Students Protest New Immigration Laws

John Adams Middle School – 2425 16th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Vol. 1 Issue 6
March 29, 2006
Students Protest New Immigration Laws
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On March 24 , the students of John Adams Middle School witnessed the largest protest in the city of Los Angeles. Over half a million people
protested against the proposed Immigration Law that would make it a felony to be an illegal immigrant. It also prohibits anyone hiring them
or giving them assistance in finding housing. Yesterday, March 27th, students from many schools throughout the state walked out to support
the protestors. Throughout the state, the protests were peaceful with very little violence.
Why is this so important and It’s Impact on us?
California has a higher percentage of illegal immigrants than other states across the nation because of the opportunities available in this state.
It is estimated we have approximately 11 million illegal immigrants in this country. One of our students state, “My dad hired an illegal
immigrant to do some work and he is doing a good job. He did not know he was illegal but found out after he told my dad that he may have
to find someone else to complete the job if this law passes. I don’t think it should be a felony that someone wants to work hard.”
Another student states, “We have many people who are willing to work for less and if this law passes, there won’t be people to do that cheap
labor.”
Another student interviewed states, “ If we make it a felony to be here, than there will not be enough jails to keep them in.”
This laws has some benefits, making sure that people immigrate to this country legally to ensure they do not have criminal records and are
here to work. Although this law may be in an attempt to control who comes into this country, the law does not respect the human rights that
founded this country which is to provide people the right to pursue happiness and promote the general welfare of the American people.
Rest in Paradise
Eddie Lopez. One could say he was a good kid. He had a lot of friends, some of
which attended JAMS. He himself went to SAMOHI. He passed on, earlier this
month and his death affected countless people. On his My Space profile, there
are quite a few pages of comments left after his death. You can also see people
wearing clothes with his picture on it. Over 1,000 people arrived for Eddie’s
funeral. Near the end of 2005, his life was cut short. His death wasn’t silent
though.
Sixth Grade Highlights
By Kyra Sweeney and Abby Mahler (both in sixth grade)
What are some things sixth graders enjoy doing in their spare time?
What are their hobbies and interests?
To find out, we sent out a short survey by email to about ten sixth grade
students, to get their opinions!
We found out that some of the things they like to do in their spare
time are singing, reading, watching TV, playing on the computer, and
participating in sports. Some favorite websites are neopets.com,
horseland.com, yahoo.com, ebaumsworld.com, and
albinoblacksheep.com. We also asked about their electives. Almost all
said that they either like or somewhat like theirs. Many people are in
band, some are in chorus and one is in leadership.
Most students said that they like John Adams so far. A lot of sixth
graders are in after school activities, some being acting, sports, and
dancing.
Some sports that they play are soccer, baseball, basketball and volleyball.
When asked about their favorite bands or singers, most everyone gave
different responses. Some of these were Green Day, Avril Lavigne,
Beatles, and Mariah Carey along with many others.
We feel that this survey gave us some great information and we want to
thank everyone who participated!
Interview with Narconon Representative
By: Helen Davidson
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The 6 grade students heard a representative from Narconon share about the
dangers of drugs and alcohol. The assembly was interesting because he had a
lot of good points about drug education. “I thought it was good because he
actually went through it and knows what it is all about.” He recognized that
you can’t tell people what to do but we can educate people to not get involved
in it.
How long have you been working at the center?
Since 1976.
When did you realize that drugs were bad?
Two weeks before I went to the center because I got really sick.
How long have you been learning about drugs?
30 years.
Did you grow friend ships while working at the center?
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Yes, life long friendships.
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What drug did you first try?
Tobacco.
What influenced you to take drugs?
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Curiosity.
What advice would you give acids?
To get evacuated and find out the truth about drugs
Important Dates March and April
3/10 End of 4th grading period
3/16 &17 Stairway to the Stars (Civic
Auditorium)
3/22 Progress Reports sent home
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April 10th – 21st Spring Break
Norseman News
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Students earn points for each grade they receive in classes. An “A” is 4 points, a
“B” is 3 points, a “C” is two points, and a “D” is one point. All points earned is
added at the semester and divided by the number of classes a student takes for a
Grade Point Average. The following students earned a B or higher average for the
1st semester. Congratulations to our Honor Roll Students.
