THE WEEKLY PANTHER
Volume 5, Issue 1
“For Students, by Students”
Friday August 19th, 2016
Welcome Panthers!: New Students Reflect on the New Year
by Melissa
school.
WeekCuevas
in Review:
It’s the In
firstThis
week of school, Q: How is Middle School
and thereIssue…
are new faces. We going for you?
went around to interview a A: Good!
 “Inspirational Quotes”
fewby
students.
Carmen C, pg. 2
Q: What do you like most
th “Review of Drake’s
6 :Views”
Daniel Gonzales
about this school?
by
Dayana
pg. 3
Q: Valverde,
What school
did you A: It’s better than any other
 “Beverage Breakdown”
school because you can
come
from?Boyd,
And
by Jackson
pg. 4what have a locker.
made
“Top
10
Whycome
We
Songs”
by
you
Cele- to
here
brate:
FLA?
Black
A:
HistoWheatly.
I ry
heard
that
Monthit
was
by Jacksona
good
Boyd
7th: Manuel Mendoza
Q: What school do you
come from? And what
made you come to this
school?
A: We moved from New
Mexico. We came here because of my dad’s new job.
Olympic Inspirations:
Simone Biles
by Danielle Estrada
“I’m not the next Usain Bolt
or Michael Phelps. I’m the
first Simone Biles.”
Simone Biles is an Olympic
gymnast for the USA. Simone
Biles was born on March 14th,
1997 in Columbus, Ohio and
is 19 years old. When Simone
was little, she went on a field
trip to Bannon’s Gymnastix.
While
she
was
there,
she
imitated the
other
Q: What
do
you
like most
about this
school?
A: It’s not
so hard.
A: I came
from Taylor Middle
School,
and
my
dad got a
job here.
Q: What
do
you
like most
about this
far, and why?
school?
A: Mrs. Talboy, because A: It has great teachers.
she’s nice.
Q: Who’s your favorite
8th: Diana Mendoza
teacher so far and why?
A: Mrs. Haywood, because
Q: What school do you
she teaches art and I really
come from, and what
like art.
made you come here?
gymnasts, and one of the
coaches noticed and sent
home a letter requesting she
join. Simone has 3 siblings:
Ronald II, Adam, and Adria.
Simone Biles is competing in
the 2016 Rio Olympics. Simone is the first American female
gymnast to win four gold
medals in a single Olympic
game. That’s pretty impressive. She’s such an inspiration
to people and to me.
Q: Who’s
your favorite
teacher so
Watch This:
Arrow
by Jaime Galindo
Have you heard
of the series
Arrow? It is a
really good series. Also, if
you have seen
The Flash, he teams up
with The Arrow. First,
The Arrow’s name is Oliver Queen. He was a famous teenager after an
accident happened on his
cruise. He was stranded
for 5 years on an island.
Therefore, when a boat
was sailing, they found
Oliver on the island. They
took him back to his city.
Oliver’s family was happy to see him. This is part
of the story but there’s a
lot of reasons you should
watch this series.
First, they put the show
on Netflix. So, you can
see the full episodes. Secondly, the show is really
good and has good costume designs. Thirdly,
they put The Arrow and
The Flash together in one
show. In conclusion, you
could watch this on Netflix or on the CW app
right away.
Contributors: [8th] Jackson Boyd, Adamari Carrillo, Melissa Cuevas, Jose Esparza-Medina, Danielle Estrada, Karla Farias, Luz Farias, Jamie Galindo, Ander
Gonzalez, Cesar Gutierrez, Jamie Hernandez, Francisco Marin, Benjamin Ogaz-Castillo, Jesus Ramirez, Kevin Perez, Montrise Taylor, Daunte Washington [7th]
Adela Alcantar, Carmen Cantu, Geraldine Garcia, Alexandra Godinez, Idaly Meza, Jennifer Perez-Moreno, Evelyn Vasquez [6th] Samuel Ardiles, Isabel Avendano,
Santino Avitia, Clarissa Calderon, Joshua Garcia, Daniel Wright
THE WEEKLY PANTHER
Why We Love…
Taylor Swift
Band Spotlight:
Pvris
by Clarissa Calderon
There are many reasons to love
Taylor Swift. But here are a
few things I have to say. When
Taylor Swift was still in her
country boots singing “Romeo
and Juliet,” I already listened
to all her music. I fell in love
with every song she wrote. Especially “Fifteen” on her Speak
Now album. I have to say, the
girl I started listening to then
and now is still there. She just
exchanged her country style
for flowy skater skirts and cute
crop tops, but she still has remained her humbled self.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2016
1. She has the best style.
2. She puts all her feelings
into her songs.
