Vol. 4 Issue 6
Jan. 25, 2017
Voting For An Upgrade Is A Public Trust Hailey Gibson Staff Writer
I had the pleasure of interviewing the Deputy Superintendent of Operations, Carrie Bunce. She was welcoming and open to all the questions that I asked her. In this interview you will learn about the new bond and levy that’s on the ballot for passage by the voters and get to know a little bit more about Ms. Bunce. “What is the General obligation bond and the Two-Mill capital improvements levy?” The General obligation bond is the money that we get to erect buildings and maintain them. This bond will not raise taxpayers’ taxes. The bond has been in place and it is time to renew it and vote. The Two-Mill levy would impose a property tax of $2.00 per each $1,000 of net taxable value of property allocated to the Clovis Municipal School District for 2017-2022. “What happens if these do not pass?” We wouldn’t be able to do simple maintenance of our schools. The nice things to have like, rebuilding our schools, replacing the carpet, all of that kind of stuff won’t happen. If they do not pass it will be so finance dire to the district that even things like general maintenance, such as if the heaters and air conditioners go out, it’ll be a huge struggle to get those replaced.
understand the importance of the environment to kids’ learning. So, that to me is the most exciting part; that I can really have an impact on so many kids and the environment that they’re in. “You said you used to be a teacher, what was a golden moment for you?” When I had a third grade student not reading well at the beginning of school. Then by the end of the year he was reading on grade level. “How long have you been in the district?” This will be my twenty seventh year.
Ms. Carrie Bunce, Deputy Superintendent of Operations “What does the money from the bond go to?” It goes to maintenance of the schools like the new parking lot at the High School. It used to buy asphalt and fill holes. It was an eye sore and when girls would wear heels they risked a huge chance of getting hurt because of the holes. In the next month of two the area over by C-Building where it floods so bad, will be fixed. It won’t happen if the bond and levy doesn’t pass. Also, on the list is to give the High School new tennis courts that they so desperately need. “Besides voting, what other ways could people help this bond?”
Honestly, if everyone could go and vote. As well as take everyone they know to go and vote. “Can you explain what your job is and what it entails?” I’m Deputy Superintendent of Operations, which means I’m over all the buildings. I’m over the technology department, and the custodial department. So, it is very wide reaching. “What is your favorite aspect of your job?” Providing a good environment for kids to go to school in. My first love was instruction, for 25 years that’s what I did. I was a teacher and a principal, so I
“How does your past experiences affect your job today?" I just see the importance of the environment that the students are in and how important the things like the students’ desks they sit in and the furniture in the classroom is. “Did you attend Clovis High?” Yes, I did. I’m a graduate of Parkview, Yucca and Clovis High School. In doing this interview I learned a great deal about the importance of the funds that are needed to keep Clovis High School and other schools well maintained. Without this bond and levy, the schools wouldn’t be as well kept as they have been. I encourage everyone that can vote to go and vote on February 7th.
They Are "Smart", "Caring", and "Witty"
Alex Thompson Staff Writer
As everyone starts off the New Year we are all striving to fulfill our resolutions, such as weight loss, watching their profanity, and becoming a better math student. The following
article gives us an insight of the Clovis High School Math Department's backbone. While the interview went on I realized this was a compassionate, diligent, and jocular group of teachers. "What made you want to
become a math teacher?" Ms. Lee: When I was in school, I enjoyed working on my math homework. I liked the stepby-step approach and having a definite answer at the end of each problem. I wanted to become a math teacher
because; my high school teacher/coach inspired me to. Mr. Hicks: I never set out to become a math teacher. I actually went to school for Business Management, and had been accepted to UNM Law, but it was a spiritual awakening that led towards education. I also
