Welcome Back, Here We GoWelcome back Bradley Central Students! The Bradley Central Staff is looking forward to a great 2017-2018 school year and we hope you are too! With about ten weeks off, we should be ready to roll and learn all sorts of new things this year! Don’t be afraid to ask questions, volunteer to read, answer questions your teacher has, and be a leader in your classroom. These are ways to make your 6th, 7th, or 8th grade year even better. Other ideas include joining a club or activity, playing a sport, or coming to Bradley Central home games! There is something for everyone and the more you get involved, the better experience you’ll have this year. We can’t wait for an awesome year!

The Kn ghtly NewsAugust 2017 FREE

The Most Frequently Asked Question on the 1st Day Back to School

How was your summer Johnny? The majority of students will be asked this once, twice, or maybe three of four times as the school year begins and hopefully students will have lots to tell. Maybe you planted a garden, maybe you went on a vacation, maybe you spent all summer playing sports or hanging with your friends, maybe you sat outside enjoying the beautiful weather and played with your pet. Whatever you did, Bradley Central would love to hear YOUR story!

If you would like to write a paragraph or two about your summer vacation to be printed in the school newspaper the students and staff would love to hear about it. If a couple paragraphs is too much to ask in the first couple weeks of school, :) maybe you can jot down a couple sentences of your best summer memories and turn it into Mrs. Allen in Room 203. We will print these in the first issue of The Knightly News.

A Speech Team informational meeting will be held Tuesday, August 29th at 3:00 in Mrs. Furgal's room. Speech team is a performance group coached by Mrs. Bisping and Mrs. Furgal. We are looking for interested Knights to check out this fun activity.

Speech….Talk it up

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NEWSPAPER CLUB is looking for many students to write for the school newspaper, “The Knightly News”. Our goal is to inform the student body about happenings in and around the school. Students write articles about community events too! Of course there are always the fun extras in which members can be creative and write about whatever other topics they enjoy. They can make puzzles, interview teachers and students, or review movies, etc. We are always open for new ideas too! Consider this club.

NEWSPAPER CLUB neeeds you!Our 1st meeting is Thursday, August 31 after school in

Room 203 See ya then!

Labor Day- No School - Sept. 4 Back to School Parent Night - Sept. 5

School Picture Day - Oct. 4Progress Reports - Oct. 4

Outdoor Club

Students interested in Outdoor Club this year can sign up starting Monday! A sign up sheet will be in Mr. Kimberlin’s room after school (across from the A

Lab). The first meeting will be Sept. 4th.

Welcome new staff:Mrs. LaRocque - teacherMr. Anderson - teacherMrs. Malindine - office

Mrs. Nevel - officeMrs. Kimberlin - office

Mrs. Tingley - Asst. Principal

Do you know the BC Student Pledge?

Can you fill in the missing words to the BC pledge that is recited every morning? If so, bring your answers to Mrs. Allen in Room 203 for a sweet treat!

To be ___________, I agree to carry out the following responsibilities:

Attend school _____________ and on ______.Come to school ready to ___________.Bring necessary materials and ______________.Ask for _____ when needed.Communicate regularly with my ________ and ___________ about school experiences.Respect the school, ___________, ________, and families.

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National News

2-Year-Old Boy Left in Car, Dies

By Evan Jensen

Twenty-one year old Fiorella Silva-Tello had gone to work at a daycare in the Oak Park Shopping Center in Brandon, Florida. She didn’t realize at the time that she made a big mistake. She had forgotten about her half-brother, Jacob Manchego, in her car but didn’t realize it for at least five hours. The daycare Fiorella Silva-Tello works at had a sign on their window saying, “Look before you lock. Never leave a child alone in a car.” Her mistake cost her little brother his life.

Investigators have confirmed that Fiorella had gone to work to take care of kids, left her half-brother in her car without air conditioning for five and a half hours, and discovered the unconscious boy when she was on her break. This is a very sad occurrence and hopefully it never happens again. Please be aware that your little siblings are with you before you leave your car.

National News

Girl Attacked In Alabama By Kangaroo

By Hailley Helsel

It happened Saturday, when her family visited a Safari Park in Alabama.

Jennifer White was recording with her cellphone as the kangaroo reached its head and arms through the fence. It grabbed her nine-year old daughter by her hair and appeared to bite her head.

