V O L U M E
JAGPAW STAFFERS
Advisor: Mrs. Powell
Matthew Burgess
Jesse Burkis-Mentor Editor
Dylan Carter-Online Editor
Daniel Casillas
Julia Cuendet-Page Editor
Kyria Greb
Khia Pieratt-Page Editor
Emilie Shin
Yea Ji Lee
Lienna Tieu
Kate Lugo
Lindsay Nesbitt
Sonja Merrick
Ahmed Usman-Main Editor
Saddiq Webster-P.R. Editor
Marceau Phillips-Online Editor
Erik Rizert
Kunwoo Lee
Woowon Seo
Maya Hicks
Kylee Mercer
Haley Montoya
Sebastian Munoz
Elena Olivas
Cameron Shurman
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S P R I N G
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Creative Story continued! Khia Pieratt
I struck the monster in the stomach
and ran off. I found a giant branch and
smashed the monster in the face. It fell to the
ground with an unconscious look. It almost
looked cute I snickered at the creature knowing I had won.
The next day, which I think was Tuesday, I saw a giant beast eating an antelope. I
crawled behind a bush and stared at the massive creature… I knew what it was; I circled
the monster and charged!
The beast swiftly turned around and
I dragged the creature to a tree, dug a bit down on my wrist. The creature ran backhole and flung the monster into the ditch, I
wards and charged again I grabbed the beast’s
threw the dirt back onto the hole and walked hair… his skin ripped off; I found the metal
away. I found a cave at dawn and fell fast
plate under the flesh and ceramic bone.
asleep.
The creature was actually a robot and
I was dreaming the whole time.
Most Wanted Movies Daniel Casillas
These movies are the highly anticipated movies of this summer.
Iron Man 3:(in theaters May 3, 2013)
Iron Man returns and this time he is going
to face one of the most powerful villains
in Superhero history, the Mandarin.
(Disney with Marvel, 3-D and IMAX 3-D)
Man of Steel : (in theaters June 14, 2013)
See how Clark Kent turns into Superman
in this epic film. (Warner Brothers with DC
Comics, 3-D and IMAX 3-D)
Monsters University: (in theaters June 21,
2013) Watch how it all started when Mike
and Sulley go to college and become
friends. (Disney with Pixar, 3-D)
Turbo: (in theaters July 19, 2013) One snail
becomes the fastest snail in the world (20
Century Fox with DreamWorks, 3-D)
The Hangover Part III (in theaters May 24,
2013) The Wolf pack are back and this time
they return to Las Vegas. (Warner Brothers)
Star Trek Into the Darkness (in theaters
May 15, 2013) The Enterprise crew is back
and this time they need to save Earth from
chaos, and do a manhunt for the one responsible for the chaos. (Paramount, 3-D,
IMAX 3-D)
I hope you enjoy these movies this summer.
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A Poem by Jesse Burkis
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Everything moves so
fast
I slip through the cracks
Just a blur of color
around me
My feet hit the ground
Then it stops.
Darkness.
My knees give way
Tears stream down my
face
An agonizing scream escapes my lips
Bouncing off the ever
closing walls around me
I look up.
The world is falling apart
“WHY!?”
“To
catch
Renaissance Maya Hicks
On February 12,
the whole 6th grade
went to the Renaissance Festival.
There was so much to do and see there.
They had people selling different things
such as perfume, soap, food, outfits, jewelry, furniture, and more. There were
thousands of people and it was really
busy. But, it was also a lot of fun.
life!” Everyone just walked away. WEIRD
RIGHT! I interviewed Hannah Kaufman
and here were her thoughts:
“I thought that the food was okay. The
drum sticks were huge and they were really good. I also tried some homemade
fudge and thought it was delicious.”
How did you like the Renaissance Festival?
“Well…………. It was fun. There was a crazy Did you like the “Birds of Prey” show
rose lady and the costumes were really
better or the “Knights Joust”?
funny looking.”
“I really liked the Birds Prey show better
What was your favorite activity there?
than the Knight Joust. I really love animals.”
