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2013 Classroom ChieftainStudents, teachers, sponsors — they all make it happen!

Welcome to the 2013Classroom Chieftain! Thisvery special keepsake sectionis created entirely bykindergarten through 12thgrade students in Southeastern Colorado.

For 25 years, The PuebloChieftain has partnered withthe business and educationcommunities to produce thisunique publication, givingstudents an opportunity tohave their work appear in printfor an audience of 43,000readers.

Utilizing the week-longseries of lessons published inThe Chieftain duringFebruary, students in gradesK-12 learned about thedifferent newspaper writingstyles, as well as cartooning,advertising, and cover design.

The newspaper lessons

included topics and guidelinesto submit students’ entries inthe competition for possibleinclusion in this year’spublication.

The Classroom Chieftain isa three-month long projectthat would not be possiblewithout the collaboration ofmany educators, businessleaders and Pueblo Chieftainstaff members who continue tosupport and sustain the project. Many teachers believethe experience exposes theirstudents to the real workingworld of business withdeadlines and competition.

That’s why some teachersparticipate every year and findtime to provide the properinstruction and guidance fortheir students, giving them theopportunity to excel. This isevident in the high percentage

of winning entries from certainschools.

Again this year, Loaf ‘N Juggenerously providednewspapers at no cost to allparticipating classrooms. Inaddition, the businesses listedin the ad on Page 8 purchasedadvertising space in thepublication and turned it overto area students to design theirad.

The Chieftain’s advertisingsales staff delivered thestudent-created ads to theirclients, allowing each businessto make their decision aboutwhichad to publish in the edition.

The difficult task ofchoosing the winning entriesin all of the various categoriesfalls on the several teams ofjudges which include a formereducator, Pueblo Chieftain

newsroom writers, artists, andgraphic designers.

Many, many thanks for theirtime and effort on this excitingproject.

Any student whose workwas awarded a first, second orthird prize in the publicationwill be honored during anawards ceremony at theRobert Hoag Rawlings Libraryon May 16. The winners eachreceive a cash prize, a ribbon,and a certificatecommemorating theirachievement with proudparents, teachers, andnewspaper staff on hand toshare the pleasure of eachstudent’s achievement.

Please enjoy the charm andamazing talent included in theClassroom Chieftain 2013!

May 16, 2013 Classroom Chieftain/The Pueblo Chieftain

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News Writing1st placeAiden Aguilar3rd Grade, McClelland School2nd PlaceLupita Marquez3rd Grade, Wiley Elementary School3rd PlacePaige Minuhin4th Grade, McClelland School

Honorable Mention:Anna Saathoff, 4th Grade, McClelland SchoolJasmine Tousky, 3rd GradeMcClelland SchoolAidan Martinez, 3rd GradeBelmont Elementary

Grades 3-5Students use imagination tocraft interesting stories

Students in grades 3-8 wereoffered two choices in thenews writing category:

create a news story about thephoto that appears on Page 4.

at their school. Pueblo Chieftain water

reporter Chris Woodka andlocal media personality JamesAmos were the judges of thisyear’s entries.

“After nearly 40 years ofworking at newspapers, I amalways impressed when I readnews stories by children. It’slike looking in a mirror and

seeing how the next genera-tion interprets the craft ofwriting for mass media.Approaching a news story ismuch different than writing ashort story or a letter to afriend.

“The elements of story tell-

ing through facts and organiz-ing them in a concise topicalway. This year’s collection ofstories shows that this basicapproach is still needed todescribe the full range of

said.

Classroom Chieftain/The Pueblo Chieftain May 16, 2013

Grade 12 Advertising Students, County High School

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Aden Casarez, Crystal Vela, Sarah Gonzales & Ashetyn RinconAll Grade 11, East High School, Pueblo

1st placeMichael Weber, 8th Grade, Swink School2nd PlaceTobias Kersey, 8th Grade, Swink School3rd PlaceAcelin Lucero, 7th Grade, Swink School

Honorable Mention:Darian Sapp, 7th Grade, Swink SchoolStephen Gossman, 8th Grade, Swink SchoolKyle Hirakata, 7th Grade, Swink SchoolJadyn Bevington, 8th Grade, Swink SchoolKylie Krueger, 8th Grade, Swink SchoolDaryl Nichols, 7th Grade, Swink SchoolHallie Romero, 7th Grade, Swink School

Grades 6-8

News Writing

This interestingphoto served asinspiration forseveralstudents, whocompiled astory based onwhat theyperceived to begoing on here.


