I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Teacher Spotlight 2

Sports 2

Strategies-Student 3

Technology 4

Give It or Get It 5

Awards & Recognitions 6

Games & Horoscope 8

she wanted to change

the world, and it’s even

more touching how she

died for it! She’s a sacri-

fice for her cause.”

Rachel was a true inspi-

ration to all, and we

couldn’t have done this

without you. Thank you

all for making this event

so successful.

Everyday someone is

being bullied and

fighting a battle you

don’t know about. On

April 20, 1999, two high

-school seniors attacked

teachers and students at

Columbine High School

in Littleton, Colorado.

The first person that was

killed in the shooting

was a girl named Rachel

Joy Scott.

Now, you’re proba-

bly wondering what this

has to do with Rachel’s

Challenge? Rachel's

Challenge entails a lot

of student empowering

programs and strategies

that help students fight bully-

ing, believing in yourself,

and creating a culture of

kindness and compassion.

This program is about

reaching out to students who

have been bullied, teased,

and are new to schools.

PTA, counseling, and stu-

dent council sponsored an

event on October 28th, to

promote “Rachel’s Chal-

lenge.” All grades went to an

assembly with a speaker who

is actually friends with the

Scott family. This assembly

was so emotional and inspir-

ing that people cried. Jewel

Bass said, ”I was crying so

hard! It’s so touching how

8th graders are gearing

up for the annual Washing-

ton D.C trip! All 8th graders

who plan on attending need

to pick up the 3 page form

in the front office. The ros-

ter is first come, first serve.

ONLY 160 STUDENTS

ARE GUARANTEED!

There’s only a slight

chance a fifth bus will

exist! The white form

needs to be turned into

the front office, and the

green form needs to be

mailed to the address

on it. The last day to

have the forms turned

in/mailed is November 21,

2013 and remember, the

sooner the better!

R A C H E L ’ S C H A L L E N G E I N S P I R E S C M S

B Y K A T H E R I N E S I M O N S A N D H A N N A H H A L L

CMS PRESS STAFF Tanner Mendelson, Advisor

Jennifer Duncan, Asst. Advisor

Hana Dzaferovic, Editor-in-Chief

Amanda Shadmani, Asst. Editor

Miles Alexander, Assistant Editor

McKenzie Glaze, 8th Grade Editor

Sofie Stroeva, 7th Grade Editor

BJ Mwangi, 6th Grade Editor

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B Y : N I K K I C U N N I N G H A M

F C S S

Rachel Scott an inspiration

to students at CMS

THE CMS PRESS November 2013

The CMS PRESS, Crabapple Middle School

10700 Crabapple Road, Roswell, GA 30075

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CURRENT EVENTS

HEADLINE STORY

“For the students, by the students—the husky voice!”

Now, in schools, it is hard to find a

teacher that is able to connect with

their students, push them to their full-

est, and still make them laugh in class.

Luckily, that is exactly what the CMS

Eighth grade has.

Ms. Hain is the newest TAG Social

Studies teacher at CMS. Ms. Hain has

been a teacher for thirteen years and

has taught multiple school levels, but

middle school has always been her per-

sonal favorite. Ms. Hain has a very in-

teresting teaching style that all of

her students ADORE. She likes to

make sure all of her lesson plans

work with all kinds of learning

types. She also uses sarcasm to get

their attention, which all students

love and few teachers actually do.

“I love to laugh with my students. It

is one of my favorite parts of being

a teacher” Ms. Hain told the CMS

Press during an exclusive inter-

view.

Along with her amazing

teaching style, Ms. Hain has

a style that is all her own.

Ms. Hain has some of the

coolest clothes you will ever

see a teacher have. “I have to

admit it, my younger sister

Katy is my style guru.” We

are so happy that we have a

teacher with such terrific

styles working here at CMS!

wards, she would play a defensive

formation. If it was a weak defen-

sive team, she would play an offen-

sive formation. I also asked her

what her biggest obstacle during the

season was. She said it was mainly

based off of shooting the goals dur-

ing games, and the girls playing

against the boys, since teams are

coed.

The last question we asked was

to Catherine Sandridge, team cap-

tain of the soccer team was what

she thought of Coach Stoffle. She

said, “Stoffle was a great coach, and

she knew what she was doing. She

Good job on an amazing ending of

the season for the CMS soccer team! We

decided to ask Ms. Stoffle about what she

thought of the season, and this was her

reply, “Very well, besides the fact that we

lost 20 minutes off our last game. It was

great!” We also got the team captain’s

thoughts, “We did well, we worked hard,

and it showed during the season. Last

year we won none, and this year we only

lost one, so I thought we definitely made

some improvements for the last year.”

