What's Up!
Volume 3, Issue 6
3rfby Students of Masada Junior High
At Masada Charter School
928 875-2525
March 5, 2008
Table of
Contents
Problems With the Girls By: Katie Knudson
• Survey
Masada Charter School Jr. High girls are attempting to form a
• MIA
Girls Volley Ball Team. Volleyball was chosen because our school
• Shakespearian
Festival
insurance allows volleyball as a sport. Of course this will be a big job for
those who are working to put everything together. One problem is
competitors to play, a potential candidate would be El Capitan but they
are having the same problems we are. For example neither of us have
a solid team, and there are complications with coaches. Only El Capitan
School has a gym capable for volleyball, but are still, like us, lacking in
equipment. Players also create conflict. Try-outs must be held and our
own amazingly awesome P.E. teacher will be choosing age groups and
Individual
Highlights:
picking players according to skill levels. Of course there are still many
Volleyball
1
problems and questions and the idea of a team is just beginning to
MIA Activity
2
form, but with the help and support from our student body and
Survey
3
administration our vision may be fulfilled.
Telescope
4
Shakespeare
5
What's Up!
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MIA Presentations
As you may very well know, Masada is having a presentation on
their writing so far this year. This will take place Thursday March 6,
2008 for MIA. In honor of the student’s work so far here are some
pieces of writing written by other students that will not be presenting.
Autumn
With hues of orange, yellow and green autumns brush dabs at the trees.
Weather worn, the beautifully gnarled branches lengthen out across the
sky, roofed with autumn leaves. The sunlight, be dappled through the
greenery falls at random of the bushes and the sea. Through the leaves
the breeze flows peaceful, calm, restful, and free. Tiny veiled shapes of
city out of the shadow of the mountains come, so slowly, by and by;
with the breaths of awe the beauty of this picture greets the eye.
By: Anonymous
My Hands Have
My hands have… felt abandoned/ as I met with the face of fear/
clenched so hard that nail prints were left behind/ had a taste of the
tears of life/ but still/ have leapt with joy and insensible laughter/
participated in false action/ and longed for echo/ constructed numerous
goals/ but have failed in many/ learning from my errors/ and through it
all, comprehended countless knowledge/ with yet to learn.
By: Anonymous
Tick Tock
Tick tock, time flies by like a nice warm crispy cookie that you can’t
get enough of. Tick tock, the music still beats and I can still see me dad
getting his groove on, on the dance floor. Tick tock, just one taste of
subway gets you hooked on it forever. Tick tock, I see me sister head
out the door. Is she coming back? Tick tock, do something crazy
before a new beginning approaches. Tick tock, every second counts 10
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Happy New Year!!!!!!
By: Anonymous
Article by: Sarah Dockstader and Kristene Hammon
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What's Up!
Survey: Which is Your Hardest Class?
We took a survey on which class is the most challenging for
students and the results are as fallowed:
1. Math: 33 Students
2. Science: 31 Students
3. History: 11 Students
4. Language: 5 Students
5. Humanities: 3 Students
Third, and Final Trimester!
Written By: Ashley Ivory
Hey guys! Guess what? It is now the beginning of third
trimester, cool huh? Well in the 1st trimester we had honor
role students, in the second we had honor role students.
Lets try to improve this number. Also, we have made a
huge improvement on getting our missing assignments in
last trimester. According to our survey for this week Algebra
has been the hardest class, lets try to work on that.
Congrats to those who have worked hard this year, and
have done there best! This should be our hardest trimester,
and lets try to make it the best one!
What's Up!
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Introducing The World Wide Telescope By: Charles Zitting
At this week's TED conference, Microsoft announced groundbreaking software that will bring the
farthest regions of the universe to your desktop—but will it soon be the only way to see the night sky?
The World Wide Telescope will let users zoom and pan through distances stretching to the farthest
reaches of the known universe and stop in for a closer look at just about any object they encounter.
Playing with Google Earth is an immensely gratifying experience. You swoop in like a superhero and
pan around as though you're hovering over your own house. Imagine if you were able to do all that in
the other direction, out into space. This spring, Microsoft is poised to release the World Wide Telescope,
which promises to do just that and more, on a scale of galactic proportions.
Microsoft has assembled an application of tremendous depth and breadth using data from the Hubble
and land-based telescopes around the world. You'll be able to zoom and pan through distances reaching
back to nearly the big bang, stopping in for a closer look at just about any object you encounter. But the
WWT promises to be much more than just a collection of dazzling photographs arrayed in threedimensional space (pretty impressive in itself!) The WWT is filled with data on thousands of points of
interest and has the capability for you to build and share your own tours with friends.
Free for download, it will be released sometime this spring. Unfortunately for us Mac users, the WWT
is currently only available for the Windows platform. You can watch a video presentation of the
technology at TED to whet your appetite before its release.
While the development of an application of such depth and wonder is undoubtedly something at which
to marvel, I can't help but think of the darker side to this story (which strangely enough has to do with a
lighter side). It is not unrealistic to think that the World Wide Telescope will be all that's left for us to
enjoy of the night sky in the years to come. Today, nearly the entire eastern half of the United States is
awash in a glow equal to at least twice the natural night sky brightness. In and around metropolitan areas
that number can rise as high as 27 times as bright. What's more, these figures are based on data collected
for a study nearly 10 years ago, at which time yearly growth rates of light pollution were estimated to be
between five and 10 percent.
Unlike global warming, no one needs to be presented with alarming statistics to understand the lightpollution problem. Simply step outside on a clear night and look up. I remember being able to see the
band of the Milky Way as a kid; I haven't seen it in years. With the WWT, at the very least we'll see it
again if only on our screens.
Article compiled by Charles Zitting From Popular science website www.popsci.com
Original article by Matt Ransford of popular science.
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What's Up!
Shakespearian Festival!
Shakespeare has come to town! On February 27,
2008 Masada Charter School, 6th through 9th and the
Academy was invited to El Captain to watch the
production of Romeo and Juliet. The Shakespearian
Traveling Troup from Cedar City preformed it.
Masada Charter
School
265 West Cannon
Ave
Centennial Park, AZ
86021
P.O. Box 2277
PHONE:
(928) 875-2525
FAX:
(928) 875-2854
E-MAIL:
margarett@masada
school.com
A week before the production, Mrs. Polly and Mr.
Heber helped each of their classes analyze and
understand the events in the story Romeo and Juliet.
They also had us do exercise warm-ups for acting.
The 9th grade was invited to a workshop on
improve. 8th grade did acting, and the 7th grade did stage
combat.
At 6:15 p.m. we meet at the Academy and got on a
bus that took us to El Captain. At 7 o’clock the doors
closed and curtains opened as we enjoyed a wonderful
evening of reliving Shakespeare. After the play, the bus
brought us back to the Academy where we met our
parents who took us home around 9 o’clock.
All who attended enjoyed the Festival and we can’t
wait till next year when they come back with new skills
for us to learn!
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.Masadaschool.org
-Susie Dutson
-Daisy Zitting
-Samuel Timpson