January /February 2014 Volume 7, Issue 4

Where Is Music Going? Interview: By: Dezrae M. Mrs. Bateman, In my perspective of listening to all Administrative kinds of music I would say that music is head- Assistant ing into an all new era of hot songs and cool new beats. Music speaks to certain people in Why did you Switch all different walks of life. Artists like to per- to NUMS? tain to their own group of people also called I was chosen to fandoms. I see music heading into this thing assist Mr. Burggraf where music is 24/7. You never know, they in transitioning into could use music to teach in 2050. New art- the building. ists are popping up all over the globe show- ing how everyone is similar even though we What is your favorite movie? were all raised differently. Music is used for My favorite movie changes all the time but I how people feel. If the artists keep making hit currently love the movie Frozen. songs I am sure that music is going to sky- rocket. Take for example. They One Direction What is your favorite book? have millions of people screaming for them to I love anything by Nora Roberts. follow them and marry them while the others are crying and dying over them. Or Imagine Do you have anything that you are really excited Dragons, they show emotion in every song they sing and on stage. Take the genre of rap to change at NUMS this year? for example. People think that rap songs are My biggest goal is to just make things as easy inappropriate when they really speak their as possible for the teachers and help the stu- minds. A lot of people do not appreciate what dents as much as I can. the lyrics really mean and possess. Every song is different and appreciated in every What is your favorite part of this year so far? single way. I hope you take pride in what you My favorite part of this year has been getting listen to because it is okay and helps you to reaquainted with all the students again since I express who and what you are. have not seen some of them for over two years. I also really enjoyed the dance and watching ev- NUMS Wildcat Beat eryone have a good time. Digital Newspaper Editors: Madison P., Bethany S., Anna A. Do you have any permanent scars? Supervisor: Mrs. Tenah McMahan Administrator: Mr. Matt Burggraf (Continued on Page 2) Top Apps, Songs, Movies & More (Continued from Page 1) By: Caleb B. Oh yes. I have lots of scars. I have had kid- ney surgery which left a large scar. I had sur- The top book for 2013 is The False gery on my wrist and have a scar from that. I Prince by: Jennifer Neilson. Sage a young also have several from being a tomboy growing orphan is casted by Connor the nobleman of up. the court to compete with 3 other orphans for the role of the long lost prince. Sage must be- What was your favorite vacation? come the false prince or else he will be killed. We went to Myrtle Beach last summer as a As Sage stays at the castle more lies begin to family. I went with my girls, my parents, my unfold. Does Sage have what it takes to be the sisters, my nieces and my nephew. It was False Prince? such a good time. We spent lots of time on the The 2013 Blockbuster is The Hunger beach. Games: Catching Fire. This is based off of the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy If you could travel any place you wanted to by Suzanne Collin. Katniss and Peeta must where would you go? fight for their lives once again. They are drawn I think I would like to go to Ireland. I think it is back into the arena because of the Quarter beautiful and would love to see it in person. Quell. Victors from each of theGames are either after Katniss or willing to protect her. Will What is the thing you would like to do the most? Katniss survive or will she die trying. When I was younger I wanted to be a child The top song this month is Timber by psychologist. I think someday I would like to go Pitbull featuring Kesha. back to school and get my degree. The top app this month is Heads Up! Did you go to college, If so would you change This game is no ordinary game. You put the what you majored in? phone up to your head and try to guess what I did not go to college but I would like to go back you are from the clues your friend(s) give you. someday for psychology. When you guess it correctly you tilt it down By Alexis then back up to flip to the next card. Freezing Weather -- Freezing My Computer? By: Kayla K. If your computer is freezing up, it can be caused  Internet History - Have you cleared your by some of the following reasons: Internet History lately? You need to clear your  Too Many Tabs Open - If you have close internet history fairly regularly to ensure that to 6 billion tabs open, your computer can freeze your computer runs smoothly. and be really slow. If you can easily come back to  Excesive Programs Open -- Do you really the tab later, close it. Only keep the essential tabs need five different Wod Documetns, two inter- open. net browsers, and your docs folder open at the  Restarting Your Computer - Restart your same time? Save & Close your extra programs computer to refresh your computer. You should not currently in use. restart your computer regularly so you can avoid your computer freezing. Peanut Butter Cup Cookies By: Audra Adams • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour • ½ Tsp. salt • 1 Tsp. baking soda • ½ cup butter, softened • ½ cup white sugar • ½ cup peanut butter • ½ cup packed brown sugar • 1 egg, beaten • 1 Tsp. vanilla extract • 2 Tbsp. milk • 40 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups

Preheat oven 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda; set aside.

