GEORGE WASHINGTON
MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Alexis Rech
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Kelsey Lauckner
Anna McDermott
We Salute You, Veterans!
Faith Aero
Maya Charles
By: Maya Charles
Nathaniel Simon
Grace Steiner
Alyssa Sherry
Jennifer Cook
Winston Lee
Kaitlyn McNutt
Jenna Donaldson
Grace Sendak
Dayvon Rivera
Skylar Tanski
Alejandra Duarte
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Canteen Review
2
Veteran’s Day Concert
2
“The Tricky Turkey”
3
Thanksgiving Fun Facts
3
Counselors’ Corner
3
Video Game Review
4
Pumpkin Pie Recipe
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Thanksgiving Mad Libs
5
Crossword Puzzle
6
Thanksgiving Code
Game
6
Trep$ Alert
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On Thursday November 12th,
George Washington Middle
School held it’s annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony. May I just
say that this was one of my
favorite assemblies that I have
ever been to at George Washington. It all started with the
veterans walking in in a line
across the auditorium as everyone gave them a huge round of
applause. We said the Pledge of
Allegiance not long after Mr.
Leonard said his opening
speech. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr.
Willbergh who is a veteran
but is also an incredible Social
Studies teacher here at our
school. The chorus then sang
the National Anthem and the
band played many songs
throughout this event, either
alone or along with the chorus.
“
All of the music played on that
school’s ceremony. Near the end
day was absolutely stunning and of the our ceremony, Mr. Leonsounded awesome.
ard gave an amazing speech that
really showed the positive thinkOne of the highlights of the cere- ing George Washington has and
mony were our poetry contest
what the entire assembly was
winners. All of the poems cerabout. This speech was about
tainly showed how our
thanking our veterans, and even
veterans are the heroes that though we cannot repay them
live among us, which was the for all that they had given, we
theme this year. The poems
can say thank and honor all of
were written beautifully and
the brave men and women to the
were well read in front of not
best of our ability. The last song
only our school, but all of our
that was played/ sung was truly
guests. Service songs were
my favorite. It showed the greatplayed to show appreciation to ness of our nation and all that we
all categories of veterans who
had to do to get the freedoms
served in our military. The songs and the rights that we have now.
were, again, fascinating and really made the ceremony complete. The assembly was, overall, hands
Another great part of our cere- down remarkable and I am
mony was the poster contest
thankful to go to a school that
winner-Ela Ficker- who designed has such events in honor of the
a beautiful poster for our
“heroes among us.”
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Turn to page 2 for more coverage
of the Veteran’s Day assembly
By: Alexis Reich
Have you recently
noticed green lights in your
neighborhood? Green Light
A Vet is a national initiative
to show civilian appreciation towards veterans.
Sometimes, it is hard to tell
that someone is a veteran
when they’re not wearing
their uniform. Even though
we may not recognize veter-
ans individually, they can
recognize our support when
they see green lights on
porches of houses in their
neighborhoods. The color
green symbolizes hope and
moving forward on with
their lives. This project
strives to recognize veterans
every other day of the year
besides veterans day. To join
the movement, all you have
to do is change one light to
green and share it with the
hashtag #greenlightavet. For
more information, visit the
website
www.greenlightavet.com.
Help shine a light on
America’s veterans today.
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School News
The Halloween Canteen
By: Jennifer Cook
As you all know already we had a Halloween canteen, we had some strange
costumes...two people with the same EMOJI costume...
That was pretty good but, compared to the
amazing 6 grade smurf costumes, it was no
contest. There was a lot of fun games like
knocking down the cans, and flipping bowling
pins over with little pucks.
There was also cotton candy pizza, and drinks.
At the canteen there was lots of dancing and
talking and don't forget the singing.
I think all of us know how fun it was and can't
wait for the next one!
