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THE ROADRUNNER Issue 06

Read all about our

TAME team and their

experience at the Dallas

Regionals on Page 6

The RoadRunner

02/25/2016

YOUR SCHOOL NEWS IN THIS ISSUE

It seems that nowadays almost everyone

in America has an iphone or a mac. Most

businesses use Apple as their main source

of technology. Today’s Apple technology

is smarter and more complex than ever

before. Where did this brilliant stuff

come from? Believe it or not, Apple Inc.

began in a humble garage. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the

founders of Apple, both withdrew from

Reed College and UC Berkeley in

1975. They wanted to create a new type

of computer for people with little

money. Soon, Apple I was created In

Steve Job’s parents’ garage. It used a TV

as the screen, while most computers at

the time did not have a screen at all. It

was much faster, simpler, and smaller

than other computers at the

time. Eventually, 200 Apple I’s were

constructed. Then, Steve Wozniak began

work on Apple II, a greatly improved

version of Apple I. Many of the features

Woziak and Jobs wanted to put in Apple

I could not be done because of

costs. Now that they had made a profit

from Apple I, there was enough money to

start construction on Apple II. When it

was complete, it offered revolutionary

features, including graphics, a new way

to store memory, and eventually

color. By then, Apple started to become

well known. Since Apple II’s success, New versions

of the Apple computer were

made. Eventually, Apple computers

started to be call macintoshes, or

“mac’s.” (A type of apple) In 2001, The

first ipod was released, broadening

Apple’s production of

technology, iphones soon

followed. Right now, the iphone 6s is the

newest version of the iphone. The 7th

will be released this fall. While Apple

began with a rough beginning, it

promises to be the most well-known

technology company.

ROMANS 3:23 Bible verse reflection from Tre Holmes

My favorite Bible verse is

Romans 3:23. “For all have sinned and

fall short of the glory of God.” It lets me

know that we are all sinners and we need

to change our ways. What is your favorite

verse? Take a moment to reflect on the

meaning of this one. God bless!

Table of Contents

Poetry Page 2

Birthdays Page 2

Blog review Page 2

Restaurant Critique Page 4

Movie Review Page 4

Diligence Page 5

Music Review Page 8

Comics Page 8

Congratulations MRA’s TAME Team Anthony tells us about what the TAME Team did this month.

“We are all called to share the gospel and love people wherever God has placed us.”

Page 6

Spotlights Check out All the amazing Spotlights. From Family and Teacher to Students of all ages!

Pages 5-8

Our Sponsors This Issue was Sponsored by: Dr Judy Flury’s Karate Kidz, Calvert Electric, Still Brothers and Associates, and

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Apple by Jake Neeley

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Superhero movies are the big trend at the moment, we see live-action movies, TV shows, cartoon movies and shows. Superheroes are the hype right now. Most superhero movies are family friendly others are not so much(especially ones in a particular red and black suit played by the former Green Lantern) either way we all love superheroes!

A lesser known movie in this genre is Megamind. The movie stars Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross, and Brad Pitt. Megamind(Will Ferrell) plays a Lex Luthor-esque character who kills Metroman(Brad Pitt0 who is the hero. The movie then deals heavily with the result of this action.

The movie overall is very clean with no language and no blood. For a PG movie it does have a lot of cartoon violence and emotionally heavy scenes. It is a very safe movie though for all of the family.

SCRIPTURE HIGHLIGHT

ROMANS 12:21 Scripture highlight by Shay Calvert “Do not be overcome by evil, but

overcome evil with good.” Romans

12:21 This verse has spoken to me on the

darkest of days. Remember, that

while today might be bad, it won't be bad

forever.

Birthdays by Olivia Ohman

Movie Review by Everett Shirey

Abby Frits 2/1/16 Daniel Etindi 2/1/16 Kandence Kim 2/1/16 Benjamin Krechman 2/2/16 Zoe Germer 2/5/16 Jordon Raymond 2/5/16 Michael Sweet 2/8/16 Corbyn Torti 2/12/16 Michael Duncan 2/12/16 Kori Callahan 2/15/16 Kaylie Lindberg 2/16/16 Gracia Pfaff 2/17/16 Brandon Shreve 2/18/16 Jayme Lilley 2/19/16 Landon Mitchell 2/22/16 Andrew Davenport 2/25/16 Priscilla Omonira 2/26/16 Katherine Wabberson 2/27/16 Samuel Sosa 2/27/16 Make sure we say Happy Birthday to them if you see them in the hall!

