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Marie Ronnander, Erica Bouska, Stella Melho , Olivia Hines, Abby Vela, Avery Wageman, Shenali Desilva, Ian Knoll, Goamaar Paul, Nina Afremov, Sophia Goetz, Jemma Keleher, Carter Starkey, Quinn McClurg, Devna Panda, Vern Nowakowski, Sanjali Roy, Gracie Kibort, Max Pritchard, Beryl Belmonte, Nikhil Kumaran, Anika Wilsnack, Sophia Whelan, Kami Kendall, Srihita Raju

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Anika Wilsnack, Shannon Brault, Gracie Kibort & Natalie Williams, Vern Nowakowski

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Creative Director

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PR/Ad Manager

Social Media Manager Art Director Web Manager Distribution Manager Designers

Shannon Brault

Laura Kuchar

Erin Krotz

Hannah Lundquist Renée Mottet

Megan Bormann Sahra Hussein Kami Kendall Gavin Schuster Makenna Larson Zoë Foster

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Social Media Intern: Natalie DeBaker

Art Interns: Sarah Jiang, Madison Kuehn, Natalie Williams

Art

1 Megan Bormann, 2 Natalie Williams, 3 Anisha Joshi, 4 Sarah Jiang, 5 Madison Kuehn, 6 Jack Rahill

Cover Art: Wake Elementary’s Student Body Feature Art: Sarah Jiang Feature Spread Design: Zoë Foster

The Top Five PBS Kids Shows, They Just Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To, The Best (or Worst?) of KIDZ BOP, Lady Whistledown’s Review of Friday Night’s Sleepover: 4/10, Ms. Frizzle, LaVar Burton & Bill Nye, and The Series of Unfortunate Events that Led Me to This Book images are from original sources.

The Wake Student Magazine 126 Co man Memorial Union 300 Washington Avenue SE Minneapolis, MN 55455

Bring your coolest Christmas presents and Grandma gifts, because this Thursday is Show and Tell! Lilith has promised to bring the cool shell she got on her family’s vacation, Thomas said his dad said he could bring in his RC Helicopter, and Billy… well Billy is probably going to show his Blue Power Ranger action figure for the fifth week in a row.

Mr. Rickle’s Classroom

Gym class is back outside, and better than ever! No one at Wake Elementary knows what it is or where it comes from, but our insider source (Coach Johnson’s daughter) tells us he’s gonna bring out that giant, rainbow parachute. And gosh dangit (mom says I can’t cuss) I’m gonna get to run under it this time, no matter what.

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Playground

Get dressed in your finest overalls, Uggs, or Silly Bandz, smile for the camera, and try not to blink when they flash that super duper big light directly in your eyes! I hear flannels are all the rage this year, but Mom is gonna make me wear an itchy turtleneck again. I just know it.

Hallway outside Principal Magurk’s O ce

Town famous Certified Ross Instructor® “Billy’s Mom” comes to class this Friday to teach us how to paint a lake view in the style of the master himself! Everyone but the art nerds do horribly. June misunderstands the assignment and paints a duck, and Billy just eats the paint again.

Mrs Schlaterman’s Classroom

History teacher Mrs. Yang takes the school on a trip to learn what Minnesota “homesteads” were like. Our informants in the fifth grade say that everything is made of dirt, and they force you to milk goats. Also, my mom said she’d sign up to be a chaperone, which means I get an extra cool sack lunch (as long as Billy doesn’t get lost again and makes us miss lunch).

Bubba Joe Historical Farm