The Student Newspaper of Freedom Area Middle School

Volume 9, Issue 2 The Student Newspaper of Freedom Area Middle School October 2019 Freedom Middle School supports breast cancer awareness Christopher Denkovich, Grade 7 Features Editor You haven’t been feeling well the past couple of months, and you finally agree to go to the doctor. They do all sorts of tests and check-ups while you sit there and wait to find out what’s wrong. The doctor sits you down and gives you the dreadful news you have breast cancer. This is a scenario that one in eight or 12% of women will face. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a month Troy Gorajewski , fifth grader, had the breast cancer awareness ribbon cut solely dedicated to raising funds into his hair, to support his aunt. . Photo by Christopher Denkovich and awareness about breast cancer. Breast cancer is most commonly detection. might pass.” Gorajewski’s aunt found in females ages 15 to 39 but Many Freedom families have lost her hair due to the disease but can affect anyone, including males. dealt with breast cancer, including fought long and hard and beat In 2019, an estimated 268,600 new one family, the Gorajewski’s. breast cancer. cases of invasive breast cancer are Troy Gorajewski, a fifth-grade There are many things you expected to be diagnosed in women student at Freedom Area Middle can do to support breast cancer in the U.S., along with 62,930 new School, cut his hair in a ribbon awareness. Two ways to show cases of non-invasive breast cancer. shape to support his aunt, who support are to wear pink during Invasive breast cancer means it will was diagnosed with breast cancer. October and donate to breast spread to other parts of the body, Gorajewski stated that he wanted cancer charities. One charity whereas non-invasive will stay in everyone to know that breast cancer is the American Breast Cancer the breasts. The American Breast is a terrible disease. Foundation. The American Breast Cancer Foundation stated that Gorajewski also stated that his Cancer Foundation is a national breast cancer death rates declined aunt having breast cancer affected charity dedicated to providing by 40 percent from 1989 to 2016. his family greatly. educational resources, access, and This progress is due to early “We were all scared that she Continued on page 4 @bulldogbarker www.bulldogbarker.com 2 Bulldog Barker Freedom Area Middle School 3 Deaths linked to vaping rise into the Safe2Say Something program aims to double digits in the United States decrease school violence through an Alexa Davis, Grade 8 Editor in Chief anonymous reporting system Many e-cigarette users have Alexa Hudak, Grade 7 awoken to the reality of how Writer dangerous vaping really is, after Have you ever been in a September 2019, when Juul and situation where you needed vape related deaths in the United immediate attention or help, but States rose into the double digits. you were too afraid or embarrassed Small, sleek, and easy-to-hide, Juuls to come forward with your concern is a brand of e-cigarette. Every Juul to an adult? Safe2Say Something pod contains an equivalent amount is a way for you to do just that, of nicotine as a whole pack of anonymously. cigarettes. Safe2Say Something is a “youth Vaping is a type of smoking, Ms. Smithmeyer’s sixth grade class receives a speech on the negative effects violence prevention program run by where instead of inhaling tobacco, of vaping on Oct. 21, 2019. Photo by Alexa Davis the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney like normal cigarettes, you inhale General,” according to the Safe2Say as of Oct. 29, there have been Formaldehyde can cause asthma aerosol, or vapor. The vape heats Something website. “The program 34 deaths and an additional 300 attacks and wheezing, too. Acrolein up the pod and releases the vapor. teaches youth and adults how to injuries. No one knows exactly is another chemical in a Juul pod, Freedom Area Middle School principal Mr. Smith introduces Safe2Say Juuls and other kinds of vaping recognize warning signs and signals what is causing these deaths, but which is a main ingredient in weed Something program to students at an assembly on Oct. 2. devices are dangerous. Juuls became from individuals, especially within it is known the deaths are linked killer. Liberty says people who vape Photo by Bryson Deal popular at the end of 2017 and social media, who may be a threat to vaping. The illness could be and Juul need to be aware of what sales skyrocketed in 2018. Juul- to themselves or others and to ‘say emergency services could be To anonymously report caused by one chemical or multiple is in the product. related illnesses were not heard of something’ BEFORE it is too late.” notified as well. a concern, visit https://www. until recently because Juuls were chemicals, but the extent of the In Freedom Area School safe2saypa.org/ or call 1-844-723- “Safe2Say