End of Year Edition 2011

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End of Year Edition
May 2011
Our Favorite Memories of 2011
By: Jennifer Alberto and Christley Mena
What
was
your favorite memory of this year?
This school year is
coming to an end
and there are lots of
memories we are
looking back on.
This year was not
like any other. We
had lots of laughs
and some crazy
times too. HEMS
students reflect and
share their favorite
memories of the
year.
ies, eighth graders
Amber Veras and
Lucely Rojas said
that they loved playAdrain Va- ing basketball with
lerio,
s e v e n t h their team.
grade, said, “My faThe memovorite memory this ries you can’t forget
year was playing are those of best
my very first basket- f riend s.
E igh th
ball game against grader
Marlluri
Heights
Terrace Peralta said her faand to make it bet- vorite memory was
ter, we won the meeting Kevin Langame too!” Sounds tigua and Harley
like he is going to Castro, who said
miss those basket- his favorite memory
ball games.
is being in the halls.
Enjoy the rest of
the school year and
have a great summer! We will see you
back in August.
Editor-in-Chief
Miss Leonard
*Editor assisted
favorite memory is
hanging out with
her friends and
meeting Sneki Nikolic!”
J o s i e l
Delgadillo, seventh
grade, said he liked
that he met a lot of
new people. His favorite memory is,
“becoming
class
president. It feels
good being called
president.”
We both had
a great year with all
our friends and
With
more
S e v e n t h teachers. We are
basketball memor- grader Jessie Caso going to miss you.
■
Photographers
Miss Higgs
Miss Leonard
Miss Stauffer
■
Reporters
Jennifer Alberto
Moriah Graaf
Joanny Jimenez
Christley Mena
Lauren Merola
Leandris Reyes
Pricilla Rodriguez
Jaicha Valerio
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
News
Class Will
1, 7-8
2-6
Pictures
8
Newspaper Staff
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The Castle Caller
2010-2011 Eighth Grade
Mr. Whitley's Homeroom
John Almonte Polanco wills his Call Of Duty Black Ops skills to the 7th grade.
Issac Arias wills his singing skills to the 7th grade.
Melina Arias wills her loudness and weird laugh to Junior Arias.
Rafael Arias wills his awesomeness to the 7th grade.
Gisselle Aybar wills her loudness to Yuliana Martinez.
Naomi Barreto wills her hair and humor to the 7th grade.
Jamilee Bennett wills her ghettoness and loudness to the 7th grade.
Richardson Calderon wills his humor and basketball skills to the 7th grade.
Katherine Cuevas wills her awesomeness to Angel Alvarez.
Angel Diaz, Jr. wills his hair and clothes to Wandy Mateo.
Michael Etzel wills his singing skills to the 7th grade.
Kimberly Flores wills her artistic skills to Jessie Caso.
Marisol Garcia wills her toughness to the 7th grade.
Heidi Gogel wills her tallness to the 7th grade.
Moriah Graaf wills her quietness to the 7th grade.
Geralyn Martinez wills her ghettoness and loudness to Juliana Martinez.
Raquel Martinez wills her randomness and loudness to Alexander Salvador.
David Torres wills his coolness to the entire the 7th grade.
Mr. Flaherty's Homeroom
Esmeralda Andrade wills her humor to Gabriela Tomax.
Bridget Boyer wills her science grades to Matthew Hand.
Christian Brea wills his bet hopes to Richardzon Rosario.
Terry Bryan wills her looks to the 7th grade.
James Cusate wills his grades to the 7th grade.
Zandrea Deritis wills her weirdness to Vianny Rojas.
Noemi Espinal wills her hair to Jennifer Guzman.
Lily Evans wills her shortness to Alanna Supon.
Delanie Hunsicker wills her love for semi-good grades to Tesa Chippi & Ashley Onder.
Freddie Lecleres wills his books to the 7th grade.
Carlos Luna wills his baseball skills to Richardzon Rosario.
