The Canine Chronicle MBMS November 2017

[t h e canine ] mount baker middle school, auburn, washington

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inside this issue: National Coming Out Day

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New Teachers Join MBMS

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Impact of Increase in Students

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Veterans Days Assembly

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National Anthem Debate

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SPOTLIGHT: New Technology

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OPINION: What Grinds My Gears

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20 Observations of Voltron ‘84

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140-Character Reviews

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Culture Poll

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MBMS Sports

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Locker Lottery

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FRONT COVER PHOTO: Technology is a much larger aspect of people’s lives now than ever. From Chromebooks in the classroom to smart phones in our pockets, people live in a digital, computer-reliant world. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY X. MANUEL BACK COVER PHOTO: MBMS family’s Veterans were featured at the Annual Veterans Day Assembly on Nov. 10. PHOTO COURTESY OF MBMS FAMILIES, COLLAGE BY I. GALLARDO & J. WOODIE

DEAR BULLDOGS, Hey there, Bulldogs! With the end of summer comes a new school year and with the new school year comes cold weather and less sleep. We want to begin by welcoming back our seventh and eighth grade students along with our new sixth graders this year.

With all that aside, first quarter has ended which means the first issue of The Canine Chronicle has been released! Our November edition includes articles written by our first semester staff. From reviews on T.V. shows to interviews with teachers and fellow students, this newspaper has you covered!

While we are a microphone for students, as a staff we must keep in mind to not disrupt the orderly conduct of this school and follow the guidelines given all while still boosting the free expression and opinions of other students. (Which is super important, of course!) We cannot, though, include content that invades privacy of an individual, runs counter to the instructional program, supports the violation of school rules, demeans or damages individuals or groups, or is inappropriate for the maturity level of you, the students. If you would like to read more, additional information can be found in the Auburn School District Policies online.

With all of that jazz taken care of, we’re proud to present our November edition this fall! We even included the classic What Grinds My Gears page for the humorous and the Locker Lottery for those who enjoy Q & As. With so many articles including National Coming Out Day, Thanksgiving, and sports, you’ll be informed for quite a while reading this edition of The Canine Chronicle. Those aren't even close to half of our amazing news articles! Just make sure it doesn't distract you during classes, though.

This newspaper wouldn't have been possible without you by giving us insight on what is going on in the school. All we have to really do to have a sense of everything is to walk through the busy hallways.

Our goal is to not only inform but also entertain you.

We really hope you enjoy this issue of The Canine Chronicle!

Sincerely,

The Canine Chronicle

STAFF PHOTO BY L. SAIN

mission: The MBMS Journalism 8 class produced this limited-voice EDITORS

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Isabella Gallardo Xialeemar Manuel Mikaela Rabago Rikki Rhodes-Huwe Lottie Scheschy Jayden Woodie

Gavin Bonham Hailey Carlson Sarah Cayeros Sophie Elwell Isabell Flores Ciara Fletcher

Lucas Fletcher Alicia Guetle Lavrielle Gueriba Aysiah Hwande Helena Moutzouris Janine Park

Madeleine Ramos Luci Sain Annie Sihalathavong Alexa Wate

ADVISER Peter Warring

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newspaper with intent to ethically report events accurately, without bias. As a public forum for students, all decisions made on content are made under the guidance of the adviser, with intent to uphold students’ First Amendment rights.

The opinions presented in articles are provided to represent the views and perspectives of students and individuals in our diverse student population, not necessarily the whole of the adviser, faculty, and administrators. Any material that would cause a disruption to the educational process like libel, invasion of privacy, or copyright infringement will not be published.

The Canine Chronicle is produced using Microsoft Publisher. Photographs not taken by students have been utilized through a Creative Commons and Microsoft license. School portraits are licensed through Dorian Photography.

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LOTTIE SCHESCHY

dents to know about Scorpion’s “adventure” to MBMS. “It’s awesome to see our school on the news,” seventh grade Emma Bailey said. “Even if it’s not for the best of reasons.”

Cao has redeemed the title as the school’s “celebrity” following what happened. To some, carrying this story and attention through middle school may seem annoying, but he has had a positive attitude towards his “fame.”

“I think it’s kind of cool,” Cao said.

Because of the abnormality of the situation, Cao received no consequence, but a reminder

On Sep. 7, sixth grade MBMS student Hetoka Cao made the first day of school a little more interesting this year.

During second period, Cao’s pet squirrel, by the name Scorpion, was discovered by vice principal, Mr. Lewis. Scorpion was found hanging out in Cao’s locker after it was said to be making sounds of movement from within. Lewis, after retrieving the squirrel from the locker via a bucket, attempted to release Scorpion outside of the school, back into the wild. But, Lewis had wrongly accused the animal of being wild. However, the squirrel did not run off like expected, and instead ran back to Lewis each time he would attempt a release.

“That’s when I started to realize maybe it wasn’t a wild squirrel,” Lewis said, “because it likes people a lot.”

Cao had believed Scorpion would be fine spending school hours inside the locker, and, although many seem to think the cause of Scorpion accompanying Cao to school was a result of separation anxiety, Cao claims his squirrels visit was engendered by a different reason. “[I brought it] because no one else was home,” Cao said.

Due to this incident, the school was featured in a brief news article produced by Kiro 7. The story gained awareness towards Cao and his squirrel, resulting in a large majority of stu-

was released stating pets were not allowed in the school, and may become a reminder to ongoing years that personal pets are not permitted at school.

“We don’t always consequence for every mistake,” Lewis said. “Sometimes it’s just a learning experience.”

Cao’s story has created a great beginning to our new school year, and has added a comedic reliever to the stress sixth graders have being exposed for the first time to middle school life.

These stories that you only here at Baker.

Sixth grader Hetoka Cao demonstrates where he hid Scorpion, pictured above, on Sept . 6. PHOTO BY L.. SCHESCHY

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LUCI SAIN National Coming Out day is a day that occurred on Oct. 11 that has never been recognized at MBMS until this year. The holiday is when people who are a part the LGBTQIA+ community go out of their comfort zone and tell people about their sexuality and gender identity. Members of Builders Club had put up signs this year that had said something regarding the holiday of National Coming Out day.