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1st Place: Aiden Aguilar, Grade 3, McClelland SchoolBalance Lift Game Keeps Students Busy

Who liftstwo tiresacross a onehundredtwenty sevenfoot field?On March34rd, CSUPueblo Col-lege footballteam plays agame of Bal-ance Lift.Balance Liftis a game where you lift twoties across a 127 ft field while

balancing onmetal barsalong theway. You addmore tires asyou finisheach roundmaking itharder.

This gamehappened atthe PuebloCity Park andZoo. The

football team didthis to become

stronger allowingthem to chargethrough their oppo-nents. “You shouldtry this sometime,”said one of the players.“It is really hard.”

Their coach, CoachBuzzard, thinks thatthis is a great workout. Mr. Buzzard saysthat it makes your legsand biceps strong.They usually do thiswork out at their own

field but there were twodifferent teams that had gamesthere that day.

The Team’s cheerleadersheard about this and triedsomething similar, but thistime they used a bucket full ofsand and carried it until theygot nine yards. When theirteam captain found out aboutthis she said for thecheerleaders to stop because itwas not very lady like. CoachBuzzard said, “Everyoneshould get to do this workoutand so they did.”

2nd Place: Lupita Marquez Grade 3, Wiley Elementary

Workin’ Hard

News Writing

There are ten players onthe Wiley School varsity boys’basketball team. They are win-ning many games. Today, theyare number one in their dis-trict.

Mr. Dunning is the coach.Brian thinks that the team hasworked really hard. He isproud of the boys. Brianbelieves that Wiley has a goodchance of beating McClave onThursday.

Jimmy Bencomo is theassistant coach. “I like beingthe assistant coach because Iget to teach the sport I love”.When Wiley goes to state,Jimmy will be proud becausehe helped the team achievetheir goal.

One of the players is KodyWallace. Not to long ago hescored his 1,000 points. Kody

had to work reallyhard to meet hisgoal. One day, hedreams to be in theNBA.

There is also aplayer namedErick Marquez.His favorite thingto do is lift weights. Erick alsothinks we have a chance ofbeating McClave. Erick’sfavorite shot is a dunk.

Kenny Deigalara is numberfive on his team. Kenny thinksthat his team has improved alot. Kenny said, “If we ever goto state, it will feel prettysweet.” Kenny is such a goodguy at making 3 pointers. Hepractices a lot.

Matt Aguilera’s favoritesport is track and field. He isreally good at hustling with

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3rd Place: Paige MinuhinGrade 4, McClelland School

Students Save A Heart

the ball. “I practice a lot,”Matt said. Matt also thinksthat Wiley can beat McClaveon Thursday.

Kaleb Herrera likes basket-ball because he likes to playwith his friends. The otherday, Kaleb lost a bracket atthe Kim game. They hit himreally hard with the ball. Thatdoesn’t stop him from beingtough.

Another player is PatrickGonzalez. He is a junior, butnot a senior yet. Patrick is

really good at passing the ball.Many fans cheer for him.Patrick thinks that Wiley has achance of beating McClave.

Caden Eastin is a role modelat making three pointers.Caden is the son of WileySchool superintendent. IfCaden every made it to state, itwould be pretty awesome.

Blake Ridgeway is a basket-ball player on the Wiley team.Blake doesn’t play a one mangame. He passes the ball andpivots. Blake things that his hasa good try of beating McClave.

The team has worked reallyhard to get where they are at.So everyone is proud of them.

Workin’ Hard

News Writing

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Yesterday, five high schoolstudents from the Salt LakeSnakes High School weresetting up a fundraiser for kidswho have heart problems.Their plan is to go to the malland give out flyers about thekids. All of the money theyraise goes to the Save theHearts Association in Denver.They will also hand out flyersat their school.

After all of the flyers havebeen handed out they will havea bake sale at the mall. Most ofthe kids at the Save the HeartAssociation do not get to do alot of things most kids get todo. The five students alwaystry to visit the kids every twoweekends.