8th grade Honor Roll
Samuel Abramowitz, Samantha Alegre, Ariya Amoozegar-Monter, Christopher Anderson, Tania
Aquino, Aryan Ashtiani, Alexandra Atienzo, Jenny Balmagia, Ariel Bandasch, Natalie Barba,
Natalie P Barba, Natividad Bautista, Nicholas Becerra, Laruitzel Bernal, Michael Black, Dylan
Braun, Tamarquis Burke, Leigh Bushnell, Catherine Cain, Lucia Cano, Michaela Carpenter, Carlos
Castillo, Rachel Clark, Melissa Colon, Natalie Cosola, Sarah Crawford, Victoria Darlington, Mark
Davidoff, Victor De Arcos, Samantha De La Cruz, Maria De La Cruz, Miranda Dominguez,
Annika Dugan, Devin Elliott, Roxanne Farjadi, Maya Feldman, Emily Ferro, Zachary Finney,
Madison Forsander, Anastasha Frandell, Ivan Gallegos, Devany Garcia, Jessica Gerena, Matthew
Ginsberg, Adi Goldman, Pablo Gomez, Richard Gorb, Ross Gordon, Maximo Gutierrez, Cierra
Hamilton-Larrabe, Dalton Hammond, Melissa Harrell, Rahim, Hashim, Nora Hedgecock, Isabel
Hennessey, Justus Hepburn, Brenda Hernandez, Hubert Hodgin, Stephanie Jaco, Raul Jimenez,
Amaan Judah, Jaimee Kadish, Michael Kaplan, Nicholas Katkov, Kelly Kelso, David Killian,
Megan Kilroy, Katie Kuyama, Gillian Lake, Liliana Larios, Anna Lawrence, Jamie Levinson,
Natasha Lipson, Ryder Lui, Harrison Long, Cynthia Lua, Steven Luis, Madeline Mann, Marissa
Martin, Blanca Martinez, Harrison McKoy, Elvia Medina, Kelly Merino, Lauren Mickelson,
Hannah Minderhout, Sarvenaz Momeni Zadeh, Hugh Montoya, Michelle Morataya, Bailey
Murphy, Chelsea Myers, Kaile Nakao, Valerie Nario, Jennifer Nguyen, Jared Onouye, Shayan
Panahian Jand, Sasha Parra, Claire Perelman, Michael Perez, Laura Perez, Tri Pham, Amanda
Phillips, Abner Pivaral, Lindsay Plotkin, Chirstian Policarpo, Angelica Prado, Sherry Price,
Lilianna Ramirez, Yoly Ramirez, Joseph Ramos, Daniel Redick, Jason Reicher, Aaron Rennell,
Natalie Reynoso, Angela Rodriguez, Clarissa Rojas, Madelyn Ross, Lily Rothschild, Antonia
Rubell, Yarimeth Ruiz, Garrett Safron, Emili Said, Sarah Salarkia, Elise Salcedo, Soledad
Sanchez, Emilio Sanchez, Michael Sarfati, Benjamin Sassoon, Chiobha Scott, Hailey Sheridan,
Zane Shields, Yarden Shwartz, Rachel Silvern, Jordon Sloop, Tyler Smith, Katherine Sparks,
Samantha Speiser, Elise Strader, Samantha Sutter, Nathan Tamaki, Roah Tillipman, Reuben
Tomlins, Danilo Toskovic, Pablo Trejo, Jivanto van Hemert, Connor Vance, Gabriela Velazquez,
Emily Vida, Kristina Villacana, Samuel Wambaa, Victoria Williams, Christina Wilson, Emma
Woo, Mark Yousef, Joseph Yu, Maya Zelcer, Jennifer Zielinski.
