Table of Contents: Content: Page: School News 1-9 Spring/Summer Activities 10-15 Interesting Information 16-24 Food 25-32 Entertainment 33-35 Sports 36-37 Staff Interviews 38-50 Comic Strips/Jokes 51-56 Contributing Authors 57 Saber Stories by Brynn Leary SHAKOPEE’S FAVORITE NEWSPAPER - Since 2017 Newspaper, behind the scenes Newspaper club meets on Wednesday from 2:45-3:30. There are 22 kids in newspaper. During that time, some people get a lot done, while others get smaller amounts completed. People in newspaper club like to talk and do weird things, which is no surprise why we have a blast and write amazing stories. We have competitions and talk a lot. We also do our interviews during this time. We have to have our questions ready, and then we go. Out of those 22 kids, some are quiet while others are really loud. We are all different, but we have one thing in common. We all enjoy writing and newspaper club! The best part of newspaper is that we can all contribute our different points of views; each bringing uniqueness to Pearson. 1 Saber Stories by Ella Mingo SHAKOPEE’S FAVORITE NEWSPAPER - Since 2017 Newspaper club comes to an end As you know, the school year is coming to an end. That also means this will be our last newspaper together as we continue on our separate ways. Therefore, as part of this last editorial, I asked some of our newspaper family a few general questions. AVA What mythical creature would you like to be? A unicorn What will you miss about newspaper? Getting together with friends and writing with them! GRETA What’s your favorite subject? Reading or band What will you miss about newspaper? I like that I get to write with people who also get to write. JENNA Why did you sign up for newspaper? It looked fun, and I love to write. What’s your favorite thing about newspaper? Writing with people I enjoy! 2 Saber Stories by Saber Scoop SHAKOPEE’S FAVORITE NEWSPAPER - Since 2017 Believe me: Part 1 I have always wanted to tell someone how I feel, but guess what, I can’t. When I was three, my real mom trapped me in a car on a 100 degree day. As minutes passed, I got hotter and hotter. As I screamed for help, my voice faded away. Thirteen years later, I am in high school, a place where no human being even knows I exist. On the first day of high school, it was the worst. My ONE friend, Samantha, was signing to me. A man came up to us and said, “Oh, look at you, doing all that fancy signing.” “Ha,” I wanted to say. “At least I’m not dumb; I know how to talk.” Getting through these hard times was horrible. I couldn’t tell anyone how I really felt, what I really knew, or who I really liked. It was a long, hard time of people just assuming. So many people can be mean. Samantha was always there for me until she wasn’t. Callie, the schools “popular girl,” started hanging out with Samantha and took my best friend away. I was all alone. I couldn’t do anything about it. So one day, in my language arts class, we did a social experiment. Callie and I were partnered against each other to see who could get the better grade, but no one would know which story belongs to who. Tonight would be the reading of our two stories, and I was a hot mess. 3 Saber Stories by Saber Scoop SHAKOPEE’S FAVORITE NEWSPAPER - Since 2017 Believe me: Part 2 I didn’t have my story done yet. I knew I would lose because Callie would probably tell her friends what her story is and make them vote for her. Now here’s the thing, normal people would have a plan to win; I’m not normal. There we were, the two of us at the side of the stage anxious for who would win. Watching our two papers absorb the wonderful light of the stage made me confident in my eyes. Everyone came in, read the stories, put a piece of paper in the box, and sat down. This was it. Everyone voted. A tiny man came on the stage; his scratchy voice troubling everyone’s ears. “AND THE WINNER IS...” he screams out. Everyone was at the very edge of their seats. “CALLIE!” My mind went wandering. What? How could she win? I was so close yet so far. Lost in my thoughts, all of a sudden, the tiny man re-entered the stage. “I am here to announce we had a little misreading. We apologize for the mistake. We missed a vote. The real winner is LILY!” I jumped up like a rocket and started jumping like a bouncy ball. Just when I suddenly felt like I belonged again, Callie walked up to me and said, “I’m very sorry for the way I treated you. Do you want to start over and be friends?” And that’s when I knew, Callie had made a mistake. I had always belonged. From that point on Callie, Samantha, and I were the best of friends. Believe me! 4 Saber Stories by Saber Scoop SHAKOPEE’S FAVORITE NEWSPAPER - Since 2017 Um, who are you? Throughout the U.S., more than 500 kids sit in a school and Information half of them don’t even know who they are sitting next to and possibly never will. While some students thought it was stupid to go around in a circle and introduce themselves in elementary school, others did not. This was how some people met their best friends or even just got to know the kids in their class. Some scientists even say that if you know others in your learning environment, you are more comfortable and may be more likely to perform better on tests. While, if you don’t know the people around you, your uncomfortable and nervous, so you may do worse on tests. Bottom line is this. Start saying hi to people in the hallway. Yes, those people you don’t know. Get to know others and maybe make a new friend! With all of us going into the middle schools next year, this is a perfect opportunity! There will be plenty more individuals that we don’t know, and we have the chance to meet them. 5 Saber Stories by Lilly Hewitt SHAKOPEE’S FAVORITE NEWSPAPER - Since 2017 East vs. West Next year, the new middle school that students will attend depends on their address. Many students argue, “East is the beast” or “West is best,” and some even argue that East was built by “prison Let’s have a poll contractors” or West is “too Results are in! 66.1% of privileged.” It is true that Pearson students stated West used to be the high East was a better school school, so it may have than West, whereas only better things, like a football 33.9% voted for West. field and equipment. Only 57 people voted, so However, unlike East, it is keep in mind, that’s not very crowded. Many of the even the majority of 6th grade students are Pearson. I’m going to pondering which school is East, and I am so excited better...East or West. They for middle school! Are will soon learn about one you? school, and maybe they will change their current state of mind. 6 Saber Stories by Brynn Leary SHAKOPEE’S FAVORITE NEWSPAPER - Since 2017 Most insane school punishments ever - None are at Pearson but could you imagine? 1. Kneeling- on frozen peas 2. Two males being forced to hold hands while being laughed at after they were fighting 3. Having to wear a sign that said: I’m in 7th grade and got three Fs 4. Having to wear a cone of shame 5. Eating lunch off the cafeteria floor 6. Being written on with permanent marker 7. Chopping off hair 8. A teacher telling a kid that no one liked him 9. Organizing a fake prom 10. Being stuck in “the monster closet,” a dark cramped closet for a period of time 11. The therapy bug (a duffel bag that a teacher shoved a kid in as a punishment) 12. Teacher paddling, with more force every time 13. Sent home with police for not wearing black shoes 14. Student had to be stripped searched from being accused of carrying ibuprofen 7 Saber Stories by Greta Caliri SHAKOPEE’S FAVORITE NEWSPAPER - Since 2017 Studying tips and tricks! : Create a to-do list. T T f: Get it done, and work Before you begin studying, plan out ahead if possible. Sometimes it’s hard to your time. Write down all of your find the difference between working hard assignments and plan out the time that and taking too long. Just make sure that you each one will take, and when you want get the work done without taking to complete them. For example, I unexpected breaks. Try not to dawdle, but know that my science homework will get the work done. If you have assignments take me 30 minutes, so I’ll try to finish due later that month or week, take ten that before dinner. minutes out of your homework time to work on it (after you have prioritize your T : Food and Drinks. It is assignments). By the end of the month, important to have a full stomach while week, or even earlier, you can have it done! studying, so eat up before you do your homework, but don’t take forever to T f: Remember that getting eat before you study.