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PIRATE PRESS
September 2014
Volume 2 Issue 1
In This Issue
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Good Samiratin—p.8
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Gaming—p.12-13
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New Faculy & Staff—p.2-6
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Ice Bucket Challenge—p.9
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App Reviews—p.14
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Pep Rallies—p.7
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Sports—p.10-11
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Photos of the Month—p.15
Meet Your 2014—2015 Pirate Press Staff
Bottom Row: Bethany Bollinger, Katlyn Hill, Destinee Carpenter, Jordan Camp, Rebecca Davenport, Rockell Leger, Carla DaSilva
Middle Row: Brooklyn Burton, Lauren Balla, Georgie Allen, Tate LaPray, Gavin Foy, Zack LaFleur, Tony McGowan, Jonathon Horn, Mrs. Domec
Top Row: Dyllon Dewitt, Morgan Turner, Breanna Domingue, Jordan Green
Not Pictured: Lori Bailleaux, Mikayla Borque, Texie Freeman, DeVon Noe, Jerrich Rollins
Kelli Bailey is 50 years old and has taught Business Education for 24 years. When she was in college, she planned on getting a degree in Business Finance, but switched her major to Business Education. She has taught at 10 different schools, but so far, her favorite has been Chisholm Trail in
Round Rock, TX. She likes teaching and is glad she came to Vidor. She currently lives in Kirbyville
where she previously taught for one year. Her favorite part of the school day is when she teaches
7th period, her favorite class. She says they drive her crazy, but she loves them. She has one son
named Jimmie Elliet who is 32 years old. She became a teacher so that she would have the same
schedule as her son when he was in school. she has traveled the world and she has lived in Saudi
Arabia and The Caymon Islands. Her hobbies include fishing, riding horses, and just being outdoors
in general. She currently has no pets but has had many dogs throughout her life.
-Katlyn Hill
Kelli Bailey—CTE
Mrs.Lilyquist she is the new theatre teacher this year who moved from West Orange- Stark middle
school. One of the reasons she moved here is so she could direct One Act Play. She has taught for 10
years her first school was in Texas is LCM, she has also taught in Louisiana. Mrs. Lilyquist didn’t have
a theatre program at her high school but she did community plays since she was 7. Mrs. Lilyquist went
to McNeese she has an undergraduate in mass communication and a Masters in Arts and Teaching.
She is married and has three children Shelby, Tyler, and Justin. i asked her what was one thing she is
most excited about this year she replied “I am most excited about being able to dive into and breaking
apart plays and directing a high school play.” She really likes getting to teach at Vidor High School “it’s
different from directing middle school or community theatre because I can go in deep with high school
students and they are willing to do anything and everything to learn.”
-Lori Bailleaux
Anne Lilyquist—Drama
Mr. Long is a young man following his dream of becoming a teacher. He originally wanted to be a
history teacher, but instead he became a geography teacher. He went to Lamar to get his four year
bachelors degree in history. He graduated from Vidor High school. Mr. Long helps coach soccer,
power lifting, and the swim team. On the weekends he plays flag football, and during the summers he
is a lifeguard at the Vidor city pool. He also helps out with the youth at his church, and is involved in
Meet in the Middle. Mr. Long is a very helpful person to the school and community.
-Morgan Turner
Ryan Long—History
Mrs. Lopez is the new Spanish teacher on campus. She is 54 years old and has three children. Mrs.
Lopez attended Rice University and this year will be her fourteenth year teaching. Mrs. Lopez has
previously worked at Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers), and taught at Westbrook High
School for 13 years. She grew up bilingual and that is a big part of her decision to teach Spanish.
Mrs. Lopez said she loves the Spanish culture and the variety of foods, colors, and traditions that
come with it. She stated that the students are a big part of why she loves teaching, she adores watching how students learn and improve throughout the year. The interaction is her favorite part of teaching.
