Moore VOICE Mag

Summer 2013

Magazine

Moore VOICE Where Students Are Heard

5 Businesses for Young People AROUND TOWN COMIC Relief FASHION CORNER The Bully Test

PARENT WORKSHOPS HOME ALONE Peer Pressure

Popular Culture

Making School Count 1

Leadership COUNTS We as a team strongly believe every child can learn and achieve the highest level of academic success with the proper preparation and support. Thanks to the tremendous efforts of our students and staff, along with the support of our parents and community, Moore Middle School continues to build a strong foundation. We look forward to partnering with you as we continue our mission to pursue excellence in academic knowledge, skills, and behavior for every student and staff member.

PRINCIPAL— LAMONT MAYS—Moore Middle School

FELCIA JONES

LOU REYNOLDS

ANLISA WENDT

ALLEN CRAINE

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Table of Contents 4

POPULAR CULTURE

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HEALTH WATCH

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PEER PRESSURE

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HOME ALONE

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COMIC RELIEF

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AROUND TOWN

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ROBBIE S. MOORE

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5 BUSINESSES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Publishing & Literacy Coach, Vanzella Duke

Destini Gilbert

Corey Burks

Tamyla Bridges

Terriana Gar-

Rothmel Foncham

Daniel Plaez

Calvin Davis

Justin Thomas

Kamia Warren

Shanya Hatten

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK!!!

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I’m Not INDIFFERENT; DIGITAL LEARNERS Some of the Technology Tools Students Use Instagram KiK Viddy Oovoo Twitter Pinger MINCRA

Path Wattpad Eyeem Snapchat

I learn about technology from friends, adult conversations, and computer ads on the internet. I learned about facebook from the news. Its important to me to be able to communicate with friends and classmates. Here are a few tools I use to brighten up my day.

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I Learn DIFFERENT. BEST GAME APPS

By Corey Burks

SKYRIM An Online HUNGAR GAME TRY YOUR Corey Burks, 6th Grade Moore MS

THINKING SKILLS SURVIVAL SKILLS

PICK YOUR CHARACTER

EXPLORATION

FIND POTIONS

BATTLE SKILLS

DISCOVER LANDS FIND WEAPONS FOR SURVIVAL REAL LIFE MISSIONS

HUNT MISSION LEVELS

PLAY STATION 3 (PS3) XBOX 360 or Download on your PC, IPad IPhone 5

Where did I go Wrong!?

ASSESSMENT SCORES

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Tell me where I went wrong and how I can get it right for the next assessment. Do you know any strategies that will help me get it right or remember all the Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts?

STRATEGIES

YOUR FEEDBACK MATTERS .

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REMEMBERING 1. Make up your own Mnemonic phrase—a little phrase or word used as a memory tool.

Coordinating CONJUNCTIONS FANBOY (FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET)

The Great Lakes Super Man Helps EveryOne (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario)

THE PLANETS

High Quality Instruction is the Intervention to Achieve Student Learning.

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranium, Neptune

Sharon Lawrence, RTI Coordinator 7

Health Watch CAUSES OF ASTHMA The main components of asthma are inflammation and constriction. Both components affect the airways of your lungs, making it more difficult for you to breathe. When you are exposed to a trigger, you may feel changes in your airways. At the same time, there may be changes to your airways that you don’t feel. The more severe the inflammation and constriction get, and the longer they go untreated, the worse your asthma symptoms may be and the harder they may be to control. That’s why it’s so important to work closely with your healthcare provider in managing your asthma.

INFLAMMATION Inflammation is the body's way of dealing with things it perceives as foreign or harmful. However, when it occurs at the wrong time, or lasts too long, the inflammation itself can be harmful.

This is what happens in people with asthma. When you have asthma, the airways of your lungs can be more sensitive to allergens and to irritants like smoke and dust.

This causes the immune system to overreact and produce persistent inflammation in the airways. Inflammation can cause a thickening of the lining of the airways, reducing the amount of air that you take in or breathe out. In some cases, too much thick mucus is produced, which further obstructs the airways.

Your airways can be inflamed even when you aren't having symptoms. When the airways stay inflamed over time, they may grow more sensitive to asthma triggers.

Then, each time you are exposed to triggers, your inflammation and symptoms can get worse. Permanent damage to your airways can result.

AIRWAY CONSTRICTION Airway constriction, or bronchi constriction, often accompanies inflammation and is another sign that your immune system is overreacting. You may feel a tightening in your chest as the muscles around your airways constrict, or squeeze together. When this happens to airways already narrowed by inflammation, it may obstruct the airways further and make it even harder for you to breathe.

THE EFFECTS OF ASTHMA Together, airway constriction and inflammation can result in the common asthma symptoms that you may experience from time to time: wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, or shortness of breath.