Word Search by Lauryn Ervin

11 Hidden Words all from this

issue of the RoadRunner. Find all

11 and come to the office for a

prize! Find 7 or more to be

mentioned in our next issue of the

RoadRunner!


The Mission Statement of Our Grand Prairie

Martial Arts School

We have a few simple goals here.

However, we put 110% of our effort into

achieving them.

In short, these goals have but one purpose:

To give you the best possible martial arts training

experience we possibly can.

Everything we do works toward this goal.


FUZZY’S TACOS

RESTAURANT CRITIQUE by Jack Robinson

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop

(http://www.fuzzystacoshop.com/) is where

parents go to get their street tacos and where

kids go to get

nachos. Their

nachos are

exquisitely

cheesy and

substantial

portions are

given every

time. You order by getting in the usually short

lines and giving your order to the nice man or

woman behind the register. You receive a flat

pager that flashes and vibrates when your

meal is done.

The menu includes a wide variety of tacos,

burritos, enchiladas, nachos and side dishes.

The tacos are only $1.99. You can choose

fillings like chicken, beef, fish and pork. The

tacos are made with soft, corn tortillas filled

with meat, lettuce, tomatoes and other

delicious items.

But the best part is the hot sauce otherwise

known as Butt Burning Sauce. There is a huge

bottle at every table so you can apply it

liberally to your food.

The atmosphere is cheery and casual. Perfect

for families or for students who drive

themselves. There are both tall tables with bar

stools and low booths. The walls are covered

with cartoon fish because their fish tacos are

so popular. T-shirts that are for sale are also

on the wall. The decorations are very busy

and there are a couple of TV’s to watch.

During the warmer weather months, there is a

nice patio to enjoy.

Good food, fantastic prices and a fun place to

have lunch after church or hang out with your

friends, Fuzzy’s will be sure to be your new

favorite restaurant.

BOOK REVIEW

Book Review by

Brad Huddelston

Wonder is the novel

by R. J. Palacio is a

book about

acceptance and not

judging people by

their cover. Born

with a rare facial

deformity gene,

August “Auggie” Pullman, even after 27

surgeries, still has terrible facial

deformity. He lives in upstate New York

with his mom, dad and his sister Via. All

August wants is to be accepted in his new

school, Beecher Prep. Throughout the

book there are many instances of other

people being cruel. The book is told by

different characters’ points of view. The

characters are the heart of this story, with

each character having a different opinion

on the situation at hand, and the author

captures the children's voices so well in

the book. There are so many instances

when reading the book that made me feel

depressed, but I kept wanting to come

back for more of August’s story.

These Polaroid Pictures

Poem by Lauryn Ervin

These Polaroid pictures keep my

memories safe.

These Polaroid pictures remind me of the

golden days.

The hazey hillside, the crisp air, the

sunrise.

These Polaroid pictures hold my life,

I can't believe I have to say goodbye.

This poem is about capturing your

precious memories and keeping them safe

inside pictures. I feel like a memory lasts

longer when you take a picture of it,

because while you may forget... the

pictures won't. This poem was inspired

by my Polaroid camera.

Quidditch

By Emma Wong

Quidditch is a very abnormal and

unique sport. It was originally created by

J.K. Rowling in the books of Harry

Potter. This sport can be dangerous, but it

also sounds like an amazing game. The

goal of the game is to score as many

points on the other team as possible.

Quidditch is like a mixture of basketball

and football on a flying broomstick.

There are seven players on a team. Three

chasers, one keeper, two beaters, and one

seeker. There isn’t just one ball in this

game like basketball or many other

sports, there are four. There are two

bludgers, one quaffle, and one golden

snitch. The two bludgers try to knock

people off of their brooms by flying at

them and hitting them repeatedly until

they fall off. The beaters on the team try

to smack the bludgers away from their

team and at the opposite team with a

stick. The quaffle it the biggest ball in the

game and it is used to score baskets. The

chasers try to get on the other side of the

Quidditch field to score a basket with the

quaffle. There are three baskets on each

side of the field and every time a basket

is made, ten points go to the team who

scored. The keeper tries to block the

quaffle from scoring in their baskets.

