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TRIBAL TALK Volume 4 February 17th, 2016

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@ JACKSONVILLE

MIDDLE

SCHOOL

Student of the

3rd six weeks

Fernanda Arredondo

Hannah Starling

Syvannah Ybarra

Anthony Tavera

Hayden Rush

Wes Royon

Cambrien Corbitt

Welcome back, JMS! It’s time to

start getting back to work and

let’s keep those grades up. Com-

ing back from a long Christmas

break was hard but we are ready

and eager for this new year! If you were passing all of your

classes, had three or less absences, you got three weeks

off. Congrats again to those hard-working students! Good

job! As everyone is coming to school during this new year,

we went around the school to let a few of our students

choose what they would like to do better in 2017.

JMS New Year’s Resolutions

Workout more– 49%

Read more– 24%

Don’t get in trouble– 32%

Do what’s best for you– 39%

Work harder– 33%

Grades up– 45%

Eat healthier– 30%

Basketball season has come

to an end but guess what’s

just around the cor-

ner...track season!

By: MaKenna Rains, Sara Verhage, Jennifer Garcia, and Kyeleigh Kincade

Fabulous Page 1. Fabulous 4th

Page 2. Academics

Page 3. Clubs/Electives

Page 4. Sports

Page 5. Sports

Page 6. World News/Riddles

Page 7. Janitor/Librarian

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Upcoming Events:

2-14 MOCK Testing: 7th Writ-

ing & 8th Math/Algebra

2-15 MOCK Testing: 7th Blitz

& 8th Reading

2-17 End of 4th Six Weeks

2-20 Bad Weather Day

2-25 UIL Academic Meet @

Nacogdoches

3-3 Technology Showcase

(8:30 – 11:30)

Academics

By: Abigail Carr

The 7th grade science classes are learning about how living

things need adaptations to survive. Then, they will be moving on to Natural

Selection, while learning about Charles Darwin. We close out the six weeks

by going over cycles (water and carbon.) We will also have a guest speaker

from the Water Authority to speak to all our classes about the water cycle,

conserving water, and human effects on our water.

Top Students in Mr.

Leahy’s classes that

passed objectives in

Math 1st semester:

1.Javan Franklin (5th period)

2.Dulce Calvillo (3rd period)

3.Adrian Rangel (4th period)

4.Briana Arciga (4th period)

5.Jaylyn Sides (6th period)

6.Jaquelyn Trujillo (6th period)

7.Gustavo Perez (3rd period)

8.Brandon Bolt (6th period)

9.Jose Sanchez (1st period)

10.Briana Lockhart (6th period)

11.Lesly Mendoza (3rd period)

12.Maria Sanchez (3rd period)

13.Roxeanne Marroquin (8th period)

14.Anetteh Rosales (6th period)

15.Guadalupe Villegas (4th period)

“Thank you all for your hard work,

let’s make the second semester even

better as we prepare for S.T.A.A.R.”

~Mr. Leahy

8th Grade

Science is

learning

Force and

Motion. Also,

they are

talking about Newton's Laws to ven-

ture into the vast world of Earth

and Space. They will be learning all

about the stars, galaxies, season's,

and the phases of the moon.

In January, 7th graders tackled a unit on Poetry.

They may have gone into it reluctantly, but they

came out with more confidence on the sub-

ject and some great tips on how to read and analyze this difficult

genre. Each student created a Poetry Folder that gave them tools

and reference materials to use as we read a variety of poems. Tools

to remember: 1) Read the poem more than once, 2) use SOAPStone,

3) Check for understanding each time you read the poem. Most of

all--keep an open mind when you read poetry!

They also enjoyed reading poems from Booked by Kwame Alexan-

der. If you haven't read it check it out!

7th grade Reading

Electives/Clubs

By: Jessica Ledesma and Zury Garcia

UIL Editorial Writing

Editorial and Ready Writing has ap-proximately 6 students.

Which include:

7th grade: Vanessa Sanchez, I’lliyah Washington, Mia Contreras,

and Katie Tavera 8th grade: Kate Smith and Jenna

Armitage Mr. Becker says the students will learn tremendously from Editorial Writing/Ready Writing. He states that, “they

have a limited time to get a real deep knowledge of their writing.” Mr. Becker states that he loves to write and that when he does Editorial Writing and

Ready Writing it’s a nice break from the normal activity of teaching math. Editorial Writing and Ready

Writing is held in Mr. Becker’s room. Ask if you are interested!

Choir Solo and ensemble

N.J.H.S. {National Junior Honor Society}

N.J.H.S is an organization that focuses on service projects and

how to be a vital part of our community . During the school year

N.J.H.S. volunteered at The Mission, Joe Wright Elementary

Family Fun Night and hosted the Candy Cane Gram fundraiser.

Mrs. Martin (N.J.H.S. sponsor) says. “We plan on doing Passen-

ger Safety programs through a program called Teens in the Driv-

er’s Seat.” Mrs. Martin was asked what she likes about N.J.H.S

and she told us, “I love getting to know the students and it is

really awesome to see how hard they work to help others and to

make their community better.” Now we know that winners are

not people who never fail, but people who never quit. It’s an hon-

or to be a member of the N.J.H.S program at JMS.

Band

“Band is awesome!!,” says Sara Kimbrough. Sara is a

7th grade band member who plays the clarinet. Sara has learned the higher octave of the clarinet since she has started band in middle school. Her favorite song in band is “Ex’s and Oh’s.” Band had there solo and

ensemble contest on February 3 & 4. We are proud of you!