Something has a great Freedom Area School District released in 2015, so the effects of effects of the substances in Juuls is District, during the 2018-2019 2729. If it is an emergency, please impact and will stay with us for a began to associate with the vaping was unknown because the unknown. school year, there were 17 issues call 911. very long time,” says Freedom Area program last January, making this product was so new. Officer Tom Liberty, Freedom with students caught vaping. Two Middle School principal Mr. Smith. our second year with Safe2Say According to The Washington Area School District Resource of those cases were in middle Something. There is training built The program allows students, Post, officials have reported around Officer, said a substance called school. Vapes and e-cigarettes are a into the program itself for the parents or community members 1,080 injuries and 18 deaths related formaldehyde is contained in a problem with the youth. According Freedom staff who respond to to anonymously report a concern to e-cigarette use. By Oct. 15, there Juul pod. Formaldehyde is used to the United States Food and Drug reports to follow, along with their at any time of the day. You can have been 26 deaths and about to embalm dead bodies and it can Administration (FDA), over 3.6 own expertise and experience. 1,300 lung illnesses counted and cause cancer in the upper part contact help through the app, of the throat, behind the nose. Continued on page 7 website, or even just by calling the “Since January of 2019, Freedom Attorney General Office directly. Area School District has had 14 From there, the concern will be tips through Safe2Say Something. For additional news, pictures, and more,, addressed immediately by law Every single one of those has led visit our website!! enforcement and school personnel, to a successful outcome, whether who will investigate the issue and through a preventative measure or take action to prevent any potential through intervention to stop an www.bulldogbarker.com violence. If needed, Beaver County intended action”, said Smith.

@bulldogbarker www.bulldogbarker.com 4 Bulldog Barker Freedom Area Middle School 5 Freedom participates in Red Ribbon FMS Parents hold Color Run FUNdraiser Week Oct. 28-31 instead of Walk-a-Thon Madelyn Richards, Logan Larrick, Grade 8 Grade 8 Website Editor Layout Editor On Friday, Oct. 11, FMS Parents Red Ribbon Week is a drug, held the Color Run at the soccer alcohol, and tobacco prevention field between the middle school awareness campaign that students and high school to raise money for and staff alike participate in during field trips and other activities that the month of October. Freedom will happen throughout the year. Middle School students can partic- Ninety-six students participated ipate in different themes every day in this event that is replacing the of the week. National Red Ribbon Walk-a-Thon, the fundraiser that Campaign started in 1985 and is the FMS Parents have previously very important to millions around organized. the world. During this time, com- munity members across the country Eighth grade students dress up as Hawaiians for group day on Tuesday, Students wore white or light- wear red ribbons to raise awareness Oct. 29. colored clothing and ran to three of the damage caused by drugs and Photo courtesy of the FMS Yearbook. Used with permission. stations situated by the gym, the Students throw colored powder at each other during the Color Run. alcohol. hill near the high school, and by Photo by Logan Larrick Friends, family, and neigh- having new themes everyday. This the trees along the seventh-grade Red Ribbon Week all started in bors started wearing red badges in year’s themes are red out, group rooms. At these stations, members before having to be dismissed back honor of thirty-seven-year-old En- memory of Camarena. The Nation- day, camo/sparkle day, and cos- of the FMS Parents used condiment to class. rique Camarena. Camarena, Drug al Family Partnership carries on tume day. Many students go all out bottles to spray a cornstarch-based, “Students paid $1 to walk Enforcement Administration Agent, his message through the National and get very dressed up for some colored powder at the students. around the track,” says Wendy was killed in Mexico in 1985. He Red Ribbon Campaign to remind of the themes. Pep Club sponsors Once the stations ran out of Kline, President of FMS Parents for was shoved into a car on the way students of the importance of not Red Ribbon week because it is a powder, the students and gathered the reason of changing the event, to lunch. After finding his body a using drugs. great time to raise awareness for the together and threw their powder hoping to make it something more month later, they saw he had been people that have abused drugs and Freedom Middle School par- packets at each other, then lined up interesting and fun