January /February 2014 - North Union Local Schools

January /February 2014
Where Is Music Going?
By: Dezrae M.
In my perspective of listening to all
kinds of music I would say that music is heading into an all new era of hot songs and cool
new beats. Music speaks to certain people in
all different walks of life. Artists like to pertain to their own group of people also called
fandoms. I see music heading into this thing
where music is 24/7. You never know, they
could use music to teach in 2050. New artists are popping up all over the globe showing how everyone is similar even though we
were all raised differently. Music is used for
how people feel. If the artists keep making hit
songs I am sure that music is going to skyrocket. Take One Direction for example. They
have millions of people screaming for them to
follow them and marry them while the others
are crying and dying over them. Or Imagine
Dragons, they show emotion in every song
they sing and on stage. Take the genre of rap
for example. People think that rap songs are
inappropriate when they really speak their
minds. A lot of people do not appreciate what
the lyrics really mean and possess. Every
song is different and appreciated in every
single way. I hope you take pride in what you
listen to because it is okay and helps you to
express who and what you are.
NUMS Wildcat Beat
Digital Newspaper
Editors: Madison P., Bethany S., Anna A.
Supervisor: Mrs. Tenah McMahan
Administrator: Mr. Matt Burggraf
Volume 7, Issue 4
Interview:
Mrs. Bateman,
Administrative
Assistant
Why did you Switch
to NUMS?
I was chosen to
assist Mr. Burggraf
in transitioning into
the building.
What is your favorite movie?
My favorite movie changes all the time but I
currently love the movie Frozen.
What is your favorite book?
I love anything by Nora Roberts.
Do you have anything that you are really excited
to change at NUMS this year?
My biggest goal is to just make things as easy
as possible for the teachers and help the students as much as I can.
What is your favorite part of this year so far?
My favorite part of this year has been getting
reaquainted with all the students again since I
have not seen some of them for over two years.
I also really enjoyed the dance and watching everyone have a good time.
Do you have any permanent scars?
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Top Apps, Songs, Movies & More
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By: Caleb B.
Oh yes. I have lots of scars. I have had kidney surgery which left a large scar. I had surgery on my wrist and have a scar from that. I
also have several from being a tomboy growing
up.
What was your favorite vacation?
We went to Myrtle Beach last summer as a
family. I went with my girls, my parents, my
sisters, my nieces and my nephew. It was
such a good time. We spent lots of time on the
beach.
If you could travel any place you wanted to
where would you go?
I think I would like to go to Ireland. I think it is
beautiful and would love to see it in person.
What is the thing you would like to do the most?
When I was younger I wanted to be a child
psychologist. I think someday I would like to go
back to school and get my degree.
Did you go to college, If so would you change
what you majored in?
I did not go to college but I would like to go back
someday for psychology.
Freezing Weather -Freezing My Computer?
By: Kayla K.
By Alexis
If your computer is freezing up, it can be caused
by some of the following reasons:
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Too Many Tabs Open - If you have close
to 6 billion tabs open, your computer can freeze
and be really slow. If you can easily come back to
the tab later, close it. Only keep the essential tabs
open.
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Restarting Your Computer - Restart your
computer to refresh your computer. You should
restart your computer regularly so you can avoid
your computer freezing.
The top book for 2013 is The False
Prince by: Jennifer Neilson. Sage a young
orphan is casted by Connor the nobleman of
the court to compete with 3 other orphans for
the role of the long lost prince. Sage must become the false prince or else he will be killed.
As Sage stays at the castle more lies begin to
unfold. Does Sage have what it takes to be the
False Prince?
The 2013 Blockbuster is The Hunger
Games: Catching Fire. This is based off of
the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy
by Suzanne Collin. Katniss and Peeta must
fight for their lives once again. They are drawn
back into the arena because of the Quarter
Quell. Victors from each of theGames are
either after Katniss or willing to protect her. Will
Katniss survive or will she die trying.
The top song this month is Timber by
Pitbull featuring Kesha.
The top app this month is Heads Up!
This game is no ordinary game. You put the
phone up to your head and try to guess what
you are from the clues your friend(s) give you.
When you guess it correctly you tilt it down
then back up to flip to the next card.
 Internet History - Have you cleared your
Internet History lately? You need to clear your
internet history fairly regularly to ensure that
your computer runs smoothly.
