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Phoenix Central School District—Student Newsletter
OCTOBER 2016
OCTOBER Calendar
October 6—
Open House @ 6:45PM
October 7th—
5-week report cutoff
October 10—
Columbus Day
(NO SCHOOL!)
October 21-22 & 28- 29 —
Screamwood Forest
@ 6-11PM
October 24—
Red Ribbon Week
(See PAGE 4 for more
information)
Mr. Bailer is the new principal
of the high school. His office is
located in the main office and
his door is always open for
s t u d e n t s a n d s t a f f !
The education requirements
f o r M r . B a i l e r ’ s j o b
are a master’s degree
and a 2-year Certificate of Ad-
vanced Studies (CAS). That’s 8
years of college! Mr. Bailer
went to SUNY Oswego for 6
years and then SUNY Cortland
for 2 years.
Mr. Bailer has some great
things planned for this year.
He wants to build positive
relationships with students,
staff, and parents. He wants to
understand the culture
tha t e x i s t s her e and
find ways to improve JCB.
If you ever see Mr. Bailer, he
will make you smile. If you are
having a bad day, he is the
type of person who can turn
your frown upside down.
Don’t be scared to talk to him.
I know it might seem scary at
first, but once you talk to him,
you will ask yourself “Why was
I so scared to talk to him?”
Trust me, he will try
to solve your problem in the
b e s t w a y p o s s i b l e .
S o m e i n t e r e s t i n g f a c t s
about Mr. Bai ler are…
~He really was not thinking that
he wanted to grow up to be a
principal—he wanted to be an
a r c h i t e c t o r
an actor on Broadway!
~Mr. Bailer has 2 sons who go to
MAM, and his wife works at the
elementary school! He likes that
this district is a small
community and he believes this
j o b w a s t h e r i g h t
opportunity at the right time!
~Mr. Bailer’s favorite color is
purple and his favorite movie is
Meet our New Principal: Mr. Bailer!
By: Shania Meaker
D e a d P o e t s S o c i e t y .
~If anyone mentions marching
a r o u n d M r . B a i l e r , h e
automatically thinks of the 76
trombones that came marching in
f r o m T h e M u s i c M a n .
~Mr. Bailer’s hobbies are
kickboxing, theater, and learning
piano. He also loves sports.
Shania’s selfie with Mr. Bailer!!
Faculty who contributed to this newspaper: Ms. Dufour, Mr. Fredenburg, Mr. Hurlbutt, Mrs. Lathrop, Mr. Musso, Ms. Neiss, Ms. Porrino, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Spereno, Ms. St. John, Ms. Weigert
Students who contributed to this newspaper: Breanna Backus, DJ Burgess, Caity George, Sam Guthrie, Shania Meaker, Marissa Moore, Sean Sievers, Sarah Thorn, and Tameka Stobart
Here is a handy list of important JCB websites! *STUDENT COUNCIL PAGE http://jcbstudentcouncil.weebly.com *Softball http://phoenixfirebirdssoftball.weebly.com/ *Football www.phoenixfirebirds.net *Wrestling http://www.cnywrestling.com/iii/teams/Phoenix/ *JCB Yearbook Jcbyearbook.weebly.com *Girls Tennis http://phoenixgirlstennis.weebly.com/ *Girls Basketball http://jcbgirlsbasketball.weebly.com/ *National Honor Society http://jcbnhs.weebly.com/ *JCB Physical Education http://jcbphysed.weebly.com/ *JCB Library http://jcblibrary.weebly.com/ *JCB computer labs website: http://jcblabs.weebly.com/ *JCB Guidance Office http://www.phoenixcsd.org/Schools/John-C-Birdlebough-High-School/Guidance-Office *Schooltool https://phoenix.schooltool.cnyric.org/SchoolToolWeb/Default.aspx *Castle Learning http://corp.castlelearning.com/ College Info—*https://www.hesc.ny.gov/ Career Exploration — *http://public.careercruising.com (Students needs username and password from guidance)
Screamwood Forest
By: Tameka Stobart
The school year has started, along with it, many
clubs have also started, such as
The Literary Club, the student newspaper,
the French and Spanish clubs, etc.
