Sailors On the ScenenewsmagazineApril 2011 | Volume 5 | Issue 4

MONA SHORES MIDDLE SCHOOL I 1700 WOODSIDE I MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN 49441

On the InsideSailor students and staff take the polar plunge Seventh grade

basketball team steals victory

MSMS top notch Performing Arts Program

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photo by: devan alexander

Eighth grader Masson Bryant puts his Fruitport opponent in a half on February 10. Bryant went on to win the match.

staff writers:editors-in-chief:holly fredericksenkate huizinga

photo editors:sami pymanjenny anton

section editors:cassie hansenkarli paggeotemma tjapkessandra yacoub

devan alexanderalyssa bouchardabbey dakinlexi dedeauxchad flaskamaddie straitemily swankerted thomastyler trovingerjoey vangelderenleah weller

adviser:mike phillips

editorial board:marie bettenken byardshelly dykstrajacey ecclestoncheri kimballkathy miszecarol mogdismichelle phillips roxanne schanermatt schuchardtcharlotte scottcindy soyarsamy stielstralori veurink

IN THE LEAD 3Math Counts takes first at local competition

Our Voice

The Quest for the Cup is a competition between the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades that encourages school spirit with many rivalries among the three teams. One of these oppositions was the Battle of the Coins held from March 14-18. Each grade level team had a collection jug to raise money for Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc., the Kids In Need Foundation, and the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. If silver

coins and dollars were put in your grade’s jug, your team was awarded points (one point per cent). If pennies were put in your grade’s jug, your team was penalized points (subtract one point per penny). Keeping the grades competitive really frenzied up the conflict to succeed in the Quest for the Cup. The sixth grade team had the most points, and earned points for Quest for the Cup. They were followed by the eighth and then

the seventh graders. Jugs were kept in the cafeteria during all lunches, and the Battle of the Coins ended up making $120.07. Being competitive to win was not the only result of the Battle of the Coins, students also raised money for charity.

Battle of the Coins is competitive and for a good cause

Our Voice is the opinion message selected by the editors of the Sailors On the Scene newsmagazine.

On February 23, the Mona Shores Middle School “Math Counts” team competed at Muskegon Community College against 11 other local schools.

Math Counts is a team of “Mathletes” that compete against other schools while being timed to finish math problems.

“We have math practice about twice a week and study math problems,” eighth grader Kevin Smith said.

Mona Shores took 1st place at the local competition and therefore moved on to the state competition which was held near Detroit on March 12.

“In order to win, I just had fun,” eighth grader Nick Meston said. “We had a lot of practice, but the main focus of it all was to have fun.”

The students from the middle school who competed for the local competition included eighth graders Kevin Smith, Nick Meston, Lucas Cooper, Cole Fritz, Lizzy Groenhout, Kendra Robbins, Addie Marsh, and Kassidy Vredeveld.

The students who were involved in the state competition were Fritz, Smith, Mes-ton, and Cooper.

“I think we did fine because everyone else at the state competition were freaky geniuses,” Fritz said.

The Sailors finished 15 among 26 other schools at the state competition.

“We had never won the local tournament before so I didn’t really know how hard the questions were going to be at the state competition,” Math Counts adviser Mike Buboltz said.

“I enjoyed having fun with math and hanging out with people that I never really knew before and now I have friends that will last a lifetime,” Cooper said.

Top: Boys, Lucas Cooper, Kevin Smith, Nick Meston, and Cole Fritz working hard to win for an MSMS victory.Above: Math Counts winners for Mona Shores Middle School from left: adviser Mike Buboltz, Cole Fritz, Lucas Cooper, Lizzy Groenhout, Kevin Smith, Kendra Robbins, Nick Meston, Addie Marsh, and Kassidy Vredeveld.

courtesy photos

by: cassie hansen / features editor

On February 17 Mona Shores Middle School participated in Give A Smile Day. It was an idea that managed to cheer stu-dents up while they were at school.

It was created by members of the Chain Links club. The advisers of the club also helped in the creation of this event.

“Together we all started brainstorming and when someone came up with the idea to give stickers away, it formed into Give A Smile Day,” sixth grader Haley Wiewora said.

