Sailors On the ScenenewsmagazineMay 2011 | Volume 5 | Issue 5

MONA SHORES MIDDLE SCHOOL I 1700 WOODSIDE I MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN 49441

On the InsideFifth graders get a taste of middle school

Shores dominates Reeths-Puffer on

the diamond

Pep Assembly kicks off Spring Break

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staff writers:editors-in-chief:holly fredericksenkate huizinga

photo editors:sami pymanjenny anton

section editors:cassie hansenkarli paggeotemma tjapkessandra yacoub

devan alexanderalyssa bouchardabbey dakinlexi dedeauxchad flaskajessica parkermaddie straitemily swankerted thomastyler trovingerjoey vangelderenleah weller

adviser:mike phillips

editorial board:marie bettenken byardshelly dykstrajacey ecclestoncheri kimballkathy miszecarol mogdismichelle phillips roxanne schanermatt schuchardtcharlotte scottcindy soyarsamy stielstralori veurink

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Eighth grader Faith Ferreura delivers the pitch as eighth grader Andi Wierengo cautiously waits at shortstop.

IN THE LEAD 3Schedule changes provide benefit for students

Our Voice

54-year-old Osama bin Laden was the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 ter-rorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. He was shot and killed on May 1, 2011 by the US Navy SEALS in Pakistan. It is great that people can be relieved and happy that he is dead, and that he will not be alive to lead any more mass murders on innocent people. Even though it is not right for anyone to die, it is still better that he

isn’t around to fund and lead the al Qaeda terror network. They were responsible for the 9-11 assail which was one of the worst terrorist attacks on the US ever. While hiding out in Pakistan where he was killed, bin Laden faked his own death. Bin laden’s murder was approved by president Barack Obama, also commander-in-chief. His death was the best for the people. With out him, many lives would be saved, and no more

terrorist attacks would happen under his command. Osama bin Laden’s death has positive and negative sides, but his murder was in best interest for people across the nation.

Osama bin Laden’s death generates relief for many across the world

Our Voice is the opinion message selected by the editors of the Sailors On the Scene newsmagazine.

Beginning next year for Mona Shores Middle School students, various classes are being changed up to help them in the long run.

Starting next year seventh graders will be required to take a semester of health, and the eighth graders will be required to take a semester of technology literacy.

This is a change from the current sched-ule where seventh and eighth graders had to take a marking period of each during both years.

“I think this change represents the impor-tance of both Health and Tech Lit,” health teacher Scott Volkmann said. “Having students for a semester at a time will allow teachers to get to know the students better and get more in depth about important top-ics in our curriculum.”

Sixth graders will see a change as well. Five weeks of Spanish has been taken out of their schedule and replaced with an addi-tional five weeks of technology.

“Technology is a good class because we have the benefit of learning how to type, and we can learn to use power point, and excel for presentations,” seventh grader Andrew Grossenbacher said. “It can even prepare us for jobs later in life.”

In addition to the current five weeks of keyboarding, students will be given access to a Mona Shores Google account where they will learn how to use Gmail, Google Docs as well as other collaboration tools that will allow students to work better together.

These accounts open up the opportunity

to do more group projects in a more orga-nized way so that the other workers in the group could view the document.

“With these tools, information could be presented more fluently,” eighth grader Raelyn Balcom said.

The main reason for these changes is because of a new graduation requirement. For this year’s seventh graders or everyone graduating after that, two world language credits are now required. This would in-clude classes offered at the middle school like Spanish and classes at the high school like French and German.

“I would enjoy taking Spanish because you can do a lot of activities and it’s a fun

class to learn,” sixth grader Justin Mason said.

Mona Shores has decided to make sure that everyone has one of those credits out of the way in middle school so that students will not have to worry about cramming in the two full credits in high school.

“I think the change will prepare us for greater challenges in life,” eighth grader Alex Leroux said. “Student’s will be more knowledgeable in those required areas and we won’t have a crammed schedule.”

Although these new class changes and transitions may sound chaotic, they will free up your high school schedule and be benefi-cial to a student’s learning in the end.

An example of an upcoming eighth grader’s schedule showing the first semester, while next semester they have tech lit.

by: karli paggeot I features editor

On April 1 student congress organized an annual assembly to recognize teams and athletes and get students hyped up before spring break.