“Students are coming to terms with who they are at younger ages,” Mr. Cope said when asked if we should celebrate this holiday in future years.

“People are more comfortable and school should be a safe place for students.” In the future if we are able to celebrate this national holiday most people said we should have a bigger event where we put up rainbow flags, streamers, and signs for people that state their sexuality if they wanted others to know.

“No, I feel that National Coming Out day should not be recognized at MBMS,” Nathan Snow said, “I feel that if it were recognized, it would have a serious impact on how people see you.”

When the students of MBMS were asked how they felt on a survey of over 700 students, many stated their of their religious beliefs or feeling uncomfortable with the main theme of the holiday.

School is a place to learn and many students are uneducated about LGBTQIA+ topics. Because of this a majority of people didn't know about this holiday or didn't realize it was even celebrated this year at MBMS. “I don't know, I never really thought there was a day like that,” Dat Ho said.

Aside from being confused on the subject matter, many students just didn't know how to feel about the day.

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important day for people to express themselves freely. To allow such development so that we can grow to understand and have empathy for others who are different than us.” six grader Kaitlyn Bui said.

Aside from people who didn’t support the holiday or were still deciding what they thought, there w as an overwhelming amount of people who loved the idea of MBMS celebrating

this holiday. The most repeated responses on the survey were people who said it was good for everyone to feel comfortable being who they are and letting the school setting be a better place for the students of the school.

Possibly if the school showed such topics earlier, students could understand and recognize that

LGBTQIA+ people are humans and things like this aren't unearthly topics.

Maybe if we took the time to teach others about this holiday then the world could be a better place.

We don't truly know what will happen in future years at MBMS with LGBTQIA+ topics and holidays but this is the first step to making are students more aware of the world around them.

MBMS is a very diverse through multiple ways like ethnicity and religion. Although many may not notice those differences with sexuality and gender identity. PHOTO COURTESY TO WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, THE FREE MEDIA REPOSITORY VIA CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE.

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Over 700 MBMS students expressed their opinions on a variety of topics in an anonymous online survey in late Oct. Notable responses were documented below.

“ I think it's a good thing be“I feel that is not okay, as we have sixth graders here and they just came cause there is a lot of people that from elementary school. Some probably don't even know what National Comwould like to be recognized for ing Out Day is, because I mean like even I didn't even know about it until now who they are or or what it meant.”

“I believe that this is a inspirawho they would tional thing to do, because like to be and many people probably feel “I think it's great. Many people are in the left out or depressed on people are acLGBTQ community and its time that schools being different on their genknowledging der or on the person they should realize that since it's becoming a bigger them.” like. This will make our thing.”

“As a believer in the Christian religion, I disapprove of it. But as a human being supporting equal rights for everyone, I approve of it.”

school more untied and have less segregation which will give our school a huge boost for teens that want to speak and give a change to our school. National Coming Out Day is something important for a lot of people.”

“ It is amazing. I love how MBMS took a controversial issue head-on and made people

more aware of it. We can talk about different cultures and races but why not genders and

sexualities. Whether you agree with the subject

or not, people will be exposed to it and introducing it at a middle school level is just fine.

There is nothing to hide students from. Its not a gnarly disease, it's not a crime. IT'S

JUST LIFE! And how are we supposed to prepare students for high school if we can't

help prepare them from a social perspective along with a more academic perspective.”

PLEASE NOTE: Reponses were edited for length and clarity. Responses also were part of an anonymous student survey.

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CIARA FLETCHER & ALICIA GUETLE The more students MBMS adds, the more staff are needed at the school. This year MBMS received five new teachers, new counselor, and two new office staff members.

Principal Brown confirmed that this is irregular at MBMS. “In the seven years I have been at Mt. Baker, this year I have had to hire the most new people,�

Brown said.

Let's give a big Bulldog welcome

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to eighth grade science teacher Mrs. Anderson, eighth grade Language Arts teacher Mr. Middleton, eighth grade ELL teachers Mr. Ferrell and Ms. Zaida, along with Mrs. Wilton teaching both sixth and seventh grade ELA students, seventh grade counselor Mrs. Brubaker, and new additions to the attendance office, Ms. Robin

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The Canine Chronicle was lucky to be able to sit down with these fascinating teachers and ask questions to get fun information to share.

All of them were doing well so far in the year and students hope they can keep them around for many more years to come, according to Principal Brown.

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SOPHIE ELWELL Over the years, the population of MBMS’s students has risen to over a thousand for multiple reasons, and the overcrowding is showing its effects in several ways.

This year, the number of students attending MBMS is more than ever. The average number of students in each grade for 2017 is about 334.

Some of this is due to many new houses within our boundaries and some is due to students who waiver into MBMS. Of the students who attend MBMS, 72.5 percent believes the school is overcrowded. Now we know that the attendance numbers could rise even more with new houses being built within our boundaries. Principal Brown shares information on this subject.

“There is a new neighborhood going in up near Lakeland that’s 200 homes,” Brown said.

In addition to the new housing, students who waiver into Mt. Baker als o bring up the s tude nt population. Although the school is closed to wavers, about 29.8 percent of MBMS students live outside the school boundaries.

“It’s hard to stop everyone from doing that if they’re not truthful about their address,” Brown said.

An overpopulated school can cause many effects. The most major conflict is the overcrowded hallways. Students, such as Therese Layacan, had her own opinions on the overpopulation.

“The overcrowding has been such a pain in the hallways. There are so many slow walkers and people who all

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of a sudden stop in the middle of the hallway to wait for someone, making me step on their heels. I get to my classes a lot later than usual, not giving me as much time to get settled in class. I have to rush to be prepared for class before the bell rings,” Layacan said.

