wildcat press #1 - Boothbay Region Elementary School

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Courtney Leckie.
Courtney Leckie.
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Swim Team started in
October. The coaches are Tim,
October.
Tim,
Olivia and Nan. Some
Olivia
swimmers you may know are;
swimmers
Ben Pearce,
Pearce, Zoe Eason, Ella
Ben
Yentch, Rowan
Rowan Kristin,
Kristin, Marissa
Yentch,
Marissa
Peters, Griffin
Griffin Kristin,
Kristin, Chris
Peters,
Chris
Hamblett, Callen
Callen Eason,
Eason, Maren
Hamblett,
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Whitney, Evy
Evy Case,
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and Lincoln
Lincoln Hamblett.
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that you will consider joining the
team next year.
team next year.
Emma Brewer, Haley Abbott,
Emma Brewer, Haley Abbott,
Glory Blethen, Deakon Harrington,
Glory Blethen, Deakon Harrington,
Sophia Gudroe, Jenna Cohen, Kyla Taylor,
Sophia Gudroe, Jenna Cohen, Kyla Taylor,
Brady Harmon, Fiona Mitchell, Kylie Brown,
Brady Harmon, Fiona Mitchell, Kylie Brown,
Rachel Gentry and Marissa Peters
Rachel Gentry and Marissa Peters
OPINION PAGE
Movie Reviews
Rachel Gentry
!
Maleficent is a great movie to
watch. At first, I did not want to watch
the movie. I thought the commercial
looked really boring, but my sister went
to see it and she said it was really good.
So, I decided to go see it. After I watched
it, I thought it was really good too. I
think if you have not seen the movie
Maleficent, you should watch it. It’s a
movie about a little girl who is a
sorceress. The movie shows when she
was a little girl to when she was a grown
up. When she was sixteen, she had her
first kiss with a boy named Stefan.
!
When she was older, Stefan
married someone else and she got really
mad. She cast a spell on their baby, but
when she found out that she loved the
baby, she tried to take the curse back but
it didn’t work. For the baby to stay alive,
she has to have a true love’s kiss.
!
Another movie I recommend is
The Fault In Our Stars. I thought it was
an awesome movie about a girl named
Hazel Grace Lancaster who was
diagnosed with cancer when she was
thirteen. She falls in love with a boy
named Augustus Waters. Hazel and
Augustus go to Amsterdam to meet
Hazel’s favorite author Peter Van
Houten. More happens to these two, but
it is not all good.
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I recommend this movie for
people who love a story from the heart
with a bit of humor too.
Dunking Into School
Basketball
Glory Blethen
Editor
Sixth and Seventh Grade
Girlsʼ Basketball Team
Earns Great Season
The seventh grade Busline
League girlsʼ Wildcat basketball
team was able to allow sixth
graders to join the team
because the coach didnʼt have
enough seventh graders. Now,
the seventh grade team has
more than enough players. They
have a total of thirteen girls, five
sixth graders and eight seventh
graders. They are coached by
Mr. John Deetjen. This team has
done well playing good team
basketball. The Wildcat girls
have earned their 11-2 record
(not including play-offs) in the
Busline League this year.
Awesome season Wildcats!
Seventh Grade Boys
Basketball Team
Shows Talent
The seventh grade Busline
League boysʼ Wildcat
basketball team was lucky to
have enough players. They
actually had more than enough,
with 13 boys. Their season
started well. They began the
season playing phenomenal
team basketball with awesome
effort from all players. The other
teams had their work cut out for
them. Our boysʼ have a record
of 10-3 (not including play-offs).
Great season Wildcats.
See you boys next year!
What
Haley Abbott
Says...
I interviewed one of
the six graders from the
girlʼs basketball team,
Haley Abbott, to answer
the questions below:
How do you think the
team played this
season?
“The team played great
and we never gave up
even when we were
down. Also, we did an
awesome job of being
unselfish and playing as a
team.”
If you could tell the
players one thing what
would it be?
“Great job this season!
Also, one more thing,
sixth graders did an
amazing job!”
Sixth and Seventh Grade
Wildcat Girls
Seventh Grade
Margret OʻBrien, Josey Smith,
Chloe Arsenault, Ella Yentch, Maddy
Faulkingham, and Katherine Larson.
Sixth Grade
Haley Abbott, Glory Blethen, Kylie
Brown, Rachel Gentry, and Kyla
Taylor.
Seventh Grade Wildcat Boys
Hunter Crocker, Colby Babcock,
Michael Hollowell, Stephan Bennett,
Nicolas Morley, Ryan Hughes,
Michael Cusumano, John Hibbard,
and Dwight Lucas.
Letʼs Get Silly!
Kylie Brown and Brady Harmon
Mystery Person #1
Riddles
1. What is as big as you but weighs
nothing?
2.
A cowboy rode into town on
Friday, he stayed three days, and
rode out again on Friday. How did
he do that?
3. Why did the cow cross the street?
Knock-knock
Jokes
3.
Clue 3. His Roman name is Eros.
Mystery Person #2
Clue 1. He has glasses.
“Knock, knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“A broken pencil.”
“A broken pencil who?”
“Never mind.
It’s pointless.”
What do you call a fake noodle?
An Impasta!
Clue 2. He helps you with your math
in fifth and sixth grades.
Clue 3. He has a comfy chair.
“Knock knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“Cows go.”
“Cows go who?”
“No Silly, cows go moo!”
Mystery Person #3
Clue 1. She has glasses.
Clue 2. She has black hair.
Clue 3. She’s a super nice science whiz.
