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RHINO REPORT
May 23rd, 2016
Ramsey Middle School Minneapolis, MN
Volume 1 No. 13
A Note From Principal Janecek Dear Families of Ramsey Middle School, I am writing to announce that I have been offered and accepted a new position. I have decided to pursue an opportunity in the Mounds View school district serving as principal of Irondale High School. I’ve truly enjoyed serving Ramsey Middle School as your principal. Working with this community gave me an exceptional opportunity to develop long-­‐lasting relationships with our families, teachers and staff. Ramsey Middle School has been a wonderful place for me this past year, and I will miss it. However, I am grateful for this new opportunity and know that the students in my next district will benefit from what I have learned here, from you and your children. I am confident that Minneapolis Public Schools will do an outstanding job in searching for a great candidate to fill my current position. They will provide you with updates on this process as they are available. Again, it has been an honor to serve as your principal. The Last Days Of School: 8th Grade End of the Year Teacher Interviews BY: Marley Hinschberger The last day of school is coming soon, with only two weeks left. So the question is, what are we doing the last days of school? Well the answer is simple really. For 8th graders, we get it easy. On June 6th, we go to Valley Fair from 9 am to 5 pm. All the information is on the permission slip you got, which you return to your second hour teacher. For the last day of school, or June 7th, it's the 8th grade promotion ceremony. The time is to be decided, but [it is] in the morning. After the ceremony your parents can either sign you out or if your parents can't, you will be helping out around school, but not doing any studies or Track and Field Day. BY: Frances P-­‐G and Solveig J 1. Mr. Koupal
Q: What’s your favorite part of the end of the year?
A: For 8th grade, ValleyFair and the Recognition Ceremony because that’s what you builds towards all year.
Q: What’s your least favorite part of the year?
A: Thankfully it’s done, but testing. Q: Is It stressful at the end of the year?
A: It can be. We have a lot going on.
Q: Do you enjoy the end of the year?
A: Yes I do. 2. Ms. Krasean
Q: What’s your favorite part of the end of the year?
A: Celebrating student accomplishments for the end of the year.
Q: What’s your least favorite part of the year?
A: Oooh. I would say the days before break when everyone is antsy to get out of here of MCA testing.
Q: Is it stressful at the end of the year?
A: Yes because we are trying to do a good job of finishing up this year and planning for next year.
Q: Do you enjoy the end of the year?
A: Ya, I enjoy the ed of the year. The weather’s nice and there’s all the excitement of summer coming.
3. Mrs. Cisco
Q: What’s your favorite part of the end of the year?
A: Slam poetry spoken w ord projects Q: What’s your least favorite part of the year?
A: When kids leave for summer.
Q: Is it stressful at the end of the year?
A: Ya, a little. It's hard to keep up expectations Q: Do you enjoy the end of the year?
A: Yes, I enjoy all time periods for different reasons. Kids are excited for summer. 4. Mrs. Noriega Q: What’s your favorite part of the end of the year?
A: Relationships built with students
Q: What’s your least favorite part of the year?
A: Cleaning my room
Q: Is it stressful at the end of the year? A: Only on Mondays ( it always is ).
Q: Do you enjoy the end of the year?
A: I look forward to it, the break and good weather.