Furthermore, numerous students believed the class sizes are too large, and that it affects their learning. One of those students is Ralizsa Rosales “Overcrowding has affected my learning because when there are too many students in the class and one of them starts talking then it starts a chain reaction and soon enough

everyone starts talking. With 30 or so people in your class talking it can be hard to focus let alone try to get everyone back to being focused. We really need to work hard and focus if we want to succeed in school or in life. If there are a bunch of distractions then you can't focus which means that you can't do your work or get your work done. If we had less students in each class I believe that we would be able to control ourselves better and not get so distracted by our friends,” Rosales said.

One other way the overpopulation affects the school, is the extremely

crowded assemblies.

“It’s just too crowded with everyone in there.” Brown said.

However, students must cooperate and recognize the overpopulation as an opportunity to experience diversity and various opinions.

Jhettah Baker is a student who takes this perspective on the overcrowding.

“I love that there are so many students here to help out each other and learn from one another,” Baker said. “We all came here to build a lovely education, and even some friendship!”

Over a thousand students attempt to fit onto the gym’s bleachers. Cramped assemblies are just one way that student overcrowding has affected Mt. Baker. PHOTO COURTESY OF J. WOODIE

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How do MBMS students celebrate Thanksgiving?

ISABELL FLORES Thanksgiving became a national holiday on Nov.23 for the reason that the pilgrims were giving thanks for the harvest growing throughout the year in the new world in 1621.

This is a time of the year when family and friends get together and say thanks for everything that they have today. Everyone said they different foods and have different traditions on Thanksgiving. MBMS has many different ethnicities, which makes many different traditions especially for the holidays Many kids have different traditions and eat different foods. Sixth grader Jamari A skew celebrated Thanksgiving.

Foods that Askew and his family eat is green beans, mashed potatoes he also eats the traditional turkey that most people eat. Askew has many people come to his house on Thanksgiving including his aunts, uncles and cousins all come together Askew gave an estimate of twelve to thirteen people who come to his house on Thanksgiving. Families do many traditions unique and original but some of the many traditions that Askew and his family do are everyone sits at a table all together.

After dinner Askew and his cousins go outside until the adults are done.

Once everyone is done with dinner and has gained their energy back Askew said, “We all go to the arcade and play games,” which to many people would think of this as a unique tradition but to Askew it is a normal tradition.

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being thankful for things and one thing Askew is thankful for is his family.

“It was my grandmother’s turn to cook a turkey and she cooked a lobster instead” eighth grader Lailah Rosario said.

Having lobster for dinner on Thanksgiving did not become a tradition but they did decide to have it for two years after that. Rosario and her family have many traditions one of them is that her family sits down with her grandfather on every Thanksgiving day and watch the Thanksgiving parade on TV. Rosario and her family eat many foods on

Thanksgiving some popular foods they eat are mashed potatoes with gravy, Turkey and stuffing.

Rosario’s favorite food on Thanksgiving is stuffing that is one of the many dishes that she looks forward to at the dinner table.

Rosario’s least favorite foods at the dinner table are cranberries and vegetables those are dishes that Rosario would not like to see at the dinner table that night. Rosario is thankful for many things she is thankful for her family, school, sports and her cat.

With many different ethnicities at

MBMS we have people who eat many different foods. In the survey that we took many students at MBMS eat turkey as a main dish to be exact 88.7 percent, which is 645 students voted that they eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

Another popular dish that could be found on tables on Thanksgiving is green bean casserole 21 percent also 176 people voted for green bean casserole.

These are dishes of foods that the students at MBMS voted for and were the most popular.

Popular with MBMS Families

What is your favorite Thanksgiving food? Over 700 students responded with what food that their families eat on Thanksgiving. The results gave a few different main dishes of food people eat and one popular desert. GRAPH DESIGNED

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MIKAELA RABAGO The Veteran’s Day Assembly appreciates the veterans of family and staff members who sacrificed their lives to help and defend for our country. Two veterans, that were involved in the Navy, are now teachers at MBMS.

Mr. Knighton, an algebra teacher at MBMS, was in the Navy for nine years and served as a Navy Chaplain. The present day protests about NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem are not acceptable.

“I do not agree with the present day protests during the playing of our National Anthem.” Knighton

said. “Standing and honoring the National Anthem is an opportunity all of us have to declare our collective unity (E Pluribus Unum) as Americans. Attacking unity is never going to be a unifying event.”

Mr. Cowan, a robotics teacher at MBMS, was in the Navy for nine

years and worked on submarines for five years.

“I worked as a nuclear machinist, so I worked on submarines and the engine room making sure all of the mechanical equipment that supported the nuclear propulsion operated properly and did maintenance on that.” Cowan said. “ I made water

ELA teacher Ms. Ryan assembled a photo slideshow that ran at the Veterans Day Assembly on Nov. 9. PHOTOS COURTESY OF MBMS FAMILIES & K. RYAN

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for the submarines, air conditioning for the submarines, all that kind of stuff.”

Mr. Paustian, the band teacher at MBMS, organizes the Veteran’s Day Assembly every year and has switched things around.

“Well all of the music will be different. So it's still going to be band, orchestra and choir, but each group will be playing different music. For example, last year the band played a medley of all the armed forces song and this year the orchestra’s going to play it,” Paustian said. “Something really special is going to happen at the assembly this year and we had to switch up where the band went, and where the choir went and where the orchestra went, but there are some things that are the same.”

Cowan believes that it would not be proper for students to be sitting during the National Anthem at the Veteran’s Day Assembly.

“So at the Veteran’s Day Assembly I don’t think that it would be an appropriate thing for students to do because it’s specifically a Veteran’s Day Assembly.” Cowan said, “It’s very different than all of the other events that people play the National Anthem.”

Paustian has a different perspective on students sitting during the National Anthem.

“I would not have a problem and it could happen because the orchestra is also playing the star spangled banner, so it might be interesting about what happens at our assembly, but we live in a free country and that means if you want to sit during the Star Spangled Banner I think you’ve had the freedom to do that.” Paustian said, “I respect the people who it is a problem for them. I wouldn’t tell them they are wrong, but I am entitled to my opinion and that’s why we live in a free country, right?”