To begin the assembly they announced athletic and non-athletic teams. Various athletic teams were announced such as girl’s basketball, wrestling, swim, softball, track, and cheerleading. Other students that were recognized were math counts and the play.

The assembly has been happening ever sense Mona Shores has had a half day be-fore spring break and is going to be contin-ued in future years.

“The assembly isn’t only for noticing students and sport teams, but to excite kids and celebrate before spring break,” eighth grade language arts student teacher Kyle Baker said.

The last event ending the assembly was the teacher contest. Five teachers were assigned for each grade level and they all participated in competitions against each other.

Everything from bouncing pencils in cups, jumping through hula hoops, run-ning backwards, being timed shooting free throws, blowing a cup off the table with a balloon, and relay races.

“My favorite race was when teachers would jump through hula hoops, it made me laugh to see them mess up and fall,” sixth grader Heather Audo said.

Ending the assembly they announced sixth grade came in first place, eighth grade came in second, and seventh grade came in last place.

Every year fifth graders come to visit the middle school to tour and to get a glimpse of what they’ll be experiencing next year.

It’s always a very dramatic and over-whelming experience for most of them as they tour and see how much bigger it is than their current school.

“I liked seeing the middle school because after I would have a better knowledge of where to go for classes,” sixth grader Evan Johnson said.

They had chance to meet middle school Principal Greg Helmer, Assistant Princi-pal Andy Hogston, and Dean of Students Ken Byard during the introduction of the presentation.

Eighth grade students were chosen to give the fifth graders a tour around the school to show them how to open their lockers, take them into the art room, and anywhere else they might have wanted to see.

“It was fun teaching them how to survive in the middle school,” eighth grader Logan Kucharski said.

Most every student in the middle school

has gone through this transition, and ev-eryone handled it differently. There were some students who acted like it was no big deal and then there were others who were nervous.

“It was easy for me because I practiced my locker with a lock at home and I was organized,” sixth grader Gabe Fox said.

by: emily swanker I staff writerFifth graders come to see the magical world that is middle school

Top: Ross Park Elementary students coming into the middle school for the first time.Above: Dugan Dieselburg and AJ Ringleburg’s tour group from Ross Park Elementary posing for a picture.

photos by: emily swanker

by: maddie strait I staff writerPep assembly recognizes teams and students before spring break

Eighth grade math teacher, Mike Buboltz, going for a basket to earn the eighth grade team a win.

photo by: maddie strait

FEATURES4

The Mona Shores Eighth grade boys’ baseball team started their season off with an 11-1 win on April 11 at Marsh Field against the Reeths- Puffer Rockets.

In the first inning pitcher Matt Pelfresne knocked Reeths-Puffer’s ego down with two powerful strike-outs. Ryan Bramer caught the next fly ball for Puffer’s third out.

“I don’t usually feel pressure even though I’m the first pitcher my main goal is to strike them out,” Pelfresne said.

Jorge Spagnuolo hit a rock solid ball into right field driving Bailey Brown and Pelfresne in ending the third inning with a 2-1 lead.

“When I’m hitting my focus is on the ball and pitcher nothing else,” Spagnuolo said.

In the third inning Eric Nelson brought

Dugan Dieselberg and Sam Curran home improving the Sailors score to four.

“I was very proud of my teammates for giving it all they had to help others get home,” Curran said.

The fifth inning was a slam for Shores with Chase Baker, Noah Dykstra, Logan Vallie, Bramer, Spagnuolo, Pelfresne, and Nelson all scoring runs for the Sailors.

Reeths-Puffer was a tough competitor last year defeating the Sailors once, but this year Mona Shores gave them a hard time.

“I felt that the boys’ did a great job with teamwork and motivation,” coach Jason Dykstra said. “But I still had to let them know not to get big headed and to prepare for the next game.”

On April 14, the Mona Shores Middle School boy’s track team had their first meet of the season and rolled over their oppo-nents North Rockford and Holland Christian in a Tri-Meet at Mona Shores High School.

The mentality of the team was to run their race and to come out on top so they could prove themselves to the other teams that they are not going down without a fight.

