Library Rewards by Nataly Moran de Lira

Titan News, Volume 2, Issue 1
Headline News
Library Rewards
by Nataly Moran de Lira
The kites hung on the wall has
teacher recommendations.
Mrs. Birringer may
be new, but she also has a lot
of creativity. Mrs. B also
invented the library reading
rewards! Students can earn
treats by reading different
recommended books. Mrs.
B. started doing the rewards
because she wants to encourage students to read more.
When you see Mrs. Birringer,
thank her for creating the
library rewards that you can
earn.
Some of the ways to
get a prize is by finding the
golden tickets, which are
hidden inside the librarybooks, so if you find
one, you have to read the
book, and not just to get the
ticket. You can also get rewards with the readbox, you
can get one of the books and
then you get a prize if you
read one of the books that are
on the readbox cart. The kites
on the wall that have the
teachers hanging on them
have recommended books to
read, if you do read those
books, you can get a prize.
You also get to have the five
book choice where you can
get a book, and then you are
given a main idea slip, and
then you can write about the
main idea for the book that
you are reading.
Inside this issue:
Also, if you would like a
larger prize, you can try the minute
to win it challenge. This month
you can attempt to throw three
quarters in the fish tank in one
minute. There are more to come,
so be prepared to read new books
every month.
LIBRARY REWARDS
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6TH HR ELECTIVES
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CALENDAR EVENTS
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8TH GRADERS
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SATURDAY SCHOOL
2
6TH GRADERS
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RETENTION
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TEACHER SPOTLIGHT
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PRINCIPAL WORD
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SUBJECT NEWS
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CLUBS
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NEW TEACHERS
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BEHIND THE SCENES
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TEACHERS HAVE IT
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HARD
This shows the readbox, with
books you can read for free.
GIRLS TRACK
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MOVIE REVIEW
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POLL QUESTION
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DEAR MISS SWIGERT 8
JOKES
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New 6th Hour Electives by Maria Angel
Are you wondering what new
6th hour electives there are?
Well, there is Advanced Strings,
with Mrs. Bowen. Orchestra
teacher, Mrs. Bowen said, “The
best part of Advanced Orchestra,
class is working with students
whom I’ve had the pleasure of
teaching for several years and
watching them mature musically.”
Then there is STEAM. There
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is 6th grade STEAM and that is
with Ms. Price, 7th grade
STEAM with Mr. Anderson &
Ms. Kimberly, and 8th grade
steam with Ms. Bones. 7th grade
teacher, Ms. Kimberly, said,
“The purpose of STEAM is to
get students thinking creative
and scientific based methods.
We do fun projects, that combined science, engineering, art,
technology, and math.”
Other new 6th hour electives
are Video Production and that is
with Mrs. Duffey. There is poetry with Ms. Kipps, Robotics
with Mrs. DeBise, & Creative
Writing with Ms. Rose. For Creative Writing, 8th grader Charlotte Romero said, “In this class
we do a lot of writing, but in a
creative way.”
Students practice in Advanced
Orchestra 6th hour.
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CLUBS AND EVENTS:
Monday —Battle of the Books after school
Tuesday —Step Team practice after school
Wednesday — indoor morning soccer
Thursday —indoor morning arena football; Yearbook after school
Friday —NJHS after school
8th Graders Today, Freshman Tomorrow by Diego Guevarra
At JSAA the 8th graders
are on their way to high
school. Many will pass and
some may fail. The JSAA
teachers of 8th grade put hard
work into teaching all the
students here. They help us
learn and get ready for high
school.
“My expectation for 8th
grade is to get C’s or better”
says Bryce Morales. In 8th
grader you can’t have any F’s
or D’s if you do you will fail.
“I would like to learn more in
Language Arts” says Brice.
He wants to learn and try this
year to pass into high school
“8th grader isn’t so bad I
thought it would be worse”
Adalina says. To her 8th grade
might be easy but to others it
might be difficult.