3. She is sooo good with her
fans. Who else invites fans
to their house?
4. She is the best performer.
She shares all her personal
stories with the audience
and makes us feel like
friends.
5. She has remained herself.
Even though she is the bigI think we all like Taylor Swift.
gest pop star on the planet,
Even if you say you have her
she is down to earth.
because of her boy problems,
you can’t stay still when
6. Her cats are ADORABLE.
“Shake it Off” comes on the
radio – it’s just facts.
Six reasons why I love Taylor
Swift are because…
out some of their other
songs. I actually liked
by Adamari Carrillo
them, which is why I’m
Have you ever heard of here writing about them.
Pvris? Well, now you
band
originally
have… Pvris (pronounced The
formed under the name
like “Paris”) is an AmeriParis in 2012, but later
can rock band from Low- changed it to Pvris in
ell, Massachusetts formed 2013. They had to change
by Lyndsey Gunnulfsen, it, citing legal reasons.
Alex Balonski and Brian They’re signed to Rise
MacDonald. They are cur- Records. As some of you
may know, Sleeping with
rently on tour, and their
Sirens and Hands Like
next stop is on August Houses are signed with
20th, 2016 in Tokyo, Ja- the same label. You guys
pan. They have an album should check them out,
called W hite Noise, re- too. Pvris is working on
leased in 2014. My per- some new material, so you
guys should keep an eye
sonal favorites are Holy,
out and check them out!
Fire, White Nosie and
Mirrors. If it weren’t for
my cousin I probably
wouldn’t know about
them. She first showed me
“St. Patrick,” which is on
their album W hite Noise. I
thought that song was
pretty good, so I checked
Puppy Press 2:
Week 1
A: He hates the heat outside. He drinks a lot
of water.
Q: What did Odin do during this
summer?
Q: What is Odin’s favorite song of the
summer?
by Isabel Avendano
A: He played outside A LOT.
Q: What did Odin do on the 4TH of
July?
A: He barked at the fireworks.
Q: What does he thank about the
heat outside?
The Weekly Panther — Week 1
A: “I’m All the Way Up” (edited version)
Q: Does Odin play Pokémon Go?
A: Yes, he is on level 21, and he has a pouch
for his iPhone.
THE WEEKLY PANTHER
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2016
Student
of
the
Week:
Keep
Calm
and
Are
You
Ready
for
Adaiah
Edmond
Relieve
Your
Stress
Some
Football?
by Daiona Edmond
In the News:
Rio Olympics 2016
by
Espino
byAbby
Jackson
Boyd
by Samuel Ardiles
As we go into the second
week of pre-season football
this weekend, many things
have happened just in one
week of football. Patriots
back-up quarterback Jimmy
Garoppolo didn’t reach the expectation
given to him by the coaching staff and
rest of the Patriots. Either the coaching
staff needs to make adjustments or after
Tom Brady serves his suspension in the
regular season, he’ll be coming back to
havoc.
Kansas City Chiefs (the best NFL team
in Missouri now) upset many fans in
their game against the Seattle Seahawks
after blowing a lead of 9-16 which they
held until the last play of their game. After the Seahawks win, starting quarterback Russell Wilson said “This is the
most talented Seahawks team I’ve been
on.” The many Chiefs’ fans will be hopYouTuber of the Week:
DanTDM
by Joshua Garcia
DanTDM’s full name is Daniel Middleton. He was born in November 8th. He
lives in the UK and is 24 years old. Daniel Middleton joined in 2012. Daniel is a
professional gamer and most of his videos are about Minecraft. Daniel was listed
as one of the most popular YouTubers in
July 2015.
When Dan
was in university, he
made
a
YouTube
channel
The Weekly Panther — Week 1
ing for a better game against the former
St. Louis team, the Los Angeles Rams.