Long jump was a success with eighth grader Jorge Spagnoulo, seventh grader Tyler Trovinger, and eighth grader Noah Dykstra as their jumps took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the event scoring ten points for the Sailors starting them off in the lead.

“I was just thinking to go for it and fly like a bird,” Spagnoulo said.

Sweeping the field in the 800 meter run were, eighth graders Kevin Smith and Aus-tin Wingett, and seventh graders Spencer Stube and Linwood Lee. As Smith took a quick lead pulling away from the field and then came three more Sailors trailing behind him like a pack of wolves to finish the race with Smith in 1st, Wingett in 2nd, Stube in 3rd, and Lee in 4th to give the team a huge boost in the competition.

“Not letting anybody pass me is a big deal in my strategy,” Smith said.

In the 200 meter dash, blowing the oppo-

nents away was seventh grader Hunter Bro-ersma coming in 1st with the time of 26.06. Following Broersma was eighth grader Raphael Johnson with a time of 26.77 then capping off the place positions for the Sail-ors was eighth grader Hunter Merrill with the time of 28.47 giving the team 10 points in the event.

“The team cheered each other on because just when our competitors were about to cross the finish line, the team was there to hoot and holler to the end,” Broersma said

Wrapping up the day at Mona Shores High School, was the 400 Meter relay with the team of eighth graders Masson Bryant, Dykstra, Spagnoulo, and Broersma. The team was quick with the time of 50.8 blow-ing past the competition.

“I felt like we did good for our first meet, but I feel like we could have done better,” Bryant said.

At the end of the competition, the final scores were Mona Shores in first with 97 points, then coming way behind Shores was North Rockford with 40.5 points, then following in last was Holland Christian with 25.5 Points.

“I thought we showed a very strong team with high end talent coupled with a lot of depth,” coach John Adams said.

by: tyler trovinger I staff writerMona Shores boys’ track storms over competition in tri-meet

Top: Eighth grader Mitchell White leaps past the competition in the 55 meter hurtles.Above: Seventh grader Kobe Burse hands off the baton to Eighth grader Ryan Wasilweski in the 800 meter relay.

photos by: joey vangelderen

by: emma tjapkes / section editorMona Shores boys’ baseball team dominates Reeths-Puffer

In the first inning Matthew Pelfresne focuses on striking out his opponent.

photo by: emma tjapkes

SPORTS 5

A teacher can be defined as a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession. But to be more than just good, a teacher has to find a way to stand out.

A sense of humor is the number one aspect of a great teacher. Not only are they funny, but they engage stu-dents with stories and bright spirits.

“A teacher with no sense of humor, means a teacher that has no fun. I think that with no fun in the classes there is no learning,” seventh grader Andrew Grossenbacher said.

When a teacher gets to know their students and better understands them, it makes learning more enjoyable for the kids.

“It helps a lot when a teacher gets to know you because you feel more comfortable and it’s not as awkward asking questions,” eighth grader Lauren Cannon said.

Teachers who vary their style of teaching from books, lectures, movies, and real world life lessons can gain respect from each of the students.

“I personally enjoy visual and hands on learning because interacting is fun and I learn better,” eighth grader Katie Kostrzewa said.

Whether it be bringing technology into the classrooms or simply moving around the room, being interactive and energetic is the key to getting kids attention.

“Teachers that move around the room all the time keep my attention easier,” seventh grader Joel Devoursney said.

What is the golden teacher?

Top-Notch Teachers!

CENTER SECTION6

by: holly fredericksen I co-editor-in-chief

Mrs. Cargill 7th grade

Mr. Wahlberg 8th grade

Mr. Kurant8th grade

Mr. Moran 6th/8th grade

Mrs. Cooper6th/8th grade

““My favorite teaching method is doing hands on

activities.”

“I like to lecture and talk to kids. I don’t talk for more minutes

than how old the kids are, so I stay at about 15 minutes. “

“I like to do lots of hands on labs. Then I let them work one one one for home-

work.”

“I try to use variety so

students never know what

to expect so every day is different.”

“I like to model examples and do some hands on

activities.”

“My favorite teaching method is going hands- on activities with

students. For example, I use plays, skits, art work, and have students

re explain what they have just learned.”

