January /February 2014 Volume 7, Issue 4

Interview: Mrs. Bateman, Administrative Assistant

Why did you Switch to NUMS? I was chosen to assist Mr. Burggraf in transitioning into the building.

What is your favorite movie? My favorite movie changes all the time but I currently love the movie Frozen.

What is your favorite book? I love anything by Nora Roberts.

Do you have anything that you are really excited to change at NUMS this year? My biggest goal is to just make things as easy as possible for the teachers and help the stu-dents as much as I can.

What is your favorite part of this year so far? My favorite part of this year has been getting reaquainted with all the students again since I have not seen some of them for over two years. I also really enjoyed the dance and watching ev-eryone have a good time.

Do you have any permanent scars?

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Where Is Music Going?By: Dezrae M.

In my perspective of listening to all kinds of music I would say that music is head-ing into an all new era of hot songs and cool new beats. Music speaks to certain people in all different walks of life. Artists like to per-tain to their own group of people also called fandoms. I see music heading into this thing where music is 24/7. You never know, they could use music to teach in 2050. New art-ists are popping up all over the globe show-ing how everyone is similar even though we were all raised differently. Music is used for how people feel. If the artists keep making hit songs I am sure that music is going to sky-rocket. Take One Direction for example. They have millions of people screaming for them to follow them and marry them while the others are crying and dying over them. Or Imagine Dragons, they show emotion in every song they sing and on stage. Take the genre of rap for example. People think that rap songs are inappropriate when they really speak their minds. A lot of people do not appreciate what the lyrics really mean and possess. Every song is different and appreciated in every single way. I hope you take pride in what you listen to because it is okay and helps you to express who and what you are.

NUMS Wildcat Beat Digital Newspaper

Editors: Madison P., Bethany S., Anna A. Supervisor: Mrs. Tenah McMahanAdministrator: Mr. Matt Burggraf

(Continued from Page 1) Oh yes. I have lots of scars. I have had kid-ney surgery which left a large scar. I had sur-gery on my wrist and have a scar from that. I also have several from being a tomboy growing up.

What was your favorite vacation? We went to Myrtle Beach last summer as a family. I went with my girls, my parents, my sisters, my nieces and my nephew. It was such a good time. We spent lots of time on the beach.

If you could travel any place you wanted to where would you go? I think I would like to go to Ireland. I think it is beautiful and would love to see it in person.

What is the thing you would like to do the most? When I was younger I wanted to be a child psychologist. I think someday I would like to go back to school and get my degree.

Did you go to college, If so would you change what you majored in?I did not go to college but I would like to go back someday for psychology. By Alexis

Top Apps, Songs, Movies & More By: Caleb B.

The top book for 2013 is The False Prince by: Jennifer Neilson. Sage a young orphan is casted by Connor the nobleman of the court to compete with 3 other orphans for the role of the long lost prince. Sage must be-come the false prince or else he will be killed. As Sage stays at the castle more lies begin to unfold. Does Sage have what it takes to be the False Prince? The 2013 Blockbuster is The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. This is based off of the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collin. Katniss and Peeta must fight for their lives once again. They are drawn back into the arena because of the Quarter Quell. Victors from each of theGames are either after Katniss or willing to protect her. Will Katniss survive or will she die trying. The top song this month is Timber by Pitbull featuring Kesha. The top app this month is Heads Up! This game is no ordinary game. You put the phone up to your head and try to guess what you are from the clues your friend(s) give you. When you guess it correctly you tilt it down then back up to flip to the next card.

Freezing Weather -- Freezing My Computer? By: Kayla K.If your computer is freezing up, it can be caused by some of the following reasons: Too Many Tabs Open - If you have close to 6 billion tabs open, your computer can freeze and be really slow. If you can easily come back to the tab later, close it. Only keep the essential tabs open. Restarting Your Computer - Restart your computer to refresh your computer. You should restart your computer regularly so you can avoid your computer freezing.

Internet History - Have you cleared your Internet History lately? You need to clear your internet history fairly regularly to ensure that your computer runs smoothly. Excesive Programs Open -- Do you really need five different Wod Documetns, two inter-net browsers, and your docs folder open at the same time? Save & Close your extra programs not currently in use.