Another question we asked Coach

Stoffle was what their game strategies

are. Ms. Stoffle said it depended on the

game. For example, if they had fast for-

also taught us lots of soccer techniques.

She always made us focused and

pumped for the game, and that was the

reason we did so well this season!”

Great job soccer team, and Congratula-

tions to Coach Stoffle!

T A G T E A C H E R C O N N E C T S W I T H S T U D E N T S B Y K A T I E R O T H A N D A M A N D A S H A D M A N I

C M S S O C C E R T E A M ’ S H A R D W O R K P A I D O F F

B Y : V I C T O R I A H O W A R D A N D A L A N B A R R E T T

Sutkus, Madison McNamara, Kris-

tine Hanniford, Shelby Brooks,

Claire Stovall, Anna Trivley, and

Nina Plotko.

On our boys’ volleyball team,

the players are Samuel Canion,

Sean Sweeney, Spencer Howman,

Connor Stark, Brandon Vanassel-

berg, Skandor Sarwary, Brady

Stark, Nikolos Chapel, Stephen

Ngangam, Norman Moreno, Matt

Hawks, and Carson Barrett. Great first

win for our girls, and keep up on the

good

work

boys!

Congratulations to our new Husky

Volleyball Teams! We are so proud of

our new players, and can’t wait for the

Crabapple Husky Volleyball Team to

show those other teams’ who’s boss!

On our girls’ team, the players are

Grace Anello, Brianne Roudabaugh,

Vannessa Aehl, Delaney Gallagher,

Julia Krzeminski, Megan Hallahan,

Hanley Lomax, Emily Thomas, Julia

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TEACHER SPOTLIGHT

SPORTS

H U S K Y V O L L E Y B A L L T E A M P R E P A R E S F O R O P P O N E N T S

B Y V I C T O R I A H O W A R D

Coach Hires instructing

girl’s volleyball players

CMS soccer players in

action during a match

I see everyone around me with

pretty decorations. How do I ac-

cessorize my locker without mak-

ing my parents spending too much

money? Trust me, I can under-

stand about seeing everyone’s

locker decorated. Near my locker,

almost all the girls have a chande-

lier or wallpaper in their locker.

Have you heard about the

Husky Hut? It’s a PTA (Parent-

Teacher Association) run school

store for students get decorations

for their locker. For the 8th grade

team with iPads, it’s a way to get a

stylus or get wipes. I have seen

many iPad users with the wipes

and stylus. On meet your teacher day,

they had the Husky Hut open. So my

mom and I peeked around. One of the

locker wallpapers was about close to

five dollars.

Students at school should be thank-

ful that our school allows us to buy and

raise funds in the school store. Howev-

er, in a big brand name store, they

might be a little expensive. I got my

locker shelf for just a little over 3 dol-

lars, but I think that’s because some

stuff is cheaper in Florida. I doubt your

parents will spend over 100 dollars on

decorations for your locker unless you

want brand names. One of the people

near my locker said, “I like decorating

lockers, so I try to buy stuff in the

Husky Hut or going to Target and look

around.” (See Hot Topics page 6 for

how to decorate a locker.) I recommend

before going to a big name store, try

going to the

Husky Hut.

in the world. French is also one of

the six official languages in the UN

(United Nations). Recently, we had

a test unit one. Coming up, we

have a food day (culture day).

Many of the students are bringing

in different French related food.

You can be looking forward to

French may sound really hard

or confusing to learn, but the

truth is French is fairly simple.

In French 7 we are reviewing

basic body parts and food. Some-

thing you probably don’t know

about the French language is that

it is the second largest language

these every nine weeks. Every cou-

ple of days we watch an interesting

video on how French teenagers go

about their daily lives. If you have

any questions about French, then ask

Madame Procter and Burns in room

202 and 410.

G E T T I N G Y O U R L O C K E R R E A D Y

B Y M E G H A N N I C H O L S

Husky Hut! It is opened every

morning at 8:15 – 8:45. In the

Husky Hut they sell lots of cool

and useful things. They sell CMS

shirts in orange, blue, and gray.

Lots of pens, highlighters, pencils.