Finally there is the golden snitch. The

golden snitch is the smallest ball of the

game and it is about the size of a quarter.

The seeker flies above the game and tries

to catch the snitch. Since there is only

one seeker on a team, the two seekers

from the opposing teams will chase the

golden snitch until it is caught. Once the

snitch is caught, the game ends, and the

team whose seeker caught the snitch, is

rewarded with one hundred fifty points. As one can see, Quidditch can be

dangerous with the bludgers and flying

brooms, but it is very interesting and

exciting. It would be wonderful if we

could play this game; however obtaining

the equipment to do so at the present

time, is only possible in books and your

imagination!

Yearbooks on sale

$20 Drop your payment with

name and the word

“Yearbook” in the MRA

Drop Box.

http://www.fuzzystacoshop.com/


Blog Review

By: Daniel Beckworth

This week I read a blog on a website

called Blogs By Kids. There was one

article that stood out from the rest that I

found interesting. It was about baseball

and full of facts. It is called: “Sox in the

Seven?

Not During the Curse.” The blog I read

is about the deal the Boston Red Sox

made with the New York Yankees in

1919. In this deal, the Red Sox sold

baseball player, George Herman Ruth,

better known as “Babe” Ruth, for

$100,000. At the time that was

considered a lot of money. While this

deal seemingly helped the Yankees to

win the world series, Boston soon

realized that they had made a terrible

decision. Because they did not win

another World Series for the next 86

years, this decision came to be known as,

The Curse of the Bambino!

When I read this blog I found it to be

backed up with tons of historical

facts. The blogger also added visuals of

the main players. I enjoyed reading this

entertaining blog.

There was nothing inappropriate in the

writing and it is great for any age

group. I would rate this blog a 10 out of

10. If you want to read this blog for

yourself, go to the link below:

http://baseballwithmatt.blogspot.com/

Thanks for reading my piece in the

newsletter. I hoped you enjoyed it!

by: Sophie Shedid Grayson Brown is one of my good

friends, so I decided to interview her so

y’all can know

her a little bit

more. Grayson

is an outgoing

15 year-old

freshman in

high school.

She is the

oldest of 6

children, the

youngest of

whom was born

just a few weeks ago. Their family lives

in Fort Worth, and often go to the beach

together. She enjoys listening to music,

just like I do. She turns up the radio

whenever the song “Me, Myself, and I”

by G. Eazy/Bebe Rexha comes on. In

case you didn’t know, it’s a hip-hop/rap

song, the type Grayson really gets happy

about; but at times, she prefers the more

calming music of Ed Sheeran. She

usually watches TV during her free time

and loves any type of comedy,

particularly Modern Family. The

romance movie “The Fault In Our Stars”,

in her opinion, is a very inspirational

movie. She isn't a huge fan of school, but

enjoys taking Ancient Civilizations and

the Bible with Mrs. Debbie. Grayson also

appreciates good food. She is obsessed

with pizza…. and Chick-fil-a she

wouldn’t mind at all! Now very few

people know her middle name, and

neither she nor I are going to tell you.

Lastly, when asked what her favorite

quote is, she cited one of Oscar Wilde's

sayings: "Be yourself, cause everyone

else is taken." I hope, now that you’ve

learned more about Grayson, you will

want to be her friend, too!

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Jr. High Student Spotlight by Sam Sosa

Hello, I'd like you to meet Diego Aviles...

he is 13 and likes to hangout with friends,

play video games, do homework so he

can play more video games, and cook.

Diego's favorite place to eat is Jimmy's

Big Burgers. When he grows up he

wants to be a dinosaur. His favorite class

at mra is creative writing with Ms.

Ginger. If he had to move somewhere he

would like to move to a tropical island.