Casi Rosales says that she
wants to get good grades for
this year.” I like all the old
and new teachers here in 8th
grade say Casi”. Some 8th
graders have already set goals
and if they work hard and try
they can succeed.
Juan Gonzales says, “the
year might be difficult because we are expected to do
more tasks and assignments.”
Juan’s goals are to get in soccer, get straight A’ and B’s.
Like Juan many 8th graders
should and
have set goals
as I said before.
Therefore
to all 8th graders stay on
task, set goals,
and don’t cry
in your classes
because you
will be made
fun of by all
of your
friends and
8th grade students work hard in class to meet
teachers.
their goals for this school year.
Saturday School by Lenea Segura
Are you ready for another
year of Saturday school? “I
needed to finish my work that
I didn’t finish in class,” said
Kristy Bermudez. Saturday
school is a good way to get
your work in on time to help
your grades. The week you
get assigned to go to Saturday
school you have to go the
following weekend. If you do
not attend your parents will be
notified. When you get Saturday school your teacher will
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give you a piece of paper that
states that you have the attend
Saturday school the following
Saturday. You parents have to
sign the paper so teachers
know that your parents are
informed.
You can volunteer to go to
Saturday school. “I volunteered to go to Saturday
school to finish the work I
didn’t have the time to finish
in class” said Charlotte
Romero. You don’t have to
get a piece of paper saying
that you have to go to Saturday school, you can volunteer. Students volunteer to
finish work, to help, or just to
be there. When you go to Saturday school you are provided breakfast. You must be at
Saturday school from 9:00—
12:00. It seems better than
regular school, huh?
Saturday school can also be
a punishment. “I had to go to
Saturday school for talking
back to my teachers and not
finishing my work because I
was distracted.” Said Adalina
Reyes. Students get punished
for having bad behavior, and
one of the consequences for
their bad behavior is Saturday
school. Saturday school could
be for late work, bad behavior,
and more. Saturday school has
many purposes. Students that
chose to have bad behavior
and not turn in their work will
remain attending Saturday
school.
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6th Graders by Jessica Pena
Many 6th graders are
scared when they start
middle school. Could
it have been any different this year? 6th
graders seem more
social this year. Most
6th graders end up with
a favorite and least
favorite part of school.
Science seems to be
pretty popular in the
like category. “I like
Computer Club “geeks” built their own
science because I get
computer as a culminating project.
to do experiments and
try new things,” explains 6th grader Anthony Jackson. “I hate tests, I
always get nervous and think
I fail them,” says Leticia Hernandez Hernandez. We know
the reason for going to school
is to learn.” learning is my
favorite part of school.
Normally, when you
start middle school you get to
have a locker. “I love having
a locker because I can put all
my stuff in it and it won’t get
stolen like if it was in a desk.”
says Victoria Rachall. In
JSAA we have to wear uniform. Victoria Rachall made a
comment about uniforms, “I
hate uniforms because when
they get dirty and they end up
with a big stain.” Over all, 6th
graders are having the same
problems most of us do when
we start middle school.
Maybe next year it
will be different.
Retention by Jasmine Rose Soliz
Many schools
have different ways of
dealing with delinquents,
bad grades, or even bad
attitudes. Some students
simply can’t comprehend
the fact that their choices
affect their grades, their
friends, teachers even
their parents. They seem
not to come to the realization that there are consequences, now that’s
where “RETENTION”
comes in, in other words,
they get held back.
Here at Jack
Swigert Aerospace
Academy the school
gives students every
chance and or opportuni-
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ty to try to be successful.
JSAA provides
students with a wide variety of options to bring
grades up or fix behavior
problems, students get
the D and F call to be
notified if they have to
attend Saturday school
or after school tutoring.
Students who do attend
bring up their grades.
There are some
who get recommended to
be retained because they
don’t try or just didn’t
bother to show up to the
school itself after school
tutoring or Saturday
school. The principal of
JSAA, Jim Nason, says,
“Retention is the last
thing I want to do, educators shouldn’t have to
work harder than the students for the students to
be successful, and we
work very hard!