for students to tortured. alcohol in their life and to prevent ticipates in Red Ribbon Week by for a group photo. want to participate in. FMS Parents drug use in students. Following the photo, FMS hope that it will become an annual FMS supports breast cancer awareness Parents drew a raffle for a prize bag event and have already started filled with PAWS cards, a sunglasses planning on new additions for the Continued from page 1 Wear Pink; he is part of a group in Breast Cancer is a horrible case, 3 packs of the color powder, next Color Run. Pittsburgh of 18 professional men disease and can greatly affect a Grandpa Joes gift card, and an Students thought the Color financial assistance to aid in the who help raise money and spread someone’s life and family. Charities iTunes gift card. Some contents Run was better than the Walk-a- early detection, treatment, and awareness for breast cancer. Smith like the American Breast Cancer of the bag were donated by PAWS Thon, and many plan to attend survival of breast cancer. is very dedicated to this cause due Foundation and Real Men Wear Jaiden Ingold, sixth grade, cheers and Grandpa Joes, but the rest of the next Color Run. Overall the Another foundation that helps to a personal experience when his Pink can greatly reduce the struggle as the Color Run concludes with the contents and the event were Color Run was seen as an excellent with funding for breast cancer mother was diagnosed with breast of paying bills, finding doctors, and students covered in colored powder. funded by FMS Parents. After replacement for the Walk-a-Thon research is the Real Men Wear cancer. Smith was also very proud helping your loved ones beat breast Photo by Logan Larrick the raffle, Skybacher Ministries and was enjoyable for the students Pink Foundation. Mr. Ryan Smith, to state that his mother is now cancer. played popular songs through who participated in it. Freedom Area Middle School cancer-free and happily living her their speakers, and students danced principal, is a member of Real Men life. @bulldogbarker www.bulldogbarker.com 6 Bulldog Barker Freedom Area Middle School 7 Fifth grade students created ecosystems Sixth grade learns about beekeeping in Mrs. Perry’s room for science class from local honey company Katelyn Clawson, Grade 5 Bryson Deal, Grade 5 important bees are to our survival, Writer Writer since they pollinate the plants that make our food.” stated Ging. We have all heard of ecosystems. On Oct. 11, Mr. Christan Pastor Christman has two kids But, in the elementary, you sadly Shaffer and Pastor Nathaneil and they are both into beekeeping never got the feeling of satisfaction, Christman, representatives from as well. Zachary, the oldest, was at knowing proudly what people are Oak Grove Lutheran Church, came the presentation too, and he seemed talking about, whenever they say to teach the sixth grade class about to be really knowledgeable. “ecosystems”. So thankfully, Mrs. beekeeping. Oak Grove Lutheran Perry, a fifth grade science teacher, Church in New Sewickley Township “I was interested at first and I decided to grab this opportunity. has a community garden where wanted to help my dad, but then I She gave fifth graders the chance to they store the bees. There are also learned what they were really doing learn about ecosystems, but in such some bees located at the six sites at and I just loved it from then on!” a fun way. Honey so Good. Honey so Good is exclaimed Zachary. “The ultimate goal is for kids a company run by Shaffer and his The church decided to house to learn how all organisms are The fifth grade students created terrariums and aquariums in Mrs. Perry’s wife. Pastor Christman from Oak some of the bees because they have interrelated and depend on one science class for the ecosystems unit. Grove Church also helps out at a large community garden and they another for survival.” Perry states.“I Photo by Katelyn Clawson Honey so Good. needed the bees to pollinate it. got the idea because it is one of “I’m a volunteer at the “We have a big community the hands-on science units, and and they’re hardy enough to survive high schooler, and maybe some company but it kind of turned into garden and we needed the bees to Pastor Christman explains to the it’s recommended by the National fifth graders. elementary schoolers can talk a mission.” said Christman. help our flowers, and now, in my sixth grade how to harvest honey Science Foundation.” “I don’t believe fifth graders about ecosystems and environments Ms.Ging, the sixth grade opinion, they are actually more from the comb. are responsible enough [to keep without anybody being confused! The fifth graders are making science teacher taught her class important than the flowers. It’s Photo by Bryson Deal terrariums and aquariums. They the ecosystems alive],” Mrs. Perry about pollinating plants and kind of like a part time job!” said discovered that a