7th grade Honor Roll
Natalie Abel, Gabriela Aceves, Melisa Adams, Toni Aguilar, Asma Alibhai, Samantha Alvarez, Aida Amoozegar-Montier, Erika Quino, Neda Arab, Elizabeth Armanto, Leah Artenian, Cynthia Avila, Samuel
Bailey, Tiara Baker, Marueen Banares, Cynthia Brajas, Matthew Bell, Alexander Beltran, Myles Blackwell, Alexandra Bollinger, Robin Bolour, Amanda Botfeld, Hannah Brotman, Dashaun Buckner, Amanda
Burgos, Evelynn Burnhan, Paola Cabrera, Frances Carmendy, Faviola Carrillo, Samantaha Casale, Alejandra Casas, Brittney Clemens, David Cline, Joanna Cortez, John Cramer, Alexis Cruz, Felipe Cueva,
Melissa Dammer, Clea Decrane, Marco Del Rio, Amanda Delgadillo, Cecila Delgado Guiterrez, Kiana DiDomenico, Cary Dobeck, Leslie Dominguez, Elizabeth Doolan, Daniel Dresher, Oscar Duenas, Mantas
Dundules, Mitchel Eby, Eden Epstein, Ian Escalera, Claudia Estevez, Ruben Farardo, Raul Fararado, Layne Faler, Marley Fields, Victor Flores, Holden Foshag, Tessa Franke, Miyu Fujita, Brittany Garcia,
Christopher Garcia Reyes, Devon Gaynor, Jessie Geoffray,Emily Getoff, Simarjit Gill, Steven Gordon, Coleman Gray, Kelsey Gregge, Kameron Gsell, Alan Gutierrez, Alonzo, Gutierrez, Vanessa
Hansard,Smuel Harwood, Jessica Hernandez, Julian Hess, Haley Hill, Jamin Hislar, Bryan Huitz, Malone Inzunza, Lily Jacobius, Satchel Jaurequi, Jensen Jeffrey, Andrea Jimenez, Amanda Johnson, Michelle
Katz, Rakuro Kawasaki, Marissa Keisling, Safiqa Khimani, Susie Kim, Jake Leboy, Esme Levy, Brianna Little, Christopher Lopez, Kevin Lopez, Gustavo Lopez, Elizabeth Lyons, Angelica Malone, Claudia
Marin, Isaac Marker, Tracy Martinez, Joyce Martinez, Joanna Martinez, Hernana Martinez, Andrew McRitchie, Zoe McBride, Miquelle McCarthy, Ryan McGuire, Anastasia Merkulova, Nathan Michalski, Lily
Monbouquette, Dominique Morales-Perez, Taylor Morgan, Caitlin Morres, Quentin Mulligan, Thomas Nagata, Lindsey Nakatani, Keshia Nash, Kaitlyn Nickel, Kian Nozari, Adam Nonziato, Kalaria Obasi,
Vicente Ochoa, Ryan Odening, Christopher Ordonez, Nikki Ornelas, Junaita Ortega, Andrea Ortiz, Karina Ortiz, David Ortiz, Brittany Osmond, Dennis Pandey, Lisa Parker, Max Payton, Daysi Perez, Rhea
Perry, Niamani Pitts, Marcelino Ramirez, Emily Ramirez, Maria Reyes, Brian Reynolds, Christian Rodriguez, Erik Rodriguez, Maria Rodriguez, Mariangela Ruiz-Hernanez, Miles Rusch, Nicholas Salazar,
Madeline Salko-Kamiyama, Alejandro Sanchez, Marielena Santana, Kaina Santiago, Samuel Sassoon, Emilia Shaffer-Del Valle, Shannon Smith, Cheyenne Sommo, Hannah Squier, Jacob Squier, Eric Staugaard,
Natalie Swain, Raha Tagrishi, Nancy Tellez, Cailtlin Thompson, Milica Toskovic, Connor Treacy, Amy Valdes, Carolina Vazquez, Tessa Walkther, Tessa Waring, Maya Wergeles, Ashley Wilson, Madeleine
Youngs, Kaile Zaretsky, Shugoofa Zarifi, Max Zasuly
6th grade Honor Roll
Raven Adams, Biany Aguayo, Kevin Aguilar, Victor Akpulonu, Krystal Allen, Adriana Antonio, Elisa Aquino, Arturo Arce, Jasmine Ayala, Samuel Balfus, Christian Banda, Imani Barton, Cristina Battaglia,
Leslie Bautista, Sofia Berstein, Charlotte Biren, Rebecca Birstock, Julia Blanchard, William Bonner, Chonte Burke, Jordan Butts, Lisset Cadena, Lillian Cain, Enrico Cascio, Jessica Casillas, Laura Castro, Chloe
Chappe, Jessica Chappe, Thomas Chorney, Crystal Cortez, Julia Cosola, Cora Cull, Julian Daly, Christy Daugherty, Helen Davidson, Emily Davies, Tory Dawson, Isabel Delgado, Claire Desser, Marja Diaz,
Mitchell Dick, Zane Dufour, Amanda Dworkin, Carlos Estevez, Kevin Eyler, Jayleen Farlow, Michale Finch, Stephanie Flores, Gianni Forster, Matthew Franco, Ashlee Frandell, Ray Freedman, Gina
