Issue 6 Montera Middle School Friday, May 12, 2017 TORO TIMES

| The Montera Middle School Newspaper, by the students for the students! | Letter From Chief Editor Music in the Parks - Montera Wins Big!

Good morning Montera By: Casey Shea Dinkin, Siena Killpatrick Excellence award, received by & Stella Cardoso community! This is the Toro Time’s Kayin. The Band’s score was 88 sixth and last issue of the Last Saturday, the Montera out of 100. Advanced Orchestra 2016-2017 school year. It has been Advanced Band and Advanced earned a first place Superior and a privilege to serve the Montera Orchestra competed in the Music the overall best Orchestra. community with up to date current in the Park's music competition at Montera has not won this award events, news and stories. The Toro Pittsburg High School. This since 2013. These award were Times is a cohort of talented writers competition is held at high received by De’ana. The who committed and dedicated their schools near Six Flags Orchestra’s score was 92.3 out of time and energy into each issue. As Amusement Park. Students 100. Montera Middle School as a stated in our motto, the Toro Times compete (play for the whole received the extremely continues to be “by the students, for adjudicators) at these high schools coveted Esprit De Corps award, the students”. We hope that each and then enjoy their day in the received by Tre. This award is Toro took just a minute out of their amusement park.In the morning given to the school with the best Fridays to take a look at the issues the Band and Orchestra students attitude, citizenship, form on that we stitched together to create a gathered in the Joaquin Miller stage, and energy! mosaic of information, facts and parking lot and boarded the buses. fun. I hope you enjoy this last issue! The students then arrived at Congratulations to both Band and - Chief Editor, Maxwell Stern Pittsburgh High School later that Orchestra! Bob Athayde a 40 year morning. The Orchestra veteran music teacher and one of 8th Grade DC Trip performed In the Hall of the the adjudicators for the Advanced Mountain King and Agincourt for Band wrote a letter to the music By: Maxwell Stern & Catalina Elginsmith two adjudicators. After the program. Students at Montera say, Orchestra’s performance the band “In some ways he seems like a Next week, more than a third of the performed for two other slightly crazier version of Mr. 8th grade class will be taking a trip adjudicators. The band played a Swihart.” But anyway, in his letter to Washington D.C. and New York Stevie Wonder medley and a he explains how he grew up in City from May 20th-25th! Over one concert band piece called Zoom. Oakland (he attended Frick hundred Montera students will be After both the Orchestra and the Middle School and Fremont High on the trip, the largest group of Band performed they left School) and how proud he was to students Montera has ever had on Pittsburg High and headed to Six be from Oakland. For the Montera one of these trips! For most, this Flags! They enjoyed Six Flags all music program this is higher will be the first time any have ever day until the 6:00pm Award praise than any award they could traveled to the other side of the ceremony where it was announced get, as it shows that Montera country. The group will be leaving that Montera won 4 well deserved represented and showed off how in two planes, next Saturday night awards!Advanced Band received great Oakland is. from SFO and land in the East a second place Coast in the early morning. On The Band and Orchestra had a Sunday, students will sightsee D.C. and watch Bandstand. The next wonderful day in Six Flags, full of and visit the Frederick Douglas morning, the group will travel to rides and junk food! The Medusa, House and the well-known, see the Statue of Liberty and then the Superman, the Joker, the Smithsonian Museums. The next to Ellis Island, where millions of Tasmanian Devil, the Ark, and the day, students will see Mount immigrants entered America Boomerang were just a few of the Vernon, the Capital Building and during the 20th century. Later that spectacular rides that students infamous wax museum, Madame night, students will get to see a went on. There were squid hats Tussauds. On Tuesday, the 8th Mets game at Citi Field in bought and plenty of screams to Graders will transfer to the Big Queens. On Thursday, the 8th go around. The competition and Apple! By nightfall, students will graders will visit the 9/11 museum entire day was a great experience go to Broadway and then embark home from JFK! for everyone. Great job Montera! Good things happen in class! 1 Issue 6 Montera Middle School Friday, May 12, 2017 AC Transit Meeting Whats with the Success! Hamilton craze? Starbucks Drinks