-Bethany Bollinger
Irene Lopez—Spanish
Penny May—Science
Penny Louise May is a teacher for about 28 years balanced between Orangefield High School and
Port Neches-Groves High School, and now she`s on her 1st year at Vidor High School. Her curriculum contain classes as AP Biology, Biology 1, Biology 2, Physics, IPC, Astronomy, Meteorology, Marine Science, Oceanology, Environmental Science and Geology. She`s always one of the firsts to
arrive in school and also one of the last ones to go home. What she likes the most about teaching is
the contact with people, "I'm a people person!" and she loves the people she works with "They're
crazy! These are my people!" she`s always available to help and work with her students "I think that
what I do will make an impact, I`m investing in the future!". Although she had not wanted to be a
teacher, she ended up following her family career. She and her family are very close "They are my
best friends!" and thought she has no kids of her own, she loves her students as if they were her own.
"I don't have kids, so my students are my kids, I want to make a difference for them, a good difference."
-Carla DaSilva
Sean O’Bannion—PE/Coach
Coach Obanion started showing interest in coaching when he was in high school watching the
coaches. Works here at the Vidor High school as a weights and conditioning, and football coach.
For Mr. Obanion growing up his dad got him into football. As I was talking to coach I got some information about how he got stuck on football, and how he gets his team ready to go play a good
game of football! Coach gets prepared for his games by practicing real hard, watching films, and
studying plays to know what they’re doing wrong if their making a mistake and how to fix them or
what they’re doing right so they can keep it up. Have the players done anything special or specific?
As coach says “yes they run certain plays it just depends on who they are playing, the football team
will show up early for practice so they can watch film then get ready to go practice it out on the field
then we they get it down they go out and give it all they got and play a good game”. Coach got interested in football when he was just a young child his dad coached him and he just enjoyed playing and watching the sport, coach got to play running back and safety, but coach also played baseball in high school along with football.
-Brooklyn Burton
Ms. Phillips is the new band director at Vidor High School and I had the privilege of interviewing
her. When I asked where she is previously from, she replied, "I lived in Vidor but I moved from
Humble back here." She told me she also lived in Anahuac but before going there, taught at Sterling Middle School. She graduated from Vidor High School in 2004. When asked about how long
she has been doing her career and what made her choose this, she replied, "I have been a band
director for three years, I really love music, and I really enjoy working with kids. I asked where
does she see herself in the next 10 years and she said, "Hopefully, still here in Vidor teaching at
this school." Finally, I asked what she wants to accomplish at this school and she said, "I want to
continue the tradition of the Mighty Pirate Marching Band and spread a love for music."
Kara Phillips—Band
-Lauren Balla
Christa Richey is a new Physics teacher at Vidor High School and I interviewed her. She is
from Richland Town, Pennsylvania, and before working at Vidor, she worked at West Orange Stark High School, and also six years at Ozen. She chose Vidor because she knows
people who work here. She likes it here and says it's nice working with students who are
harder working and prepared. She chose Physics because she loves it, and she's very
mathematical, so she said it's easy for her. She went to Texas A & M for four years, and she
has a two and a half year old daughter.
-Destinee Carpenter
Christa Richey—Science
Mr. Richey originally was a teacher at Ozen high school for fifteen years. He got his English
degree from the University of Texas, and later got a master’s degree from Lamar. His grandmother is the one who inspired him to become a teacher. Mr. Richey lives in Beaumont with
his cat Ella. For those of you who do not know he is very athletic, he tries to go to the gym
six times a week. With his spare time he likes to relax, watch movies, watch h football, and
sometimes read books. Mr. Richey is a great teacher that we are glad to have.
-Morgan Turner
Devon Richey—English
Interview to come in next issue
Megan Ryan—English
Margaret Leger Sipol, or Mags, as her family calls her, is a substitute teacher for Vidor High
School. She became a substitute as a last resort, seeing as she’d never attended college,
yet wanted to be a teacher and loves children. For twelve years she attended two catholic
schools, both of which are now gone, St. James and Bishop Byrnes; four years and eight
years respectively. She enjoys quilting for her family and desires no money for doing so.