Cream together the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and peanut Strawberry-Banana Smoothies butter until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and milk. Add the By: Madison P. flour mixture; mix well. Roll into 40 balls and place in a mini You will need 1 frozen banana, muffin pan. 1/2 cup nonfat yogurt, 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup strawberries. Blend in a blender Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and and enjoy your delicious smoothie. immediately place peanut butter cups in the center of the cookies. Let cool and carefully remove from pan. Enjoy!

Valentine’s Day Jokes By Angel H. Q: Why did the boy have his girlfriend put in jail? A: She stole his heart. Q: How did the telephone propose to his girlfriend? A: He gave her a ring. Q: Why did the boy put candy under his pillow? Totally Cool A: Because he wanted sweet dreams. Color Wheels Q. What did one volcano say to the other? from 8th A. I lava you. grade art Q: What did the octopus say to his girlfriend when with Mrs. he proposed? Blankenship. A: Can I have your hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand in marriage? The 7th grade BBB Team finished in 2nd place (Score 38 to 34) after a tough game Saturday February 15th at Northmor vs. Buckeye Valley. Great Season! Congrats! The 8th grade Boys Bball Team won its first Tournament game Feb. 8th. They played Fairbanks at B.V. but lost in the semi finals. Brandon H. goes for 2 at a home game.

Our 7th grade girl’s season ended Saturday February 8th at Centerburg when Centerburg us 19 to 10. Lilly A. in photo scored 8 as leading scorer. We did not The 8th Grade Girls Basketball Team have a good season with an overall record posting finished 2nd in the COAL Tourrna- no wins. However, we plan to have open gyms with ment after a great season. Tough Coach Nikki Marvin and become much improved! Defense shown above. Future City By : Anna A. This Month in History By Kayla K. The members of the Future City team this year were: Audra A, Evan W, Summer S, Josh 1 - 1863 Emancipation Proclamation takes effect C, Cameron T, Alexis J, Lacie N, Anna A, Isaiah K, 2 - 1974 Nixon signs national speed limit as law Caleb B, and the Coach was Mr. G the 8th grade 3 - 1521 Martin Luther excommunicated science teacher. We spent the beginning half of 5 - 1933 The Golden Gate bridge is born our meetings working on the research essay 6 - 1838 Morse demonstrates the telegraph and designing our system of transportation. 7 - 1789 The first presidential election We wanted to focus mainly on the transpor- 8 - 1918 Wilson delivers the 14 Points Speech tation because that was the theme for this 9 - 1493 Christopher Columbus confuses manatees year’s competition. While we were working on for mermaids the essay we were also working on a required 10-1920 League of Nations instituted SIM city. Once we had the essay done we were 11-1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is creates able to begin building our model. We had lots of 12-2010 Massive Earthquake hits Haiti fun building everything and putting all the cot- 13-1128 Pope recognizes the Knights Templar ton balls on the board. It was a huge challenge 14-1943 FDR is the first president to travel on and we spent several meetings trying to get an airplane for official U.S. business our train to work. The idea was to make the 15-1559 Elizabeth crowned queen of England train levitate by using magnets. We could not 16-1919 Prohibition takes effect get the “train” to levitate, so instead we hung 17-1994 Earthquake rocks L.A. it on fishing line and used magnets to push it 18-1912 Scott reaches the South Pole along the wire. By this time we were almost 19-1807 Robert E. Lee is born done with our entire model. Our presenters: 20-1961 Robert Frost reads at JFK’s inauguration Cameron T, Evan W, and Audra A began to write 21-1793 King Louis XVI is executed the script for the presentation and practice. 22-1905 Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia We were adding finishing touches before the 23-1556 Deadliest earthquake in history rocks China competition that weekend. We had to come 24-1908 Boy Scouts movement takes place into school really early and ride for AN HOUR AND 25-1942 Thailand declares war on the United States & A HALF to Columbus State for the competition. England We managed to get through three presenta- 26-1980 The U.S. Olympic Committee votes against the tions and a three hour award ceremony. Moscow games We received one 1st place award for best use 27-1888 National Geographic Society is founded of ceramics. (Almost none of us understood 28-1986 Challenger explodes what that was but we got 1st place in some- 29-1845 “The Raven” is published thing so we went with it.) So we finished out 30-1933 Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Future City fairly well and now the team has 31-1865 House passes the 13th Amendment the last meeting to tear apart the model and eat pizza!