Nine-year old Cheyenne now has 14 stitches.

“I’m just glad it got me and not my baby sister,” Cheyenne said.

There are no signs on the cage that warn that the kangaroo bites, but Jennifer says the park needs a better barrier to prevent contact with

animals.

State NewsCouldn’t have a Worse Day

By: Sydney Brooks

It all began at 5:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 16, 2017 when a tragic house fire started. The house, belonging to the Campbells, was located in Glen Carbon, Illinois. An adult died in the fire, but six children, siblings, escaped just in time. The oldest child’s age is only 14 years old. Glen Carbon is about 30 miles east of St. Louis. Sheriff John Lakin said the person killed has not been identified, but Campbell's husband and the father of the children, Justin Campbell, has not been accounted for. Some of the children hurried to a nearby Walmart. An arriving worker worriedly called 911. Other Campbell children rushed to neighbor’s house. Cristy Campbell was not in the home when firefighters arrived nor was the couple's seventh child, a 3-month-old boy. At 5:31 a.m. a motorist was driving and saw a car heading down a hill towards the water, near Silver Lake in Highland, Illinois. He quickly called 911. Highland paramedic Todd Zobrist arrived at the sence to find the car submerged into the water. He bravely swam 50 to 70 feet to the SUV. He found a baby inside and pulled it by the arm out of the vehicle. Zobrist gently put the baby on the hood of the car and gave it CPR. After finding the baby, authorities began searching the water. A body was pulled from the lake around 11:15 a.m. While the body has not been identified, Lakin said police are no longer searching for Cristy Campbell. Some people say that their days are bad days.

High-school Freak-outBy: Mia Greenley

Going into high-school can be pretty exciting but also terrifying. I think the key to success for this time is…… Simplicity.

When the staff members of BBCHs were explaining all of the work we needed to complete in four years, it definitely did not seem like enough time. After they all finished talking I was asking my sister which classes I could take and how many classes I could fit into my freshman year. I was turning a good experience into a full-time job. Some teachers contradict themselves and say how everything is so serious and how difficult high-school is but then try to say we have nothing to worry about and it will be fun.

They way my sister explained it though, made a lot more sense. She told me “less is more.” In high-school less is more because you can strive in all of your classes instead of failing in a bunch of courses. You should take the classes you need and a couple of extracurricular activities then decide how you feel. There is time for everything and maybe some to spare.

Fairy TailDragon Cry

By Hailley Helsel

This is the second movie to the famous Anime and Manga Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima. The first manga was released on December 15, 2006 , and is still currently being made.

The series was not made into an anime though until October 12, 2009 . It was made in Japan but later brought to America by A-1 Pictures . Del Rey Manga were the original people who turned Fairy Tail from a Japanese show to an English show. This manga has printed over 60 million copies.

This anime is about a team of 5 wizards and 2 cats called Exceeds . The wizards are part of a famous guild called Fairy Tail. In the new movie Dragon Cry Team Natsu consisting of Natsu, Lucy, Grey, Erza, Happy, Wendy, and Carla, travel to the kingdom of Zash to retrieve the stolen artifact, the Dragon Cry. This movie is going to be released this spring.

I, Ben Soper, see myself being a herpetologist finding cool snakes, reptiles, and amphibians. I’ll be fighting off a rare tiger gorilla snake that breaths fire that actually exists.

I, Tacarris Mason, see myself living in Chicago owning a popular airline with a lot of money.

I, Angela Jackson, see myself as a person who will go to art school.

I, Bella Jeck, see myself graduating from a state college, getting married, having kids, and living in a different state that’s not as boring as this one. And hopefully I’ll live long enough to just barely miss the oncoming apocalypse.

I, Sean Thompson, see myself playing in the NFL for the Bears.

I, Jaylene Martinez-Rosas, see myself done with college and traveling or visiting family.

I, Emma LeQue, see myself probably working at BASF.

I, Mackenzie Machalek, see myself out of high school, getting a good job, getting married to a handsome guy and having kids.

I, Kenya Wright, see myself moving from Bradley and going to New Orleans with a good job.

I, Candice Stirling, see myself animating from college and working on getting a degree

I, Paityn Peters, see myself living in Las Vegas, Nevada, and being a photographer.