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Seventh grader Nathan Snow received a surprise of his father returning home from deployment in the US military. PHOTO

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MADELEINE RAMOS & ISABELLA GALLARDO

National Anthem protests have been a very controversial issue over the last year. NFL players have had a huge role, as they joined the cause of “Black Lives Matter.” The founders of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors started on July 13, 2013. They believed African-Americans and other minority groups were being treated unfairly, and so chose to protest about the manner.

NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick originated the anthem protests before games to support BLM. Players of color make over 70 percent of total players. The two opposing viewpoints are explored below.

The National Anthem protests are a way of peaceful protesting. Some of our favorite football players our standing up for what they believe in.

NFL player of the Cleveland Browns Seth DeValve addressed the reasons of which the team is protesting.

“There’s a lot of racial and social injustices in the world that are going on right now. We just decided to take a knee and pray for the people who have been affected and just pray for the world in general,” DeValve said.

Not to disrespect those that have fought for us, but instead they should pray for the world and the problems that people of color have faced.

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“We were not trying to disrespect the flag or be a distraction to the team, but as men we thought we had the right to stand up for what we believe in, and we demonstrated that,” DeValve said.

Many people mistake the protests as a way of showing their disrespect to the flag and America in general, but they haven’t heard the football players’ sides of the story. Most people are jumping to conclusions without knowing the full reason why they’re protesting.

In the case of Colin Kaepernick, former President Barrack Obama commented. “[Kaepernick] was exercising his constitutional right to make

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a statement. I think there’s a long history of sport figures doing so,” Obama said.

Obama explained that Kaepernick was making a statement about what he believed in. Many football players have done this in the past so why are they getting such a bad representation now?

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“They can do what they think is right, they have the rights to peacefully protest” eighth grader Zoe Harris said.

Football players are just kneeling. It’s a way of peaceful protes ting. They aren’t physically hurting anyone. They are simply just expanding their rights.

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Students rise during the National Anthem during the most recent pep assembly on Nov. 3. PHOTO BY J. WOODIE

Protesting for Black Lives Matter is affecting veterans’ families as they believe they are disrespecting the people who died fighting for our country in the war.

Colin Kaepernick, a former player on the 49ers who first started the NFL kneeling during the National Anthem. He started kneeling on Aug. 14 during the

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first two games of 2016. He acted as a bad role model for young fans and many may follow him without even knowing they’re disrespecting people.

"As a general matter, when it comes to the flag, the National Anthem, and the meaning that holds for our men and women in uniform and those who've fought for us that is a tough thing for

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them to get past to then hear what his [Kaepernick's] deeper concerns are,” President Obama said.

People kneeling during the National Anthem is not a great way to promote their cause, as it can just lead NFL players causing their fans to split apart; It can even hurt their career.

Currently, Kaepernick does not have roster position on any team. He is unemployed.

"Vikings' Alex Boone Rips ExTeammate Colin Kaepernick for Lack of Respect [for National Anthem]," USAToday.com said in a headline in 2016.

In a recent survey, people at MBMS also supported protesting and agreed with BLM; however,

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there should be a time and place for the protesting to occur.

“I kind of think it is okay. But at the same time, it’s not, because [NFL players] have to, at the same time, be respectful to the flag and such,” eighth grader Isabella Acuna said.

Protesting about the National Anthem is splitting the people apart on their decisions. ¨I understand how they feel about [Black Lives Matter], but they are representing their team though, so they need to be respectful,” seventh grader Quinn Donnermeyer said. ¨As they are disrespecting the people who fought for our country in war and the people who died.”

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As part of a $22 million technology levy passed by the Auburn community, all middle and high school students were checked-out a Chromebook computer to use at school and at home in fall 2017.

According the ASD website, the district hoped to “engaging, educate and empower Auburn staff, students, families, and community.”

Principal Brown expressed his excitement in how quickly students and staff adjusted to the new technology on the classroom.

“We were the first middle school to roll out Chromebooks,” Brown said. “”All of the other middle schools heard about [our success], and they are doing what we are.”

Over 700 students were polled in a survey, where they expressed their mixed opinions on the news.

Teachers also have had mixed success in the classroom, but ELA teacher Mrs. Keaton has had the special job this year to train teachers to use Google apps, online textbooks, and the myHomework planner “[Teachers are] overwhelmed with the new technology,” Keaton said. “There are a vast number of ways to utilize the [Chromebooks] for our students, and with so many options, people don’t always know where to start..”

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HELENA MOUTZOURIS In 2015, Chromebooks were administered to Mt. Baker to help students in their study.

But are the Chromebooks a good investment? Are the Chromebooks doing the job they were brought in to do? Are Chromebooks enhancing the learning environment or are they distracting it? These are questions that are hard to answer, but need to be.

According to the OSPI school report, one group of MBMS students took the SBA for math and English. By their third year taking the test, both their math and English scores dropped by 9.1 percent each.

The first year these students did not use Chromebooks to test, just paper and pencil.

Chromebooks were introduced to them their second year. The scores before using the Chromebooks for math were much higher than their scores using the Chromebooks.

For English, the scores before using the Chromebooks were average, and the second year using them, the scores increased. But

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their third year, the English scores dropped again.

Compared to a traditional textbook, the Chromebooks are much harder to find a trustworthy and reliable online textbook. The students have had less homework due to these connectivity issues.

“For some people, it's an easy excuse, even though it is an actual problem for some students, a lot of people could be lying.,” ASB CoPresident Isabella Yu said.

Students could easily say “Oh, my power went out and I could not finish my essay” or “My Wi-Fi went down and I could not log on,” but how do teachers know what is the truth and what is the lie?

“I have the ability to see what's being done on the computers, I can see a thumbnail of all the computers [in the library]." librarian Mrs. Clark said.

According to CNN.com, the average teenager spends 6.5 hours per day on technology at home. The average school day is roughly 6.5 hours.

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In a recent student poll, 24.6 percent of students out of 325 said they preferred a traditional page-turning book over a Chromebook, and 60.9 percent said that they played games on their Chromebook.

“Chromebooks are easy to manage and more portable, but less reliable,” Yu said.

Chromebooks are much easier to manage

How does this affect their health?