8th Grade End of the Year Event Info Friday, June 3 -­‐ 5:30-­‐8:30 A semi-­‐formal dance and party will take place in the Ramsey Cafeteria. The dance will be hosted by A-­‐
List Entertainment. A-­‐List does an incredible job of encouraging all the kids to dance and join in the fun, by fostering a sense of inclusion. There will be a DJ, lights, dancers, a photo booth and light refreshments and beverages will be served. Students should plan to eat dinner prior to arrival. Monday, June 6 – 9:15 – 5:00 PM – VALLEYFAIR!!! All the info you need is on your permission slip. Don’t have a permission slip, go to Mr. K’s website to print another copy, or see Mr. K. in room 312. Tuesday, June 7 (time TBD) – Morning Recognition Ceremony This ceremony, in the newly renovated theater, will celebrate and recognize our students’ achievements as their middle school experience concludes. The ceremony is open to families and will be followed by a cake and punch reception in the cafeteria. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Review Of The Musical JatATD: Was Casting Fair? BY: Marley Hinschberger The musical this year was Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat. I saw it two times, once on the opening night and once at the all school performance. In my opinion, this is not the strongest musical that Ramsey has put on. But let's start on the positives first. The set looked great. They reused the set from Seussical, and it looked better than that one. Secondly, the cast was great. The leads were strong and pieced it all together. The music was strong and it was neat for the most part. Now for some negatives. In my opinion there was too much music, there was never any talking and half the time i didn't know what they were saying so they also could have worked more on diction. Some of the dancers forgot their props or we could see them from the audience when they were off stage. It was mostly errors that were laughable but made the musical not the strongest. I would also like to compliment the choreography and the leads. I would rate the Musical a 7.5/10 technical errors and some professionalism made it worse, but overall it was good. BY: Sierra Krueger-­‐Wolfe I asked the kids in the musical “What part they play and if they thought that the way that parts were assigned was fair?” Here's what they said: -­‐ “Well I’m a Select dancer,” said one kid just as another student said, “But you should be more than that.” “Yes I should, I should, I have talent! And just because I was a 6th grader, just a 6th grader, they have forgotten about me. Its VERY unfair!” -­‐ “Well, um, I play [in] the choir, well a guard and I'm in the Choir.” “And so do I and we’re pretty good at it.” “Yeah, but it’s not that fun.” “Well do you think it’s fair?” “Yes, because I’m really bad at this.” -­‐ “She’s a slav,.” said one kid. “Well thank you, I am the wife's servant, and I feel like, it's not really fair because I feel like they gave all the older kids the better and bigger parts and there was only one 6th grade brother there so I feel like it really very unfair.” -­‐ “Ok so I’m part of the Chorus, and I personally think that it wasn't fair because they gave like 6 main roles out that actually have like singing parts that are like together and stuff and single parts so I don't think that that's really fair and there's like featured roles but there in just one or so songs. So I don't think that it's fair.” “I'm in the chorus, and i guess it's fair because I'm just a sixth grader.” “Well do you think that it's fair that most 6th graders got bad parts or select dancer?” We asked trying to get more out of her. “I guess.” Washburn Play Review BY: Marley Hinschberger A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare: a great play, many films, and so many classes read it every year. When Ramsey 8th graders read it, it was obvious that we should see it at Washburn. Now, we only saw ⅔ of the play, and it was set in the 1960s. I personally thought the play was very well put together. Some might not agree but overall it was good. Special Olympics: Saturday, May 21st @ Roosevelt High School This year’s team was made up of students from not only Ramsey Middle School, but also Green Central and Washburn. Cortez and Theo (pictured) each brought home one Silver and one Gold medal a piece. Congratulations to Ms. Di, Ms. Koch, Ms. Hokr, and all the students that represented us so well! Math Competition Update FROM: Ms. Krasean We had 16 sixth grade students show up on a beautiful Saturday to compete and do some challenging math problems. We had a fun time with great results. Please congratulate the following students on their accomplishments. Participants: September Garwick-­‐Evans, Caroline Claeson, Taite Miller, Ellie Berrie, Matthew Feriancek, Ben Merims-­‐