Students were each given three stickers that they were to hand out to other students, except for Chain Links club members who were given nine.

“I gave two of my stickers to other people because they were nice to me,” seventh

grader Collin Vaughan said.The main point of this event was to raise

students’ spirits and cheer them up while they were attending school and to boost student self confidence by their peers giving them stickers.

“The point was to make sure everybody had a smile on their face so they did not go home frowning,” eighth grader Ryan Wasilewski said.

Due to the positive attitudes of their peers, students seemed like they were much happier to be at school than if it were just a normal day.

“Hopefully the message of Give A Smile Day will last longer than just one day,” Chain Links club adviser Carol Mogdis said.

On Saturday, February 26, 231 brave souls jumped into Muskegon Lake with temperatures in the high 20’s, and although it might seem crazy, it was for a good cause.

Sailing past their goal of $25,000, the Polar Plunge helped raise more than $31,000 for the Special Olympics.

Mona Shores even had some students dive into the icy waters of Muskegon Lake to help with this great cause.

“It was my second year doing it, and I’ll do it again next year too,” eighth grader Destin Morley said about his jump into the icy waters.

Most people had signs of hypothermia within three to five minutes of getting out of the lake, but that did not stop them from having fun. Some people dressed up and others did flips and cannonballs into the lake.

“What better character to dress up as than a fish when you’re jumping into a lake,” paraprofessional Pam Havermans said about dressing up for the Polar Plunge. “It’s fun to

be a part of helping other people.”The Special Olympics is a very charitable

organization that helps people with disabili-ties participate in all kinds of sports.

“I did the Polar Plunge to help the Special Olympics,” eighth grader Bailey Wilks said. “And I’ll do it for them next year too.”

by: lexi dedeaux I staff writerThe icy chills of the Polar Plunge

Top: Paraprofessional Pam Havermans dresses up as a fish for the Polar Plunge. Above: Eighth graders Destin Morley, Matt Shuiteman and Ryan Wasilewski wait to dive into Muskegon Lake.

by: joey vangelderen I staff writerThe pearly whites of Give A Smile Day

Leaders of the Chain Links include eighth graders Nikki Hulka, Julia Lakos, Amy Gesiakowski, Emily Swiatek, Kate Huizinga, and Maddison Fensel pose for a group photo during one of their meetings.

photo by: carol mogdis

courtesy photos

FEATURES4

The 2011 Mona Shores Middle School wrestling season has come to an end. Winning nine meets, only losing to Grand Haven and Whitehall.

The team’s toughest competitor this year was a strong Grand Haven squad.

“Grand Haven was a lot tougher,” eighth grader Simon Karel said. “They had more people ranked in the state and more kids in general.”

The team made so many memorable moments together, but one of the team’s favorite moments was the time eighth grader Kevin Hendryx put his opponent in a “Banana Spilt”.

“I felt as if I owned the mat,” Hendryx said.

Some of the team’s leaders were eighth graders Kevin Hendryx, Simon Karel and Anthony Spagnuolo. They showed leader-ship by running practices and doing what it takes to be a leader.

“Helping out the wrestlers at practice and cheering them on at the meet is what I think good leadership is,” Spagnulo said.

There were many wrestlers that improved and made so much progress since the beginning of the season. Making progress doesn’t only have to take place in matches, but it can be trying your hardest on the mat.

“In wrestling it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, it matters about your progress,” wrestling coach Andy Hogston said.

The Mona Shores Middle School wres-tlers aggressive dedication, strong effort and their love and drive for the sport made for a successful season.

“As a whole this was one of the hardest working group of guys, not only on the mat, but in class,” coach Ken Byard said. “Coach Hogston and I were extremely impressed with how well the wrestlers paid attention to details.”

On March 2nd, the seventh grade basket-ball team earned a thrilling overtime win against Grand Haven White Pines by the score of 31-24.

Mona Shores started off strong with good defense, leading 8-0 after the first quarter, but Grand Haven rallied back in the second quarter to tie the game, 8-8, at halftime.

“We thought we were going to win right away,” forward Elizabeth Doriot said. “We just let them go off and score points.”

During the third quarter, Grand Haven scored most of their points from the foul line thanks to seven Sailor fouls.