Looking at a screen causes more stress on your eyes which can cause headaches and in the long run, nearsightedness.

Looking at a screen causes our eyes to blink less making eyes drier.

“Students use phones a lot at home,” eighth grader Morgan Maxfield said.

and are much lighter than textbooks, but sometimes textbooks are the way to go.

Textbooks don’t have to connect to the internet and cannot be damaged as easily.

“Chromebooks can allow you to have opportunities that go beyond the classroom,” Clark said.

“I feel like both of the paper and online planner have benefits.”

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“The new online planner is exciting. I love that it sets off notifications [on Chromebook and phone] to remind you.”

“I like the paper planner better, because I feel like it’s better to organize. “

”I prefer the paper planner, because it’s easier to write in.

I usually like to write things down better.”

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GAVIN BONHAM Many people are ecstatic about the introduction of Chromebooks at MBMS. However, as excited as we are, the administrators may be violating basic laws in attempting to protect students.

Principal Brown and Asst. Principal Lewis revealed that they, teachers, and the school board are able to view students’ Chromebook history.

“I can see every page [students have] visited on their Chromebooks,” said Principal Brown, “I can see the time they did it, I can see what site they’ve visited, I can see what they typed, everything at any time.”

This is a controversial move, because it brings up many points and arguments from both sides of the spectrum.

It can be viewed as if the administrators were violating the rights of students, specifically one of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. The fourth amendment, aka the right to privacy.

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,” the Bill of Rights said, “And no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

Imagine that you are inside your own home, and you send an email to a friend that contains private information. It may seem as if it’s a closed

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conversation between two people, but in reality, it’s not secure at all.

Why is this? Because the school district was watching. They were able to see what you were typing up in that “private email.” They were violating rights created by the country’s founding fathers. Or were they?

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What if you were told that the administrators are merely trying to protect us from corrupting our digital footprint?

This is because the Chromebooks that were given to students don’t belong to them, but rather to the school district.

“We all have to understand that the devices we’re using for school are school district property,” librarian Mrs. Clark said. “If we truly want something to be private, we should do it on our own equipment.”

Not only that, but in the Chromebook responsibility manual that students and parents received at the beginning of the year, it clearly stated that the district has the right to inspect and monitor students’ Chromebook histories.

“Remember that files, including email, stored on ASD equipment or the ASD network are the property of the district and are subject to regular review and monitoring,” The 1-1 Responsibility Manual said.

It may feel as if students’ rights are being violated, but remember, the Chromebooks that the students use don’t belong to them. They belong to the school district. Whatever you do on them will never truly be private.

When you're using the Chromebooks, remember to use good judgment, never send personal information, and to stay on school appropriate websites, because the district will always be watching.

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XIALEEMAR M ANUEL As a new school year started, the school brought many exciting changes that assisted students, such as the school news planner, the MyHomework app. MBMS is the first middle school in this year to possess the privilege to use digital planners on Chromebooks.

The app’s purpose is to benefit students and serves as reminders, and also gives the teachers to type up upcoming events and announcements to all the students than announcing it

physically and hope they can remember it until next week.

It’s debatable whether the digital planner gives a good advantage.

Seventh grader Lauren Boatman considered the planner to be useful in some of her classes. “[I just] check in my homework and see when they’re due.” Boatman said.

However, for several students, the online planner is just another simple tool, with a simple purpose. “[I just use the planner] mostly to check on my homework. Nothing much,

really.” seventh grader Dat Ho said. “I just don’t use it a lot.”

There are many benefits in the online planner such as making notifications when there’s a next math test coming up. Though there is as much as there are several pros in using a digital planner, there are some few major cons.

Some of the issues students may experience are with using the planner includes dealing with forgetting to charge Chromebooks, so you can fill in due dates.

Eighth grader Wendy Beckwith expressed some of her frustrations with using the online planner.

“It’s a little bit of a hassle [and] it’s confusing at times, or sometimes your teacher will enter something then expect you to enter the rest, but you don’t know what you already entered so you have to check that,” Beckwith said.

“And it’s kind of [hard that] you have to make sure that your Chromebook is charged.”

Over 700 students voiced their opinions via survey. Results were rounded to the nearest percent.

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EARLY DECORATIONS You know what grinds my gears? Stores selling Christmas decor in October and November.

It's too early! It isn't even Thanksgiving yet.

I mean, I understand some people don't celebrate Halloween but IT'S SO EARLY. I feel like Christmas doesn't like Halloween and HATES Thanksgiving because Christmas just wants to have ALL the attention. Don't stores like Target or Walmart have common sense?

Like, won't people getting turkeys but noooooooo they have to get through all the Christmas lights, fake trees, small dwarf sized santas and worst of all, THE ANNOYING LIFE SIZE FIGURINES. The most annoying one of all are the ones that sing when you press those little buttons and imagine the neighbors being infuriated by having to listen to that song ONE. MORE. TIME. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love Christmas and the cheerful holly jolly joy, BUT WHY DO STORES THINK CHRISTMAS IS ON NOVEMBER 5th???

It's Thanksgiving´s time Christmas, now go on and scaddle over there until it's your time.

Actually, the most annoying thing about this is that they will probably sell Christmas decor early again next year UGH. And that my friends, is what grinds my gears. .

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HARD SHELL TACOS Do you know what grinds my gears? Hard shell tacos.

The way I see it there’s only three options, you can either take tiny nibbles just to preserve the shell which drives me insane.

See, I’ve been hungrily waiting for my food to come, I’m ready to devour it but once I take just the

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slightest bite, just one, everything falls out of your taco and the taco shell breaks in half a second.

The second option is to just flat out destroy the taco and give up and just eat the beef and chicken with your bare hands like an animal.

The third option is to just eat it like a regular taco, but all the sriracha sauce spills out. Those new jeans you just bought are now ruined.

Instead of the perfect shade of blue denim they once were, your jeans now have a new stain of sriracha sauce all over them.

There is so much effort into just eating a hard shell taco and having it not break apart or spill on you.