terrarium is a explains. “But hopefully having thought it was a good idea to bring Christman. place, kind of a smaller version of something to take care of will in the bees. Beekeeping is a good way to help.” Right now, everything is a greenhouse, that has plants, roots, “I wanted the kids to learn help everyone out and it’s even growing and alive, and the goal seeds, and more, including soil, and about pollination and how pretty fun. sometimes gravel and rocks. is for everything to stay that way. Some fish are even giving birth, or A few days later, Perry then about to be. announced that fifth grade was Deaths linked to vaping rise making an aquarium. The fifth At the start, a lot of students graders knew exactly what an believe that everything is perfect, Continued from page 1 e-cigarettes online or have older people are suffering serious medical like Hunter Thompson in fifth friends or relatives over the age of problems from this. aquarium was. Or so they thought. million high school students vaped grade, but some students don’t. 18 sell them vapes. Some students thought that in 2018, which rose from 20 percent But, some students just like the there would be no gravel, and of high schoolers who vaped in Liberty stated that at first, fish. But, whenever everything in response, no plants. They just 2017 to 27.7 percent in 2018. This people thought Juuls and other was finished, everybody honestly thought it would be fish and is a very alarming increase, due vaping devices were an alternative, loved them. Now, all fifth graders snails. Perry decided on these to the fact that vaping devices are less harmful way to smoke without know what the word, ecosystems, animals because they each play an illegal to people under the age smelling cigarette smoke, but means, and every middle schooler, important role in the ecosystem, of 18. Many kids buy Juuls and studies are now coming out that @bulldogbarker www.bulldogbarker.com 8 Bulldog Barker Freedom Area Middle School 9 Courtyard improvements continue Features Helena Buli, Grade 5 Writer Is Halloween dangerous? The main courtyard which is being turned into an outdoor Numbers show that trick-or-treating is safe classroom still has many activities to be done with it. Lorenzo Guandolo, Bryson Deal, Charles Brenckle, Grade 5 Farisa Roberts, and Mia Shegog Writer are a part of maintaining the More than 175 million people courtyard. They weed the garden participate in Halloween in the and change the filter on the United States each year, going pond. Since the courtyard has out in their newest most stylish constant maintenance, it’s in good costume collecting candy all condition. Cooper Adams, sixth grader, holds a newly tagged butterfly just before it is throughout the neighborhood. This Ms. Ging, sixth grade science released on Oct. 11 outside the middle school. spooky holiday about the ghosts teacher, is planning to grow Photo by Bryson Deal pumpkins and is accepting of the past can become real horror Recently, a chick has hatched. released, including one brought in donations for pumpkins. Fall Fest, for some kids or parents, which has It’s still very young, and none of by Hannah Shaffer. It was a wild, sixth grade’s annual fall science made people think about if it is the others are with it yet. The chick male butterfly. Most butterflies festival, will have multiple pumpkin safe and what precautions could be is currently in Ms. Moore’s room, are already on route to Mexico! Many children around the world go trick or treating every year. It is activities, so pumpkins are needed. taken to make it safer. The odds are until the others are hatched and all Hopefully, all of the butterflies important to know the safety rules and stay out of harm. If anyone is willing to bring in very slim that something bad could of them are put into the chicken our school has released makes it to U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Senior Airman Nick J. Daniello. pumpkins Ging is always open to happen, but that doesn’t mean it coop in the courtyard. Mexico so that the kids there can Used under Creative Commons license. having them donated. They are can’t happen. catch them and exchange it for a planning to plant the pumpkins as Since the last article, there have According to the Parents cash reward. that nothing will happen and that is safe, but there is an arguable soon as possible. been multiple more butterflies Network, on average, one child is most people are safe, people like amount of kids who don’t come kidnapped every 40 seconds in the Samuel think otherwise. home from trick-or-treating. United States, with no noticeable spikes on Oct. 31. Still, some people “It is safe, it may look scary “It is not safe it is so easy Freedom Funnies think that Halloween is dangerous but not many people are actually to snatch up a kid who is not and would not like their kids to planning a kidnapping or anything