Speaking of History -- the 6th graders enjoyed 1/2 way day! What is this???? See pg. 7 VEX By: Jessica V. Madison Hatfield- “Vex is fun, stressful, and is a lot of work. Don’t argue with your teammates if Vex is an after school activity where you one of them is Guin! Choose EasyC instead of build robots out of steel, metal and, aluminum. RobotC. Creativity is key.” Once you build your robot you have to program it on either RobotC or EasyC, it isn’t the hardest Joel Ackerman- “I like vex it is fun because you part, but it is complex. You also have to program can build robots and it will make you good at the driver control and autonomous(where you engineering!” program the robot for 15 seconds at the beginning of a match to make as many points as you Adam Brown-”Vex is a great thing to join to can) with your autonomous you want to get the spend time with your friends after school.” most points so that you can win. If your alliance wins you are awarded 10 extra points added on Joey Blair- “Vex is fun I have been in it for 3 to the score that you get. At the beginning of the years, it’s stressful.” competition you get a schedule that shows what time you have your matches, who your alliance is, Zak Kratowicz- “vex is a very fun way to hang who you are against, and what field you are on. out with friends and build robots. It is a fun way There is also a thing that you do at the competi- to get into engineering.” tion, it is called skills. During skills you get 60 seconds to score as many points as you can. Then Cole Peterson-”I think it’s awesome.” people that already made it to state once and makes it agian that means that the person with Nazar Abbas- “Vex is a good way to learn about the highest score in skills gets to make it to skills. robotics even if you don’t want a career in that Alliances are were the leaders go through and subject. it also teaches life lessons that you randomly put you into groups, sometimes you are would need in the future.” in a group with a team then the next time you will be against them it is just random. The first group Jenna Katka- “It is amazing for a nerd but if you in North Union to make it to state was Evan, Joel, aren't very technical then you won’t be good at Zak, and Cole they are called the Transformers. it.” The second team to make it to state was Adam and Cameron and they are called Check Mate. Austin Jamison- “It is very fun!” The third team to make it to state was Garette, Derrick and Bradley. The third team to make it to