Theyraised atotal of$2,400from thebake sale,$250 fromthe kids atthe school,and $300from themall. Thekids at thehospitalwere really happy to hear that.

Next year they are planningto do it again but hope to raisefive thousand dollars. Theyare also going to try to getmore of their friends to helpout. They want to do thisfundraiser every year.

1st Place: Michael Weber Grade 8, Swink School

Fundraising Starts Today!Fundraising

for a newrecycling-basedpool in Snips,Virginia startedtoday! Kinder-garteners toadults attendedthe Junkyard

War at Gordon’s Park to fundthe new pool. The event was asuccess, gathering over $500 tohelp reach the goal.

The object of the JunkyardWar was to build the bestswimming toy out of used tires,swimming noodles, and sportsequipment.

Tina andVicky Zepher-man, the cou-ple who orga-nized thefundraisers,said, “The poolwill hopefullybe opened nextyear. Once it’s open, people willbe able to pay with money or acertain number of [used] cans,bottles, tires, and other recycla-bles. We hope to help the com-munity and nature.”

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News Writing2nd Place: Tobias Ward, Grade 8, Swink SchoolCommunity children take part in scavenger hunt

was Team Blue, consisting ofseveral students from Snip’sK-12 school. They created afloating water blaster one per-son can ride. As a reward,“The Water Pounder” will beduplicated and several copieswill be put in the pool.

From today to August 16 on

weekdays, fundraisers will beheld. They will last from 9:00am to 8:00 pm, and are open toanyone who will donate recy-clables or $1. All of the activi-ties will be held at Gordon’sPark. We really hope that ifthe community helps, we’llhave a new pool next summer.

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Johnstown, Missouri —This sleepy town of 10,000will wake up April 3 for theirannual scavenger hunt. Thenine to twelve year olds ofJohnstown participate in thisevent for prizes donated bylocal businesses. The eventstarts at 9:00 a.m. and the finalobject turn in time is 4:00 p.m.

The objects hidden includemany inflatable tubes andfoam floaties. Some of thesmaller objects are hidden inany public place such as thestreets, the park, and thelibrary are some places wherethe objects were previouslyhidden.

“I always have a great time,

even if it gets alittle roughoccasionally,”said 11 year oldJimmyRobertson.Some of theprizes includea slew of giftcards, freevideo rentals,and free groceries.

“We have been doing thisfor thirty years and found it agreat way for the communityto come together as one,” saidMayor Albert Rutherford.“Every year the kids can’t waitto do it again.”

The event has become quite

famous and visitors from allover the state come to watchand join in the fun. If you are inthe area, you have a great

opportunity to come andwatch; free food will beprovided at the barbecuelunch.


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1st placeLeyah Martinez, 3rd GradeBelmont Elementary School2nd PlaceBella Crespin, 3rd GradeBelmont Elementary School3rd PlaceNicole Wheeler, 5th Grade, Park View School

Honorable Mention:Jesse Chavez, 5th Grade, Park View SchoolKristen Williams, 3rd GradeBelmont Elementary SchoolDiego Huckabay, 5th Grade, Park View School

1st Place: Leyah Martinez Grade 3, Belmont School

Grandpa’s Adoption Story

Feature Writing

Adop-tion is afascinat-ingthing.Adoptio-n.Orgsaysthere are1.5 mil-lionadoptedchildren

in America and 140,000 kidsadopted every year accordingto their website. This is thestory about my grandpa,Albert Garcia, who wasadopted in 1936.

When my grandpa wasborn his mom couldn’t takecare of him. So, the nuns atSaint Joseph’s Hospital inDenver, CO took care of himfor two months. Then, awoman had a baby that passedaway and the priest told herabout a baby who needed ahome. So, she adopted him.The baby was my grandpa.

My great grandma, Emma,

spoiled himwhen hewas growingup. He hadall kinds oftoys andfood. Oneday he wastrying tosneak acookie fromthe cookie jar on a high shelfand he fell and broke his arm.He found out he was adoptedwhen he was eight years old. Iasked him if he was treateddifferently and he said, “No,just the same”. He grew upwith three brothers and theylived in six different cities inColorado.