Since her catholic teachers spoke of Ireland quite a bit, she’s wanted to travel there. She
remembers her teachers speaking of the rolling green hills and beautiful sky. Mrs. Sipol is a
very down-to-Earth woman, wanting nothing more than to “Keep my head above water and
retire.”
Maragret Sipole—Sp. Ed
-Jonathan Horn
Coach Nic Tanner, yes Nic, without a “k”. Coach Tanner is 36 years old and grew up in Oklahoma, as suspected he is an OU fan. He is our new athletic trainer, and has known since
career day of his freshmen year he wanted to do it. He first graduated from the University of
Central Oklahoma, and ended up at Lamar to get his Masters, while he was there he was
the Assistant Trainer for the baseball team (02-05). In fact our very own Coach Gray was
there for part of the same time. For the last 8 years he has been at PNG, until he decided it
was time for change, and luckily for all of us VHS athletes he found himself here.
-Tate LaPray
Nic Tanner—Trainer
Jamie Youngblood is 36 years old. Her goal in life was to become a math teacher to teach kids to
love math as much she loves math. She prefers juniors when it comes to teaching teenagers.
She says “Freshman are still adjusting to high school and everything that is around them sophomores are getting things together while juniors have everything together”. Beside the point she
will teach a student from any grade she doesn’t pick favorites. Jamie Youngblood graduated from
Lamar University class of 2013. This is her second year teaching in Vidor High School she loves
math very much and she loves to teach it but she came up with this brilliant idea with her method
of teaching it’s called flipping the classroom so that you can go to this website where she already
is saying the lesson and the lecture on the topic and they can work on the homework at home
online if they want too. She has a husband named Mike and three children all boys. She’s a little
social with other teachers she’s friends with Ms. Hatton and that is about it in other words Jamie
Youngblood is a fantastic and smart teacher who is appreciated and loved like all other teachers
Jamie Youngblood—Math
-Dyllon Dewitt.
This is Mr. Davis’s first year at Vidor, he said he loves it here and that he enjoys working with the students and faculty. Mr. Davis was born in Beaumont, Texas. He loves his kids, coaching and playing
sports, lifting weights, fishing, and hunting. He doesn’t like driving for long distances, cold weather.
He has three kids and a wife, his wife’s name is Tamarind and his kid’s names and ages are Paige
who is 18, and Kenady who is 10, and his sons name is Reece who is 5. He obviously works at Vidor
High School and hopefully will for a while. He sees himself retired, kayaking, and fishing in the future.
His favorite movies are Courageous, Rudy, Born in July, Mission Impossible, And It’s a Wonderful
Life. His favorite type of music is Country, Christian, and 80’s and 90’s rock. He used to be a coach
for football, baseball, track, and basketball. He has competed against Vidor, but has always had respect for Vidor. The most important things in his life are his Faith in God, his family and friends, and
his career. His favorite quote is “Don’t sweat the petty things, But pet the sweaty things.”
Darwin Davis—9th Grade AP
-Anthony McGowan
Interview to come in next issue
Deidre Powell—10th Grade AP
Mr. Rollins started out in high school taking Journalism, Theatre, and Band. He went on to
teach at Vidor many years ago, but he moved to Nashville for 12 years to pursue music
writing. He wrote a very successful song, “It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere”, which he won a
Grammy for, while he was there. He is also credited to have written more songs, but that
song has been his most successful one. He is now back at Vidor, and the students are happy to have him here.
-Breanna Domingue
Don Rollins—Band Director
We welcome Amanda Hatton back to our faculty! Mrs. Hatton recently returned to our school
as the freshman counselor and has worked here before as a freshman English teacher. She
loves the family atmosphere with all the faculty. Her school year goals are to help the freshman learn about house bill endorsements and how it affects their graduation. She was drawn
back to Vidor because of our traditions and our awesome town pride. So far, Mrs. Hatton is
loving being counselor and working with all the students and teachers in a small setting.