By: Maxwell Stern and Grace Gulli By: Morgan Stone & Grace Gulli By: Morgan Stone & Isa Williams

AC Transit hosted a special When Lin Manuel Miranda had Lately, Starbucks has been community input meeting last finished playing “Usnavi” in the coming out with some pretty Wednesday, May 4th to hear from Tony-Award Winning musical, “In crazy drinks! Starbucks has been community members regarding the Heights”. He knew he needed releasing lots of drinks on the the possible elimination of bus to find a new idea. On his secret menu that have getting services to Montera and Skyline. honeymoon with his wife, he many people's attentions. So far The meeting was held at the picked a book titled Alexander there was the Unicorn Oakland City Hall. Each of the Hamilton by Ron Chernow just as Frappuccino, the Dragon Frap, roughly, forty speakers were a big book to read on vacation. Narwal Frap, the Mermaid Frap, allotted two minutes to speak. Little did anyone know that Lin the Midnight Mint Mocha Frap, Many Montera students attended would get so much inspiration the Pokemon Go Frap, and the and spoke at the meeting, as well from just a few hundred pages of Smores Frap. People are as, Skyline alum, Mayor Libby literature. From there he contacted wondering the history of the new Shaft, Principal Avent, bus Ron Chernow and invited him to Fraps. Apparently, a Starbucks drivers, city council members and an “In the Heights” show. Lin barista was playing around with parents. Many speakers expressed explained to Chernow that he some ingredients and discovered a their frustration at the state of wanted this series of songs to be potential for a new drink. Sadly California for underfunding both an actual mixtape that historians some of these drinks are not public agencies and creating a can learn from. When he was official, so you need the recipe to financial environment where both invited to sing at the White house order it. Here are some of the agencies are pitted against each 9 years ago, he decided to sing the recipes...The Narwal Frappuccino: other, fighting for scraps. “I song he literally just finished Blended strawberry lemonade implore you (AC Transit board) to writing, Alexander Hamilton. with vanilla bean powder and a continue this service” said Mayor When he saw President Barack dollop of whipped cream. You can Shaft. “I believe you can get to Obama as one of the first people also ask for the green powder for that resolution…” On Wednesday, who led a standing ovation, he an extra pop of color. The Dragon May 10th, the AC Transit Board knew that this was going to be Frap consists of a green tea Frap decided to continue bus services much more than a series of songs, with vanilla bean powder, a swirl for one more year for all three this was going to be a musical.We of berry syrup, whipped cream schools. The decision came after think most people are in love with and purple sprinkles. We hope this OUSD Interim Superintendent Hamilton because of the modern helps the next time you want to Devon Dillon proposed a deal to upbeat music that is played. The try something new at Starbucks! AC Transit that would cover the show is quite popular, with some costs of the bus service for one of the tickets costing up to Newspaper Team! more year. While, the bus service $10,000! We definitely will continue to run for another recommend that everyone see or Maxwell Stern - Chief Editor year, both agencies have not listen to Hamilton! Silvia Kambouridis - Editor reached a permanent deal on what will happen after the 2017-2018 2016-2017 Memories Morgan Stone - Editor school year. The public needs to Grace Gulli - Editor By: Leah Washington know that everyone in Oakland Catalina Elginsmith - Student Reporter will be affected by this issue. - November: Election Teach-In/ Casey Shea Dinkin - Student Reporter Many students who live in further Rally neighborhoods like East and West - January: No power, no school Dasha Wohlfarth - Student Reporter Oakland, will have a harder time - February: Black History Month Linda Velazquez - Student Reporter going to school if AC Transit Presentations & Ms. Erickson Siena Killpatrick- Student Reporter decides to stops sending busses to Maternity Party Montera, next year. To of the - March: Honor Roll Party Stella Cardoso - Student Reporter incoming sixth, seventh, and - April-May: SBAC Yacine Seck - Student Reporter eighth graders, along with the - May: Our very much allowed Silver Storm - Student Reporter eighth graders who will be water fights & Senioritis begins attending an OUSD school in the to run rampant with the 8th Leah Washington - Student Reporter fall, PLEASE show your support! Graders! Thanks for helping us Ms. Berger!

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