TheWELLS STREET
Journal
What's Inside: What's Inside:
Photos, Sports, Movies, Books, Activities, Jokes and more... Contests, Poetry, Interviews, Recipes, Top Video Games/Apps. and more...
Table of Contents
Band/Colorguard pg. 4 Girls Basketball pg. 10 Homecoming pg. 12 Halloween pg. 16 Top Music Hits pg. 20 Top Video Games pg. 22 Top Shows pg. 24 Places To Visit pg. 28 Art Contest pg. 34 Teacher Interviews pg. 44 Student Interviews pg. 49 Red Ribbon Week pg.54
Book Recommendations pg. 56
Jokes pg. 64 Rally pg. 66 Restaurants pg. 68 Jean Drive pg. 72 Volunteering Opportunities pg. 74
Dance pg. 75 Fashion pg. 79 Holiday Recipies pg. 81 Shakespeare Play pg. 91 Lunchtime Activities pg. 94 Match the Baby Photo pg. 96 Upcoming Stuff pg. 98
Band
Our Wells band got first place in both Santa Cruz, and Foothill!
Colorguard
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Colorguard got first place in Foothill and Santa Cruz!
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Girls Basketball
Homecoming
Halloween this year had a great turnout! Many people dressed up, and the dinosaur costume was a very popular costume!
TOP 3 Music HITS!
As of 12/13/2021 1. Easy On Me Adele 2. Stay Kid Laroi 3. All I Want for Christmas Is You Mariah Carey
TOP 3 GAMES
1. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond 2. Among Us 3. Just Dance 2021
TOP NETFLIX Recommendations
TV SHOWS
TOP Movies Recommendations
Holiday Movies
Places To Visit
Half Moon Bay
Places to eat: Sam's Chowder House MIramar Beach Restaurant
Santa Cruz
Places to Eat: Surf City Grill Beach Tacos and Nachos
Baker Beach
Places to Eat: Pizzetta 211 Lokma
Angel Island State Park
Places to Eat: Luna Blue Angel Island Cafe
Hayward Japanese Gardens
Places to Eat: Sapporo Japanese Restaurant Haha Ramen Sushi
Art Contest Winners!
Best Use of Color 1st place- Claire Lu 2nd place- Gopika Nair 3rd place- Elizabeth Huh
First Place Winner Claire Lu!
Scariest 1st place- Sydney Young 2nd place- Allyson Sicat 3rd place- Daniel Aburto and Sunny Song
First Place Winner: Sydney Young
Best Black And White 1st place- Diya Rajesh 2nd place- Kristie Leung 3rd place- Gurnoor Arora and Kai Trujillo
First Place Winner Diya Rajesh!
Best Photograph 1st place- Radhika Iyer 2nd place- Rory Martens
First Place Winner Radhika Iyer!
All Around Favorites 1st place- Sydney Majaya 2nd place- Sasha Perminov 3rd- Tserang Sangmo and Gloria Huang
Student and Teacher Interviews
Ms. Schoenthal H21 Course 2/3 Math Ms. Schoenthal is in her fifth year of teaching. This is her first year teaching middle schoolers. For the past 4 years, Ms. Schoenthal taught math at DHS. She says, "Teaching middle school is really fun." and "I feel like middle school students are very motivated to learn new things and are excited about everything." She said, "I worked as a high school volunteer that is when I realized I love to teach." When she taught high school, she once planned an escape room for Halloween. She said, "Locked inside was a single paper scroll with the lyrics to, Never Gonna Give You Up" Her main goal for teaching this year is helping students adjust back to in-person learning.
Mrs. McBride H11 Core 7, English 8 Mrs. McBride is in her 7th year of teaching. She taught at Don Callejon School in Santa Clara for 4 years. She has done 1 year at Fallon. This is her second year at Wells. She says, "I love Wells! Everyone has such an investment in everyone else and a sense of team spirit." She got into teaching when she got a summer job in high school working at a kids' camp, and she really loved sharing facts, ideas, and skills with kids. An interesting moment during class is, "My now husband proposed during the school day. A vice principal came into my class and said a parent needed to talk to me in the office. I walked out into the empty hallway and there he was, on his knee and with a ring." Her goal for this year is to focus on enjoying being back and the social interactions.
