J ERRY Z UCKER M IDDLE S CHOOL
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L IGHTNING G AZET TE
V OLUME 2016-17, I SSUE 2
O CTOBER 2016
C ELEBRATING H ISPANIC H ERITAGE M ONTH
B Y C IERA C APERS A NDERSON , L ESLIE C ORONADO H ERNANDEZ , T A ’L EIGHA G IBBS & A VNI S COTT
National Hispanic
Heritage Month is an annual event. National Hispanic Heritage Month is
celebrated from September 15 to October 15 in
the United States, when
people recognize the contributions of Hispanic and
Latino Americans to our
nation’s heritage and culture.
Colombia and moved
here when he was two
years old.
Joxan: He was born in
Honduras. He speaks
Spanish and English. At
home he speaks Spanish.
He thinks the U.S. is
“good.” He came to the
U.S. ten years ago. He
has been to Mexico.
We asked some of our
Hispanic students and
teachers about their experience in the United
States, and we asked
some non-Hispanic students and teachers about
their experience with
Latin America.
Miqueas: He was born
here. His parents are
from Guatemala. He
speaks Spanish and English. At home he speaks
Spanish. He has never
visited a Latin American
country.
Mr.Alban: He thinks the
U.S. is “awesome.” His
first language was Spanish. He learned English
here growing up from age
two on. He was born in
Ruth: She was born here.
Her parents are from
Honduras. She speaks
English and Spanish. At
home she speaks Spanish.
She has been to Mexico.
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Cynthia: She was born
here. Her parents are
from Mexico. She also
grew up speaking Spanish
and English. At home she
speaks Spanish. She has
never visited a Latin
American country.
Ms. Burnham: She has
visited Mexico - Cancun,
and Tijuana.
Rocio: She was born
here. Her parents are
from Mexico. She speaks
English and Spanish. At
home she speaks English.
She has been to Mexico.
Ashley: She was born
here. Her parents are
from Mexico. She speaks
English and Spanish. At
home she speaks Spanish.
She has never visited a
Latin American country.
Mrs. Salazar-Guzman:
She was born here and
ISSUE
:
Halloween Costume & Candy Polls
P2
October Birthdays
P5
Meet Ms. Koleva
P2
Red Ribbon Week
P5
Scariest Places in the World
P3
Scary Art
P6
Meet Ms. Guzman
P4
Caught on Camera!
P7
Barcelona vs Real Madrid
P4
believes the U.S is awesome. She grew up speaking Spanish and English.
Angela: She was born
here and grew up speaking English and Spanish.
At home she speaks Spanish. Her parents are from
Mexico.
Addis: She is from here.
Her parents are from
Mexico. She speaks Spanish and English. At home
she speaks Spanish. She
has never visited a Latin
American country.
Mr. Crankfield: He is
from here. He is fluent in
Spanish. He majored in
Spanish in college because
he likes Spanish culture.
He has lived and traveled
in Costa Rica.
L IGHTNING G AZETTE
P AGE 2
H ALLOWEEN C OSTUMES & C ANDY P OLL
B Y C IERA C APERS A NDERSON , L ESLIE C ORONADO H ERNANDEZ , T A ’L EIGHA G IBBS & A VNI S COTT
What are you going to
dress as this Halloween?
We asked students around
the school and this is what
we found out.
7 people are going to
clown for Halloween.
2 people are going to
cat for Halloween.
2 people are going to
devil
or Halloween.
Odell Beckham
Cristiano Ronaldo
The Man in the Yellow Hat
Joker
Nerd
Kool Aid man
be a Michael Jackson
Grim reaper
Witch
be a Elf
Basketball player
Pirate
be a
What is your favorite Halloween candy?
Tatianna - Snickers, Butterfinger
Serenity - Snickers
Melanae - Snickers, Twix
Ms. Burnham - Reese’s
Cynthia - Twizzlers
Mr. VanSkoik - Sour Patch,
Skittles
Anya - Snickers
RJ - Jolly Ranchers
Talaysia - Sour Patch
Amour - Snickers
Aliyah - Skittles
Brianna - Kitkat
Kanaya - Snickers
Arianna - Snickers
Miqueas - Snickers
Danny - Skittles
Tavarian - Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Crème
Edwin - Hershey’s
4 people are going to be Neidi - Kitkat
Minnie mouse for Hallow- Jocelyn - Candy corn
een.
