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mount baker middle school, auburn, washington april 2016 volume VI, issue 4
DEAR BULLDOGS,
With a new semester at play, we have only ten experienced staff members left, and 13 new journalists excited
write. Unlike past years, new staff members are able to take on almost any article they want. In this March edi-
tion, you’ll be able to learn about the people who create your school newspaper. But, this isn’t about us. It’s about
you and telling the story of our school.
From your middle school love life to Snapchat’s face swap filter, and many other issues in between, we’re here
to tell you those stories.
As the year’s end is nearing, and the temperatures go up, two main conflicts arise. First, dress code violations,
and secondly, testing. If you are wondering about either of these subjects, there’s more information about them
within these pages.
This is our fourth paper of the year, and we keep trying to get better each time. The new journalists thrown into
the production will be trained along the way, so we don’t delay the paper from coming out. The new staff members
are learning how we are able to produce our paper under a strict deadline, and we do it all for you, our readers.
We couldn’t do this without you.
Not all news is light-hearted, and some may make you feel emotional, like our feature on Avery Huffman. But,
news is news, and we are here to report it.
We report on things that will get students talking, or on things that students have been talking about. If it’s being
talked about in the hallway, it’s news.
We write with determination to leave a legacy for future journalists, like the past journalists left for us.
Thank you to all our readers who make this
newspaper possible.
Sincerely,
The Canine Chronicle
EDITORS
EDITORS
Chloe Knox
Cam Baker Camden Heilborn
Ariana Stephens
Bailee Youngren
REPORTERS
Josh Abbot
Josh Bair Aaron Baldridge
Angel Borunda
Siarah Brown
Heily Chaires
REPORTERS
Mikayla Hall
Rachel Hall Alexus Jacobs
Aunnika Lang
Nick Miller
Dong Nguyen
REPORTERS
Gio Parascondola
Timothy Rambo Derek Wirachowsky
Keegan Yorke
Rodrigo Zaldivar
Dakota Zercher
ADVISER
Peter Warring
mission: The MBMS Journalism 8 class produced this limited-voice
newspaper with intent to ethically report events accurately, without bias. As a
public forum for students, all decisions made on content are made under the
guidance of the adviser, with intent to uphold students’ First Amendment rights.
The opinions presented in articles are provided to represent the views and
perspectives of students and individuals in our diverse student population, not
necessarily the whole of the adviser, faculty, and administrators. Any material
that would cause a disruption to the educational process like libel, invasion of
privacy, or copyright infringement will not be published. The Canine Chronicle is produced using Microsoft Publisher. Photographs not
taken by students have been utilized through a Creative Commons and Microsoft
license. School portraits are licensed through Dorian Photography.
inside this issue:
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FRONT COVER PHOTO: Origami fortune tellers have
helped some students decide their relationship status,
but many don’t last long. PHOTO BY C. BAKER
BACK COVER PHOTO: MBMS students get face swapped
with their friend’s often resulting in hilarious outcomes
PHOTO COLLAGE BY A.STEPHENS & B. YOUNGREN
Carter’s Pranking Prowess 4
Humans of Mount Baker 5
Face Swapping Fad 6
STUFF & THINGS: School News 8
Guess Who 10
What Grinds My Gears 11
SPOTLIGHT: MS Relationships 12
EDITORIAL: Dress Code 14
Arts & Entertainment 16
MBMS Sports Update 17
Meet the Press 20
Culture Poll 23
PHOTO BY C. GUERRA
SIARAH BROWN & ARIANA STEPHENS
Avery Huffman was diagnosed with an inoperable
disease on June 30, 2015. DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic
Pontine Glioma) is a rare tumor on the brain cord,
which controls everything in the body.
It effects primarily children within ages from 5-10
years old. DIPG has a 100 percent mortality rate,
meaning 100 percent of the children diagnosed with
DIPG have passed away. Symptoms of this disease
are double vision, unable to close eyelids completely,
dropping one side of the face, or difficulty chewing
or swallowing.
Avery has impacted her family, friends, and her
community.
“The community became tighter because everyone
joined in the fight against cancer that she fought in
some way,” Avery’s father, Mr. Huffman said.
She left an amazing legacy behind and has brought
her community together.
“Avery’s legacy will be one of strength, courage,
hope, love and bravery,” Mr. Huffman said.
Principal Mr. Brown has also been impacted by
Avery.
“Avery showed people what a great place we live
in,” Brown said.
He has also done many things to support her. “I
have helped with a fundraiser event that they had. I
[was the master of ceremonies] for them.”
Brown isn’t the only person that has supported
Avery. Her whole community and others outside of
the community have helped raise money, and put
together fundraisers and events for her.
An Avery Strong auction was held at the Lakeland
Hills Community Center On Saturday Aug. 22, 2015.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars were raised.
Avery also got a surprise visit from actress Kris-
ten Bell, who called Avery as Princess Anna from the
Disney movie Frozen.
Doug Baldwin also visited Avery at Lakeland Hills
elementary school in November. The Washington
Huskies honored Avery during Childhood Cancer
Awareness month, and gave her a jersey with her
favorite number, seven, and the words
#AveryStrong on it.
Avery stayed strong while fighting cancer, but she
eventually passed away at the age of seven on Tues-
day Feb. 16, 2016 at 11:11 A.M. Staff and students Lake-
land Hills elementary school had a balloon release in
memory of Avery on Feb. 29.
“We are establishing a foundation in her name and
honoring her legacy and impact,” Mr. Huffman said.
“The foundation will be geared towards raising mon-
ey and awareness for DIPG.”
The community tied green and pink ribbons on
trees around the Lakeland Hills community area to
honor Avery.
Avery Huffman, or Avery Strong is the daughter of
Brandon and Amanda Huffman, and the sister of
Alexandria, Cade, and Addison Huffman.
Avery showed her family what true courage and
bravery looks like. The family’s faith had a major
impact on them and helped them get through it.
“Our faith was an instrumental part of our every-
day life during her fight,” Mr. Huffman said. “When
man and medicine could do no more, we kept our
faith in God that he would answer our prayer, and
our prayer that Avery would no longer suffer or have
to fight cancer was answered.”
Avery is the strongest person her family has ever
met and she will be forever in their hearts and
minds. Lakeland Hills first grader Avery Huffman was diagnosed with an inoperable disease, DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma) on
June 30, 2015. Her whole community and others outside of the community have helped raise money, and put together fundraisers
and events for her. COURTESY OF GOFUNDME.COM
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Principal Brown served as master of ceremonies at a
fundraiser Feb. 6 to support the Huffman family. Seahawk
Doug Baldwin made an appearance in support. PHOTO
COURTESY OF G. BROWN
CAM BAKER & DEREK WIRACHOWSKY
Jeremiah Carter is a math teacher
for the eighth grade, and a renowned
puller of pranks. Most of his pranks
have been towards Peter Warring, an
eighth grade language arts teacher
and the journalism adviser.
Carter doesn’t pull his pranks alone;
in fact if necessary, he will pull his
students in to help him with his
pranks- making the outcome that
much more hilarious.
One well-known prank Carter has
pulled on Warring is having his own
students steal all of Warring’s toys
and collections that reside in his
classroom and hide them over a
period of several weeks. Once War-
ring started to notice, Carter put all
the stolen toys into the trophy case
for all to see- including Warring him-
self.
“You just have to do your home-
work,” Carter said. “[And] figure out
something that’s clever and specific
to do.”