There’s so much pain and suffering that goes into eating just one hard shell taco. So many clothes that ge ruined for just the enjoyment of a taco.

And that’s what grinds my gears.

butterflies have protection when other bugs don’t, where’s the equality in that? If I shoo away a butterfly I’M the bad guy, yet when you beat a spider with a shoe YOU'RE A HERO?? That is just unfair.

And that is what grind my gears.

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NOISY PEOPLE You know what grinds my gears? When people invade your privacy by peeking over your shoulder and looking at your phone. LIKE IT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS TO LOOK AT MY PHONE AND SEE PRIVATE INFORMATION THAT IS IRRELEVANT TO YOU. You will probably look at it and be really confused about what it is. Oh, and something else that irritates me is when they ask you a BILLION questions like “who is that?”, “what in the world are they doing?”, “what is that?”, and etc. Or some people will just stand there and stare at your phone while their breathing down your neck. LIKE CAN I HAVE SOME SPACE AND CAN YOU NOT LOOK AT MY PHONE FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME?!

People are like bees. They will swarm around you and be annoying if you have something that is pretty or unique like a flower. People will swarm around you if you have something private because it is “unique” and annoy you with questions. I don’t have time to answer your questions.

If you don’t know what it is, then ask someone else questions or look it up. That’s why you have your own phone so that you can look at your own phone and not other peoples’.

People will get mad if I look at their phone, but if I get mad because they’re looking at my phone they won’t listen to me and continue to do it. DO NOT LOOK AT MY PHONE WHEN I DO NOT GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO. That’s what grinds my gears.

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BUTTERFLIES You know what grinds my gears? Butterflies.

Butterflies receive compliments on the daily regarding their “beautiful complexion,” yet have you ever seen a butterfly without it’s wings? Ew. With no wings to provide what is considered “pretty” among many, they are no better looking than a maggot.

To me, butterflies are simply just posers, and we should not normalize them as some type of insect god when in reality they are just as repulsive as the next bug.

Not only that, but did you know when going through the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly the caterpillar COMPLETELY MELTS INTO A GOO INSIDE THE COCOON THEN FORMS INTO A BUTTERFLY. That is not acceptable, and it’s concerning as to why people chose to praise bugs that used to be goo. Can you even imagine being goo? I can’t, It’s disturbing to think about.

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DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks from page 11 to compete and decipher activist Tom Pole-Tree’s Thanksgiving holiday message.

In 2011, 736 million pounds of turkey were consumed in the United States alone. Turkeys, like Tom Pole-Tree, have endured this _______________ [1. adjective] holiday for 396 years and counting, but this bird has a word or two to say that will alter your thoughts on the turkey consuming holidays completely. Please take all of Tom Pole-Tree’s words to ______________ [2. body part].

Dear Turkey Murderers, Forty-six million turkeys were eaten on Thanksgiving. 22 million on Christmas and 19 million on Easter. This fowl information makes my legs “wobble-wobble” as I remember all the turkeys stuffed in the _______________ [3. adjective], cran-med tight coops. The only turkeys that survived this _______________ [4. adjective] holiday were the ones that were only feathers and bones, or they were just lucky enough the humans walked passed. We all fear this fateful time of year. But this time will be different. And if humans won’t make that difference themselves and agree with our _______________ [5. noun], things will get _______________ [6. adjective].

“We turkeys will rule this Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. And basted on my turkey knowledge, you humans will cower in _______________ [7. noun] before our _______________ [8. adjective] _______________ [9. plural noun]. And if you even think of trying to escape, you will get the ________________ [10. noun] knocked out of you! We will, because we want to and because we cran, overpower you! We will bring an army of _______________ [11. verb + ing] birds from all around, and we turkeys will take your _______________ [12. adjective] and _______________ [13. adjective] lives and make them miserable in the flap of a flightless bird’s wing,” The Turkey Declaration of 2017 said.

So, humans, take our mercy to heart and prove that you can treat us _______________ [14. adjective] and _______________ [15. verb] turkeys that same way you treat your kind. But if you don’t, I will not be surprised. I mean, I always thought we were the _______________ [16. adjective] birds that went gobble-gobble. Looks can be deceiving, I guess.

Sincerely, Tom Pole-Tree

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Voltron: Legendary Defender is a children’s T.V. show that premiered on Netflix on June 10, 2016. The series immediately took off. Yet, few know about the original 1984 series and the episode “Secret Of The White Lion.”

10. Princess Allura casually exclaims “Oh, I’ve been hit!” without doing anything, Thus the dramatic slow fall cliché ensues. Check! I know. You’re falling, Princess. You don’t have to say it, when I can clearly see it.

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The intro comes with a snazzy-looking robot which slices the Voltron logo in half.

I thought it was supposed to be the Defender of the Universe?

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“Wake up, this is a nightmare” cliché.

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The new horrible menace not only sounds similar to a bird screaming in the wind, it appears as one, too.

Of course Voltron was needed once more.

Why else would the series be about a Defender of the Universe named VOLTRON?

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The green lion go rawr! ;)

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Basic Windows transitions are basic between scenes.

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The robotic voice just gives me the creeps, man. I’m also kinda disappointing; the mouth animation doesn’t match up with the audio.

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Evil King Zarkon is casually sitting on his throne before dropping his fancy drink after hearing a lion roar. He then asks who dares to roar at him. The question is then followed by a witch-sounding laugh from the hag herself, Haggar.

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A simple lion can apparently destroy a giant robot with weapons.

A girl is visited by dead parents in a dream cliché. Check! Now a dead mother tells the daughter to seek out a white lion because, apparently it has the voice of her father.

After that, the mysterious voice, implied to be her father, tells her to trust him and to wander into the outdoors in the middle of the night.

while the White Lion Furry Man watches.

18. Keith decides to go cliff jumping with a knife in his mouth. He then takes a dive to try and save the Princess, who somehow isn’t dead yet. That’s also not a flattering angle, Keith.

19. “We’ll win because we have each other!” cliché. Check! But, hey, at least Princess Allura was saved.