 Excesive Programs Open -- Do you really
need five different Wod Documetns, two internet browsers, and your docs folder open at the
same time? Save & Close your extra programs
not currently in use.
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
By: Audra Adams
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1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
½ Tsp. salt
1 Tsp. baking soda
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup white sugar
½ cup peanut butter
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 Tsp. vanilla extract
2 Tbsp. milk
40 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups
Preheat oven 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Sift together the
flour, salt, and baking soda; set aside.
Strawberry-Banana Smoothies
Cream together the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and peanut
butter until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and milk. Add the By: Madison P.
You will need 1 frozen banana,
flour mixture; mix well. Roll into 40 balls and place in a mini 1/2
cup
nonfat yogurt, 1/2 cup milk, 1/4
muffin pan.
cup strawberries. Blend in a blender
Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and and enjoy your delicious smoothie.
immediately place peanut butter cups in the center of the
cookies. Let cool and carefully remove from pan. Enjoy!
Valentine’s Day Jokes
By Angel H.
Q: Why did the boy have his girlfriend put in jail?
A: She stole his heart.
Q: How did the telephone propose to his girlfriend?
A: He gave her a ring.
Q: Why did the boy put candy under his pillow?
A: Because he wanted sweet dreams.
Q. What did one volcano say to the other?
A. I lava you.
Q: What did the octopus say to his girlfriend when
he proposed?
A: Can I have your hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand,
hand, hand in marriage?
Totally Cool
Color Wheels
from 8th
grade art
with Mrs.
Blankenship.
The 7th grade BBB Team
finished in 2nd place (Score
38 to 34) after a tough game
Saturday February 15th at
Northmor vs. Buckeye Valley.
Great Season! Congrats!
Our 7th grade girl’s season ended Saturday February
8th at Centerburg when Centerburg us 19 to 10. Lilly
A. in photo scored 8 as leading scorer. We did not
have a good season with an overall record posting
no wins. However, we plan to have open gyms with
Coach Nikki Marvin and become much improved!
The 8th grade Boys Bball Team won
its first Tournament game Feb. 8th.
They played Fairbanks at B.V. but lost
in the semi finals. Brandon H. goes
for 2 at a home game.
The 8th Grade Girls Basketball Team
finished 2nd in the COAL Tourrnament after a great season. Tough
Defense shown above.
This Month in History
1 - 1863
2 - 1974
3 - 1521
5 - 1933
6 - 1838
7 - 1789
8 - 1918
9 - 1493
10-1920
11-1908
12-2010
13-1128
14-1943
15-1559
16-1919
17-1994
18-1912
19-1807
20-1961
21-1793
22-1905
23-1556
24-1908
25-1942
26-1980
27-1888
28-1986
29-1845
30-1933
31-1865
By Kayla K.
Future City
By : Anna A.
The members of the Future City team this
year were: Audra A, Evan W, Summer S, Josh
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
C, Cameron T, Alexis J, Lacie N, Anna A, Isaiah K,
Nixon signs national speed limit as law
Caleb B, and the Coach was Mr. G the 8th grade
Martin Luther excommunicated
science teacher. We spent the beginning half of
The Golden Gate bridge is born
our meetings working on the research essay
Morse demonstrates the telegraph
and designing our system of transportation.
The first presidential election
We wanted to focus mainly on the transporWilson delivers the 14 Points Speech
tation because that was the theme for this
Christopher Columbus confuses manatees
year’s competition. While we were working on
for mermaids
the essay we were also working on a required
League of Nations instituted
SIM city. Once we had the essay done we were
Grand Canyon National Monument is creates
able to begin building our model. We had lots of
Massive Earthquake hits Haiti
fun building everything and putting all the cotPope recognizes the Knights Templar
ton balls on the board. It was a huge challenge
FDR is the first president to travel on
and we spent several meetings trying to get
an airplane for official U.S. business
our train to work. The idea was to make the
Elizabeth crowned queen of England
train levitate by using magnets. We could not
Prohibition takes effect
get the “train” to levitate, so instead we hung
Earthquake rocks L.A.
it on fishing line and used magnets to push it
Scott reaches the South Pole
along the wire. By this time we were almost
Robert E. Lee is born
done with our entire model. Our presenters:
Robert Frost reads at JFK’s inauguration
Cameron T, Evan W, and Audra A began to write
King Louis XVI is executed
the script for the presentation and practice.
Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia
We were adding finishing touches before the
Deadliest earthquake in history rocks China
competition that weekend. We had to come
Boy Scouts movement takes place
into school really early and ride for AN HOUR AND
Thailand declares war on the United States & A HALF to Columbus State for the competition.
England
We managed to get through three presentaThe U.S. Olympic Committee votes against the
tions and a three hour award ceremony.
Moscow games
We received one 1st place award for best use
National Geographic Society is founded
of ceramics. (Almost none of us understood
Challenger explodes
what that was but we got 1st place in some“The Raven” is published
thing so we went with it.) So we finished out
Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Future City fairly well and now the team has
the last meeting to tear apart the model and
House passes the 13th Amendment
eat pizza!
Speaking of History -- the 6th graders enjoyed 1/2 way day! What is this???? See pg. 7
Mrs. Matlack- “Vex is a excellent learning tool,
problem solving,teamwork, and programming
technology which are all important skills in the
21st century.
Hailee Miller-” it’s AMAZEBALLTASTIC!
Joel Ackerman- “I like vex it is fun because you
can build robots and it will make you good at
engineering!”
Adam Brown-”Vex is a great thing to join to
spend time with your friends after school.”
Joey Blair- “Vex is fun I have been in it for 3
years, it’s stressful.”
Zak Kratowicz- “vex is a very fun way to hang
out with friends and build robots. It is a fun way
to get into engineering.”
Cole Peterson-”I think it’s awesome.”
Nazar Abbas- “Vex is a good way to learn about
robotics even if you don’t want a career in that
subject. it also teaches life lessons that you
would need in the future.”
Jenna Katka- “It is amazing for a nerd but if you
aren't very technical then you won’t be good at
it.”
Austin Jamison- “It is very fun!”
! Adam B., Evan W., Cole P., and Jo
el A. competing at the Bellefo
Vex is an after school activity where you
build robots out of steel, metal and, aluminum.
Once you build your robot you have to program
it on either RobotC or EasyC, it isn’t the hardest
part, but it is complex. You also have to program
the driver control and autonomous(where you
program the robot for 15 seconds at the beginning of a match to make as many points as you
can) with your autonomous you want to get the
most points so that you can win. If your alliance
wins you are awarded 10 extra points added on
to the score that you get. At the beginning of the
competition you get a schedule that shows what
time you have your matches, who your alliance is,
who you are against, and what field you are on.
There is also a thing that you do at the competition, it is called skills. During skills you get 60 seconds to score as many points as you can. Then
people that already made it to state once and
makes it agian that means that the person with
the highest score in skills gets to make it to skills.
Alliances are were the leaders go through and
randomly put you into groups, sometimes you are
in a group with a team then the next time you will
be against them it is just random. The first group
in North Union to make it to state was Evan, Joel,
Zak, and Cole they are called the Transformers.
The second team to make it to state was Adam
and Cameron and they are called Check Mate.
The third team to make it to state was Garette,
Derrick and Bradley. The third team to make it to
state is Hailee, Connor, and Jessica their name
is Amazeballs.The teams that haven’t made it to
state are Joey, Lilly, and Matthew and their team
name is Anonymous. Another team that just made
it to state is Madison, Sarah, Abby, and Guin their
name is Maniac Money Mechanics. Then there is
one last team and they are Jenna, Connor, and
Nazar. Here are a few vex teammates with their
opinion about vex.
Madison Hatfield- “Vex is fun, stressful, and is a
lot of work. Don’t argue with your teammates if
one of them is Guin! Choose EasyC instead of
RobotC. Creativity is key.”
ent. Intensity & Determination
By: Jessica V.
ntaine Vex Robotics Tournamn
VEX
Wacky Holiday ‘s for February
6th Grade 1/2 Way Day By: Madison P.