Nicole - Snickers
Kentrell - Snickers
Other costumes men- Andia - Twix
tioned:
Ms. Gadsden - Butterfinger
Mr. Crankfield - Kitkat
Would you rather get
Vampire
Tori - Butterfinger
candy or give candy?
Bat woman
M EET M S . K OLEVA
Ms. Koleva is the new GT
teacher.
She was born and raised in
Bulgaria, which is a country
in southern Europe.
.
Her favorite food is fish.
Her favorite dessert is
cheesecake.
She speaks four languages:
Bulgarian, Russian, English, and Spanish.
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Get candy - 9 people said
yes
Give candy - 4 people said
yes
Would you rather trick or
treat or stay at home?
Ms. Guider - stay home
Zynasia - trick or treat
Mr. Fast - stay home
Lizeth - trick or treat
Troy - trick or treat
Ms. Burnham - trick or
treat
Ms. Buckheister - stay
home
S YDNEY S ODA
If she had one wish it
would be to meet and help
as many students as possible.
Her favorite books are The
Outsiders and The Giver.
She thinks it’s “awesome”
to be at Zucker.
Ms. Koleva
V OLUME 2016-17, I SSUE 2
P AGE 3
T OP 5 S CARIEST P LACES IN THE W ORLD
You might never have heard of
these places. Maybe you have.
Maybe you know it’s true or
maybe you ignore it saying it’s
not true. But I think it is quite
interesting. Here are some the
worlds top scariest places on
earth.
1. Aokigahara, Japan. This
place is known as the suicide forest where people have been found
dead. Hikers who that (for some
reason ) take hikes in this forest
say that they’ve always gotten
lost. Some people say when they
go into the forest they hear people calling their names or some
people groaning, trying to lure
them into the forest. Many people also say they can feel someone
watching them. No one has ever
gone deep in the forest before.
Maybe there are more dead, decaying bodies people haven’t
found yet. They have a sign up to
warn people not to come in.
2. Jacob's Well. This small lake
looks innocent, nice enough to
take a swim in it, to get on a high
rock and jump down, splashing
water, jumping in every direction. Only when you fall in, you
fall down, deep down. Why?
This innocent lake isn’t innocent at all. It is very deep with
no explanation and it looks
harmless but few scientists have
gone down there to take pictures. What is strange is that
when a person walks with his
dog the dog always jumps in the
lake and dies by drowning.
There is no explanation why
the dogs always seem to be
jumping off the bridge into the
lake, but there is a sign saying
to keep your dog on a
leash. Imagine that!
3. Island of dolls, Mexico.
The Island of Dolls, Mexico is a
tourist attraction in the south of
Mexico where there are dolls
hanging on trees. The story
starts with a man named Julian
Santana Barrera who was just
minding his own business when
he came upon a river with a
doll floating in it. He soon
learned that a little girl had died
there so he got the doll and
hung it up in a nearby tree
thinking that the dead little girl
would like it. Every year he
hung dolls up until his death.
Then his family moved in and
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J ESSICA S ANCHEZ
ran the tradition for him, hanging
dolls up in the trees. Soon they
made it into a tourist attraction.
People have said that the dolls
seem to be following them with
their eyes, and they always seem
to be whispering to each other.
Would you like to go see it?
4. The Abandoned City of Pripyat. The abandoned city of Pripyat is in Ukraine where there was
an accident of a nuclear plant that
went off and now the city is
empty. It is a very creepy looking
place if you ask me.
5. Wood Chester Mansion. The
Wood Chester mansion is located
in the United Kingdom. It is an
unfinished gothic mansion, where
people say that there are people
who practice forbidden spells and
such things. They used to say
witches cast a spell on this mansion and that ghosts roam in this
mansion. Who knows for sure?
V OLUME 2016-17, I SSUE 2
P AGE 4
M EET M S . G UZMAN
Where were you born/
raised? Homestead, Florida
What is your favorite
movie or tv show?
Jorge Lopez, the Discovery
Channel
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C’M ILYA S MITH
Paris and Mexico or anywhere with her three children and husband.
