Jr High News Fall 2014

Junior High Buzz
Louise Junior High School
December 2013
Volume 1, Issue 1
2014-2015 School Year Sees Few Changes
The 2014-2015 school year has gotten off to a great
start. We have a new math teacher. The new math teacher
comes to us from Lufkin ISD. Her name is Mrs. Jenny Neilsen.
We are glad that she has joined our little family. Mrs. Sternadel
is still with us as the math specialist.
Everyone is working hard to improve our STAAR scores.
The Junior High received a star of distinction for 8th grade
social studies (way to go Ms. Appling). We are studying hard to
add to that star of distinction. All the classes are doing their
part to make the 3014-2015 STAAR test shine with pride. Keep
up the great work everyone!
High School Football Shines
The entire district is proud of the high school football team.
After a great start to the season, the Varsity Football team turned in a
9 and 3 season to receive a place in the playoffs.
The Hornets defeated Milano in the first round to continue on to
the second round. D’Hanis was the next team to fall to the Mean Sting.
Traveling to Bastrop, the Hornets were defeated by the hard hitting
Bremond team. Bremond later became the State Champions for the
Hornets Division.
Inside this issue
Favorite Drink ............................. 2
Inside Story ................................. 2
Sports and UIL ............................ 3
The Amazing Alex ....................... 3
Christmas Break .......................... 3
Inside Story ................................. 4
Inside Story ................................. 4
Upcoming News:
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By: Ana Almaguer, Andrea Montes and Justin Koenig
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JH boys and girls basketball games
HS boys and girls basketball games
JH/EL - UIL Competition
Winter Break: December
20th to January 2nd
Thursday, January 22nd
report cards for the 3rd 6
weeks
Athletics physicals May
29h
Favorite Drink
What is your favorite drink?
We wanted to know what
some of our classmate’s
favorite drinks are. We
surveyed twenty-one of
our classmates, and we
got the following:
By: Macy Marek, Jewell Ochoa
and Hannah McCord
Drink
People
Dr. Pepper
12
Coke
0
Sprite
8
Pepsi
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Junior High Boys Basketball
The Jr. High boys basketball team played Schulenburg Shorthorns in Schulenburg at
6:30 PM on December 8th. At the end of the second quarter Louise was up 13 - 4. During the
second half the boys worked hard to bring the game to an end scoring the last goal of the game
and winning 26 - 6.
This is the 8th Grade Junior High Boys Schedule come out and support the team.
December 15th Weimer HOME 5:30/6:30PM
January 8th Ganado AWAY 5:30/6:30PM
January 15th Shiner HOME 5:30/6:30PM
January 22nd Flatonia AWAY 5:30/6:30PM
January 26th Schulenburg HOME 5:30/6:30PM
February 2nd Weimer AWAY 5:30/6:30PM
8th Grade Girls Athletics
8th grade girls athletics is very good. We work very hard at all of our sports. The sports that we have
a choice to play are cross country, volleyball, basketball, track, and softball.
There are about 15 girls total in the 8th grade athletic program. We have 3 coaches, their names are
Coach Collins, Coach Hosman, and Coach Wade. Coach Wade is the high school girl’s coach but he still helps
out with the Jr. High program as well.
I hope that the Louise Jr. High athletics program will last a very long time. I feel it’s a great program
for kids to learn, so they know what to do before they reach the high school program. Another reason I think
it’s a great program is that it teaches teamwork.
Written by: Hannah McCord
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Louise Jr. High Girls Athletics and UIL
Girls Athletics
Louise Jr. High volleyball players, both 7th and 8th Grade A and B
teams have won several games. They practiced hard every morning to win those games.
They girls have started basketball season and have had 3
games. Although, 8th grade did not win, they still did good job on
the court with their plays.
They’ve been going to early morning practice so they can
increase their basketball skill. The coaches are teaching the girls
the plays on the court. Most of the girls have made their shots in
the net. Some are getting their free throws. They are prepared to
play and win.
UIL Competition
There is now a UIL class. During this class, students are prepared for the UIL academic competition. Some of the students in
UIL took tests early in calculation and science. The other UIL students traveled to Ganado on December 12th to
take the other tests. Louise did very will in
this competition. Congratulations to all those
who participated.
The students who did not compete in UIL
events had to go to Mr. Hosman’s room and
work on assignments that they didn’t turn in. If
you didn’t have any work, he would give you a piece
of paper and you would have to write about a subject that he
would give you. This was preparing the students for the STAAR
writing test.
Alex the Great!
Alex Hernandez,
is the 7th grade hero of
the Jr. High Football
Team. Alex was playing
great until the tragic
event happened, he
gets hit and gets a concussion.
Alex had to stay
out for two games. He
played the last game,
even though the junior
high football team
didn’t win all their
games, they still had a
very amazing season.
Way to go boys!
By: Daniel Martinez
By: Alex Torres
Christmas Break
On Friday, December 19, 2014, starting at 12:20, our Christmas Break
began. It was the start of our two week long Christmas break! To find
out how everyone was going to celebrate Christmas, we asked the
eighth grade class what they’d be doing over the break. According to
our poll, 40% of the students said they’d be staying at home with
their families, 28% would be partying and celebrating, 25% were going to travel, and 7% said they would be doing something different.
We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year!
By: Kaitlyn Surratt, Caydi Blaha, Kristian Munoz
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