One club, in particular, is always in need of
members: Drama! One of the major fundraisers
this Fall, as many of you know, is Screamwood
Forest, a haunted trail. Whether you help as a
talented actor, or as a screamer, or if you help set up,
every person is appreciated.
If you cannot help with the event, you can still participate
by being a paying customer!
New and continued support of the program is always
appreciated; hope to see you there!
CONGRATS !!
Ryan Shafer and Spencer Evans qualified for the
Sectionals in Golf, which were held at Timber Banks
Country Club on Tuesday, October 4th. From there,
Ryan qualified and moved on!
The Phoenix Marching Firebirds have
been working very diligently through-
out their
competitive season. They have had 3
competitions so far with more to
come.
They placed first in the small school
2 division in their first competition at
ESM High School.
Their second competition was at
Baldwinsville High School where
Marching Band By: Sean Sievers
they placed third. Their
rivals, Johnson City and West-
moreland, took first and second.
In the Marching Firebird's third
competition, they placed second,
beating Union-Endicott and
closing the gap between them-
selves and Johnson City by
approximately a point!
JV Volleyball By: Caity George and Sarah Thorn
On Thursday, September 29th at 4:30, the Phoenix JV Volleyball team won all three sets against Solvay! In the first game, a great game was played by all with fan-tastic passing, setting, and hitting. In the second game, Phoenix made
an amazing comeback to win, and in the third game, Phoenix played an in-tense game to overtime with a f inal score of 29 to 27! Congratulations, ladies!
A pic from
the Dig Pink
Volleyball
game—where
over $1,000
was raised
for
breast
Varsity Volleyball
Freshman Prince and Princess: Trent Moran and Nicole Tulowiecki
Sophomore Prince and Princess: Matt Zogg and Erika Brown
Junior Prince and Princess: Ryan Shafer and Corinne Januszka
Senior King and Queen: Ned Greenough and Chloe Koegel
HOMECOMING COURT
SADD PRESENTS RED RIBBON WEEK (October 24-28)
~Monday will be Wear Red Day!
~Tuesday will be a hat day!
~Wednesday is Drug Awareness Day; there will be information tables and the NYS troopers at JCB
with the “drunk goggles.” SADD will have students sign a pledge that they will not do drugs; members
will be giving out candy and juice at lunch.
~On Thursday, David Flood (http://davidjflood.com/ ) will hang out at JCB for the whole day to talk with
students. He will discuss dignity/respect and drug/alcohol awareness and prevention.
~Friday will be Grim Reaper Day!
YOLO- BE DRUG FREE! #You Only Live Once”
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
*October 16th-My School Color Run at EJD-See Ms. Neiss for information
*NHS New Applicants pick up applications from Ms. Neiss Friday, October 7th in the library after school.
Applications are due to Ms. Neiss by Tuesday, October 18th.
*NHS-CROP Walk for Hunger--Sunday October 23rd at 1:00 PM. See Ms. Neiss for more details!
GUIDANCE
JCB will host the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) for interested juniors and
qualified sophomores on Wednesday, October 19th at 7:50 AM. This is an excellent
opportunity for our 4-year college bound students to become familiar with the type of
testing colleges use in determining whether students are admissible to their institution of
higher learning.
Pep Rally Shenanigans!
2016 HOCO!
CLUB INFORMATION
JCB News Club This club meets Thursdays after school in the library (and whenever else works for members). There
are no prerequisites, but creativity helps! We record the Friday announcements and film other
segments with the hopes of entertaining in addition to informing!
There is really no standard time commitment. Students can participate as little or as much as they
wish. Even if they just want to anchor for just one episode, they may do so.
