Suicide Prevention

By: Barbie Cowles

Why would people

think of suicide as an

option to solve a prob-

lem? Sometimes peo-

ple think of this as an

option because they

are suffering from de-

pression or other rea-

sons that cause them a

great deal of pain.

Some young people

may be overwhelmed

by problems, such as

drug or alcohol abuse

or possibly family vio-

lence. Whatever the

cause may be, there

are people who can

help you find a solu-

tion. While you may

not be able to find that

solution, you can help

the person find some-

one who can!

Recognizing the

warning signs:

*A sudden worsening

in school performance

*An obsession with

death or violence that

was never there

*Depression

You need to under-

stand that suicide is a

very serious matter

and after it happens

and someone is gone

you can’t bring them

back. They will not be

in your lives any more.

If you think or possibly

know that someone is

even considering this

action, talk to them or

get them to talk to

someone who can help.

Let’s Put a Stop to Bullying

By: Tiffany Ballard

Did you know that thousands of kids a year wake up scared to go to school? That’s because people have been picked on or have been through name calling and they don’t know how to stand up for themselves. Some people think that fighting is a way to solve a bully problem. I have news for you - it is not. All it does is cause stress problems for you that can cause health issues later on in life. Here are some tips to putting a stop to bullying.

The middle school level is where you are going to see a lot of bully-ing. The main issue here at the middle school is name calling. Name calling can really led to things like the pressure to cause a fight or students get so mad that they are not paying attention in class and failing their class. If name calling does start, stay away from those students or if you hear somebody calling someone else a name, then tell them not to do it.

Here are some ways to stop bully-

ing. Use the “Ha-Ha-So Strategy.”

H-help

A-assert yourself

H-humor

A-avoid

S-self talk

O-own it

So don’t be afraid to go and talk to someone, but make sure you are not putting you self in danger or any body else.

Resources: http://li-brary.thinkquest.org/07aug/0011

Volume 1, Issue 1

October 2010

Oct. Calendar & Drama Class

2

Nov. Calendar & Guitar

3

Dec. Calendar & Arts Night

4

Chorus, Grand-parents Day, & STLP

5

Homecoming & Cheer

6

Softball, Foot-ball & Dance

7

Free Coupons! 8

Inside this issue:

Trojan Progress Bar ren County Middle School Coupons

book’s criteria like we do in Read-ing and Drama.”

I also asked Mrs. Marion if her class will be doing anything for the public, “We will be doing a Show-

In years past, Mrs. Marion has always taught Reading and Drama. But, this year she is teach-ing all new class, Drama.

You are probably thinking, How is Drama different from Reading and Drama? Mrs. Marion answers this question for us,

“Drama is different from Reading and Drama because in Drama we move around a lot and we use in-terpersonal skills. Also, in Reading and Drama we use a book’s crite-ria, in Drama, we don’t use a

case in mid- December, and we will be doing a major production in April of 2011.”

When I asked her what kind of criteria they were working on, she said, “Right now we are going over the technical elements of Drama. “As in, the different types of jobs in Drama other than being on stage as an actor.”

The Drama students will con-tinue learning about Drama, so if you’re interested……….. JOIN!

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Lions, Tigers and Drama! OH MY! By Jacoby Botts

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Last day of 1st rotation (7 weeks)

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3 4 Fall Break 5 Fall Break 6 Fall Break 7 Fall Break 8 Fall Break 9

10 11 12 Academic Team (@

Bazzell), Jr. Guard, Football –Home (Moss)

13 14 15 Club Day Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Sup-port Group

16 Dance Com-petition (Lexington)

17 18Academic Team vs. BG

19 Jr. Guard 20 21 Football @ Drakes Creek

22 23 Leadership

24 25 RED RIB-BON WEEK

26 Jr. Guard Girls

Basketball @ Glasgow Academic Team @ South Warren Wrestling Tryouts

27 28 Wrestling Tryouts

29 30

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October 2010

ity to play the instru-ment, how many days you attend class and how much you prac-tice. The

students will perform enter-tainment for the PTSO meet-ings.

September 7, 2010, began a new year for guitar lessons with Ms. Powell, Justin Mad-son and Andrew King. This Trojan Extreme program meets Tuesdays and Thurs-days from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Students will learn a variety of songs, new and old, and approximately eight songs a week. Student’s progress will depend on the student’s abil-

Guys, if you are interested see Justin Madson or An-drew King in room 166. Girls if interested see Ms. Powell in room 169 or contact her by email. Guitars and bus trans-portation are provided for a low cost of $20.00 for the en-tire program instead of pri-vate lessons that would cost $20.00 each lesson or more.