What is your favorite teaching method? Ms. Kern6th/8th grade

Abbe Grevious - 6th

Megan Reinink - 7th

Jack Zuidema - 8th

James Huth - 8th

by: name here I staff writer

Who is Your Favorite Elementary School Teacher?

Lyric Jerelos - 6th

Nick Brown - 7th

“I really liked Mrs. Thurlow because I was taller than her.”

“Probably Mrs. Boonstra because she would always

give us Smarties.”

I liked Mrs. Sturr because she was always really fun

and very creative.”

“Mr. Lans was cool because he was funny.”

“My favorite teacher was Mrs. Fox because she always let us listen to music during class.”

“Mr. Kieft was a lot of fun and we did a lot of experiments.”

Johnathon Huizenga - 6th

Selena Sanchez - 7th

Jacob Kimbrough - 8th

Madison Fensel - 8th

Hunter Franklin - 6th

Mackenzie Quinn - 7th

“Mr. Meston just because he was awesome.”

“I liked Mr. Vandyke because he was funny.”

“Mrs. Leroux was my favorite because she seemed like she treated everyone really nice.”

“I liked Mrs. Rosenthal because she was really funny and gave us nick-names. She was also always there to talk.”

“Mr. Meston was the best because he would let people do anything they wanted. “

Mr. White was my favorite because he cared about every student.”

Jessica Rust - 6th

Dymond Jefferson - 7th

Amy Gesiakowski - 8th

Jordan Peterson - 8th

Brandon Lang - 6th

Terry Frye - 7th

“Mrs. Belanger because she was nice and we did a lot of fun

activities.”

“Ms. Cline because she was so fun and we played

so many games.”

“Ms. Belanger because she was awesome and had fun

Friday dances. “

“Mrs. Chasco because she was really fun and a good teacher.”

“Ms. Cline because she was nice and we played a lot of games. She was very fun.”

“Mrs. Ellis because she is nice, funny, and did a lot of giggly activities. “

Maddison Rake - 6th

Tyler Lemense - 7th

Mitchell White - 8th

Ryan Susterich - 8th

Alyssa Pulaski - 6th

Jackie Seward - 7th

“Mrs. Dewitt because she made the class more enjoyable.”

“I liked Mrs. McAurthur because she was

energetic and gave us a bunch of pizza parties.”

“Mr. Howard was very funny and my favorite teacher.”

“Mrs. Still was easily my favorite because I like art.”

“Mrs. McAurthur because she was really nice and would let me help out a lot.“

“Mrs. McClain was cool because she was loud, fun, awesome, and screamed a lot. “

Lincoln Park

Campbell

Churchill

Ross Park

CENTER SECTION 7

Sailor Celebrations, a time to finally have some fun in school, dance, and hang out with friends. Wouldn’t it be great if we got to enjoy these dances for an hour longer?

Every marking period Mona Shores Middle

School has a Sailor Celebration from six to eight on a Friday night. Making the dances an hour longer would be a great way for students to have even more fun, and dance the night away for an even longer time. If we eliminated one dance a year and took the time from that dance, we could make the other three dances at least an hour longer.

The usual Sailor Celebration is only two hours long and although the dances are already a great experience, students would still rather have longer Sailor Celebrations and only three times a year. Two hours just is not enough time when you are having that much fun. If we were to have longer dances, we would only be able to have three a year,

which I think is plenty if they are longer.From the data I collected, longer dances

would be possible if we had more activities to pass the extra time. Activities such as contests, more games, hair styling, or face painting. Another reason why the dances are only two hours is the chaperons. Students would have to make sure that they recruited enough teachers and parents to chaperon, for a longer time. A better system is needed for the chaperons. Perhaps we have shifts, one parent or teacher stays from 6 to 7:30 and then another one comes in from 7:30 to 9. If students had their parents to switch shifts, longer dances would certainly be a strong possibility.

More time to dance, play sports, and be with friends at Sailor Celebration would be a great way to let students have more fun in the three years that they are in the middle school.

Students at Mona Shores Middle School endure a brutal wake up time leaving them ex-hausted and confused.

Mona Shores Middle School officially starts at 7:45 which forces students to be at school at approximately 7:30 to get in easy and on

time. The majority of students fall asleep from 11p.m.-12a.m. and for most students to get ready for school an average wake up time is 6:15-6:30. Making the estimated amount of sleep hours for middle school students around six or seven hours.

