EMS PRESS NEWS Issue 5

EMS PRESS NEWS “The Bi-Weekly Newspaper of Edmunds Middle School” Issue 5, 2013 emspressnews.weebly.com

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By: Alexandre Silberman

Edmunds Feels Winter!

(Photos: Alexandre Silberman) Giant icicles on the back side of Edmunds Middle School,

which were removed for safety issues on Tuesday, January 8th. See pictures of the removal

at www.twitter.com/ems_press

A Look Inside...

After school Ping-Pong

Thursday afternoon over 15 Edmunds students came down to the basement hall-way for the sport of Table Tennis, also known as Ping-Pong. Ping-Pong originated as a game in Eng-land in the 1880’s. A Summer Olympic sport since 1988, Ping-Pong at Ed-munds

Sage and I went on an adven-ture! We searched out all the information we could about ‘’secret tunnels’’ in the school. We asked some custodians if they knew about any tunnels. One of them agreed to help us. First he took us into the attic. The attic was SPOOKY, it was dark and creepy. We got some great pics. We even got a picture of the ’’ghost’’ The attic was very big, big enough to hold the entire stu-dent body. The next place he took us was the roof. It was kind of awkward for Sage and I, because the entrance was in the BOYS BATH-ROOM and we are GIRLS, so that made our experience more... interesting. The roof was really cool! It was open and AWESOME! That was cool but we still hadn’t found a tunnel, so we looked a little more and found only common tunnel used to store instru-ments. But then we heard ru-mors of an unknown tunnel under the B-building. So of course being on our “adventure" we went to inves-tigate with the help of a cus-todian (thank you Big Bird) we found it so, yes, the rumors are true there is a tunnel un-der the school. We were in there!

The Secret

Tunnel By: Alex Contreras-Montesano and

Sage Sularz

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The Edmunds Middle School Boys “B” basketball team played a solid game against Colchester January, 8th showing much improvement as part of a win to start off the new year. The Seahawks had balanced scoring, and were able to overcome Colchester’s strong rebounding for the 27-17 win. Outscored by far too much of the first half and going into the third quarter the Cougar’s turned things around after picking up 4 steals and two blocked shots in the final minutes of the fourth quarter almost giving the Seahawks a scare. The game began a real battle with 2:00 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter when the Cougars scored 29 percent of their total points. 2 of the 5 points were field goals and one was from the free-throw line. Colchester shot only 25% percent at the charity stripe compared to an Edmunds 75% in the fourth quarter. After Colchester blocked two shots for scores, the Cougars called a timeout with the score 27:15 and 15.3 seconds remaining, Seahawks Coach Gary Rodgers called his team to the sideline telling them to finish strong. Colchester followed the timeout with a score and steal and picked up a foul going up for a lay-up, both shots were missed and the Seahawks rebounded and ran out the clock to win.

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Seahawk Sports Boys B Survives Late Colchester Rally, 27-17

(Photo: Alexandre Silberman) Edmunds Seahawks “B” team forward Nelson Nyal (#24) inbounds the ball against a full court press by

the Colchester Cougars defense in a game on January 8th.

has been going on for over 10 years. 6th Grade teacher Mr. Chandler founded the program, and has been running it since the startup. He be-gan playing at the age of five. Mr. Chandler not only enjoys playing Ping-Pong, but he also has an interesting family history in the sport. His father’s cousin played on a USA Ping-Pong team that went to play China in the 1970’s. Mr. Chandler himself also actively participates in competitions as well. He has played in the Vermont State Tournament. The program started 10 years ago with the donation of two tables.

A few kids would stay after and play in Mrs. Lavigne’s room. Eventually as the program ex-panded, locations changed over the years. Ping-Pong was played on the Gym Stage, and under-neath the Cafeteria for a few years. Now the program is lo-cated in the basement hallway. One of the most interesting years Mr. Chandler recalled was when he had an eighth grade girl in ping pong, whose father was the coach of the Bosnian National Ping-Pong Team. He came and played with the kids and showed them some skills. Every year the program ends with a Tournament in singles, doubles, and student-teacher doubles. This is always a favorite. Students select a teacher to partner up with for a doubles tournament. Kids have fun finding a teacher to play against. Due to record numbers this year, Mr. Chandler is cur-rently looking for the donation of more foldable rolling tables. You can contact him by email at: [email protected]

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COLD FROST ICE ROCKSALT SLIPPERY SNOW SNOWBALL SNOWFLAKE WINDY

Winter Word Search

Three Edmunds 8th grade Navigator students have taken on a project- to spread the message that reading is good. Molly Higgins, Katherine Sheeser, Claire MacQueen have organized a blog with a picture of each navigator student reading, along with a quote each student has made up about why they read. The blog,

http://navigatorreaders.tumblr.com/, has pages for each navigator class. So, if you see them in the library taking pic-tures or asking for quotes, help them spread the message.