2 Purple Press, Jan. 25,2017 had an amazing teacher when I moved here my senior year, Ric Justus, my AP Physics teacher. He was involved, understanding, and just an all-around great guy. He didn’t look at me like a dumb jock, but as someone who actually wanted to learn (even though I didn’t half the time). Mr. Justus took the time to look past my imperfections and accept me for who I was. Ms. Lisa Lee (Chair): I wanted to become a math teacher because I was inspired by my math teacher, who was also a coach. Ms. Woodard: While in school, I found math very frustrating because I did not want to just know how to work math but why math worked. I believe if you don’t know why something works, you will not understand how to utilize it later. Ms. Gibson: I have always said that if I can affect one student, maybe change their path in a good way, then I have done what is planned for me. It’s all about our kids, and I want to see all of my kids be successful!! Ms. Coleman: I wanted to become a math teacher because math always challenged me. When I realized, as a student in high school, that there was a pattern to figuring out how the math worked and understanding that math just built on top of itself, I wanted to show others how to figure out what I figured out. Mr. Collings: Honestly, growing up I swore I would never be a teacher, especially a math teacher. My mom is a math teacher in the district and I was that typical kid that wanted to form my own path. My undergraduate degree is actually in Management. I had a teacher in my business classes who told me he saw me being in academia most of my life and I didn’t want to believe him either. I was unhappy at the job I started right out of college, so I thought I would give teaching a chance, and I think I found my fit. Mr. Trujillo: Teachers have played a crucial role in the development of who I am today. I wanted to pay that forward by becoming a teacher. I want to make a positive impact on students' lives. Math was one of the subjects I looked forward to attending. It was a subject I felt comfortable with and enjoyed helping others in. Ms. Patterson: I became a math teacher because I enjoy working with numbers, shapes, and mathematical reasoning. I have also studied composition, critical literary analysis,
literature, accounting, and most recently, curriculum design. There is a great deal that I find interesting in life, work, and our world. Mathematics is inquiry, and I am always questioning people’s ideas, assumptions, and actions (as well as my own!). "What do you enjoy the most about math?" Mr. Hicks: It isn’t easy, and I’m competitive. Anything that allows me to see growth in my students, and to see the look on their faces when they finally get something that was “difficult” makes me feel like my job was done. Ms. Woodard: I enjoy math because it is always challenging and keeps me thinking. Ms. Merritt: The answers most of the time are exact and not open ended. Ms. Gibson: That it is concrete. I don’t like being opinion based, at least with math it is either right or wrong, and you would know exactly where you went wrong. Ms. Coleman: I enjoy the fact that it’s challenging. I am the type of person that likes to be challenged. When I overcome the challenge, it makes me feel good. Mr. Collings: Discovery. The discoveries that students get to make, those “aha” moments. These are the things that you can’t replicate anywhere else in life. Mr. Trujillo: I enjoy that math is a universal language. No matter what you do or where you go, numbers are the same. "Have you ever thought of teaching another subject?" Mr. Hicks: I actually taught careers for two years, and sometimes I wonder if I should have ever left. Ms. Woodard: Yes! Science is “way cool”. Ms. Merritt: NO. Ms. Gibson: HECK Naw! Ms. Coleman: No, I have not. Mr. Collings: I always loved history in school. I got to have really great teachers, like Mr. Everhart, and I think it would be a blast to teach history and government. Mr. Trujillo: I have thought of switching to science. My bachelor’s degree is in Chemistry so science is what I wanted to originally teach here at CHS "Why do you think teens dislike math so much?" Ms. Lee: I believe students today do not want to be chal-
lenged. When teens have a question about anything they go straight to Google and get an answer. Math requires perseverance and practice. Mr. Hicks: They are used to everything coming to them so easy, or being given to them. Math isn’t easy, even for people that are considered good at it. Nowadays, when something is even the slightest bit difficult people quit. This isn’t just directed at teens, this is directed at adults as well. Ms. Woodard: I think teens dislike math because they don’t fully understand its relevance to their lives and futures yet. Ms. Merritt: Math is highly sequential. If a student has one bad year of math along the way; it triggers a chain reaction for future struggles down the line unless the student gets extra help or has exceptional teachers to make up the difference. Ms. Gibson: It all builds on each other, so if you don’t understand one concept it is hard to keep going onto the next. Mastery also comes from practice, and kids hate having homework but it helps them in the long run. I try to do projects or activities to engage the student’s interest in my class. Ms. Coleman: I believe teens dislike math because sometimes it takes quite a bit of hard work to get to an answer or even to understand a particular concept. At times people, especially young people, want instant-results. When you realize that it’s going to take longer than you expected, you tend to get frustrated, start to think you’re doing something wrong, then give up. I encourage