Peanut Butter Cup CookiesBy: Audra Adams• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour• ½ Tsp. salt• 1 Tsp. baking soda• ½ cup butter, softened• ½ cup white sugar• ½ cup peanut butter• ½ cup packed brown sugar• 1 egg, beaten• 1 Tsp. vanilla extract• 2 Tbsp. milk• 40 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups

Preheat oven 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda; set aside.

Cream together the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and milk. Add the flour mixture; mix well. Roll into 40 balls and place in a mini muffin pan.

Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately place peanut butter cups in the center of the cookies. Let cool and carefully remove from pan. Enjoy!

Valentine’s Day Jokes By Angel H.Q: Why did the boy have his girlfriend put in jail? A: She stole his heart.Q: How did the telephone propose to his girlfriend? A: He gave her a ring.Q: Why did the boy put candy under his pillow? A: Because he wanted sweet dreams.Q. What did one volcano say to the other? A. I lava you.Q: What did the octopus say to his girlfriend when he proposed? A: Can I have your hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand in marriage?

Strawberry-Banana SmoothiesBy: Madison P. You will need 1 frozen banana, 1/2 cup nonfat yogurt, 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup strawberries. Blend in a blender and enjoy your delicious smoothie.

Totally Cool Color Wheels from 8th grade art with Mrs. Blankenship.

The 8th grade Boys Bball Team won its first Tournament game Feb. 8th. They played Fairbanks at B.V. but lost in the semi finals. Brandon H. goes for 2 at a home game.

The 7th grade BBB Team finished in 2nd place (Score 38 to 34) after a tough game Saturday February 15th at Northmor vs. Buckeye Valley. Great Season! Congrats!

The 8th Grade Girls Basketball Team finished 2nd in the COAL Tourrna-ment after a great season. Tough Defense shown above.

Our 7th grade girl’s season ended Saturday February 8th at Centerburg when Centerburg us 19 to 10. Lilly A. in photo scored 8 as leading scorer. We did not have a good season with an overall record posting no wins. However, we plan to have open gyms with Coach Nikki Marvin and become much improved!

This Month in History By Kayla K.

1 - 1863 Emancipation Proclamation takes effect2 - 1974 Nixon signs national speed limit as law3 - 1521 Martin Luther excommunicated5 - 1933 The Golden Gate bridge is born6 - 1838 Morse demonstrates the telegraph7 - 1789 The first presidential election8 - 1918 Wilson delivers the 14 Points Speech9 - 1493 Christopher Columbus confuses manatees for mermaids10-1920 League of Nations instituted11-1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is creates12-2010 Massive Earthquake hits Haiti13-1128 Pope recognizes the Knights Templar14-1943 FDR is the first president to travel on an airplane for official U.S. business15-1559 Elizabeth crowned queen of England16-1919 Prohibition takes effect17-1994 Earthquake rocks L.A.18-1912 Scott reaches the South Pole19-1807 Robert E. Lee is born20-1961 Robert Frost reads at JFK’s inauguration21-1793 King Louis XVI is executed22-1905 Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia23-1556 Deadliest earthquake in history rocks China24-1908 Boy Scouts movement takes place25-1942 Thailand declares war on the United States & England26-1980 The U.S. Olympic Committee votes against the Moscow games27-1888 National Geographic Society is founded28-1986 Challenger explodes29-1845 “The Raven” is published30-1933 Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany 31-1865 House passes the 13th Amendment