Quotes about reading from famous writers:

“We read to know we are not alone” -C.S. Lewis

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” -Fredrick Douglas

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read.” - Mark Twain

“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark” -Victor Hugo

Students Spread Message of Reading With Project

By: Izzi Vansuch

By: Claire MacQueen

Note: The tunnel is very eerie and there is the sound of the wind, but you can’t feel it. Sage and I found two cool things in the tunnel. See the pictures and the two things we found. Also In another tunnel near the boiler room we found a newspaper from December 19, 1989.

Secret Tunnels

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Teased Ponytail: Put your hair in a basic pony-tail, high or low doesn't matter but a low one would work best with very long hair. Put elastics down the ponytail every 2-3 inches, or 1 inch if you have short hair. Use small, thin, covered elastics -or rubber bands- that are

close to the color of your hair. Pull the elastics down a little bit and then up again for pretty poof. Voila! Accessorize with a cute headband or head wrap.

Scrunch look: Take a shower or make sure your hair is wet. Comb through your hair and make sure that is thor-oughly combed. Towel dry your hair, but not completely. Your hair still needs to be damp. Take some mousse -- use more if you have thick hair -- and scrunch your hair in your hand. Add some Aloe Vera shine serum.

Messy Bun: Start by washing your hair or just rinsing it. Then brush your hair back, leaving you without a part. Take small sections of hair and "scrunch" (with gel) sec-tions up to desired height of bun. Secure with a hair tie and add some mousse. Make the bun look loose with hair spray and gel. Tousle with fingers to make more of a messy look.

Side Ponytail: Put in a low pony tail to the side, near the nape of your neck, leave a few strings of hair for a messy, i-just-got-out-of-bed-but-look-so-awesome look, and pin away any hairs that are too long to look good left out but too short to put in the pony tail.

Half Up: Flip your hair upside-down and part your hair horizon-tally about a 1/3 away from your hairline. Brush the ponytail smooth or leave it messy. Secure with a hair-tie or a hair-clip.

Hairstyles for School

By: Morgan Liska

Please Please don’t leaf me. All you say is we need to branch out, we wooden be good for each other. Yew

Yew with your need to be poplar, Board without sprucing up everything, Sometimes, you make me sycamore. You saw this coming. You axed for it. You say You say it’s my deciduous. That I’m the root of the problem, That all I am is shady, That I should just leaf. I I wooden have expected this What did you think I was fir? Your amusement? I’m stumped. But, I will go out on a limb, to try to please you, so Please, Please don’t pack your trunk, Please don’t leaf me.

Pun Poem By: Claire MacQueen

Photo: Morgan Liska

Isabelle Vansuch and Morgan Liska are starting a Taylor Swift fan club starting January 7. The two girls will be organizing the club themselves. The EMS Press sat down in an interview with each of them individually. Interview with Morgan Liska (Co-Founder of Taylor Swift Fan Club) EMS Press: How did you get the idea to start the Taylor Swift fan club? Morgan: Izzy and I were writing an article for the EMS Press about Taylor Swift and we were in the middle of writing the article, looking at her web site and tour dates and I had an idea. My idea was to start a Taylor Swift fan club, so we talked to Ms. D. and next thing you know, we were making flyers and posting them around school. EMS Press: How many people do you think will join your club? Morgan: Well, Izzy and I have been doing a lot of the

Students Start New After school Club

Do you get an allowance? 48% say Yes 52% say No

If so, how much do you get? Answers range from $5 to $10 a week

Do you save it or do you spend it? 50% say they only Save It 50% say they Save some and Spend some

Does your allowance increase? Is it tied to your age? Most peoples allowances are tied to their age and some people actually get their age in dollars.

What do you have to do to earn your allowance? Most people have to do normal household chores for their allowance and if they don’t, it will be taken away from them.

Was there an age when you started earning your allowance? Most people started getting allowances around 8-10 years old. Others just get it occasionally.