students to persevere through all problems and stick with the process. You’ll get the results you’re looking for! I also want you all to know that it takes more practice than you think, you need to give more to “perfect” your math skills. Just like it takes practice to become really good at something you like to do, such as a new game like Call Of Duty, Madden ’16, or 2k16 you have to practice your math skills daily to become good at them as well. Mr. Collings: So many of our kids have only met with failure in math. Kids view math as this impossible monster when it really can be something fun and powerful. When you really get down to it, math is the basis of everything. There is something uniquely profound about that to me. I get to come to work everyday and try and teach students this ancient language that transcends barriers
and is a great unifier in life. Mr. Trujillo: I think teens dislike math so much because of how you learn it. You have to build on previous skills to master the new concepts. If you do not have the proper foundation, the higher you go the less stable you will be. Ms. Patterson: One reason that many teens dislike math is that they have experienced too much academic failure in math. Another reason teens dislike math is that popular culture does not promote the math and sciences. "Do you have a favorite math joke, if so what is it?" Ms. Lee:
Mr. Hicks: Mr. Collings and Mr. Trujillo’s height! That’s a joke in it’s self. Ms. Merritt: Dear Math, I am sick of trying to find your “x”, just accept the fact that she’s gone, move on! Ms. Gibson: What did zero say to eight? Nice belt. Why were 6 afraid of 7? Because 7-8-9 . Ms. Coleman: No, I don’t really get into that. Mr. Collings: “Chuck Norris teaches math to solve its own problems.” Mr. Trujillo: Billy has 32 pieces of bacon. He eats 29 pieces. What does he have now? Happiness, Billy has happiness. "Do you guys have any hidden talents?" Mr. Hicks: I work with some good people, I really tend to be a loner but have opened up more this year and learned so much about more about my team. They are all great people and I am honored to work with them. The talent they all have is that they CARE! I’m not sure if anyone can sing or dance, but they will all do anything for students. I’ve also worked closely with Ms. Leah Lee for around 5 years, and she is probably the nicest teacher I’ve ever met. She doesn’t get enough credit for the work she does. Ms. Woodard: I like to draw and I barrel race. Ms. Coleman: I am a very talented baker. I love baking! Mr. Collings: I am a graphic
designer. I got to work for four years as a print and web designer here in Clovis. I also still do web design and graphic design on the side. I’m also really good at making people laugh. Mr. Trujillo: The only talent that I can think if is solving a Rubic’s Cube. A student of mine last year had one and he taught me how to do it. "Tell us about a golden moment in your teaching experience."
mer students come back from college and say that math was easy for them is a huge success for me. Ms. Gibson: When students come back to tell me what a difference I made in their life. Ms. Coleman: During my first year of teaching, I gave my students a project using vegetable cans and a rectangular piece of paper. They had to derive the formula for surface area of a cylinder. Once the students worked for a while, they finally figured out the formula without my help. Proud moment! Ms. Collings: One of my proudest moments as a teacher was getting to watch a student that a lot of people give up on graduate and walk across the stage. He and I are about the same height and he didn’t have a cap and gown, so I was able to give him my CHS cap and gown and he wore it 6 years after I got to. Mr. Trujillo: My most memorable moments are when students say hi to me outside of school.
seas. Ms. Coleman: I would have probably gone to culinary school to become a baker. Again, I love baking! Or, I would have pursued a professional career in track and field. Mr. Collings: I would probably be working full time at Patriot Outdoors or I would still be selling life insurance. Mr. Trujillo: I would be teaching science or working in an oil refinery laboratory. Ms. Patterson: If I had not become a math teacher…I can easily picture myself as a farmer or as a physician. My grandparents were farmers, physicians, and business people.
Purple Press, Jan. 25, 2017 3 that math is everywhere in the world. From simply grocery shopping to building the tallest building in the world. No matter the job you will eventually have in the future (or present time) you will always need math in some way. Mr. Collings: I think that math should be fun. There needs to be a sense of discovery and progress in a math class. I want my kids to ask “WHY?”. Why is one of the most powerful words in the English language. If I can get my students to ask why, and mean it, then I can help expand their interest in math. Mr. Trujillo: The only way that I can encourage students to increase their math skills is by providing a classroom that they enjoy and look forward to everyday.