My grandpa worked manydifferent jobs in his life.Growing up he pulled weedson farms, he delivered news-papers in the early morning,and he even worked in a claymine. They used donkeys topull the clay carts out of themine. One day grandpa’s don-key ran away. I asked him

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Grades 3-5

News Writing

The feature writing contestwas open to students ingrades 3-8, who were asked tosubmit a story about a personwho has impressed them orchanged their lives, or a realperson with an unusual job,hobby or experience.

Judges were impressedwith the clarity and creative-

ness of the students, who wrote about family members,including grandparents and amother.

The stories showed a greatgrasp of emotion, and paidtribute to hardworking anddedicated people who obvi-ously made a great impact inthe lives of the young writers.

Swink Fundraiser for trip

3rd Place: Acelin Lucero Grade 7, Swink School

June 27, 2012, at 12:00 P.M.,students from Swink JuniorHigh 7th and 8th grade boysand girls are putting on afundraiser. This event will beheld at the La Junta, ColoradoCity Park. This fundraiser isto help pay the fee to go toSan Diego, California for areward for making it to Cham-pionship. The fee to get in thefundraiser is $5.00.

These children want tothrow a kid-friendly festivalfor children to play in thewater and play sports. Thesestudents picked California tobe on the beach in order toplay volleyball and football.The total price for the trip is900 dollars!

Sixteen year old schoolleader, Kamron Jones states,“This is definitely my favoritepart of the year, and I get tomeet new students andexperience new things!”

The athletic director, JohnSmith planned this expensiveand rewarding trip. “Thesechildren worked hard to getto where they are now, and Ibelieve they earned this tripto San Diego!” John said.

Twelve year old, MollyFreedan says, “It’s alwaysenjoyable. We get a goodworkout, and we really hopeeveryone can join us!”

These seventh and eighthgrade students are having ablast, and we wish them luck!


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Feature Writing 2nd Place: Bella Crespin

Grade 3, Belmont ElementaryHelping at Hospice is Greatwhy the donkey ran away and

he said, “He didn’t want towork, I guess”.

He also worked construc-tion, in auto body shops, at abrick plant, and as a custodianat Florence High School for 21years. He said his favorite jobwas at the school because, “Icould check on my daughter”.

He met my grandma, Esther,in 1954 in Florence, Colorado.They have been married for 57years and have three grownchildren. My mom is theirdaughter.

One day in 1996 when hewas 60 years old he got a callfrom a woman who said shewas his sister. He met his bio-logical family in Denver andfound out he had nine sistersand two brothers.

My grandpa will be 77 onMarch 20. He said he washappy and I asked him if any-thing changed his life and hesaid, “Your grandma changedmy life”. I think it is wonder-ful when kids are adopted.They get to have a new familyand life.

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My mom is a nurse at San-gre de Cristo Hospice. Sangrede Cristo Hospice is a placethat helps people who areVERY sick. Some people havediseases like cancer, dementia,and problems with their heartsand lungs. She has been anurse for six years and hasworked at Hospice for oneyear. So far it’s her favoritejob.

She likes and dislikes cer-tain things about her job. Thethings she likes about her jobare listening to stories, helpingother people, spending timewith her patients, and makingdifferences in people’s lives.She dislikes having herpatients pass away becauseshe gets so close to them. “Thejob is very demanding, butwell worth it.”

The goal of my moms job isto help the patients. She helpsher patients by resolving theirpain, spending time with them,giving them medicine, andmaking sure they are comfort-able. “Sometimes I take themout for walks to get fresh air.”She also orders their medica-tion and delivers it form thepharmacy. This helps thepatient and their family.

“A typical work day lastfrom eight o’clock till fiveo’clock and sometimes I workeven later.” Most of herpatients are in nursing homesso she has to drive all day.

During everyvisit she hasto documenton the com-puter forapproxi-mately thirtyminutes. Shechecks herpatient’s vitalsigns, listens to their lungs andheart, asks if they are in painand checks for complications.“I also have to work with thenursing home staff, we call hiscollaboration.”

Once a week, the Hospiceteam has a meeting. At themeetings my mom meets withother coworkers. They usuallytalk about their patent’s prob-lems and how to resolve them.There are also doctors, socialworkers, CNAs and a pharma-cist that attend the meeting.“We all work together as ateam to meet the needs of ourpatients.”