Trailing 21-18 with 2:34 left in the fourth quarter, Mona Shores used tight defense and quick offense to tie the game at 23 with 30 seconds left.

“We really wanted to win the game,” guard Madison Hronek said. “Our re-cord was pretty good up until then and we wanted to keep it that way.”

The game tying shot was made by for-ward Alicia Kurth, who scored four points in the victory.

“I wasn’t really thinking about me after the shot went up,” Kurth said. “I was con-centrating on getting back on defense and keeping them from scoring points. “

Intense back and forth scoring with mul-

tiple fouls in four overtime minutes ended an exciting game with the Sailors winning 31-24, improving their record to 6-2.

“This game reminded us that we can get through anything together,” forward Desirae Parker said. “It inspired us to work harder, do our best, and give it our all.”

by: holly fredericksen I sports editorSailors come back with a narrow victory against White Pines in overtime

photos by: sami pyman

by: devan alexander I staff writerMona Shores wrestling team has a successful season

Mona Shores wrestling team cheer on their team mates and wish them good luck before their match. This is something they do for each teammate before they head out on the mat.

photo by: devan alexander

Top: Seventh grader Nikki Spoelman takes a jump shot after receiving a quick

pass from teammate Alicia Kurth. Right: Seventh grader Ah’Jah Kitchen

goes up for a jump shot which results in a basket for the Sailors.

SPORTS 5

“When I was in the lunch line and someone pushed me and got macaroni all over my shirt.”

Nikkella Kaiser, 6th Grade

“I backed my Jeep into the side of the school and knocked the wall down by the orchestra room.”

“I was jump roping in gym and my pants fell down.”

Chase Baker, 8th Grade

Mr. Byard, Dean of Students

“I peed my pants at my cousins graduation when I was seven.”

Andi Wieringo, 8th Grade

“My most annoying ringtone went off in the middle of Mrs. Prentice’s class.”

“I jumped over a fence and my pants ripped.”

“Getting dressed in gym and my pants ripped.”

Bittney Kieft, 7th Grade

Jared Pittman, 7th Grade

Logan Kucharski, 8th grade

“When I spilled milk all over myself.”

Bruce Belich, 6th Grade

“I was going down a slide in second grade, my pants got caught and ripped off while I was next to the girl I liked.”Mr. Volkmann, Health Teacher

Your Most Embarrassing

Moments!

by: Leah Weller I staff writer

by: Tyler Trovinger I staff writer

“I spilled mustard on my pants.”

Jessica Rust, 6th Grade

“I tripped over my own foot at Wendy’s.”

“I had a sheet over my head and I ran into a wall.”

Morgan Johnson, 7th Grade

Jordain Davis, 8th Grade

“I ran into a door in 5th grade.”

Heather Audo, 6th Grade

by: Emma Tjapkes I section editor

by: Abbey Dakin I staff writer

“I accidently walked into the girls bath-room.”

Peyton LaFever, 8th grade

CENTER SECTION6

“Something rolled under a TV holder and I went to get it but my head got stuck.”

Steffen Newman, 6th Grade

“When I fell off the horse ride at Meijer.”

“When I threw up in front of my class.”

Mr. Whalberg, Science Teacher

“I was serving in volley-ball and I hit the referee in the head.”

Kennedy Potts, 7th Grade

“In 10th grade I was running before a football game and tripped on a ball in front of the entire crowd.”

“In band when my clari-net squeaked.”

“I got into the wrong car at a garage sale.”

Autumn Lambert, 6th Grade

Abby Peterson, 8th Grade

Mr. Baker, Student Teacher

“My dad took my phone and was texting a bunch of boys embarrassing things.”

Abbie Suman, 8th grade

“When I got kicked out of Mrs. Hanichen’s class for having a bloody nose.”

Jake Grevel, 7th Grade

by: Tyler Trovinger I staff writer

Ryan Bramer, 8th Grade

“I walked into my 3rd hour when it was really 4th hour.”

Cayla Lenartowicz, 6th Grade

Samantha Blakeman, 6th Grade

“I was running down the hall and got tripped.”

“When I ran into a book-shelf and had to get stitches.”

Connor Sturr, 7th grade

“I was writing a love note to a girl and a teacher took it and made me read it infront of the class.”