supervised.” agrees Alexa Hudak in Original Artwork participate in trick-or-treating. else bad.” says Jacob Bartosh, fifth seventh grade. by grader. This is very true since the “Yes it is safe, not that many Emilee Waggoner “It is safe as long everyone is odds of being kidnapped are one Grade 8 supervised (if they are little) and people go trick-or-treating in small in 300,000 and the odds of being towns so if you are that scared the follow rules and regulations.” says murdered are even lower at 1 in Chris McCormick, sixth grader. odds are a lot lower there.” says 437,000. So the odds are nothing Elizabeth Mooney in fifth grade. “No it is not safe because it is will happen and you are safe. so easy to pull a kid into a house This debate is going to go on Even though the odds are low, for a long time, but statistics, facts, after you have offered them candy a lot of people still agree with and they are on your doorstep.” and witnesses prove that Halloween Giovengo. There are lots of statistics is statistically safe. stated Samuel Giovengo, sixth and facts showing Halloween grader. Even though the odds are @bulldogbarker www.bulldogbarker.com 10 Bulldog Barker Freedom Area Middle School 11 FASD acknowledges their custodians on Freedom participates in honors band for National Custodian Appreciation Day the 22nd year since James arrived Lilly Burgess, Grade 8 Sara Harp, Grade 7 Writer Writer National Custodian This year the Freedom Middle Appreciation Day takes place School and High School are on Oct. 2 every year. On this participating in the Beaver County day custodians and janitors are Honors Band. Freedom has been celebrated for keeping America’s participating in this band for over hospitals, stores, offices, museums, 40 years and we have hosted it for churches, and schools running three. Each year a different school smoothly and clean. hosts the concert and has a new In Freedom Area Elementary, guest director. This year Beaver Area students celebrated our custodians High School is hosting the concert by making a banner thanking them and the guest director is J.P. Scanga. for all the work they do. About 100 students from different Beaver County schools perform in Seven middle school students will represent Freedom Area Middle School at Ms. Nancy, one of the the Beaver County Honors Band on Nov.20-21. Ms. Blinn and Ms. Nancy getting ready to clean the elementary school. the concert every year. custodians for the elementary and Photo by Sara Harp middle schools, has been working Photo by Christopher Denkovich “It is lots of fun and is a great here for 16 years full time and an learning experience,” says Josie Dakota Gingerella, Jimmy Barto, Only a select group of students “Every day is different when she received a Hope Award. She additional two years of part-time. Brenckle, who is participating in Jesse Reinhardt, Alexa Hudak, gets to perform from each school you deal with children.” One of explained that it meant so much to Some of the responsibilities that honors band for the fourth year. Ricky Wasko, and Hailey Stinar each year. That selection is based on Ms. Nancy’s favorite things about her that students truly care about Ms. Nancy has includes, caring for This year, seven middle school are performing. From the high luck and skill. Even if you are an being a custodian is getting to their custodians. her “children”, or students. She students and seven high school school, Phillip Choflet, Cole Skuse, amazing band player and sign up deal every day with kids. One of does many other things that are National Custodian students from Freedom are going to Marissa Lammie, Ashley Imhoff, for honors band, you might not go. the craziest things Ms. Nancy had not just cleaning such as doing the Appreciation Day is an amazing perform in the honors band. From Ella Walden, Faith Tooch, and Alex You have to be lucky enough to be to do would have been when she Relay for Life, helping students way to take the time to recognize the middle school, Josie Brenckle, Bearer are performing. picked by a group of judges. had to participate in one of the raise money or sell products, and and thank our custodians and Christmas skits and “twerk” with just making sure students are janitors. students. She said that her favorite having a good day. memory of working here was when Little Shop of Horrors Auditions Calling all 7th and 8th grade students! Do you enjoy singing, drama, and suspense? If you do, the the Freedom High School musical is perfect for you! Tryouts for the Little Shop of Horrors will be held in the high school auditorium on Nov. 16. All middle school tryouts will be at 10:00 a.m. and should finish before 11:15 a.m. Mr. James will hold two “learn the music “ rehersals Nov. 6 and 13 from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in the High School band room. Permission slips and practice music are avalible from Mrs. Baker in the office.