The reason I chose to writeabout my mom is because it isamazing to be a mother andwork at Hospice and still beable to take care of your fami-ly. I am glad my mom works athospice because if she didn’t,we wouldn’t be able to havefood, water, and shelter.

“I’m glad I work at Hospicebecause the job is veryrewarding. I enjoy the people Iwork with, the patients I get tovisit, and the company I workfor.”


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3rd Place: Nicole WheelerGrade 5, Park View School

“Living Life” and Man Who Changed It

Feature Writing

The man who changed mylife was at the hospital at mybirth, crying because he knewhe was a grandpo. Now I’m 10and he still remembers mebeing his little angel.

Anthony Trujillo the great-est person ever living. He’s thegreatest part of my life and heremembers when I was a littleseed and he helped raise me. Iremember reading in my babybook about my first night withhim I was only a few days oldjust a little helpless baby. Myfather, Adam Wheeler, was agreat dad, but my grandpoAnthony known as thatha,raised him, too, when Edwardleft my grandma, RebeccaTrujillo.

He’s not my real blood, buthe took me fishing when I wastwo. I loved that day! He alsotook my camping and he evenlet me swim in a fishing lakewith the fish. I love to go on anadventure with him every day.

He was that brave man whowould pick up spiders and playwith them. The best of all is hisstories of hunting and bigfootthey amaze me. He puts hisfamily first before himself. Hisstories are good and all, but he

sure knowshow tocook. Hemakes thebestburgers,hotdogs,andspaghetti intown.Before I goto bed hemakes sureI’m stuffedand I had agood grub.

I was one of those littletoddlers who loved everyoneand I had no hate in me.Whenever I had a frown heturns it upside down with a flipof a breath.

Whenever it was diapertime, he was grossed outbecause he had to hold hisbreath for what felt likeforever. My thatha is thegreatest person I have everknown and I love him. Eachfamily members is a puzzlepiece, and he finishes thepuzzle of my life and leads meto my future.

Grades 9-12Opinion Writing 1st placeNolan Grenard, 9th GradeSwink High School2nd PlaceBrent Ritter, 9th Grade, Swink High School3rd PlaceLeah Roberson, 10th GradeSwink High School

Honorable Mention:Palmer Jones, 9th Grade, Swink High SchoolSammi Rodriguez, 10th GradeSwink High School Sam Bartolo, 9th GradeSwink High SchoolLindsey Tatum, 11th GradeSwink High SchoolTorry Davis, 11th Grade, Swink High SchoolMichael Bacciarini, 11th GradeSwink High SchoolJosh Knabenshue, 9th GradeSwink High School

Students in grades 9-12 hada choice of three topics for theopinion writing contest:

• Pick one rule at yourschool that needs to bechanged and explain why.

• What is the best thing orthe worst thing about being ateenager today?

• An issue of your ownchoice.

Pueblo Chieftain editorSteve Henson and editorialboard member Chuck Camp-bell judged this year’s entries.

“I thought the opinion pieceon the danger of social net-working was thoughtful andwell-written,” said Henson.“It’s also a topic that manyteenagers and even youngadults just don’t think about.”


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Opinion Writing

2nd Place: Brent Ritter Grade 9, Swink High School

Judging othersEverybody has things

about themselves thatthey have no control over. Whether it be race, whotheir parents are or yourappearance, we all havecharacteristics about our-selves that people seem tojudge us by. For example, justbecause somebody is AfricanAmerican or Latino, it doesn’tmean that they don’t have thesame chance to receive aquality education as someoneof any other race. Is thissomething that is okay to do,or something that should befrowned upon?

Personally, I don’t think itis right to judge. According tothe Bible, we should not judgeothers or we too will bejudged. I believe this to betrue, and think that judgingthose around us is somethingthat has the potential to hurtthem and is not a very wisething to do. Also, if you thinkthat you’re a good Christianor associate of another reli-gion, it shouldn’t be in yournature to judge others, seeingas how your religion isagainst it. Even if those peo-ple don’t attend a church reg-ularly, it’s not all right toassume that they’re bad peo-ple.