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What Is Asthma?

ASTHMA

IF YOU HAVE ASTHMA,

Could I Have Asthma?

ASTHMA IS IN YOUR LUNGS WHETHER YOU FEEL IT OR NOT. Here is some information on Asthma.

Take the Test And Give it to a Doctor

Terriana Garret

Asthma is a

6th Grade, Moore MiS

chronic, or long-term, disease that inflames and narrows the airways of your lungs. Asthma causes a variety of symptoms that can worsen at any time, making breathing difficult.

Unfortunately, there is no cure for asthma. Even when you are not having symptoms, you still have inflammation in your lungs. However, by working closely with your doctor to manage your asthma, you may be able to help get your symptoms under control.

If YOU THINK you may have Asthma,

1. Do you cough or have trouble breathing when exercising?

2. Do you hear wheezing noise inside your chest?

3. Do you cough or have trouble breathing when it very hot or cold outside?

4. Do you cough or have trouble breathing when around pets, dust, smoke, pollen, or other allergy triggers?

5. Do you wake up at night because of breathing problems or coughing?

call Your Doctor

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INSPIRATION National WORDMASTERS Champion 2012-2013 School Year Amy Truong, 6th Grade, Moore MS

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Cookie Monster Cupcakes

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One dozen cupcakes that have been baked and cooled.

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One container of vanilla frosting for cream cheese frosting.

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Blue food dye

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One bag of shredded coconut For eye pupils,

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Chocolate chips Chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal, gingersnap or your favorite cookie

Start off by putting most of your vanilla frosting in a bowl. You'll want to save 1/4 of the frosting to make the whites of the eyes of your cookie monsters.

Add several drops of blue food dye until your frosting becomes a nice consistent blue. This took me about 20 drops. Frost your cupcakes and get ready for the next step -- we're going to make them furry! Next, put your coconut in a bowl and add food dye until it becomes a nice dark blue. Dunk your frosted cupcakes in the coconuts, coating them with fur! Cut a slit in the bottom third of your cupcake and take half of a cookie and insert it. Finally, put your remaining white frosting in a Ziploc. Snip off a corner and begin piping the white of the eyes. Add an upside down chocolate chip to make the pupil. And there you have it! Eat and enjoy (and don't forget to take pictures!).

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By Daniel Plaez

Moore Middle is a

Bullying Doesn’t Make YOU Popular

Bullying is a very serious act.

Daniel Plaez 6th Grade, Moore MS

You hear about it here and there. Some people think bullying won’t happen to them. They are wrong! Everyone will at least be bullied or picked on once by a family member, friend, classmate, or a stranger.

How many students have stayed home because of bullies? According to an ABC News report, nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying. One hundred sixty thousand (160,000)students stay home from school daily because of this crime.

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BULLYING ARE YOU A BULLY?

Take the TEST Some students contemplate suicide because of feelings of isolation and being left out.

Suicide is the third leading cause of deaths in America amongst young people, resulting in about 4400 deaths per year as reported by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). For every suicide reported, there are at least another 100 attempts. According to a study at Yale University, over 14 percent of high school students have considered it, while another 7 percent have attempted it. Victims of bullying are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims of bullying.

So please, if you see someone being bullied, speak up. Ask them to stop or else you will report them to a parent, a teacher, a trusted adult, an administrator, or all of the above.

By Daniel Plaez

1. Did YOU make someone feel left out or rejected?

2. Did YOU gossip or help to spread lies or rumors about someone?

3. Did YOU make fun about someone clothes, hair or anything else about their appearance?

4. Did YOU threaten anyone for any reason?

5. Were YOU deliberately nasty to someone for no reason?

6. Did YOU tease or call anyone unflattering names?

7. Did YOU call attention to anyone’s physical defects?

8. Did YOU hit, kick, or push anyone?

9. Did YOU deliberately hurt someone’s feelings?

10. Did YOU steal, hide, or ruin something that belonged to someone else?

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HOME

BY CALVI

You’re home alone and suddenly an intruder kicks in the

door! Do you know what to do? Do you have a plan? Being home alone can be a big problem for some kids. Maybe it’s because you’re scared or you’re uncomfortable, or maybe you just rather be around people. Here are some tips on what can keep you safe when your home alone.

Finally, it is good to have a safety

plan or a way of escape if an intruder enters your house. This plan should be discussed and developed with an adult.

That way, everyone knows the plan and where you will be in case of an unexpected event.

By Calvin Davis, 7th Grade Moore MS

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ALONE N DAVIS

Always have your keys ready so you can get inside your house quickly.

Be alert and cautious of anyone around watching and waiting to you harm.

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Once you get inside make sure all locks are secure.

