Scribbles Magazine - Issue 34

Cover By: Ismini Madamopoulou

Page3…DearScribbles

Page4&5…JuneCalendar

Page6&7…PhotographyByElina

Page8…PicsteryChallenge&ShareYourIdeas

Page9… ClassicalPieceRecommendations

Page10…AnimalFacts

Page11…TriviaNight

Page12…BandStereotypes

Page13…OrchestraStereotypes

Page14…RiddleMeThis

Page15…Recipes

Page16…AmazingFacts

Page17…BookRecommendations

Page18…BestPlacestoHikeNearPrinceton(Vol.6)

Page19…BehindtheScenesofScribbles

Page20…GuessthePhobia

Pace21…UnusualWikipediaArticles

Page22&23…BanningBags

Page24…AAPIHeritageMonth

Page25…UniqueJuneHolidays

Page26&27…ScribblesInterviews(Madame

Valenza)

Page28&29…PMSArt

Page30…PMSWriting

Page31…PMSProtests

Page32…WeareScribbles!

Write

DearScribbles,

Homeworkisstartingto pileupandI’mnotsurewhattodo aboutit.Gradesarestartingtomatter andteacherssay“Thiswon’tpassin highschool!”Itgetsvery overwhelmingveryquickly.AndI’m notsurewhattodo…

Overwhelmed

DearOverwhelmed,

Doyourbest.Iknowyou’veprobablyheard thatoverandoverbutthatrulestill stands.Tryandcompletewhatyoucan everyday.Littlebylittle,withalotof work,you’llbeableto nishallthatwork. Butwhenitcomestogrades,emailyour teachers.Theyaretheretohelpyouget bethroughschool.Andsure,mistakeswon’t highabletopassasmuchinhighschool,but schoolalsohasdi erentrulesthanmiddleschoolandtherearesomany counselorstheretohelp.Sotakeabreath, organizeyourwork,andyou’llbeokay. Remember,yougotthis.

Watershed

House 2

Watershed Trip

Hersheypark Field Day

6th Grade Pool Trip

Promotion Date

Dismissal

Watershed Trip Rain Date

7th Grade

Pool Trip Small Boat Regatta

1:00

Dismissal / Last Day

Blue = 8th Grade

Black =ALL

PHOTOGRAPHY BY

ELINA (GRADE 8)

Share your ideas!

Do You have any ideas for Scribbles? Do you think you know what to add in our next issue? Share them with us and we’ll try to include them in our next issue!

WHAT IS THIS?

Classical Piece Recommendations

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World” , Op. 95, B. 178 - Antonín Dvořák Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 - Edvard Grieg Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 - Ludwig van Beethoven

DID YOU KNOW? animal facts

Harvest mice sleep inside flowers.

Baby elephants suck their trunks for comfort.

The Grey-Headed Albatross can circle the globe in only 46 days.

Dolphins have names in the form of whistles.

The U.S. Military trained bottlenose dolphins to detect enemy swimmers.

The Giant Pacific Octopus has 9 brains.

Snails can nap for up to 3 years.

Bees can sting each other.

Tardigrades can go without eating for more than 10 years.

Gorillas have been caught dismantling traps set by poachers.

Peruvian moth

Donald Trump because it looks like Trump’s

Trivia Night

What does “www” stand for in a website browser?

What countries made up the original Axis powers in World War II?

Which country invented ice cream?

What is the smallest country in the world?

How long is New Zealand’s Ninety Mile Beach?

What is measured in "Mickeys"?

The unicorn is the national animal of which country?

What is a group of ravens called?

Who composed the music for The Nutcracker?

World WIde Web; Germany, Italy, and Japan; China; Vatican City; 55 miles; The speed of a computer mouse; Scotland; An unkindness; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

● Girlygirl

● Slightlyannoying

● Prettyaverage

● Similartoflutesbut morecollected

TRUMPETS

● Hugeego

● Outgoing andchill

● Respected

● Neverstopstalking

● Makes immature jokes

● Playstoo loud

● ADHD

● Loves band

***DISCLAIMER***

Nothingwrittenhereisintendedtobeoffensive.Theseare simplystereotypesandshouldnotbetakenseriously.

