Bulldog Breakdown September Issue

SEPTEMBER 2018

School Spirit

Larose Cut Off Middle School’s first

Student Based MAGAZINE DE I S N I s ’ t ha w t a K O A LO Lost on Campus?

Check out Page 9 For a Helpful List!

4-H, GKTW, & Other Clubs at LCOMS!

Did You Know...?

(Find Out on Page 9)

MOVIE REVIEWS SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS LUNCH MENU CALENDAR OF EVENTS MUCH MORE

War is Raging Page 11

What’s Happening • Mon. 9/17: VB at BBMS 5:30pm (LCO vs BBMS)

• Tues. 9/18: FB at CLHS

6:00pm (LCO vs BBMS)

• Wed. 9/19: BETA Club Meets at Skinny Time

• Thurs. 9/20: Snowball Sale $3

LCO O C L YOU ARE A PART OF HISTORY.

• Mon. 9/24: VB at EDW 5:30pm (LCO vs EDW)

• Tues. 9/25: FB at EDW at 6:00pm (LCO vs EDW)

• Tues. 9/25: FACS Cupcake Sale $2/cupcake

• Thurs. 9/27: School Pictures

• Fri. 9/28: Redemption Fri. • Fri. 9/28: Middle School Band Night at SLHS

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Students, As you read through this first issue of Bulldog Breakdown, a student-based and student-created magazine, do so with pride at the realization that you are a part of history.

The Bulldog Media Club has come together with the sole purpose of capturing moments and creating memories.

We want you to be a part of that; so, keep on smiling, keep on cheering, and keep on being the best pack of BULLDOGS this school has ever seen.

It’s your moment to shine.

The lunch menu will be posted each month in the BB.

e n o DidSome h? c n u l y a s Monday 17 3

Wednesday 5 19

Thursday 6 20

Friday 7 21

Muffin or Assorted Cereal w/Toast Sliced Peaches, Assorted Juices

Breakfast Pizza Applesauce Assorted Juices

Sausage Biscuit or Assorted Cereal w/Toast Fruit Cocktail, Assorted Juices

Pancake On A Stick w/Syrup or Assorted Cereal w/Toast Pears, Assorted Juices

French Toast Roll w/Syrup Fresh Fruit Assorted Juices

Smoked Sausage Red Beans w/Rice Steamed Cabbage Cornbread Chilled Peaches

Meatsauce w/Whole Grain Spaghetti Steamed California Vegetables Lettuce w/Tomato Wedges Fresh Apple

Salisbury Steak w/Gravy Mashed Potatoes Lima Beans, Wheat Roll Tossed Salad Fruit Cocktail

Pizza Steamed Corn Carrot Sticks w/Ranch Dressing Blushing Pears Chocolate Chip Cookie

Fish Sticks Spaghetti & Cheese Tossed Salad, Green Peas Whole Wheat Roll Chilled Pineapple

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Breakfast Pizza or Assorted Cereal w/Toast Peaches, Assorted Juices

French Toast w/Syrup or Assorted Cereal w/Toast Pineapple, Assorted Juices

Cinnamon Roll Fruit Cocktail Assorted Juices

Sausage Links Toast w/Jelly Pears, Assorted Juices

Chocolate Chip Muffin or Assorted Cereal w/Toast Fresh Fruit, Assorted Juices

Hamburger w/Bun Baked Sweet Potato Wedges Lettuce/Tomato/Pickle Slices Steamed Corn, Chilled Peaches Chocolate Chip Cookie

Potato Stew with Smoked Sausage & Brown Rice Coleslaw, Seasoned Green Beans Whole Wheat Roll Fruit Salad BREAKFAST PRICES: Elementary $1.55 Middle $1.55 High $1.60 Reduced $0.30 At Cost $2.75

