Vo1 XV Issue 135 5 cents April 24, 2015 Our current “I saw my high principal, Mr. Donald Looking Back at 50: Mr. Dieckmann school friend Mr. Seth Turner Dieckmann never By Tristan Mawyin & Robert English at my uncle’s funeral,” said dreamed of being the Mr. Dieckmann. Soon they main figure in an ele- started talking about jobs and mentary school 50 miles from his home, Mr. Dieckmann told Mr. Turner he had his but life had a different plan. He has the certification for school principal and Mr. unique distinction of guiding the Grant D. Turner asked him to send an email when he Morse School as it celebrates it’s fiftieth got home. “I did, and the email said call me anniversary. Mr. Dieckmann is the fourth whenever you get a chance,” he said. Three principal in the school’s history and has hours later Mr. Turner called him and advised been able to take the leadership into the him to send in a request for an application. next fifty years. After an interview process and a number of “I have been principal for six meetings with various groups, he was offered years, I became principal in 2009,” he the job. reported. Mr. Dieckmann replaced Mr. He became the fourth principal and he Turner who took the position of Sauger- said that four was his lucky number also his ties Schools Superintendent. Mr. D. and Mr. B have been the bookends of rugby number in college. the first 50 years of the Morse School. Before coming to Morse, Mr. He said that being the fourth principal Dieckmann was a middle school guidance counselor in the means that all principals loved being here and that is why they Mohonasen School District near Albany, NY. He was given stayed for a long time. the news of an opening at the school when he saw a mutual friend at a relative’s funeral. (Continued on page 2) www.justprintit.net From Mustang to Mario By Aidan Wellstood and Robert English Washington State. She earned a bache- Former Grant D. lor’s degree in Real Time Interject Simu- Inside this issue: Morse student Irena Cran- lation which she says, ”It’s just a fancy ston has what many kids way to say you got a bachelor’s degree in Page 1 continuations 2 dream to be the perfect job. video game programming. ‘’ Imagine working for the During her schooling she Leprechaun Traps 3 company which created worked closely with some video game Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong companies including Nintendo which is ZIP: A Book Review 4 and ended up revolutioniz- located near Digipen in Redmond, Wash- ing the world of video gam- ington. Sawyers Make History 5 ing. As a student and now a paid em- Irena Cranston ployee, the games she had programmed went to Grant D. Morse as a 6 are Shinobi for 3DS and Wii, Rise of The American Revolution kindergartener all the way Irena Cranston has Manhunters for 3DS, Marvel Super through to her graduation in achieved the ultimate dream Hero Squad for 3DS, Infinity Gauntlet 2000. She graduated Sau- Did You Know? 7 of video gamers. for 3DS, Black Light for 3DS and Retri- gerties Jr/Sr. high school in bution for PS4 she also worked on games 2006. that were canceled. “Not every game that Spring Concert 8 After leaving Saugerties High, she attended Digipen Institute of Technology in (Continued on page 2) PAGE 2 JUST PRINT IT VO1 XV ISSUE 135 (Continued from page 1) Mr. Dieckmann is also responsible for leading the In his time at Morse much has changed since his arri- celebration of the 50th anniversary of the school. Mr D. said val. Education standards have changed, teacher evaluations have there are many plans to commemorate the 50th year. They are changed and the staff at the school has changed. going to do a float for the Fourth of July parade as well a a big A major change is the Common Core Learning Stan- opening day celebration at the beginning of the 2015-16 dards in the content areas such as Reading and Math. Very little school year. was known about these new ways of teaching and learning and Not bad for a guy who wanted to be a police officer Mr. Dieckmann had to encourage the kids and teachers to lbe when he went to college at SUNY Cortland. Instead, life’s patient with the changes, yet continue to strive for excellence. road to him on a different path. Although he never dreamed Another milestone for Mr. Dieckmann was the comple- of becoming a principal, he finds himself leading a great tion of the Morse Playground. Though the fundraising and the school in a very important time of its long and glorious his- purchase of