At JSAA there
were approximately 500
students last year, and
only 15 were recommended to be retained.
Therefore it should be
exceptionally easy to
pass the year. This
should be a wakeup call
to know that retention is
real and it happens, so be
careful and give some
effort this year.
You’re in luck
because, the year just
started so don’t wait until the last moment to try
to bring your grades up.
What are you going to
choose to do, pass or
risk retention?
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Highlight and Feature News
Teacher Spotlight by Jasmine Lynch
Beginning the Teacher
Spotlight this year is 7th grade
science teacher, Mr. Anderson. Mr. Anderson said that
he didn’t have a best period.
He thinks that they are all
good a unique in their groups.
Students may think that the
teachers have a favorite period. Not Mr. Anderson, he
doesn’t have a favorite at all.
Would a teacher ever
trade subjects or places with
another teacher? Mr. Anderson explained, “If I had to
trade with any teacher it
would be Mr. Cordova, because there are cool things
with computers.’’ Mottos are
quotes or sayings that people
live by or say often; well, Mr.
Anderson says his teaching
motto is, “Give it your best.”
This is his motto because nobody should ask why and they
should just give it their all.
What would you do for a
Klondike Bar? Well Mr. Anderson said, “I would stick
my head in an alligator’s
mouth.” Will he be able to
survive?
Lastly, Mr. Anderson
had some expertise to share
about Starbursts. How do
they taste so juicy? The science teacher explained, “Lots
of chemicals, we can’t say.”
That’s all for Teacher Spotlight. As Mr. Anderson says,
until next month, “Give it
your best.”
Mr. Anderson, 7th grade
science teacher.
A Word From the Principal by Madison Garcia
Mr. Nason our school principal has high expectations
for every student this year.
Every month, the newspaper
will be delivering new messages from Mr. Nason.
This school year we
have some new things going
on. There is a new after
school program for students
struggling in math, reading,
and writing. JSAA will also
be trying to expand newspaper and broadcasting this
school year.
On October 6th, the
new after school program
will be starting. Several
staff members and administration will be running the
new after school program.
Mr. Nason will also be hiring a new staff to help run
the program.
Mr. Nason is not exactly
sure when they will expand
newspaper or broadcasting,
but he would really like to
make them more frequent.
Saturday school continues this year, and will be
based on content grades. So,
by not doing your homework you will be recom-
mended for Saturday school.
Not only is Saturday school
for the students that get recommend, but it is also for
any other student that needs
help.
This school year, Mr.
Nason is excited to be back
at school with all of the students because we are so
“unique.” He is also excited
to see us all grow up.
Keep reading each
month for more information
from Mr. Nason!
MR. NASON OUR
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
HAS HIGH
EXPECTATIONS FOR
EVERY STUDENT THIS
YEAR.
Subject News by Dillon Kenney
Did you know that
Mr.Bockstalher, a sixth grade
language arts teacher, based
his classes this year off of a
computer game to get students interested and engaged
in reading?
His highest expectations for
his classes are to be quiet,
work, and always bring a
book to class, so be prepared.
Sixth graders will be reading,
writing, and doing lots of
thinking for this year. He will
be looking forward to reading,
“Your amazing writing and
your amazing thoughts. You
will also be learning the importance of curiosity.”
Mr. Bochstalher is excited for all
the unique lessons to come this
year.
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Highlight and Feature News
Clubs by Destyne Smith
The three Battle of the Books
coaches.
Students should join Battle
of the Books this year.
Three teachers are sponsoring the club, one for each
grade level. Mr. Bockstahler is doing Battle of
the Books for 6th grade.
Mrs. Scoggins is leading
Battle of the Books for 7th
grade. Lastly, Mrs. Henley
is leading Battle of the
Books for 8th grade.
gets the most questions
right wins the competition.
Students even compete
against other schools.
Battle of the Books is
about students that want to
read new and recommended books and challenge
other students on what they
have learned. The students
compete against another
team and whichever team
Reading a bunch of
books is recommended for
this club. This club is located in the library every
New Faces by Vanessa Mendoza
Ms. Kerth enjoys teaching in
her ELL classroom.