The Olympic Games is a series of
sports events bringing people
from around the world trying
their best to win. Training their
entire lives to win the gold medal,
many have succeeded and many
have not. The only thing that matters is that they tried. Every 4
years, the Olympic Games return
for more contestants trying to
take home the gold medal.
In the Oakland Raiders first game back
on the field, they pretty much ran
through the Arizona Cardinals 31-10 and
with the Green Bay Packers they should
carry enough momentum to play a great
game tonight. It was also rumored that
the Oakland Raiders may be having a
move to Las Vegas. Many people of Vegas are standing with open arms to the
NFL team. With all of that happening in
one week, maybe that rallies you up to
getting ready for the regular season This year, a man named Michael
that’ll be here before you even know it. helps won his 23rd gold medal in
The Olympic Games! A woman
dedicated
named Simone Manuel was the
to
first black woman to win an
Olympic medal in an individual
Pokemon.
swimming event when she tied
DanTDM
Canadian Penny Oleksiak in the
has
100m freestyle. Great Britain’s
reached
Justin Rose hit an incredible 23
more than
yard chip that secured him a gold
10 million
medal in men’s golf.
subscribAll of these incredible people
ers.
have succeeded in the Olympics,
Q:
and many
Why more! Maybe someday,
I like this YouTuber because he’s funny
you could
can’twin a medal too!
when he does his gameplays, and he is a
kind person. You should watch Dan because he makes your day and when you
see one of Dan’s videos, he will make
you laugh. That’s why you should watch
his videos!
THE WEEKLY PANTHER
A Summer
Check
out of
on
Inspirational
YouTube: RudanC
Concerts
by Daunte
Washington & Autumn
by Carmen Cantu
Both
artists,
traveling
around the world to perform
in front of thousands of people, finally making it to
Kansas City was Twenty
One Pilots and Halsey
(Ashley Frangipane). And I
was blessed with the fact mix of two of my favorite
songs on the album,
that I got to go.
“Bluffyface;
The first concert was the Heavydirtysoul” and “Fairly
Twenty One Pilots concert, Local”.
which if you don’t know,
took place at Ellis
the Sprint Cen- They came out in ski masks
ter. I didn’t know that I was with the eyes and mouth cut
going to be able to attend out. They wore red tuxedos,
such an event until a week and it was simply amazing.
prior, and I was completely I’d say the whole concert
freaking out. Twenty One was amazing, but some of
Pilots are my favorite band, the coolest things to happen
and I was completely ecstat- include: them performing
ic that I was actually going. the song “Heathens,” which
is one of my absolute favorFast-forwarding to the con- ites; Tyler Joseph (the singer
Rant
Remix:
cert, I was very
anxious
after of the band) crowd surfed in
Jordans
the opening bands played. I a hamster ball; Josh Dun
by Jackson Boyd
bought an awesome t-shirt (the drummer) crowd surfed
and bracelet at the merchan- on his drum platform; Josh
dise table before Twenty Dun did a backflip off of
One Pilots came on.
Tyler’s piano Tyler made
Once back in my seat, I was
bouncing up in down in excitement. And then, the
Celeb
Corlights
went
out and everyone
ner:
screamed in excitement
Kanye West
(including
me). And then
by Dayana Valverde
their first song started playing, which happened to be a
the whole crowd laugh covering the song “Lover Yourself” by Justin Bieber and
changing up the lyrics a bit
to make everyone laugh; and
then Tyler had a small
speech during their last performance of their song
“Trees”.
You Vote:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2016
That night was hands down
one of the best nights of my
life, but when the Halsey
concert came around, I just
knew I had to have two favorite nights of my life.
In the middle of the show
she said that this was her
first time coming to Kansas
Citshe had been nervous for
this show because it was one
of the smallest crowds she
performed in front of on this
tour. She proceeded to say
that we were more hype than
crowds twice our size. She
said she now knows that
Kansas City goes hard!
At the Halsey concert,
which took place at The
Midland, we waited in a line
for about an hour, that
wrapped around the whole
block, until we got in. Once
we got in,
my friend
Geraldine
and
I
Halsey also made a speech
bought
merchan- that was very inspirational.
dise and She told us to embrace who
headed to we were, no matter our race,
our desig- religion, sexuality, or gender. She told us that we
nated
seats. An should always feel safe at
her shows. And I did.
opening
band was After the show, Geraldine
playing, which happened to and I waited by her tour bus
be one of my favorite bands along with a lot of other
called Oh Wonder. The people to see if she would
sound in the room was really come out and take pictures
YouTube
Channel:
amazing.
with people.