Binders, papers, notebooks and

flash drives. And you can buy

posters and Styrofoam balls for a

project. Also, they sell locker stuff

like selves and wallpapers. And so

much more! If you need this stuff,

come to the Husky Hut in the

morning at 8:15 – 8:45. But bring

money; the highest price is about

$20. On the other hand, we would-

n’t have Husky Hut if we didn’t

have any PTA moms. So thank

you, PTA moms so much for the

Husky Hut!

Ch-Ching, and there goes my money. Do

you need school supplies or wallpapers for

your

friends’

lockers?

Then,

you

should

come to

the

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STRATEGIES— STUDENT

W H A T D O E S T H E H U S K Y H U T S E L L ?

B Y R I T A K I M

F R E N C H C L A S S

B Y H A N N A H E B E R T

A student’s decorated

locker

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Being a student at

Crabapple Middle School

is sure something to be

thankful about! With our

wonderful clubs and

lunch choices to our fan-

tastic teachers, CMS sure

has it going! What are

you thankful for at CMS? I am

thankful for the hardworking

teachers, and all they do for us.

They make this school extraordi-

nary and super fun to learn. Are

you thankful for our big library,

that super nice teacher you occa-

sionally see in the hallway, the

beautiful fish in the tank, or just

the nice atmosphere? Do you

like the fun clubs you attend?

No matter what you like, there

is just so much to be thankful

about at CMS!

thought right? This is why we

should always be cautious. Even

though it is sad, we sort of have to

think of our devices as weapons.

But don’t worry you don’t have to

spend your life in fear of being

hacked. There are ways to prevent

these things. You can:

Put a sticky note over your web

cam

Don’t keep your devices open or

on all the time when you are

not using them

Have you noticed how much technol-

ogy has been increasing? Well so is the

ability to hack into your technology

without you knowing. Hacking has in-

creased enormously since 2002. No one

realizes how much that hacking invades

your privacy with all of the things that

hackers can do to look at your private

things.

There are many things that can be

hacked which include: phones, comput-

ers, laptops, video cams, websites, cer-

tain software, etc. see? More than you

Avoid java (only .03 % of

websites require java)

Download EMET , it is free

and stops zeroed threats and

increases security

Delete cookies ( don’t leave

browsers open, close web-

sites)

Remember, hackers can get

into your device in 10 minutes

TOPS. So, always be cautious

about your devices and keep in

mind no one’s ever too safe.

W E A R E T H A N K F U L S T U D E N T S B Y K A T I E R O T H

C O M P U T E R S A F E T Y

B Y M A D I S O N H I L L

grateful for; not just for the edu-

cation but in friends. Crabapple

is a place where kids learn and

have fun. It is a place where

kids explore the world in just

one place that isn’t the library.

It is where you make new

friends that come from different

cultures. I personally love

Crabapple Middle School be-

cause you have more choices in

Crabapple then you will ever have

in regular life .Crabapple is some-

where your imagination can run

wild. Being grateful is a little

thing, but it makes a big differ-

ence. This is why I am grateful

for being a CMS Husky!

Students are grateful for be-

ing at CMS and for having clubs

with great teachers. Also, we have

so many choices in the lunch line.

Being a student at Crabapple is a

opportunity not a choice. At

Crabapple Middle School, we can

be thankful because we have a great

community with an unbeatable

team spirit. WE ARE Crabapple

Middle School! We have a lot to be

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WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?

G R A T E F U L F O R B E I N G A H U S K Y !

B Y D A Y S H A G I B S O N

TECHNOLOGLY

“I am thank-

ful for the

hardworking

teachers, and

all they do

for us.”

This a box where students

can ask questions either anony-

mously or not. They can also

give advice if they want to.

GET: “How do I deal with a

new class?” –Shurti Vedula

A good idea is to get to know the

teacher and to start talking to

someone who shares a couple of

classes with you?

GIVE: “We’re better together

then we are apart.” –Cielo Castro

If you just got into a fight with

one of your friends, sometimes

you need to remember that

you’re better with that person.

GET: “What is the easiest way

to organize your locker?” –

Connor Gilreath

There are some simple ways to

organize your locker. Some sug-

gestions are keeping your locker

clean of loose papers and trash.

Sometimes locker shelves can

help.

GIVE: “Being bullied is not

cool.”-Demetrius Simbrough

This is a simple statement that

says the truth. Bullying is a seri-

ous issue. Words can hurt.

Got a burning question or need to

tell the world what’s on your

mind? Visit the Give It or Get It

box by the fish tank.