Ms.Kerth is one of our
newest E.L.L teachers.
She has been teaching
for 7 years straight. Her
favorite subject is teaching, and it is very fun to
her. She first started
teaching at “Pikes Peak
Elementary.” She started
teaching because she
loves to help students
learn and loves working
with them. She got inter-
ested in being a teacher
because she would get to
work with cute little kindergarteners. Her favorite thing about Swigert is
that it feels just right.
She plans on being a
teacher until she retires.
She likes being an E.L.L
teacher, but would also
like to teach Spanish.
The People Behind the Scenes by Jesse Ostermeier
It’s time to meet some of the
people that students see every
day, but do not pay attention
to.
Meet Marlene Roth, you
probably talk to her all the
time, but you really never
have met her. she said the
best thing about the school is
the students who go to school
here. Did you now, she has
worked in District 11 for 15
years now? The other jobs
she’s had in the past are many
other accounting jobs. She
had another option for a job at
JSAA, she could have done
attendance. She has a message
or all those students out there,
“Respect others and treat others how you would like to be
treated.” Also, “Do your
best.”
When you’re in the office, say
hi to Marlene, she’s probably
helping you out.
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Titan News, Volume 2, Issue 1
Editorial
How Hard Do Teachers Have It? by Kailyn Stefan
Without teachers, the
world would most likely be a
sad place, full of pathetic and
uneducated people, only living for an average of twentyto-thirty years, due to a severe
lack of common sense and
higher education.
Even though learning can
be a difficult task, filled with
boring hours of lectures from
people who you have no interest in, and many worksheets
and activities for subjects that
make you want to break
things, most can agree that in
the end it’s for the best. What
most students, and sometimes
even parents, don’t understand is that teachers give up
a lot of time and effort to do
their jobs. The fabulous teachers at our own school are perfect examples of a hardworking staff.
“You have to get up so
early,” Ms. Kimberly, 7th
grade history, explains. She
has been teaching for six
“long and terrifying” years, in
total. She claims that teaching
is more difficult than she had
thought it would be, because
she doesn’t have the time to
plan or create lessons, like she
had in college. She has to
drink lots of coffee every day,
before and at school, to keep
her motivated to do her job all
day. She has to grade a lot of
papers constantly, and has
many tasks and responsibilities to attend to as a teacher.
“You want every student to
succeed and sometimes there
are things outside of my realm
of control, that I can’t fix, and
it makes me sad or upset. I
wish each student could have
more of my time, but with
huge classes it’s difficult.”
Mrs. Duffy, drama and
broadcasting, explains, “It’s
difficult because we think we
know everything we need to
know, and when we see a
student doing something unwise, it makes grey hairs pop
up on our pointy heads.” She
personally dislikes the inability to go to the bathroom during classes, but she stays motivated to continue and do her
job by finding cool things to
do, like The Purge. She explains that she cannot remember how long she has been
teaching, due to many breaks
between years of teaching,
such as for military things, or
having a kid. “Teaching is
more complicated than I was
prepared for, but the
thing is that I never get
to teach the same
thing. “
Mr. Adams, 8th
grade math, believes
that teaching is difficult because he has a
lot of work outside of
school. “The worst
thing about being a
Ms. Kimberly “working hard” or “hardly work- teacher is that my job
is so much more than
ing?”
teaching,” he explains,
though he is kept motivated
whenever he sees a student
who gets it, that hasn’t gotten
it before. Mr. Adams shares
that he has been teaching for
five years. He also explains
that he knew that teaching
was going to be a lot of work,
and not a lot of pay.
Ms. Rose, 8th grade history, has been teaching for three
years. “It can be difficult,
because students don’t always
pay attention, they like to
push your buttons and they
like to find out your weaknesses.” She goes on to mention, “There is a lot of work
that goes on behind the
scenes, I’ll work a couple of
hours on the weekends, and
that can be kind of frustrating.” She also thinks that
teaching is harder than she
had thought, because no one
tells you how much time it
takes, because they don’t
want to scare you away.
her students to get an education, she likes teaching them,
and likes to see them succeed.