The pranks Carter has pulled on
Warring aren’t just random ones,
though. Instead, he and Warring are in
an all-out prank war.
Carter noted that the whole war
between him and Warring was insti-
gated by the journalism adviser.
“Mr. Warring putting my stapler in
Jell-O was when the feud started [in
2007],” Carter said.
Warring wasn’t going to take
Carter’s pranks sitting down, though.
In fact, according to the journalism
adviser himself, he “Nic Caged”
Carter by using a theme in Google,
which replaced every single image on
the internet with a gif or picture of
actor Nic Cage.
Warring also took around 500
sheets of paper with images of Nic
Cage on them and hid them around
the classroom.
Students still find these Nic Cage
photos to this day, despite the fact
that the ordeal took place in the year
2014.
Not only that, but he placed an ad
around the school asking people to
call in with their best Chewbacca
growl, and gave a phone number to
call. This number he put down was
none other than Carter’s classroom
number.
“Mr. Warring doesn’t do enough
homework,” Carter said critically. “In
fact I swear he googles pranks. I
googled the Chewbacca, and that’s a
thing to do.”
Carter does have a set list of rules
that he abides by, but he doesn’t have
rules that say anything against prank-
ing others.
He isn’t exclusive to pranking War-
ring, nor will he ever be.
“Everybody is fair game to be
pranked,” Carter said. “The best
prank is a well-crafted surprise.”
DEREK WIRACHOWSKY & CAM BAKER
The best thing you can do is research. No prank can succeed without first
doing your homework.
A prank is always better when it’s a surprise. The best prank is the one they
don’t see coming.
No permanent damage. You shouldn’t cause long-lasting damage to anyone
or anything. You have to remember that they’re your friends.
You should be careful about your target. Everyone is fair game, but that
doesn’t mean you should automatically prank the principal, or worse, your
parents.
Don’t make the prank rely on every single detail. Elaborate pranks are
great, but you don’t want the prank you worked on for a month ruined be-
cause you forgot something.
Invite your friends for the prank—the more the merrier. Not only that, but
you have more people to spread the story.
Take credit for your work. What’s the point of a prank if no one knows you’re
the prankster? Besides, if the victim knows it was you, they can retaliate.
Enjoy the game. Nobody likes the April stooge who’s ticked off every time
they are pranked. April Fools’ comes once a year. Take the opportunity to
have fun with your friends.
Carter, even after years, still has the
stapler Warring put in Jell-O, as well as
a Nic Cage photo. He’s not too happy
about it. PHOTO BY C. BAKER
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TYLER HOLDEN
In 2010, the blog Humans of New York was started by photographer Brandon Stanton, who recently moved to New
York after losing his job. His Facebook page, connected to his blog, has re-
ceived over 17.2 million likes. Stanton wanted to capture the unique-
ness of residence, telling the story of the people in the largest American city.
The Canine Chronicle mirrored his approach with our photographers by
telling the story of the “Humans of Mount Baker”, asking students to tell
their story.
1.“We are going to win.” PHOTO BY T. MURRY
2. “As long as my best friend is here to support me, I’m okay.” PHOTO BY H. CHAIRES
3. “Who cares if you’re sad ? Think positive.” PHOTO BY M. HALL
4. “I can’t live without them.” PHOTO BY C. HEILBORN
5. “Life is like a jungle gym.” PHOTO BY J. ABBOTT
6. “[My goal in life is] I want to be the very best.” PHOTO BY K. YORKE
7. “I like helping other people.” PHOTO BY A.STEPHENS
8. “Uh-oh!” PHOTO BY C. KNOX
HUMANS OF MOUNT BAKER
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CAMDEN HEILBORN
The most popular trend throughout all teenage
history is of course, Snapchat. Instead of struggling
through sending selfies through messages, Snapchat
instantly can send them. Throughout the years,
Snapchat has become more and more filled with
amazing surprises.
For example, texting, video chat, and especially
many strange yet fantastic filters. One filter that has
the attention of every student in the school is the
face swap.
Yet most people think it is hilarious and fun to do
every day with friends, it can also be uneasy.
“[Face swapping] can be kind of creepy,” said
sixth grader Amanda Means.
Means also agrees that there are so many differ-
ent complications in trying to find the face swap
template.
Not only can to face swap with humans, you can
also trick Snapchat and face swap with random
objects that might look like they have a face. There
has even been experience with midair faces.
Most people can get this new feature by holding
down on their face and a bunch of Snapchat filters
pop up. You can scroll to get to face swap. Get two
faces, place them in the face template, and boom!
Your faces are swapped! You do need to have the
latest update on Snapchat to do this. You can also
take videos during it.
“My phone is prehistoric, so I don’t get the face
swap filter, but I do think people are taking it too far
because they have so much time on their hands,”
said seventh grader Evan Brank.
The biggest part of face swapping that may seem
unsettling to some, is that the face proportions are
very different then what you are used to seeing on
that person. The eyes are too wide, the nose is too
small for your head. It all depends on who you are
switching with.
The average circumference of a head size for a
female is 22.5 inches. For males it is 21.65 inches.
The size of the eyes are either 1 inch or can be as
large as a ping pong ball. The size of their mouth
varies between how big their head is but it’s roughly
2 inches. The male’s nose is approximately 5.8 cm. A
girl’s nose can be 5.1 cm.
“[Snapchat] is creepy, putting others faces on
yours, the proportions are all off.” Brank said.
“I hope all you Snapchat lovers realize that this new
update can be quite unsettling, but also has some
hilarious effects to it .”
DAKOTA ZERCHER
Snapchat by Snapchat Inc. We have Snapchat with 412,992
ratings.
Snapchat is a popular app to face
swap on because almost everyone
uses it.
As Andrew Kossale said, “I like
Snapchat because all of my friends
are on it.” The place where you face
swap is also very important. Some-
times it also matters who you face
swap with for instance.
“[I face swap with] Gio Parascondo-
la because of his hair,” Kossale said.
MSQRD by Masquerade Technologies Inc. Next we have MSQRD with 36,083
ratings.
Something cool about this app is
that you can face swap with animals
and spooky creatures with magical
special effects.
MSQRD also has an interesting mask
effect; the mask can literally animate
depending on one’s expression.
FACE SWAP BOOTH by Revosoft Technologies
Third time’s the charm, as we have
Face Swap Booth coming in at #3.
With this app is one can face swap on
one photo and save that photo, then
face swap again with that same photo.
One can custom overlay faces so
you could have someone else’s eyes
while they have your mouth.
BEST FACE SWAP APP by Kazi Rafi Something cool about this next face
swap app is that it has an advanced
face detection algorithm. In other
words, it automatically detects faces
and it is also perfect for group pho-
tos.
This app is also compatible with
Facebook, so you can swap with Face-
book photos.
Face Swap Live by Lann Labs
Last but not least, we have Face Swap Live. A really extraordinary
effect that this app can do is face
swap live while recording videos.
They even have face swapping with
celebrities that looks very realistic.
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”Jennifer Aniston, because she
is so beautiful, funny, and I ad-
mire her acting talent.”
MRS. LANTZ sixth grade language arts
PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS AND QUOTES COMPLIED BY AUNNIKA LANG
“Selena Gomez, because she has
dark features like me, and so I
can get rid of my wrinkles.”