Viola

Violin

● Elegant

● Nice melodies

● Too many of them

Double Bass

● Plays the same two notes for the entire piece

● Too deep

● Like a violin but bigger

● *screech*

Cello

● Loud but dignified

● “The big violin”

Piano

● Has too many mood swings

● “I need bigger hands”

● Gigantic ***DISCLAIMER***

Harp

● Graceful

● Too many strings

Nothingwrittenhereisintendedtobeoffensive.Theseare simplystereotypesandshouldnotbetakenseriously.

Riddle MeThis

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

What breaks yet never falls?

What falls yet never breaks?

What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?

People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

Who has married many women but was never married?

Light; silence; day; night; a road; money; footsteps; a priest

Recipes

Loukoumades (LOO-KOO-MAH-THES)

A delicious Greek dessert!

Ingredients:

● 16.23 oz water

● 1 pinch of granulated sugar

● 0.18 oz of yeast

● ½ teaspoon of cinnamon

● 2 tablespoons of seed oil

● 1 pinch of salt

● 1 teaspoon of honey

● 17.64 oz of all-purpose flour

● 14.08 fl oz seed oil, for the frying

Execution:

● In a mixer bowl, add the water, sugar, yeast, and mix with hand whisk to dissolve the yeast.

● Add the cinnamon, the seed oil, the honey, and whisk.

● Add flour and mix with paddle attachment at high speed, for 3-4 minutes, until the ingredients are blended.

● Transfer the dough into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and allow about 1 hour for it to double in volume.

● Place a deep frying pan with 14.08 oz seed oil over medium-high heat. Ideally, you need the oil to reach 170οC (340ο F). Put the remaining seed oil in a mug with a spoon.

● Take a little dough and squeeze it between your hand. Then take a spoon and scoop the batter from your hand. Then slip the batter into into the oil.

● Fry in batches for 4-5 minutes, until they are nicely golden and cooked through. Remove and place on paper towels.

● Place in a plate. Traditionally served with honey and nuts, could be served with any toppings.

Recipe from: https://akispetretzikis.com/

You can buy a square watermelon in Japan.

In 1992, after a lot of snow, the government of Syracuse, NY, declared snow before Christmas Eve illegal. But it snowed two days later.

You can’t smell while you sleep.

It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

AMAZING FACTS

Your nose gets warmer when you lie.

It would only take one hour to drive to space if you could go straight up in the air.

About 75% of the brain is made of water.

Womens’ hearts beat faster than mens’.

A jar of Nutella is sold every 2.5 seconds.

Book Recommendations

Scythe - Neal Shusterman

Beasts of a Little Land - Juhea Kim

Maze Runner - James Dashner

The Silence that Binds Us - Joanna

Ho

The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides

The War That Saved My Life -

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Five Feet Apart - Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis

The Inheritance Games - Jennifer

Lynn Barnes

Greenglass House - Kate Milford

The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton

They Both Die At The End - Adam

Silvera

Best Places to Hike Near

Vol. 6 - Elina Frank (Grade 8)

Mercer Meadows

Mercer Meadows is a large park with many diverse trails. There’s meadows and woods, gravel and bridges, and sun and shade. There are two observation towers where you can climb up and watch for wildlife or just enjoy the scenery. This is my personal favorite place to go biking.

**not my photos!**

BEHIND THE SCENES OF SCRIBBLES

By Charlotte Regnault (8)

Every Wednesday, at 3:15, a group of students walk into the 8th grade Spanish classroom to create this awesome magazine. But in that same amount of time, we create jokes that make no sense whatsoever but still make us laugh…

Who knew that a group of students with different lives and hobbies could join together and create something for everyone to enjoy?

Welcome to the Scribbles classroom. One where art, writing, pictures, and all the things we enjoy is put together into one collection of pages…

You can, too, come in one day and be a part of the fun. More members are always welcome here!

Arachibutyrophobia

(Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth)

Plutophobia

(Fear of money)

Lachanophobia (Fear of vegetables)

Linonophobia

(Fear of string)

Omphalophobia

(Fear of belly buttons)

Pogonophobia

(Fear of beards)

Ephebiphobia

(Fear of teenagers)

Xanthophobia

(Fear of the color yellow)

(Fear that you are being watched by a duck) Anatidaephobia

Eisoptrophobia

(Fear of mirrors)

Phobophobia

(Fear of phobias)

Unusual Wikipedia Articles

Infinite Monkey Theorem

An infinite number of monkeys typing on an infinite number of typewriters will (almost surely) produce all possible written texts.

List of Non-Standard Dates

Including, among other things, January 0, February 30,and May 35.