The brain of the common teenager needs 10 to 11 hours of sleep to be fully functional when learning. The truth of the matter is, even if students go to bed at nine o clock, it’s hard to fall asleep that early unless you are physically or mentally exhausted. When students get to school with six hours of sleep they have a hard time learning be-cause their brain’s are more active with less sleep making them drowsy. According to a study done at the University of Michigan, a teenager can’t start receiving information until about 9 am, therefore they won’t start

learning until 9 am.

Why do we get to school at 7:45 a.m. to start learning, when we can’t actually learn? I suggest

we start school at 8:55 a.m., have five min-utes to get to class, get settled, and be ready to learn at 9 a.m. that would give more than a complete hour more to get ready and sleep. The state law requires 1,098 instruc-tional hours per school year, so if we added an hour and 10 minutes to the beginning we could simply add 45 to the end, getting us out from school at 3:30 pm, and ending the school year just a little bit later.

Students would learn more, become more active and more likely to become involved in sports from the lack of exhaustion. This would put them on the set path to better grades because they would be able to learn almost right as they get to school.

More sleep and later hours means higher academic standards for students

Eighth grader Holly Fredericksen dozes off during a test and dreams about sleeping later.

illustration by: sami pyman

Longer Sailor Celebrations would be a fun idea for the students

Top: Eigth Graders Lexi Dedeaux, Matt Pelfresne and seventh grader Kaitlyn Maycroft at the last Sailor Celebration on April 29th. Above: Eighth grader Peyton Lafever, getting down at Sailor Celebration.

photos by: emily swanker

— Claudia Johnson ~ 7th

“I’m always tired in school because I almost never get enough sleep at night.”

— Corbin Emery ~ 8th

“It’s hard for me to fall asleep early because I am so excited for school the next day!”

— Travis Stube ~6th

With a longer Sailor cell there would be more time to spend with friends, and I don’t want to spend $4 for only two hours.

Abbey Dakin

SamiPyman

OPINIONS8

On April 8, the must see movie Soul Surfer swept many students out of their homes and into the movie theatre.

Soul Surfer is based on a true story about a 13 year old girl named Bethany Hamilton, who goes surf-ing with her best friend Al-

ana, and is attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark. The shark severs her left arm, and Bethany is rushed to the hospital. Soon after she is told that she has lost over 60% of her blood, she is in condition to go home. She is determined to get back on the board even though it will be extremely difficult, with the risk of another shark attack.

Soul Surfer is a inspirational story that ampli-fies the phrase “keep trying and never give up.” After she gets home from the hospital, there is an inspirational moment in almost every scene. The movie lets you know that if you have bravery,

faith, and the support of family, almost anything is possible. Soul Surfer will have you at the edge of your seat, hoping that she can accomplish her goal in the fierce competition without her left arm.

The most suspenseful mo-ments are during the surfing scenes. You will feel the rush of being in the water, next to all the surfers during the action. Soul Surfer will have you gripping your seats as you are next to all the action hoping that your favorite surfer will do good. In the end, Soul surfer will leave you wanting more action.

I think Soul Surfer is a movie that everyone of all ages should defiantly see, if they need a reason to keep trying or just needs some inspiration.

Choir programs available at Mona Shores have flour-ished, allowing the students to be granted the awards and rewards of being involved in the music department.

The Mona Shores Middle School choir program has re-ceived a fine score at festival this year. Only two points

shy of receiving the rating of Excel-lent, they have been acknowledged for their talents with a request to attend

state. This means that they are being accepted into the next stage of fes-tival. Unfortunately, the choir cannot proceed forward in the competition due to the needed preparation for the end of the year Mini Pops Concert. Although the choir will not be attending, obtaining this request is still a high honor for the choir program.

If you have ever wanted your teacher and peers to recognize you for your hard work and achievements, choir is the perfect elective. It has become tradition at the end of the year to hand out awards to the eighth graders in choir. Each of them acquires a certificate based on how long they have been involved, and the director also chooses some more awards for the

students to be presented with. Also, fellow members of the choir vote for other awards, each one like a gift. Awards in the past have included male and female vocalist of the year, class clown, and sweetest voice. However, the awards do not stop there; many more different kinds have been created for the students. Finally having a class where you are given the chance to be noticed for your abilities is a wonderful way to be praised for all your hard work.