Kyla Osadche wills her loudness & cheerleading skills to Aidalis Simet & Pricilla Rodriguez.
Gerald Pressler wills his skills to Yasel Alcantara.
Lucely Rojas wills her loudness and weirdness to Vianny Rojas.
Kandace Roman wills her humor to Theresa Schreffler.
Samantha Shafer wills her hair to Britney Schreffler.
Michelle Stenson wills her personality to Tesa Chippi, Britney Schreffler and Theresa
Schreffler.
Samantha Jo Veet wills her crazy personality to the 7th grade.
Ms. Rimshaw's Homeroom
Darleny Gutierrez wills her randomness to the 7th grade.
Gabrielle Guzman wills her randomness to Natalie Guzman.
Diana Henriquez wills a scissor to Isaiah Gabriel Rivera.
Humberto Hernandez wills his absences to the 7th grade.
Victoria Lindstrom wills her loudness to 7th the grade.
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Class Will
Andrew Lozano wills his tallness to the 7th grade.
Franchesca Martinez wills her freakishness to Jhonny Martinez.
Rocco Martoccio wills his laziness to the 7th grade.
Lauren Merola wills her happiness to the 7th grade.
Eric Mussoline wills his tallness to the 7th grade.
Keefer Ngirngesechei wills his intelligence to Kyle Plesh.
Anthony Nunez wills his loudness to the 7th grade.
Leslie Rodriguez wills her craziness to the 7th grade.
Donnalee Santana wills her humor to Sandy Nikolic.
Aurora Savadge wills her good grades to Aylora Savadge & good behavior to Malena Gallucci.
Brittany Slim-Almanzar wills her long hair to Destiny Mundo and her shortness to Pricilla
Rodriguez.
Wilson Soto wills his good looks to Wandy Mateo.
Sierra Suda wills her sense of humor to Alexis Danielle Hunsinger.
Jazmyne Thomas wills her stupidity to the 7th grade.
Antonio Tyler wills his lack of silence to Adrian Valerio.
Samantha Varela wills her athletic ability to Jessie Caso.
Elizabeth Vitacco wills her quietness to the 7th grade.
Brandon Waldron wills his knowledge to the 7th grade.
David Whitmire wills his ninja skills to Brianne Wetz.
Mr. Schifano's Homeroom
Jessica Batista wills her curly hair to Diana Colon.
Denny Ceballlo wills her "stupidity" to Khabet Rodriguez.
Maritza Cervantes wills her quietness to the 7th grade.
Vannessa Chapman wills her quietness to the 7th grade.
Christian Cordero wills his Big P. skills to Eric Cordero.
Sandra Cruz wills her art skills to Alexandra Martinez.
Jonathan Deisler wills his Halo skills to Brock Barcasky.
Saul Diaz wills his laziness to the 7th grade.
Melissa Djordjevic wills her kindness to the 7th grade.
Tyler Frederick wills his stories to Brock Barcasky.
Brandon Gonzalez wills his speed to Alex Cruz.
Allison Haggerty wills her basketball skills to Jessie Caso.
Francesca Hinkle wills her texting in class skills to the 7th grade.
Angel Lopez wills his basketball skills to Joseph Kramer.
Crisalis Lora wills her hair to Jasmin Abreu.
Jason Molina wills his "stupidity" to Brock Barcasky.
Elio Osorio wills his hair to the 7th grade.
Nilda Paduani wills her good grades to Ashley Cruz.
Nelson Polanco wills his afro to Eudy Lara.
Angel Reyes wills his ghettoness to Railin Ariel Hernandez.
Estiven Rodriguez wills his "Smartness" to Khabet Rodriguez.
Pricilla Santana wills her loud crazy mouth to Liernest Samuel Varona.
Gloria Tineo wills her "haters make us famous" to Diana Colon.
Massimiliano Valerio wills his stories to the 7th grade.
