Press VOLUME 1 ISSUE 4 OCTOBER 4, 2013

The Panther CLARK

MIDDLE

SCHOOL

Keep Calm and Prowl On!

By: Megan Wyatt & Sherice Singleton

On Friday September 27, we had the Pan-

ther Prowl. It is a school fundraiser that

has happened every year since we have

been here at Clark. The Panther Prowl

was 3.0 miles long. You could have

walked it or run it. In our opinion it was lots

of fun! There was also ice cold water,

snacks, and fun games going on in the

gym and at the Y when everyone finished.

Winners for girls were Hope Seaton, 1st

Place, Kelsi Jeffries,

2nd Place, and Olivia

Cavanaugh, 3rd

Place. Winners for

the boys were Bryan

Morfin, 1st Place,

Coleton Nelson, 2nd

Place, and Camden Mayfield, 3rd Place.

Winners for the teachers were Mrs. Mar-

mon, 1st Place, Mr. Dean, 2nd Place, and

Mr. Bender, 3rd Place. Congratulations!

Should Teenagers Wait to Drive?

By: Martina Glenn and Sa-mantha Franz

We asked fifteen seventh graders what they thought about our driving age and out of fifteen students six thought we should lower it. Five thought we should keep it the same, and four thought we should raise it. We took the same survey with the six graders. Out of twenty-five students three thought we should raise it, seven-teen thought we should lower it, and five thought we should keep it the same. Then we surveyed the eighth graders. Out of twenty stu-dents, eight thought we should keep It the same, eleven wanted to lower it, and zero want to raise it.

So at the end of it all, most stu-dents wanted to lower the age. But what do we know? We are kids. Teachers should know best. We asked sixth grade teacher Mrs. Nelson and she wanted to raise the driving age. It’s probably for the best. We think just keep it the same. We can wait a little longer it won’t kill us.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, Oct. 8 4:00 7B Volleyball vs.

Mill Creek at CMS

4:00 7 Football vs.

Monticello Trails at

CMS

4:00 8B Volleyball vs.

Mill Creek at Mill

Creek

4:00 8 Football vs.

Monticello Trails at

Mill Valley High

School

5:00 7A Volleyball

vs. Mill Creek at CMS

5:00 8A Volleyball

vs. Mill Creek at Mil

Creek

Thursday, Oct. 10 4:00 7B Volleyball vs.

Basehor-Linwood at

Basehor-Linwood MS

4:00 8B Volleyball vs.

Basehor-Linwood at

CMS

5:00 7A Volleyball

vs. Basehor-Linwood

at Basehor-Linwood

MS

5:00 8A Volleyball

vs. Basehor-Linwood

at CMS

Saturday, Oct. 12 8:30 7A Volleyball

Tournament at Monti-

cello Trails

8:30 8A Volleyball

Tournament at CMS

9:00 Cross Country

League Champion-

ships at Basehor-

Linwood MS

Movies, Games, and

Songs. By:Alyssa Deeter & Yuiry Chris-

toff The top 10 movies @ CMS in 8th

grade are….

1) Insidious II 2) Percy Jackson and the Sea of

Monsters

3) Despicable Me 2

4) Monsters University

5) Cloudy with A Chance of Meat-

balls 2

6) This Is Us

7) Pacific Rim

8) The Butler

9) World War Z

10) You’re Next

The top 10 songs @ CMS in 8th

grade are….

1) Holy Grail

2) Best Song Ever

3) Berserk

4) Blurred Lines

5) Mirrors

6) Radioactive

7) Gas Pedal

8) Wrecking Ball

9) Royals

10) Applause

The top 10 games @ CMS

in 8th grade are….

1) GTAF

2) Call Of Duty II

3) Halo 4

4) Battle Field 4

5) Madden 25

6) God of War 4

7) Crisis 3

8) Tomb Rider

9) Dead Space 3

10) Gears of War 3

Music Review By Samantha Davis

“Man Down” is sung by Rihanna and “All Around the

World” is sung by Mindless Behavior. “Man Down” takes place in Africa or Jamaica. Rihanna shoots someone and is trying not to get caught by the police and she can’t sleep. At the end she packs her things and leaves and doesn’t come back. “All Around the World” takes place in an expensive building. They are trying to find their number one girl and they are looking all around the world.