@bulldogbarker www.bulldogbarker.com 12 Bulldog Barker Freedom Area Middle School 13 Fall sports pep assembly celebrates all Sports fall teams and athletes Matthew Ordean, Grade 8 Eighth-grade girls’ soccer team meets Writer with kindergarten classes The middle school cross country team is for grades (7-8) and Pogue Regan, Grade 8 is coached by Mr. Heisler. Copy Editor The fall football team is a junior high team and is for On Monday, Oct. 7, the eighth- grades(7-9). The coach for the grade girls’ soccer team visited junior high team is Joe Leasha. the kindergarten classes to read The football team colors are red to the students. The girls read and white just like all of Freedom’s “Froggy Plays Soccer” and taught campus with the red and white the kindergarten students how to theme and bulldog mascot. dribble a soccer ball. Boy’s and girl’s middle school Eight graders Madison Meyer soccer is for grades (7-8). The girl’s and Morgan Keller were part of this MS team is coached by Chris Keller group. Both of them said that some and the boy’s MS team is coached kids were unruly, but overall, they by John Mohrbacher. Girls MS were well behaved and kind. soccer is going decent with three Cayden Signorelli, sixth grader, cheers on the athletes at the fall sports “They were excited to see us,” wins, three ties, and six loses so far. assembly on Oct. 4. said Madison Meyer. “We didn’t have the best Photo by Logan Bickerstaff This was the third year record, but we all had fun playing over. is George Bellinger. And also keeps of bringing the girls’ soccer team Eighth grade girls soccer team get together in a kindergarten classroom. together.” said soccer player, Emma Volleyball is for girls in middle the red and white theme colors down to the elementary, and it Submitted Photo by Chris Keller Falk. The fall soccer season is about school grades (7-8) and the coach along with the rest of the school. doesn’t seem like they plan on stopping it anytime soon. The players have a great time with the It’s time for basketball camp kindergarteners, as they get very Gabriel Davis, Grade 7 also practicing 2 on 2 and 3 on 3 Riley, a fifth grade player, excited to interact with the big kids. Guest Writer squads. The 7th and 8th graders shared his thoughts, “It helps me This year there were two girls in practice 5 on 5 games as if there get better with ball handling and each room, so this took some stress On Tuesdays and Thursdays, are playing in a PIAA competition. shooting with my left hand.” off of the girls to entertain a whole the middle and high school gyms Sometimes, there is an open gym Mr. Nick, the fifth grade class of small kids. host the annual Freedom Basketball for people who participate in the coach, explained, “The 5th Fall Workouts or Open Gym for Ms. Tokar, kindergarten workouts. and 6th graders are working on all students who are interested in teacher, says she hopes to continue Players are taught by Matt fundamentals.” playing basketball in fifth, sixth, bringing the eighth graders down Klenk and Chad Hein who are the seventh, or eighth grades. The fifth Basketball is a great opportunity to see the younger kids. Hopefully seventh and eighth grade coaches. Jenna Haskey and Madison Meyer read to students in Mrs. DeChellis’ room. and sixth graders are working on for students of all abilities and ages the girls next year will enjoy the Sometimes, high school players Submitted Photo by Chris Keller their fundamentals such as layups, to have fun and learn a great game. younger kids just as much as the help the seventh and eighth graders shooting, and dribbling. They girls this year. with their workouts. @bulldogbarker www.bulldogbarker.com 14 Bulldog Barker Freedom Area Middle School 15 Uninteresting book with not much action but Freedom Voices great illustrations Olivia VanDeCar, Grade 5 of the attendance papers. Jay soon We should not celebrate Columbus Day Writer finds out that the school accidently put both of their profiles into one! Staff Editorial Some people think Columbus article in the Philadelphia Tribune, The book “Lost and Found” Day is a good thing to have. One Columbus was also a rapist and People who are interested in Should we have a day for by Andrew Clements was not mysteries as well as fiction will of these reasons is that most people sold children into slavery. He Christopher Columbus, the enjoyable. One thing that I did not probably like it more than I did. in America have European heritage initiated the African American famous explorer? Columbus Day like about it was that after the first I would recommend this book to and without Columbus European slave trade. Even worse, Columbus was created by President Benjamin four chapters it sort of told you kids 8 - 12 years old. This book is heritage would not be part of murdered and tortured thousands Harrison because Harrison the answer to the mystery. Then it probably would be 3 out of 5 stars. America. Another reason is if we of native people. He would cut believed that Columbus was the wasn’t really fun to read anymore. erase him from history, people will people’s ears and noses off as first explorer to find America. The book was about two twins not learn the great sacrifices made punishments. He also cut people’s Why should we have it? Research that are named Ray and Jay. They by all of the explorers