MRS. SWANSON seventh grade social studies
“Bernie Sanders, because I want
to know how I would look like if I
was old and male.”
MRS. CARNAHAN eighth grade social studies
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BAILEE YOUNGREN & RODRIGO ZALIDAR
LEVERENZ SAYS TARDIES DECREASING
Allowing more parents to become
aware of their kids’ tardiness, Ms.
Leverenz has the answer. An idea
sprouting from her Auburn River-
side teaching years, she has kids
running to class on time.
In the mornings, she has been
consistently rolling her “tardy cart”
around catching slow-movers on
their ways to first period and hand-
ing them tardy slips.
“During the day we are hardly
seeing any tardies. Kids are really
doing a good job getting to class on
time!” Ms. Leverenz said. To make
the cart more fun, Ms. Leverenz is
taking decoration ideas.
SCHOOL PLAY:
‘BEAUTY & BEAST, JR.’
The school play ‘Beauty and the
Beast, Jr.’ came and went with
several shows on March 31 and
April 1. After practicing for three
months, eighth grader Nico Benabid
enjoyed the process.
“I am going to miss going to
practice and performing,” Benabid
said, “I will also miss working with
my friends and Mr. Char.”
Play practice was a place to joke
around while being serious for
students. There were struggles
happening throughout the years in
the program, but that made the
cast stronger, according to
Benabid.
TESTING SCHEDULE RELEASED
This year, we are once again going
to have testing changes for the
SBA.
This year’s changes affect every-
one because the test is going to be
online.
The test schedule is also different
because the school is now going to
take the test during the period the
test is for.
For instance, if you have math
first period, you’ll take the math
test during first period. If you have
language arts second period, then
you would take the reading and
writing test during second period.
“The system isn’t really compli-
cated, but I will have to wait till I
use it myself [to comment fur-
ther],” Mr. Knighton said.
BROWN ANNOUNCES NEW CLASSROOMS
Also this year we’re going to add
a new portable which is going to be
placed next to portable 909 over
the summer.
The portable is going to be only a
single portable, because the double
portable now requires the sprinkler
system for safety cautions.
“The idea is that the square foot-
age is so big, that is further for
someone to exit,” Mr. Brown said.
But in other words, Mr. Brown is
saying that the new portable is still
going to be safe.
Seventh grader Michael Goforth runs lines at play practice with eighth grader Kylie Niles. PHOTO BY A. MORISAWA
RACHEL HALL, HEILY CHAIRES, DONG NGUYEN
Locker Lottery is a creative way for students to
share their opinions. Two people of each grade were
chosen at random by their locker number and inter-
viewed with multiple questions. The sixth graders
were Jordan Stores and Takia Wilson. The seventh
graders interviewed were Zoe Gordon and Jai Hill.
The eighth graders were Alaya Hill and Dae’vann
Standoak.
DO YOU THINK THE DRESS CODE IS FAIR?
D.S.: “Yes, as long as you can wear slides.”
A.H.: “No, because no one’s going to be like, ‘Whoa, it’s
a shoulder!’”
J.H.: “Yes, it’s not good to wear clothes against the
dress code.”
Z.G.: “Yes. Well, sometimes.”
J.S.: “Yes, if they didn’t make it, people would wear
nasty stuff.”
T.W.: “No, it is too hot to be wearing long sleeves.”
HOW MANY MIDDLE SCHOOL RELATIONSHIPS HAVE YOU BEEN
IN?
D.S.: “I don’t even know.”
A.H.: “One.”
J.H.: “One.”
Z.G.: “None.”
J.S.: “Three.”
T.W.: “One.”
HAVE YOU DONE ANY FACE SWAPS
RECENTLY?
D.S.: “Yeah, once.”
A.H.: “Yes, about ten.”
J.H.: “Yeah, two.”
Z.G.: “No, I don’t use Snap-
chat often.”
J.S.: “Yes, about 15 times.”
T.W.: “Yeah, a lot of
times.”
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
GIRLS SPORTS?
D.S.: “It’s fair because usually
it’s the boys.”
A.H.: “Great, duh.”
J.H.: “Good, they can do sports if they want.”
Z.G.: “Good, they can do it if they want to.”
J.S.: “I think it’s fair.”
T.W.: “I like them.”
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE SPORT?
D.S.: “Football, because I like contact sports.”
A.H.: “Soccer and track.”
J.H.: “Football, because I like hitting people and
catching the ball.”
Z.G.: “Soccer because you get to have fun.”
J.S.: ”Football, because I like to run and catch.”
T.W.: “Basketball, because it’s fun.”
DO YOU PREFER MECHANICAL OR WOOD PENCILS?
D.S.: “Wood, because mechanical pencils suck and the
lead breaks.”
A.H.: “Mechanical, because you don’t have to sharpen
them.”
J.H.: “Mechanical, because you don’t have to sharpen
them.”
Z.G.: “Mechanical, because I write better with it.”
J.S.: “Wood, because it has a better feeling, and it
writes better.”
HAVE YOU DONATED ANYTHING TO THE FOOD DRIVE
YET?
D.S.: “No, but I am going to donate
money.”
A.H.: “No, not yet.
J.H.: “No, because I don’t have
anything.”
Z.G.: “Yes, two cans of food.”
J.S.: “No, but I am planning to.”
T.W.: “No, not yet.”
HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED ANY PRIDE
AWARDS AT MBMS?
D.S.: “Yes I have, twice for
good behavior and grades.”
A.H.: “Nope, I don’t know
why but not yet.”
J.H.: “No, hopefully in the
future.”
Z.G.: “No, I don’t know why I
haven’t yet.”
J.S.: “No, but I want to.”
T.W.: “No, never.”
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY R. HALL VIA GETLOUPE.COM
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NICK MILLER
Our last edition of The Canine Chronicle had a picture of a staff member for the “Guess Who”. This
teacher is sixth grade ELA teacher,
Dena Walker. Walker was born and raised here
in Auburn, Washington, and has lived here her whole life. She went to
Pioneer Elementary and Washington Elementary as a student. As a teen,
she attended Cascade Jr. High and
graduated from Auburn High School. She earned her Bachelor's Degree
from Central Washington University, and her Master's Degree from Gon-
zaga University. Sports have always played a big role in her life from the
time she was very young. She was a
high school state champion softball player, and played other sports
such as soccer and volleyball. “[I have been playing softball for]
a very long time,” Walker said. She is extremely involved in
sports and coaches her children’s
sports teams and the sixth grade
volleyball team at MBMS. Walker has been teaching in the
Auburn School District for 23 years. She started her career at Termi-
nal Park Elementary. Her first full time job was teaching fourth grade
at her former elementary school,
Washington Elementary. Walker has noted that her kindergarten teacher
inspired her to become one herself. Mrs. Walker loves teaching stu-
dents and making a difference in others’ lives.
“I would always want to stay as a
sixth grade teacher,” Walker said. Walker’s personal life is also in-
teresting.
She enjoys traveling and vacation-
ing with her friends and family. She is married and has two kids, Kaylee
10 years old and Evan six years old.
Her husband is also a teacher and coach in the district at Auburn
Mountainvew High School. She has lots of fun with her chil-
dren playing board games and out-door sports. Sometimes, they will
play a game of kickball together or go swimming, but one of their favor-
ite things to do together is to go walking.
They may just walk around their
house, but oftentimes they walk to a park nearby. Overall, Mrs. Walker
and her family are very close to each other and always make time
for family fun.