Ms. Lee: Each year, The Bank of Clovis honors students in Curry County who have maintained a 4.0 GPA. Each student invites a teacher who has "How can you expand the made an impact on his/her interest of math to students education. I have had the pleaat CHS?" sure of attending this banquet multiple times. It’s nice to know Mr. Hicks: The only way to "If you had three words I have made a difference. make any subject interesting to describe yourself, what Ms. Lisa Lee (Chair): When is to first capture the attention would they be?" I run into former students and of students. Make them feel they tell me that they apprecicomfortable in the classroom, Ms. Lee: Kind, caring, and ate that I held them accountand make them feel like your Mom able in high school. classroom is somewhere that Mr. Hicks: Smart, witty, sarcasMr. Hicks: Just seeing students they’ll be treated as an equal. tic, amazing, charming, intense, after graduating. Students I "If you didn’t become a math Make them smile, I understand family loving, and oh only 3?? had as teacher, where would you be school isn’t always going to be Mrs. Woodard: Obsessive, Freshmen are now turning now?" fun but make your class some complicated, and honest. 23-24 years old. It’s amazplace they are excited to get Mrs. Merritt: Mean, mean, and ing seeing the transformation, Mr. Hicks: It doesn’t matter, I’m to. I honestly believe D-20 is a mean. especially the Mrs. Gibson: ones that may Bubbly, not have been Selfless, considered Compassionate “good” kids. I (I couldn’t tell students that think of any, college isn’t the so I asked only option after a student:) high school; Mrs. Coleman: the only option Self-Motivated, is to contribute Loving (I truly to society in a love all of my positive manner. students), It’s the military, Caring. working at a Mr. Collings: dairy, college, Awkward, the oil fields, Passionate, or Wal-Mart, and Driven work and work Mr. Trujillo: hard. Don’t Random, worry about Organized, and making anyone Nerd First Row: Ms. Woodard, Mr. Collings, Mr. Posada, Ms. Coleman,Ms. Whitbeck, and Mr. Trujillo proud, but yourMs. Patterson: Second Row: Mr. Hicks, Ms. Hill, Ms. Gibson, Ms. Merritt, Ms. Lee (Chair), Ms. Lee, and self. You know Contemplative, Ms. Patterson what is right and empathetic, what is wrong. loner. Another proud moment is seea teacher and that’s where I am place most students are happy ing one of my favorite students supposed to be at this moment to get to. As I reviewed these of all-time, Dylan Thompson, in my life. But if I really need Ms. Woodard: By helping interviews by our math departjust graduated from Ohio State to answer, I’d probably be an students find the relevance of ment, I realized that this is a University. He was in my first actor and Peoples’ Sexiest Man mathematics to their futures, very witty group of teachers AP Geometry class, funny kid Alive. which is sometimes a hard sell who love their jobs as well as but worked hard and got into a Ms. Woodard: I would probfor geometry. their students. We would also great school. ably be working as an office Ms. Gibson: Building a good like to thank the math departMs. Woodard: I was at a func- manager doing bookkeeping or relationship with the kids. If ment for giving some of their tion and a past student brought accounting. they have a good relationship time to allow me to interveiw her employer to meet me. The Ms. Merritt: Architect or civil with their teacher, they tend to them. student said ‘I was the reason engineer. be more engaged. she learned to do the math she Ms. Gibson: Probably working Ms. Coleman: Students always needed for her job.’ as some type of behavior anaask, “What will we need this Ms. Merritt: Anytime my forlyst, or doing mission work over for?” I would show students
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An Opinion:
Opposite Sides Of The Spectrum Farewell To A First Family Kenzie Credle Co Editor-In-Chief When President Obama was elected in 2008, he changed history forever by becoming the first African American president. I’m sure that every American can even remember where they were when they found out he won in 2008. In the eight years since he has been in office America has undergone many changes, and he has been the person in charge of dealing with the aftermath. One big change brought by the Obama Administration is the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. For some Americans this brought on insurance policies that they could afford or get for free, but for others who already had quality healthcare, this system made their premiums more expensive. Another flaw with Obamacare is that in an effort to make everyone pay equally, older people with more health problems pay closer to what a healthier young person would pay, so the younger person pays more to help offset it. Not to mention that now people have to pay a penalty to forgo the whole ordeal and not purchase insurance. Other countries, like Canada, England, Holland, and Sweden, have healthcare systems that work
for all of their citizens; however, Obama’s attempt didn’t work out well for all Americans, but instead robbed from the young and the fit to give to the unhealthy. In the future I hope that healthcare is accessible to everyone, but in a way that is fair, whatever it takes to make that happen; for example, the tax increases in European countries that offer quality healthcare. One major accomplishment that many people think of when it comes to President Obama is the killing of Osama Bin Laden. The whole world was in shock in the aftermath of 9/11, and America responded by hunting down the group’s responsible leader. Even though he was caught during Obama’s presidency, the groundwork for catching Bin Laden was laid down during Bush’s term as well as during Obama’s. I’m very glad that this horrible man was caught, but I definitely think that his capture wouldn’t have been possible without the work done in the Bush Administration. The economy was an absolute mess when President Obama came into office. Unemployment was higher than it had been in over eight decades, and America was in the greatest recession seen since the Great Depression. With the situation at hand, Obama drafted the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and had it signed into law less than a month after being sworn in. Similar to FDR’s New Deal, this plan stimulated the economy by adding new jobs and cutting taxes; most importantly it gave Americans confidence in the economy again. Now that we are at a better place with unemployment we can really analyze the effects of this plan. President Bush had the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 that really helped make Obama’s plan succeed. Without Bush’s plan prior to his presidency, Obama’s plan would not have gone nearly as well as it did. Years after the Stimulus Plan, we are in serious debt as a country. The United States will be in debt, 19 Trillion dollars by the end of the 2017 fiscal year, this means that every man, woman, and child has $42,998.12 in debt over their head simply for being an American citizen. Sure, our citizens are less in debt themselves, but now we are living in an almost bankrupt country. We had a couple government shutdowns during Obama’s presidency, and Congress had to raise the debt ceiling twice just to be able to pay the bills. Maybe President Obama didn’t save the economy as everyone thought, but instead procrastinated actually dealing with the
overall problem, instead choosing to leave it to whomever came after him. Many people in Clovis and the surrounding area are considered to be Republican, our counties are the only red pieces in a sea of blue that makes up New Mexico. So it might not be a popular opinion, but I’m going to miss President Obama and his family. He is the only president that I have ever known, as I had few political opinions when I was eight. He made America laugh and be happy again with his dadjokes at important events, feel safe against one of the scariest threats I have ever seen, ISIS, and gave people hope after their previous leader left office with a 36% approval rating. I am only one year younger than Malia Obama, and I in a way watched her and Sasha grow up alongside me, even if they both have way better fashion sense than I do. I saw Michelle Obama stand up for what she believes in and not take on the role of the silent wife. I watched videos on Facebook of the First-Dogs play on the White House front lawn. I feel like I grew up with this family and am sad to see them go. I wish the Obamas the best, but I still might not miss the Former President’s policy decisions.