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2010-2011 Eighth Grade
Mr. Elswick's Homeroom
Jesseunna Duckett wills her energy to Liernest Varona.
Domingo Gonzalez wills his muscles to Jordy Gonzalez.
Aishia Hernandez wills her problems to Angel Alvarez.
Jarlin Lara wills his basketball skills to Adrian Valerio.
Margaret Lauber wills her trouble to Alejandra Nunez.
Sheirrys Maldonado wills her ghettoness to Diana Colon.
Jhon Martinez wills his basketball skills to Richardzon Javier Rosario.
Jose Medina wills his paying attention in class skills to Roivict Medina.
Juliancaron Mejia wills her craziness and energy to Keyla Perez.
Chelsea Morin wills her absence to the 7th grade.
Emmanuel Morrobel wills his quietness to the 7th grade.
Yeni Nunez wills her craziness to Railin Hernandez.
Christian Paredes wills his quietness to the7th grade.
Leidy Perez wills her craziness to Keyla Perez.
Arislady Pichardo wills her quietness to the 7th grade.
Patrick Pilati wills his craziness to Brian Venturn.
Ernesto Quinones wills his Call Of Duty Theme to Elvin Berroa.
Angel Rodriguez wills his football skills to the 7th grade.
Christian Rosario-Medina wills his funniness to the 7th grade.
Eric Sanchez wills his funniness to the 7th grade.
Yisbel sanchez wills her loudness to Sterlin Perez.
Wendy Supulveda wills her laziness to the 7th grade.
Michelle Taveras wills her craziness and loudness to Diana Colon and Sterlin Perez.
Julio Trinidad Peralta wills his intelligence to the 7th grade.
Roland Vega wills his speed to Johny Pepen.
Jerry Villar wills his quietness to the 7th grade.
Mr. Hudock's Homeroom
Andy Acosta wills his ability to question everything to the 7th grade.
Brandon Anziani wills his dancing to Yasel Alcantara.
Gabriel Batista wills hits talking ability to Yasel Alcantara.
Harley Castro wills his shortness and ability to remain sleeping in class until school ends to
Jose Cabrera.
Gabriel Colon-Janus wills his insanity to the 7th grade.
Diohana Fermin will her ability to be in halls to the 7th grade.
Penelope Guerrero wills her hard headedness to Angel Alvarez.
Kevin Lantigua wills his strength to Julio Arizmendi.
James Lombert wills his funniness to the 7th grade.
Leny Medina wills his coolness and funniness to Isaiah Rivera.
Maxiel Otanez wills her hall wandering to Alex Salvador.
Ezal Pavlichko wills his "preppy-ness" to the 7th grade.
Jose Pena wills his intelligence to the 7th grade.
Marlluri Peralta wills her cousinly love to Alex Salvador.
Andy Perez wills his intelligence to the 7th grade.
Ciarra Rivera wills her weirdness to Michael Petrone.
Franklin Rivera wills his comedy to Eric Cordero.
Antonio Santos wills his laziness to Angel Alvarez.
Carlos De Los Santos wills his basketball skills to Alex Ledesma.
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2010-2011 Eighth Grade
Harold Velasco ability to be unnoticed to the 7th grade.
Ambar Veras wills her cleaning duty to the 7th grade.
Mr. Sedon's Homeroom
Laura Almonte wills her loudness to the 7th grade.
Lucas Almonte wills his "twins" to the 7th grade.
Kirsy Beato Vargas wills her smile to the 7th grade.
Jakayra Colon Japa wills his seriousness to the 7th grade.
Narciso Diaz wills his strongness to the 7th grade.
Yarissa Espinal Bonifacio wills her craziness to the 7th grade.
Johan Figuero Santana wills his niceness to the 7th grade.
Merely Francisco wills her laugh to the 7th grade.
Matthew Galarza wills his tardiness to the 7th grade.
Yaribel Lombert wills her style to the 7th grade.