Chicken Patty w/Bun Garden Salad Steamed Sliced Carrots Oranges Slices

Meatsauce w/Whole Grain Spaghetti Steamed Broccoli Garden Salad Whole Wheat Roll Pineapple Tidbits EXTRAS: Milk $0.50 Bread $0.50 4 oz Juice $0.50 6.75 oz Juice $0.50 Fruit/Vegetable $0.50 Dessert $0.50 Entrees: Elementary $1.25 High $1.50

Chicken Strips White Beans with Rice Lettuce w/Tomato Wedges Whole Wheat Roll Fruit Cocktail

R EMBE SEPT 8 201 NU H ME C N U L a D t

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LUNCH PRICES: Elementary $1.65 Middle $1.70 High $2.10 Reduced $0.40 At Cost $4.50

Menus are subject to change as needed.

Choice of milk is offered with every meal.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

LCO students are shown in the picture below powering up with a healthy breakfast.

Did you know that breakfast literally means to break the fast after a long night’s sleep?

It is a crucial meal that refuels the body and the brain with energy and nutrients.

Eating breakfast has been shown to improve mental alertness and physical performance.

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P B

I S

by Ella LeBlanc and Raelynn Guidry

Concession, dress down days, and bashes are all an exciting part of our school’s Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program, but have you ever stopped to ponder who was in charge?

Mrs. Breaux is the person who spearheads (runs) the program for our school. She meets monthly with a committee consisting of several staff members, including our school counselor Ms. Danielle Cheramie, to plan and organize upcoming events and bashes. The PBIS committee determines the dates and themes of the bashes, dress down days, etc. Ms. Cheramie then gets things together to make the magic happen.

“The next PBIS bash is planned for the end of the first nine weeks,” according to Mrs.Breaux.

Anyone who has not received a referral during the nine-weeks period may attend the bash; this does not include minor infractions or detentions. At the end of the year, a fifth bash is held for students

who have not received a referral throughout the entire year. At this bash, bigger prizes are drawn for students to win.

Some bashes are costume themed which allows the students to dress up; this is one of Mrs. Breaux’s favorites, as she loves donning costumes.

The bashes often include snacks and treats for the students, as well as prize drawings and music.

Mrs. Breaux would like to add that she loves PBIS because it promotes positive behavior in students.

Some other incentives for students at Larose Cut Off Middle School (LCOMS) include Bulldog Bucks, Honor Roll Breakfast, Student of the Month recognition, Homeroom Attendance prizes, and Positive Postcards. These are ways that the staff at LCOMS tries to let students and their families know that we appreciate their hard work and great behavior throughout the school year.

Students are pictured below dancing and playing the air guitar during this year’s first PBIS bash. More fun is to come next month for the costume themed bash!

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Are you ready for some

FOOTBALL?

Below is a list of the LCOMS football players and the positions they play:

Tyler Sanders #1 WB/S

Titan Allemand #2 WR/CB

Kole Thorp #3 WR/CB

Brock Johnson #4 TB/CB

Jacob Pierce #5 WR/CB

Holden Gisclair #7 WR/CB

Nathan Availa #8 TE/DE

Carter Breux #9 WB/CB

Brant Rousse #10 FB/CB

Maddox Carmardelle #11 WB/LB

Mason Bousegard #13 QB/S

Caleb Bishop #14 TE/DE

Abram Bourg #15 FB/LB

Connor Chiasson #16 WR/CB

Cameron Gisclair #17 FB/LB

Cody Lee #18 TE/LB

Jack Ledet #19 QB/LB

Gregory Simoneaux #20 OL/DL

Logan Waguespack #21 OL/DL

Nicholas Reed #22 FB/LB

Destin Gisclair #24 WB/LB

Jimmy Rogers #25 WB/CB

Jonah Autin #44 OL/DL

Charles Duffrene #50 OL/DL

Owen Adams #51 OL/DE

Kevyn Trosclair #60 OL/DE

Jack Chiasson #61 OL/DL

Maddox Matherne #63 OL/DL

Chance Brunet #70 OL/DL

Luke Pitre #71 OL/DL

Bennett Bourgeois #72 OL/DL

Damoz Price #73 OL/DL

Gavin Comeaux #75 OL/DL

Aidan Bruce #77 OL/DL

Jaevyn Bruce #78 OL/DL

Zeth Adams #80 OL/DL

Alexander Verdin #83 WR/CB

John Guidry #84 TE/LB

Logan Lombas #88 OL/DL

Gerrard Cheramie #95 OL/DL

Ethan Danos #99 OL/DL Please contact the Bulldog Media Club / Mrs. Coleman for any discrepancies that need to be fixed.