Placeholder Name

You know, thingamajigs, doohickeys, whatchamacallits…

Raven Paradox

First, you'll grant that all ravens are black, yes...?

Timeline of the Far Future

The ultimate list of spoilers.Also gives you an existential crisis.

Kentucky Meat Shower

It's raining meat. Hallelujah it's raining meat.

Banning Bags

Drawstring bags were banned after spring break. First, it was backpacks, then any bags other than drawstring bags, and now finally drawstring bags, effectively completing the ban on bags.

As the threat of mass shootings, especially school shootings, increase, schools are forced to take preventative safety measures to reduce the chances of violence. This might be a possibility as to why the drawstring bags are being banned. Another possibility might be to stop students from bringing vapes to class.

Because we now have to carry all our materials around, we have to stop two or three times at our lockers each day to retrieve binders for our next classes. This, in fact, increases hallway traffic because students take more time to stop, put things away, and take other things out.

It is also very cumbersome to carry around binders and laptops with our hands, and students are constantly dropping things.

However, some students may still bring drawstring bags to school. After tote bags were banned, students still carried their supplies in them. The banning of drawstring bags may be an opportunity to reinforce the other bans on bags.

Similar bans have been passed in school districts across the country, and some schools have banned backpacks entirely. According to CBS News, “[h]istorically, the need to ban bookbags at the end of the year came out of the need to minimize pranks and disruptions. Now, it’s part of the discussion on safety”.

According to the Gun Violence Archive, as of April 26, 2023, there have already been 172 mass shootings this year. However, banning bags may not be the best solution. Amnesty International says, “The USA lacks measures such as a national firearm registry. Individuals can lawfully carry concealed firearms in public in every state in the USA and can lawfully openly carry firearms in public in most states. However, there is no nationwide uniformity in laws governing the carrying of firearms in public, and in some states there are no laws at all: 12 states allow individuals to carry concealed weapons in public without any license or permit and 30 states allow the open carrying of a handgun in public without any license or permit.”

May:

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month

In 1977, the US Congress chose the first ten days of May as a time to honor the history of AAPI communities in the US. The week later turned into a month.

May 1843 is when the first Japanese immigrants came to the US.

The transcontinental railroad was completed on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the railroad tracks were Chinese immigrants.

Places to Visit:

- The National Park Service has a guide to places that have played important roles in AAPI history.

- The Museum of Chinese in America in New York City, NY

- The Honolulu Museum of Art in Honolulu, Hawaii

Books:

- The New York Public Library has a list with more books: nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/aanhpi-heritage/

- The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy

- When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

- Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

- Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

- Girl of the Southern Sea by Michelle Kadarusman

- Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan

- Unsettled by Reem Faruqi

- Any Day with You by Mae Respicio

When thinking of June, you may think of Juneteenth, Father’s Day, Pride Month, or the summer solstice. But in reality, there is a lot more to it… Unique

By Charlotte Regnault

June 8: Name Your Poison Day

June 7: National Chocolate Ice Cream Day

June 10: Ballpoint Pen Day

June 23: Take Your Dog to Work Day

June 22: National Onion Ring Day

June is also Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, National Accordion Awareness Month, National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month, National Iced Tea Month, but that’s only listing a few!

Scribbles Interviews…

When did you come to Princeton Middle School?

“I have been teaching French since 1999 but I only recently came to Princeton Middle School in February of 2022. I love teaching middle school and the World Language program here at PMS is amazing!”

What job did you think you would have when you were younger?

“I think I wanted to be a paleontologist or a veterinarian!”

What are some of the responsibilities you have as a teacher?

“Oh there are many...like grading and planning lessons, state mandated paperwork and continuing education or professional development, attending meetings. But everything we do is for the students!”

Do you have any pets?

“Yes I have three cats. I love animals!”

What do you like and dislike about teaching eighth graders?

“I like teaching 8th graders because they are ready for more challenging content, they're serious about learning and their success, and we have a lot of fun in class! The only part I don't like about teaching 8th graders is that they leave PMS at the end of the year, and I won't get to see them in the building next year. I'm really going to miss the class of 2023...they're really special to me.”

What is your favorite book/TV show/movie?

“Funny you should ask about my favorite book...I was just talking about this with some of the 8th grade teachers. Its hard to say which is my favorite book because there are so many that I've loved reading, but the first that comes to mind is called The Goldfinch by Donna Tarte.