Spanish Club/ Los españoles
~WHERE DOES THE CLUB MEET? Rm 223
~WHEN DOES THE CLUB MEET? Wednesdays, as needed
~ANY PREREQUISITES TO JOIN THE CLUB? Just bring an interest in Spanish language and culture
~WHAT SORT OF FUN THINGS DOES THE CLUB DO? Making crafts like calacas and sombreros, Preparing and enjoying food like homemade salsa and tamales,
~DOES WORKING WITH THE CLUB OFFER VOLUNTEER HOURS? Possibly, but not at this time
art club
This club meets in room 133 on various days depending on what is going on. We are going to try to meet on Tuesdays at least once a month.
We make crafts and learn about master artists and art techniques.
We will offer volunteer hours since we were asked to paint a mural and are often asked to help with the sets for the play and the musical.
Anyone interested in art can join the club- you do not have to be currently taking art.
The Lit Club
If you are in good academic standing and like to read and/or write, stop by room 277, after
school, on the first Thursday of each month. Our first meeting will be October 6th—we’d love
to see some new faces!
CLUB INFORMATION
DECA WHERE DOES THE CLUB MEET? Room 253 Mrs. Boatman’s Room
WHEN DOES THE CLUB MEET? Days vary, but students can always stay after and practice for competition.
NO PREREQUISITES TO JOIN THE CLUB!
WHAT SORT OF FUN THINGS DOES THE CLUB DO? Go to a regional competition in December and a state competition in March
SADD “ Students Against Destructive Decisions”
WHERE DOES THE CLUB MEET? Room 176 (Distance Learning room)
WHEN DOES THE CLUB MEET? 3rd Wednesday of each month
ANY PREREQUISITES TO JOIN THE CLUB? Student just has to read and sign an agreement
that they will try to change attitudes about bad decisions
WHAT SORT OF FUN THINGS DOES THE CLUB DO? Adopt a family at Christmas, feed the
homeless, visit the jail, Prom Promise, and have a Christmas party and an end of the year
party
DOES WORKING WITH THE CLUB OFFER VOLUNTEER HOURS? yes
Ski Club http://jcbskiclub.weebly.com/
-We take snow boarders in addition to skiers. The club is open to all high school students.
-If you ski/ride and you are not in Ski Club, you may still go on the Ski Trip to Vermont (usually the 1st weekend in March).
-Ski Club costs approximately $190 (I don’t have firm prices from the hill yet). That price covers a Thursday pass (good for the entire year including over breaks), 6 trips to Labrador, and 6 lessons if you want them. Equipment is extra.
~We start skiing on January 5th for 6 weeks
-More info will be coming; listen to the announcements. Or see Mr. Bryant for more information.
Yearbook
If you want a say as to WHAT and WHO goes in our ANNUAL Yearbook and are
concerned about HOW amazing it looks, stop by the Middle Library Computer
Lab on Wednesdays at 2:30!
Ms. Porrino and Mr. Wells could use a few helping hands!
CLUB INFORMATION
National Honor Society (NHS)
WHERE DOES THE CLUB MEET? In the Library
WHEN DOES THE CLUB MEET? 3rd Friday of the month
ANY PREREQUISITES TO JOIN THE CLUB? Must be invited dependent upon your Overall GPA, and then accepted by a faculty committee based on your Service, Leadership, Character, and Scholarship
WHAT SORT OF FUN THINGS DOES THE CLUB DO? Volunteer work in the community, Community Clean up, Service projects, CROP walk for hunger…etc.
DOES WORKING WITH THE CLUB OFFER VOLUNTEER HOURS? INDEED
School Newspaper
JCB, this is YOUR student newspaper. What do you want to see on these pages? Specific club or sport announcements? Student, club, and sport accomplishments? Interviews, surveys, student artwork or literary work? Movie, book, restaurant, or video game reviews? Photos of events going on around Phoenix and JCB?
See Ms. Epolito in Room 277 to suggest ideas for our newspaper.
NO MEETINGS!!
We produce on-line and hard copies of the paper at least four times a year!
Video Game Review By: DJ Burgess
This month I am reviewing “Beyond Good and
Evil.” It is a pretty old game, but it was just
put on the Xbox One, so I thought I would
review it.