Josh Huston, 6th Grade

“In 4th grade I was play-ing soccer and a 5th grader made a joke about me and everyone laughed.”

Tony Long, 6th Grade

Alec Huber, 6th Gradeby: Emma Tjapkes I section editor

“I ripped my pants at the bowling alley.”

Kristina Davignon, 8th Grade

“I went to McDonald’s before school and spilled orange juice on my pants.”

Courtney Brewer, 8th Grade

“Carrying a big metal cross in church and I dropped it on an old lady.”

Nick Garvey, 8th Grade

“In gym I went to get a ball and tripped.”

CENTER SECTION 7

“Sailor Shout Outs” are excellent benefits to Mona Shores Middle School because they influence kids to learn, involve more positivity, and students become more will-ing to help.

Many students at MSMS are not influenced to learn because they do not get rewarded. By re-ceiving a “Sailor Shout Out”, kids try harder in school so they can get another. Many do not realize that when a student achieves a hard-copy of all that they have worked for, they continue to try their best, and get better grades. For

those who are not influenced to learn, by seeing a classmate or friend receive one, they also try harder so they can receive an award.

Usually, the kids who act inappropriately are noticed for getting detentions, in school suspensions, and out of school suspensions. Now, the angelic children are gifted with these “Sailor Shout Outs.” This will create more positivity because everybody will feel there is hope for the people who shine in doing what is right. They will be encour-aged to let their inner kindness show in order to obtain one of these awards.

If you know that you will receive thanks when you do kind things, many students will be more willing to help. Also, students would not feel the need to act out to get attention if they accept a “Sailor Shout Out” because they are getting rewarded anyways. Classrooms will stay more in order if more kids are willing to help out. Even if all you

receive is a “Sailor Shout Out”, kids love to be noticed, and it will help them stay more focused in class while they are helping out instead of being obnoxious.

Those are only a few of the reasons why these “Sailor Shout Outs” are a remarkable idea which will benefit our school.

Having a school garden at Mona Shores Middle School could be beneficial to stu-dents in the long run because it could help kids learn about plants and nature, improve the cooperation and social skills among teachers

and students, and improve the quality of our cafeteria food.

With the opportunity to head outside in the fall and spring, a garden is the perfect choice to keep students enter-tained. Simple things like planting seeds, watering plants,

and harvesting would be just a few of the simple tasks that would be performed. Just like a science class, students would still be learning about scientific topics only in a

better, more interesting way. By changing up the curriculum every few days and going out for a “garden day,” students would feel more open to learning because they could get away from the same old school routine and learn, but have a riot at the same time.

There’s no doubt about it that grades would improve. If students were exposed to the outdoors every now and then, they wouldn’t feel so down about school because the garden would provide a chance for change. This positivity would eventually lead to a higher level of cooperation. Even if you’re not into plants and the actual gar-dening you could still take part in the activi-ties by recording data, making charts, and doing the paper/pencil science work that we sometimes do in typical classes.

Lastly, since the school garden would provide a variety of fresh fruits and vege-tables being grown, we would then dis-tribute that food to the cafeteria which will not only improve the healthiness but the quality of the food from okay to GREAT. Some seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables include apples, pumpkins, radishes, carrots

and cauliflower. With this variety of food, there is something that almost every-body will find and like.

It is clear that a school garden at Mona Shores Middle school would improve students’ school lives and benefit in the end.

A school garden could do wonders

illustration by:nicole guiles

“Sailor Shout Outs” create positive environment in MSMS

— Christian Boyd ~ 7th

“I would like the food because we would know that it didn’t have any chemicals added to it.”

— Daphne Jackson ~ 6th

“I think I would like working outdoors because we could always use some fresh air and a little extra sunshine.”

— Ms. Williams ~ Staff

“Any time that you can recognize kids for doing positive things, it will increase positive behavior.”

— Rhian Williams ~ 8th

“When I got a “Sailor Shout Out” it felt awesome to get rewarded.”

KarliPaggeot

opinion by: kate huizinga and sandra yacoub / editors

OPINIONS8

Mona Shores Middle school Allegrettos did a fantastic job performing the musical “Honk! Jr.”