Be alert once you are inside to anything out of place such as broken glass.

If an intruder is in your house, run to a neighbor’s house and call 911 for help.

If there is no intruder, use the house phone to call your parents for their peace of mind.

Feeling uncomfortable, keep a cell phone nearby with emergency contacts on speed dial.

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COMIC

Sir Isaac Newton: An object at rest stays at rest and an object unless acted upon by an unbal 16

RELIEF

1st Law of Gravity in motion stays in motion at a constant speed ance force (a push or pull).

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Around The world’s largest aquarium features beluga whales, huge whale sharks, a dolphin show and penguins. Many touchtanks for the kids. Address : 225 Baker Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30313 Phone : (404) 581-4000 http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/

http://www.biketoursatl.com Phone: 404-273-2558

</body> The 55 minute self-guided tour through CNN headquarters is interesting and informative for all ages.

There is also a VIP tour available that includes a guide and the opportunity to see a live news broadcast. Bonus: the tour starts with a ride up the largest free standing escalator in the world at 8 stories.

1 CNN Center, Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone : (404) 827-2300 http://www.cnn.com/tour/

</body> This has nothing to do with cycling. It is a theatre where the visitor rotates around a diaramic depiction of the Civil Warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Battle for Atlanta. A bit dated, but still informative and interesting.

Find out who won. Address : 800 Cherokee Dr SE, Atlanta, GA 30315 Phone : (404) 658-7625 www.atlantacyclorama.org

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Town Phone : (404) 873-3391 Center for Puppetry Address : 1404 Spring St NW at 18th, Atlanta, GA 30309 http://www.puppet.org/ Hidden gem. Jim Henson/Muppet exhibition. Puppet show. Gift shop

</body> Stone Mountain Laser Show presented by Humana! This not-to-be missed Atlanta tradition promises to wow your family with state-of the-art digital graphics and aweinspiring effects. http:// www.stonemountainpark.co m/activities/showsentertainment/LasershowSpectacular.aspx

LAKE LANIER, 1,500-acre resort in Georgia http://www.lakelanierislands.com

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Gourmet popsicles with interesting flavors. Arnold Palmer, Banana Pudding, Chocolate Sea Salt, Coconut Lemongrass. Address : 1079 North Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306 Phone : (404) 507-6774 http://athens.kingofpops.net/ http://www.srmduluth.org3595 Buford Hwy Duluth, GA 30096 (770) 476-2013

The tour includes Dr. Martin Luther Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth home, historic Ebenezer Church, and the grave site and Dr. Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King.

Since it is a National Historic Site, entry is free and the tour is led by informed guides who have great stories to tell. Address : 450 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30312 Phone : (404) 331-5190 http://www.nps.gov/malu/index.htm 19

Building Community Connections

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SAY Upcoming Workshops 1.

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Tough Love Interviewing Peer Pressure County Assessments Business Ownership

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Reasons why you should attend the n e x t P a r e n t Wo r k shop.

1. Find Solutions 2. D i s c o v e r Re s o u r c e s 3. G a i n S u p p o r t

M s. J. Henry 678-226-7152 Moore Middle School 21

In Dedication to Robbie Moore, Moore Voice.

A Community Activist Robbie had a long history of community involvement starting in 1964, when she joined the University of Georgia Extension Service. She organized the Concerned Citizens Group to talk about issues in the community such as education and voter registration. She served on the boards of several organizations, including the United Way, the Gwinnett County Board of Education Human Relations Council, the Lawrenceville Housing Authority, the Advisory Board of Gwinnett County Schools, the Executive Board of the Gwinnett chapter of the NAACP, and the Poplar Hill Church Scholarship Program. Yet her true accomplishments was as a wife to Eron Moore Jr. and a mother of two Kwane and Eron III. 22

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Businesses for

Young People Dog Walking Or Dog Sitting 24-48 hrs Use your basement, backyard with separate kennels

Charge $20/day

Design Your Own T-shirt, or wrist bands Sale and Market at Garage Sale Spots $10/T-Shirt

Organize Summer Play Groups (Part-time) $50/week Or Mother/Dad Day Out and Charge $20 per child

Open a Summer Snack Stand Sign up for Summer Festivals Sale Snow Cones, Popcorn, etc.

Learn to Sew and make one Summer Outfit Sale and Market At Garage Sale Spots 23

Fashion C For Moore Middle School students being

Fashionable is coming to school Neat, Clean, Happy And Ready to LEARN!

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You You You

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are Kind! are Smart! are Important!

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Student SAY Thank

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Survey Y S… You

Autocracy 1

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Making School Count Be Around Positive Friends

Keep A Good Attitude

Find A Teacher Mentor

Join a School Club

Make Decisions Today for Tomorrow

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