Mr. Luu H26 Science 6/8 Mr. Luu is a 6th and 8th grade science teacher, who teaches in room H26. He has been teaching for 7 years and loves spending time with his students and learning from them. He wanted to become a teacher because, “ I fell into it, and really liked teaching.” Something funny that happened to him, was when he was walking on the sidewalk, and was rammed by a kid that was running. His goals for teaching this year are to provide a better structure for students and have opportunities that are outside of the box.
Ms. Huff H01 Course 1/2 Ms. Huff is in her 16th year of teaching. Ms. Huff lived in Sacramento for 4 years. She then moved to Southern California, where she taught there for 11 years. Over the summer, her family moved back to the Bay Area. This is not Ms. Huff's first year teaching middle school, in fact she has taught middle school her entire career. She says, "I have always taught middle school, which is such a fun age group - students develop unique personalities and really start to figure out who they are." Ms. Huff's love of teaching started in high school. "When I was in high school, I started teaching swim lessons." Ms. Huff's goal for this year is, "I hope to make my math classes engaging for students."
Shruthi Valliappan
Shruthi is a 7th grade student. She felt that coming to in person school from distance learning was weird. She enjoyed meeting her friends in person again, though. Now, at school, she made many more wonderful friends. She expected more people to be into kpop, though.
Avantika Raavi Avantika is a 7th grade student. She liked coming to in person school since she could meet her friends again. Although, she thought distance learning was fun too, since she enjoyed learning from the comfort of her own home. Middle school is going well for her, and she's making a lot of new friends. After coming back, she now thinks its better than her expectations!
Kyle Fok
Kyle is a 8th grade student. He's confident and hopes to succeed in academics, as well as things outside of school, and in high school. Some advice he would give to incoming middle school students is to make sure to do your work.
Jayden Pham Jayden is a 8th grade student. Jayden is looking up towards high school as of right now with a lot of confidence. He feels like its going to be a lot more difficult and serious as the work loads are probably going to pile up and the difficulty of the subject and units. He feels like he's eventually going to feel overwhelmed but he knows he can do this. Overall, he has mixed feelings, but mostly good. Jayden's advice to incoming middle school students is to build good habits such as taking the time to do homework and to have a good attention span.
Anvitha Arumalla Anvitha is a 6th grader. She was excited because not only was she going back to inperson school but she was excited to meet new people. She was first scared to meet new people but got over it after coming back to school! Anvitha has made many new friends and learned about her friends in middle school. She expected middle school to be dramatic as she read in many books but as of now she's enjoying middle school.
Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week is to spread awareness about how dangerous drugs are, and to protect young teens from addiction
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY SERIES Genre: Science Fiction, Humour, Science Fiction Comedy, Humorous Fiction
THE DIVERGENT SERIES Genre: Adventure Fiction, Science Fiction, Utopian and Dystopian Fiction,
THE GRISHA TRILOGY Genre: Fantasy
MISS PEREGRINE’S PECULIAR CHILDREN SERIES Genre: Fantasy Fiction, Horror Fiction, Mystery, Dark Fantasy
THE LEGEND SERIES Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian Fiction,
LUNAR CHRONICALS Genre: Fantasy Fiction, Science fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction
ONE OF US IS LYING Genre: Mystery
JOKES! Why couldn't the pony sing a lullaby? She was a little horse. What's a witches favorite subject in school?
Spelling. Why did the student eat their homework? The teacher told him it was a piece of cake.
What's the best thing about Switzerland? I don't know, but their flag is a giant plus.
Why do we tell actors to break a leg? Because every play has a cast.
Did you hear about the claustrophobic astronaut? He just needed a little space.
Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.
Rally
Yafa Hummus Favorites: Hummus, Mediterranean 7012 Amador Plaza Rd, Dublin
Armadillo Willy's Favorites: Brisket/Tri Tip Sandwich, Tater Tots 4480 Tassajara Rd, Dublin
Inc 82
Favorites: Dublin Burger, Shroom Burger, BLTA 7370 San Ramon Rd, Dublin
Urban Plates Favorites: Salads, Sandwiches 5111 Martinelli Way, Dublin
Bill's Cafe Favorites: Pancakes, Omelets, Eggs 4480 Tassajara Rd, Dublin
Amakara Favorites: Sushi, Sashimi, Teriyaki, Tempura 7568 Dublin Blvd, Dublin
Burma! Burma! Favorites: Tea Leaf Salad, Sesame Beef 7294 San Ramon Rd, Dublin
Meadowlark Dairy Favorites: Milk, Ice Cream 57 W, Neal St, Pleasanton
Plucked Chicken Favorites: Chicken, Sanwiches, Tenders 3191D Crow Canyon Pl, San Ramon
Jean Dream Drive Novemeber 10 - December 1
The Dream Jean Drive is designed to help prepare our community for Winter. All the Jeans have been donated to White Pony Express. The class that won got a hot chocolate party!