Johnson, Vaughn Hendrix, Jack Jorgensen, Johanna Perry, Elizabeth Erickson, Ruby Song, Presten Berg, Tommy Lawless, Luke Goeddeke, Nico Alexander, Owen Knych Fact Drill Honorable Mention: Presten Berg, Jack Jorgensen, Owen Knych, Vaughn Hendrix Individual 2nd place: Owen Knych Individual Honorable Mention: Jack Jorgensen Team 2nd place: Matthew Feriancek, Ben Merims-­‐
Johnson, Vaughn Hendrix, Jack Jorgensen Overall Award 2nd place: Matthew Feriancek, Ben Merims-­‐Johnson, Vaughn Hendrix, Jack Jorgensen Viva Cinco De Mayo! AVID Field Trip to U of M Learning Works 2015-­‐16 Interesting News 1 Recycling at Ramsey RESEARCHED BY: Sierra K-­‐W Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers Officers Luis Merizio and Casey Schroer were making a routine traffic stop near West Palm Beach recently and discovered something odd in the driver's dashboard — an alligator foot. They checked the rest of the cab and found parts of alligator over the cab of the truck. The driver at first didn't admit that he hunted alligators but eventually he confessed and said he illegally hunted an alligator. Interesting News 2 RESEARCHED BY: Sierra K-­‐W Navy sent a guided missile 12 miles within of a The U.S. in the South China Sea where China has built an disputed island airstrip which prompted China to scramble fighter jets and dispatch warships to "expel" the American ship. BY: Isabella Freeland Ramsey Middle School has a problem. As you may notice, when you go class that there is normally not a recycling bin. So I wanted to write about it so that we can fix this problem. Here are some reasons on why this is bad. This is a big problem because it doesn’t help the environment and this school wants to have a good reputation and this really doesn't help that at all. And we are killing habitats and resources that animals use and that causes a lot of animals to go endangered. Go to http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.or
g/plastickills.html to learn more about it effects animals and nature. Another problem is even though we might have recycling bins in some classes, at the end of the day they mix the garbage and recycling together because there is too much trash in it. Our recycling isn’t working at all so those recycling bins are just there for no reason. It’s all like one big cycle. The Ramsey Green Team is working on the recycling issue here at RMS. We hope to follow this story next year to see is and how things change. – Ed. 20 Weird Animals (Part 2) COMPILED BY: Isabella Freeland Clockwise L-­‐R: Giant Isopod; Saiga Antelope; Bush Viper; Sea Pig (!); Thorny Dragon; Blue Parrot Fish; Narwal; Okapi; Shoebill; Indian Purple Frog Student Writing: New Year’s Eve BY: Amal Sharif My name is Amal Sharif. I want to tell how my New Year's Eve went with my and family members and I . On New Year's Eve my family and I went to mall of America for the ball drop on New Year’s Eve. Before the ball drop my sister and I went on rides. My sister payed the money for all of us. We went on bunch of rides together. One of the rides were the Spongebob ride. After we went a couple rides it reached 11:00. We ate food that took us 40 minutes. For the last 20 minutes we were just walking around and looking for clothes. When it reached 12:00 we went to were the ball drop was happening. We got there on time for the ball drop. It was really fun because we got to count from 10. It was really loud everyone was like 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1. After that it was new year. When my family and I left mall of America we out to go eat the best restaurant the name is Buffalo Wild Wings that restaurant has the best food. When we ate all the food we ordered, we went home. My Favorite Movies BY: Chloe Bitney If you have not seen these movies then YOU SHOULD WATCH THEM #1: The Star Wars series. If you have not seen Star Wars you have not lived. #2: Indiana Jones series. This movie series is jam packed with action and adventure. #3: Last of all Hunger Games. You have probably read the books but have you seen the movie series? 100 Real Phobias REASEARCHED BY: Isabella Freeman Social Phobias These anxiety disorders are triggered by certain types of people, relationships, and social situations. 