LaMuth Middle School Issue 2, Spring 2015 Interviewing Theo and His Seeing Eye Dog Inside the Issue By Mel Weirich I decided the best way to find Changes to LaMuth…...p. 2 out what life is like with a seeing eye AMSCO Carnival…..... p.2 dog was to ask someone who actually has a seeing eye dog. Theo, a new Red Nose Day……...… p. 3 student at LaMuth, has a seeing eye Rosetta Mission……… p. 3 dog and let me interview him. Stop World Hunger…... p. 3 Q: What was life like before you Mr. Hoynes…………... p. 4 had a seeing eye dog to help? A: “I wasn’t as confident but now I Fine Arts Classes...……p. 5 am. People feel more open to talking Learn About Art…….…p. 5 to me because I don’t have a cane with me all the time.” Teacher Expectations.....p. 6 Q: How has having Tribord Stop Bullying……….…p. 7 (Theo’s seeing eye dog) helped with daily tasks? Year in Review………..p. 7 A: “Getting around the city has become a lot easier since he can guide Restaurant Review...…. p. 8 me around obstacles.” Q: How did you get paired up with Tribord? Brain Games Review….p. 8 A: “The trainers looked at my personality and how fast I walked, and Summer Activities…….p. 8 my orientation. They also had me walk around with several dogs. Then I walked with Tribord and he was the perfect fit for me.” Movie Review…….…...p. 9 Q: How did you get around before you had a dog to help you Book Review……….....p. 9 around? A: “I walked around with a cane with reflective tape on it. I would tap it Spring Poems………… p. 9 on the ground in front of me to see what is in front of me.” Poetry……………….. p. 10 Q: How do you read and do homework? A: “I read with braille, a code made of dots. There are special libraries Summertime Treats…..p. 11 of just brail books. I sometimes listen to audio books.” Comics……………p. 12-13 Q: What is your favorite thing to do? A: “I love to shoot archery and listen to books on CD.” Word Search …….…..p. 14 Q: Do you play any sports? A: “It’s hard to since there aren’t any leagues for the blind. But I do love to play soccer with my family and shoot archery.” **LaMuth Chronicles Logo Q: Is there anything you want the school to know about you and created by Riley Stanek your dog? A: “Just not to pet or distract him when he is working.” 1 12 LaMuth Middle School Issue 3, Spring 2015 Changes That May Take Place at LaMuth for Next School Year By Mel Weirich Is anyone else wondering about the new I know. At this time, we haven’t added any clubs changes to LaMuth next year? Will things be the but we are looking into it.” same as this year? To figure out what is going on with these changes I interviewed our principals Mr. Q: What changes are happening to the Rateno and Mrs. Smolen. library/media center? Mr. Rateno: “We are trying to make it a more 21st Q: Are there any big changes going on? century atmosphere, student friendly space. It will Mr. Rateno: “The whole school will be getting be a two year project, so it won't be done for the chromebooks and maybe a few other surprises.” new students.” Mrs. Smolen: “Some of the computer labs and the Q: Will we have the same state tests next year? office spaces are going to look different.” Mr. Rateno: “There will be some kind of test. The state government is still working on what the tests Q: Will there be any new classes next year? are going to look like.” Mr. Rateno: “Nothing official at this time.” Q: Will there be any new school sports or clubs? So as you can see, there are many great Mr. Rateno: “There will be no new sports as far as changes happening to LaMuth. A Review on the AMSCO End of the School Year Carnival Review by April Boffa and Mel Weirich The AMSCO carnival took place on Friday, May 1 from 2:30-5:15 p.m.. There were tons of fun things to do, such as the usual dancing and concession stands. However, AMSCO made it extra fun for students by adding a photo booth, a jousting arena, inflatable twister, an inflatable obstacle course, a video game trailer, and a dunk tank. The games and activities were extremely fun. My (Melanie) top two favorite things were the jousting and dunk tank. I finally got to get Mr. Breech back for all the homework and essays by dunking him in the dunk tank. The best part was he never saw it coming. My (April) favorite part was the photo booth where I got to take pictures with all of my friends in funny poses. It was awesome, and now I have a photo to capture the memory. Also, I