Veteran’s Day Concert
By: Klesey Lauckner
Congratulations
to Miss Kraft’s
7th Grade
Homeroom for
winning the Box
Top Bagel
Country pride shined off of
students, staff, and Veterans
as the Veteran’s Day Concert
began! The concert was on
November 12th, 2015. Sixth
grade wore red, 7th grade
wore white, and 8th grade
wore blue. The chorus and
band began the concert with
the National Anthem and
Armed forces. As the chorus
sang Armed Forces, the Veterans who joined us that morning proudly stood up when
their branch of the Armed
Forces was called. After
Armed forces, students
named some of the Veterans
and their branch. Soon later
our piano accompanist beautifully played Song for Unsung
Hero as the chorus sang. After
some more meaningful poems
and speeches, the band and
Breakfast
Competition!
Photo courtesy of the Yearbook Club
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chorus played and sang
Within These Hallowed
Halls. The concert was a
big success and a great
honorable assembly.
We are very proud to
have these Veterans,
also known as our heroes, and thankful to
have a free country.
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The Tricky Turkey
An Original Story by Grace Sendak
Pudgie Featherbrain showed up on Mr. Lambert’s doorstep looking for a gullible human. “Ding Dong!”
Herbert Lambert answered and exclaimed, “Margaret, come here it’s a Thanksgiving miracle!”
Margaret answered “What now Herbert!”
Pudgie gulped and said, “Wrong house!”
Herbert picked him up and acted as if he didn’t say anything. He carried him over to a square box that
radiated heat and said, “Get in.”
A plump looking lady came over and squealed with delight. Pudgie put on a concerned face
and said, “You shouldn’t put me in like this. I’m probably filthy from being in the field all day.”
Margaret nodded her head as if considering the idea, and after a moment of silence, she went and got
a basin. When Margaret finally got the turkey into the basin she was leaning on the chair like it was a lifesaver, and regretting
that she didn’t just shove the turkey in the oven. A few moments later Herbert scooped Pudgie out of the basin and said once
more, “Get in” as he pointed to the oven.
Pudgie hesitated and said, “Well... My talons are frightfully long and they should be clipped if you want a good meal.”
The man sighed and got out his wife's nail clipper. Now, if you have ever tried to clip a turkey’s toenails then you would have understood the struggle that went on in the house. An hour later the man stood panting like a dog on a hot summer day and
was feeling the same regret his wife had felt. After catching his breath, the man had clenched his fists and started screaming,
“GET IN THE OVEN!”.
Pudgie sighed and said “ If I must, but I would be a lot tastier if you stuffed me.” Herbert was at the point where he
just wanted something to eat for Thanksgiving, and was desperate for the turkey to just get into the oven. Finally, Herbert reluctantly walked into the kitchen to get some food for the turkey. Margaret presented a pureed feast before Pudgie. Pudgie, after
eating more than his share, was content. The exhausted couple lay at the kitchen table sleeping. Pudgie stepped out of the house
wondering who he could trick next.
Thanksgiving Fun Facts
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By: Brooke Engler
690 million pounds of turkey were consumed in the U.S.
during Thanksgiving in 2007.
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 and lasted
for three days.
The average American eats between 16-18 pounds of turkey each year.
Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird
of the U.S.
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7.
The Macy’s day parade began in 1920
Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation has presented a
live turkey and two dressed turkeys to the President. The
President does not eat the live turkey. He "pardons" it and
allows it to live out its days on a historical farm.
8. Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday in 1941.
9. 91% of Americans eat Turkey on Thanksgiving.
10. A frightened turkey can run up to 20 miles per hour!
Counselors’ Corner
To recognize the Week of Respect and
School Anti-Violence Week [October 5
-9 and October 19-23], the staff, under
the leadership of the school counselors,
chose to celebrate the school’s initiative
to promote respectful relations by creating the theme, “Have courage; be
kind.” During these weeks, the
schools was decorated with flags that
represent George Washington’s Pillars
of Character, and counselors instructed lessons on how courage and kindness support the anti-bullying atmosphere at George Washington Middle
School. Students were also engaged
in week-long activities that called for
them to pledge to commit to an act of
kindness. In addition, each morning
began with quotes that supported the
theme of kindness and the Pillars of
Character of George Washington
Middle School.