Survey Results: Kids Still Get Allowances

By: Avery Follett

advertising lately so, I think that once our club gets up and running, that people will start taking interest in it. Interview with Izzy Vansuch (Co-Founder of Tay-lor Swift Fan Club) EMS Press: What kind of things will you be doing in your fan club? Izzy: We will be doing all kinds of things like watch-ing movies about her, eating her favorite food, and making our own music videos. EMS Press: How do people sign up? Izzy: People can either come see Morgan or me, or just send us an email at [email protected] or [email protected]. The Taylor Swift fan club will be going on until the end of the year.

Are you saving up for something? If so, what? Most people are saving up for something. Here are some of the things:

• college

• motor cycle

• new camera

• a dog

• a new phone

• a new laptop • iPod Touch

Everyone loves Activity Day! That one fun day right before vacation when everyone gets to choose be-tween bowling, watching a movie, and, of course, ice skating! But is there anything students would like done differently? Any other activities they’d like to try? I asked some students and this is what I came up with.

Interview with an anonymous seventh grader, who went skating: Q: What do you like about Activity Day? A: I like the freedom of just getting to the activity, and being free to do whatever you want. Q: Is there anything you’d like to change? A: I would like to get there earlier, because I think we need a little bit more time. But I like getting back at 2 o’clock.

Another seventh grader, Morgan, a movie-goer, was interviewed next. Q: This is your first year at Edmunds. What did you think of Activity Day? A: I thought it was pretty fun, they never had any-thing like this at my old school. Q: Is there anything you’d like to change? A: I think we should be able to vote for what movie

Activity Day Receives Positive Feedback

Hoping all of you are having a fun and wonderful winter, but what you are about to read will change all that. The EMS press have searched for some of the best Sledding Hills in ALL of Chittenden County. Here is what we have found. • Landry Park, Pine Street Winooski

• Marshall Hill, 282 Park St. Stowe

• Calahan Park, 2 Locust St. Burlington

• Post Office Hill 495 Falls Road Shelburne

• Mount Philo State Park 5425 Mt. Philo Rd Charlotte

• Burlington Country Club 568 Prospect Street Burlington

• Caseys Hill- Underhill 223 Sherburne Lodge Road East Burke

There are many others that you could go to, but just to tell you from experience be careful at the Burlington Country Club Hill I have had some big wipeouts myself and have seen people break bones.

Best Local Sledding Locations

By: Ella Staats

By: Milano Baur

we want to see.

I then talked to a sixth grader, Alex, who went skat-ing. Q: This is your first Activity Day. How was it? A: It was really cool. It was fun to not do any school-work and just have a day of fun. Q: Are there any other activities you’d like to see? A: It would be cool if they offered swimming.

In addition to interviews, I also asked Coach Thrane about the number of students who went to all the ac-tivities this year. Approximately 100 students went bowling, 100 went ice skating, and 168 went to the movie. Wow! What a great turnout!

The Hobbit

directed by

Peter Jackson was

this year’s activity

day movie.

Source: cityoflacrosse.org

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Complete with hints, bring your Ed-munds memory skills to a test with this Find and Seek Challenge. Below are 5 things from all around EMS to locate. If you can’t find them all, don’t worry, the answers are below. Tell us about your success on twitter, by tweeting us using the hashtags #findandseek #emspress to our username @ems_press

Good Luck!

Answers: 1. Clipping above office door located to the right of the health office, 2. Juice bottle tops in the vending machine outside the cafeteria, 3. A section of a painting located by the tunnel which connects the middle school to the cafeteria building on the second floor, 4. Sticker is on the lower left window in Mr. Farineau’s room (French Classroom 3rd floor), 5. Door stopper on first floor of Edmunds on doors to stairwell by gym passage.

Find and Seek By: Alexandre Silberman

There is an exhibit at BCA Studio in downtown, Burlington on 135 Church Street. John Anderson is a Vermont - based architect and artist. John uses techniques such as blurring the boundaries between two-dimensional drawing and three-dimensional space. Constructed Conceptual brings together four different bodies of work in which paper and graphite drawings are uniquely cut, torn, rolled, twisted, folded, and painted to create dy-namic sculptural objects, and al-phabets of line and color. The shows are from November 30,2012 to January 19, 2013.

BCA Gallery Features New Exhibit

Photos: Alexandre Silberman

By: Izzy Vansuch

Contributers: Avery Follett

Alexandre Silberman

Izzy Vansuch

Morgan Liska

Ella Staats

Claire MacQueen

Maddi Evans

Alex Contreras-Montesano

Daniel Halladay

Milano Baur

Isaac Jenemann

Sage Sularz

Advisor:

Deena Murphy

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