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Here Comes the Band!

by Jacey Jarreau and Ali Plaisance You’re sitting in the stadium on the edge of your seat because the score is tied between the Bulldogs and their biggest rival, those kitty cats from down the bayou.

Suddenly, a cacophony of trumpets break the silence and blast the familiar notes that signal the Bulldogs have scored. The drummers start pounding away and a brotherhood of sounds meld together causing the fans to rise up and dance in their seats.

How boring would a football game be without the momentum and rise driven by the band?

Maestro in Charge

The band program is run by Ms. Rachel Loupe. Her band students do so much more than just support the school’s football team at games; they also do many fun activities including: parades, band festivals, field trips, band concerts, and more.

Ms.Loupe broke down a lot of information for the staff of the Bulldog Breakdown, such as when concerts and festivals will take place and what fundraisers the band will be doing this year. She also got personal and told us a little more about herself. We felt we really got to know a new side to Ms. Loupe.

Q: Favorite instruments?

A: French horn and piano Q: Dream vacation?

A: To go to Alaska

Band festival is one of the highlights of the school year for many band students. This is the time when all the hard work and dedication pays off. From the beginning of the year, band members start working on three different pieces of music to play at the festival; when the event rolls around, the students will be bussed to the festival and will have to play their music along with a piece they’ve never played before in front of judges.

The students will then be graded and those who receive the highest scores will be honored with an invite to the state band. This year’s district and state festivals will be held sometime in late February and March.

Band members are also required to do fundraisers to pay for things including band festivals, transportation, instruments, uniforms, repairs, stands, etc. This year, the members just finished a new fundraiser selling loaves of braided dough with different fillings such as cinnamon and strawberry. If you didn’t get one this year, keep your eyes open for next year. Band members will also do a lollipop sale; each lollipop is .50¢ and come in a wide variety of flavors including cotton candy, wild berry, lemon lime, and more. Each of the lollipops can be purchased directly from any L.C.O.M.S. band student. This fundraiser starts in late October.

If lollipops aren’t enough to fill your sweet tooth, band members have one more delicious fundraiser during the school year: the World’s Finest Chocolate sale! The World’s Finest Chocolate fundraiser sales a wide variety of different chocolate bars and more! Some of the chocolate bars, which are a $1 a piece, include milk chocolate, dark chocolate, caramel, and more. The other chocolate items sold, which are $2 a piece, are chocolate covered almonds, caramel swirls, and more. This sweet fundraiser will begin in January; items can be purchased directly from any L.C.O.M.S. band student.

So, when you’re craving something sweet in the upcoming months, look for a band member and help out their cause!

Q: What would you do if you won the lottery?

A: I would sleep and probably travel.

The Students’ Point of View of Band

Of course, Ms. Loupe loves the band and everything it includes, but BB wondered if the Q: Do you have any hidden talents? band students felt as strongly about football games and pep-rallies? Nearly 40 students A: Sleeping, I can do it with my eyes closed! interviewed said that they are quite excited for football games and pep-rallies, and that their favorite songs to play at these events are “’Lectric,” “Seven Concert Dates, Fundraisers, and More Throughout the school year the band does many Nation Army,” and “Cadence.”

Next time you see a band student lugging around a concerts and festivals. This year a new Halloween concert will be held on October 25; the Christmas huge instrument, staying after school to practice, or concert will be on December 12, and the final concert of walking a few miles in a local parade, don’t forget to tell them thank you for their efforts at keeping the school the year, a Spring concert, will be held on April 30. spirit alive at LCOMS.