Also, students were
asked to show their spirit each day by
wearing articles of clothing symbolizing
their devotion to kindness and antibullying [i.e., Wear a hat/cap: “Keep
a CAP on conflict,” Wear Sweats:
“ It’s no SWEAT to show respect,”
Wear Crazy socks: “SOCK it to bullying!”, etc.]
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Eagles
By Nathaniel Simon
Well folks it's one of
those dry spells in gaming in
which there aren't a lot of good
titles out yet, so I decided to review an old favorite of mine: Professor Layton. The Professor
Layton series is all about puzzles
and brain teasers, which by the
way are some of the hardest
things I have ever tried to solve.
Granted a lot of them are trick
questions or have a “too obvious”
answer to them. Well to tell you
the truth it's a puzzle game there
isn't much else to it but puzzles.
But hey the real plus of the game
is the plot and the cast of puzzle
obsessed characters.
The game usually starts
out with an animated scene in the
game's beautiful art style, which
gives exposition on the Mcguffin
you're trying to collect in the
game and which the game's plot
is based around, and usually is
taken in the form of a letter to the
main character: Professor Layton. He is kind of a mix of Sher-
lock Holmes and Indiana Jones,
the latter half of which is only
because of his profession as a
professor in archeology in a college whom also goes on adventures with a quirky sidekick.
After said expositional
cutscene plays you are introduced to the main characters
you will get to know throughout
the story. The story is usually a
mystery with as many twists and
turns as you would expect from
a Holmsen plot in layman's
terms a lot. Although there are
some bad bits to the game I
mean the puzzles are at times
cryptic at best and sometimes I
needed to look them up on the
internet or use the hint system
and if you fail a puzzle you lose
points for that specific puzzle.
Depending on how many you
have by the end of the game you
get certain rewards like a sound
test or concept art or a puzzle
gallery.
The game also require you to play every single
game in the series as there
are recurring characters
whom you wont know unless
you played them in order or
you might miss crucial backstory of a character. The
game is pretty good overall.
Except for one thing the mini
game- the mini game is sort
of a game within a game with
each game having a different
one, some are cute and fun
and have their own little
charm while some are just
distracting from the main
game—like one that is huge
and takes hours to complete
not because of its difficulty
but because of its addictiveness. But they are fun overall
if you're there for the story
you get distracted from it.
I give this a 7/10, or,
average.
Pumpkin Pie
Recipe by Libby’s brought to you by Anna McDermott
Turn to page 6
for your chance
to win a prize
from The GW
INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 large eggs
1 can (15 oz.) Pure Pumpkin
1 can (12 fl. oz.) Evaporated Milk
Times!
INSTRUCTIONS
MIX sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger and cloves in small bowl. Beat eggs in large
bowl. Stir in pumpkin and sugar-spice mixture. Gradually stir in evaporated milk.
POUR into pie shell.
BAKE in preheated 425° F oven for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350° F;
bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool
on wire rack for 2 hours. Serve immediately or refrigerate. Top with whipped
cream before serving.
Web site: https://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/18470/libbys-famous-pumpkin-pie/
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Directions: Fill in lines below with
the words called for, and then write
them in the story to the right. Enjoy!
animal:____________________________
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Thanksgiving Mad Libs
noun:_____________________________
noun:_____________________________
animal
now you can. First, we will start with the creamy and__________ mashed potatoes.
adjective
To start, get your__________ and start to mash it with a __________. Then add your
noun
noun
other ingredients like __________, butter, and salt. Our next food item is always
noun
adverb (ending in ly):_________________
adjective:__________________________
by Kaitlyn M cNutt
Have you ever wondered how to make a turkey, pie, or__________, well
adjective:__________________________
noun:_____________________________
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made__________. It is our___________ turkey. Just make sure, that if it is from
adverb (ending in ly)
adjective
place:_____________________________
verb:______________________________
the __________ that you __________off all the feathers. First, preheat the oven to
place
verb
number:___________________________
sound (ending in s):__________________
noun:_____________________________
verb:______________________________
__________ degrees. When the timer__________, put the__________ in the
number
sound (ending in s)
oven.