His favorite candy is chocolate and his

favorite season is winter. His favorite

board game is Battle Ship. His favorite

video game is Undertale. I decided to

ask Diego what three super powers he

would have if he had them, and he replied

that they would be teleportation,

telekinesis and time control. If you see

him in the hall (I could not come up with

this) he said that we should give him

food.

TAME By Anthony Garcia

Matthew Road Academy

competed in the Dallas TAME (Texas

Alliance for Minorities in Engineering)

regionals. Our three competitors, Nathan

Sands, Eric Scarpinato, and Ephraim

Shirey, were tested in math, science and

engineering. Nathan took 2nd place in

both math and science, and Eric took 6th

place in math. Nathan will go on to

compete in the State regionals this

April.When Ephraim and Eric were asked

which one the preferred more the test or

the project they both said they loved the

test more so that means Ms.Amend did a

pretty good job preparing them for the

test. Which one would you prefer doing

more a test or little project? Tame is a non profit organization to teach

kids to learn and love math and science

more. Remember, TAME is open to all

students 6th grade and up. Next year it

would be really cool if everybody at

MRA went to the TAME regionals!

A Short Story

PRISON

By. Elijah Lyons

Hi, I am in a foreign prison for

spreading the word of Jesus Christ, and I

want to tell you my tale. Several years

ago, I was lying in bed praying about

where I should take my next mission trip.

God moved me to go to Isis and tell

about the word of God. So I obeyed His

command and the next day I bought a

ticket to the Middle East, and to Isis. I

arrived there in the morning and found a

good friend

that I knew

from the

USA. I

stayed there

for a few days

with him, and

then on the

5th day I went

to the streets.

I started

telling about the word of God and at one

point there was about 50 people gathered

around me. Suddenly, I saw a man with

a gun approach and I was scared, but I

knew I was in good hands with the Lord

our Savior. The gunman came up to me

and said to stop or I’d die. I said no, I

would not stop. He raised his gun and

pulled the trigger--nothing

happened! Five more times he pulled the

trigger and nothing happened! He

grabbed me by the arm and took me to a

prison type of place. He threw me in a

cell and I’ve been there for about 3 years.

For a couple of years I did not know why

God had me there. But after 3 years I

finally knew….God had me there

because every prisoner that came into

that cell with me got saved. At least 100

to 200 prisoners have been saved. And to

know it all started with a prayer.

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS & THE BIBLE

BY: Kaylen Hames

In Ancient Civilizations class we learn bamazing things about different events and time periods that take place in the bible. We play fun games which help our learning, like bingo. We watch many educational videos on youtube, a “Travel Through History” disc, and even a video made by a fellow classmate. We learn by eating snacks and having fun conversations. This class consists of many projects that are really fun to do. You also get a chance to express yourself while tieing it into the lesson. This class is led by the amazing Ms. Debbie! She helps make our learning history fun and gives us something to look forward to in the day. If you don't already take this class, you should try it out next year!

CHAPEL By Hannah Lyons

For those who weren't there for

Chapel on the 14th of February, Jake

Wulbecker had an amazing message. He

read from many books of the Bible and

covered many topics. The one that stood

out to me was in 1 Corinthians 12:15-30.

The message was that everyone in a

church plays a certain part, and if the

church says that it doesn’t need someone

in the church, it is like the hand saying to

the legs that they don’t need them. It

sounds kind of funny, but it is true.

Mr. Jake also hit us up on a cool

game to demonstrate what he meant. He

had two rows of four people hold hands,

and he made a signal to the first person in

the line and once they saw the signal they

had to squeeze the next person’s hand, so

on and so forth. Mr. Jake said that if we

took a player from one of the rows how

was the squeezing of hands going to

make it to the end of the line? This is just a small recap on chapel

because there was so much more to his

message. Attending Chapel can help you

learn how to live a life for Jesus. So make

sure to come the MRA chapel on March

3rd at 7:45! See you there!