“I loved the “Birds of Prey” show. The owl
was really pretty and I loved the different In conclusion, WE ALL HAD LOTS OF FUN!
I got reports that there was a
NO EXCEPTIONS. Anyway, I had loads of
really crazy rose lady that stuck beautiful Birds. “
fun and I will definitely go back with my
roses in your face and told you to “smell
How was the food?
family. If you have never been, GO!
the magical rose and bring magic into your
Spring Sports Spotlight: Track and Field
Julia Cuendet
Hello Jags, and yes, I am continuing my AMAZING synopsis of some of the most popular
sports around Aprende. Today I will be writing about one of the most talked about sports at
Aprende: Track and Field. Now, of course the season for it has just begun; the first meet happened to be only a few weeks ago. Knowing many members of Track and Field myself, I know
that you Track people are having a MASSIVE amount of fun while training to knock those athletic
socks off of the un-expecting middle schools that you will soon be competing against. So I wish
you ALL best of luck at your upcoming meets! We’re all rooting for our fellow Jags! Good luck,
have fun, and most of all….CARPE DIEM*!!!
*By the way, if you do not know what CARPE DIEM means, it is Latin for “seize the day”.
Mystery Teacher Elena Olivas
Where did you go to college?
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difference,
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8th - Barracudas-They’re ferocious!
6th - Central, Michigan- I studied busi- What is your favorite hobby?
ness.
6th - Hiking– I like to get out into the
7th - ASU- I studied education.
fresh air and see nature,
Explo - Pandas—They’re fluffy.
Where did you grow up?
6th -Capac, Michigan– I loved snow
7th - Watching baseball- My sons love days when there was no school.
baseball!
Explo - Arizona State University-I stud7th -Oregon-I miss the green and the
ied special and elementary education. 8th -Soccer- I’ve played soccer all my seasons.
life.
How many years have you been
8th -Upstate, New York– My best
teaching?
Explo -Pinterest– because it’s an
memory was jumping in the leaves.
online collage.
6th - 12- I love math.
Explo -Tempe, Arizona-I loved going to
What is your favorite animal?
high school concerts .
7th - 9- I want to teach people to become a contributing citizens.
6th - Monkeys– They are fascinating to Good luck guessing who these teachwatch.
ers are! Did you guess for last issue?
8th - 3- I believe my subject is the bigThey were:
gest influence out of all the subjects,
7th - Dogs– They are always happy to
see you.
6: Mrs. Hanna; 7: Ms. Smith; 8: Mr.
Explo - 1- I wanted to make a
Furman; Explo/Sped: Ms. Barker
8th - ASU- I studied education.
Top 10 Songs Kate Lugo
March March March! Springtime tunes are always fun for
a day out in the sunshine! Here’s the top 20 songs of the
week of March 17th, 2013!
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6
Devil's Got a Gun Whitehorse
This Week
7
Daylight Maroon 5
8
Put the Gun Down ZZ Ward
9
Running for Cover Ivan & Alyosha
10
Stubborn Love The Lumineers
1
Change Churchill
2
I Will Wait
3
When I Was Your Man
4
Little Talks
Mumford & Sons
Bruno Mars
Of Monsters And Men
Between The Raindrops
Lifehouse
Credit: http://macpro.freeshell.org/
The Oscars Kunwoo Lee
Did you watch the Oscars? The sixth tie happened for this Oscars. Also, since 2006,
the most important awards went to different movies.
The movie Argo won best picture, Daniel Day-Lewis won best actor in a leading role, Jennifer Lawrence for Best Actress in a leading role, Brave won the best animated feature, Life of Pi
won best cinematography Amour won best foreign language film, and the song “Skyfall” from Skyfall won best music. Watch the next Oscars in 2014!
I got all the information from http://oscar.go.com/nominees
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Dance Yeaji Lee
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Did you come to this
dance? There was a lot
more people that came to
this dance than the last
dance. If you did come to
the dance, which team did
you vote for? More people
voted for the Baltimore Ravens, than the people who voted for
the San Francisco 49’s. Did you like this dance or the last dance?