20. Well, now that it’s over, I want to cosplay ‘80s Keith. I have been sucked in. Wish me luck.

12. What kind of guards are you if you can’t even keep the Princess from running away? Honestly, pull it together.

13. I was going to mention something about how Hunk yawns like an old hippo, but PIDGE ARE YOUR VOCAL CHORDS OKAY? 14. Keith is still perfect in the ‘80s version and Lance is also a savage. Wow. Take it down a notch, buddy.

15. Apparently they can change into their armor in less than 5 seconds but can’t even pull it together to save the Princess.

Good job, Team Voltron. Y’all have some great skills, there.

16. Do you ever just stand there as a lion charges at you? Because, yeah. Princess Allura. Even after she’s told it’s not her father and to flee, she still doesn’t run.

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Stranger Things 2 , did it live up to the hype that it was set by the binge watching Netflix users we all see obsessing over the show? Yes, definitely, it completely does. In the first episode, it was perfectly executed with the elements to introduce a character with mystery and past knowledge that we built conclusions off of.

Even if you have never known a single bit about the ‘80s and Stranger Things, they add a review of last season that sums it up for the average Joe, who didn’t see the hardships of the friends and family of Will Byer’s disappearance and working themselves to the bone to find him.

The show keeps you on the edge of your seat with their increasingly pressing suspense from the Demogorgon and emotional stress the characters are under from Will’s horrid past and the horrid present, but it blends a happiness to it all in slight moments to give you relief from the depressing moments.

The comical behavior of our beloved characters is amazing too. What’s sad is Mike (Finn Wolfhard) doesn’t make much of a comedic cameo unlike his buddy Dusty or Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) blends humor into even the darkest moments, but there are some bad things that make this film almost perfect.

We don’t always need more romance our new character Max or Mad Max (Sadie Sink) was introduced and there becomes a lover’s quarrel between Dustin and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), which is something we really don’t need. It just adds a High School Musical-vibe, and we don’t want that again. I’m shivering at the thought.

Well it isn’t all that bad! We DO get more interesting characters with Max, such as Billy (Dacre Montgomery), the bad boy and the ladies’ man of the show. Honestly Billy (Max’s sister) was one of the only characters who wasn’t developed at all, but we already knew much about him.

Students have expressed their love of the show.

“The show has had great moments so far, but there are tiny potholes that need filling,” said Guian Mumpar, a regular binge watcher on Netflix, from this he meant when we had been introduced to Kali Prasad (Linnea Berthelsen) She was honestly just a filler character and so was her group, It was really unnecessary to add another character into the story with the weakest background origin I’ve ever heard. And her power has no origin of why she has them, what’s the point of this character? Oh, I’ll tell you Wait for it... She’s a magician. She has powers that let people see illusions of things that aren’t there, that’s a real step-down from El’s Telekinetic abilities.

There is one more thing we can completely and utterly say is very well done—Dart. That little guy is the cherry on top of my double-decker ice cream fudge banana split. What a cutie. In conclusion Stranger Things 2 is a 4/5 from me.

Hopefully we find a magnificent 5 in the highhoped third season.

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LOTTIE SCHECHY Aries (March 21- April 19): You would be the biscuits as you are always the first one due to your competitive nature, and biscuits are always the prepped and ready before any other food on the table, like you!.

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Taurus (April 20- May 20): You are not only reliable, but practical as well, yet shy away from being the center of attention, just like the ham of Thanksgiving!

On Oct. 1, a man by the name Stephen Paddock open fired at a country concert in Vegas.

The tragedy left 547 injured, and 58 dead, making it the deadliest mass shooting in US history. Due to the incident, controversy has risen over gun control in America, and many believe that this could have been prevented through stricter laws. Do you believe the US should have stricter gun control laws?

Gemini (May 21- June 20): Your sign would best represent casserole, as you are held together yet have many different flavors (personalities) to you.

SECOND SEASON SPORTS

Cancer (June 21- July 22): You are one of the most caring, sweet signs. Which is why you would be candied yams, everyone loves you!

The first season sport teams all had a great season, but now second season sports are beginning. Soccer, basketball, and gymnastics are the sports available this season. Are you doing any second season sports?

Leo (July 23- Aug. 22): Since you are a natural born leader, you would best fit as the turkey, star of Thanksgiving. It’s your day to shine and soak up all the attention you deserve!

A THIRD GENDER As of recently, Germany has legalized the option for parents to register a gender that is neither male nor female on the birth certificates of their newborns if the child is intersex.

This makes them the first European country to do so. The purpose was for intersex (when someone has both the characteristics of male and female) newborns to not be subjected to just one gender, when they are both. The condition can be corrected through surgery, although surgery can cause more harm than good. Do you think it’s good that Germany has recognized a third gender?

Virgo (Aug. 23- Sept. 22): If anything, you would be cranberry sauce, because even though you are just a small side dish, you make a huge difference to the dinner, and it just wouldn’t be the same without you.

Libra (Sept. 23- Oct. 22): Because of your crave for company and your social nature, you’d be the gravy as you are always paired along with someone else, never alone.

CHICKEN TENDERS McDonald's has recently relaunched their chicken tenders that were a menu item back in 2015. When they stopped production of the tenders customers lamented the loss of the signature dish, but it made a comeback. Reviews have been positive for the majority, yet a selective few own an opposite opinion. Do you plan to try the chicken tenders?

Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 21): Olives correlate with your sign as they are ALMOST as black as your soul.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22- Dec. 21): Because of your love for adventure, you’d be the stuffing as it contains a variety of foods, and is one of the most adventurous dishes presented on thanksgiving.

PUTT PUTT GOLF This year ASB organized a putt putt golf tournament as a fun activity for grade competition at lunches. The games were played during lunch times by those who signed up, and an elected grade champion was selected by wins. The ending play to wrap up the tournament was scheduled for the first pep assembly, but was postponed due to time. Did you participate in the putt putt golf?

Capricorn (Dec. 22- January 19): You are the most disciplined of the bunch, which is why you would strictly be the vegetables. You provide a healthy option and look out for everyone.