As you know, the 6th graders had
By Jeremy Q
American Heart Month
An Affair to Remember Month
Black History Month
Canned Food Month
Great American Pie Month
National Cherry Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
National Grapefruit Month
1/2 Way Day at the end of January. 1/2
Way Day is to celebrate for the 6th graders
passing through half of their formal schooing! They even had the National Honor Society come over to help. They ran sessions
about college, High School, career readi5 National Weatherman’s Day
ness, and thoughts about our future. To
7 Send a Card to a Friend Day - obviously created
start the day off they had 1/2 a donut and
by a card company
1/2 a cup of orange juice. They then spent
7 Winter Olympics Opening ceremony
the afternoon with team building relay rac8 Boy Scout Day - the birthday of scouting
es in the gym. This was the kid’s favorite
8 Kite Flying Day - in the middle of winter!?!
9 Toothache Day
part. Thanks to Mrs. Miller, the 6th grade
10 Umbrella Day
math teacher for providing the information.
YouTuber of the Month
I’m sure most of you have already heard of the name Bethany Mota; The You
tube “Sensation” that has now signed with Aeropostale. Pretty much ev-
eryone is very happy for Betha
ny! She got signed with a huge clothing company just from making
videos on a website. But, in most people, the question
arose, “How?” How does a 18/19 year old get signed
with Areopostale just from sitting in front of a camera?
Truth is, this has happened with more people than just
Bethany. More and more Youtubers are beginning to
get signed with Adsense, a company that puts selected ads on your videos for you to make an income
off of your videos. Now don’t get me wrong; 99% of
Youtubers do Youtube because they love it and their
viewers, not just because of money. Bethany has been
able to be one of the “Big” Youtubers living off of being
herself, and helping others find out what they love to
do. So this just goes to show, Youtube is more than
just a website. It’s been helping people find out who
they are, what they want to do, and has been helping
people find an outlet for all of the bad in life.
By Miranda R. & Photo from Morgan Y.
10 Clean out Your Computer Day second Monday of Month
11 Don't Cry over Spilled Milk Day
11 Make a Friend Day
11 White T-Shirt Day
12 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
12 Plum Pudding Day
13 Get a Different Name Day
14 Ferris Wheel Day
14 National Organ Donor Day
17 Random Acts of Kindness Day
17 President's Day - third Monday of month
19 National Chocolate Mint Day
20 Cherry Pie Day
20 Love Your Pet Day
22 George Washington's Birthday
22 Be Humble Day
22 Walking the Dog Day
22 International World Thinking Day
23 International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
23 7 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
24 National Tortilla Chip Day
26 National Pistachio Day - it's a nutty day!
26 Tell a Fairy Tale Day
27 Polar Bear Day
28 Floral Design Day
28 Public Sleeping Day
28 National Tooth Fairy Day - and/or August 22
29 Leap Day - not til 2016, once every four years
Geeky Gadgets
By: Sabrina Q.
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1. Laser Keyboard
The laser keyboard is one of the newest designed keyboards. The keyboard works by a sensitive hand motion laser that monitors your movements and lets you type. The laser keyboard is a
compact and versatile product. It connects easily to
any Bluetooth devices, including the latest iPhone,
iPad and Android devices. I think that the laser keyboard product is a wonderful device. It is easier to
type with, and you can take it anywhere you want.
It works everywhere, it is very easy to use, and it is
very helpful when typing at night time.
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2. Smart fork The smark fork is a helpful eating tool that
they have recently designed. The fork is a bluetooth enabled fork. It is helpful because when you
are eating too fast or too much it lights up and vibrates. I think this product will help us in the future
by giving us a healthier lifestyle that is easier to
track.
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3. 3D home printer The 3D home printer is a small printer that
you can design pictures on. It prints out automatically for you. This printer is a great device because
it helps with things such as saving trees and not
wasting them on paper. It also can help with not
having to go to the store and buy things, you can
just print it inside of your home. Save money and
have fun!
NUMS Wrestling
The Wrestling Team has completed their
season at the COAL Tournament on Saturday February 8th. Trace C. and Chris
Wilson C. both finished 3rd and Brandon
H. finished 4th. As a team Brandon H.
recorded the most wins & pins and Kyle
W. had the most take downs. Several
considered Districts but are not participating.
And-- yes that is one of our 2 girls -- Morgan T. wrestling in the picture.
Yes that was our Morgan Y pictured with
Bethany Mota. She was at Polaris Fashion
Place a couple of weekends ago and she went!