Elena Olivas said, “I
liked the Super Bowl dance
better because it was fun for
me and people to pick for
their favorite team. There
were some people who liked the Pajama dance though.
When I asked people in Jag Paw that went to both of
the dances, most of them liked the Super Bowl dance better.
Erik Ritzert said, “I liked the Super Bowl dance better because
there were less people.”
There is one more dance coming up. So come to the
final dance and have some fun and people that didn’t go to any
of the dances, GO TO THE NEXT DANCE, PLEASE LISTEN TO ME!!!
Sebastian Munoz said “I liked the Pajama dance because it was more comfy.”
Ask Jagster
Why\ is middle school
What clubs are the
best?
so hard?
Middle school can be hard sometimes,
There aren’t any “best” clubs. It all de-
but it is just preparing you for high school.
pends on your interest. If you like a
From 6th grade it will get easier then hard-
certain thing, than you should join the
er, but if you do your best you will get
club. It is up to you!
through it.
Minitown
Sonja Merrick
What do you hope that people will take from this experience? Ms.
Facinelli: “I hope it will motivate them to see the good in everyone and
to be more understanding of others.”
In February, several 8th grade delegates went to Prescott Pines for the
full Mini Town experience! For those of you who do not know what
Mini Town is… it is a life changing experience where you learn to under- How would you describe Mini Town? Ms. Facinelli: “It is similar to
Awareness Day.”
stand more about yourself and others.
Several parts of the camp activities are confidential, which means that I
can’t tell you too much about them otherwise I might spoil the experience for someone else, but there were many fun activities during the
trip. Everybody there also had tons of fun in all of the snow! (It was the
“Mini Town Miracle” that brought us snow on our last night.)
I interviewed Ms. Facinelli, one of the camp counselors and 7 th Grade
Math Teacher here at Aprende.
Do you have any advice for students who will be experiencing Mini
Town in the future? Ms. Facinelli: “Take the opportunity to go explore
what others do and what others have.”
Mini Town 2013 has come and gone, but the memories are still pretty
strong! Everyone who enjoyed either Mini Town or 8th Grade Awareness Day is invited to join The Unity Club which meets every other
Thursday after school in Mr. Ganey’s room.
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Homestuck
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Lindsay Nesbitt
Homestuck is an online web comic on the website MS Paint
progress through the comic, you come
Adventures. MS Paint Adventures has a collection of web comics that
across more advanced artworks, flash
are all written and illustrated by Andrew Hussie. Homestuck starts with games, flashes and interactive panels.
your usual four average kids on planet Earth.
Hussie mainly uses games or videos to shorten the amount of
These four children decide to play a game that will trigger the panels that are uploaded in a day. If you decide to read it, READ AND
destruction of our planet. In order to gain power and finish the game,
PLAY EVERYTHING! I MEAN EVERYTHING.
these four kids must embark on a silly yet dangerous journey.
http://www.mspaintadventures.com/homestuck
The web comic itself contains individual panels of art work
that are accompanied by chatlogs, or other forms of dialouge. As you
Credits to, Wikipedia and the MS Paint Adventures Forums.
How to Make Cinnamon Butter Dips Erik Ritzert
Cinnamon Butter Dips
1 1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1/3 cup milk
Dip
1/4 cup butter
3 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Heat oven to 400 degrees. In strips.
a 10x6 inch pan or an 8x8 put the 1/4
Mix the cinnamon
cup butter and place it in the oven
and sugar mixture and sprinwhile it is heating up, keep an eye on it!
kle over the butter dips.
In a bowl whisk the dry ingredients.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or
Add the milk to the dry ingre- just until they start to
dients and mix just until it comes tobrown.
gether. Turn out onto a floured surface
and knead about 4 times. Pat out to
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about 1/2 inch or so, just eyeball it. Cut
en.petitchef.com/recipes/
with a pizza cutter in strips, and then
cut the strips in half. Dip into the butter cinnamon-butter-dips-fidin the pan and then turn it over so the 1006417#GvQv81uV1DzCaYo2.
buttered side is up, repeat with all the 99
Mystery Story Continued!