the playground was completed during Mr. Turner’s tory. time as principal, Mr. Dieckmann oversaw the construction of Spring the playground. By Ariana Reed and Hannah Mills Mustang to Mario: Irena Cranston could stop you from getting your next (Continued from page 1) Seeds Blooming job,” she explained. Pink Flowers gets worked on always gets released, Irena does not get back to her Roses unfortunately.” hometown too often, but has wonderful Ice Cream The games that she plays a lot memories of her time at Morse and Nectar are Skyrim and Mario Kart 8. “Rachet some of her favorite teachers. Irena’s GreenGrass and Clank will always hold a special mom and dad, Bob and Stephanie place in my heart, I am also a huge fan Cranston live on Blue Mountain Road of Harvest Moon and Rune Factory and her younger sister Emma is pres- games. Really, I love too many games to ently pursuing a post-graduate degree list,” she reported in an email interview. in psychology younger brother Gavin is She said that it’s never good to working on a career in writing. make enemies in other companies like Irena Cranston is living her Publisher’s Note: Sony or Microsoft. “I actually have a dream and enjoying the benefits of her few friends that work at Microsoft and strong work habits developed at Grant Since 1991, students have created this news- Sony. The video industry is a very small D. Morse School, an Nintendo is reap- paper. Each year the paper takes on the personality of the place, so it’s common for people to be ing the rewards of her labor. class that runs it. Students take great pride in this endeavor friends with someone that works at the and we are proud to share our work with you. Students perform all the tasks associated with competitor’s company. That enemy the creation of this publication. As the publisher of the paper, I feel that its unique and indelible value lies in student ownership of the publication. This is a student paper run by students and read by students. Students are Sadness Fills Morse Jayden prided himself on his involved in all areas of decision making, content selection, perfect attendance and loved being with writing, editing, proofreading and layout. Sometimes By Abigail Oles and Robert Moon mistakes are made, but it is these mistakes that many his family and friends. valuable lessons are learned. My role as publisher is The students and staff, as well facilitator, coach and mentor. Easter break was a tragic time as all of the people who knew were are Publisher: for the Morse community. Our school trying to understand the reason for this Mr. Defino lost a third grade student to an undiscov- kind of suffering and illness. Jayden ered disease. will be missed dearly and his memory Editorial Advisory Board Editor-in Chief Jayden Holzhauer was a third will live on through the smiles and good Clinton Stutzman grader who only two weeks before he times that will come again. Composition Editor passed away, shaved his head to honor Now, the sadness and confu- Jaden Whittaker children with cancer. Little did he know sion have filled our hearts, instead. Promotion Editor Jaden Whittaker News Editors Just Print It is looking for students to write news stories about events going on in and Kierstin Benson Ginger Defino around Morse School. Feel free to submit a story to our editorial department and we will be Sports Editor happy to consider it for publication. Don’t forget to include your name and teacher! Jaden Whittaker Entertainment Editor Caleb Judware News Department Edited by Kierstin Benson Ginger Defino VO1 XV ISSUE 135 PAGE 3 Spring is finally Testing, Testing, here! It has been a long Spring is here! winter and its here! The One, Two ,Three By Cole Carey first day of spring was Fri- By RJ Paff and John Turk day March 20, 2015 and time has been moved one hour earlier on March 8, 2015. On the New York State Testing is taking place in public ninth it was pretty warm 47 degrees. Also through the past weeks schools around the State. At Morse, students in third through the days has been getting longer every single day the sun stays up sixth grade are taking tests in math and ELA. longer and longer. Spring vacation and Easter have come up, if we th Samantha Tubby is in 5 grade. She is in Mr. Rey- had one more snow day right after Easter we would have gone nolds’ class. She does not like the idea of the state test. “I right back to school. As we are coming in into April it is getting don’t feel I am ready for the test,” she said.