This is our teacher feature for
the April edition. This teacher was
born in Sacramento, California. She
grew up spending time with both
parents, who played a big role in
her life.
This teacher also has a total of
four siblings. When she was a little
girl ,she said how she wanted to
become a hypnotist..
She knew she had the makings to
become a great teacher, though.
Language Arts teacher Mrs. Walker [present LEFT] grew up in Auburn as a young child [RIGHT]. COURTESY
OF D. WALKER AND DORIAN PHOTOGRAPHY.
TIMOTHY RAMBO
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What
My
Disagree? The segment ‘What Grinds My Gears’ is presented as opinion and does not express the views of all MBMS students or The Canine Chronicle. If you would like to express your opinion, write us a letter, and you may be published in our next edition.
Pigeons You know what grinds my gears?
Pigeons.
These dang birds walk around like they’re kings
and queens of the world. Meanwhile, they eat
TRASH! I don’t know about you, but trash doesn’t
sound like something a king would eat.
I also saw this T.V. show about people with irra-
tional fears, and someone was deathly afraid of
pigeons. That sounds rational to me.
Did you know that both pigeon parents feed their
young milk? To me, that’s some shady stuff.
They can also hear wind blowing over mountains
from hundreds of miles away. Think about it, if one
pigeon heard you, he can go and tell all his pigeon
buddies, then all of your business would be spread
around the pigeon world. I think I’m rambling here,
but you get the idea.
Want to know some weird facts about pigeons?
They’re 13 inches from beak to tail. 13 inches!
That’s like a Five-Dollar Foot-Long from Subway
with an extra inch for adding some “decorations”
to your car and eating your garbage.
These things can’t be trusted.
They can come flying out of nowhere and start
pecking your eyeballs out. Here’s some advice,
sleep with an eye open.
And that’s what grinds my gears.
—JOSH BAIR
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Not Erasing Whiteboards You know what really grinds my gears? When
teachers go to erase the whiteboard, but they
leave part of the writing there. Like they leave the
top of an A just sitting there. IF YOU’RE GOING TO
ERASE IT, ERASE THE WHOLE THING!
I don’t know what it is about it, but no matter
how hard I try to keep my eyes off that horrible,
half-erased, bright red mark, my eyes keep re-
turning to it.
But, it just keeps getting better. Then, the teach-
er goes up to the whiteboard, and JUST WRITES
OVER THE STRAY LITTLE RED MARK. HOW CAN THAT
NOT BUG THEM? It certainly bugs me.
So, I’m sitting here trying to figure out what the
heck the board says since the teacher wrote over
the A, and they erase it again, but LEAVE EVEN
MORE BEHIND THIS TIME!!! I make myself look
away, but the mysterious force behind this white-
board won’t let me avert my eyes.
The whole problem could have been easily
avoided if the teacher took one more, measly
second to erase the whole thing.
So teacher, don’t be lazy, erase the board for
your students’ sake.
And that’s what grinds my gears.
—CHLOE KNOX
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Conversation Joiners Do you know what grinds my gears? People that
join into my conversation when I am in the middle
of telling a story, or talking to someone else!
I mean come on! Do you really need to know
what’s going on in my social life?! Like can I
PLEASE just have some privacy?! I am just having
a nice, peaceful conversation with someone, when
you just pop in and ask, “Whatcha talking about?”
Like, does it LOOK like I was talking to you?
I also don’t like it when I say something, and
someone that I am not even talking to jumps into
the conversation and try to clarify what I said and
say something COMPLETELY different. Like if I said,
“I like pickles,” they will jump in and say, “You
wear freckles?” NO! I most definitely do
not wear freckles for your information!
Soon, all humanity will be lost and people will
start losing their mind against all of the annoying
people that drive you insane from jumping into
your life without an invitation.
Do not act like a weird, annoying stalker. If I am
not talking to you, then don’t talk to me.
And that is what grinds my gears.
—SIARAH BROWN
___________________________________
Burros You know what Grinds My Gears?
Burros, A.K.A., donkeys, A.K.A…. a . . . ah, you
know what, never mind. If you’re an eighth grader
then you probably know what I was going to say
and let me say it is true!
These jerks may be described as cute because
of their petting zoo reputation, but if you go any-
where near them with a bag of feed, they will
persistently stalk you until you have nothing left.
Have you seen these creatures? Those beady
eyes can stare into your soul to see what makes
you tick.
Not only that but if what you give them doesn’t
satisfy their demands then all of a sudden they get
this idea that they can surround you and kick you
with their hind hooves and if it’s really bad they’ll
urinate all over your new white Vans.
The stench is also unbearable. This may sound
weird but there is something called bathing.
I don’t know what smells worse; the burros or
(no offense) the seventh grade hall. Forget the
terminators, these guys will give much worse than
Judgment Day. And that my friends, is what grinds
my gears.
—DEREK WIRACHOWSKY
[ 12 * spotlight * volume VI, issue 4 ]
CHLOE KNOX
A middle school relationship can
be fun for some, or too much
“drama” for others. Although
relationships now typically don’t last very long, they can be a great
learning experience. “[I think dating in middle school
is] kind of good, kind of bad. Things
can go wrong,” seventh grader Taylin Green said.
Eighth grader Aaron McCurdy discussed the perfect length of a
relationship. “A short term relationship with
two people who like each other [is
a good relationship],” McCurdy said.
It is an unspoken truth that da-ting in eighth grade is very differ-
ent than dating in sixth grade. “Eighth graders are more expe-
rienced, they’ve been through the
sixth grade life, and the seventh grade life,” sixth grader Jordan
Stores said. However, there are different
opinions on this topic.
“[Eighth grad-
ers are] older and
more mature, they know how to main-
tain a relationship. Sixth graders don’t. They’re too young,” McCurdy
said.
There is much controversy
around dating now. Should we date now, or should
we wait? Should we “accidentally”
touch hands during class, or is that getting too serious? Should I
tell my mom, or wouldn’t that be a mistake?
“[You should just] stay friends,
you’re still young,” sixth grader Sophia Nelson said.
Eighth grader Aly Judge had a different opinion though. “[I think
they should] date,” Judge said. “If
they’ve known each other for a
while, and still like each other,
then yeah.” Principal Brown offered his
opinion. “[I think middle school relation-
ships] are fine. I like the fact that you guys are experimenting,”
Brown said. “I like that you can
also be friends. I just don’t like the drama.”
If you start developing feelings for someone and you really think
you want to date them, asking
some-
one out right to their face can be scarier than over text can be way
easier.
Nelson had some words on the
situation. “[Asking someone out over text
is] kind of lame. [People] should
do better if they really like the girl,” she said.
Judge also said, “[If I got asked out over text] I would probably say
no. You can say anything over text
and not mean it.” According to the online middle
school relationship survey taken by 474 MBMS students, about 50
percent of people have had a girl-
friend or boyfriend. Of those stu-
dents, 37 percent have had more
than one. The majority of people who took
the survey believed the average relationship lasts two weeks to a
month in middle school Also, most believed both asking
someone out, and breaking up with
someone, happens mostly over text. However, well over 80 per-
cent of people would want it done face-to-face.
Dating in
middle
school has many positive out-comes, as well as negative as-
pects about it too.
“You get to see what you like or
dislike about people,” McCurdy said.