-Rockell Leger
Amanda Hatton—9th Grade Counselor
Mrs. Mallet is from Port Neches, and graduated from Port Neches Groves high school. She
went to Lamar and actually has two degrees. Her first is communication and journalism, and
her second is education. Vidor was actually her first school job and she was a teacher. Now
she's back as the sophomore diagnostician. When I asked if she liked teaching or being a
diagnostician better she informed me she liked being a diagnostician. I inquired why she
wanted to be a diagnostician she told me, when she was a teacher she had thirty odd students or so and couldn't help everyone, and listen to all of their problems. A diagnostician is
someone who can help you individually, see where your main problems are and help get
you in the right direction. She told me she wanted too ass that she is happy to be back at
Vidor High and everyone has been very welcoming, and supportive. Mrs. Mallet was a
pleasure to meet and I look forward to seeing her around campus.
Debbie Mallett—Diagnosticians
-Georgie Allen
Susan Tibbits grew up in Port Neches and graduated from PNG in '87. She's been married
for twenty four years with three kids. She has worked for a law firm, engineers, and VHS
before going over to VE and coming back. Mrs. Tibbits has been a secretary for eighteen
years and counting. In ten years she sees herself still at VHS working with the older kids. "I
think you can make a difference in kids lives. Sometimes we're the only stable factor they
have."
-Texie Freeman
Susan Tibbits—Principal’s Secretary
Interview to come in next issue
Michelle Coursin—IEP Paraprofessional
Interview to come in next issue
David Kramer—IEP Paraprofessional
Mr. Greg Jacks is a Vidor High School and Lamar University alumni. Mr. Jacks Graduated
from Lamar University with a degree in Kinesiology with a minor in Mathematics. After
school Mr. Jacks enjoys hunting, fishing, golfing and gardening. High school and college
were not a breeze for Mr. Jacks, suffering from a disorder called Dyslexia. It involves the
difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not
affect general intelligence. Mr. Jacks’ saying is “don’t let anything hold you back.”
-Zack Lafleur
Gregory Jacks—INC
Mrs. Hurd is married with only animals as her children. She grew up in Lumberton and
worked at the Lumberton high school and middle school. She also worked at two different
vets and was a care giver for her grandmother before coming to Vidor. She moved to Vidor
after buying a house and land here. She chose this occupation because she enjoys helping
students. She left working as a vet and started working as a secretary at a juvenile prison
and realized she could do more for kids if she was in a better position, so she left the prison
and came to school. She says she loves working at Vidor and loves the students and faculty
at here at Vidor.
-Gavin Foy
Lori Hurd—Living Skills
Amy Cameron is a mother to 5, and “granny” to 3. She has been married to her husband
Shane for 23 years. For the last 25 years she has been out of work, and yes by choice, but
in the recent months as some things have taken wild turns, the opportunity has come up to
be our wonderful choir pianist, and Mr. B’s errand girl. Mrs. Cameron grew up in Monroe LA,
but now proudly calls Vidor home. She is one of the sweetest people you will ever meet, and
as most mothers do, she puts family first.
Amy Cameron—Choir Pianist
-Tate LaPray
Above: Jordan Green and Breanna Domingue
pose with the Q94 crew during a pep rally
Left & Right: 12news anchor Vanessa Holmes
interviews Coach Matthews and the cheerleaders during a morning pep rally that aired
live on 12news Daybreak.
Below: VHS’ Hype Team makes an appearance at the morning pep rally for 12news for
being Sports Blitz’s Week 5 Game of the
Week
Good Samaritan
By: Rockell Leger
Quiet acts of kindness are what keep this school sane. One very
good Samaritan has caught my eye this six weeks and has really
inspired me to help anyone I see in need. Tyler Brinkley is a senior at our high school that I have noticed being
kind to anyone he talks to. One day at lunch, I
was opening a cup of gravy when it suddenly
spilled all over the table and onto my pants. Tyler
noticed what had happened and responded by
setting all of his belongings down and getting
napkins to help me clean up the mess that had
been made. Later that week as I was passing
the high school after picking up my niece and
two nephews, I was looking out the window and
saw an elderly woman slowly making her way to
the front doors of the school. He saw that she needed help getting there and walked over to her, held on to her arm and walked
her in.