The head leader is Prodigy, then it is Ray Ray, then

Princeton, then Roc Royal. They all had to fight to get the part in Mindless Behavior. They found Prodigy in Atlanta be-cause he was a really good dancer and singer. His real name is Crag Crippen Jr. Then Ray Ray became it because they found him online dancing with Tommy the Clown at his school and Princeton just tried out and made it, and so did Roc Royal. They came out with their first movie called “All Around the World” and it was about the bio of their life.

Listing to music is good!

By: Jada Neu

I believe that listing to music during passing

period and when doing individual work is

good! The reason why I believe this is be-

cause, from my experience, listing to music

is a way to get away from all the distrac-

tions, the loud noises, and all of the annoy-

ing people who you dislike. For some people

it’s easier to listen to music than hear peo-

ple talk. For some people it’s getting away,

to be lost, to be able to do their work or to

get into class. When I listen to music, I al-

most always want to sing. I listen to music

because I love to sing, because there’s not

one other thing I’d rather do than listen to

Abraham Lin-

coln: The Vam-

pire Slayer

By Christian

Hamm

Abraham Lincoln:

The Vampire Slayer is

a movie that takes

place in the mid-

1800s. When Lincoln

was just a boy his

mother was killed by a

vampire and is sworn

to take revenge. Lin-

coln is now a grown

man and killing vam-

pires is his greatest

wish. Lincoln soon

finds a man who

knows how to kill

them. He is taught

and sent to Springfield

to kill some of his

own. Lincoln has soon

found the man who

killed his mother and

murders the man for

revenge. Now Lincoln

is fifty years old and in

office, married with a

child, and happily lives

his life until the man’s

sister who killed his

mother, kills his son,

and Lincoln once

again wants revenge.

The Amazing Miss Benton!

By Jenna McDonnell and Dawson Crouss

Miss Benton

is a 6th grade Eng-lish teacher who has been teaching here at CMS for 6 years. Miss. Ben-ton’s birthday is on October 19th, 1984.

Miss Ben-ton’s hobbies are having “coffee, movies, dinner with friends, Sunday lunch with family, escaping into a good book, travel-ing, and the moun-tains.” She works at the T-Bones every summer.

As far as music is con-cerned, she said, “I pretty much like

and listen to any-thing and, except vomit metal (scream-o), I love music!”

We then asked her about her favorite food. She replied, “Mexican anything, just not spicy. There’s nothing like it.” Purple is her favorite color because it makes her happy!

Miss. Ben-ton really enjoys her new students. She said, “This has been the best start to the school year I’ve ever had in the six years I’ve been here. I’m excited about what this new year holds.”

We won-dered what she thought about see-ing the class of 2018 as 8th grad-ers knowing that after this year they

will be closing one door and opening another labeled high school? Miss. Benton said, “It’s always fun watch-ing them grow and mature into the awesome young adults they’re be-coming. One of my favorite things about teaching 6th grade is getting to still see them for two more years.” She said that she had always wanted to teach. “I always knew I wanted to work with young adults and make a positive impact in their lives, I hope in some small way, I’m making that happen here at CMS.”

We have to say that you have made a big impact in our lives, Miss Benton!

Electricity Comic

Strip

Basil Broome & Trai

Warburton The 8th graders are learning

about electricity and how it is transmitted

into daily uses such as lights. We chose

this comic strip to show how electricity

works. The comic matches with how we

ran the comb through someone’s hair and

it attracted to the tape. Without electrici-

ty most of the things we have today

wouldn’t exist, such as iPads, video

games, cell phones, and television

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Monsters University by Caleb Knapp

Monsters University is a family friendly movie starring Billy Crystal (Mike), John Goodman (Sully), and Steve Buscemi (Randy). Monsters

University is the sequel to Monsters INC. This new movie was made by Disney’s Pixar directed by Dan Scanlon. It has a **** star rating

and it is rated G. This movie is about Mike (Billy Crystal), Sully (John Goodman) and the ozmakappa clan trying to win the scare games.

They have to go through so many obstacles to try and beat the other teams. Mike and Sully don’t start off as good friends but towards the

end the both become great friends in the end to help the ozmakappa clan. At the box office in made over 500,000,000 dollars in the time it

was in theaters. It took 200,000,000 to make and produce.

The Kansas City

Chiefs Are on a

Winning Streak By

The Kansas City Chiefs in their latest

game beat the Eagles in

Philadelphia by 26-

16.They played the Ea-

gles at Lincoln Financial

Field in Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania. The Kan-

sas City Chiefs played

the Eagles on September

19, 2013. They have won

all games this season.

