January Newsletter

Volume 6, issue 5
Special points of interest:
 Movie Review
 Geography Bee
 Mystery Person
 Wrestling

Staff Interview
January 2016
 7th & 8th Grade Interviews
 Spelling Bee
 Student Survey
8th Grade Interview
E.A.G.L.E.S. (Expressively Active, Great-minded, Lively, Energetic Students
OREGON COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT #220
By: Holly Handschuh and Gracie Mingus
For this month’s issue, we decided to interview eighth grader Reese Thesien. We started out by
asking who her favorite YouTuber is. Her answer was fellow peer Joshua Sitze ( subscribe to him
at McKlunk!). Her favorite video, although she is a big fan of
McKlunk’s “PARKOUR!!!!”, would have to be Miranda Sings
“Why can’t I have a castle?”. Tofurky or no tofurky was our next
conversation topic, and she told us she would definitely chose
tofurky. Although, after discovering that it was in fact tofu- turkey, we all decided that it would be very gross. Continuing the
theme of food, we learned that her favorite candy is Kit-Kats and
her favorite kind of Slurpee is the cherry flavor. Most of the student body is involved in at least one sport, however when we
asked Reese, there was simply cricket noises. If she could live in
any kind of house it would be a gingerbread house – which is
pretty ironic considering her hair color. If she could interview
one person, it would either be her best friend Holly Handschuh or
Harry Styles (so she could caress his hair). Her favorite class is any time after school, and her favorite key on the keyboard is the number lock because she doesn’t know what it does. To wrap up
the interview, we asked her favorite thing she got for Christmas which was an Obama Chia Pet. If
you ever see Reese in the halls or in class, strike up a conversation about her Chia Pet or her intense love for Harry Styles and you’re sure to have her talking for hours.
7th Grade Interview
By Ryker Finch and Josh Sitze
For the month of January, we had interviewed a peculiar
Owen Ketter. We asked the same Ol’ same Ol’ questions.
His favorite sport is basketball, but he told us that soccer
was a close 2nd. When we asked the age old spiritual
question: “what’s your spirit animal?” Owen answered
smugly with “hawk”. His hobbies include sports… yeah,
that’s it. Sports. The three things Mr. Ketter would bring
to a desert island would be the world, food, and Wi-Fi.
Owen prefers summer
over winter, as he prefers
the warm weather. There
you have it ladies and gentleman, the one and only
Owen Ketter.
Inside this issue:
7th Grade Interview
1
8th Grade Interview
1
Staff Interview
2
Spelling Bee
2
Girl’s Basketball
2
Geography Bee
3
Wrestling
3
Movie Review
4
Student Survey
4
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VOLUME 6, ISSUE 5
February
Birthdays
8th Grade:
23– Garret Moser
7th Grade:
5th-Kaylee Johnson
7th-Dylan Burke
12th-Hannah
Cantrell
19th-Tyler Mowry
24th-Jarrett
Dietrich
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Teacher Interview
by Meghan Gracyalny and Elizabeth Villarreal
This month we have interviewed the notorious
band director, Mr. Beske. Mr. Beske was
named after the famous Jazz Trumpet player
Miles Davis, Miles being Mr. Beske’s first
name. He likes to play golf the most when not
directing the band, but also likes to watch the
UW Badgers (a men’s basketball team), travel,
and work at The “Pit”(cabin). He has a dog
named Rollie that is his life and a cat named
Brewer. Life seems to revolve more around
Rollie, as he doesn’t much care what Brewer is
up to. He hates when students don’t practice
or miss band lessons but likes it when people
work together to accomplish great musical pieces. He’s most proud of his son Zach graduating with a degree in Instrumental Music ED.
Band is a great activity to be a part of; Mr. Beske would agree too, so come join band!
