratory 7th-grade Chess 3rd place – Eva Huckaby 3rd place – Tomas Pacheco 4th place – Serena Colleg

7th-grade Dictionary skills 7th-grade Modern Oratory 6th place – Caroline Waldrop 4th place – Cadence Lewis

8th-grade Dictionary skills 8th-grade Modern Oratory 2nd place - Brooke Moreno 2nd place – Amber Clements 5th place – Victoria Smith 6th-grade Editorial Writing 2nd place - Madysen Whitfield (Continued on the next page!) 6th-grade Number Sense 5th place – Elena Miller 8th-grade Science 6th place – Luke Kohleffel 3rd place – Diego Aguillon

7th-grade Number Sense 7th-grade Social Studies 5th place - Jenns Quam 3rd place – Brody Mitchell 6th place – Eli Gerick 6th-grade Spelling 8th-grade Number Sense 1st place – Nayah Macaambac 3rd place – Quinn Smith 5th place – Elisabeth Miller 7th-grade Spelling 6th place – Gael Garza 2nd place – Hailey Rasmussen 5th place – Erica Estrada 7th-grade Oral Reading 5th place – Jackson Blasy 8th-grade Spelling 6th place – Caitlyn Byrne 8th-grade Oral Reading 4th place – Skyla Martini TEAM AWARDS 5th place – Brita Rhodes 6th-grade Calculator – 2nd place 6th-grade Science – 2nd place 6th-grade Project Based Art 6th-grade Number Sense – 3rd place 4th place – Bella Reid 6th-grade Mathematics – 2nd place 5th place – Cali Gregory 7th-grade Number Sense – 2nd place 7th-grade Project Based Art 7th-grade Mathematics – 3rd place 3rd place (tie) – Adrian Galvan 7th-grade Art – 1st place 3rd place (tie) - Brody Mitchell 7th-grade Calculator – 2nd place 7th-grade Social Studies – 3rd place 8th-grade Project Based Art 2nd place – Diego Aguillon 8th-grade Art – 1st place 4th place (tie) – Emma Denton 8th-grade Calculator – 2nd place 4th place (tie) – Natalie Deleon 8th-grade Science – 2nd place 8th-grade Dictionary Skills – 2nd place 7th-grade Writing 8th-grade Number Sense – 2nd place 2nd place – Savannah Aguilar 8th-grade Mathematics – 2nd place 6th place – Kendall Lopez

6th-grade Science rd Way to go, 3 place – Reese Roach 6th place – Cole Dowell Wildcats!

AcademicUIL

Elizabeth Miller and Victoria Smith

Photo By : Natalie Deleon

Mrs. Jasso

Photo By: Skyla Martini

Luke Kohieffel and Elena Miller

Photo By: Brooke Moreno

Mrs. Baker and Dr. Turner

Photo by: Brooke Moreno

Spring Dance

Spring Dance

Micheal Soto, and Monicka Sanches

Photo by: Mrs. Moon

The GPMS Gazette Editorial Staff: Executive Editor – Jonathon Martinez News - Faith Pitts Opinions - Jayden (Sky) Campbell People - Madi Snody Sports - Lauren Spencer A & E (Arts & Entertainment) - Isabella Baietto Technology - Hailey Rasmussen Features - Madelynn Gross Style - Zoe Garza

GPMS Gazette Beat Reporters: Academic Booster Club - Zoey Lankford Tennis - Brandon Castilleja Art - Natalie DeLeon Theatre - Victoria Smith Attendance - Zoey Lankford Track – Kendall Lopez Band - Colton Renfro Basketball (Intramural) - Melany Castillo Please use your school e-mail to contact Box Tops Brigade – Noelani Judd editors & beat reporters if you have Building Trades - Jonathon Martinez questions, news tips, pictures, ideas, etc. Career Investigations – Rylee Martinez Cats Club - Kendall Lopez If you would like to join the GPMS Press Cheerleaders - Ginny Carey Corps, please e-mail or visit Mr. Thomas in Choir - Bella Rodriguez room C112. See you next month! Clerical Practice - Isabella Baietto Communities in Schools - Jesse Riojas Destination Imagination - Jaden Velasco GT (Gifted & Talented) - Marky Trevino Health – Rylee Martinez Keyboarding - Brandon Castilleja Library - Juan Hinojosa Lifeskills - Cadence Phelps NJHS - Jesse Riojas Pep Rallies - Faith Pitts Robotics Club - Bella Rodriguez School Board – Hailey Rasmussen Spanish - Jayden (Sky) Campbell Covering the News for You! Speech - Madysen Whitfield Left to right: Jonathon Martinez, Jayden Student of the Month Awards - Campbell, Ginny Carey, Colton Renfro & Rylee Martinez Gabriel Palacios in the GPMS Newsroom. Student Quotes/Words of Wisdom - Savannah Diaz-Korrf