Another positive thing was
brought up by Stores. “We get taught how to hold a
relationship,” she said. There’s always a negative side to
everything, though. Dating isn’t
always fun and games. “They could not be nice, and you
could get hurt,” Nelson said. And immaturity plays a role too.
It’s not uncommon for someone to
be dating one person, but like
several other people at the same
time. Or when you break up with someone, and you treat the person
that you used to really like as if they’re the scum of the Earth.
“I think we’re too young, and people date for popularity,” Judge
said.
It shouldn’t be a big deal if you don’t have a girlfriend or boy-
friend. “Don’t worry,” McCurdy said.
“We’re young, worry later in life.”
“I had a boyfriend in eighth grade, no
real drama around it. I was an athlete,
he was an athlete and we were always
so busy that we never went on any dates
or anything, I don’t really know why we
considered ourselves boyfriend and
girlfriend,” P.E teacher Mrs. Burkhalter
said. “Relationships are stupid in junior
high; they never turn out to be the
people that you want to be with.
“His name was Zack,” eighth
grade language arts teacher
Mrs. Keaton said. “We dated for
a year but only ever held hands
twice; we were too embarrassed
to even talk to each other.”
Keaton advises middle schoolers
to base a relationship off of
friendship and to try and not
treat it too seriously because
you are still young.
“There is plenty of time for
[relationships] during the rest of
your life,” sixth grade math
teacher Mr. Lubash said. “Don’t
waste time now, study hard, play
sports, get good grades, go to
college. Then you can find your
significant other.”
ARIANA STEPHENS
“I was in a very committed
relationship that lasted fifty
minutes, all of fourth period,”
science teacher Ms. Lacy stated
sarcastically. “He wasn’t pre-
pared for my awesomeness.”
Lacy said, “Know your self-worth,
take a moment to look at the
relationship and see if it is really
worth your time.”
[ april 2016 * spotlight * 13 ]
More Important Data 83% of people would want to be asked out in person, 7% over text, and
10% in another way.
91% of people want to be broken up with in person, 3% over text, and 6%
in another way.
A long relationship varied from less than a day, all the way up to over a
year, and same with what was considered a short relationship.
The longest relationships our school has had varies from over a year, or
shorter than a day, and same with the shortest relationships we've had.
More information was collected, but not used. Thank you to all students who took the survey online. Data compiled by Chloe Knox
[ 14 * opinion * volume VI, issue 4 ]
MIKAYLA HALL
The dress code, we all don’t want to violate it and definitely don’t want to get in trouble because of what
we are wearing, Sometimes it is inevitable, we wear something with
too low of a neckline or too short of shorts, or maybe we wear a hat to school or gloves in class. The dress code is put in place so that no one is dis-
tracted and can focus on what they are learning. Alt-hough some of our students think it is sometimes un-
fair. “I can understand why there is a dress code, but it’s
not fair boys get to wear whatever they want and girls have to hide their bodies,” eighth grader Espi Gonzales
said. The dress code also doesn’t allow people to express
themselves through their clothing, if we force people to wear what they don’t like they will feel bad about
themselves. “The dress code does not help our learning, because if a girl likes to wear something that violates the dress
code they are going to feel insecure and talk about it all class,” eighth grader Tia Gordon said.
The big idea the dress code portrays is that things need to be longer than fingertip length.
“I disagree with the dress code, I understand not wanting things to be too short but girls can wear span-
dex underneath.” Gonzales said. The dress code does not only affect girls at our
school, it’s a problem for boys too.
“I don’t think it’s entirely equal, like if a guy wants to wear a dress, he would get
dress coded.” Gordon said. “If a girl wants to dress how boys normally dress, it’s okay.
But if a guy wants to dress like a girl, he’d get in trouble.”
The dress code also does not let us wear what we would like
to wear. “It also bothers me how
they say no crop tops,” ,Gonzales said. “If you wear a cardigan over it. It’s
not a big deal.” Some people get dress
coded way more than others. “Girls get coded more be-
cause some girls dress way over the dress code, but we also
get told to watch what we’re wear-ing too,” Gordon said.
With spring right around the cor-ner more girls will start to wear
shorter clothes. “Girls will start getting dress cod-ed more because they will start
wearing shorter clothes like, dresses, skirts, shorts, and crop tops.” Gonza-
les said.
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“No, girls have way more they can’t wear than boys.”
LILY GULCHUK eighth grade
“Yeah, it’s fair be-cause girls like to wear really small t-
shirts, and boys can just wear tank tops.”
GUNNAR TANG seventh grade
“Yes, it is fair be-cause there isn’t re-ally a dress code, and
we can now express ourselves”. LETA UHL sixth grade
TIMOTHY RAMBO
“Fair! We should keep our attention on school not oth-
er things.” MR. EMMONS p.e. teacher
Reviewing Latest Super Hero Movie
AARON BALDRIDGE
Batman V Superman was released
on March 25 by Warner Bros and was
directed by Zach Snyder. Some of the
actors and actresses who had a lead-
ing role in the film were Ben Affleck,
who portrayed the powerful Batman,
Henry Cavill ,who played as the god-
like Superman, Gal Gadot was the
unstoppable Wonder Woman, and
Jessie Eisenberg was the crazed Lex
Luther.
Soon after the movies premiere
aired Marth 20 in the US reviews came
rolling in and one was, “So lucky to
have been at the #BVSPremiere last
night and I still can’t believe how
amazing it was,” Collider.com said.
“Not good. Not great. Amazing. #BvS.”
So far, Batman v Superman has
scored a low 30 percent on Rotten
Tomatoes, a website that has been
reviewing movies since 1998, mainly
because most critics said it was too
loud with too many action scenes.
The film scored 7.5 out of 10 on
IMDB. The movie was full of action and
special effects.
While it took a unique spin at the
end, some parts of the movie were
predictable.
*MINOR SPOILERS* The hero’s did
their job as protectors of the city,
even though Batman and
Superman’s brawl did cause some
major damage to the abandoned
Wayne Manor.
Doomsday did most of the damage
during the fight trying to kill the three
heroes. Doomsday was created in a
crashed Kryptonian warship by Lex
Luther when the crazed Lex Luther
combines his blood and the dead
general Zod.
Superman attempts to stop Lex in
the ship but Doomsday grabs Super-
man and throws Superman around
like a rag doll.
At one point, Superman lifts Dooms-
day high over the city, into space and
the military nuked them. The nuke
didn’t kill Doomsday
since he can only get killed
by kryptonite, but instead made him
even more infuriated and made him
stronger in the process.
After watching Superman and Won-
der Woman fight Doomsday, Batman
shoots and weakens Doomsday with
some kind of kryptonite gas and al-
lows Wonder Woman to come in and
cut off the beasts arm. The attack did
no good seeing as Doomsday just
grew back a sharp, spear-like bone in
its place.
*SPOILER* At the end of the fight
Superman uses a kryptonite spear
Lois Lane attempted to retrieve to
defeat Doomsday.
[ 16 * arts & entertainment * volume VI, issue 4 ]
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JOSH ABBOTT
Zootopia was Disney’s latest animat-
ed masterpiece; it was released in
theatres on March 4 and earned $73.7
million on opening weekend, which
beat the previous record for highest
grossing opening as a non-Pixar
movie from Frozen.
Zootopia became the most talked
about movie of this year as well as
the highest grossing for many differ-
ent reasons.
One of such reasons is the huge
amount of debate around the message
of the movie and who actually created
the message, Disney.