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Spelling Bee
By: Lauren Montavon and Cynthia Nyderek
In our DLR
spelling bee, we
had 26 students
attempting to
win and go to
Dixon for regionals. Each
student participating had a
L to R: DLR’s Top Spellers:
great amount of Adam Glendenning, Ashley
courage to go
McCormick, Jed Bothe
up in front of
everyone and spell! Every student had to spell
one word each round, if they spelled their
wrong, they were out. At the end of the
spelling bee, Adam Glendening took the win by
spelling frequently correctly. He will be moving
onto regionals in Dixon! The runner up of our
spelling bee was Ashley McCormick. She
fought till the end, but unfortunately she got
out on the word modular. This past spelling
bee was very difficult; we think that the most
difficult word was hoity-toity... (I think that’s
how you spell it). If you see Adam in the hall,
you should wish him good luck on regionals!
Girls Basketball By: Ren Thompson and Josey Fox
The mystery
person
By Amber Bennett
Is in 7th grade
Is in choir and basketball
Favorite color is black
Favorite animal is a
panda
Is 13 years old
Favorite music is
black veil brides
Favorite class is computers
Tell Amber Bennett
your correct guess
and get a treat from
Ms. Leamanczyk
As most of you know, it’s girls’ basketball season! That also means it’s time to eat a bunch of
concession food! Anyway, we interviewed Ashley McCormick from Eighth grade team and Ella
Martin from Seventh grade. Our first question was “How rigorous are your practices?” Ashley
answered, if you’re injured-VERY but if you practice well and are physically fit. then you should
be fine. You need lots of water and may feel like you’re going to
die. Ella replied, hard at first but once you start to get used to it, it
gets easier. We then asked, “How tough is your coach on you?”
They both replied with the same answer-“tough but not too tough”.
Ashley and Ella think their teams work well together, especially since
most of them have been playing together for years. They don’t
think it’s hard to memorize the terms and plays that are used to help
them succeed. We asked, “How many drills do you do per practice?” Ashley’s team does about 10 and Ella’s only does about 5-6
per practice. Our last and final question was “Do you personally
Olivia Lambrigtsen shoots as
Lorena Nava-Moyotl looks on enjoy basketball?” Now you might think that’s a stupid question but
some people are forced to sports even if they don’t like it. Ashley
replied, “Yes I do, otherwise I wouldn’t be doing Basketball.” Ella just answered with a flat out
“yes”. So if you can, go and watch some of their games! (Don’t forget about the food)
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Our Staff:
Editor-in Chief:
Ms. Leamanczyk
Predator:
David Mazula
Staff:
Amber Bennett
Tanner Clayton
Ryker Finch
Josey Fox
Lillian Garncarz
Abbi Grace
Meghan Gracyalny
Holly Handschuh
Brandon HydeJones
Gracie Mingus
Lauren Montavon
Cynthia Nyderek
Gabi Scott
Mattew Shere
Joshua Sitze
Aidan Stuart
Nolan Thomas
Lauren Thompson
Elizabeth Villarreal
Kaylee Wilkinson
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Geography Bee
By: Tanner Clayton and Nolan Thomas
The Geography Bee, a test of world knowledge. Five 7th graders and five of 8th graders battle to be
the last boy/girl standing. On our 7th grade side we had Jaydn Bothe, Trinity Zellers., Madison Page.,
Leah Waters., Heather Braden And with our 8th grade side we had Eli Rufer., Charles Gatz., Aidan
Stuart., Cynthia Nyderek., and Gabi Scott. The judges/questioners they had Mr. Martin and Mr.
Donmeyer. And the must have been famous because we had cameras and not just one, but two cameras constantly taking shot of these hard working and intelligent thinkers. Most of them lost their first
point in the first four rounds, but a majority of them were knocked out by or in the 6th round. At the
start of the 7th round only three that remained
Aidan, Cynthia, and Leah. In a final 9th round Clockwise:
they each had just one point left; Aidan is up
Cynthia Nyand a miss, Leah is up and a miss, if Cynthia get derek, Gabi
the next question right she win… and she got it Scott, Triniright. Cynthia is your Geography Bee Champi- ty Zellers,
Madison
on. So that was your Geography Bee: nine
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rounds of geography questions with Cynthia
coming out the school Champion. Cynthia said Waters,
Heather
after the Bee that she didn’t know what to think Braden, Eli
and was nervous the entire time—probably the Rufer and
same as everyone else. Cynthia now has to take Aidan Stua test to see if she is good enough to go to com- art.
pete at Chicago.