“I love Ted Lasso on Apple TV!!!! It's almost the end of season three...the last season, sadly.

“My favorite movie if I had to choose one is The Princess Bride.”

If you could travel anywhere, where would it be and why?

“I think I'd travel to ski in the French Alps or to relax on the beach in the south of France...Cannes or Nice or Antibes. Anywhere in France really!”

ByLucasMartinetti(7)

ByAnnaJameson(7)

ByAnoushkaMukherjee(7)

ByCharlotteRegnault,(8)

ART

ByBryceCapone(7)

ByLolaCaruso(7)

ByJaneTully(7)

“Blackfootedferret, EndangeredandAdorable”

Ethan

ByJullian

ByOmar Bernardino(7)

LightintheDark

“TheAmurLeopard”

Robinson(7)

“RedPanda” SherlynGonzalez(7)

“Hawksbill Sea TurtleCove”

“TheSNRedFoxin TheWild”

Grossman(7)

“Aforest”

“TheMonarchButterfly”

The clock struck 12:00. The bell sounded. I looked at my fingers. They felt odd. Like a tingling sensation rushing through my veins. Had it not worked? I did what she asked, I followed her orders. Yet it hadn’t worked.

My fingers were feeling suddenly lighter. It then was obvious that I was turning into a spirit. That old lady tricked me. Not only did she place a curse on me, because of a mistake my father made years ago, but she said that if I did what she said I would be free.

Let me explain. I’m Iris. I have lived with my aunt Katrina since as long as I can remember. But, this September I moved away to go to college in Pennsylvania. My year started normally, a lot of work, but then I noticed some weird things happening.

Well first of all, my things continuously switched places. I put my book on the table, I came back and found it on the shelf. There was also this one time I found a mug broken on the floor. Then, she was following me. She was watching me from afar. After that, she talked to me.

I was walking out of my college, she approached me, and said some weird things. She said that I would pay for what he, my father, did. Then she started to say some words that I didn't understand. They sounded Latin. Suddenly it felt as if electricity was running through my body. If anyone said “you can’t feel a curse”, well they better take my place then. It was painful. She continued to talk. She said that if I didn’t help her, I would become a spirit by tomorrow, the time the clock struck twelve at midnight. I agreed to help her. I was scared. She wanted me to steal from her. She said that a man took one of her most prized possessions, her diamond necklace. I went to his house and took it. I thought she would stick to her promise.

But it seemed otherwise. Now I was fully a spirit. Tears started going down my face. I didn’t think it would actually happen. What would I do? My aunt kept telling me that life is like a fairy tale, that you need to get through the difficult parts to reach a happy end. I guess I didn’t deserve a happy ending…

Do you have any writing you would like to share? Submit it here for a chance to be featured in the next issue!

Piece by Ismini Madamopoulou

PMS Protests

What rules or situations do we not like?

The PMS students are beginning to feel like the administration is out to get them. There are many things that we are upset about.

● The backpack ban. The administration explains that this is logical; it will help keep hallways clear. The students acknowledge this as a problem, but the backpack rule does not fix this… it in fact makes it worse. We need to visit our lockers more and are dropping and breaking, things in the halls.

● If-you-don’t-wear-your-ID-you’re-getting-detention. We can’t even change our lanyards? This is said to be logical: the teachers do it. Well, most importantly, they’re adults, and this is typical for adults to do. Students needing IDs (we all hate our pictures anyhow) is not normal.

● Bags were then completely banned. We have not been offered a logical explanation, and students are inclined to assume that this is the administration enforcing their power (since we wouldn’t use only drawstring bags and no other kind. Has the administration ever carried around a bag with their laptop in it held up only by a string? It hurts).

● We then received recess lectures. Our entire recess was taken up by Mr. Burr when he explained why all the rules we hate we should actually love, and what dire consequences will befall us if we do not follow them. Furthermore, we were then shown a picture of lots of trash, which we didn’t do.

In short, the students of PMS do not feel listened to or respected. They do not feel that these rules are logical or have been well thought out… and if they have, we have not been told the actual reasons for these rules, that only seem to serve to make our lives harder.

DISCLAIMER: Please do NOT sue us for this article, we are just stating the opinions of students.

Because Masterpieces Begin with Scribbles...

The Picstery revealed!

What you saw was a sunflower!

Did you guess it?

Congrats to all the students for surviving another school year! And good luck to the 8th graders in high school!

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