(continued from Issue 2)
By Emilie Shin
at my house. I didn’t dare go to GeorI quickly skimmed over the sugia’s house in case I ever saw that guy
per long letter until I froze. I dropped the
“What are you doing here?”
again. I was still really annoyed how I still letter and sat down on the dirty, disThe man spat at me.
had no idea where Georgia was. Maybe gusting sidewalk. But I didn’t really care.
“I-I…I’m just... I’m sorry. Sorry.” she died.
What mattered more to me was
I felt the burning heat crawl up my neck
I think it might’ve been a week my friend.
as the man stared at me. I slowly backed
or so later when I got something in the
away and darted back to my house. Awk(To be continued in the final installment
mail.
wardness.
of the Jag Paw Newspaper….stay tuned!)
Surprisingly, it was from GeorOver the next few days, I stayed
gia. She was, in fact, still alive.
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D-Land: The Adventure By Ahmed Usman
The Disneyland trip was an AMAZING experience; we had foot long churros and tears running down our cheeks from the adrenaline on
Space Mountain!
First came band, I for one play trombone, it was a great experience to be in the shoes of a professionalist. We had headsets
and played all kind of Disney music from famous Disney movies.
Day 2: February 9, 2013 7:00 am Rollercoasters. Rides. Those
Day 1: February 8, 2013 6:30am. We packed our were the only thing set on the minds of our fellow 8th graders.
bags and headed for Cali! After 6 hours of
At California adventure our group went to The Tower of Terror,
straight driving, a couple of stops, and some mo- where we went to the Twilight Zone and experienced zero gravtion sickness we were at Disneyland and heading ity.
on the trams to the parks.
Then, we went to the screaming, the screaming of California!
Today was a big day, all Choir, Orchestra, and Band kids were
California Screaming was the adrenaline rush with inclines and
doing recording workshops and performing in California Adven- declines at every turn and one giant loop at the end. Did you
ture! In Disneyland there are two parks: California adventure,
find the Hidden Mickey? In Space Mountain we became the star
which is from the ideas of Walt Disney, and there is Disneyland cadets and traveled to another galaxy.
that has all the fun Disney stuff we love!
Want to read more? This story is cont’d on OUR WEBSITE!
“To catch the
reader's attention,
Games
Marceau Phillips
Nintendo Land is
played by one person and you
to play (as long as you’ve com-
one of the first
have to restart the game af-
pleted the level before it).
games released
ter losing or quitting, alt-
for Nintendo’s
hough some allow you to skip
WiiU (amazing system, by the to the last checkpoint after 1
way). It is actually 12 games
in one, each featuring one
or 2 levels.
Last are the competitive
games. These are for 2 to 5
players and pit the player
with the Game Pad against
Next are the Co-op games.
the player(s) with the Wii
These are for 1 to 5 players
Remote. They feature 3 lev-
and feature progressively
els with different environ-
First are the single player
harder levels and you can
mental gimmicks.
games. These can only be
choose which level you want
Nintendo franchise, divided
into three categories.
Dark Moon
Saadiq Webster and Woowon Seo
Remember that dark and scary game that freaked the fragile, he calls forth his trusty ‘ghost suckin’ partner,
minds of children in the 21st century? Well, its back
LUIGI!
and now in 3D!
This time, there are multiple mansions to visit; each
In this game, the ghost have been tamed and one harder, trickier, and scarier! That trustee vacuum
taught by Professor E. Gadd, but suddenly a mysteri- cleaner Luigi carries has a new upgrade. The new inous figure broke the Dark moon and the ghost began frared light system detects fingerprints and ghost resto strike! Since the professor is too small and too
idue (ew!) Check it out today!
JAG
PAW
NEWSPAPER
St Patrick’s Day Sebastian Munoz and Erik Ritzert
Everyone thinks Saint Patrick’s Day is
that day that celebrates the Patrick guy, but
it’s really something else.