The 6 String Enthusiasm by Christine Amiot

Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 NO SCHOOL

2 Election Day

NO SCHOOL

3 4 Wrestling 5 6

7 8 9 Wrestling Jr. Guard

Girls Bball

10 11 Wrestling 12 Club Day

Girls BBall

13 7th Gr. Girls BBall Tourney

14 15 16 Jr. Guard Wrestling

17 18 Wrestling 19 20

21 22 23 Jr. Guard Wrestling

24 NO SCHOOL 25 Thanksgiving 26 NO SCHOOL 27

28 29 30 Jr. Guard Wrestling

November 2010

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Wrestling 3 Last Day of 2nd Rotation

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5 6 7 Jr. Guard Wrestling

8 9 Wrestling 10 Club Day 11

12 13 14 Jr. Guard Wrestling

15 16 Performing and Visual Arts Showcase Wrestling

17 LAST DAY !!!

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December 2010

Come and Join Us for a Night at the Arts!

Barren County Middle School Visual and Performing Arts Showcase

December 16 from 6-7 pm

BCMS Cafeteria and Media Center

Featuring: Skits by the Drama Class, Musical Performances by the Advanced Music and Chorus Classes, Visual Art Exhibits by the Advanced Art Class and

Technology Exhibits by STLP

Come out and help support these programs!

Cost for Adults and Students: 2.00 each

Kids 5 and under are Free!!

Volume 1, Issue 1

Chorus is one of those classes that if

you don’t know what to do in your

afternoons, and you can sing, you

should come and join the fun. During

6th period, Ms. Kelli Wilson teaches

this marvelous class.

Ms. Wilson has informed me that

this class is not just another music

class. It is a performance based

class that builds on musical abilities

and talents, rather than just con-

tent. Also, she has informed me that

they’re working on the following

songs: “We Are the World,” Christ-

mas selections, and “Jackson Five”

songs.

They will be performing songs on

December 6th, which

will be open to the

public and to students

at Barren County Mid-

dle School. They hope

to have a concert in

the spring that will be

open to the public as

well. They will be per-

forming traditional Christmas songs

to Barren County Middle School.

Chorus will not be competing this

year because it is the first year that

we have offered this

class. Chorus will com-

pete in a few years. So

if you know elementary

students who can sing,

tell them to keep prac-

ticing so they can be in

the BCMS chorus.

and use Photo Shop and even more. STLP program meets every Thursday and

starts at 3:00-5:00 pm. Mrs. Becker is

STLP (student technology leadership program) started on September 9, 2010, and will end in May 2010.

Students do activities on the computer such as power point presentations, learn how to take pictures

in room 208 runs the pro-gram.

If you would like to contact her or join this program then go to the following link,http://www.barren.kyschools.us/olc/class.aspx?id=398&s=1283.

Hear Us Sing by EmmaRae Spencer

STLP by Amber Lloyd

talent show that was put on for

the grandparents while they en-

joyed their refreshments. Mrs.

Emerson coordinated this year’s

Grandparent’s Day. Barren

County Middle School students

would like to thank everyone who

put together the 2010-2011

Grandparents Day.

Grandparents Day by Taylor Littrell On September 10, 2010, Barren

County Middle School hosted its

annual grandparent’s day. There

was a huge turn out. 148 grand-

parents came to celebrate. The

school provided punch, cookies,

nuts, M & M’s, and water for the

grandparents and their grand-

children to enjoy. The students

took free pictures with their

grandparents.

Many students participated in a

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“A child needs a grandparent, any-body’s grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world.”

Charles and Ann Morse

September 14, 2010 was homecoming for barren county middle school. There were candidates from each 8th grade and 7th grade homeroom classes, but there can only be 1 king and queen and 1 prince and princesses.