Vidor High School won 12News’ week 5 Band of the Week
VHS supports ALS awareness
By: Breanna Domingue
All summer, people around the world have
come together to spread awareness of ALS,
and VHS was no different.
Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Antill, and
Mrs. Silver
ALS, often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” is a progressive disease that affects
nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The
progressive degeneration of the motor neutrons in ALS eventually lead to death. The Ice
Bucket Challenge, dumping a full bucket of ice
water on yourself, initially raised $4 million
within the first two weeks of going viral, and as
of September 26, has raised $115 million.
VHS got involved the first week of the school
year, beginning with Dr.VanDevender and Mrs.
Ricks, and slowly going around to other teachers and staff members.
Mrs. Clark preparing
for the challenge
To donate to the ALS foundation, or to find further information about Lou Gehrig’s Disease,
visit www.alsa.org
Mrs. Griffin
Mr. Edgerton
Sports
Freshman Volleyball wins Tournament
By: Bethany Bollinger
The Vidor Lady Pirate Freshman Volleyball team placed first while participated in a tournament in LCM! The Pirates matched up against Legacy
Christian Academy first and won two
out of three games and then battled
two very tight games against Orangefield but still managed to bring out a
victory. Silsbee was the team the Lady Pirates took on next, their first
game was one for the books with a
score of 26-24 with the Pirates pulling
out a win, the second game had everyone on their toes as the Lady Pirates took another win to defeat the
Jaguars. The Lady Pirate Freshman
took on LCM for the championship
game. It was a fight to the finish however the Lady Pirates won the championship in two matches. Coach Bagwell said a few words about the freshman team “The girls spent the prior
week learning how to play as a team,
focusing on communication, anticipation, and hustle. Their hard
work paid off, and they won the
tournament without losing ANY
games! I am a proud coach!!”
Football Travels to Escambia
By: Katlyn Hill
On August 30, the Varsity football team
travelled all the way to Florida to play
Escambia. Although they lost, it was
later found that the coach there had
cheated and was suspended indefinately "Even though we lost, the rules
were different, and the other coach
cheated, it was a good experience and
we'd go again," said coach Mathews.
The six illegal players didn't bother him
but he believes that it would've been a
much closer game. He believes it was
good for the boys who haven't ever
been out of Texas to see another part
of the country. He is also glad that they
were able to have fun at the beach
once they got there even if it was only
for an hour and a half. Coach Burks
says, "Some of the rules were harder
than those used in the NFL, I wish we
would've known ahead of time." He believes that what the other coach did
was wrong for both communities and
since that coach was fired he doesn't
know if Escambia will come to Vidor
next year.
VHS Moves Up To 5a
By: Tate LaPray
UIL is a program/company that oversees the
competition throughout high schools in Texas,
and states the rules and regulations. They also
set up the classification system we use, such as
1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, and 5A. The reasoning for implementing a new classification is because
there were small 1A schools that played 6-man
football, so instead of continuing to have a subclass of 1A schools, they added 6A, only slightly
changing the system, just putting each enrollment requirement up a classification. This did
Coach Holland Joins Hall of Fame
Our very own tennis coach Lee Holland, on Saturday September 13th, 2014, was inducted into the
McNeese Athletic Hall of Fame. He coached at
McNeese from 1979 to 1988 and held the record
for having 2 Southland Conference Titles, having
17 all- conference players, ranking 18th nationally,
and qualifying for the
National Invitational
Tournament. All of his
players graduated with
their degrees and while
he was coach, was also
attending McNeese and
graduated in 1982. We
congratulate our tennis
coach in this wonderful achievement!
Below, Above Right, Top Right: Football team gets new uniforms
Gaming
By: Zackry LaFleur
I attended the StarCityGames Invitational qualifier located at the Lyons Den this
weekend with a total attendance of 35 players. Anticipating a lot more players than 35 I
arrived at 6:30am and waited outside the
doors till 10:00am for the doors to open.