Saint Patrick’s
Day was invented by these magical creatures
called leprechauns. These creatures are angry
tempered, paranoid midgets that speak with an English accent and wear green.
You think that sounds funny? Well they’re
very serious and dangerous. These leprechaun things
chain you to trees if you steal their gold. People say
nobody has found the end of the rainbow, that’s a
lie. People have found the end of the rainbow, but
App Corner Dylan
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never return, for they have been captured by
the creatures guarding the pot of gold.
The only reason we know of these creatures
is a smart man named Patrick Villance. Patrick
found the end of the rainbow and saw the leprechauns, but instead of taking the gold, he turned
around and walked home. He told everyone about
the creatures he saw.
The people announced that that day be
called St. Patrick’s Day. From then on it was tradition
to pinch anyone who wore green on that day because of how many people were taken by the leprechauns.
Carter
On January 17, 2013,
the sequel to the popular Temple Run came out. It has the
same controls as the first one
(swiping to avoid dangers).
Maze Cameron Shurman
This time, instead of your
character running straight he
has to run curves to avoid one
big monkey (Don’t worry; it’s only a visual
thing).
The entire place as a cool
Asian theme to it and instead of
making the same old turns every
time, you run along curves, ride zip
lines and there’s a section with mine
carts. The game is available on the
App Store and for Droid. It is great
app and a lot of fun. If you have a
device that can play it, you should
get it. Make sure to ask your parents
first!
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Game Corner….think
you can solve this
maze? How fast can
you do it? Challenge
extended. Good luck!
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New Clubs on Aprende’s Campus Emilie Shin
Matthew B.
ryone helps each other learn and
grow in their own way.”
Aprende Grows:
Interviewed sponsor, Mrs. Wong
What is this club about?
“It is about learning about plants
and gardening in order to benefit
the community.”
What inspired you to create this
club?
“I think it is really important to
know where your food comes
from and I wanted to see if I was
capable of not killing what I
grow.”
Why should we join?
“You should join because you get
to see things come to life and you
get to eat your accomplishments.”
What do you do in each meeting?
“We design the garden, plant the
garden, and harvest the garden.”
Interviewed student, member,
Kunwoo Lee
What made you interested in this
club?
“Because we’re growing stuff and
because Mrs. Wong is there and
she’s awesome. [Also,] because
we’re in the desert and you can’t
really
grow
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Unity Club:
Interviewed sponsor, Mrs. Wong
What is this club about?
“This club is about bringing everyone on this campus together and
to encourage them to accept their
differences.”
What inspired you to create this
club?
“I was inspired by the messages
from Minitown and I know how
hard it can be to be in middle
school.” Minitown wants you to
encourage team building and
friendships.
Why should we join?
“You should join because you create the change you want to see.”
What do you do in each meeting?
“We work on projects to bring the
school and the community together. We do things like volunteer, fundraise, videos, write
thank you letters, etc.”
Interviewed student, Vice President, Carlisle Clevenger
What made you interested in this
club?
“I really like unity and I wanted
new friends. I really wanted to
help the world and people who
are not in the greatest condition.”
What do you like most about this
club?Caption
describing
“I like
how open people are with
everything
picture orthey are talking about.
I like
graphic.
how
eve-
anything here.”
What do you like most about this
club?
“I made new friends, I get [NJHS]
hours for it, and we’re growing
stuff.”
Interested in joining these
groups? Listen to announcements
for meeting times and show up!
You never know if it will be right
for you until you try it out. Meet
some new people—mix it up and
have fun!
Created by Sebastian Munoz
We hope you have
enjoyed the Jag
Paw Issue 3….we
will see you again
soon for Issue 4—
which will be
coming out in
May.
Look for: 8th grader good-byes, info
about end of the
year celebrations
and more!
Be sure to check out our webpage for more stories and info about our staff.
Go to Aprende’s website and click on “Activities” and then “Jag Paw Newspaper.” You can find out lots of interesting info about our staff AND read more
stories if you look in the “Staff Pages” link. Enjoy!