AFTER THE BELL-NEWSPAPER Issue 1 Crawfordsville Chronicle October 7, 2015 C OFFICER TAYLOR, MR. ROGERS, MRS. LAIN AND MISS SUTHERLIN POSING WITH “BENTLEY” THE PIG Sizzling Smooch IN THIS ISSUE by Lauren Minks, Isabel Viveros, and Mackenzie Lewellen Have you ever kissed a pig? Well being in first? “I was so pumped, there was a big fundraiser here at people really wanted to see me kiss a Crawfordsville Middle School. Where pig!” exclaimed Mr. Coy. How do you Upcoming Events many teachers were involved feel letting all the students down? “I Teacher Spotlight Sports Report (Bowling, O’Neal, Lain, Coy, Surber, feel AWFUL but then all the money Poetry Corner McLean, Elmore, Kincaid, Sutherlin, goes toward the donations,” said Mr. Book Reviews Rogers, Ritzline, Myhre, Mellish, Coy. As you can tell Mr. Coy feels Game Reviews Vellner, Alderfer, Officer Taylor, and really bad about missing out on this Comics McCarty). This contest took a whole big experience. He really wishes that View Points lot of people to put on. It was run by he was there and that he was the one the group called A-Team. A-Team is to kiss the pig. this big group of students who put on a lot of different things for our school. As for a big part of this project A-Team took over the spot of the people in charge were Mrs. exclaimed Vellner. Out of this whole C.L.A.S.S from last year. Hudson and Ms. Vellner. We decided thing we ended up raising $177. to interview Ms. Vellner. Did you like There were many teachers that the the idea of kissing a pig? “I think in With almost all of the teachers students wanted to see kiss a pig. many ways this was unique idea.” involved there were many people who One of those teachers had to drop out claimed Vellner. What was this wanted certain teachers to win. Out of but didn’t want to at all. Are you glad fundraiser for? “This fundraiser was all the teachers who participated, it you dropped out? “No,” said Mr. Coy. for the Cancer Society.” Do you think seems that everyone wanted to see “I was really looking forward to kissing this was successful? “Yes, although I Miss Sutherlin kiss the pig. Sutherlin the pig, I would made out with the pig do wish we raised a little bit more was the big winner. We asked Miss if I could have!” How did you feel money than what we really did.” Sutherlin how she felt about kissing the pig. “It’s not that I didn’t want to AFTER THE BELL-NEWSPAPER | Issue 1 2 kiss the pig, it is just that I don’t kiss on the first date,” said Sutherlin. Book Fair Blowout Would you kiss the pig again if you By Cooper Reed had a chance? “Yes, but I would like to play with him first to get to know Mrs. VanHorn had a goal of making him.” How did you feel knowing that 2,500 dollars. She made it, so she everyone wanted to see you kiss the gets 30% of free product for the pig? “I was very excited!” said library. Her first year, she only had Sutherlin, “I love animals but, it has one book fair, that was in the fall, but been a long time since I saw a little Miss Sutherlin getting ready to kiss the pig she almost didn’t make her goal. pig.” That’s why she has two book fairs a year. We asked a member of the A-Team if she thought the kids enjoyed this Mrs. VanHorn has noticed that some experiment. “Yes, I think the kids of the expensive books tend to sell enjoyed and thought it was funny” said worse than the cheaper ones, so Megan Simmons. Could this have people usually avoid them. But one been better? “Yes, I think we could book, The Maze Runner: Scorch have made some more profits,” said Trials (pictured here), is one of the Megan. Was it hard getting all of the more expensive books. students into the gym and getting Glitter and Glow Night them to be quiet? “No, not really I think it went pretty well.” said Megan. is Coming! The A-Team is hoping to do a By Cadence Crane fundraiser like this again in the future. Will we see another teacher kiss a Listen up Athenians! Mark October 12th pig? A goat? A llama? You will have on your calendars and gather materials to to wait to find out! make yourself shine and glow. At the Spirit Night you get to stay after Mystery Teacher school and Blue Krew will have glitter hairspray, glitter tattoos, glow sticks, and Mrs. VanHorn has read a few books By Mary Browning all kinds of materials to make you sparkle. in the fair this year, and she has some recommendations. “I’ve read “Body