We also judge people onthe way they dress them-selves. If we see somebodywearing clothes that aren’t aparticular brand, we jump to

the conclusion that they’repoor and can’t afford nicethings. A lot of times wedon’t even attempt at get-ting to know somebody,just because they aren’twearing the “right”clothes. It shouldn’t mat-ter what people weareveryone should treat

them the same as they wouldanyone else. Sometimes wejudge people because of cer-tain abnormalities on theirbodies or faces.

When we see blemishes ortypes of acne and pimples onsomebody’s face, people judgethem and think they don’tknow proper hygiene and howto keep themselves clean, butin actuality it could just be alegitimate medical problem. Inschools, when somebody isobese or overweight, peopleseem to always have to makefun of them and call them fat.This hurts their self-esteemand confidence more thanmost people know. Statisticsshow that there are betweenfifteen and twenty-five suicideincidents caused by bullyingeach year. By not judging, wecan help stop bullying andlower these numbers dramati-cally.

The next time you start tojudge someone, you shouldthink about the negativeimpact it could have on them ifthey found out about what youthought. Judging is somethingthat shouldn’t be done, andsomething that doesn’t need tobe part of the communitiesthat we live in.

1st Place: Noland Grenard, Grade 9, Swink High SchoolDangers of social networks

Have youever won-dered if youare reallysafe behinda computerscreen? Doyou have apersonalsubject onsocial net-works? Are you exposing yourpersonal information to theworld around you?

I believe social networks areto blame for the many cyberbullying, kidnappings, andother related offences. Nothing

you put on the internet isprivate from people you don’twant to see it. People can hackthrough the privacy settingsand see very personal subjects,including your age, school you

go to, and your address. Youneed to be very careful whatyou put on the internet.

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Opinion Writing 3rd Place: Leah Roberson, Grade 10, Swink High SchoolFood and hunger issues

Are you feeling hungry? Intoday’s society it seems thatall anyone is worrying about isthe overweight people. Whatabout those of us who aren’tobese and work out daily? Isn’tit wrong to punish us becauseothers make bad decisions?

The percentage of obeseteenagers in 2012 reached31.8%. That at first glanceseems to be a high rate, but if asecond thought were givenyou’d comprehend that 68.2%aren’t obese. This means thatabout three fourths of teenag-ers in America are being “reg-ulated” for absolutely no rea-son. When I go into lunch and

was having a meal thatusually allows me tworolls and out of the bluethey only allow me one,it infuriates me that Imust have less food forthe little percentage ofpeople who areover-weight.

Currently in the USA theaverage teenager is sportsworks out about 10 hours aweek. The recommendedamount is one hour a day orseven hours a week. That isthree more hours an averageathlete spends working out.Now how, you ask is thisrelevant? If teenagers workout

more thanrecommended thatmeans they are stayingin shape and notbecoming obese. So,why must the select fewthat don’t do sports orphysical activity affectothers in a negativeway?

In School it seems like lifeis hard enough on kids. Wespend up to 36.5 hours inschool or studying for school.Then there is the pressure ofwhat we wear and how wepresent ourselves to others.Do you really think that weneed to add taking away theportion of food that tides usover for the day is going tohelp anything? Now does itseem fair that our lives should

get one more thing taken forthe select few (31.8%) of teensthat are obese.

As you can tell I’m againstthe smaller portions served tome at school lunches. I am anathlete; I work out around 14hours every week. The foodthat is taken from me becauseof a minuscule amount ofover-weight people astoundsme. Food is important,especially to me, not only doesit help me focus more inschool, but it also helps mefeel more replenished. Thatextra roll, or full scoop ofmashed potatoes could be thedifference in my day, andothers. So, stand up allnon-obese teens of Americaand let’s take back the foodthat we have worked so hardto earn!

to a social networking site, itis no longer private. The moreinformation you post, themore vulnerable you maybecome. The more informa-tion shared, the more likelysomeone could impersonateyou and trick all of yourfriends into sharing personalinformation. Foreign stateactors troll social networkingsites looking for informationor people to target for exploi-tation. People are bullied tothe extremes, sometimes, andthink or have committed sui-cide. This is a very seriousmatter and people need to becareful what they say or puton the internet. You neverknow what will happen to aperson or even you, if yourinformation is received by apublic offender.