Future City By : Anna A. The members of the Future City team this year were: Audra A, Evan W, Summer S, Josh C, Cameron T, Alexis J, Lacie N, Anna A, Isaiah K, Caleb B, and the Coach was Mr. G the 8th grade science teacher. We spent the beginning half of our meetings working on the research essay and designing our system of transportation. We wanted to focus mainly on the transpor-tation because that was the theme for this year’s competition. While we were working on the essay we were also working on a required SIM city. Once we had the essay done we were able to begin building our model. We had lots of fun building everything and putting all the cot-ton balls on the board. It was a huge challenge and we spent several meetings trying to get our train to work. The idea was to make the train levitate by using magnets. We could not get the “train” to levitate, so instead we hung it on fishing line and used magnets to push it along the wire. By this time we were almost done with our entire model. Our presenters: Cameron T, Evan W, and Audra A began to write the script for the presentation and practice. We were adding finishing touches before the competition that weekend. We had to come into school really early and ride for AN HOUR AND A HALF to Columbus State for the competition. We managed to get through three presenta-tions and a three hour award ceremony. We received one 1st place award for best use of ceramics. (Almost none of us understood what that was but we got 1st place in some-thing so we went with it.) So we finished out Future City fairly well and now the team has the last meeting to tear apart the model and eat pizza!

Speaking of History -- the 6th graders enjoyed 1/2 way day! What is this???? See pg. 7

VEX By: Jessica V.

Vex is an after school activity where you build robots out of steel, metal and, aluminum. Once you build your robot you have to program it on either RobotC or EasyC, it isn’t the hardest part, but it is complex. You also have to program the driver control and autonomous(where you program the robot for 15 seconds at the begin-ning of a match to make as many points as you can) with your autonomous you want to get the most points so that you can win. If your alliance wins you are awarded 10 extra points added on to the score that you get. At the beginning of the competition you get a schedule that shows what time you have your matches, who your alliance is, who you are against, and what field you are on. There is also a thing that you do at the competi-tion, it is called skills. During skills you get 60 sec-onds to score as many points as you can. Then people that already made it to state once and makes it agian that means that the person with the highest score in skills gets to make it to skills. Alliances are were the leaders go through and randomly put you into groups, sometimes you are in a group with a team then the next time you will be against them it is just random. The first group in North Union to make it to state was Evan, Joel, Zak, and Cole they are called the Transformers. The second team to make it to state was Adam and Cameron and they are called Check Mate. The third team to make it to state was Garette, Derrick and Bradley. The third team to make it to state is Hailee, Connor, and Jessica their name is Amazeballs.The teams that haven’t made it to state are Joey, Lilly, and Matthew and their team name is Anonymous. Another team that just made it to state is Madison, Sarah, Abby, and Guin their name is Maniac Money Mechanics. Then there is one last team and they are Jenna, Connor, and Nazar. Here are a few vex teammates with their opinion about vex.

Mrs. Matlack- “Vex is a excellent learning tool, problem solving,teamwork, and programming technology which are all important skills in the 21st century.

Hailee Miller-” it’s AMAZEBALLTASTIC!

Madison Hatfield- “Vex is fun, stressful, and is a lot of work. Don’t argue with your teammates if one of them is Guin! Choose EasyC instead of RobotC. Creativity is key.”

Joel Ackerman- “I like vex it is fun because you can build robots and it will make you good at engineering!”

Adam Brown-”Vex is a great thing to join to spend time with your friends after school.”

Joey Blair- “Vex is fun I have been in it for 3 years, it’s stressful.”

Zak Kratowicz- “vex is a very fun way to hang out with friends and build robots. It is a fun way to get into engineering.”

Cole Peterson-”I think it’s awesome.”

Nazar Abbas- “Vex is a good way to learn about robotics even if you don’t want a career in that subject. it also teaches life lessons that you would need in the future.”

Jenna Katka- “It is amazing for a nerd but if you aren't very technical then you won’t be good at it.”

Austin Jamison- “It is very fun!”

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6th Grade 1/2 Way Day By: Madison P. As you know, the 6th graders had 1/2 Way Day at the end of January. 1/2 Way Day is to celebrate for the 6th graders passing through half of their formal schoo-ing! They even had the National Honor So-ciety come over to help. They ran sessions about college, High School, career readi-ness, and thoughts about our future. To start the day off they had 1/2 a donut and 1/2 a cup of orange juice. They then spent the afternoon with team building relay rac-es in the gym. This was the kid’s favorite part. Thanks to Mrs. Miller, the 6th grade math teacher for providing the information.