Once the doors opened we entered and grab
a paper to fill out for our deck lists (Deck list
below). After all the deck list where turned in
we moved to the tournament.
to junk midrange putting me in fifth place. I
couldn’t believe I had lost so easily to junk
midrange which I had beat over and over
again. But that is how the cards played out.
Final ranks include 1st Matthew Johnson, 2nd Reed Alexander, 3rd John Armstrong, 4th Clayton Estepp, 5th Zackry
LaFleur, 6th David Bruno, 7th Robbie Smith,
8th Eric Weinzettle.
Round one I faced Rabble Hammer.
Game one started slow for me
Deck list
seeing only double red but a mag4 Goblin Rabblemaster
ma jet to scry from. When I went
4 Soldier Of the Pantheon
to magma jet his creature that
caused a response of double titian 3 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
strength, which ultimately lead to a
1 Iroas, God of Victory
game one win for him. Game 2 I
3 Purphoros, God of the Forge
was able to control the board
enough to slowly burn him to
2 Elspeth, Sun’s Champion
death with Purphoros. Game 3
4 Banishing Light
ended in a nail bitter with my life
getting down to four his at twelve 3 Chained to the Rocks
bit I was able to ultimate Elspeth
4 Magma Jet
and swing in for game. Through4 Raise the Alarm
out the rest of the tournament it
was a breeze. Even being able to 2 Hammer of Purphoros
4 Hordeling Outburst
draw it out to the top eight.
Entering top eight I was a
little too confident playing and
keeping hands like I knew what I
was going to draw. That was a
mistake, which ended in a 0-2 loss
7 Mountains
6 Plains
2 battle Forge
2 Flooded Strand
4 Temple of Triumph
1 Wooded Foothills
Side Board
1 Chained to the Rocks
4 Devoring Light
1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
2 Lightning Strike
3 Anger of th Gods
3 End Hostilities
Old and New
Dark
By: Jonathan A.
Horn
Souls
final moment of the fight made me feel
something I’d not felt since I watched
Hatchi.
The gameplay of Dark Souls is something that thousands have raged over, saying that it’s unfair and much too punishing.
Something you must understand is that
Dark Souls is not here to be your friend.
he “Souls Series” has
Dark Souls is here to challenge you. As I’ve
been something near and
said before, many people think that Dark
dear to my heart for
Souls is punishing… however it’s not. Dark
around four years now. It’s
Souls gives you infinite lives, weapons have
a series that most people know for being difimmense durability, everything can be tried
ficult and punishing to its player. However,
multiple times, and if you need it (you never
not many people learn much more about
ACTUALLY do), you can grind enemies for
those games.
upgrade materials.
Today, in the first paper of the year, I’d
Many people who read this have problike to talk about Dark Souls. You may recably already played things like Oblivion,
ognize it from the developer’s words
Mass Effect, Fable, etc… And they have a
“Prepare to die…”, however I’d like you to
good idea of what good re-playability is.
forget you ever heard that. Dark Souls is
Well, if you thought those games had high
much more than just a really hard game. It
re-playability, you’ve seen nothing yet. In my
has an atmosphere unmatched by some Sithree years playing Dark Souls, having
lent Hill games, a trait shared by all Souls
beaten the game thirty-something times,
titles. It has a story so heart breaking that I
I’ve yet to do everything you can do in the
remember crying during the credits after regame. With so many choices for equipment,
alizing what all I’d just done. And to top it all
side quests, character stats, spells and miroff, it has an amazing amount of reacles, and the tremendous amount of exploplayablility.
ration, I have completed around ½ of the
In one instance during the game,
game.
you’ll find yourself going to the grave of the
If you get into this game, be ready for
hero Artorias, long gone by this time. A giant
it to take over your life. Its story, atmoswolf by the name of Sif jumps up from bephere, and gameplay are near perfect, and
hind Artorias’ grave and challenges you.