BLACK FRIDAY

Aquarius (Jan. 20- February 18): You are a person filled with passion, and can be sensitive at times, which is why you could best relate to a classic plate of mash potatoes.

This year, stores previously involved in black Friday traditions have chosen to close their doors on Thanksgiving, the day before black friday, some retailers are also reluctant to open their doors on the Friday. 60+ stores have chosen to opt out this holiday season.

Reasons vary between each store, but the event all around ends in chaos, injuries, but good deals! Are you going black Friday shopping?

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JAYDEN WOODIE MBMS’s football team has been through some hardships throughout the many losses they have struggled throughout the season at 1-7.

Coach Vatne saw the positive in their struggles.

“It’s not about how the team falls, but how they got back up,” Vatne said. “I saw these boys get back up, every time they fell, they got back up.”

The team had many great improvements Vatne said.

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The season was a success to Vatne and members of his varsity team like varsity athlete Carson Brown.

“We got better, from each game, it was also very fun,” Brown said.

The team’s offense did also improve according to Vatne “These boys definitely improved over the season overall,” Vatne said, “I’m proud to say I coached them.”

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performance they had disdain for.

“At the start our line was a little shaky, but in the end we still improved a lot,” Brown said.

Baker’s team has definitely found many positives to their losses as Vatne said.

“These boys have fought hard and if they work this hard. No doubt they’ll be high school varsity-ready,” Vatne said.

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The MBMS varsity football team may have been a little off on their statistics, but in the end gained something a lot more precious than victory, improvement.

This set of junior-varsity kids may be wanting to compete for varsity and Vatne had a couple tips for the 7-1 team.

“They have to come out to that field ready to work, with pride, and ready to get back up when they fall down, they’re ready for varsity,” Vatne said.

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”When we played against Olympic and we beat them. It was fun

playing with my friends.”

“I got to meet new people and try out new things like joining football.”

“When we won a lot of games against Lake Tapps and played T -Ball during our warm ups.”

“The time when the sixth grade girls basketball beat Rainer by one point. It was an exciting game.”

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HAILEY CARLSON MBMS’s varsity softball team had a good year at 5-3, and many players said they the enjoyed it.

Eighth grader Victoria Ometu described this year as “amazing.”

The team was “awesome” according t oeighth grader Annaka Sibley.

“Passionate” was the word Bridget Middleburg used to describe the team.

“There were a lot of great catches and a lot of great hits, We got outs and innings quickly,” Ometu said.

It was probably just in their blood.

“Our best game probably was the second to last one against Cascade,” Sibley said.

MBMS did struggle in some areas though.

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Players noted North Tapps as tough opponent.

“We played North Tapps… so that really brought us down,” Sibley said.

Middle burg saw the North Tapps challeng differetly.

“Our teams best game was our last game against North Tapps,” Middleburg said. ”Even though we lost that game, I feel like we learned the most and it was our best game against them the score was 20-6.”

The varsity team struggled against North Tapps, but their last game against them showed major improvement.

“Everybody was cheering everyone on.

We didn't care if we lost,” Ometu said.

But with struggles comes improvement too.

“Our team has improved by being louder, talking, and cheering for one another. But

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we’ve also improved on our defense like infield and outfield,” Sibley said.

But how could you improve without an “amazing” coach, described by Sibley, but Middleburg elaborated.

“One word to describe my coach is efficient,” Middleburg said. “[Our] coach has impacted the team, by helping me realize there are more components to the game than just winning.”

Sibley enjoyed “being on the team, and playing infield, and batting and basically the whole game,’ but Middleburg enjoyed the team atmosphere.

“My favorite part of softball is getting to play against, and with my friends,” Middleburg said. “Watching everyone grow as players and as a team.”

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The Locker Lottery is a way of getting students’ opinions on hot topics. There are two students from each grade that were selected at random by their locker numbers; sixth graders Litzy Garcia and Roa Jeon, seventh graders Madilyn Calkins and Daniel Cegielski, and eighth graders Ryan Harcrow and Alena See.

LUCAS FLETCHER, LAVRIELLE GUERIBA, JANINE P ARK

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PROTESTS? R.J.: Not sure D.C.: They are disrespecting the country.

M.C.: I understand why it’s happening but, there are people making sacrifices, so they should protest in a different way.

R.H.: I believe that all people should stand for the National Anthem and respect the flag.

A.S.: I think it’s a good thing, because if they kneel, they kneel that means

they are kneeling to represent that they know that America is their home.

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS? L.G.: I go to church, and I spend time with my family and church people.

R.J.: I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving.

D.C.: Having a family dinner.

M.C.: Every Thanksgiving, my dad’s side of family meets up, and we play football and go to coffee shops.

R.H.: I don’t really have traditions,

just stay home and play games.

A.S.: I guess the feast.

DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH HAVING YOUR OWN CHROMEBOOK OR DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE CARTS?

L.G.: I like having my own Chromebook. You can have your own stuff and people don’t look at it. With the Chromebook carts, everyone can look. Plus it’s free having your own Chromebook.

R.J.: My own Chromebook, because it’s much easier to take care of it.

D.C.: Chromebook carts, having your own is too much of a responsibility.

M.C.: Chromebook carts, they are more convenient.

R.H.: I would like to continue having my own Chromebook, because it's like carrying around one book instead of a bunch of books, since you can access all of your books on the Chromebook.

A.S.: I would like to continue to having your own Chromebook. It’s much easier than the hassle to get kids their own Chromebooks.

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR? L.G.: Not to fail and to try my best.

R.J.: To get good grades at the things I’m bad at.

M.C.: Getting all A’s each term.

R.H.: To stay on top of my work.

A.S.: I am going to be going to PLU and I want to get good grades for that.

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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW YOU BINGE TO WATCH? L.G.: Andi Mack R.J.: The Flash or Captain America, because it’s much easier to understand, and they have a lot of details.

D.C.: Raven’s Home M.C.: Riverdale R.H.: Stranger Things, because I think it is one of the best T.V. shows on that I’ve watched.

A.S.: Mainly anime. But I do like to watch Stranger Things.

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