1. Venustraphobia: Also known as caligynephobia, this is the fear of beautiful women 2. Anthropophobia: fear of people but can also mean the fear of having company. 3. Aphephobia: causes people to feel afraid when touched. 4. Autodysomophobia: fear of bad or "vile" odor 5. Deipnophobia: fear of dinner parties, dining and dinner conversation 6. Nomophobia: afraid of losing cell phone contact. 7. Soteriophobia: or the fear of becoming dependent on someone else. 8. Sociophobia: fear being judged by society 9. Gamophobia: fear of getting married. 10. Syngenesophobia: fear of all relatives. 11. Ecclesiophobia: The fear of church and going to church Natural Environment Phobias 1. Aerophobia: the fear of drafts, air swallowing and airborne diseases or germs. 2. Pteridophobia: fear of ferns 3. Anthophobia: the fear of flowers 4. Ancraophobia: fear of wind 5. Heliphobia: fear of sunlight. 6. Auroraphobia: fear of the Northern Aurora lights 7. Chionophobia: fear of snow. Personal Phobias 1. Spectrophobia: fear of their own reflection 2. Athazagoraphobia: fear of being forgotten 3. Gelotophobia: fear being laughed at Ideas and Concepts 1. Tachophobia: the fear of speed 2. Xerophobia: fear of dryness 3. Arithmophobia: fear of numbers generally, but can also refer to the fear of math, numerals, certain numbers, calculations, and/or calculus. 4. Bathophobia: fear of depth. 5. Cainophobia: sometimes called cainotophobia, this is the fear of anything new. 6. Macrophobia: fear of long waits. 7. Hagiophobia: fear holy figures and holy things or ideas 8. Sophophobia: fear of learning anything new 9. Barophobia: fear of gravity 10. Rhabdophobia: the fear of magic and a magic wand, being beaten by a rod, or being very harshly criticized. 11. Symbolophobia: fear of figurative and symbolic 12. Chronophobia: fear of time 13. Mnemophobia: fear of memories 14. Philosophobia: fear of philosophy (continued on next page) 100 Real Phobias (cont.) RESEARCHED BY: Isabella Freeman Physical Objects
1. Selenophobia: fear of the moon. 2. Asymmetriphobia: fear of mismatched socks or asymmetrical objects 3. Aurophobia: fear of gold 4. Ereuthophobia: fear of red lights 5. Genuphobia: fear of knees 6. Automatonophobia: fear of human-­‐like figures, like dummies or wax figures 7. Atephobia: fear of ruins and old buildings. 8. Aulophobia: fear of flutes. 9. Dextrophobia: fear of having objects situated to their right. 10. Linonophobia: fear of string 11. Papyrophobia: fear of paper 12. Domatophobia: the fear of houses and being inside houses Activities
1. Ablutophobia: fear of washing or bathing. 2. Amaxophobia: fear of riding in cars 3. Agyrophobia: fear of crossing roads. 4. Chorophobia: fear of dancing. 5. Ergophobia: fear of work and/or functioning. 6. Kyphophobia: fear of being in the stooping position 7. Mageirocophobia: fear cooking 8. Scriptophobia: fear of writing in public. 9. Sitophobia: fear of eating 10. Basiphobia: fear walking or standing because of the possibility of falling 11. Cathisophobia: fear of sitting down. Group or Race Phobias
1. Bolshephobia: fear of meeting or hearing about Bolsheviks 2. Apotemnophobia: fear of people with amputations 3. Walloonphobia: fear of Walloons, a group of people of German and Celtic origin living in Belgium. 4. Parthenophobia: fear of virgins and young girls 5. Ephebiphobia: fear of teenagers. 6. Pedophobia: fear of children 7. Dutchphobia: fear of the Dutch 8. Heterophobia: fear of heterosexuals. 9. Transphobia: fear of transsexual or transgender people 10. Hoplophobia: fear of people who own firearms 11. Iatrophobia: fear of doctors Sickness and Injuries
1. Albuminurophobia: fear of kidney disease. 2. Aeronausiphobia: fear of vomiting due to airsickness. 3. Amychophobia: fear of scratches 4. Anklyophobia: fear their joints will stop working, 5. Blood-­‐injection-­‐injury type phobia: This odd phobia group includes trypanophobia (the fear of injections); hemophobia (the fear of blood) and the fear of invasive medical procedures. 6. Body dysmorphic disorder: Also referred to as BDD, causes people to imagine that they have or will develop physical deformities. 7. Ataxiophobia: The fear of not being able 100 Real Phobias (cont.) RESEARCHED BY: Isabella Freeman 7. Ataxiophobia: fear of not being able to use your muscles properly 8. Injury phobia: fear of being injured 9. Syphilophobia: fear of syphilis 10. Chemophobia: fear of all chemicals and preference for natural elements. 11. Rhypophobia: fear of defecation (pooping) Truly Bizarre Phobias
In this list, you’ll find some of the weirdest phobias out there, from the fear of purple to the fear of constipation.