Friedenberg Kobl, Natalie Fry, Samantha Garcia, Kori Garcia, Matthew Gardello, Yaser Garmankani, Tricia Gemarino, Ricahrd Gomez, Yana Gonzalez, Kim Guerrero Salazar, Gina Gulino, Sayana Hallal,
Samuel Harreschou, Joseph Haywood III, Basil Hennessey, Oscar Hernandez, Sophia Hirjee, Nhi Ho, Jairo Huitzpuac, Lana Mayu Isom, Anum Issa, Sami Wassim Issa, Asia Jackson, Steven Jaco, Cheyton Jain,
Elizabeth Johnson, Brittany Joivette, Ethan Kahan, Kayliana Karie, Sara Khodakarami, Kalani Kiyohara, Kaina Kiyohara, Marina Krauss, Sarah Krenik, Perry Kumagai, Hannah Kummer, May La Plante, Andres
Lacayo, Christina Lamell, Zachary Leal, Max Lemkin, Carlos Llamas Jr., Christian Lozano, Mariana Magan Gamero, Abby Mahler, Cristian Maldonado, Sierra Mansfield, Richard Martinez, Jesus Martinez,
Rosalba Martinez, Kevin Martin-Ybarra, Kathryn Mazur, Marcus McLendon, Emily Mebane, Alexandre Meiers, Skye Menzies-Langabee, Paloma Mercado, Liliana Mercado, Moses Mestizo, Alexandra Mier,
Karly Minderhout, Mackenzie Moody, Autumn Moore, Pearl Morrissey, Kelsi Nelson, Rebecca Noble, Cody O’Connell, Cody Odening, Paige Onouye, Ubaldo Orozco, Andres Palomino, Matthew Park, Lauren
Parker, Sarah Pena, Jessica Pena, Paola Perdomo, Jenna Perelman, Sharon Perez, Daisy Perez, Andrew Phillips, Katie Porter, Kierra Potts, Noel Presad, Trevor Pye, David Ramirez, Anthony Ramirez, Carina
Ramirez, Ilis Ramirez, Carla Reynoso, Vanessa Reynoso, Kelly Ricard, Max Ricahrds, Julian Rivera, Juan Rivera Garcia, Gabriela Robles, Ella Rogers-Fett, Luke Rosescue, Benjamin Rotberg, Timothy Rusch,
Araceli Salcedo, Christian Salem, Robert Sanchez, Viviana Sanchez, Paola Sanchez, Karina Sandoval, Reva Santo, Stehpanie Sarfatti, Gilbert Saucedo, Treanna Scott, Rod Sharif, Oren Shimshi, Sahil Singh,
Morgan Stanphill, Sarah Stolz, Emmet Storms, Alexandra Strohkendl, Kyra Sweeney, Sean Tyler, Gabriela Vaca-Flores, Marc Van Klooster, Valerie Vance, Kristen Vasquez, Miguel Vasquez, Jakob Walther,
Drake Weber, Erin Wells, Austin Wilson, Kodi Winterer, Kyle Winterer, Amber Woods, Christopher Yuan, Alexandra Zafiris, Joseline Zetino
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Valarie Naro for Character Counts
Dorian Gonzales for Best effort
Devany Gaiaa, and Dalton Hemmerd for the Einstein
Award
Gigi Lake, and Deshawn Guidry for the Harper Lee
Award
Kimberly Pueblu and Jose Trejo for the Pythagoras
award
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8 Grade
By: Jivanto van Hemert, and Ana Frandell
Huskies Honored
The Huskies in this picture were honor
for academic achievement, improvement,
and citizenships.
Congrats! Good Job!
Seven Grade
What is your favorite thing about the 7th grade?
My favorite thing about 7th grade is that you don’t have to do as much
work as the 8th graders.
What is your least favorite thing about 7th grade?
Grades and report cards are my least favorite thing. I think that
teachers should not give us grades and punish us if school is not the
thing that you are good at .
What is your least favorite thing about our schedule?
My least favorite thing about the schedule is how we have all classes
3 times a week. It is very annoying.
Do you think are lunch program is good or bad. What would you change
if you had a chance?
I think that our lunch program is horrible and if I could change it, it
would be like SAMO with different food offerings and we
could go off campus to eat!
I think that the 7th grade picnic is awesome because it’s a big reward
for all the hard work we put into during the 7th grade year.
What do you think would make the 7th grade a better year for all 7th
graders?
I think that is a very difficult to answer because all 7th graders have
different ideas what they want.