Bullock) travels to space on her

first shuttle mission. Meanwhile, a

disaster strikes. A Russian missile

is launched into space and destroys

the US Space Shuttle. A former as-

Have you seen the movie

‘’Gravity?’’ This movie keeps

you on the edge of your seat

wanting to know what happens

next. Dr.Ryan Stone (Sandra

tronaut, Matt Kowasky (George

Clooney) has floated away leaving

Dr.Stone alone to find her way back

to earth. Will she make it back to

earth or will she die trying?

B Y H A N A D Z A F E R O V I C A N D M C K E N Z I E G L A Z E

in your lunch! Eat up and

enjoy!

What you’ll need:

A bunch of frozen bananas

Vanilla Extract

Chocolate Sauce

(optional)

A blender

A spoon

First, peel the bananas.

Next, chop them up. Then

put them in the blender and

blend the bananas until it

looks like ice cream. Add

some vanilla extract and mix

it again. If you don’t like vanilla, add

chocolate sauce in with it and mix.

Take it out of the blender and put it

in a bowl. Take a spoon and eat up!

Now you have your very own,

healthy, delicious school snack!

Enjoy!

Healthy ice cream? Silly

idea, right? It can’t be done!

Well that’s changed. Here is

another simple recipe for an

amazing treat. This specific

recipe has been around for a

while; however it hasn’t been

used often. This is an ex-

tremely enjoyable treat for the

students of Crabapple Middle

School. It’s really quick and

easy to make. You can make

it and enjoy it in at home, or

you can choose to pack some

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GIVE IT OR GET IT:

H E A L T H Y I C E C R E A M ?

B Y D E L A N E Y Q U I N N

O U T O F T H I S W O R L D ’ S M O V I E R E V I E W

B Y S A M A N T H A M I T C H E L L A N D H U N T E R H E I C K

HEALTHY SNACKS:

Instead of fashion this month we will be

focusing on the big question of “How to

Decorate a Locker on a Person’s Birthday!”

It’s so simple, all you need is wrapping pa-

per, tape, and any additional things you

want to add. Now there are three simple

parts to this process.

The first one we are going to discuss is

wallpaper. It’s very crucial that you get a

wallpaper to match the person’s personality.

For example, if you were decorating a per-

son’s locker who liked cats, you wouldn’t

want to put dog wallpaper on their locker.

They probably would feel like you don’t

know them. You can get wallpaper at any

craft store or appliance store.

The second step to locker deco-

rating is NEATNESS! It is im-

portant that the locker is neat be-

cause you don’t want your locker

in the end to have a bunch of wall-

paper sticking up or other decora-

tions falling off. The secret to pre-

venting this is TAPE! It will stop

things from falling off and wallpa-

per sticking up. You can buy tape

pretty much anywhere. The good

thing about decorating the locker is

that people get to leave it up for a

whole week before you have to

take it down!

The third and final step is proba-

bly the best one out of them all

THE EXTRAS!!! Now some may

be asking what are the extras? They

are the little bits and pieces that

make decorating a locker worth

wild. They can include little cards

and even homemade things! It’s

always fun to add a surprise inside

for when they open it up!!!! Deco-

rating a friend’s locker makes for

such a special moment between you

and your friends. This wraps up

Hot Topics for this month.

body to audition for this, because

then when you are applying for a

college or even a job, you can put

this on your application. It really

helps even if it’s not something that

has anything to do with performing,

because it shows that you are social

and hardworking. Also, it’s obvi-

ously just plain FUN! I personally

am really excited, and I know all the

drama kids are too. What about you?

Auditions are on November 19 and 20,

and callbacks are on November 21 and

22! You can find the form on the dra-

ma website under Musical 2014. So

what are you waiting for? Come on

down to Mrs. Stoffle to audition for

this magical, amazing, simply wonder-

ful audition!

It’s that time of year…THE

MUSICAL AUDITIONS! I know eve-

rybody is really excited about this. This

is what Crabapple Middle School is

known for! Let’s all give three cheers

for Mrs. Stoffle! She puts together this

amazing event every single year! It is a

lot of hard work, money, time, and con-

fidence to do this. I encourage every-

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S U P E R S T A R S W A N T E D

B Y A L M A K E N T

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

H O T T O P I C S : B I R T H D A Y S U R P R I S E B Y C O R I N N E B I C K E L A N D A B B Y K A U F M A N

C M S S T U D E N T S U P E R H E R O E S F O R O C T O B E R

B Y S O P H I A T A V A K O L

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

CMS has started a new program this

year. CMS Superheroes are when your

teachers from your team pick you to be

the “Superhero” of that month. If

you're dying to be Superhero of the

month, then you’ll find this article very

helpful. Since I was the superhero of

the month for October, it’s really easy

to try to make yourself stand out to

your teachers!