At Mona Shores High School, the choir teach-er and director, Kyle Cain, did a fabulous job directing and perform-ing in the play “Honk! Jr.” This wonderful

performance took place on March 3, 4, and 5 at 7:30 p.m. The cast’s goal was to get 450 people to attend, and they succeeded in that goal.

Lead roles Katie Huizinga, Nick Boerema, Steven Chartier, and Sandra Ya-coub dazzled the audience with their acting and singing. Huiz-

inga played Ida, mother of the ugly duckling, who was played by Boerema. Ya-coub played the evil cat trying to eat the duckling, and Chartier played the father. Also, the crew did a wonderful job putting equipment out during the play and setting up the lights.

For six dollars, this show was worth ev-ery penny from my pocket. From the sing-ing to the dancing, these extremely talented people put forth great amounts of effort to get screaming applause from their crowds. All of the performers practiced two hours after school for two months prior to their public performances. If you did not make it to this amazing performance, you really missed out.

The Mona Shores Allegrettos’ perfor-mance of “Honk! Jr.” was truly an amazing performance.

The Mona Shores Middle School perform-ing arts program is one of the best in the state because of the fantastic choir, band, and orches-tra electives they have to offer.

Singing in choir is one of the phenomenal

performing arts programs Mona Shores Middle School offers. From fantastic con-certs and festivals to after-school groups and musicals, our choir program is the elective to pick. Choir teacher Kyle Cain and accompa-nist Melody Walden have led many concerts showing how much talent our middle school choir has and how much fun we have mak-ing music. Everyone in the choir works so hard, and is so dedicated to music that every concert we put on is almost certain to be great, and if you love to sing everyday, choir is the right elective for you.

Next, orchestra is a magical and amazing experience for students in grades 5-12 who are so dedicated that most of them practice hours after school every day. Orchestra director Kelly DeRose conducts the students extremely well. If you not only want to learn how to play a string instrument, like the

violin or cello, but have a good time while doing it, this performing arts elective can be one of the most rewarding musical experiences of your life. The MSMS orches-tra continuously amazes parents and students at their great concerts, and judges at festival with their talent as well as musical skills.

Lastly, playing either a woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument in band can be an-other outstanding elective to choose from the Mona Shores performing arts program. You can either be involved in regular band, or jazz band if you like the jazzy side of music. With Greg Nimtz leading both the regu-lar and jazz bands, students have multiple options to not only learn music, but have fun doing it. If you think that rehearsing one hour a day during school is hard, think again, because it is certainly easier than core subjects.

Given all that the Mona Shores performing arts program has to offer its students, it may be the best program in the nation.

The performing arts program at MSMS is top-notch

Top: Mona Shores Middle School’s jazz band rock out while playing their instruments.Above: Mona Shores Middle School’s Alto section in Choir sing to “Homeward Bound”.

photos by: kate huizinga

Mona Shores Middle School Allegrettos steal the spotlight

Middle school Allegrettos bow at the closing performance that took place at the high school on March 3, 4, and 5.

— Riley Reeds ~ 7th

“I joined Choir because I love to sing.”

— Raven Lockhart ~ 6th

“I play the violin, and practice after school for a half an hour every day.”

—LaPrea Anthony ~ 8th

“The hardest thing was performing in front of everyone,”

— Nick Borema ~ 7th

“I practiced at home by singing the songs with the CD and having my mom say lines of other characters.”

AlyssaBouchard

photo by: cassie hansen

KatieHuizinga

ENTERTAINMENT 9

Students of the Month

Student-Athletes

of the Month

Girls’ Basketball

Wrestling

7thGrade

8th Grade

Collin VaughanChase Baker

Holly Fredericksen

Noah Dykstra

Students and athletes of the month are voted on by the staff at Mona Shores Middle School

SAILOR DAYS10

What is your favorite candy bar and why?

voices

LIZZIE DORIOT7th GRADE

“Kit-Kat’s because I like the crunch noise they make.”

“Kit-Kat because I love their commercials.”

MATT SCHUITEMAN 8th GRADE

“Twix because of their deliciousness.”