While you wait, you can __________. After the__________ dings again, take out
verb
noun:_____________________________
adjective:__________________________
plural noun:_________________________
adjective___________________________
verb:______________________________
adjective:__________________________
noun:_____________________________
verb:______________________________
noun
noun
your_________ turkey! Once you put on your spices and__________, your turkey will
adjective
plural noun
be so__________ you will__________ for joy. Finally, the warm, delectable,
adjective
verb
and__________ apple pie!!! The__________ is always the best part. Preheat the oven
adjective
noun
again. To start take your tin and__________ your dough. Then press the__________
noun:_____________________________
verb
noun:_____________________________
on your tin. For your__________, mash your apples __________ and add in the
noun
adverb (ending in ly)_________________
noun:_____________________________
noun:_____________________________
plural noun:________________________
noun (ending in st/est):_______________
noun
adverb (ending in ly)
sugar, __________, butter, flour,__________, and cinnamon. Fill the tin and then put the
noun
noun
left over__________ with slits in it, on top of the apples. Bake, and your__________ will
noun (ending in s)
be one of the__________ things in your Thanksgiving feast!!!
adjective (ending is st/est)
noun
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Thanksgiving
Crossword Puzzle
by: Alyssa Sherry
Across
2. what you do on Thanksgiving
3. a popular dessert
4. the main dish
7. __________ potatoes
8. horn of goodness
Down
9. another popular dessert
1. the other group that celebrated the
11. crazy shopping day
first Thanksgiving
4. what you should be on Thanksgiving
5. who you spend the holiday with
by Winston Lee
Here’s the second code game this year, this time about Thanksgiving! To review, there are 3
interesting facts given to you, but incomplete in the form of the ancient Caesar Cipher, a simple
code where all of the letters are ¨shifted¨ by a certain number. The ¨shifts¨ of the facts, when
added up, will equal the shift of the final message or fact. Clues for the first 3 facts are provided, and shifts cannot exceed 25. Shifts work like this: When the shift is 4, an ¨A¨ in encrypted
code is actually a ¨E¨. Have a very thankful holiday!
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Fact 1: Shift: __
The ____’_ Thanksgiving parade began in 1920.
__ __ __ __ ‘ __
O C E A
U
Fact 2: Shift: __
Male Turkeys are called ____.
__ __ __ __
H C A G
Fact 3: Shift: __
Thanksgiving used to be a time to ____ until the Wampanoags joined early settlers.
__ __ __ __
L G Y Z
Final Fact Shift: __ + __ + __ = __
Fact:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
P Q N G A U S W O J K P O A N R A Z
W P
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __.
P D A
B E N O P
P D W J G O C E R E J C
CUT THIS OUT WITH THE CORRECT ANSWERS & PUT IT IN THE BOX OUTSIDE OF MISS
KRAFT ‘S CLASS—ROOM 118 ! ALL CORRECT ANSWERS WILL BE THROWN INTO A RAFFLE
6. day of the week Thanksgiving is
celebrated on
8. _________ sauce
10. one of the first groups that celebrated the holiday
TREP$ Alert!
The TREP$ marketplace is being
held on Dec 10 from 6-9:00pm.
Over 80 student entrepreneurs
will be selling their homage creations. Come out and support our
hard working members while
getting a head start on your holiday shopping!
Enjoy browsing and buying
unique items such as a personalized holiday ornament, inspirations messages n various items,
and the GW logo on items.
Prices are affordable at this fun
and festive events!!