in This teacher has been teaching for 5 You can even play dodgeball if glitter isn’t the Woods, The Maze Runner Scorch years. She has taught at Sheridan your thing. Then we will take the bus out Trials, and my favorite, The Swap.” Middle School and Crawfordsville to the high school and watch the Middle School. She loves math and Athenians beat the Chargers, I hope. For Some of the bestselling books were likes to work with kids. Her mom’s $1 you can eat dinner (hot dogs, chips, The Maze Runner Scorch Trials, and name is Mrs. Vaught. Her dream was and a drink). Blue Krew will go out onto The Night Divided. Speaking of to become a math teacher. She loves the field at half-time and recognize all the selling, according to Mrs. VanHorn, our school and thinks it’s a great fall sports teams. Also at the game there students have bought more school. She went to Tuttle Middle is going to be a cheer battle between the accessories, such as pens and School and grew up in Crawfordsville. teachers and the students. This Spirit erasers, rather than books She has about 120 students. She is Night is going to be awesome. If you have themselves. And, speaking of Maze married. She has no kids but she has any questions about night ask Mrs. Haas Runner, that’s the most favorite book 2 cats. The cats are both girls and or Mrs. Streetman. Mrs. VanHorn has sold. their names are Lexi and Aria. If she could teach any other subject it would be Photography. Page 2 AFTER THE BELL-NEWSPAPER | Issue 1 3 1961 by Roald Dahl, the author of Schriber, Caroline Bowling, Paige The Vanity is ripe classics such as Charlie and the Hudson, Emma Buser, Emma Williamson, Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and The Corbin VanScoyoc, Aidan Stephenson, with James and BFG, among others. It was later turned MaKayla Whitecotton, Audrey Cane, Ben into a play by Richard R. George. Church, Brayden Sledge, Haze Kashon, the Giant Peach! Thomas Bowling, who plays James, has Edwin Burris, Coleman Burris, and been acting for 3 years. “My favorite part Graeme Mason. The show is produced by of doing James and the Giant Peach is Cindy Turner, and is being directed by By Elizabeth Bowling meeting all the new people and making Rolf Samuelson. You can see the show at Ever dreamed of adventure? Ever new friends,” says Bowling. When 7:30 on Friday, October 16, Saturday, dreamed of magic? Then James and the Director Rolf Samuelson was asked what October 17, Friday, October 23, and Giant Peach is the show for you! Join he thought the best part of James and the Saturday, October 24, and at 2:00 on James Henry Trotter (Thomas Bowling), a Giant Peach was, “Getting to work with 43 Sunday, October 18, and Sunday, young boy who goes to live with his mean great kids,” was his answer. Other October 25, 2015. members of cast include Harmon Hann and awful Aunt Spiker (Leah Wolf) and his mean and awful Aunt Sponge (Gracie and Miranda Crowe as James’s Mother Hutchinson). When James finds a giant and Father, Drew Turner as the peach and makes friends with a colossal Mysterious Old Man, Anne Clark, centipede, (Isabella De Assis Wilson) a Elizabeth Bowling, and Jessica Bradley as the Narrators, Aidan Jones as the wise old green grasshopper, (Jesse Watson) a sassy ladybug (Izabella Captain of the Queen Mary, and Terran Wilson), a sweet and caring spider (Stella McCarty and Jaycee Farris as his officers, Snook), a pessimistic earthworm (Carrie The rest of the cast is: Sarah Stacey, Pool) and a glowworm (Beth Turner), the Kennedy Sanders, Desiree Schriber, adventure really takes off! James and the Emma Pyle, Annabel Cain, Katy Grace Whitecotton, Lydia LaChance, Mackenzie Giant Peach was written as a book in Combs, Taylor Hudson, Kandice years and 4 ½ weeks” and I converted that to 8,040 days. Why are you math teacher? “It’s a very special job for kids to learn Teacher Spotlight-Mrs. Mellish math.” We wanted to know some more personal details about Mrs. Mellish’s life outside of school We found out that her favorite book is The Help and her favorite animal is a dog! She has one dog, named Daisy. Mrs. Mellish is married and has two grown sons. When we asked Mrs. Mellish if she likes Mrs. Lain, she said “Yes, we are very good friends.” Mrs. Mellish is a 6th, advanced 6th, and a 7th grade teacher! Just the other day my friend (Savanna Mattox) and I (Keirstyn Gibson) interviewed Mrs.