Zootopia is easily one of Disney’s
few movies that step into the darker
aspects of the real world and aren’t
all about kids and keeping it G rated. It
explores deep into the recent issues
such as prejudice and stereotypes. In
their case it’s just about the type of
mammal, but it’s still the same basis
and still attempts to create a
message that is unlike most
previous Disney movies.
The predator and the prey are
teamed up on an unlikely wild
adventure between a fox and a
rabbit, this unlikely duo came togeth-
er when they needed each other and
ended up saving the day, they come to
multiple points where they meet sev-
eral other dark characters along the
way.
Of course, Disney played down the
darkest character, Mr.
Big, by making
him a
very small
prey animal. However even he showed
that not all animals have to fight with
each other.
The computer animation was abso-
lutely stunning as
most Disney movies
tend to be, my per-
sonal favorite part is
the city, the use of
bright backgrounds and
fresh characters will
be sure to make it a
Disney classic soon
enough!
Overall, the
story was a timeless
tale of opposites,
underdogs, bad guys
and perseverance
towards doing the
right thing and knocking down stereo-
types that are a common thing in the
world they live in, becoming the first
rabbit police officer, teaming up with
a fox, and many other moments as
well as the tough journey along the
way.
There are plot twists and all kinds of
life lessons and hidden messages
hidden in the movie that might not be
available to be seen by a simple
glance of someone who can’t find a
deeper meaning to it. I would person-
ally recommend to go and see this
incredible movie and get your own
take on it, see if you can relate what’s
going on in the story to what’s going
on in the real world today and find the
messages hidden in the movie.
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[ april 2016 * sports * 17 ]
GIO PARASCONDOLA
MBMS varsity basketball team had a sea-
son with a record of 5-3. The team had wins against Cascade, North Tapps, and Olympic.
The team tried to progress forward, but they struggled because of injuries. The team
had already been successful this season. “We could have been even more success-
ful if we stayed healthy,” Coach Keaton said. “We need to spend more time in the gym [to
become better].”
The girls have improved tremendously over the course of the season and became
better teammates and friends. “I love everyone on my team,” player Ken-
dra Nguyen said. Coach Keaton said that she enjoyed the
season, because the players were a positive and fun group and make coaching a lot of
fun.
Varsity girls basketball had many great games, but they had struggles along the way
as well. They have had many injuries. In the
first game against Cascade, two players were injured and were out for the rest of the
game. When the team played Cascade again, and
they won by 15 points when they had their whole team.
Girls’ basketball had many great games, but Coach Keaton thought the best game was
the Cascade game, so the team has many
great games over the course of the season. “My favorite part of the season is just
hanging out with all the girls before games,” Nguyen said.
The team worked hard and that was why they are so successful. They had morning
practice where they have to wake up early and play basketball before even some teach-
ers were there. That showed the dedication
of the team and its coaching staff. They also had afternoon practice, which players give
up their time to relax to play basketball, so a lot of sacrifices were made for the team.
The team overall had a season-clinching second place in the division.
MBMS gets the win over Olympic with
some amazing plays, an outstanding game overall. COURTESY MBMS YEAR-
BOOK
SIARAH BROWN
The seventh grade girls’ basketball teams had hard working but
frustrating season. Girls from team one fought hard in each and
every game, even though they didn’t have most of their players
due to injuries. They improved much as a team and they really
enjoyed beating Olympic.
The girls had many strengths that helped them with their victo-
ry.
“We were very aggressive in defense,” Coach Burkhalter said.
“We made a lot of steals and forced a lot of turnovers.”
Zoe Moore and Kailee James were the team’s leading scorers,
Taylor Gordon and Emma Hon were the leading rebounders, and
Sara Olvera, Ashlen Guerrero, and Deanna Bocanegra fought
hard in defense and steals.
Mt. Baker’s team #2 had worked hard during their season.
Emily Watson was awesome controlling the pace and Marissa
Beltran was really great on rebounding.
Every member of the team played hard and showed great
sportsmanship. They put up a huge fight, but were just a few
points from a victory a couple of times.
ANGEL BORUNDA
One of the greatest benefits of being an athlete is getting
admired and appreciated for your achievements, but sadly
at times, females involved in a unisex, yet male-dominated
sport such as wrestling, may go unnoticed or underappre-
ciated.
As all of us may know wrestling is a very difficult sport
that challenges you physically and mentally. It is very
tough for many to commit to the sport, and handle the
hard work and sacrifice which it brings.
This year has definitely been a big year for female wres-
tlers with high school wrestler, Jordyn Bartelson, becom-
ing the first female wrestler in the Puyallup School Dis-
trict, to claim four state wrestling titles, as well as the Mt.
Baker wrestling team having more girls involved than ever
before in MBMS history.
The wrestling team has many new outstanding female
additions to the team , which are led by Lily Schesy, who is
the first three-year returning eighth grade female wres-
tler at MBMS history.
Seventh graders Peyton Oaks and Genisis Farias, and
eighth graders Angela Duran and Kennedy Thompson also
have competed this year.
“[ I was inspired by ] my brother and because it looked
fun,” said Oaks.
It’s no debate that wrestling definitely is an incredibly
enjoyable sport, but there are times when it can get
stressful, and athletes must be fully determined to keep
fighting and not give up and go out on the mat and do their
job
“Sometimes it’s a little overwhelming,” Duran said.
Many female wrestlers usually don’t mind being on a
team full of boys but some may find it occasionally awk-
ward.
“It’s interesting, Oaks said. “They talk about weird things,
and I have to listen to those weird things.”
Although males and females do have many differences,
there is no differences between how they perform against
an opponent on the mat.
It is very true that technique is a huge factor of wres-
tling, but aside with that wrestling is a sport that requires
passion, a trait which these girls possess. Not only are
these girls outstanding wrestlers, but they are also clear
visual proof that athletics has no barriers or limits.
After witnessing these females wrestle with my own
eyes, I have learned to never underestimate the power of
a girl, because they can and will.
[ 18 * sports * volume VI, issue 4 ]
VARSITY WRESTLING
JOSH BAIR & CHLOE KNOX
The MBMS wrestling team had an unfortunate
season, ending 5-5 just before the conference
tournament. The team competed well and played
as a family.
Eighth grader Eddy Sihalavathong thought there
were some areas the team can improve upon.
“We could be a little more focused and work on
our cardio a lot more,” he said.
Although they have things to improve on, Sihalava-
thong added by, saying, “We worked hard and
supported each other as not only a team, but like
family.”
Even though the season didn’t go as well as the
team thought, Coach King felt confident going into
the tournament.
“I knew losing four eighth graders to injury
would make it difficult for us to do as well as we
did in the past,” King said. “But there were a lot of
surprises with the new wrestlers stepping up.”
No matter how hard any team works, there’s
always going to be some injuries. Wrestlers Chris
Guerra and Justin Prichard both suffered injuries
to their arm, and were out for the rest of the
season.
The team’s biggest rival was Rainier who beat
them two times, and MBMS didn’t beat them. The
team’s greatest victory was against North Tapps
with a final score of 81-13.
The wrestlers fought with determination, and
gave up their time every day after school to train
for their matches, and bond with each other.
To keep the wrestlers striving to get better,
each week one wrestler would be recognized as
“Wrestler of the Week!” Every wrestler of the
week was given a T-shirt, saying “wrestler of the
week” and we’ve seen them wearing them around
school.
