STAAR Preparations Jaylyn Gonzalez(8) With STAAR right around the corner- I mean tomorrow! I think it’s best if you start preparing now or at least thinking about ways to prepare. Preparing for STAAR can be done in many different ways. One way is getting a good night’s rest the night before with 8-9 hours of…Continue Reading STAAR Preparations
Gooooaaaalll- Soccer Season Cyles Salazar (8) Did you know that soccer dates back more than 2,000 years? It’s a sport that is played around the world. You may have heard of the World Cup; yup that’s the championship playoffs for soccer. Ever heard of Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Those are the jerseys you see around…Continue Reading Goooaaalll- Soccer Season
#FunFeatureFriday- Sophia Julius Smith (7) This week’s #FunFeatureFriday is Sophia Peralez. For the past 9 years, Sophia has been an avid softball player for the Angels in the Northwest Little League. “I started out of boredom,” needing something to do. She has played 1st, 2nd, and 3rd base, but her main position is short stop….Continue Reading #FunFeatureFriday- Sophia
Hide and Seek Gianna Marques-Ozuniga (8) The moon takes approximately a month or 27 days to orbit around the earth once. It takes 365 days for the earth to orbit the sun. On the rare occasion that the moon and the sun line up perfectly, blocking the light from the sun to reach earth is…Continue Reading The Eclipse
#FunFeatureFriday- Adam Gallardo YOSA Julius Smith (7) 7th grader, Adam Gallardo plays the cello. Adam started playing the cello for school, but has grown into his passion by attending summer camps. Not only is he in advanced orchestra as a 7th grader, he also auditioned and made it into YOSA. YOSA is the Young Orchestra of…Continue Reading #FunFeatureFriday- Adam Gallardo YOSA
#FunFeatureFriday – Jenah Garcia Julius Smith (7) Jenah Garcia is an 8th grader who has a hobby that has turned into a small business. Jenah crochets small animals, characters, and creatures for friends, family, and has expanded to taking orders. She has made pigs, cows, turtles, and jellyfish, as well as characters such as Deadpool,…Continue Reading #FunFeatureFriday – Jenah Garcia
Stop Saying It Julius Smith (7) WIth Black History Month just behind us, I want to address a sensitive topic. Something that might make a few people angry. Well, really it should make everyone angry. I’m going to discuss the “N Word”. Yup, you read that correctly, the “N Word”. The word that brings fire…Continue Reading Stop Saying It
Spring Forward…Fall Behind Olivia Fernandez (7) What is daylight savings? Daylight savings began in the 1970’s. America was in the midst of an energy crisis. Due to the crisis congress had passed a law to make daylight savings permanent each year. But only for two years but then eventually it just stuck with America. The…Continue Reading Spring Forward…Fall Behind
St. Patrick’s Day- What is that? Izabella Galvan (8) St. Patrick’s day is a Christian holiday celebrated every March 17th. “Over half of Americans planned to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year, with 79% of those celebrating wearing green” states https://gitnux.org/. It’s a widely known holiday as St. Patrick’s day is celebrated all around the…Continue Reading St. Patrick’s Day- What is that?
Lillyanna Ureka (6)- Self Taught Ocarina Julius Smith (7) From our 6th grade class, we have Lillyana Ureka who is teaching herself how to play the ocarina. What is ocarina you might ask yourself, well so did I. “It’s the instrument from Zelda!” Lillyana brightened at the name of her favorite new hobby. Lillyana started…Continue Reading #FunFeatureFriday- Lillyanna