Wacky Holiday ‘s for FebruaryBy Jeremy Q

American Heart MonthAn Affair to Remember Month

Black History MonthCanned Food Month

Great American Pie MonthNational Cherry Month

National Children’s Dental Health MonthNational Grapefruit Month

5 National Weatherman’s Day7 Send a Card to a Friend Day - obviously created

by a card company7 Winter Olympics Opening ceremony

8 Boy Scout Day - the birthday of scouting8 Kite Flying Day - in the middle of winter!?!

9 Toothache Day10 Umbrella Day

10 Clean out Your Computer Day - second Monday of Month

11 Don't Cry over Spilled Milk Day11 Make a Friend Day11 White T-Shirt Day

12 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday12 Plum Pudding Day

13 Get a Different Name Day14 Ferris Wheel Day

14 National Organ Donor Day17 Random Acts of Kindness Day

17 President's Day - third Monday of month19 National Chocolate Mint Day

20 Cherry Pie Day20 Love Your Pet Day

22 George Washington's Birthday22 Be Humble Day

22 Walking the Dog Day22 International World Thinking Day

23 International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day23 7 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

24 National Tortilla Chip Day26 National Pistachio Day - it's a nutty day!

26 Tell a Fairy Tale Day27 Polar Bear Day

28 Floral Design Day28 Public Sleeping Day

28 National Tooth Fairy Day - and/or August 2229 Leap Day - not til 2016, once every four years

I’m sure most of you have already heard of the name Bethany Mota; The You tube “Sensation” that has now signed with Aeropostale. Pretty much ev- eryone is very happy for Betha ny! She got signed with a huge clothing company just from making videos on a website. But, in most people, the question arose, “How?” How does a 18/19 year old get signed with Areopostale just from sitting in front of a camera? Truth is, this has happened with more people than just Bethany. More and more Youtubers are beginning to get signed with Adsense, a company that puts se-lected ads on your videos for you to make an income off of your videos. Now don’t get me wrong; 99% of Youtubers do Youtube because they love it and their viewers, not just because of money. Bethany has been able to be one of the “Big” Youtubers living off of being herself, and helping others find out what they love to do. So this just goes to show, Youtube is more than just a website. It’s been helping people find out who they are, what they want to do, and has been helping people find an outlet for all of the bad in life. By Miranda R. & Photo from Morgan Y.

YouTuber of the Month

Geeky Gadgets By: Sabrina Q.

1. Laser Keyboard The laser keyboard is one of the newest de-signed keyboards. The keyboard works by a sensi-tive hand motion laser that monitors your move-ments and lets you type. The laser keyboard is a compact and versatile product. It connects easily to any Bluetooth devices, including the latest iPhone, iPad and Android devices. I think that the laser key-board product is a wonderful device. It is easier to type with, and you can take it anywhere you want. It works everywhere, it is very easy to use, and it is very helpful when typing at night time.

2. Smart fork The smark fork is a helpful eating tool that they have recently designed. The fork is a blue-tooth enabled fork. It is helpful because when you are eating too fast or too much it lights up and vi-brates. I think this product will help us in the future by giving us a healthier lifestyle that is easier to track.

3. 3D home printer The 3D home printer is a small printer that you can design pictures on. It prints out automati-cally for you. This printer is a great device because it helps with things such as saving trees and not wasting them on paper. It also can help with not having to go to the store and buy things, you can just print it inside of your home. Save money and have fun!

NUMS WrestlingThe Wrestling Team has completed their season at the COAL Tournament on Sat-urday February 8th. Trace C. and Chris Wilson C. both finished 3rd and Brandon H. finished 4th. As a team Brandon H. recorded the most wins & pins and Kyle W. had the most take downs. Several considered Districts but are not partici-pating. And-- yes that is one of our 2 girls -- Mor-gan T. wrestling in the picture.

Yes that was our Morgan Y pictured with Bethany Mota. She was at Polaris Fashion

Place a couple of weekends ago and she went!