should be an example for all future games
Sure, anyone who didn’t care would pass
to come. I’d be lying if I told you Dark Souls
this off as just a fight with a big dog. But, if
was anything less than a masterpiece.
you’ve paid attention, you’d know this wolf is
trying to protect you. I don’t want to spoil anything, but just seeing Sif limping during the
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App Reviews
By: Georgie Allen, Morgan Turner, and
Carla DeSilva
After hearing multiple people rave
about the game Five Nights at Freddy's
I decided I would use it as my first app
to review. So basically you are the
new night guard at Freddy Fasbear's pizza (Chucky Cheeze) and you
have to watch the cameras and keep yourself safe while not running out of
power, because if a character sees you they will think you are an exoskeleton and try to shove you into a suit which kills you. Hearing the description I thought I would give the game a try. I was not very impressed, I the
game itself isn't as good as the description. All in all I give Five Night's at
Freddy's 3 stars.
8track is an internet radio app but
unlike Pandora, you just type in
what kind of mood or a genre and boom! A thousand or so playlists come up. You can also create your own playlist which has to be 8 tracks and over. (hence the
name) I LOVED the app, it's great and if you don't like the mix it
transfers you to a new one! It's not a popular app but it should be.
8tracks is a great way to discover new music! I
give 8 tracks 5 stars.
Wish is an app where you can go shopping for the
in style cloths, jewelry, make up, handbags, shoes,
and much more for low prices. we like this app
because we can buy affordable stuff without having
to go out in public. All year long they are having sales on
things that would usually be high prices. We rate Wish three
and a half out of five stars.
Next Issue:
Zedge is an app where you can
get new ringtones, backgrounds,
live backgrounds, and apps for
free. We like this app because
after a while people get tired of hearing their ringtone
every time somebody calls, and with Zedge you can get
the new cool songs like "Turn Down for What" and
theme songs from your favorite shows. We rate Zedge
four out of five stars.
8 Ball Pool its an app that lets you play
pool with your friends via Facebook or
random people in the network, in which
you have 30 seconds to complete your
play and vice versa, the more you play,
more coins you get and your game level rises. 8 Ball Pool
is proving itself very popular among Vidor High School students. Give it a chance, the app is 100 per cent free. We
rate this game 4 out of 5 stars.
Pirate Press Staff
Advisor: Lisa Domec
Editor-in-chief: Breanna Domingue
Anthony McGowan
Jordan Camp
Bethany Bolinger
Jordan Green
Brooklyn Burton
Katlyn Hill
Carla DeSilva
Lauren Balla
Destinee Carpenter
Lori Baillueax
DeVon Noe
Mikayla Borque
Dyllon Dewitt
Morgan Turner
Gavin Foy
Rebecca Davenport
Georgie Allen
Rockell Leger
Jerrich Rollins
Tate Lapray
Jonathan Horn
Texie Freeman
Editorial
By: Bethany Bollinger
Change can be good or bad, slight or world altering. It can overwhelm you and disappoint you, or it
can be fun and exciting. It may just be the only consistent thing in this world; change is completely inevitable. The way I see it, our lives are totally made up of the continuous events that are caused by
change. How we react and deal with this change is what defines us and gives our lives value. With all
change, rather good or bad, comes with some level of discomfort. There is always going to be a little
bit of fear associated with change because it involves something different replacing the familiar. Most
people like familiar, they are comfortable with what they know. We need to change our perspective.
We cannot live in fear of change. For without change, nothing would ever advance. Society has been
shifting, civilizing, and improving since the beginning of time all due to change. Change is endless and
constant. To thrive in life, we must be able to deal with change. As leaders in society, organizations,
schools, or with our daily lives, we must be able to master change. We have to be able to learn and
adapt to the modifications in our lives. We cant always control the circumstances, but we can control
is our perspectives about it. Something people never fully realize is that its not only our surroundings
that are constantly changing, but in the process we, as individuals, are changing as well.