had fun with the obstacle course. And I loved the food. “If we had no Winter the Spring would not be so pleasant” -Anne Bradstreet 2 12 LaMuth Middle School Issue 2, Spring 2015 Red Nose Day Organization Raises Money for Charities By Halle Leroux including celebrities, like One Direction, Blake Shelton, and more, put their funny faces on and In the UK, people get discriminated for celebrated March 13th and May 21st for charity. mental health problems. In Africa, children go The results of this year’s project gave over a without education, clean hospitals, or nets to million kids in Africa education, even in the protect them from mosquitos that carry Malaria, a poorest parts, assisted them by repairing and deadly disease. A lot of these major problems building many hospitals, distributed hundreds of affecting the world would be rapidly increasing thousands of mosquito nets, and fought to win destruction, if it weren't for charities. rights for people with mental health problems in Specifically, Red Nose Day. Red Nose Day the UK. Comic Relief is an organization that began in the Without everyone’s help, this fundraiser UK. The organization raises money to strongly wouldn’t have gone nearly as far as it is now. With change these problems (in a good way!), raising your donations, time and funny faces, we can all over 1 billion UK pounds, or 1.5 billion US work together and make the world free of dollars. Red Nose Day is where a bunch of people problems, one red nose at a time. http://www.comicrelief.com/how-we-help/the-difference-we-have-made; http://www.rednoseday.com/what-we-do; http://www.rednoseday.com/tv-events- and-news; http://www.rednoseday.com/what-is-red-nose-day; http://www.rednoseday.com/fundraise Learning More About Comets Through the Rosetta Mission By Sam Mezzapelle closer to the sun and the probes to fly off into Just last year the Rosetta Spacecraft, with the space. The scientists hope that the comet lives Philae lander, landed on the comet until next year. The lander flew 4 billion miles to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. get to the comet. It was the European Space Agency whose More about comets spacecraft made the historic touchdown on the Comets are big balls of ice and rock and don’t comet. The mission (Rosetta Mission) is about have moons or rings. When a comet nears the sun learning about comets. Some scientists say the it develops an atmosphere, or a coma. The coma comets are responsible for bringing the first water could be hundreds of thousands of kilometers to earth. wide. Most of the comets come from the Oort The comet that the Philae lander is on is cloud. Some comets, sungrazers crash or go to interesting because it has a “head, neck, and close to the sun and evaporate. Comets have a body.” The comet might break up when it gets nucleus. http://www.space.com/27740-rosetta-comet-landing-success.html; https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Comets; https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Comets&Display=OverviewLong Help Stop World Hunger Through Donating and Volunteering By Dakota McDaniel food banks. Another thing you can do is donate to Many children go hungry everyday in the U.S. organizations that buy food for the starving like In 2014 15.8 million children in the U.S. were the organization Feeding America. starving. Every year 165 billion dollars worth of There are many organizations that help with food is thrown out. Think of it this way, when you this problem. One organization you can think throw out your dinner if you’re “full” that is about supporting is Feed the Children. Another another child going hungry. popular organization is Feeding America. Even There are many things you can do to help though there are many things going on in today's these poor children. One thing you can do is you world, world hunger is one of the main problems. can donate canned foods to local food shelters and www.feedingamerica.org; www.dosomething.org; www.feedthechildren.org 3 12 LaMuth Middle School Issue 3, Spring 2015 Getting to Know Mr. Hoynes and His Teaching Style By Dakota McDaniel Q: On a scale of 1 to 10 how was it working with Mr. Hoynes Mr. Hoynes? A: “Anywhere from a 1 to 10 depending on what Q: What do you think is the best way for a student mood he is in!” to learn a new lesson? Q: In your ten years of working with Mr.