“I don’t think I had any preconceived notion of how hard
it would be. I love my job, so
it doesn’t seem like work.”
Teachers have to work
hard to help us all move forward and achieve an education. They spend a lot of time
grading our papers, answering
questions, planning lessons,
and so many more tasks, outside of school hours. A lot of
students tend to forget or
overlook the difficult job that
teachers have, so if you see a
teacher working hard, try to
remember to thank them for
their efforts.
Mrs. Duffey
finally snaps!
“It’s not difficult, because
I love teaching science. It’s
just hard work,” Mrs. Debise,
6th grade science, argues. She
has been a teacher for twelve
years, “I get tired of hearing
my own voice,” she comments. She says that she
thinks that it is important for
Titan News, Volume 2, Issue 1
Sports and Entertainment News
Track Madness by Julio Hernandez
The girls track season is
here, and they are practicing
every day after school, from
4:00pm to 5:30 pm.
Each day, they work on
conditioning which includes
the 100m dash, 200m, and
the 400m.
Most of the girls practice in and outside of practice. Charlotte Stroud said “I
practice at home, I usually
practice my events, which
are the 100m, 200m, and
Gabby Levia demonstrates how to
start a race and be ready to win.
long jump.”
Seventh grader Gabby Levia is returning for
another season. “She is
the girl’s track star” Ms.
Case said.
Most of their track
meets will be at the Garry Berry stadium from
4:30 to 7:00.
To see some really
good competition between
all D11 schools, head to
Garry Berry after school to
support JSAA Girls Track
and to see how many events
the Titans will win!
The girls practice working as a
team.
Movie Review— TMNT — by Julian Berry
Have you ever
heard your parents with
their friends talking about
all of their favorite movies
and how they grew up
watching Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles?
Chances are, most
of your parents grew up
watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But that
was for an older generation. Most people in this
generation can’t say a
movie is good unless it has
top-notch animation. And
everyone knew they
couldn’t go back and fix
the poorly animated older
movies.
That’s why there
is a new Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles. It was released on August 8, 2014.
It’s a great movie in my
opinion.
Eighth grader
Raekwon Futrell agreed.
“In the beginning it shows
them (the turtles) as babies
and Master Splinter and the
turtles eat this weird stuff,
and they all know fighting
because Splinter found a
Kung Fu book.” He went on
to state that it was pretty
good compared to earlier
movies
However, it isn’t all
fun and games like previous
films and cartoons. “There
were a lot of sad moments in
the movie, like when Splinter almost dies in front of his
turtles,” Raekwon said. He
also had a lot to say about
the animation. He put a
good amount of emphasis
on how the turtles were
huge and “buffer” than in
the first one. The turtles
appear over, well over six
feet tall.
As a wrap-up, this
new movie was pretty
great. It obviously has a lot
of controversy swarming
around it, as some people
critique it, and others give
it a chance.
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Sports and Entertainment News
Each Issue will tackle a tough topic in school. You may weigh in as well as staff and parents.
Today’s Poll question:
Each Issue will tackle a tough topic in school. You may weigh in as well as staff and parents.
Today’s Poll question:
1. Which school breakfast is your least favorite?
A) Meat, Cheese, and Egg Breakfast Sandwiches
B) Cinnamon Roll
C) Breakfast Surprise— Cheese Stick and Extras
D) Oatmeal Cookie
How do you feel about this topic?
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Riddles by Daniel Molloy
Q:Forward I’m
heavy. Backwards I’m not.
A: Forward I’m ton, backwards I’m
not.
Q: What can travel around the world while
staying in the corner?
A: A stamp
Q: What kind of room has no windows
and no doors?
A: A mushroom
Q: If you have me, you want to share
me. If you share me you don’t have
me. What am i?
A: Secret