Some students may want to take choir in high school despite the fact that they have never taken it before. Whether you took it in middle school or not, there is nothing stopping you from choosing this elec-tive in the future. Also, Mona Shores High School has even more opportunities to be rewarded. First of all, you are given the chance of becoming the angel on top of America’s Largest Singing Christmas Tree, which people from all over come to see. Second, Shores has placed in Showcase three years in a row. Students are given the opportunity to participate in this. Finally, most of the performances have a full house in the audience so that many people may see you perform.

No matter where you stand with sing-ing, there is always a chance for you to shine and feel accomplished when you become involved in choir.

Achieving awards and reaching rewards

Top: Eighth grader Kassidy Vredeveld stares at an award in the Mona Shores Middle School choir room in hopes of having her name carved into the metal.Above: Eighth Grader Karsen Leek finds a note she needs to start her piece, which she learned to do from sight reading in choir.

photo by: sandra yacoub

Soul Surfer takes a bite out of viewers

Bethany Hamilton shows off her destroyed surf board after the attack.

www.imdb.com

— Karlee Mcgettigan ~ 7th

“I think that it has a really good message, and it inspired me to be appreciative for what I have because it could be gone. “

— Abbie Suman ~ 8th

“I think the score for festival was good, we all worked hard for it, and we deserved it.”

— Bailey Brown ~ 8th

“I want to be male vocalist of the year because I would be the best singer in the school that’s a male.”

SandraYacoub

Chad Flaska

ENTERTAINMENT 9

Students of the Month

Student-Athletes

of the Month

Girls’ Basketball

Wrestling

7th Grade

7th Grade

Jackie SewardMitchel Dinsmoor

Jordyn VilneffMason Hall

Students and athletes of the month are voted on by the staff at Mona Shores Middle School

SAILOR DAYS10

What is your favorite summer activity?

voices

Mr. WahlbergSTAFF

“Enjoying Michigan for what it has to offer.”

“Going on my boat and Sea-Dooing.”

Isaac Cathey7th GRADE

“Going to my friends house to game it up.”

“Riding my bike.”

hallsfrom the

Madi Bartkowiak8th GRADE

Billy Tolar6th GRADE

Erik Barientos8th GRADE

“Partying all night long.”

“Hanging out at the family cottage, tubing, running road races, and hanging out with my family at Hoffmaster.”

Kennedy Potts7th GRADE

“Sleeping in, and not having to go to school.”

“Swimming at the beach or in a pool.”

Mr. HelmerSTAFF

Kaylynne Dennis6th GRADE

“Going to Michigan Adventures and tanning my abs.”

“Playing softball.”

Ryan Wasilewski8th GRADE

Desi Parker7th GRADE

Dalton Gill6th GRADE

“Playing football with friends.”

“Pretty boy swaggin’ all summer.”

Keenan Vanderoord7th GRADE

“Playing beach volleyball.”

“Playing soccer with Koby.”

Bailey Brown8th GRADE

Trevor Adams6th GRADE

“Going to bonfires at the beach.”

“Going to the beach with my kids.”

Allie McCarty8th GRADE

Shelly DykstraSTAFF

Students at Mona Shores Middle School have been tormented and tortured with the deafening music of various musicians in the current art gen-eration. To give these innocent adolescents some guidance, they come to me: Katie Huizinga… music critic.

Starting off, many of us know Rebecca Black as the amateur vocalist of the new YouTube music video hit, “Friday.” While listening to “Friday,” I instead feel like it is an awful Monday. This new song is #64 on the iTunes top 100 list and rising. The only reason the very few whom actually like this song would want to buy it is to make fun of it. Black is now even under full police protection after numerous death threats this month. (If she stopped hurting our ears, this wouldn’t happen.) A couple of weeks ago no one even heard of the now famous Rebecca Black, but if your parents have enough money to write a song and make a music

video, go for it.Next, Britney

Spears not only sets a bad example for the students at

MSMS, but also has no talent. From shaving her head because of psychotic issues, to losing custody of her children since she has very serious drug is-sues, Spears consistently sets terrible examples for us. Her newest song, “Till the World Ends” is not only highly auto-tuned and nasally, but also is just a deafening piece of music that makes me want the world to end. If anyone likes this song, they obviously need hearing aids.