Wrestling DLR Eagles
By: Gabi Scott and Kaylee Wilkinson
This month we interviewed two wrestlers. One boy from eighth grade, Ryker Finch, and one from
seventh grade, Hunter Nowicki. The first person to be interviewed was Hunter. In 6th grade, Mr.
Martin (7th grade Social Studies teacher) came to the elementary school and got the boys interested
in the wrestling program. Hunter joined and has been a part of it since. His coaches are Mr. Martin
and Mr. Marchetti. Wrestling practice mostly consists of educating the boys on moves and regulations, and learning lots of new things every day, allowing them to grow. Hunter has no favorite
move, and always likes to “change things up”. The worst part of practice, according to Hunter, is
when kids mess around and the entire team has to do sprints as punishment. When asked if he liked
his coach, Mr. Martin, Hunter responded with “Yeah, because Mr. M is funny sometimes but [he’s]
serious when it comes to wrestling. We have lots of fun.” Wrestling is scored as a team, but each
individual match goes towards the teams score advancing. Of course, Hunter’s favorite part of it all
is when they win all together as a team.
Next, we interviewed Ryker Finch in eighth grade. His coaches
are also Mr. Martin and Mr. Marchetti. Ryker’s favorite part of practice
is when they play games at the end. When asked if he liked his team, and
what about them, he said “Yeah, they’re pretty cool, I guess.” Obviously, you can practically hear the enthusiasm pouring out of his love for the
team. Ryker, being Ryker, loves not only the games, but also the aspect
of hurting people. Yep, one of his favorite things isn’t team bonding, or
even the winning feeling. Nope, it’s physically beating someone else’s
body. Adding on to his vicious ways, Ryker’s favorite move is called the
“Suicide Tilt”, because it’s easy to pin people off of. As you can probably tell, Ryker is all about being a bonding member of his team, and is
overall a completely normal child… Right?
Ryker Finch gets control of his opponent during
an intense match.
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Student Survey: Favorite
Movie Genre
By: Lilli Garncarz and Abbi Grace
This month we surveyed people on
their favorite genre of movie. The
top vote was Horror, with 45 votes.
Action and Comedy were next with
Comedy having 37 votes, and Action having 32 votes. Then Romance with 8 votes, Drama with 5
votes, and Sci-Fi with 3. We want to
say thank you to everyone who voted.
Movie Review: Star Wars
By: Brandon Hyde-Jones and Aidan Stuart
This month, we decided to review the new Star Wars movie. The movie takes place 30 years after the original trilogy, and all the original characters are still played by the same actors. Now, if for whatever reason, you haven’t
seen the movie yet, don’t worry this will be completely spoiler free.
First, Kylo Rein (The main antagonist) is by far, the WORST STAR WARS VILLAIN EVER! For starters, the
fact that they chose Adam driver to play him was a terrible idea. And it doesn’t help that they gave him the role
of some punk kid who idolizes Darth Vader. Second, the entire movie is somewhat a rip off of the first movie
released in the franchise. The main character, Rey, lives on a desert planet; much like
Luke did in the beginning. She is rescued by
a former imperial soldier, just as Luke was by
Han (Also a former imperial soldier, in case
you didn’t know). Of course, they find a
droid that carries a message for the resistance, exactly as they found R2-D2 in the
original movie who carried a message for the
rebellion. That’s about all I can say without
too many spoilers, Even though this movie
wasn’t nearly as good as the originals, (mostly
because Disney feels the need to appeal to a
newer, dumber, audience) it did do a decent
job of setting up for the next movie, (hopefully this one isn’t also a fluke). I would still recommend going to see
the movie, only because, its kind of demanded of you if you are a Star Wars fan.
And if, for whatever reason, you have decided to not be a human being and see the first 6 movies, do
yourself a favor and watch them in the order of release. (aka episode 4, 5, 6, then 1, 2, 3)
Upcoming Events:
Valentine’s Dance– Saturday, February 6th, 7-9 p.m.
DLR Play: Just Another Snow Day– Thursday, February 25th, Friday, February 26th and Saturday, February 27th.
All shows at 7:00 p.m. Shows will be at Pinecrest Grove Theater on South McKendrie Avenue, Mt. Morris.
Tickets will be on sale soon, so watch the announcements!