We waited a
Reaction
Time
before leaving, still in
When Oh Wonder was fin- while
by Jennifer Perez
a
completely
happy and ecished, they were setting up
static
mood.
These two
the set for Halsey. And like
the Twenty One Pilots con- nights of this summer were
cert, the lights turned out some of the best nights of
and her first song began to my life. I always look back
play. We went crazy and at my concert videos and
screamed every lyric back to pictures, and miss being a
her. Her voice sounded so both concerts with my idols,
much better live. I had been singing their meaningful lyrwaiting for that moment for ics back to them.
Favorite Sport
by Karla Farias & Jamie Hernandez
ketball, tennis, baseball, and
American football.
We asked some students what is their
favorite sport. Some of them didn’t
have one and others did. The choices
we had were soccer, volleyball, bas-
So, these are the results that we
got for the favorite sports of
some of the students from this
school:
The Weekly Panther — Week 1
about three months, and to
finally be there, felt so surreal.
THE WEEKLY PANTHER
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2016
Flashback
Friday:
family and closest friends.
Check out
on
Disney
&
YouTube: RudanC
Nickelodeon
by Daunte
Washington & Autumn2.Kim Possible, that one
by Geraldine
EllisGarcia
show where the school's
I'm sure we've all heard of cheerleader works with her
Disney and Nickelodeon, two friends to stop the vil(if you haven't thin I'm not lains and bad guys.
sure where you've been)
and it's always funny to 3. Recess, about a group of
remember old shows. So fourth-grader friends as
today I'm going to list a their lives go on in school.
few Disney and Nickelode- The show is about their
on shows that probably adventures in recess, peodefine your childhood (or ple ruining all the fun and
not.)
the playground who is
1. Hannah Montana, it's the
show about a girl named
Miley Stewart who secretely is the famous pop singer
'Hannah Montana.' The
only people who actually
know her secret are her
ruled
by
King
Bob.
4. Drake and Josh, they
become step brothers, one
is a nerd and the other is a
cool musician. They're
very different, they end up
being the best of brothers
despite all the funny and
crazy things they do. If
you've heard the lines "Are
you calling me a liar?"
"I ain't calling you a
truther,"
that's
Drake
(Graham)
and
Josh.
Baby Brother Blog:
Week 103
by Francisco Marin
5. iCarly, Carly's life turns
into a twist when her internet show "iCarly," gets
big. Her friends Sam and
Freddie help he out with
the show along with her
brother Spencer helping
her cope with the feeling.
6. This last one of course is
the famous living sponge
called
SpongeBob
SquarePants. So he lives in
a pinnaple under da sea in
Bikini Bottom with his
snail pet Gary. SpongeBob
works as a cook in the
Krusty Krab, during his
time off he likes to hang
out with his star best friend
Patrick.
His
neighbor
Squidward, the one who
plays the clarinet, doesn't
like him for his child-like
behavior.
YouTube Nation:
Braille Skateboarding
by Jesus Ramirez
Braille Skateboarding is a YouTube
channel of a group of guys that love
to skate. They pretty much skate on
everything. For example they skated on a TV, Nerf gun, Book, iPad,
“.”
Door, Shoe and much more. They have The Braille Skateboarding
channel has a
2,000,000 subs.
store available online.Cesar
If you
are interestG., 7th
ed in buying shirts from Braille SkateIf you’re interested in skating, these guys
boarding the website is brailleskateboardgive tips on how to do tricks and they aling.com/. If you skate, you can send them
so tell you what’s better than the grip
your video tricks to their Facebook and
tape. Also these guys pretty much get fan
Twitter.
mail everyday of homemade skateboards.
The Weekly Panther — Week 1
I’m back, with
another
blog
about baby Jose.
For those who
don’t have a clue
about who or
what this is, I will
tell you a little
about this. Ever
since my little
brother Jose was born, I have
enjoyed writing about him and
sharing it with all of you. Jose is
now going to turn 2 on the 24th
of this month. He is now being
potty trained. Jose is really active
and not patient at all. He’s
spoiled, too.