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n m a n r u o T s c i t o b o R x e V e n i a t Hailee Miller-” it’s AMAZEBALLTASTIC! e n Wacky Holiday ‘s for February 6th Grade 1/2 Way Day By Jeremy Q By: Madison P. American Heart Month As you know, the 6th graders had An Affair to Remember Month 1/2 Way Day at the end of January. 1/2 Black History Month Canned Food Month Way Day is to celebrate for the 6th graders Great American Pie Month passing through half of their formal schoo- National Cherry Month ing! They even had the National Honor So- National Children’s Dental Health Month ciety come over to help. They ran sessions National Grapefruit Month about college, High School, career readi- ness, and thoughts about our future. To 5 National Weatherman’s Day 7 Send a Card to a Friend Day - obviously created start the day off they had 1/2 a donut and by a card company 1/2 a cup of orange juice. They then spent 7 Winter Olympics Opening ceremony the afternoon with team building relay rac- 8 Boy Scout Day - the birthday of scouting es in the gym. This was the kid’s favorite 8 Kite Flying Day - in the middle of winter!?! part. Thanks to Mrs. Miller, the 6th grade 9 Toothache Day math teacher for providing the information. 10 Umbrella Day 10 Clean out Your Computer Day - YouTuber of the Month second Monday of Month I’m sure most of 11 Don't Cry over Spilled Milk Day you have already 11 Make a Friend Day heard of the 11 White T-Shirt Day name Bethany 12 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday Mota; The You 12 Plum Pudding Day tube “Sensation” 13 Get a Different Name Day that has now 14 Ferris Wheel Day signed with 14 National Organ Donor Day Aeropostale. 17 Random Acts of Kindness Day Pretty much ev- 17 President's Day - third Monday of month eryone is very happy for Betha 19 National Chocolate Mint Day ny! She got 20 Cherry Pie Day signed with a huge clothing company just from making 20 Love Your Pet Day videos on a website. But, in most people, the question 22 George Washington's Birthday arose, “How?” How does a 18/19 year old get signed 22 Be Humble Day with Areopostale just from sitting in front of a camera? 22 Walking the Dog Day Truth is, this has happened with more people than just 22 International World Thinking Day Bethany. More and more Youtubers are beginning to 23 International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day get signed with Adsense, a company that puts se- 23 7 Winter Olympics closing ceremony lected ads on your videos for you to make an income 24 National Tortilla Chip Day off of your videos. Now don’t get me wrong; 99% of 26 National Pistachio Day - it's a nutty day! Youtubers do Youtube because they love it and their viewers, not just because of money. Bethany has been 26 Tell a Fairy Tale Day able to be one of the “Big” Youtubers living off of being 27 Polar Bear Day herself, and helping others find out what they love to 28 Floral Design Day do. So this just goes to show, Youtube is more than 28 Public Sleeping Day just a website. It’s been helping people find out who 28 National Tooth Fairy Day - and/or August 22 they are, what they want to do, and has been helping 29 Leap Day - not til 2016, once every four years people find an outlet for all of the bad in life. By Miranda R. & Photo from Morgan Y. Geeky Gadgets Yes that was our Morgan Y pictured with By: Sabrina Q. Bethany Mota. She was at Polaris Fashion Place a couple of weekends ago and she went! 1. Laser Keyboard  The laser keyboard is one of the newest designed keyboards. The keyboard works by a sensi- tive hand motion laser that monitors your move- ments and lets you type. The laser keyboard is a compact and versatile product. It connects easily to any Bluetooth devices, including the latest iPhone, iPad and Android devices. I think that the laser keyboard product is a wonderful device. It is easier to type with, and you can take it anywhere you want. It works everywhere, it is very easy to use, and it is very helpful when typing at night time.

2. Smart fork  The smark fork is a helpful eating tool that they have recently designed. The fork is a bluetooth enabled fork. It is helpful because when you are eating too fast or too much it lights up and vi- brates. I think this product will help us in the future by giving us a healthier lifestyle that is easier to track.

3. 3D home printer  The 3D home printer is a small printer that you can design pictures on. It prints out automati- cally for you. This printer is a great device because it helps with things such as saving trees and not wasting them on paper. It also can help with not having to go to the store and buy things, you can just print it inside of your home. Save money and have fun! NUMS Wrestling The Wrestling Team has completed their season at the COAL Tournament on Sat- urday February 8th. Trace C. and Chris Wilson C. both finished 3rd and Brandon H. finished 4th. As a team Brandon H. recorded the most wins & pins and Kyle W. had the most take downs. Several considered Districts but are not partici- pating. And-- yes that is one of our 2 girls -- Mor- gan T. wrestling in the picture. Candy Bark Ingredients Needed 1. 12 ozs. ( 2 cups) of dark chocolate chopped or chips 2. 12 ozs. (2 cups) of white chocolate chopped or chips 3. one bag of candy hearts 4. one bag of m and m’s 5. two bags of plain pretzels or iced pretzels 6. two mixing bowls 7. a square cake pan 8. red food coloring How to make it 1. Melt the white chocolate into one mixing bowl 2. Then put the red food dye in the chocolate and mix 3. Mix it until you have made the chocolate into a light pink color 4. Take the last mixing bowl and put the dark chocolate into the bowl and melt it 5. Pour the dark melted chocolate first into the cakepan 6. Then take the light pink chocolate and lightly pour it on top of the dark chocolate 7. Open the bag of pretzels and pour them onto the chocolate while spreading them out . 8. Put the two bags of m & m’s and candy hearts and pour them on top of the pretzels and chocolate 9. Spread mix out & place in the refrigerator for about 30 mins 10. Break into small pieces and ENJOY! Y2Y Lock-in By: Madison P.