They also beat the New

York Giants 31-7 last

Sunday. Alex Smith has

gotten three touch downs

this season so far, and

Jamaal Charles has got-

ten one touchdown.

Their next game is on

October 6, 2013 against

the Titans; they are going

to be playing at LP field

in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Titans have won

three games and have

lost one. The Chiefs have

won all four games they

have played. Go watch

them play the Titans!

Hopefully they will win!

Go Chiefs!

The Plastics by Anonymous Part 3 After a vigorous roughing- up of the U. S. S. Hartwinger, even the back- up power systems had failed. A slight buzzing sound from a busted pipe filled the area. "Is everyone alright?" Asked Captain Jack. "Fine," said Aberdeen, turning on a flashlight. "But this was not in my job description." "And I'd have been a lot better if some mad man calling himself captain hadn't jumped onto my ship and nearly-" "Nearly what? Saved your lives? Oh, what a pity that would have been, there's no telling where we are now. Could be a different solar system- a different dimension for all any of you would know." "Oh what are you anyways, some kind of a criminal stow away?" Aberdeen questioned as she handed him a flashlight. "Oh, I'm a lot of things. Criminal? Maybe. Stow- away? More often than not. And dashingly handsome may be one thing you left out." He tossed the flashlight up in the air and caught it. "On top of it all, I'm someone who won't be needing this." He handed it back to her and pulled out an alien device that made a repetitive buzzing sound. Suddenly, all of the lights went back on. "And neither will you." He beamed in pride of himself. "Come on then!" He ran off. "Hey! Where do you think you're going off to?!" Shouted Captain Nichols, but he was ignored. He and Aberdeen shared a quick glance and ended up following him anyway. They met the others by the entrance, and just as Captain Jack was about to unlock and open the door, Adrian Kelsey ran toward him yelling, "Stop! We need to suit up; we don't even know if there's oxygen out there!" "Right, right..." Responded Captain Jack. "Only one way to find out!" Everyone braced themselves in terror as he flung open the hatch and stuck his head out the door. An aroma like cinnamon filled the quadrin. After taking in a deep breath through his nose, he turned and said,"Yep, oxygen. Definitely oxygen. Oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, water vapor, and just a touch of... miovara..?" He peered back out the door and opened it wider. "Oh, that's not just any air you're breathing.... Ladies and Gentlemen, take a deep breath. However jittery or nauseous you feel right now, enjoy it. Because you are now breathing the tainted air of Miovarus- home of the blood sucking Miovians- and that's the most relaxed you'll be feeling for a while." Kelsey shuttered. "W-what does that mean..?" He said with a shiver. "It means," Captain Jack began, grabbing Kelsey by the shoulders, " That you're standing on top of a ticking time bomb ridden with the most vile creatures in the universe." He grinned once more, like a crazy person looking for trouble. "Let's go poke one with a stick."

To Be Continued....

George Washington By: Sam Harris and Lauren Shumate George Washington was an interesting man. He was born in Virginia and started school when he was six years old. At 26 years old, George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, a widow who already had two children. George never had any children of his own. He was 6 feet tall and 200 pounds! He was one of the biggest presidents! George Washington was the only president who didn’t live in the White House. He was not the first president of the American colonies; it was John Hanson.

Girls Volleyball Struggles

By Coleton Nelson and Kaleb High-

tower

The season has just got start-

ed. “The team is looking good in

practices but struggle to finish

games,” says Martina Glenn, the

middle hitter for the team. “When

we lose a point we shouldn’t just

give up; we need to shake it off.” The

team is currently struggling with a

record zero wins and five losses. But

you can come and support the teams

and hopefully give them the confi-

dence they need to win.

The team is currently feeling

great about their next game at Mon-

ticello Trail this Thursday. Martina

Glenn says, “We have been practic-

ing really hard for this game and

have gained a lot of endurance for

the game.” Good luck, girls!

It’s Haunted Houses Time! By Missy Kempf and Osvaldo Torres Haunted houses in downtown Kansas City Missouri will be opening their doors for the Halloween season! Some of the haunted houses are The Beast, The Chambers of Edgar Allan Poe, and KC Fear Farm. The beast takes 45 minutes to an hour to walk through. The exit is a four-story slide straight down and really fast. The Chambers of Edgar Allan Poe is all about the stories of Edgar Allan Poe contain-ing dark readings and haunted trails, and KC Fear Farm promises to freak the daylights out of you!