Jose just got back from his vacations. He went to visit his grandparents on his dad’s side in San
Luis Potosi, Mexico. When Jose
was in Mexico, he got baptized
and got celebrated with a huge
party. They had a music band go,
a huge cake, lots of tables with
goodies and fruit.
Mostly every kid got a matching
shirt that said his last name. Jose
loved visiting the animals at his
grandparents’ ranch. His favorite
were the pigs. He knows how to
say a lot of words like “stop it,”
“no,” our names, etc. All of his
baby teeth are in. He’s also really
friendly. Jose’s favorite cartoon
is Elmo’s W orld. He’s been
watching it since he was five or
four months old. He loves it. Jose is so spoiled that he has all of
the Elmo shirts, pajamas, toys,
chairs, a coloring table, pillows,
and even more. That is all for
today. If you want more, don’t
miss out on next week’s blog.
Thank you for reading!
THE WEEKLY PANTHER
New
At the
Updates
Movies:
on
Apple
Horror
& Samsung
Films
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2016
S3 debut for September. If
you’re
a fantheir
of Galaxy
Tab
Students
share
talent
S line of Tabs and have
been waiting to hear about a
new Tab, you’ll be glad to
hear that Samsung just said
its existence. There is not
that doesn’t feel like a huge much to say about the facts
phone for your palm. Sam- that it’ll be launched in Sepsung has more experience tember and it will have a
with big phones than other better spec.
companies.
iPhone highlighted New and
A person tweeted that iPh- Improved Features.
one 7/Pro will instead be Stereo Speakers: It was recalled iPhone 6SE. Could ported that there will be no
Apple’s next phone be wa- headphone jack replaced by
terproof? Last year’s iPhone dual speakers.
6s made the device a lot
more resistant to water. The Increase in battery: Last
new waterproof material month, Steve Hemmerstofgoes around sensitive parts fer wrote a tweet that the
of the new iPhone, but the iPhone 7’s battery will be
next iPhone 7/Pro should be 1,960 mAh, which increases
well improved in this. Sam- 14% over iPhone 6s (which
sung confirms Galaxy Tab has 1,715 mAh).
Creative
bybyJamie
Hernandez
Ander
Gonzalez & Corner!:
Alondra Munos
Have you ever wondered
how Samsung or Apple are
doing? Samsung and Apple
are the top electronics companies. Samsung had one of
the greatest updates ever,
and Apple in this year has
had some difficulties. The
new updates of Samsung
and Apple are at a race for
improvements.
Apple is planning to release
a new 10.5 inch iPad Pro in
2017, including a new 12.9
inch iPad Pro 2 and at a
“low cost”. According to
MacRumors, KVO reported
a “revolutionary” change to
be made to an iPad’s design
in 2018. Samsung Galaxy
Note 7 review: the big, best
phone. Samsung has created
a phone with a big screen
Creative Corner
by Abrendian Jihad, 5th grade
The Weekly Panther — Week 1
16gb option is eliminated in
higher tier options: According to PocketNow, there
will be new options for the
iPhone 7/pro than we have
seen in the past.
And the last, #4: Dual lens
camera: iPhone 7/pro is expected to have a dual lens
camera system. The new
lens will be added to support low lights.
Samsung reveals new Gear
S3 Smartwatch on August
31st. The latest wearable
will arrive on August 31st at
Europe’s largest consumer
tech show. Samsung and
Apple are having a race on
each other but there are difficulties right now. Apple
and Samsung for all their
improvements have done
well on their task.
You Vote: Fried vs. Baked Chicken
Benjamin Ogaz & Jackson Boyd
Is fried chicken healthy for you? Let’s get
into it, shall we? Fried chick can help optimize muscle repair. On the other hand,
baked chicken servces as a rich source of
protein. A 4-ounce serving of chicken leg
Puzzle
: Cryptogram
meat contains
27.5 grams of protein, while an equivalent serving of
Subject
:
Test
Mottos
baked chicken breast
contains 35 grams.
Rules: Which numbers
stand baked
for which
Although
wins in
letters?
Use Iwhat
healthiness,
thinkyou
fried wins
know
about
words,
the
in hungriness. I’ll let you desubject,
and
cide
which
the
to
team clue
you are
crack
the
on!
Team
code!
baked
vs.
team friend –
cheese wisely!