Ramiro Alvarez

Briana Arciga

Jenna Armitage

Matthew Blanken-

ship

Kasey Canady

Ruby Castillo

Emma Dorman

Julianna Dublin

Mercedes Gallegos

Haley George

Emily Goodwin

Joselin Guerrero

Macala Hinds

Maegan Holliday

Triston Josey

Maria Lopez

Alexis Mendoza

Lizbet Muniz

Tony Penson

Thomas Ramirez

Hope Reed

Maytte Rojas

Brittney Samaniego

MaryAngel Servin

Cody Shaver

Hannah Starling

Ally Stokes

Daisy Thom-

ason

Dane Trent

Monica Vallin

Morgan Washburn

Layla Wilson

Syvannah Ybarra

Solo Excellent Ratings

Bella Apolskis

Jameson Calderon

Makayla Daniels

Lilli Fletcher

Miriam Garcia

Ta'na Gillespie

Samantha Montes

Addie Patrick

Christian Perez

Jennifer Quintero

Maria Tavera

Bella Apolskis

Briana Arciga

Jenna Armitage

Lilli Fletcher

Ta'na Gillespie

Emily Goodwin

Macala Hinds

Daisy Thomason

Morgan Washburn

Syvannah Ybarra

Solo Superior Ratings Ensemble Superior Rating

We are so proud of you!!!!!!!

Sports By: Yasmin Badget

To start off the new year the twirlers have been work-

ing hard to prepare for competition and the pep rally…

which they did a fantastic job on!

After winning first place, the twirlers are now working

on their second baton routine.

Way to go twirlers and good luck!!!!

Last six weeks the cheerleaders were working on their rou-

tine for the pep rally, that they showed off so well!

Shout-out to all the cheerleaders!

We can’t wait to see what you guys have planned for the

new year and the next pep rally.

... With Coach Reagan:

What is your new years resolution? “To be the best I can be.”

What are you looking forward to this year? “Having fun coaching &

helping people.”

Are you involved with track this year? If so, what are you doing? “Yes, I’m coaching

the shot put throwers.”

How’s life? “Great :)”

What college did you go to? “Texas A&M Commerce AKA #LionU”

By: Haileigh Brock

Sports We started off the new year ending basketball and beginning track

season. Everyone just wants to say “GREAT JOB!!” to all of the

Braves and Maidens. So… say goodbye to basketball and say hello to

track.

T

HE 7TH GRADE BRAVES A TEAM WON THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP!

The very first track meet of the season isn't until Thursday March 2, 2017. It is going to be held at

the Jacksonville High School. It is going to be called the “O’dell Relay.”

“2017, New year, New me! So far this year is going

great.” -Jarrett Henry

Jarrett Henry, from the 7th grade basketball a

team was interviewed for our newspaper this six

weeks. His new year’s resolution is to be in the AB

honor roll. Jarett is planning to be better and try

not to get in trouble this year. He is trying out for

track...Good Luck! He wants to do Shot put and dis-

cus throw. He's looking forward to

just seeing what this year has in

store. He was also asked, “How's

life?’ His response was “Life is real-

ly good at the moment because we

are undefeated in basketball.”

Maidens

7B—2-4

7A—5-8

8B—2-4

7A—9-4

Braves

7A—12-1

7B—3-6

8A—3-9

7B—6-6

What’s hap-

pening in

our world

today?

Donald Trump be-

came the 45th Presi-

dent of the United

States.

NASA will have a me-

morial service

for Apollo 17 com-

mander Eugene

Cernan, the last man

on the moon, who

died on Jan. 16th.

New studies show the

cheetah population is

rapidly declining.

A restaurant in Dallas

set up a “Take One,

Leave One” coat rack

for the homeless on

Jan 24th.

Can You Solve This?

Daniel, Claude and Lou are friends.

Daniel is Claude's brother.

Claude is Lou's brother.

Lou is not Daniel's brother.

Question : How is this possible?

Monique is 24 years old.

She is twice the age that Valerie had when Monique was the

same age that Valerie is now.

Question : How old is Valerie?

A man states that he is able to predict the score of any football game even before the game be-

gins.

Question : How is this possible?

(The answers will be in next

six weeks newspaper.)

By: Karlie Valentine

By: Julisa Perez

Wonderful Juanita

Our Janitors are extremely essential to JMS! One in specific is Mrs.

Juanita. She loves this school... “It is like family” to her. She enjoys com-

ing to school to see all of her co-workers and of course, the students. Her

greatest strength is her religion, her weakness is chocolate like many of

ours.

We can’t thank all of our janitors enough, they help us tremendously.

Many of us don’t acknowledge all of their hard work, but we really need

to, it’s nice to feel appreciated. It encourages them to work harder and

we definitely need their help around here. When you see one of hard-

working men or women, tell them “thank you for what you do for us!”

“Lucky” To Be A Librarian!

The one who keeps everything rolling in the right direction... we all thank

you Mrs. Lucky for everything you do here at JMS! We don’t know what

we would do without you here to keep the library organized and running

smoothly.

Mrs. Lucky feels that to be a good leader you have to have a very posi-

tive attitude. She also says you have to reach the students before you

can teach them and always let them know you love them.

Mrs. Lucky’s strengths are being organized, caring, and being reliable.

Her weaknesses are worrying too much and being stubborn.

We thank you again for everything you do and we hope you continue

making students’ reading experience so enjoyable!