Guess what guys; it’s the last 3 months of
our years here at JAMS!! We are promoting in
June, and then we are off to high school. We
have had a fun and exciting experience
throughout the years.
Sixth grade was a little scary at first, but we
all got through it. We were more relaxed during
our seventh grade year, although we still had tons
of homework. Now we are at the top of the
school and getting though our last days at JAMS.
Sooner or later the process starts over and we
become the newbies at the school again.
If you haven’t caught up with your work
yet, now is the time. The semester ends in June
and those grades with determined your placement
in high school.
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March , Does It EVER END?
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By: Helen
In my opinion the “wonderful” month called March bites. This is the
only month we don’t get a vacation. Where is the March Holiday??
Usually February is the coldest month of the year, but this year
Mother Nature made us suffer. So far, March was the most boring
month at John Adams. With all of it’s horrible weather and NO
holidays March has to be the worst month ever.
By: Jivanto
Cold weather is cold weather you cant change that and it happens in
almost every month. So what! Bundle up. We don’t get a vacation but
you still have all of the weekends of March.
I don’t see what makes this month so much worse than any other?
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Put your answers in the box in the main office.
Be quick about it because the first correct response might
get a prize.
Include your name grade and obviously your answer.
Stairway of the Stars
By; Jivanto van Hemert
The 57th annual Stairway of the Stars was a wonderful success. This year we had a wonderful guest
conductor, Mr. Eric Whitakaer. We all enjoyed the performances and Mrs. Blanchard said to her
Norseman Honor Choir, “I am very proud of how you all did and am glad it was all a success.” The
concerts took place on March 16th and 17th at 7:30 in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Our very
own John Adams Wind Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, and Norseman Honor Choir were featured
in the performances. There were approximately 1,000 performers, did you go? Did you see your
friends when you were there?
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A Book Review
NAME That BOOK!
"And yet, they were exactly alike.
Every one of them was chalky pale,
the palest of all the students living in
this sunless town. Paler than me, the
albino." (p.18)
A new student in an old town named
Bella is having a strange love
encounter with a group of students
at her very own high school,
particularly one with a name of
Edward. Worst of all, she believes
he hates her.
Bella, the new girl in school, seems
have lots of new friends, most of
them male. Too bad the one guy she
finds interesting is dead.
The vampire of the school.
This stunning and in-the-moment
novel by Stephenie Meyer is heart
throbbing and full of action, all the
way. Many a moment in which Bella
realizes that she will be undead as
well.
She believes it couldn't be soon
enough.
Do You Know the Name of This
Book?
March, Focus on Respect in Advisory
All students at John Adams Middle School watched a video during Advisory about Bullying
and name calling. Some students did a worksheet, others had discussions, but all had a
chance to learn more about how names hurts. Here’s a thought from a 6th grader.
Scrubs by Sam Harreschou
3. a domestic animal of mixed or inferior breeding; mongrel. 4. a small or insignificant
person. 5. anything undersized or inferior. 6. Sports. a player not belonging to the varsity or
regular team; a player who is not first-string. 7. small, undersized, or stunted. 8. inferior or
insignificant.
Wow, that’s a pretty powerful word to be said out 7th and 8th graders mouths’
towards 6th graders. This derogatory term should be abolished from JAMS because
of its significance and its intimidating effect.. 6th graders aren’t second string- don’t treat
them like it!
Jokes and riddles by Autumn Moore
Sam: would you punish me for something that I didn’t do?
Teacher: no, of course not
Sam: Good, because I didn’t do my homework.
What do you call a guy at your front door with no legs or arms?
Mat
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day.
And tomorrow isn’t looking too good either.
What did the cannibal call the phone book?
A menu
What did the tree say to the leaf at the dance?
Lets get twiggy with it.
The more of them you take, the more of them you leave behind.
What are they?
Footsteps
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Norseman News
Senior Editor…………………...Jivanto van Hemert
Chief Editor ................................. Ana Frandell
Editor Page 1................................ Elizabeth Aspinall
Editor Page 2................................ Abby Mahler
Editor Page 3................................ Jivanto Van Hemert
Editor Page 4................................ Kate Mazur
Photographer................................Helen Davidson
Proof Readers............................... Kelly Merino
The News Rooms Staff
Elizabeth Aspinall, Helen Davidson Ana Frandell, Kelly
Merino, Jivanto Van Hemert, Nicky Bugliarelli, Abby
Mahler, Kate Mazur, Sam Harreshou, Autumn Moore
Advisor......................................... Ms. Ramos