to get to the hands off, in what now is Haiti, shows that Christopher Columbus just moved into a new school and new land. for not bringing him enough gold never even set foot in North on the first day Ray stays home every three months which he would “Lost and Found”: a book with great America. October 12 marks the day Christopher Columbus Day sick. Jay realizes that his brother’s send back to the king so he could illustrations. Christopher Columbus first stepped should not be a holiday for name hasn’t been called on any continue getting funds for his in the Bahamas. On top of that, multiple reasons. The first reason is expedition. This is not someone to Leif Erickson is the first European that he did not discover anything! honor. “Midnight” is an awe inspiring book that will leave explorer to come on North People were already living in North American soil, beating Christopher America before he came. Columbus We should not celebrate you up all night Columbus by 500 years. We don’t also took over Haiti and made the Christopher Columbus. He was a Elizabeth Mooney, Grade 5 In the new prophecy, StarClan know, there could have even been people living there slaves. That is terrible man. He only deserves to Writer gives a prophecy to Brambleclaw someone before Leif Erickson. We not something to honor. be remembered so people will not from ThunderClan, Feathertail should not have Columbus Day. According to an October 2015 repeat his mistakes. Brambleclaw, a young warrior, from RiverClan, Crowpaw, now must seek out sun-drown-place with Crowfeather, fromWindClan, and three others, while two cats tag Tawnypelt from ShadowClan. The Book Reviews along. With the help of kittypet prophecy was “Darkness, air, water, Purdy and loner Ravenpaw, they and sky will come together, and “Tiger Rising” a magnificent book will soon succeed. Meanwhile, shake the forest to its roots.” Leafpaw, the medicine cat, is trying The thing that made me want Audrey Mooney, Grade 5 Star there is a tiger chained up and not to tell anybody about the to read it was one, my friend said Writer Rob and his friend have to free the journey. it was “AMAZING,” and two, it “Tiger Rising”, by Kate tiger. “Midnight”, by Erin Hunter, looked very appealing. This book is DiCamillo, is a magnificent book “Tiger Rising” is one of is the first book in the new five stars because the characters are because it holds suspense. I would DiCamillo’s short stories, about 80 prophecy, which is the second series well written and the text is action “Darkness, air, water, and sky will highly recommend it to nine to to 100 pages long. This is only one in Warriors. The main location packed. shake the forest to its roots.” twelve-year-olds. Although there is - The prophecy of her stories. Overall I really liked of Warrior cats is in the forest, In my opinion, you should a complex plot, it’s not too hard to this book and it was beautifully there are five clans: ThunderClan, definitely read this book. You can understand. It’s about a boy named written. WindClan, ShadowClan, RiverClan, purchase this book at Barnes & Rob who lives at the Kentucky Star. and StarClan, which is like heaven, Noble and Riverstone. I hope to see In the woods beside the Kentucky “Tiger Rising” is a magnificent book and they give prophecies to cats. you there! @bulldogbarker www.bulldogbarker.com FMS Bulldog Barker 16 Middle School Life Spook-tober loses relevance Logan Bickerstaff, Halloween in general. All eight Grade 8 of the students, in seventh and Social Media Editor eighth grade, interviewed said that Halloween, in general, is childish. Halloween is one of the biggest As one matures, the night of love-hate holidays. As a younger Halloween transitions to a night of kid, Halloween is everything: free pranks. Multiple people have been candy, a way to hang out with toilet papered, and even chased your friends, and finally to have an little kids with scary masks. This excuse to dress up. makes Halloween a very rough Over the years, everything about night for some adults. Adults also Halloween gets repetitive or boring. have to buy candy which amounts Multiple seventh and eighth graders As a child gets older, Halloween to over 25 dollars a year and 2.5 view Halloween as “childish” or becomes less relevant. billion for the United States. “irrelevant” as children grow up. Photo by Logan Bickerstaff Students believe that their One big reason middle school “It’s embarrassing to see an participation in Halloween has kids still trick or treat is because older kid trick-or-treating [to the gone down as a whole. If the rate of of free candy. Kids of all ages love older student]” said Sarah Lisanti, participation continues, by the time candy, so when they can go chill seventh-grader. This is one reason students reach tenth grade most with friends, and get candy, it’s a why trick-or-treating is “lame” and students will completely stop trick- win-win. Many kids believe that irrelevant. Student participation or-treating. I would make a skeleton trick-or-treating is irrelevant because has decreased rapidly in all spooky joke, but you wouldn’t find it very students are maturing and it is things like costume parties, school humerus, creep it real, till next embarrassing. parties, candy trading, and over time.

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