As you can see, social net-works are a bad source to havein today’s world. There aresome good to them tough. Youwould have better communica-tion with family or friends.You could also make a lot ofnew friends with these net-works, but be careful whomyou meet on the internet. A lotof people will make up a per-son and try to gather personalinformation about you and tryto hurt you.

If you don’t know them orhave never heard about them,never interact with them what-soever. As you read this, Ihope I gave you a betterunderstanding about the dan-gers of social networks. Noth-ing you put on the internet issafe from predators, so becareful what you post on theinternet.

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Cover Design

Grades 2-121st place Carly McCormack (right)11th Grade, Swink High School2nd PlaceAlexis Dawson, 11th GradeSwink High School3rd PlaceTia Parker, 11th GradeCanon City High School

Honorable Mention:Erika o’Rourke, 11th GradeCanon City High School Julianna Manfredo, 11th GradeCanon City High SchoolStephen Gossman, 8th Grade, Swink High SchoolNathaniel Holmes, 6th GradeSkyview Middle School Lupita Marquez, 3rd Grade, Wiley School

The cover design contest was open to students in grades9-12. Entries needed to include the name “Classroom Chieftain2013" and the drawning needed to focus on a student reading anewspaper.

Advertising Design

1st placeTia Parker, 11th GradeCanon City High School (right)2nd PlaceAlexandra Torres and Alex Gonzalez, 12th GradeEast High School3rd PlaceTia Parker, 11th Grade, Canon City High School

Grades 9-12

Grades 6-81st PlaceRoxanne Murray (right)Canon City Middle School2nd PlaceAbbie Ridpath, 8th Grade, Connect School3rd PlaceBryce Hill, 8th Grade, Connect School

Grades 3-5Students were asked to

submit ads for participatingbusinesses, representatives ofwhich then selected the adthat best depicted their busi-ness and services.

Said production managerMike McDowell: “The Class-room Chieftain is lots of fun tojudge, but really hard to pick.This year’s students are verytalented.”

1st PlaceLayla Tran (right), 4th GradeBeulah Heights Elementary 2nd PlaceAiden Aguilar, 3rd GradeMcClelland School3rd PlaceDalton Taylor, 4th Grade, Highland Park Elementary

Honorable Mention:JT Shue, 8th Grade, Vineland Middle SchoolTorrey Davis, 11th Grade, Swink High SchoolCheyenne Nevole, Beulah Schoolfor Nature and SciencesKiley O’Rourke, 6th GradeCanon City Middle SchoolJacque Henderson, 8th Grade, Connect SchoolKatie Meeks, 7th Grade, Connect SchoolPeyton Roth, 7th Grade, St. Therese Catholic SchoolMikayla Lerch, 6th Grade, Connect SchoolAlexis Ortega, 8th Grade, Swink School

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2nd Place: Alexis Dawson 11th Grade, Swink High School

3rd Place: Tia Parker 11th Grade, Canon City High

HonorableMention:

LupitaMarquez

3rd GradeWiley

School

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Honorable MentionNathanielHolmes6th GradeSkyviewMiddle School

JuliannaManfredo11th Grade

Canon CityHigh School

StephenGossman8th GradeSwink HighSchool

Erika o’Rourke11th Grade

Canon CityHigh School

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1st placePatrick Bradley (right), 4th GradeMcClelland School 2nd PlaceEzra Potts, 4th Grade, McClelland School3rd PlaceSidney Larrew, 3rd Grade, Wiley Elementary

Cartooning ContestThe Classroom Chieftain Cartooning contest was open to all

students in grades 3-12, who were asked to design an originalcartoon that conveyed a message or moral, entertained or madea political statement.

Acosta and Justin Morenz, Pueblo City-County LibraryDistrict marketing coordinator, selected the winning cartoonistthis year.