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Sunshine Compeaux

09/01

Bria Pitre

09/12

Luke Pitre

09/20

Madyson Forehand

09/01

Luke Sanamo

09/13

Leland Delatte

09/20

Kolton Guidry

09/05

Kandyce Nelson

09/ 14

Christian Gonzales

09/21

Lyszet Gonzales

09/06

Kaelyn Chouest

09/14

Keben Jaquez-Torres

09/21

Zahid Arguijo

09/07

Yoselin Cruz-Gamez

09/14

Bree Wells

09/21

Bella Bourgeois

09/07

Bennett Bourgeois

09/14

Vayda Pregeant

09/22

Reese Rios

09/08

Caleb Daley

09/14

Jose Garcia-Flores

09/22

Valeria Galicia

09/08

Zachary Billiot

09/15

Haydn Breaux

09/23

Malania Lirette

09/08

Jordy Banegas

09/15

Claire Fonseca

09/25

Gregory Simoneaux

09/08

Reese Rios

09/15

Tyler Sanders

09/25

Cameron Lee

09/09

John Guidry

09/15

Farah Vigie

09/25

Derrick Touro

09/09

Alonna Terrebone

09/15

Jesus Galicia

09/25

Gavin Lee

09/09

Braelyn Callais

09/16

Matthew Rousse

09/27

Heidi Luna

09/09

Ava Cheramie

09/16

Avah Chabert

09/28

Evan Pennison

09/09

Jasmine Senayo

09/16

Alec Flores

09/28

Gimena Reyes

09/09

Levi Danos

09/19

Jadon Matherne

09/29

Nickoli Hellemn

09/09

Mykala Guidry

09/19

Isaiah Naquin

09/29

Connor Chiasson

09/10

Ellie Lorraine

09/19

Gerrard Cheramie

09/29

Jack Chiasson

09/10

Vienna Tran

09/19

Brennan Matherne

09/30

Carson Helmer

09/10

Alexander Verdin

09/20

Diego Almaraz

09/10

Logan Cheramie

09/20

September Birthstone: Sapphire

Flowers: Forget-Me-Nots, Morning Glory, and Aster

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Upcoming Movies for September 2018! ────

The House with a Clock in its Walls Rated: PG ────

Smallfoot

SEPTEMBER MOVIE OF THE MONTH

Rated: PG

Christopher Robin

by Whitney Coleman On August 3, 2018, Disney released a film titled Christopher Robin. In this PG rated movie, Christopher Robin, now a family man living in London, receives a surprise visit from his old childhood pal, Winnie-the-Pooh.

With Christopher's help, Pooh embarks on a journey to find his friends Tigger, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo. Once reunited, the lovable bear and the gang travel to the big city to help Christopher rediscover the joy of life.

95 percent of Google users liked this movie.

Common Sense reviewer cyndi723 says, “My

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family enjoyed this movie. My grandson is 5 and he really liked the characters. The movie held his attention for the whole two hours. I don't think it was slow paced at all. Beautiful cinematography, we were totally immersed in the story. I think the characters are true to the original adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Ewan McGregor was fantastic as Christopher Robin.

The voices for all the animated characters was spot on. Go see it!” after giving a five-star review.

Check in the Bulldog Breakdown’s October issue to see what movie will be reviewed!

Did You Know?

Each month is host to certain holidays and days of recognition - including some pretty bizarre ones. Check out some of the ones listed below so next time someone says, “Did you know...” You can say, “Yeah! Did YOU know...”

• September was the seventh month of the original Roman calendar. This is where it got its name, which means seventh. Later, when January and February were added to the calendar, September became the ninth month.

• September 15 - October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month • September is also the dedicated month for the following: National Potato Month National Chicken Month National Piano Month National Biscuit Month

How Will YOU Cele

brate September?

So THAT’S where she moved!

Unsure about what teacher is in what classroom?