If you had one wish what
would it be?
To be a political figure as a
woman and help others
What is your favorite
book? James Patterson
books
Fun Facts: Florida Gators
football fan
What is your favorite
place?
Extras: “I love helping others.”
Ms. Guzman
B ARCELONA VS . R EAL M ADRID
B Y B RIAN G UITERREZ M OTA & J OHNNY S ANCHEZ
Barcelona and Real Madrid are
professional soccer teams.
Silva Santos Júnior, known as
just Neymar.
Barcelona’s official name is
Fútbol Club Barcelona (FC
Barcelona).
Real Madrid’s star players are
Cristiano Ronaldo and James
Rodríguez.
Real Madrid’s official name is
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol.
Barcelona has won four European Cup titles.
Barcelona started on November 29, 1899.
Real Madrid started on March
6, 1902.
Real Madrid has won eleven
European Cup titles.
Camp Nou in Barcelona is the
home of FC Barcelona.
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in
Madrid is the home of Real
Madrid.
Messi
Who’s your favorite, Barcelona or Real Madrid?
Barcelona: Johnny, Brian,
Angela, Flor, Samantha, Mr.
Crankfield, Mr. Maybank
Real Madrid: Lorena, Jessica,
Fernando, Leslie, Alex
Barcelona’s star players are
Lionel Messi and Neymar da
Ronaldo
L IGHTNING G AZETTE
P AGE 5
O CTOBER B IRTHDAYS
De’Angelo Haynes
Kiara Heyward
Authur Johnson
Aaliyah Conyers
Ajani smith
Journey Stone
Ruth Vargas
Abby McCain
Trevion Nelson
Steven Rivera Velez
Kenya Williams
Aaniyah Gathers
Tiffany Hammond
Veronica Miller
C OMPILED
BY
Jessica Estevez
Jesus Merida
Christopher Brown
Eric Churchill
Jaquan Hollington
Shaniyah Sanders
Erica Williams
McGill Dwight
Tocora Gibbs
LaRon Bess
Jayla Bethea
Verdugo Lizarraga
Shamiya Smalls
Gabriel Barrineau
R ED R IBBON W EEK
C ONTRIBUTED
C’ MILYA S MITH
Nadia Polite
Jennifer Aleman Miron
Kevin Garcia Linarte
Patience Pasley
Nyreon Alston
Coree Anthony
Carlos Ortiz
Nakaria Abdur Rahim
Dequan Pinckney
A’Tiya Williams
Andre Jackson
Shamya Sessions
Brayan Gonzalez
Zaire Smith-Haynes
BY
Karen Bañuelos
Cedrick Smith
Demetrius Watson
Johnathon Eubanks
Seporiah Frazier
Michael Deliteris
Da'Shaun Hayes
Ja'Nia Pasley
Mr. Jefferson
Mr. White
Ms. Singleton
Mr. Brooks
Ms. Delice
Mr. Perlmutter
M S . L OTTS & M R . B ROOKS
Congratulations to our Red Ribbon Week winners!
Door decorating contest:
Essay contest:
Ms. Buckheister’s Homeroom
Erica Williams (7th grader in
Ms. Mote’s homeroom) for her
essay “List 5 Ways You Could
Help a Friend Who Was Using
Drugs or Alcohol.”
Ms. Gadsden’s Homeroom
4-way tie:
Ms. Masuga’s Homeroom
Ms. Whitten’s Homeroom
Erica Williams
Ms. Buckheister’s door, Ms. Whitten’s door, Ms. Masuga’s door, and Ms. Gadsden’s door
V OLUME 2016-17, I SSUE 2
P AGE 6
S CARY A RT
Original drawing by Sydney Soda
Original drawing by Sydney Soda
Original drawing by Alexandria Clarke-Ivey
Original drawing by Sydney Soda
Original drawing by Sydney Soda
C AUGHT
Lightning Gazette staff:
Ms. Cary, editor
Ciera Capers Anderson
Alexandria Clarke-Ivey
Lorena Coronado Hernandez
Ta’Leigha Gibbs
Brian Gutierrez Mota
Jessica Sanchez
Johnny Sanchez
Avni Scott
C’milya Smith
Sydney Soda
ON
C AMERA !