The candidates for 7th grade classes are:

Boys Girls

Blake Walters Taylor Davis

Chandler Bunch Cassie Gray

Gunner Eaton Emma Wilson

Elis Wininger Natalie Staples

Garrett Wyatt Chloe Polland

Hunter Carrol Kelsey Etherton

Luke England Kelsey Stinnet

Riley Boggs Courtney Hammer

Stone Hammer Geran Walters

Tristan Anderson Harley Galloway

Zach Sneed Cecily Smith

Andrew Hughes Deleashia Reynolds

David Lancaster Kelsay Mulins

Jewell Mathews Kasey Goben

Bick Mabe Hannah Morgan

Ty Hay Kennedy Logsdon

The candidates for the 8th grade are:

Boys Girls

Arron Hampton Hallie Jones

Charlie Bow Ashton Birge

Clay Groce Mary Ivie

Conner Certain Melinda Perkins

Dalton Jackson Megan Jones

Dylan Haynes Ashley Tibbs

Ethan Rowe Julia Hicks

Jordan Likens Brooklyn Flickner

Kaleb Pedigo Shelby England

Pate Shipley Chandler Davis

Cole Forbis Brittany Martin

Drew Decker Abby Elmore

Alex Sergent Casey Talley

quoted, "When you first step on the mat at a competition, all you practice has paid off. The butterfly feeling is in your stomach and you give everything you’ve got in those 2 minutes. It is wonderful!" Shelby England quoted, “The most wonderful thing is doing stunts!”

Cheering also has regulations. You have to have at least a C average on your report card or above. The cheer-leaders also have demerits. If you get an office referral, you are kicked off.

We wish the cheerleaders the best of luck at their competitions.

Our Barren County Cheerleaders are doing a marvelous job at keeping our school in peppy spirits. We asked Ms. Wren, one of the coaches, what is in a normal everyday practice? She com-mented, “In a normal practice we stretch, practice new routines, practice competition routines, stunts, game related things, tumbling, and more.” The cheerleaders will have at least one competition a month starting in Octo-ber. Some new things they are doing are competition routines, full downs, liberties and improving school spirit.

We asked some cheerleaders what the most exciting part of cheer is. Casey Talley, an Eighth grader at BCMS

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2010 BCMS Football Homecoming by Tyler Taylor

CHEER News by Kalli Martin and Summer Shirley

Trojan Progress

8th Grade King & Queen: Jordan Likens

& Chandler Davis

7th Grade Prince & Prin-cess: Andrew Hughes &

Emma Wilson

Volume 1, Issue 1

The softball team had a great season this year. They ended with a record of 13-10-1. Great job ladies! The team grew a lot mentally and physically through out the season. They focused a lot on things that will make them better players in the future. Some of these in-clude fundamentals of hit-ting, throwing, catching, bunting, and all of the fine

details of softball.

Each and every one of the girls worked hard on those aspects and improved every game. Coach Gillon says, “We had a fine group of players, but more impor-tantly a fine group of young ladies who will be success-ful in all their future en-deavors.”

“The Barren County Middle School dance team is Drama free, if there is any drama, we can solve it!” The first BCMS dance team competi-tion is October 17, 2010, in Lexington KY. Good luck all BCMS Dancers!!!

Each month we will have two Dancers of the months, one 7th grade the other 8th grade. This months Dancers are: 7th grade-Hannah Morgan and 8th grade-Shelby Lowe

Another Dance Team member I interviewed was Mariah Hughes, a 7th grader here at Barren County Middle School. I asked Mariah what she thought about the Dance Team. She said “I think the Dance Team is awesome! And all the girls are super nice!”

I think we’ll do great this year at competitions and our captains are great! They really make you work. A big thanks to our Coach Tiffany Heers!

"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful." ~Agnes De Mille

Barren County Middle School’s dance team has been very busy. On September 27, 2010, I had the opportunity to interview one of the Barren County Middle School dance team captains, Mary Ivie, to see what the dance team has been doing.

Q-What is your favorite Dance Trick we do in our routines?A-Toe-Touch

Q-Least favorite?

A-Axel

Q-Favorite routines we do?

A-Pom

Q-What do we need to work on as a team?

A-Synchronization

Mary finished this interview by saying.

Change Up and Cross Over by Ashleigh McFarland

Dance by Victoria Bartley

The football team is doing a great job. They try their best, they run their hardest, they hit their hardest, but most importantly, they FINISH STRONG. If you have a chance, it is never too late to come out and support the mighty Trojans!

BCMS Football by Tanner Wilson Are you ready for some foot-ball? The Trojan 2010 football season has already kicked off, ready for action. The football team consists of ex-cellent 7th and 8th graders. Each team is doing great (no matter what the record is) one way or another.

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