I, Kaitlyn Young, see myself 10 years older and nowhere near Bradley.

I, Katie Lind, see myself ten years older, probably with ten dogs, not married, with a terrible job.

I, Noah Gustafson, see myself single, in my Mom’s basement playing Dungeons and Dragons.

I, Daniel Schultz, see myself a successful man, engaged to a beautiful woman whose name starts with a “P”….I will be an engineer or somehow involved with sports.

I, Dylan Duggan, see myself sitting on my couch eating food with my belly hanging out.

I, Adyl Baig, see myself fighting pedos and saving puppies.

I, Kerstein Gray, see myself still not knowing my states.

I, Matthew Furgal, see myself as an airline pilot.

I, Ailyn Pineda, see myself on top of the world while everyone else is trying to keep up.

I, Bianca Watson, see myself animating cartoons with Jaiden Animations, Jazea, Tony VToons, and The Odd Isout, or living in a house studying Botony to be a Botonist in space.

I, Emma Caise, see myself working at a school (preferably Bradley Central) as a music teacher. I’ll have a husband and two puppies, a German Shepard and a Husky. I will also have an Amazon parrot.

I, Makala Spry, see myself going into college and going into business and having a family with two dogs.

I, Kloee Johnson, see myself in college learning to be an art teacher and having a husband, 1 kid, and 2 pugs.

I, Toby Warren, see myself still not knowing what I want to do with my life. Hopefully I’m still friends with people I’m friends with now.

I, Connor Hinkleman, see myself graduating college and doing a life of computer coding.

I, Juliano Avalos, see myself being a very cool father and letting my kids do almost anything that they want.

I, Jalen April, see myself having a fantastic job and exploring around the world. I also would be graduating college.

I, Caleb Ozee, see myself being a college graduate and then a pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.

I, Haylie Blanton, see myself in college training to be a veterinarian.

I, Anthony Clevenger, see myself falling, and then being in the hospital.

I, Sebastian DeVore, see myself being an electrical engineer.

I, Samuel Foster,see myself in college playing basketball for Ohio & getting drafted to the NBA.

I, Jacarris Mason, see myself having my own house and making money and playing basketball.

I, Cheyenne White, see myself getting out of the military and getting into a career as a meteorologist. Later on I would see my building my family.

I, Sydney Montoya, see myself graduating college, becoming either a judge or a psychologist and being successful. I’ll also be making a lot of money.

I, Jake Ramirez, see myself living in my grandmother’s house living off of welfare checks.

I, Angela Serna, see myself being revolutionary and protesting and helping and respecting women, making art, and caring for my friends.

I, Mr. Kimberlin, see myself in the wilderness of Montana. I will have just complete an elk hunt only to have to fight off a 1000 lb. Grizzly. I will have survived the Grizzly attack and back packed my elk out.

I, Mrs. Furgal, see myself meeting my son's fiance, attending my daughter's college graduation, and teaching 6th grade Reading at BC.  I'll start the 2027 school year hoping that the "bottle flip" will be a completely foreign concept to ALL of the incoming students.

I, Karen Lawrence, see myself retired living by the beach in North Carolina.

I, Mr. Fightmaster, see myself finally understanding how to do this teaching thing.  Still coaching at BBCHS.  I will have two kids, and will be close to being debt free! 

I, Mrs. Anderson, see myself being a principal and raising my children

I, Jennifer Anglin, see myself  sitting on a balcony in Chicago with my daughter watching Lake Michigan go by and taking all of my MANY cats for their check ups to my son, the veterinarian1

I , Mr. Schouten, see myself as Dr. Schouten, Superintendent.

I, Mrs. Karraker, see myself on a beach in Hawaii!

I, Mr. Bright, see myself perfecting my skills as a Ninja Crime Fighter or will be preparing for my next career as a Chicago Bears QB…..

I, Mrs. Carroll, see myself as a famous author writing another best-selling novel in her luxurious home in Door County, Wisconsin. I will also travel to Europe once a year and visit regularly with my BC colleagues!

I, Miss Sharp, will be finally figuring out how to do the yearbook digitally and still popping popcorn the old fashioned way in the BC cafeteria.

I, Mrs. Regets, think it’s scary to think about but I will be almost 40! I see myself raising a family, traveling as often as possible, and hopefully being in the best shape of my life!