Ingredients Needed
Candy Bark
1. 12 ozs. ( 2 cups) of dark chocolate chopped or chips
2. 12 ozs. (2 cups) of white chocolate chopped or chips
3. one bag of candy hearts
4. one bag of m and m’s
5. two bags of plain pretzels or iced pretzels
6. two mixing bowls
7. a square cake pan
8. red food coloring
How to make it
1. Melt the white chocolate into one mixing bowl
2. Then put the red food dye in the chocolate and mix
3. Mix it until you have made the chocolate into a light pink color
4. Take the last mixing bowl and put the dark chocolate
into the bowl and melt it
5. Pour the dark melted chocolate first into the cakepan
6. Then take the light pink chocolate and lightly pour it on top of the dark chocolate
7. Open the bag of pretzels and pour them onto the chocolate while spreading them out .
8. Put the two bags of m & m’s and candy hearts and pour them on top of the pretzels and chocolate
9. Spread mix out & place in the refrigerator for about 30 mins
10. Break into small pieces and ENJOY!
Y2Y Lock-in
We are artistic!
By: Madison P.
On December 31st and January 1st
Y2Y had a lock-in at the Marysville YMCA.
When you first arrived you had to check
in and make any last minute payments.
After you got settled in, they split you into
groups. After everything was talked about
you were able to just run around and do
what you wanted. They had a schedule
posted of everything that was going on.
There were other schools there as well.
There were many different activities such
as, swimming, movies, dodge ball, kickball,
yoga, racket ball, and basketball. It was
also really fun to meet other people. The
best thing was nobody judged, no drama
was caused, and it was a place where
you could just go and hang out with your
friends. If you are interested in planning or
finding out ahead of time about other activities, join Y2Y. It is after school on Wednesdays until 4:00. Come on people, we need
more members!
We have Spirit!
The Boys cheered
the girls on during
tournamnment
play.!
A Project Sample from 7th Grade
Social Studies.
Life in the Middle Ages Glog: Your task is to
create an online poster, or a Glog about life in a
Medieval town. Use the internet, informational
books and other sources to complete the necessary research. There are severall helpful links
on It’s Learning (both text and video). The Glogster website is www.edu.glogster.com. You
will present your glog to the class.
Required Information Elements:
1.
Twenty facts about daily life & the role of
the church during the medieval time period.
2.
Briefly describe your facts. See me if you
have questions.
3.
Brief explanation about how the category
has affected modern civilization.
4.
At least two hyperlinks to reliable web
pages with information. One hyperlink should be about the role of the church and the
other should be about an aspect of daily life in
the medieval time period.
5.
One 2-5 minute video link.
Required Visual Elements
1.
A background color or design
2.
Two or more related graphics
3.
Be creative and have fun!
Daily Life in the Middle Ages
Glog Rubric: Scoring Key--5-Excellent;4-Good;3Fair;2-Needs Improvement;1-Poor
Glogster EDU is pretty well liked at
NUMS. Students like how it combines the use of graphics and text.
You can check it out for free if you
have not had the change to Glog!
Mrs. Richardson’s Class worked
hard to complete their awesome
Glogs!
Destinatiion Imagination
The D.I. Team presented a Disability Awareness Carnival called ‘Wildcat
Awareness” at the elementary gym
last Saturday the 15th. The team
made carnival games that educated
the public about different disabilities.
The team chose the Service Learning
Challenge. The challenge required the
student team members to find a need
in the community and solve that need
in a creative way. The team consists
of Kasey C., Ashleigh B., Julien G., Madison H., and Jessica C. The coaches are
Jennifer Beebe and Dayna Gorman.
The team will present their project at
the Regional Contest Saturday March
15. Best of luck the team! Your hard
work will be rewarded!
_____Contains 20 facts about daily life or the
role of the church in the middle ages.
_____Graphics are related to the topic and add
to the educational value of the Glog.
_____The Glog is attractive in terms of design,
layout and neatness.
_____The project demonstrates an understanding of the impact of the middle ages on modern
civilization.
_____The hyperlinks and video add to the educational impact of the Glog.
_____The student effectively presents the
material on the Glog.
_____The student appears to have gained knowledge about life in the middle ages
_____Productive during class
_____/40 POSSIBLE POINTS
On February, 14th we held a
heart scavenger hunt.
The winners were:
1st Place- Carson S.,6th
39 Hearts
2nd Place- Avery C., 8th
38 Hearts
3rd Place- Wes C., 8th
37 Hearts
Congratulations!
They received
goodie bags!