Don’t sweat it; we’ve got it listed below!

Room 101

K. Lee

Room 102

ELA Computer Lab

Room 103

Trisha Danos

Keyboarding

Room 104

C. Guidry

ELA / Social Studies

Room 105

K. Hymel

Math

Room 106

L. Naquin

Math

Room 201

L. Coleman

ELA

Room 202

J. Cheramie

ELA

Room 203

T. Matherne

Special Education

Room 209

L. Callais

Social Studies

Room 210

N. Lerille

Math

Room 211

D. Leblanc

Math

Room 400

C. Barron

Science

Room 401

A. Reed

Science

Room 402

J. Martin

Social Studies

Room 403

Tina Danos

Science

Room 404

G. Hernandez

Science

Room 410

L. Adams

Social Studies

Room 602

D. Martin

ELA

Room 603

A. Diaz

ELA

Room 604

D. Gaspard

Math

Room 605

D. Naquin

Math

Room 612

A. Bienvenu

Choir

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HEAD • HEART HANDS • HEALTH

by Matty Callais and Janie Pierce

Did you know that if you join 4H and stick with it throughout your school years you could possibly receive a scholarship for college?

At school, you may know Ms. Leah Callais as the seventh-grade Social Studies teacher, but she also wears many other hats both in and out of school. Ms. Callais, has been a sponsor of numerous clubs including Student Council, Give Kids The World, and 4-H. She has been sponsoring 4-H for the past six years. This is her second year as the 4-H sponsor at LCOMS. “I was in 4-H when I was a student and enjoyed it; it’s something I want to keep going for students, so they can have the same opportunities as well,” said Ms. Callais.

4-H is a school club for kids to learn about the world through a hands-on approach. The club is more than 100 years old and has more than 100 schools and universities that participate in the program.

4-H teaches many skills including cooking, sewing, and presentation. There are many contests and ways to help the club succeed. For example, there are the Sugar and Seafood competitions, Beef competitions, and Poultry competitions. At these competitions, there are many dish categories in which participants must make a dish with that ingredient. Other competitions include animal raising and judging, 4-H is a good way for students to learn and grow. The first introductory meeting was recently held on September 6. Anyone who missed the meeting can talk to Ms. Callais during recess or skinny to find out more about the program.

Pictured are LCOMS 4-H members at last year’s Achievement Day contest.

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Pictured above are LCOMS 4-H members at last year’s Sugar and Seafood competition.

Image from www.donthatethegeek.com

Fortnite vs. PUBG

by Hunter Doucet A war started between the fans of the two games Fortnite Battle Royale and Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds when a review on Fortnite said, “This game copied PUBG.” Naturally this caused much havoc.

If you didn’t know, Fortnite and Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds or “PUBG” are very similar battle royale games (last man standing wins) with a variety of weapons and features. The core differences of the two games are that PUBG is much more realistic and has many more weapons and vehicles.

There have been many comments starting from little over a year ago that Fortnite copied PUBG. Fortnite fans say that their game is nothing like PUBG because it has much less of a realistic feel to it. PUBG has many more features such as a wider selection of weapons, vehicles, and even has difference maps, or different areas to play in.

Fortnite has had many extreme updates in the

past few weeks. Some include the addition of the shockwave grenade, upcoming grappler, and the new location Tomato Temple. Some of PUBG’s newer updates include the new tracer bullet function, adjusted some positioning of items, and have made certain things easier as well as some bug fixes.

Now let’s back to the warring aspect of these two games. As you can probably tell, there has been much fighting between fans of the games over the speculation that Fortnite had copied PUBG. PUBG had even filed a lawsuit on Fortnite for “copying items and interface”. Although the lawsuit was not won, this still started something between the two fan bases.

In my opinion the two games are both great and unique in their own way. They may be battle games that may or may not have copied each other, but it doesn’t really matter. It’s up to you to decide which game you like best.

Check October’s Bulldog Breakdown for another videogame review.

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