1st place Vince Molinaro (right), 6th GradePleasant View Middle School2nd PlaceTroy Valencia, 8th Grade, Swink School3rd PlaceEthan Gottselig, 7th GradeSkyview Middle School

Grades 6-8

Honorable Mention:Andrew Egan, 6th GradePleasant View Middle SchoolJames Caretto, 6th GradeSkyview Middle SchoolElaina Della Rossa, 4th Grade McClelland SchoolToki Hirakata, 8th Grade, Swink SchoolColton Parker, 7th GradeSkyview Middle SchoolSheridan Vigil, 6th GradePleasant View Middle School

Grades 3-5


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Grades 9-121st place Tasha Groves, Swink School2nd PlaceBrian Gauna, 11th Grade, Swink School3rd PlaceZeph Pope, 10th Grade, Swink School

1st Place: Tasha Groves, Swink School

2nd Place: Brian Gauna11th Grade, Swink School


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2nd Place:Ezra Potts4th GradeMcClellandSchool

3rd Place: Sidney Larrew3rd Grade, Wiley Elementary


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Aiden Agular, Grade 3, McClleand School, Pueblo

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The Benefits of NIE

Marisa Grimaldo, 6th Grade, Risley Middle School, Pueblo

A Small Investment...A Large ReturnAs a caring and supportive community, it is important to invest

in the education of our young people. Newspapers are animportant part of that educational process by helping thembecome informed citizens and skilled readers.

Classrooms across Pueblo and Southern Colorado receivecopies of The Pueblo Chieftain through the Adopt-a-Classprogram run by the Newspapers in Education Department.

Colleen Beauvais’ 1st grade class at Sunset Park ElementarySchool receives newspapers twice a week.

“We love The Mini Page and all that we learn from it. We alsouse the paper to search for our spelling words. Our favoriteactivity is using the ads to practice math skills,” says Beauvais.

Businesses and individuals sponsor the delivery of thenewspapers for the entire school year. The Pueblo Chieftain’sNewspapers in Education Department handles all the details . . .wedeliver the newspapers to participating classrooms each week,and provide free on-line educational materials to “adopted”teachers.

As we continue to move into the digital world, the teachershave the option of accessing the newspaper through the on-lineChieftain e-edition or to receive the print edition of thenewspaper.

More than 300 classrooms are available to be adopted for the 2013-2014 school year. If you or your business is interested in providing students with an exciting and current reading resource, contact The Pueblo

Chieftain’s Newspapers in Education Department at [email protected] or call 719-404-2777 or 1800-279-7397 for moreinformation.


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PrepRally.COStudents can report on the action!


The Classroom Chieftainmay be a once-a-year project,but you can continue being astudent journalist by sendingin your school’s sports newsto our PrepRally.CO featureon The Pueblo Chieftain’swebsite.

The sports pages of ThePueblo Chieftain have featuredaward-winning high schoolcoverage for decades.

Game stories, humaninterest features, scores,statistics and outstandingphotos have always been a


21476262137934Laura Niichet, Pleasant View, Grade 6, Pueblo

Students can report on the action!Continued from

focus for the sports section.Now, with the introduction ofPrepRally, The Chieftainprovides you a place on theInternet to be a sports reporteror photographer for yourschool when the prep pagereturns to the Sports section inthe fall.

No ticket is needed, just goto PrepRally.CO.

“Each local team now has itsown page, breaking the newsdown by sport,” ChieftainDigital Media Director JaysonPeters said.

“On Centennial’s page, forexample, readers will see onlystories, videos and photogalleries involving theBulldogs, with a handy

navigation list on the rightallowing access to all the otherteams with just one click.

“Each sport has its owndedicated page, too, ensuringreaders can zero in on footballor cross-country, for instance.”

“On each sport’s page,headlines are divided intosections for each school,allowing readers to easily findstory lines.”

Readers don’t have to stay

on the sidelines, however.Everyone can get into thisgame.

Any good rally is aninteractive experience, andThe Chieftain’s PrepRally is noexception.

Readers’ photos, videos,scores and comments arewhat the page is all about.

Just use the form providedto get off the bench and intothe action.

“We’re on the social web,too,” Peters said.

“Anyone who uses Twitterto keep up with friends canalso follow The Chieftainstaff’s updates with thehashtag #ChieftainPrepRally— and use that same hashtagto share scores andcommentary (just keep itclean — dads tweet too) andwe may share your tweets onour website.”

Any good rally is an interactive experience, and TheChieftain’s PrepRally is no exception. Readers’ photos,videos, scores and comments are what the page is all about.


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