Many devoted wrestlers spent time after
practice working out, and training to make them-
selves better, and help improve the team. Lily Scheschy [BACKGROUND] prepares for her varsity match, while her teammates their JV matches. COURTESY OF MBMS
YEARBOOK.
[ april 2016 * sports * 19 ]
KEEGAN YORKE
The two varsity girls’ soccer teams
has had an outstanding season this
year.
Mrs. Hubbell’s team finished with a
record of 5-2-1 record while Mr.
Lewis’s team ended the season with a
record of 7-1-0. This year instead of
having a single varsity team, there
were two teams split evenly with both
seventh and eighth graders on each.
Mr. Lewis’s team has had a very
strong season this year going unde-
feated. Mr. Lewis’s team blew the
opponents away with great defensive
performances and keeping many
shutouts. They had great offensive
performances winning most games by
3 or more goals. One of their most
dominant games was a 6-0 win
against Cascade.
Although the team was very suc-
cessful going undefeated, they still
had room to improve.
“We could have communicated
better and talked to each other
more,” seventh grader Tieryn Purcell
said.
The most difficult team they had to
compete against was Rainer. They
were the only thing that stopped the
bulldogs from winning all their games.
Overall it was a great season for
Lewis’s team.
“My favorite part of the season was
working with everybody,” Purcell said.
The seventh and eighth graders
both had much success this season
with both teams; overall it was a
great showing for the Bulldogs. Both
the seventh and eighth graders taught
each other valuable skills both in
soccer and in life. Everybody on both
teams came together to make a great
season for the Bulldogs.
Mrs. Hubbell’s team has had a very
successful season this year with all
the players improving.
“Teamwork and club girls mentoring
the other girls has been the key to
our success,” Hubbell said.
Some of the more experienced
players who play club soccer outside
of school have had to take some of
the less experienced players under
their wing and mentor them.
One of their most successful games
was their last game against Rainier.
Even though they lost, everybody on
the team has improved so much this
season that they all came together
for one last game, and they played
one of their best games yet.
“Our biggest challenge has been bad
practice fields,” Hubbell said.
Both teams had to overcome many
challenges this season including
injuries and having less experienced
players, but many players made the
most of it.
“It was fun playing with eighth grad-
ers,” Purcell said. “I didn’t really see a
difference, we were a group and it
didn’t really matter.”
The girls team connects a pass in one of their wins against Olympic. Teamwork led to many goals and many wins for the bulldogs this season. COURTESY OF MBMS YEARBOOK.
[ 20 * meet the press * volume VI, issue 4 ]
Josh Abbott
Josh Abbott has a really good reason to be in journalism,
and that is because he really likes language arts better
than any other class he has. He not only likes language
arts, but he really likes to play soccer and go to school pep
assemblies.
Angel Borunda Perfectionist. Musician. Athlete. Angel Borunda. A lot of things
drive Angel are dancing, wrestling, and academics. He has
coaches and friends that better him as an athlete and a student.
Angel has a big family, with three brother and three sisters.
Angel loves to dance. It’s one of his many passions.
Josh Bair Josh Bair is a student at MBMS and is very interested in sports
and athletics. Sports are not Bair’s only hobby though. He likes
watching T.V. and his favorite movie is The Maze Runner. Bair
believes that “When the sun’s out, guns out.” His future is full of
many possibilities.
Siarah Brown Siarah Brown is an eighth grader at MBMS. She enjoys playing
sports like volleyball, basketball, and fast pitch. But, she’s not all
about sports. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her
friends. Also, she enjoys the Percy Jackson book series.
Aaron Baldridge Creative, friendly, and hardworking are a few words that de-
scribe Aaron Baldridge of MBMS. This student has been here for
the full three years. When he was asked to describe why he en-
joyed Mt. Baker, he said, “Even though it’s crowded, there are still
fun electives you can do.”
Heily Chaires Heily Chaires is a very interesting character. Heily enjoys play-
ing volleyball in her free time. She has one dog named Gizmo,
who enjoys playing and running with her. Heily’s favorite season
is fall, she loves the colors and when the leaves change Chaires
says, “Why lose when you can win.”
Chloe Knox editor-in—chief
Chloe Knox, smart and musi-cal. Knox is a determined,
tireless person who loves to see her hard work pay off.
Journalism allows her to
put all these qualities to work. When relaxing, Knox enjoys running, piano and
friends. Her six word story is, ”‘Satisfied?’ they asked. ‘Never,’ I replied.”
Cam Baker graphics/design editor
Cam Baker is known for her graphic designs in The Ca-nine Chronicle and her pas-sion for the cello and piano.
Baker wants to continue
music programs and be-come a professional musician or a music teacher at Au-
burn Riverside High School. Her six word story is, “I won’t be defeated, not now.”
[ april 2016 * meet the press * 21 ]
Mikayla Hall Mikayla Hall does cheerleading for the Auburn Riverside youth.
Her dog’s Rufus, Princess, and Mya, and her cat Rain impact her
life by always being on her side. Vallejo, California is where she
calls her hometown. “Why cry when you can craft,” Mikayla Hall’s
six-word story expressed.
Aunnika Lang The six-word story, “Adventure up mountains, then snowboard-
ing down”, correctly describes adrenaline junkie, Aunnika Lang.
Having a laidback personality, Aunnika likes to show off her
athletic side in P.E. and enjoys snowboarding in the winter. You
can usually find Aunnika in the commons, talking with her friends, probably eating a margarita pizza.
Rachel Hall Rachel Hall describes herself as short and athletic. A girl that
uses just six words to motivate her friends while she cheers, goes
to gymnastics, and runs track, “Don’t just be good, be great.”
When not in school Rachel enjoys taking pictures, hanging out with
friends, and eating dim sum.
Nick Miller Nick Miller’s favorite class is journalism. He likes to hang out
with his friends and take pictures. Miller want to succeed in
school and looks forward to writing newspapers in journalism.
He likes to eat nachos with cheese and likes the color red.
“Nothing is impossible, just do it,” he wrote in his six-word story.
Alexus Jacobs Alexus Jacobs uses six words to describe herself, which is
“Washington crosses rivers. I write stories.” This shows Ja-
cobs’s creative and “nerdy” side. She loves reading and writing
fantasy fiction books. If she’s not reading books or writing them
she would be on the computer being a social media fangirl.
Dong Nguyen
Dong Nguyen likes playing video games outside of school. Nguyen
said his favorite thing about MBMS is the elective P.E. because of
exercise. Nguyen also said his favorite subject is math and he
likes Mrs. Koenig, because she’s nice. He also can speak another
language fluently.
Camden Heilborn feature editor
Camden Heilborn is a family-oriented volleyball player.
She enjoys writing for The Canine Chronicle, but is
partial to creative writing
as she likes to write what-ever she feels like. “One point away, crowd goes wild,” her
six-word story said. This emulates her love for sports as well as her driving force.
MEET THE PRESS: Famous American writer Ernest Hemingway claimed his best story ever written was
only six words: “FOR SALE: Baby shoes never worn.” Known for being long-winded, many of his fans and critics appreciated his succinct, thought-provoking story.
Now, it’s The Canine Chronicle’s turn. With the change of the semester, we added 13 new members to our staff, focused on telling your story. Be-fore we tell your story, we want to tell you our story, like Mr. Hemingway did. Below you will find a biography of each journalism staff member with some six-word stories included.
