------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Lion’s Roar A Thorne Student Publication Fall 2016 Still Free Student Interest pg 1-4 Gamer’s Corner pg 6-7 Art, Music and Literature pg 8 Book Reviews pg 5 Sports pg 9 Anime & Manga pg 11 Respect LionQuest By Kaitlyn Racioppi By Ben Tooker and Keira Killeen What’s the newest If someone asked you on a scale interactive activity coming to ​ of 1-10 how much respect do you the Lion’s Roar newspaper? think we 8th graders have for each Glad you asked! This issue will other, our teachers and each Ted-ED: “Ideas Worth Spreading” by Kirsten other’s property, what would you ​ say? As an 8th grader, I feel that as Dunn and Kaitlyn Nickerson a whole school, I would say that we do have respect for our school. The Thorne Middle school However, as individuals I don’t Ted- ED club is a club in which think we have as much respect as you plan a 5 minute talk about we should. your interests, passions, and Other Opinions About dislikes. It is a new club started Respect by Thorne’s very own Ted ED At first I didn’t know how to Specialist, Wendy Morales. The start this article off but then my goal of the club is to get the word partner and I decided to ask a few out about your opinions and people what their thoughts are ideas, and to share them with the about respect within Thorne. We world. started off by asking our guidance counselor, Mr. McCabe. Why join the Thorne Middle mark the launch of a new school Ted- ED club, you might interactive sector, titled Mr McCabe- ¨Overall I think ask? Well quoted from Mrs. ‘LionQuest’. As the name ​ Morales herself, she describes ​ ​ that it's a respectful grade.¨ implies, LionQuest is an the club to be, “for anyone who activity which students (after likes something!” It's a place We then asked a few teachers where you can freely explore the school day of course) what they thought. your hobbies and ideas! journey throughout the school in search of the next Mr McCann- ¨It's important that Where does it meet and ‘adventure’. to the 8th grade respect is when? Well, The Ted- ED club However, in this case, the important. Respecting people you meets every other Thursday in adventure can be accessed know, hopefully recognizes the Media Center. It runs from with a digital device: By ​ respect. 8th grade should model 2:40 to 3:30! There, you would scanning QR codes and pick your seat, give an respect, because we’re looked up completing activities, introduction of yourself, then to. Respect should go both ways, ​ ​ 1 teachers should be respected by jump right in, viewing a slideshow participants will uncover students and students should be of what members are going to do new locations. Now, let’s ​ respected by teachers. With that and some videos of kids our age imagine that a participant is comes balances everywhere.¨ giving a ted-talk! willing to scan (or record the The club is so much fun! url of) a document. Let’s call How? Well first, it's small, so if Mrs. Velez - “There are some him Logan. At some point in you're shy, it’s okay because it is students that I’ve witnessed who a safe environment, judgement this quest, Logan will be led to show respect to others, including free! Second, they do fun two locations. One location will their teachers, however there are activities like one meeting, the complete his quest, while one definitely a handful of students club made a poster of what a will lead to certain death that could use a lesson in respect great idea is! Also, Mrs. Morales (figuratively of course). By for authority, feelings, and brings snacks to snack on! Yum! using clues from previous possessions. ” What is the goal of the Thorne activities, Logan will have to Middle School Ted- ED Club? It figure out which one to scan… is so students can share their We then asked a few students in as well as the ‘code’ to enter. ideas. All year they will be our grade what they thought about He could be recorded as one rough-drafting speeches, and in respect. June, they go to the Ted-ED of the first 10 participants to headquarters, where people will finish, based on his day of Cathryn V.- “I think the 8th give Ted-Talks. At the end, you finish. (Note: 7 days are added grade has respect not only to their will be given an opportunity to to the original score if Logan teachers, but also to their other give one yourself. Shy? Don't scans the incorrect document classmates, peers and everyone worry, if you don't feel before the correct one.) He who helps them while they are at comfortable yet on stage, you could be--after he ‘enters’ the ​ Thorne.” can stand on the very red dot that final document. many others have stood on, such Sounds complicated, as Bill Gates, and film yourself Sara W.- “In my opinion, not only right? Though this is widely giving your talk! Finally, if you do 8th graders respect their would like to join Ted-ED you are accepted, like any activity or teachers, but they respect each more than welcome. They are game that requires skill, after other. From being here at Thorne always looking for new understanding the for 3 years now, it’d be expected of members!!! fundamental rules, it seems us to learn respect for our peers.” easy and practical.With that, here are some tips: Most of the people who we asked said ● If you cannot stay basically the same thing. That they think after school, record the 8th grade is overall a respectful grade. urls on your way to No one had a negative thing to say about the 8th grade respect. class (only the end What do we think? part). Then complete activities at home. ● Only when you find the right password, will the next activity be revealed. 2 We decided to tell you guys what The Secret Psychology ● Copy the activities in our opinions are on respect within Behind Student Council drive, or print from the our grade: Polls source. Keira: I think that respect could be ● Log into your ​ By Liam Perez better, but overall pretty good. What I’m middletownk12 trying to say is that there is some room account in order to be ​ for improvement. I think that we could be recorded. It makes it more respectful with tearing down signs in easier to connect to the school for student council, but I am drive if you do not have only pointing out the negative things. I any other accounts. think the 8th grade is very respectful, and ● Consider completing most of them will help out each other in a the activities from Well, who? heartbeat. ​ chromebook rather Who are you voting for? That is the than phone. Save to question to be shoved down our throats ​ Kaitlyn: As an 8th grader, I believe drive or record url to ​ ​ from now until November 17. But are that there are many individuals that have these results a fair representation of who access it from your respect for their peers, their teachers and people want? Or is a combination of chromebook. their schools property. However there are little knowledge of the candidates, peer What are you waiting some students that aren’t the same way. I pressure, and popularity contests subtly for? The document will be making sure certain people have a sealed think that we should always have respect win? Read on to find out. released on Monday, for everyone that we know, even if we’re November 14. You must For the start of the experiment, I had ​ not friends with them, we should still one person mark two votes for each complete the activity by the respect each other. Especially when we are candidate he wanted. All other end of 2016 in order for it to participants marked one vote. As the supposed to be setting an example for the be valid. Good luck! Link to polling data continued, the two votes ​ ​ 6th and 7th graders. Of course, I think heavily influenced the rest of the votes. our grade is very respectful. We do nice While viewing these results, please note things for one another and for the most the double voter voted for Michaela part we’re all friends. Pala, Kaitlyn Racioppi, Hope Finnucan, and Angel Specchio. President: Katie Osborne-2 ​ Respect is something you Joey Kang-1 earn, not something you’re Michaela Pala-8 given Vice President: John Borne-2 ​ Owen Flynn-2 Kaitlyn Racioppi-7 Secretary: Jillian Schiaffino-3 ​ Hope Finnucan-8 Treasurer: Steven Malo-2 Lionquest: ​ Angel Specchio-9 https://docsend.com/view/z4ak As you can see, the double voter 6tx influenced the polls by a large amount. How can we, as students, show These polls are inaccurate though, since our respect towards one another? one person voted twice and the My partener and I gave you our promotional election day videos are yet thoughts on respect within our to be shown. All this proves is that my school, and we think the same experiment was a complete success. 3 thing like everyone else we had Tech Tutor interviewed. Respect is something Life on Other Planets? by Kaitlyn Nickerson that you shouldn’t have to ask for, By Rachel Domin Have you ever wanted to learn it should be given right to you.