On December 31st and January 1st Y2Y had a lock-in at the Marysville YMCA. When you first arrived you had to check in and make any last minute payments. After you got settled in, they split you into groups. After everything was talked about you were able to just run around and do what you wanted. They had a schedule posted of everything that was going on. There were other schools there as well. There were many different activities such as, swimming, movies, dodge ball, kickball, yoga, racket ball, and basketball. It was We are artistic! also really fun to meet other people. The best thing was nobody judged, no drama was caused, and it was a place where We have Spirit! you could just go and hang out with your The Boys cheered friends. If you are interested in planning or the girls on during finding out ahead of time about other activi- tournamnment ties, join Y2Y. It is after school on Wednes- play.! days until 4:00. Come on people, we need more members! A Project Sample from 7th Grade Glogster EDU is pretty well liked at Social Studies. NUMS. Students like how it com- bines the use of graphics and text. Life in the Middle Ages Glog: Your task is to You can check it out for free if you create an online poster, or a Glog about life in a have not had the change to Glog! Medieval town. Use the internet, informational Mrs. Richardson’s Class worked books and other sources to complete the neces- hard to complete their awesome sary research. There are severall helpful links Glogs! on It’s Learning (both text and video). The Glog- ster website is www.edu.glogster.com. You will present your glog to the class. Destinatiion Imagination Required Information Elements: The D.I. Team presented a Disabil- 1. Twenty facts about daily life & the role of ity Awareness Carnival called ‘Wildcat the church during the medieval time period. Awareness” at the elementary gym 2. Briefly describe your facts. See me if you last Saturday the 15th. The team have questions. made carnival games that educated 3. Brief explanation about how the category the public about different disabilities. has affected modern civilization. The team chose the Service Learning 4. At least two hyperlinks to reliable web Challenge. The challenge required the pages with information. One hyperlink student team members to find a need should be about the role of the church and the in the community and solve that need other should be about an aspect of daily life in in a creative way. The team consists the medieval time period. of Kasey C., Ashleigh B., Julien G., Madi- 5. One 2-5 minute video link. son H., and Jessica C. The coaches are Required Visual Elements Jennifer Beebe and Dayna Gorman. 1. A background color or design The team will present their project at 2. Two or more related graphics the Regional Contest Saturday March 3. Be creative and have fun! 15. Best of luck the team! Your hard work will be rewarded! Daily Life in the Middle Ages Glog Rubric: Scoring Key--5-Excellent;4-Good;3- Fair;2-Needs Improvement;1-Poor On February, 14th we held a heart scavenger hunt. _____Contains 20 facts about daily life or the The winners were: role of the church in the middle ages. 1st Place- Carson S.,6th _____Graphics are related to the topic and add 39 Hearts to the educational value of the Glog. _____The Glog is attractive in terms of design, 2nd Place- Avery C., 8th layout and neatness. 38 Hearts _____The project demonstrates an understand- 3rd Place- Wes C., 8th ing of the impact of the middle ages on modern 37 Hearts civilization. _____The hyperlinks and video add to the educa- Congratulations! tional impact of the Glog. _____The student effectively presents the material on the Glog. They received _____The student appears to have gained knowl- goodie bags! edge about life in the middle ages _____Productive during class _____/40 POSSIBLE POINTS