The Annual Newton Car Race By: Jayde Teacher of Month 2 It All Started with Isaac Newton… Isaac Newton Invented the Three Laws of Motion
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Volume 1 issue 2 9/15/14 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: The Annual Newton Car Race By: Jayde Teacher of Month 2 It all started with Isaac Newton… Isaac Newton invented the three laws of motion. The first one is „every object in motion tends to stay in motion until an unbalanced force is acted Harry Potter 2 upon it.‟ The second law is „acceleration is produced when a force acts on mass.‟ The third School tips 3 one is „for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.‟ For the Annual Car Race that Mrs.Rankin has every year, her students are to build a car out of materials that they Spelling Bee 3 find. There wheels can be off of a truck or homemade…. of course some people were cre- ative and did make homemade wheels, but most just took wheels off of a toy truck. For Sports 4 this car race we do two races. The first race is where you have to carry an egg down the Dodgeball 4 ramp safely to the finish line without killing it. The second race, I have to say is the hard- est, is where you have a line of eggs at the finish line. You then have to take your car Meet the students 5 down the ramp, and it has to make it to the finish line without cracking or knocking over any of your „fans‟ at the end! Our results were unbelieveable! The results over all were, in App Reviews 6 third place Ryan Lumbeck with the Estus Egg and in second place was Elizabeth Oetken Food and Cooking 7 with Mr.Lady. *drum roll*.... And in first place with the Fetus Crusher... Sarah McVey and Jayde Henry. Animals and Pets 8 Spot the Difference 9 Horoscopes 9 Switched at Birth 10 Old School Trucks- Mr.Nichols By: Jayde, Collin, and Noah On February 17 we went down and interviewed Mr. Nichols on his truck. Mr. Nichols‟ truck is a 1950 Chevy 3100. The Chevy belonged to Mr. Nichols‟ dad. Mr. Nichols decided to take it out of the weeds in 1988. Mr. Nichols started going to car shows last summer. He has awards from 3 car shows. It was elected as the Mayor's Choice Award in Galesburg. The restoration project has been going on for 10 years and still going. Mr. Nichols said he would never sell his truck. The size of the engine in his truck is a 396 cubic inch. We asked Mr. Nichols how much he pays for gas and his exact words were, “Too much, but its worth it for the fun!” It‟s not very good on gas mileage. It get 9 miles a gallon. Mr. Nichols restoration has been a project for his family. It has taken a long time for him to be able to drive his truck. He says it‟s not finished yet, but he can drive it. Page 2 By:Jayde Henry On February 10, I went around to each classroom, and took votes for teacher of the month. That day in seventh hour I counted the votes. Mrs.Rankin got in second place with 21 votes. But the winner was……..Miss.Fitzgerald with 23 votes!! The next day on February 11 I went down and interviewed Miss.Fitzgerald. She started teaching in August of 2014. I asked Miss.Fitzgerald why she became a teacher, she said “To inspire students to become well-rounded individuals, and to show them how cool math is!” She went to Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. I then asked Miss.Fitzgerald what her dream job was, her exact words were “Own a bakery…*whispers* I love dessert!” Miss.Fitzgerald has several aunts and cousins who are teachers. She likes to hang out with her family and friends, explore, and play music. West Central Middle School is Miss.Fitzgeralds first teaching job. Congratulations Miss.Fitzgerald! You deserved this win! By Ryan Lumbeck Welcome Harry Potter fans, do you like to be in a club? Well, here is your chance. If you want to join, ask Mrs. Rankin to sign up. Also, to be in Harry Potter club, you must pass the test. On the test, you must have a good grade and must have read all of the Harry Potter books. Mrs. Rankin‟s advice is you have to be silly, active, and enjoy yourself. She started doing the club in 2013. If you don‟t have a club to be in, you can sign up for her club. She does it every Wednesday at 5C. It has 13 kids in the club. UPCOMING EVENT, Quidditch is like dodge ball, but you‟re on a broom. this year they made potions and wands. We also