1. Allodoxaphobia: fear of opinions. 2. Porphyrophobia: fear of the color 3. Arachibutyrophobia: fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth 4. Blennophobia: fear of slime 5. Cardiophobia: fear of the 6. Coprastasophobia: fear of becoming constipated. 7. Didaskaleinophobia: fear of going to school. 8. Nomatophobia: fear of names. 9. Lipophobia: The fear of fats in food 10. Hormephobia: fear of experiencing shock. 11. Sesquipedalophobia: fear of long words 12. Phobophobia: fear of having a phobia. 13. Hellenologophobia: fear of confusing, highly technical terminology 14. Cymophobia: fear of "wave-­‐like motions." 15. Pteronophobia: fear of being tickled with feathers
16. Optophobia: fear of opening one’s Fun Sayings BY: Theo Grimes 1. I am jealous of my parents because I will never have a kid as cool as theirs 2. I don't need a hair stylist my pillow gives me a new style every morning 3. Life is short smile while you still have teeth 4. of course I talk to myself sometimes I need expert advice Think About This BY: Frances P-­‐G If you traveled to the future and killed your future self would that be murder or Suicide? A Piece of History BY: Mr. K. Ramsey Middle School has had a long an interesting history. Here is one small part of it. Ramsey Middle School opened in 1932 and was originally called Ramsey Junior High. The school held grades 7, 8, and 9, and it was a “feeder school” to Washburn Senior High. As the years went on and Minneapolis grew, grades 7 and 8 were taken out of Ramsey, leaving it to be a 9th grade only school. This changed in 1978 with the closing of nearby Bryant Junior High (currently Sabathani Community Center at 38th and Clinton). With the closing of that program, Bryant’s 7th and 8th grade were moved to Ramsey, making the school a 7th -­‐9th grade school once more. So what, right? Along with the Bryant Junior High students came a bunch of old documents, school newspapers, and yearbooks from Bryant High School. As I was going through these materials, I came across a couple old yearbooks with a very familiar and famous face looking back at me. Below are those photos. I present to you: Prince Nelson as few have seen him before. The first photo is his 7th grade yearbook picture; second is his 8th grade yearbook picture, and the third is a picture of the Bryant Basketball team, of which he was a member. Student Artist: Ella Becker (8th Grade) What’s For Lunch? st The lunch menu for June 1 – June 7th is not yet available! Important Dates May 26th
Band Concert 7:00
May 24th -26th
BOGO Scholastic Book Fair
8:30-4:00 Ramsey Cafeteria
May 30th
Memorial Day – no school
May 31st
9th Grade Science Pre-Assessment
June 6th
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8 Grade to ValleyFair
June 7th
Last Day of School!!!
8th Grade Recognition Ceremomny
June 13th
Summer Session Begins
Contributors Ella Becker Chloe Bitney Isabella Freeman Theo Grimes Marley Hinschberger Solveig J Sierra Krueger-­‐Wolfe Francis P-­‐G Amal Sharif Ms. Krasean Principal Janencek Mr. K. That’s a wrap! Thank you for reading and supporting the Rhino Report! We will be back next year!!!