Ariana Stephens photography editor
Ariana Stephens plays vol-leyball, and inspires herself
to do better by hoping to make varsity in high school.
“Never underestimate me, I
will win,” she said. She is determined, competitive, persistent, and energetic. She
loves being in journalism because she likes being able to have a voice for the school.
Gio Parascondola
“Baseball, family, basketball, student, athlete, friend.” are just a
few words that describe Giovanni Parascondola. Gio enjoys
spending time with his many friends which he acquired from
being exceptionally outgoing. Parascondola also enjoys watching
comedy movies and playing basketball and baseball, which he happens to be extremely gifted in.
Timothy Rambo
Timothy Rambo is 13-years-old and attends MBMS, where he
played basketball for the 2015 championship team and is also the
ASB president for the school. Every morning before school, he
consumes his favorite drink, apple juice. Tim has seven siblings
and is the second youngest in a big family.
Derek Wirachowsky Derek Wirachowsky is a smart and talented 13 year old who has
gotten at least one pride award every year he has been here
while I’ve only gotten one for the time I’ve been here. Wira-
chowsky’s favorite and strongest subject is geometry while his
weakest is ELA since, “[He’s] not as comfortable with it as [he is] with [his] other subjects.”
Bailee Youngren photography editor
Bailee Youngren likes the people at MBMS best. She is
also smart and passing all of her classes. Her favorite
thing to do in her free time
is to listen to music, with her favorite song to listen to is “Stressed Out”. “I like the
humor in journalism.” Youngren said.
JOURNALISTS WANTED FOR 2016-2017 The Canine Chronicle has established itself as the
top middle school paper in the state with over 36 edi-
tions and 700 pages of content in the last six years,
racking up several state and national awards for their
publication.
Student journalists on the TCC staff interview, re-
port, write, design, and photograph the living history
of MBMS.
Our journalists are the top students at MBMS, and
also participate in a variety of additional activities,
like sports, music programs, drama, ASB, and aca-
demic and service clubs.
MBMS journalists are tasked with telling the story of
950+ students by providing and sharing student voice.
If you feel that you could tell the story of MBMS with
integrity in a competitive, pressure-filled, deadline-
driven environment, stop by adviser Mr. Warring’s
class (406) and tell him you are in!
Warring will also visit seventh grade classes in May
to share benefits and expectations of perspective
staff members of The Canine Chronicle.
Keegan Yorke Keegan Yorke, a 14-year-old athlete, loves to play many sports
with his favorite sport being soccer, that didn’t stop him from
playing other sports later Keegan signed up for varsity, and he is
a great three point shooter. He is a great academic learner and
believes studying is easy.
Rodrigo Zaldivar Rodrigo Zaldivar is a 14-year-old student at MBMS. He loves to
play soccer and many video games, such as Clash of Clans. His
favorite subject is Math, which is also his strongest subject as
well. Rodrigo daily lives by the words, “Family, school, soccer,
eat, sleep, repeat.”
Dakota Zercher Dakota Zercher loves to spend time with his friends at MBMS. He
thinks journalism is an interesting club/subject. He has not
watched the presidential debates but thinks Hillary Clinton will
probably win. His favorite color is blue. Dakota’s favorite thing to
do outside of school is to play sports.
Peter Warring—Adviser Language arts teacher Mr. Warring loves spending time with his
three children and wife when he’s not advising the newspaper
or coaching. This film-lover and toy collector enjoys playing and
coaching volleyball in his free time and debating Star Wars
facts and trivia. He summed up his life in six words about his father, “’Never be content,’ he said finally.”
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ALEXUS JACOBS
Aries (March 21-April 19): Throw a huge party at
your place this spring break. Just make sure to ask your parents first—don’t want to get grounded.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): Although you may be on
staycation this break, don’t worry because your family is saving up to go to somewhere awesome this sum-
mer.
Gemini (May 20-June 20): Try making some dough over break by either babysitting your younger siblings
for your mom or walking your neighbor’s yippy dog.
Cancer (June 21-July 22): Things seem to be going
your way—both of your parents are at work so you get the entire house to yourself. You can finally binge
watch Once an Upon a Time in peace.
Leo (July 23-August 22): Let your creative juices flow during spring break. Pick up a DIY kit at Walmart,
then you can show off your creations to all your
friends. They’ll be jealous.
Virgo (August 23-September 22): You want to hang
with your friends all week, but resist the urge. If you
do, they’ll become sick of you by the time break ends.
Libra (September 23-October 22): Your allergies
make it hard to have fun on spring break, so take some
medicine, and you’ll be fine.
Scorpio (October 23-November 21): Find a club
focusing on a hobby you’re interested in. You’ll have
fun and learn something new.
Sagittarius (November 22-December 21): Your
parents plan an elaborate vacation not too far out of
town, but you’re not completely stoked. Just find
something great to do with your family and you’ll have the best time.
Capricorn (December 22-January 19): Accomplish
something big this spring break. Your friends, your
parents and you will be proud.
Aquarius (January 20-February 18): Try doing an
activity you’ve never done, such as swimming at night
or an eating contest. You’ll be able to surprise your friends with a crazy story.
Pisces (February 19-March 20): Your personality is
so appealing, you are able to make tons of new friends over break. Let them in your circle and you’re immedi-
ately surrounded by friends.
Dress Code Antics As the warmer months approach, the dress code becomes a problem. One article of clothing
that raises much controversy is the tank top. Many students wonder why aren’t we able to
wear tank tops. Many think that shoulders are “distracting”. Others say if we all wore them, it
wouldn’t be an issue. Do you think we should be able to wear wide strapped tank tops to
school?
April Fools’ Pranks April Fools’ Day just recently took place. Many people play pranks on others this day of the
year. From something as small as dying your milk another color, to something as elaborate as
spending hours after your parents are asleep, to redecorate your entire house. Pranks can be
fun, or serious. Did you pull any pranks this April fool’s Day?
Season Four Sports Season four sports started only a few days ago. Boys’ baseball, girls’ volleyball, and coed track
and field, practices for a couple hours every day after school. Every student is able to play
their games, or compete in their event, if they’re eligible. For baseball and volleyball you must
make a team, while track welcomes all. Are you participating in a season four sport?
White Vans Social media was recently filled with videos and memes of Daniel and his favoritism for his
white shoes. There was even several parodies and a song based on the Snapchat video. While
the topic was hot on social media, there was some who thought the meme was hilarious and
others who did not. Whatever your position on the Snapchat post, we can all say that “white
vans” was something that had everyone talking. Do you own a pair of white vans?
Face-Swapping It seems that Snapchat has struck again. The social media platform recently added several
new filters to their app. One of the options provided was face-swapping, which out of all the
filters is probably everyone’s favorite. People’s Instagram's, Twitters and of course Snapchats
have been loaded with pictures of friends’ faces switched with one another in a slightly dis-
turbing way. The proportions of your face are not quite accurate, yet that is the fun of the new
Snapchat filter. Do you use the new filter on social media?
Testing Too Much Testing month is right around the corner for all students in the state of Washington, especially
for students here at MBMS. Most teachers and students are not looking forward to the long
testing sessions or the test at all. This is the fifth big test we’ve had this year, with the three
Performance Tasks in Language Arts and the CBA in Social Studies. People often make the
statement that we test too much. Do you think we test too much?
CHLOE KNOX & ALEXUS JACOBS
[ april 2016 * pop culture * 23 ]