Lastly, I mention the one and only, Miley Cyrus (most well known as Hannah Montana). Cyrus is not only dreadful in concert, but even if her songs are catchy, her unpleasant voice ruins them. Cyrus is not a good country singer, but when she tries to

sing pop music, it is even worse. Many of us know the 2009 hit called “The Climb,” which is a perfect example of how awful she really is. It makes me want to climb into a pool of man-eating sharks. If you have never heard of Miley Cyrus, be thankful that you will never have to.

All in all, the music the students at Mona Shores Middle School listen to has been painful enough to hear. What I say is the truth about the appalling Rebecca Black, Britney Spears, and Miley Cyrus. If you ever need direction in your musical choices, come to me: Katie Huizinga... music critic.

by: katie huizinga I co-editor-in-chiefTerrible singers have been infecting the ears of students at MSMS

MSMS Teachers Crossword Puzzle

— Cody Stressman ~ 6th

“Miley Cyrus’ voice is not only terrible, but very screechy,”

— Araceli Eikenberry ~ 7th

“Miley Cyrus... um... no. I don’t like her voice,”

— AJ Ringelberg ~ 8th

“Rebecca Black just sounds like there is a frog in her throat,”

Down1. This sixth grade language arts teacher has blonde and black hair with brown eyes, she is energetic and hardworking and also has been at MSMS for seven years.2. This eighth grade social studies teacher is content to teach forever and she has green eyes and brown hair and has been at MSMS for 21 years.3. This sixth grade math teacher is humerus and enthusiastic and has been at MSMS for eleven years, they also have blue eyes and brown hair.4. This eighth grade math and algebra teacher is intelligent and funny, also she has been at MSMS for ten years and has blonde hair with blue eyes.5. This sixth grade teacher is known to burst out into song and has been at MSMS for eight years, she also teaches language arts and social studies.7. This seventh grade math teacher is funny and likes cats, she has blue eyes and blonde hair.8. This competitive eighth grade social studies teacher has been at MSMS for 23 years and has hazel eyes and brown hair.

Across4. This energetic sixth grade English teacher has brown and blonde hair with blue eyes and it is her first year teaching at MSMS.6. This seventh grade language arts teacher is very upbeat and energetic, she has been at MSMS for eight years and has green eyes and brown hair.8. This teacher coaches in her spare time and has brown eyes and hair, they also have been at MSMS for seven years and teaches sixth grade science.9. This seventh grade social studies teacher has been at MSMS for one year and he has blue eyes and no hair.10. This eighth grade English teacher spent seven years at Ross Park and two years at MSMS and she is smiley and bubbly with hazel eyes and brown hair.11. This eighth grade math teacher is nerdy and has been at MSMS for ten years, he also has blue eyes and brown hair.

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COMICALITY 11

12 PHOTO STORY

Race to PlaceGirls and boys track blow away Reeths-Puffer on April 28. The boys won 87-39 while the girls

won 77-43.

Seventh grader Abby Olsen and 8th grader Na-Kingi Allen take off for hurdles.

Seventh graders Kendall McKin-ley and Morgan Savage turn the corner in their 200 meter run.

Pushing through the two mile run, seventh grader Mady Bacon finishes happy.

With her two mile run, eighth grad-er Lexi Carlston finishes strong.

Seventh grader Morgan Smith and 8th grader Jasmine Gulley shoot off their start for the 70 meter dash.

Eighth grader Lizzy Groenhout jumps her way through the 200 meter hurdles.

Starting the 70 meter dash 7th grader Chris Daniels and 8th grade grader Noah Dykstra shoot out of the blocks.

7th grader Kobe Burse hands off the baton to 8th grader Ryan Wasilewski in the 800 meter relay

Down a straightaway in his mile run comes seventh grader Riley Brown.

Racing through the 2 mile relay, seventh grader Linwood Lee gives it his all.

Eighth grader Blake Cramer jumps past the competition in the 200 meter hurdles.

Seventh grader Jared Pittman and 8th grader Evan Bluhm sprint through the 70 meter dash.