Jr. High Student Spotlight by


By: Aiyana Wong

Meet Kaya, a fourth grader here at

MRA. This is her first year and she

really enjoys it. Kaya says her two

favorite classes here at MRA are math

and ballet. Out of school, she loves to do

gymnastics, help in the kitchen, and make

funny videos. She also finds enjoyment

in hanging out with her two sisters, who

go to MRA too. While doing homework

or gymnastics, Kaya always listens to

music. “That’s How You Change The

World” by The Newsboys, “Keys to The

Kingdom” by Group 1 Crew, and “First”

by Lauren Daigle are a few of her

favorite songs. When she was little, she

went to Hawaii a couple of times and fell

in love with it. Her favorite things in

Hawaii are the beaches and shaved ice

(similar to snow cones but better). That’s

just a little bit about Kaya. If you see her

in the halls say “Hi”.

ELEMENTARY STUDENT SPOTLIGHT aSk tHe RoAdiEs By: Alison Wilkins

I got to ask some of the Publications team,

or “the Roadies”, some fun questions. First I

asked what the weirdest thing they have

ever done is, and here're a few of my

favorite answers: “One time I was in my

kitchen by myself, and I was wearing

slippery socks while on the counter. So I

jumped from one counter to the other, and I

just fell, SMACK!” -Anonymous; “One

time I climbed onto the roof, and I saw a

squirrel, so I chased it.” -Tre. I was also able

to ask a fun question about weird pet-

peeves, and here're a few of the answers:

“When parents let their kids just stare at

you, and they just stare at you and it’s

reeeaallyy awkward.” -Anthony; “When

moms talk weird; for example, when they

say ‘mommy’s really tired right now’” -

Elijah. There are some pretty interesting

people in the publications team (I am one of

them).


Family Spotlight

The McClellin family

By: Alyssa McClellin

This month’s spotlighted family will be on my own, the McClellin’s! Many of you know us, but I’d like to give you some fun facts you might not be as familiar with. Our family is one of 5, really 7 if you count our dogs, well then add another 6 for our chickens… we’re a happy family of 12! You can find us always, always on the go, but we treasure quality time on our annual family vacations. My dad, and Mrs. Candice’s husband, Daniel is an engineer who drafts plans for a construction company. Mrs. Candice, as you all well know, is the administrator for MRA. She constantly cries in movies, really loves salt & vinegar chips, and is an undercover supermom. I’m the oldest, and a senior here at MRA. If you asked my family, they might say that I sing musicals too much, find peace in hammocking, and oddly favor weird asian (boba) tea. Anabelle is the middle child, but nevertheless the loudest, wackiest, and most blunt of the crew! She has a partiality for Christian rap music and chocolate, all kinds. Alex loves his sisters, but really enjoys spending time with his best buds. He gets excited about trying new restaurants and spends every summer day possible swimming in our pool. On any free, weekend night you can find us all in our living room enjoying the newest movie, after we’ve come from dinner full of sushi - something we all love to eat!

JOIN THE CLUB

Next Year Publications will be an after school club

open to all writers.

How would you like to be the newspaper editor?

The MRA official blogger?

What about the school facebooker?

Photographer?

There are some amazing

opportunities to be both in front of and behind the

camera.

Publications club will meet every Tuesday afterschool.

With a cost of only $50 it’s

a must for everyone’s schedule.

Ask your parents about

signing you up at enrollment.

MUSIC REVIEW By: Esther Schmidt Song: James Dean & Audrey Hepburn Artist: Sleeping With Sirens “They say that love is forever Your forever is all that I need Please stay as long as you need Can't promise that things won't be broken But I swear that I will never leave Please stay forever with me” Basically what this song is saying is: Our love is all I

need, it’s my forever, so please stay with me, I know that

there might be challenges and we won't always be perfect

but I know that I won't ever leave… Relationships are

important. They hold a certain bond, that’s authentic and

hard to be broken, whether it be with God, siblings,

parents, friends, yourself… They are very important. HOLIDAY REPORT By: Mya Lightner

Right now we are in the wonderful month of

February. When you think of February holidays, you

automatically think of Valentine’s Day, but February is

actually known for more holidays than that. It is also

known for National Acts of Kindness Day which is

February 17 (who knew we had a day for that?!). Also,

there is Presidents Day, which is February 15, plus Be

Humble Day which is February 22 and more! So

whichever holiday you choose to celebrate, just know that

Valentine's Day is not the only holiday in the month of

February.

Comic by Jakob Stahrfisher

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