Thanksgiving Feast Preferences!

by Hattie H. 

The first question i asked ten people was whether they preferred turkey or ham to which three of ten people responded with turkey the other seven chose ham.

My second question was bread rolls or cornbread in which eight of ten responded with bread rolls leaving the two with corn bread in the dust.

The third was stuffing or gravy by which three people responded with gravy, two with stuffing, one with both, and the rest with neither.

My fourth question had been corn or mashed potatoes, which had gotten three votes for potatoes, three for corn, two for neither, and one for both.

Question number five was brussels sprouts or sweet potatoes, which got five neither, two brussels sprouts, and three sweet potatoes.

My sixth but not final question was pumpkin or apple pie to which received three neithers, four pumpkin, and three apple, however one said it had to be with ice cream.

My seventh and final question was mac and cheese, a thanksgiving dish that had gotten five yesses, one maybe, three no’s, and a very enthusiastic “not in this household!”

Oral Interp Informational Meetings!

by Kenley S.

Oral Interp is a competitive speech activity where everyone is included. Students can participate in groups or individually. If you join Oral Interp, you will perform a written piece by speaking with motion. You will perform it five times before your final performance. If you join, you have the option of practicing before or after school. Before school practices are from 7:45-8:15 and after school practices are from 3:30-4:00 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Oral Interp is an activity that helps build speech skills while having fun and is available for ALL 7th and 8th graders. I think you should join!

What is a Hero?

by Addie E.

What is a hero?

What is a hero? People have different opinions on what makes a hero. My opinion is that anyone can be a hero, it doesn’t matter if you do a big or small thing. Let's say you save your dog. You are probably a hero for your dog, and maybe someone else who owns the dog with you. You may not be a hero for our country like one of the veterans, but you are still a hero in my opinion because you saved a life.

One reason that supports my opinion is that people do good and bad things all the time. Even if you just make sure a kid looks both ways before crossing the street, you probably just decreased the risk of that child getting hurt. To me that means you are a hero. When I say anyone can be a hero I mean you have to do something good to help someone. If you do something bad or nothing at all to help someone, then you are definitely not a hero! So if you want to be a hero then just do something good for someone or something else.

Another thing you may like to know is that children are the future. They will be the new adults sooner or later. Do you want the new adults to be smart and brave for all the tasks adults have to do? Well if you do, you need to teach them how to be brave and all the things that make them smart. That is the job for the parents and teachers! So they are definitely heroes. You could have a fire in your house some day. Who is going to put it out then? The future adult firefighters! They have to know how to work with other people. So that means the people who taught them teamwork are also heroes! They could be parents, coaches, teachers, and maybe just friends. Those people are all heroes.

The final reason is that if someone didn’t save their dog or put out the future fire, then Earth would lose many lives. What about picking up trash? That is being a hero because an animal could have gotten stuck in the trash or could have eaten it and gotten sick. You have saved that animal. What I think is that you could do something small like picking up trash or planting food for people to eat, but you are helping people so you are a hero! Doing something big like saving the county or being a part of some huge rescue mission is good and you are definitely a hero for that! I just think that you don’t need to do something like that to be a hero, you just need to do something that will help a life.

In summary I think that you just have to do something good like saving your dog, or teaching kids the right things or picking up trash, and you still are a hero because you helped or saved someone not for a medal or a chance to be in the news to be nice and to make our world a better place. So do something small but good and it will still be huge because you will be a hero!

Science Olympiad

by Josie A.

Science Olympiad has started this year. Science Olympiad is an after school activity that students can participate in. They have practice after school Tuesdays and Testing on Thursday nights. The coaches are Mrs. Mehlhaff and Mrs. Schaeffer. They do studies and builds. If you are good enough they might make it to state or even nationals. They also sell chocolate for a dollar. All the science teachers sell chocolate, you can also buy chocolate in the study hall. So does this convince you enough to join next year?

Girls Basketball

by Saige N.

As we know girls basketball has started. The 7th graders and 8th graders travel. The sixth graders don’t. I think the 8th graders have won most of their games. I could not figure it out for the 7th graders though. There are A,B,and C teams. They have practice everyday. If you ever have a chance to go watch them, take that chance. They are very fun to watch.

Winter Cartoon

 

YMS Holiday Concert

by Berta G.

As Christmas approaches, the school's band is preparing for its Christmas concert. I interviewed Mrs. Belgum, the middle school band director. I asked her questions about the 6th-grade band, the jazz band, and the 7th- and 8th-grade band. Questions will go from her favorite pieces to whether there was a particular theme.

The first question I asked was, "What is your favorite piece that the 6th graders are doing?" Mrs. Belgum answered with, "A Joyous Christmas, by Randall Standridge." I would then ask her, "What's your favorite 7th/8th grade piece?" The YMS band combines the seventh- and eighth-grade bands. She answered with, "It's a tie, honestly. I like "Now The Winters Come to Stay," by David Shaffer, but I also like "A Winter's Journey", by Randall Standridge." The third question I asked her would be, "What's your favorite piece that the Jazz band is doing?" After a few moments of thought, she'd respond with, "Merry Gentlemen," but she didn't specify who composed it, so I won't include that part.

My fourth question for her was, "Is there any particular theme for this concert?" Her answer was, "No, but I realized recently that a lot of the pieces had the word Christmas in them." Which I did realize, as I am in the band as well. My second-to-last question was, "Do you have any particular favorite group overall?" She responded with, "I tend to like jazz bands' Christmas music the most. If I could have a just jazz class, I definitely would."

As I was wrapping the interview up, I asked her if she wanted to add anything, and she responded with, "If you can, come to the program. It's really fun this year, and they have been working really hard." If you wish to come, it's on Tuesday, December 9th. It'll start around 7 pm, with sixth grade going first, then Jazz, followed by seventh and eighth grade. It'll be in the old gym.