Candy Bark Ingredients Needed 1. 12 ozs. ( 2 cups) of dark chocolate chopped or chips 2. 12 ozs. (2 cups) of white chocolate chopped or chips 3. one bag of candy hearts 4. one bag of m and m’s 5. two bags of plain pretzels or iced pretzels 6. two mixing bowls 7. a square cake pan 8. red food coloring How to make it 1. Melt the white chocolate into one mixing bowl 2. Then put the red food dye in the chocolate and mix 3. Mix it until you have made the chocolate into a light pink color 4. Take the last mixing bowl and put the dark chocolate into the bowl and melt it 5. Pour the dark melted chocolate first into the cakepan 6. Then take the light pink chocolate and lightly pour it on top of the dark chocolate 7. Open the bag of pretzels and pour them onto the chocolate while spreading them out . 8. Put the two bags of m & m’s and candy hearts and pour them on top of the pretzels and chocolate 9. Spread mix out & place in the refrigerator for about 30 mins 10. Break into small pieces and ENJOY!

Y2Y Lock-in By: Madison P.

On December 31st and January 1st Y2Y had a lock-in at the Marysville YMCA. When you first arrived you had to check in and make any last minute payments. After you got settled in, they split you into groups. After everything was talked about you were able to just run around and do what you wanted. They had a schedule posted of everything that was going on. There were other schools there as well. There were many different activities such as, swimming, movies, dodge ball, kickball, yoga, racket ball, and basketball. It was also really fun to meet other people. The best thing was nobody judged, no drama was caused, and it was a place where you could just go and hang out with your friends. If you are interested in planning or finding out ahead of time about other activi-ties, join Y2Y. It is after school on Wednes-days until 4:00. Come on people, we need more members!

We are artistic!

We have Spirit! The Boys cheered the girls on during tournamnment play.!

A Project Sample from 7th Grade Social Studies.

Life in the Middle Ages Glog: Your task is to create an online poster, or a Glog about life in a Medieval town. Use the internet, informational books and other sources to complete the neces-sary research. There are severall helpful links on It’s Learning (both text and video). The Glog-ster website is www.edu.glogster.com. You will present your glog to the class. Required Information Elements:1. Twenty facts about daily life & the role of the church during the medieval time period. 2. Briefly describe your facts. See me if you have questions.3. Brief explanation about how the category has affected modern civilization.4. At least two hyperlinks to reliable web pages with information. One hyperlink should be about the role of the church and the other should be about an aspect of daily life in the medieval time period. 5. One 2-5 minute video link. Required Visual Elements1. A background color or design2. Two or more related graphics3. Be creative and have fun!

Daily Life in the Middle Ages Glog Rubric: Scoring Key--5-Excellent;4-Good;3-Fair;2-Needs Improvement;1-Poor

_____Contains 20 facts about daily life or the role of the church in the middle ages._____Graphics are related to the topic and add to the educational value of the Glog._____The Glog is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness._____The project demonstrates an understand-ing of the impact of the middle ages on modern civilization._____The hyperlinks and video add to the educa-tional impact of the Glog._____The student effectively presents the material on the Glog._____The student appears to have gained knowl-edge about life in the middle ages_____Productive during class_____/40 POSSIBLE POINTS

Glogster EDU is pretty well liked at NUMS. Students like how it com-bines the use of graphics and text. You can check it out for free if you have not had the change to Glog! Mrs. Richardson’s Class worked hard to complete their awesome Glogs!

Destinatiion Imagination The D.I. Team presented a Disabil-ity Awareness Carnival called ‘Wildcat Awareness” at the elementary gym last Saturday the 15th. The team made carnival games that educated the public about different disabilities. The team chose the Service Learning Challenge. The challenge required the student team members to find a need in the community and solve that need in a creative way. The team consists of Kasey C., Ashleigh B., Julien G., Madi-son H., and Jessica C. The coaches are Jennifer Beebe and Dayna Gorman. The team will present their project at the Regional Contest Saturday March 15. Best of luck the team! Your hard work will be rewarded!

On February, 14th we held a heart scavenger hunt.

The winners were: 1st Place- Carson S.,6th 39 Hearts 2nd Place- Avery C., 8th 38 Hearts 3rd Place- Wes C., 8th 37 Hearts

Congratulations!

They received goodie bags!