Winners
1st place: Ms. Quintero
Volunteering Opportunities 1. Shepards Gate Livermore Application 2. White Pony Express Application 3. Alameda Food Bank 4. Meals On Wheels 5. ARF 6. ASPCA. 7. MedShare
Frozen in Time
School Fashion
Fall and Christmas recipes
No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Ingredients
1 1/2 c. finely crushed gingersnap 2 tbsp. granulated sugar 5 tbsp. butter, melted 1 cup heavy cream 2 (8-oz.) blocks cream cheese, softened 1 (15-oz.) can pumpkin puree 1 c. powdered sugar 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
Procedure In a medium bowl, combine crushed gingersnaps, sugar, and melted butter until the mixture resembles wet sand. Pour into an 8” springform pan and pat into an even layer.
In a medium bowl, beat heavy cream to stiff peaks.
In a large bowl beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add pumpkin puree and beat until no lumps remain. Add powdered sugar and beat again until no lumps remain. Add vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt and beat until incorporated.
Add whipped cream and fold in until just combined. Pour batter over crust and smooth top with an offset spatula.
Refrigerate until set (Will take at least 4 hours or overnight)
Apple Cider Cupcakes
⅔ cup brown sugar, packed ⅓ cup granulated sugar ½ teaspoon kosher salt ½ cup olive oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup apple cider
Procedure Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees
In a large bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt, olive oil, and vanilla.
Whisk in the eggs, 1 at a time, until fully incorporated
Add the baking soda, cinnamon, half of the flour, and half of the cider and whisk to combine.
Add the remaining flour and the rest of the cider and whisk until completely combined.
Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. Pour the batter into the muffin tin, filling each cup about ⅔ full.
Procedure
Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Let cool.
Make the frosting: In a large bowl, cream the butter and cream cheese together with an electric hand mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Add the powdered sugar in 3 to 4 additions, mixing in between each until incorporated.
Add the cinnamon, apple cider, and vanilla and mix to combine.
Transfer the frosting to a piping bag or zip-top bag.
Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes. Top with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Enjoy!
Gingerbread Cookies
Ingredients 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, softened 1 ½ cups sugar, divided 1 large egg, room temperature ¼ cup molasses 2 ¼ cups Pillsbury™ Best™ All-Purpose Flour 2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon baking soda ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground cloves ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Procedure Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
In a bowl combine the butter and 1 cup of sugar with an electric mixer for 5 mins until light and fluffy
Add eggs and molasses, and beat until smooth
In a medium bowl, combine the Pillsbury™ Best™ All-Purpose Flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
Bake the cookies for 9-10 minutes
Cinnamon Roll Apple Pie
5 granny smith apples, sliced
2 cans cinnamon roll
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Procedure
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and spray a pie dish with nonstick oil.
Peel and cut the apples into thin slices and place them in a bowl.
Add sugar, cinnamon, and cornstarch to apples and stir.
Cut each cinnamon roll in half and roll out with flour until thin.
Layer the bottom of the pie dish with the flattened cinnamon rolls to create a bottom crust.
Add the apples and layer the rest of the rolls on top to create a closed crust, pinch any holes together with your fingers.
Cover with foil and bake for 35 minutes.
Remove the foil and bake for another 10 minutes uncovered.
Allow the pie to cool and drizzle with icing.
Shakespeare
Airplane Attack
Airplane Attack
Match the Teacher to Their Baby Photo!
Ms. Huff
Ms. McBride
Ms. Bunger
Ms. Ronnow
Ms. Groves
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Upcoming Q3 Events: Spirit Week Valentine Grams Spring Dance
Upcoming PE Units: Basketball Volleyball Football Hockey
Upcoming Sports: Boys Volleyball January Girls Volleyball Febuary
Art Contest Dublin/San Ramon
Editors Page Thank you to the students who helped create this quarter's Wells Street Journal!
Chloe Brandt Ethan Harris Kartheeka Namburu Landry Ngambia Sahasra Gajula Anzar Khan