Shai Medina-Santana wills his hairstyles to the 7th grade.
Samuel Mejia wills his tallness to the 7th grade.
Ana Elsa Morillo Claris wills her quietness in class to the 7th grade.
Kendy Ortiz Birto wills his shortness to the 7th grade.
Giovanni Peralta will his toughness to the 7th grade.
Anyelina Peralta Rodriguez wills her kindness to the 7th grade.
Jeremy Piacenti wills his ability to question to the 7th grade.
Jeffrey Ramirez wills his goofiness to the 7th grade.
Evelyn Rodriguez wills her talking habit to the 7th grade.
Evelyn Lizbeth Rodriguez wills her trouble-making skills to the 7th grade.
Carlos Rodriguez-Payero wills his dancing skills to the 7th grade.
Jonathan Rosado wills his happiness to the 7th grade.
Yamaris Santana sierra wills her kindness to the 7th grade.
Jose Tatis wills his humor to the 7th grade.
Elvira Vidal Sanchez wills her shortness to the 7th grade.
Shelby Welch wills her quietness to the 7th grade.
Mr. Rodger's Homeroom
Shauna Alban wills her laugh to Theresa Schreffler.
Emanuel Amancio wills his cheerful personality to the 7th grade.
Ivette Amancio wills her ability to put on lip gloss for 10 straight minutes without stopping to
Aidalis Simet.
Hernan Aquino wills his sexiness to Gerardo Aquino.
Albert Arias wills his swagger to David Ramos.
Heaven Batista wills her skinniness to Destiny Mundo.
Mikaela Browdy wills her basketball ability to Jessie Caso.
Jeremiah Budgeon wills his giftedness to the 7th grade.
Nick Cibulish wills his height to Randi Pineda.
Brianna Cora wills her will to learn to the 7th grade.
Anthony Cundro wills his yo-yo skills to Chris Tatro.
Jesus Delgado wills his soccer skills to Gerardo Aquino.
Alexander Duran wills his ghetto swagger to Eric Cordero.
Bryan Frent wills his books to the 7th grade.
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2010-2011 Eighth Grade
Mr. Rodger's Homeroom cont.
Christian Fuentes wills his quietness to the 7th grade.
Eva Gallegos Cinto wills her respectful personality to the 7th grade.
Nicole Gionta wills her ability to do nothing to Megan Brill.
Kevin Michael Harry wills his student council presidency to Randi Pineda.
Kalie Kotansky wills her basketball skills to Julissa Esmeraldo Herrera.
Jaiden LaRizzio wills his height and hair to the 7th grade.
Peter Lombardo wills his athletic ability to the 7th grade.
Carina Madera wills her sweetness to Jasmin Abreu.
Carolina Madera wills her ghettoness to the 7th grade.
Matthew Michelin wills his basketball skills to Joseph Lee Kramer.
Kimberly Perez wills her super-mega swagger to Jessie Caso.
Pilar Perez wills her shyness to Jasmin Abreu.
Anthony Perno wills his ability to be annoying to the 7th grade.
Michael Pollock wills his basketball skills to Dante D’Mato.
Timothy Price wills his skateboarding skills to Chris Tatro.
Nikita Ramos wills her absence to the 7th grade.
Leandris Reyes wills her looks to Nikaury Pichardo.
Yamilex Rodriguez wills her awesomeness to Angel Alvarez.
Jessica Turitto wills her ability to do nothing in Mr. Sedon’s class to Megan Brill.
Jaicha Valerio wills her tumbling ability to Malena Gallucci.
Miss Leonard and the student staff of The
Castle Caller would like to thank everyone
who made this year’s editions a huge success.
We particularly would like to thank the elementary and middle school teachers who contributed their views and opinions to our articles
and the copy center for their prompt service
on every edition. Finally, a special thank you to eighth grader
Leandris Reyes and middle school
teacher Mrs. Rodgers for taking on
the difficult task of The Class Will.