First, you just have to try to be nice

to all your peers and especially teach-

ers! Your peers and friends play a big

role in your life, so you should espe-

cially act kind to them. While keeping

you friends and peers into considera-

tion, you should also keep you teachers

in mind too! When your teachers kind-

ly ask you to do something you should

follow their directions right away,

since they will be looking at how you

behave.

Next, just be you! If your teacher

sees you just being yourself, it will

help you so much to get to be a Super-

hero! Also, don’t forget to do all the

work your teacher gives you. If they

see you being on task, you will most

likely get to be a Superhero!

THE CMS PRESS—NOVEMBER 2013

We all know them, and

we all love them. They

come in all different shapes

and sizes. They are a very

big hit for students. It’s the

mechanical pencil!

Wooden pencils? What

are those ? Are they the pen-

cils that you have to sharpen

all day long. With mechani-

cal pencils you don’t have

to! It all started a long,

long time ago when cave-

men took a stick with

charred coal at the end for

lead and they even had

refills of the charred coal!

Then, they progressed into

metal tubes with lead, but

they were not like they are

today. They were way

more complicated.

Around the nineteenth

century, they called me-

chanical pencils

“leadholders.” Weird, right?

Finally, they progressed to

the mechanical pencil like

we have them today. Now,

you know the history of

those cool pencils that we

use every day, and they are

sold in the Husky Hut.

real life situation. It is inspiring

enough to actually make me

cry” – Hana Dzaferovic. The

book is about a girl named Ha-

zel who is fighting cancer. She

sees nothing truly inspiring in

her life until she meets the fa-

mous Augustus Waters. Will

Want to know what

everybody is talking

about? The Fault in our

Stars is the best-selling

book at the moment.

“This book isn’t another

cheesy romance. It is a

love truly change her or

could a turn of events de-

stroy her? This book isn’t

for everyone but it is very

easy to find. I would sug-

gest reading it now before

the movie comes out!

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DID YOU KNOW?

T H E H I S T O R Y O F M E C H A N I C A L P E N C I L S

B Y A M A N D A Z I M M E R

Did you know that

mechanical pencils were once called

“leadholders?”

Check out The Fault in

Our Stars in the CMS

Media Center

BOOKS/ MEDIA CENTER

T H E F A U L T I N O U R S T A R S B Y J O H N G R E E N

A R T I C L E B Y : M C K E N Z I E G L A Z E

Catchy Quote

By: McKenzie

Glaze

“ The best way to

predict the future

is to create it”

–Peter Drucker

Quotable Quotes

By: Nikki Cunningham

“I have this theory that if

one person goes out of

their way to show compas-

sion then it will start a

chain reaction of the

same.”

—Rachel Joy Scott

Jewel Bass in the 7th Grade says, “Mashed

potatoes, pumpkin pies, popcorn, milk, corn on

the cob, and cranberries were not foods present

on the first Thanksgiving's feast table? That

changes what I think about my Thanksgiving

dinner!”

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GAMES

C R O S S W O R D P U Z Z L E — C O N N E C T I O N S C L A S S E S

B Y S H E L B Y D E S R O C H E S CONNECTION CLASSES

Across

3. Taught by Ms. Coffie

7. Ran by Ms. Stoffle

9. a class ran by Ms. Gaffney.

11. A form of drawing by using paint, pencils,

markers, etc.

Down

1. Making music using your mouth and vocal

chords

2. Ran by Mr. Mize.

4. Taught by Mr. Melton and Ms. Hudley

5. A class where you do fitness and games

6. A class taught by Mr. Melton

8. Taught by Ms. White

10. A class where you are taught the ways to

stay healthy

H O R O S C O P E

B Y K A T H E R I N E S I M O N S

Scorpio (Oct. 23—Nov. 21): A sweet surprise will

fall out of the sky. I hope you like chocolate!

1st: CMS Volleyball at SSMS

Book Fair

6th: CMS Volleyball at Ridge View

7th: “The Audition” Play at Roswell

PTA Mustashe Bash

8th: CMS Volleyball Home Game

GA Heritage Day (8th Grade)

12th: Orchestra Concert

25th– 29th: Thanksgiving Break

HUSKY HAPPENINGS

FOR

NOVEMBER

W O R D S E A R C H

B Y K A T I E C U N N I N G H A M

B Y B . J . M W A N G I A N D

E M M A N U E L A R C H U N D I A