“Knock knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“King Tut.”
“King Tut who?”
“King Tut-key fried
chicken.”
Why canʼt you give Elsa a balloon?
Because she will Let it Go!
Riddle Answers
1. Your shadow.
2. His horseʼs name was Friday.
3. To get to the udder side.
2.
Clue 2. He has wings.
Mystery Person Answers
1. Cupid
2. Mr.Washburn
3. Ms.Miclette
1.
Clue 1. He is the son of a goddess.
What do you call a pampered cow?
Spoiled milk!
Eating Sweets
Emma Brewer and Sophia Gudroe
Valentineʼs Day Sandwich Cookies
Reviews:
“Very easy to make and the taste is great!”
“These cookies are great and look very dramatic.”
“This is a definite 5 star recipe!”
INGREDIENTS
1 cup of butter
1 1/2 Cups of confectionerʼs sugar
1 egg
1 Tsp. Of vanilla extract
1/2 Tsp. of almond extract (optional)
2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
1 Tsp. Of baking soda
1 Tsp. of cream of tartar
DIRECTIONS
1) In a large bowl cream together butter and
confectionerʼs sugar. Beat in egg, vanilla and almond
extract.
2) In a medium bowl, stir together flour baking soda
cream of tartar ; blend into butter, divide dough into
thirds and shape into balls.
3) Working with 1/3 of the dough at a time.
4) Roll out dough into a desired thickness on a lightly
floured surface. For each heart cookie sandwich, cut
out 2-3 inch hearts. Cut out the center of one of the
three inch hearts with a 1 1/2 inch heart shaped
cutter.
4) Place each piece separately on a cookie sheet, 1-2
inches apart. Bake in a preheated 350°F (175°C) oven
until light brown (7-8 minutes for 1/4 inch thick cookies).
Completely cool on a wire rack. Frost the bottom cookie
with pink Valentineʼs Day frosting and place an open
centered cookie on top. Also, frost the small 1 1/2 inch
hearts and serve as separate cookies!
BANANA BREAD
Ingredients
2-3 very ripe bananas, peeled
1/3 cup of melted butter
1 cup of sugar
1 egg beaten
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a bread loaf pan.
In a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork until smooth. Stir
the melted butter into the mashed bananas.
Mix in the baking soda and salt. Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and
vanilla extract. Mix in the flour.
Pour the batter into your prepped loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour to an hour
and 10 minutes (check at 50 minutes) at 350°F or until tester inserted
into the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and cool completely on a rack. Remove
banana bread from the pan before slicing.
LOCAL NEWS
Jenna Cohen, Editor
Reporting in
BOOTHBAY HARBOR LIGHTS FESTIVAL
2014
the Boothbay Region
since 2015!
Recently, in December, the annual Harbor
Lights Festival took place. On December
6, it started to rain. Santa and Mrs. Claus
decided to go to the Boothbay Harbor
Memorial Library to see the happy children,
but the annual boat parade was canceled.
Even though it rained, craft fairs, cookie
walks, and other activities for adults and
children took place. Everyone seemed to
enjoy the day despite the weather.
Boothbay Region Elementary School
Giving Tuesday Dinner
Canned Goods for Food Pantry
On December 2, 2014, the Boothbay
Region Elementary School hosted a dinner
called the Giving Tuesday Dinner. Families
were welcomed to eat locally grown and
prepared foodfor free. 275 people showed up
and ate an excellent dinner prepared by the
BRES kitchen staff and volunteers.
Boothbay Region Elementary School
Food Drive
In January, BRES students and staff gathered
food for the local Food Pantry. Participants
brought in canned fruit, canned soup, cereal,
peanut butter and other non-perishable foods.
2014. The food was delivered on January 20th.
Tom Woodlin, Sydney, Liam,
and Dan Welch at Giving Dinner.
Santa and Mrs. Claus
at Pier One
February
This day in history...
Kyla Taylor and Deakon Harrington
2/1 1861 Texas voted to secede from the Union.
2/2 Groundhog Day.
2/3 1809 The territory of Illinois was created.
2/4 1789 George Washington was unanimously selected as president by the electors of the
Electoral Collage.
2/5 2003 Ben Pearce was born.
2/6 1895 Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
2/7 1714 The first typewriter patent was issued in England.
2/8 1910 The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.
2/9 1969 Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight.
2/10 1879 The electric arc light was used for the first time.
2/11 1984 The tenth space shuttle mission returned to Earth safely.
2/12 1809 Abraham Lincoln was born.
2/13 2003 Kyla Taylor and Gareth Hodgdon were born.
2/14 Valentines Day!
2/15 1950 Walt Disney’s Cinderella was released.
2/16 1945 Venezuela declared war on Germany.
2/17 1950 31 people died in a train crash in Rockville Center NY.
2/18 1885 Mark Twain published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
2/19 1968 First U.S teachers went on strike in Florida.
2/20 1931 Hover signed a bill to build the Golden Gate Bridge across the San Francisco Bay.
2/21 2003 Sophie Gudroe was born.
2/22 1865 Tennessee adopted a new constitution abolishing slavery.
2/23 1940 Walt Disney’s animated movie “Pinocchio” was released.
2/24 2008 Pakistan blocked access to YouTube.
2/25 1945 Turkey declared war on Germany in World War 2.
2/26 2003 Sullivan Rice was born.
2/27 1807 Henry Longfellow, the poet who wrote Paul Revere’s Ride, was born.
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2/28 1911 Thomas A. Edison, Inc. was organized.
2/29 Leap Year occurs every four years.