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A Day in the Life of a Sixth Grader

Lincoln Middle Scoop “Spreading the News Through the School”

Volume 3 December 16, 2015 Issue 2

MobyMax: Supplementing Student Achievement

By Devin Williams

Mobymax is

an educational web-

site that teaches im-

portant academic

skills to help stu-

dents learn math,

vocab, reading, and

science while let-

ting you earn fun

badges and com-

pete in contests.

Students can

also earn game time

for fun games if

t h e y

spend a

c e r t a i n

a m o u n t

of time on

a subject.

If you're

stuck, the

program

even has a calcula-

t o r a p p .

It gives you a

placement test

every once in

awhile to see if you

i m p r o v e d

from last

time you

took the

test. Mrs.

R o m e o

s a i d ,

“MobyMax

helps stu-

dents to improve

their skills in all

disciplines by pro-

viding practice

based on their indi-

vidual needs. Prob-

lems are aligned

with Common Core

and SBAC.” Lessons

range from fractions

to decimals. All

grade levels cur-

rently use Moby-

M a x .

“MobyMax is

support to stu-

dents.It offers exam-

ples and explana-

tions solving diffi-

cult problems,”

added Mrs. Martino.

Boys’ & Girls’ Soccer Pg 3 Lip Sync Pg 2

By Izzy Rusate & Abry Dibble Many fifth graders fret over going to middle school. Missing the bus. Not being able to open your locker. What’s not to worry a b o u t ? There is a lot that is different

from elementary s c h o o l , s u c h

as going from class to class on your own. Here’s our

first impressions of our new middle

s c h o o l l i f e . Izzy Rusate

Ok, so I can’t lie, I

was nervous. But on the first day, after I saw all my friends, I felt like a huge weight had been lifted. But there was still a lot to worry about, mean teach-ers or never seeing my friends again . Luckily, I still had some friends in my

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class, and even made new ones! I could never ask for better teachers. They make life eas-ier.

Abry D.

I wasn’t that scared about mid-dle school. I was a little nervous about all the changes, having mean teach-ers (even though I love them), and

having none of my friends in my classes. But luckily, none of that hap-pened. Middle school has been a little bit like ele-mentary school, but lunch is so much different. They call us table by table, and not class by class. I think I like middle school bet-ter than elementary school.

A Day in the Life...Cont

grader, won first place with her rendi-tion of “Shake it Off.” She gave an en-core performance during this year’s first Town Meeting. Mr. Frederick and Mrs. Melnik took first place in the teacher competition registering a whop-ping 98 decibels. Mr. Alexander, had his own opinion on his favorite act. “I have two words--American Oxygen” in reference to Aus-tin Dery’s perform-ance. Ms. O’Neill added, “It was the scariest and most exciting moment of my life. I can only hope I did Beyonce proud...and Kudos to my back-up dancers.”

NJHS put together the Lip Sync Battle to raise money for the Meriden Soup Kitchen. They raised $1,000 for the holi-days. Mr. T said, “I can’t believe the turnout for a new event at our school. Hopefully there will be another in the spring.” *Wink*

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Miguel Moll Sylvia Lavin Faerin Parker MaKenna Sweeney Izzy Schmidt Georgia Sweeney

By Izzy Schmidt, Faerin Parker and Sylvia Lavin The lip sync con-test was a success. M a n y p e o p l e showed up to sup-port the student and teacher con-testants. The Na-t ional J u nior Honor Society worked hard to or-ganize this charity event. Teachers

j u d g e d the acts and the audience j u d g e d t h e teachers acts via a d e c i b e l reader. Caroline Fraser, a 7 t h

So, you Think you can Sync?

Lincoln Middle Scoop Newspaper Staff Is…

Mr. “T”artaglia Izzy Schmidt Ryann Sweeney Georgia Sweeney Abry Dibble Izzy Rusate Devin Williams Angel Cruz-Bruno MaKenna Sweeney Sylvia Lavin Faerin Parker

Photo By Maddy Germe

By Faerin Parker

This year's boys’ soccer team fin-ished strong! They practiced hard and worked on ball skills to beat their opponents. A lot of the players re-turned from last year, but there is some new talent too. Mr. Manware is the soccer team coach. There is 22 players on the boys soccer team. Mr. Manware said he wants “to show them how to play the game right, with hard work and as a team.” The boys did well to listen to Mr. Manware’s words of encouragement, es-pecially the 8th graders moving on.

The Boys Team

Sebastian Dominguez

Alfred Duchi Pat Carbone

Juan Martinez

Issac Gonzalelz

Jonah Concepcion

Alec Perry

Jesus Balbuena

Darwin Cam-poverde

Rajah Mueller

Antonio Alfano

Dan Hernandez

Derek Campoverde

Jason Beton

Rafael Mahario

Josiah McLeish

Elian Nava

Anthony Buscemi Roberto Salas

Felix Monjarrez

Hicham Abarkha

Juan Carlos Diaz

Rafael Ortega

The Girls Team

Joanna Turner Emily Izzo

Samantha Izzo Janya Adonai

Zekaya Hudson Alaina Pierce

Maranda Fearney Nayely Galvez Sala-

zar Elisabeth Cleveland

Jaylyn Estrada Aaliyah Burnley Asuncion Gomez Charlotte Vega Taylor Merritt

Gabrielle Aresco Victoria Logodicio

Abigail Trothier Hannah Lavoie Jordyn Lattman Shannon Turner

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By: Sylvia Lavin, MaKenna Sweeney, and Faerin Parker

The Lincoln girls’ soccer team set a milestone this year-they scored their first goal in a year. The girls tried their best to take down their opponents. playing their games. Mr. Wall worked hard to get the girls “going and playing well as a unified team.” They had a great season. Even though it is not re-flected in the win-loss column, the girls came together to play great team soccer. Playing to-gether will only help more! We can’t wait to see more of the girls next year.

Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer

Roving Reporter

What are you Thankful for This Holiday Season?

Andrew Marino 6th grade

“I am thankful that I go to Lin-coln.”

Janet Durso 6th grade

“All of the teachers.”

Krupal Patel 7th grade

“I am thankful for all the fun.”

Gabrielle Aresco 7th grade

“I am thankful for the teachers that help me when I am stuck.”

Sal Scarpati School Custodian

“I am thankful for my kids, my son becoming mayor, my job in the Meriden public schools and

being healthy.”

Mr. Wodatch “Family, friends, and Faith.”

Erik Elizondo 7th grade

“Great teachers.”

Yelissa Vega 7th grade

“New teachers.”

David Logodicio 6th grade

“Tablet, 3DS, food, and a roof over my head over my head.”