meet with Monmouth College once a year to do a competition. They are doing Quidditch and a trivia challenge. All they do is have a really good time. School Tips Page 3 By: Haven Simmons & Reagan Garber & Courtney Torrance Go to Mathway.com for help with math homework. Use cinnamon flavored gum to stay awake in class. You will find more relevant information at scholar.google.com than google.com Up late studying? Listen to Hans Zimmer Pandora. It has no distracting lyrics. Want to learn how to speed read? Go to spreeder.com helps with speed and comprehension. When you're studying use green, yellow, and red highlighters. Green for the things you know, Yellow for the things you‟re learning, and Red for the things you don't know. Use a planner to keep your assignments organized. Chewing the same flavored gum you did while studying as you are when you take the test will help improve your memory. Keep water next to your bed and drink it when you wake up. This will help you wake up for school the next day. Spelling Bee By Tucker Peterson After the West Central Middle School Spelling Bee, the two alternates were Annamae Brown and Dylan Spiker. The runner-up was Bradon Annegers and the winner was Tucker Peterson. On Tuesday, February 10, 2015, Tucker and Bradon then participated in the Henderson and Warren county spelling bee. The winner advances to the Peoria Journal Star Spelling Bee on Friday, March 20, 2015. There were ten spellers overall, two from each school including West Central, United, Monmouth-Roseville, ICS, and Central Intermediate. The rules of the spelling bee are, you get a word, you can ask to hear the word again, the definition, use it in a sentence, language of origin, and part of speech. Once you are ready to spell the word, you say the word, spell the word, and say the word again. You have to say the word so many times so the judges can tell if you heard the word right. The order the spellers went is was predetermined when the names were drawn out of the hat. Tucker went last and Bradon went next to last. Tucker, who was hoping for redemption after misspelling the stethoscope at last year’s Bi County Spelling Bee. He and one other kid went out on the first round. Tucker was so nervous that when he got the word orchard, (A word he knew.) he forgot the r after the o at the beginning and then after he spelled it, he said “I forgot the r at the beginning.” But spelling bee is mostly based on the luck of the words you get. But Bradon was just getting started, he spelled three words right, but then on the 4th round, he got the word cabana and messed up. When the judges said it, it sounded like cabanya. But that is the actual pronunciation of the word. Tucker got next to last, and Bradon got third overall. The final two contestants were Stella Narkiewizc a 7th grader from Monmouth-Roseville, who spells first out of the two, and Thomas Trout-Young, a 6th grader from United, who spells after Stella. Once you get to the final two, if one person get a word right, and the other one misspells a word, the move onto the Championship Round, where if they spell one more word right they win. It went on for around 10 more rounds. But finally, Thomas Trout- Young won. (I do not remember the winning word.) So Miss. Reynolds encourages everybody to go out for the Spelling Bee. Page 4 NBA Dunk Contest By Nate Bigger Saturday night at 7:30 the NBA had its All-Star Chicago cubs player review slam dunk contest. There were 4 contestants competing. By Ryan Lumbeck They were Zach LaVine, Victor Olandipo, Mason Plumlee Welcome back to Chicago sports review part 2 to- and Giannis Antetokounmpo. We will go over all 3 rounds and the winner. Let’s get goin’. day we are going to talk about Starlin Castro, Anthony Riz- zo and Travis Wood to tell you about these three cubs Round 1. Mason Plumlee did a reverse dunk off the side of the backboard. He got a 40 out of 50 total points. players so let‟s get started Next was Victor Olandipo. He did a 540 degree spin and reverse slammed a dunk for a 50 out of 50 points. Next was Am going to start with Castro he is #13 and plays short- Giannis Antetokounmpo. He attempted a full extension stop. Can you guess how tall he is? You got it he is 6‟0” ally-oop to himself but couldn’t throw it down and got a and weighs 190 lb. He was born in Monte Cristo.