Overall the game is great. It’s an over the
shoulder 3rd person game. You play as a girl
named Jade who takes care of children whose
parents died during the war that is going on.
You are recruited to a rebel
organization that believes the Alpha
Sections, an elite armed force that is fighting
the war against aliens named
the Domz, is
actually working with the
Domz. You have to gather
evidence to prove this
and turn the
population against them.
Besides the main storyline, there are other mini
objectives in the game also—such as races, fighting
robbers, and (my favorite) wildlife photography.
Batman Vs Superman is essentially a
really cool Batman movie, trapped in a
boring Superman sequel, full of
scattered fights, plot devices, and
characters roughly shoehorned into it.
Failing at almost everything it even
attempts to bring to the table, the film
is two agonizing hours of painfully
bor ing , messy , and needles s
exposition that I’m not even
g o i n g t o t r y t o e x p l a i n .
The film is a very poor attempt to
c a t c h u p w i t h c o m p e t i t o r
Marvel Comics ; it tries to introduce
the Justice League, the Flash,
Aquaman, Cyborg, and Wonder
Woman, basically burning through
several movies’ worth of material.
The place where this movie seems to
fail most is in its title fight, which is
90% of the reason people came to see
the movie. The fight starts off with
Superman walking up to Batman
trying to reason with him, Batman
responds by cutting him off not even
halfway through his statement. I can
understand wanting to protect the
world from an alien with a lot of
destructive capability, but if you want
to win a fight with said alien, you
should really try to reach a peaceful
understanding or try to limit the
destruction. You can’t 1eve1 him in
the middle of a heavily populated city
and then claim it was the only way.
B a c k t o t h e f i g h t ,
it is choreographed well enough, with
Batman and Superman showing off
certain signature moves and special
tricks until Batman gains the upper
hand, pinning Superman down with a
kryptonite spear, giving birth to quite
possibly the worst ending to a fight
that has ever been created.
The climax of this fight is stupid and
tries to hurriedly wrap up the fight,
which clocks in at approximately 8-9
minutes.
The final “Doomsday fight” was terrible.
I hated the bad CGI that made
Doomsday look like Shrek’s lost
brother, I hated the lazy choreography:
PUNCH, PUNCH, PUNCH, FLY
OVER THERE, MORE PUNCHING,
a n d i t b o t h e r e d m e
t h a t t h e r e w a s p r a c t i c a l l y
NO BATMAN in the scene.
In short the movie is an overall
disappointment and just be glad I didn’t
try to explain the plot because JEEZ that
would be like a thirty-page essay. This
movie could have been so much better,
but they fell short. DC comics motto
s h o u l d b e “ D C C o m i c s ,
N e v e r l i v i n g u p t o y o u r
expectations.”
Movie Review By: Sam Guthrie
Fire by: Marissa Moore
Anger flickers through the body
Like a fire
Controlled, then wild
Flames swell and fall
White hot anger
Much like the heart of a flame
Small, yet dangerous
Burns those who brave it
Self control extinguishes it
Killing the fire as if nothing happened
Leaving embers of emotion
Do You Remember
By: Tameka Stobart
I remember how people always told us to
believe in ourselves, and how grownups
said,
"Ignorance is Bliss"
Ignorance is a plague
Destroying and eating away at sanity,
breaking down families
How is this bliss?
A feeling you get from love, a hug and a
kiss?
Not questioning is applauded, blindness
rewarded
Celebrated.
Like sticking pins in our eyes and crossing
our stitched hearts, ripping out the seams and
screams and watching the tears stream.
And as they drop and refuse to stop, we think
Think and express ourselves in paper and ink
And as the stakes and tides rise, we realize
"Why were we so blind?"
How were we so blind as to not stop and find
how to be kind and that they all lied
The Demons in our heads don't sleep
They reap our knowledge and rest as we
protest, they only become worse
Because why use sticks and stones when
words are so much stronger?