February 5, 2018 New Year's Celebrations Are Like Grape Represents One Month of Around the World
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1 THE VOICE OF PINE HILL MIDDLE’S STUDENTS JANUARY 2020 ISSUE Happy New Year Panthers! The Whole World is Celebrating the Joy of a New Year, are You? by Jasmine Joubert Have you ever wondered what luck in the new year. Every different traditions celebrated February 5, 2018 New Year's celebrations are like grape represents one month of around the world. Yet, no in other countries? New Year's the year, and must be eaten matter where you are or where Eve is a practically universal right at the stroke of midnight. you go, one thing will always holiday that's often celebrated If you don't manage to eat all remain the same. New Year’s with fireworks, parties, and a 12 grapes, it's considered bad eve festivities are a celebration toast to a happy and healthy year luck. of the gift of life. It is a great to come. But different countries time to think about the value around the world ring in the New Have you thought about of our lives and making use of Year with unique cultural how you are going to all the opportunities that life traditions. spend the precious brings our way. Have you moments you have been The most famous of Scotland's thought about how you are blessed with this year? going to spend the precious many New Year's celebrations are moments you have been the Hogmanay fire festivals. The most beloved is the one in blessed with this year? In Brazil, many locals believe in Stonehaven, where right before wearing white and throwing midnight a parade of trained white flowers and candles into professionals swing balls of fire the ocean as an offering to over their head and then toss Lemanja, the pagan Afro- them into the sea. Brazilian Goddess of the Sea, on New Year's Eve. If the ocean At midnight, practically every Spaniard will stuff their mouths returns your offerings, then the will 12 grapes — one for each goddess did not accept them. second after midnight — for good These are just some of the THE PANTHER’S EYE | January 2020 2 Decking the Halls at Pine Hill Middle Got Students and Teachers into Holiday Spirit! by Andrew Seago The presents, the trees, the For the days and weeks leading family gatherings, yes, we all classes for their award winning up to the big judging, students doors. Good job teachers and know and love it: Christmas. and teachers could be seen Even though it has come and students for your hard work taping, painting, drawing, and and creativity! The Panther’s gone, like the passing of a hot gluing their door shooting star it leaves us with Eye really hopes you enjoyed decorations. your pizza parties! the glimmer of all the love, joy, and wonder it represents. No matter whether a class won To celebrate this most beloved or not the real prize seemed to The contest got students be all the fun and excitement time of year we all have and teachers working traditions, the Panther’s Eye of students and teachers together to create a working together to create a did some digging and decoration that represented decoration that represented unearthed some of the both the teacher and the both the teacher and the traditions we have here at Pine students. students. Hill. We usually have a big Christmas tree and a winter The Panthers Eye would like to dance along with some “It really got us in the give another big shout out to Christmas contests such as the Christmas spirit!” said some the student council for hosting Panther’s Eye Christmas story jolly eighth graders putting up this fun and festive activity writing contest. door decorations. that got everyone into the holiday spirit. Keep up the This year the most exciting “It really made it feel like good work student council! Christmas activity was our door Christmas around the school” decorating contest. Our said another group of seventh The door decorating contest Student council challenged all grade students. was a big success but we are the grade level halls to create hoping that next year we can a magnificent holiday inspired Special shout out and feature the different beliefs door display. Teachers and congratulations go out to Ms. held by some of our students students came together in the Albert (6th grade winner), Mrs. such as Hanukkah or Cuanza. th spirit of Christmas to deck the Majors (7 grade winner), and Yes, some people have th halls of Pine Hill. Mrs. Myles (8 grade winner) different beliefs but that doesn't mean we can’t show them too. Hopefully next year, we can also include these diverse beliefs as here at Pine Hill we pride ourselves in diversity. th 7 Grade Students Decorate Mr. Dukes Mr. Dukes Finished Door Said “Happy Door. Students Said They Tried to Create A Birthday” as Mr. Dukes’ Birthday falls on Door That Would Represent Not Only the Christmas. Happy Birthday from the Homeroom but Mr. Dukes as Well. Panthers Eye Mr. Dukes! THE PANTHER’S EYE | January 2020 3 Ms. Albert Won the Sixth Grade Door It Was the Winter Wonder Land Creation It Was the Christmas Shout Out Heard Not Decorating Contest with Her Snoopy “Frosty’s Flurry of Learning” That Gave Only Around Pine Hill but Around the Door. The Snoopy Door Was Part of a Mrs. Majors the Win in the Seventh Grade. World! The Eighth Grade First Place Prize Peanuts Themed Hall and Featured a Frosty was Made Entirely Out of Went to Mrs. Myles and Her International Christmas Lights Display. Styrofoam Cups and Had More Bling than Christmas Around the Globe Door. Anyone Could Count! Danganronpa: the Cultural Influences of Media Violence by Khloe Doyle People today, especially kids, After hours, days, months and talented "Ultimate" students in are believed to be more violent even years of exposure they various fields each year. than in past generations. If you lose their ability to empathize don't believe this, consider the with others pain or understand Makoto Naegi, an average amount of fighting that goes on the consequences of this kind student, is selected in a raffle in schools or even the amount of behavior on themselves and and chosen to enroll into the of school shootings that seem others. This can have the academy as the "Ultimate to increase with every year. result of kids enjoying causing Lucky Student". What seems harm to animals and other like a really happy and lucky Some people believe that one people. event turns out to be very of the reasons children are unfortunate for Makoto. becoming more violent is that One such game that features a they are playing too many lot of violence is the popular He arrives at the Academy, violent games and watching too Danganronpa. For those who only to wake up locked inside much violent media. have not heard of this game the school, where he meets and don’t know what fourteen other newly picked Violent games expose children Danganronpa is, Danganronpa Ultimate students who are in to cruel and vicious behavior takes place at an elite high the same situation as him. that does not seem to have any school named Hope's Peak real consequences. Academy, which accepts An evil robotic bear named bb h l h fi d THE PANTHER’S EYE | January 2020 4 Monokuma shows up telling also helps us understand why them they will be imprisoned in our world is becoming the academy for the rest of progressively more violent. their lives, and that they will be With school shootings becoming put to death if they violate any more frequent compared to of the school's rules. This crazy earlier times and how people bear threatens that the only now find any reason to revolt way the students can leave the and get violent. academy is to murder another student and avoid being Part of the reason we might identified as the killer. enjoy violence today more as a society is the exposure we have Yes! You read right! The player to violence and violent games. actually has to kill someone and To prevent us from continuing try to get away with it. The on this spiraling descent into whole thing is a chilling violent violence we should limit our journey that encourages the kids exposure to violence, talk player to commit violence and to them about the real be sneaky and good at covering consequences of violence, and their tracks. teaching them the right way to treat someone. If you think about a game that Danganronpa is a video game franchise gives you practice at engaging created by Spike Chunsoft for PlayStation, Kids should also make better in violence and then covering Phones, and Computers choices on their own about up that violence it is easy to what they play and watch. If understand how kids can get our society is going to change it the wrong message. is going to take an effort from everyone. Danganronpa shows a lot about how our society is since we enjoy violent dark games. It Saying Goodbye to an Excellent Basket Season, and Hello to a Victorious Championship in the New Year! By Andrew Seago This year the boys’ and real hard to achieve the goal made it the championships as girls’ basketball teams got far of making it to the well. into the season with lots of championships.” For this the success. The girls made it to whole of Pine Hill Don’t worry boys the Panther’s the championships and the is very proud.