“Hershey bars because they are all chocolate.”

hallsfrom the

JESSY BILLING7th GRADE

PETER KULIKOWSKI6th GRADE

SPENCER STUBE7th GRADE

“Reese’s Pieces because who doesn’t like peanut butter and chocolate?”

“Reese’s because they get me pumped for wrestling.”

SHELLY DYKSTRASTAFF

“Payday because I can’t have chocolate, and it’s one of

the only candy bars without chocolate.”

“Twix because it has caramel.”

SIMON KAREL8th GRADE

TAYLOR BROWN7th GRADE

“Milky way because I like the spongy stuff in them.”

“Reese’s because of the theme song, commercials,

and the peanut butter.”

KAITLIN BURGHORN8th GRADE

JARED PITTMAN7th GRADE

ALYSSA KORPI7th GRADE

“Snickers because of the caramel.”

“Reese’s because chocolate and peanut butter are a good mix.”

MAKAYLA DENSON6th GRADE

“Twix because it has crunchy and smooth stuff in it.”

“Three Musketeers because I like chocolate and chocolate

is good. Also, it has foam stuff in it.”

JORDAN PETERSON8th GRADE

DALTON PEEVY6th GRADE

“Snickers because they get me pumped for soccer.”

“Hershey’s because I can dip them in peanut butter.”

FRANKIE KULE8th GRADE

KILEY HANNAN8th GRADE

Squirrels, mice, and cats have been infest-ing Mona Shores Middle School more and more each day due to the lack of extermina-tion when the problem began.

It first commenced with the nesting of squirrels in our school’s roofs. The authori-ties believed it was nothing major, so no exterminators were called in. Many of the squirrels have been chewing holes in the pipes and walls which has led to leaks in the school. Fortunately, these leaks in the pipes have been fixed and buckets filled with drip-ping water are no longer needed.

“I am very glad the pipes are fixed be-cause I was getting sick of all the buckets in the hallways,” eighth grader Justin Aykorn

stated. “I have seen some mysterious fuzz through the ceiling vents and I think it might be the squirrels.”

Holes in the walls the squirrels have cre-ated have made it easy for mice to enter the school. They sneak around and nibble away at stray crumbs. However, they do not often come out when a room is crammed with students.

“Sometimes I see small figures scurry across the back of the classroom, and I be-lieve they are mice,” seventh grader Rachel Cheezington explained.

Another unwanted admirer, being at-tracted by the mice, are the many cats hid-ing inside the Mona Shores Middle School

building. Distant meowing is often heard in classes where the mice are. People stumble in the hallways, terrified something is wait-ing for them.

“My class is sick and tired of all the noises these animals are creating! It scares them into screaming so we start losing our voices,” sixth grader Trevor Feelhine complained. “Everybody gets so terrified that they start walking slower in the halls, making us late for class.”

So if you ever hear the patters in the ceil-ing, see the miniature substances zoom past you, or feel the strange presence of a preda-tor pussyfooting nearby, it may be one of the squirrels, mice, and cats in our school.

by: sandra yacoub I staff writerAn Unusual Swarm

by: emily swanker I staff writer

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Sailor Scramble

What walks on four legs in the morn-ing, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?

A husband and wife each have 3 sons. Each son has 1 sister. How many are in the family?

A man rode out of town on a Friday, stayed away for three days, then came back on Friday. How did he do that?

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COMICALITY 11

12 PHOTO STORY

Honk! Jr. Proud Sailors perform their play, Honk! Jr., at Mona Shores High

School.

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Eighth grader Katie Huizinga prepares for birth in the Musical Honk! Jr. at Mona Shores High School.

Huizinga meets her thought to be duckling played by seventh grader Nick Boerema when he hatches.

Eighth grader Sandra Yacoub playing the evil cat tricks Boerema into coming to her habitat.

Huizinga gets interviewed for her missing duckling.

Choir teacher Kyle Cain directs his cast from the stage in the Wild Goose Chase.

Huizinga directs her ducklings to the lake.

Yacoub and Boerema weave in and out of ribbons of snow in hopes of getting him home.

Huizinga mourns over a frozen duckling, Borema, with the help of high school teacher Ms. Shaner.

Boerema and seventh grader Libby Miller are united when Boerema is revealed to be a swan.