Without your help, The Will would not
be possible. See you in August!
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What Are Your Summer Plans?
By: Pricilla Rodriguez and Joanny Jimenez
This year went by
fast and the memories won’t be forgotten. Students at HMS
are getting excited
about summer and
are making their
summer plans. We
asked some students
to share their summer plans with us.
Seventh grader,
Jasmin Abreu said,
“I’m going to have
fun partying with my
buddies all day.”
Julio Arizmendi,
7th grade, is going to
“play football with my
buddies.”
“I’m
going
to
Ocean City, Maryland
with
the family, “
said Brock
Barcasky.
Seventh
grader,
Julissa
Garcia,
said,
“I’m
going to travel to different places and
party like crazy!”
Jennifer Alberto,
7th grader, said, “I’m
going to DR with my
family,
going
to
parks, and seeing all
my family members.”
Eighth
Brittany
grader,
SlimAlmanzar
said she
is, “Going
to
chill”
with her
friends
and is going to the
DR and
Florida with her family.
Lucely Rojas, 8th
grade,
plans
to
“make this the best
summer ever.”
“I will hang out
with my friends and
go to amusement
parks,” said Michael
Pollock, 8th grade.
Geralyn
Martinez, 8th grade, said
“I’m going to New
York and Rhode Island and then come
back here.”
Finally, 8th grader
Pilar Perez is going
to New York and the
Dominican Republic.
No matter what
your plans are for the
summer, stay safe
and have fun! Good
luck to the 8th graders going to the high
school next year.
What 8th Graders Will Miss Most About “The Castle”
By: Moriah Graaf and Lauren Merola*
Many 8th grade
students will find it
difficult to go to 9th
grade because of the
attachment they have
to
“The
Castle.”
Some students expressed their sadness about the things
they are going to
miss, while others
mentioned
some
things they were not
going to miss.
Sandra Cruz is
going to “miss the
teachers” and Leslie
Rodriguez
agrees
saying the teachers Middle School first
here are “awesome.” opened it’s doors in
Aurora Savadge 2007 and therefore
said she will miss her find it hard to leave.
friends. She isn’t Guerrero said the
guaranteed to be in school has given her
the same classes a lot of memories,
with them next year she met a lot of peowith all the students ple, and took part in
combining from the many activities.
cio
and
Melena
Arias both stated
they are ready to
move on. Arias commented, “ I have to
make a future for myself,” while Amancio
stated that moving on
to high school meant
moving on in life.
other middle schools.
Wilson Soto, Domingo
Gonzalez,
and Brianna Corra
are happy to move
on because they
aren’t fans of the
school lunches and
Michael
Etzel,
Brandon
Anziani,
Jaiden
LaRizzio,
and Penelope Guerrero have all been
here since 4th grade
when Hazleton Ele-
Though most 8th
graders will miss certain things about
“The Castle” there
are students who are
ready to move on to
the high school.
Emanuel Aman-
Cont. p. 8
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2010-2011 PICTORIAL REVIEW
miss “The Castle” or happy to move on
for different reasons
hope the food is any other school.
or sad because you
Keefer N. will not
better in 9th grade.
will
miss
your
Delane
Hun- miss it here because friends and your
sicker is ready to he feels the school teachers, there is
move on because “it lacks fun activities.
one thing you will
Lastly,
Andy always take with
is too cramped at
Acosta said he will you - the excellent
this school.”
Terry Bryan and not miss it because education you reDenny
Ceballo he unfortunately has ceived here.
simply don’t like some bad memories
We hope you
school in general at “The Castle.”
have enjoyed readWhether you are ing all of the comand therefore won’t
Memories cont.
ments from your fellow students. We
would like to wish
good luck to everyone going to 9th
grade next year and
to all the 7th graders
for their 8th grade
year! Enjoy every
minute of it because
it goes by fast. Before you know it,
we’ll be seeing you
at the high school!