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Leaving A Legacy
As Barack Obama’s Presidency comes to a close, and as we prepare for a new President and the possible plans he will have to help our economy, the war on terror and any other problem we happened to be immersed in at the time; it is really hard to think about having an entirely new President running our country, and it is hard to imagine how our situation can change from this point. I was eight when President Obama was elected, and I really didn’t pay much attention to President Bush’s term. However, I know that everyone has their own opinion when it comes to President Obama’s legacy, so I will be discussing why I feel he has been both a President who has helped this country and who hurt this country in very significant ways. No one is perfect and certainly not Barack Obama. He has only done what he believed would help this country get through one of its biggest crises it has seen, namely the enormous deficit we created to maintain Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, which he inherited from President Bush. So in response to
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this crisis, President Obama created the Affordable Care Act, which would double the total amount of spending the government had previously, but he managed to stimulate the economy in the process. This is one of the situations that President Obama created where it had positive and negative outcomes. Its positives include how it was designed to help insure many people who otherwise were not able to afford health care and guarantee senior citizens to afford the medication they need. However in this case, I believe the negatives outweigh the positives; that the negatives included doubling the total deficit spending the government did in order to keep these programs alive. This was overall a bad idea, in my opinion, because it meant that we needed to continually borrow money from ourselves and other coutries like China, Japan, and Western Europe. This could lead to a huge problem down the road with China, Japan, and even the U.K., when they will be expecting their money back and we don’t have the money in our budget to pay them for what they let us borrow. Another huge achievement that President Obama made was the passing of his Stimulus plan. For those
of you who don’t know what this plan was, it was an objective to create new jobs, overall decreasing the rate of unemployment, by spending almost eight-hundred million dollars in order to create jobs. Again this has some positive and negative effects, but in this case I believe the positive outweighs the negative. One of the positives that came out of this plan was the increase in jobs available, decreasing unemployment overall and making it possible for people to spend money, thereby putting it back into the economy. However, one of the biggest negatives still has to be how much our government has spent in order to create this program even when we were in so much debt to begin with. Another big accomplishment for President Obama was his order to assassinate Osama Bin Laden. Osama Bin Laden was the leader of the terrorist group, Al-Qaeda, who were behind the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. Immediately after the attack, President Bush started to lay out a plan to bring Al-Qaeda down, although this task was passed onto President Obama when President Bush’s term came to an end. When President Obama entered office, he put a plan into motion to end
the terrorist group to prevent another attack on American Soil. He accomplished this goal. On May 1, 2011 at about 1 a.m., twenty-three navy seals descended on his compound in Pakistan and carried out the order. Even though this was a major positive, there was also a huge negative, that was not so much an outcome of the disbandment of Al-Qaeda, but, it allowed something as bad to emerge. This was the rise of the terrorist group, I.S.I.S. I believe that the destruction of Al-Qaeda, the leading terrorist group at the time, gave rise to I.S.I.S., which most know is a huge threat to global stability. To sum it up, I believe President Obama did well at attempting to achieve the goals he set. Even though not all of his attempts were successful, I believe that he had good intentions and was only trying to look out for what he believed was the best for our country. He did everything he could to solve the problems as he saw fit, and that’s all we could ask from him in the end. Now that his time as President has come to an end, we can now look to the future and hope that President Trump will have the same ambition in making his goals achievable.
This was different from the original, but this new update looked promising; howeve, I saw the movie, and I thought that many people who grew up with the originals will agree with me, and that the movie wasn’t that good. We have all
these new gadgets that only harm ghosts, and I presonally felt that the protaganists were flighty and hard to relate to. This is the reason that Ghostbusters was towards the bottom of the list. 9. The Jungle Book
This is an interesting movie. The movie gives some more detail into Mowgli’s story, along with some of the humor that we love so much. However, with this real life adaptation there were numerous plot changes that were not a part of the original film. Also, the King Louie song from the movie kind of disappointed me, it sounded awful, with no real singing.However, this movie was better than Ghostbusters. 8. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice This film is one of the few that I have still yet to see. What I can get from the description of the film is that Superman has the chance to become corrupted and thus is engaged by none other than the Dark
A Critic's Choice For 2016
Donovan Hackett Staff Writer
With 2016 having ened, many may agree that it was a great year for cinema. However, many of us wonder what we thought was popular this year, so that is why this top 10 list was created. I will go ahead and warn you that I have not seen some of these movies. I will probably get some details wrong. Thus, without further ado, here are the top 10 movies of 2016. 10. Ghostbusters I love Ghostbusters. I grew up watching the movies multiple times. Then, I heard there was a new film. I think that it was cool that they were returning. Then I saw that it was an all female team.
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6 Purple Press, Jan. 25,2017 Knight himself, Batman. This movie was long awaited by many DC Comic Fans, and sounds like a thrill. 7. The Purge: Election Year As the third film in the film series, The Purge we follow what happens when a senator attempts to get rid of the annual purge. Rules get lifted and it’s a no-holds-barred fight for your life during the twentyfour hours that the purge takes place in. One senator, who has had bad experiences during the event in her childhood, must survive The Purge in order to live long enough to become President to abolish the annual Purge. 6. Zootopia This animated film was very popular when I came down to the theater to see it. Around school, I have seen students referencing its jokes. Children have called this film a favorite, along with some adults. Zootopia is a film about a rabbit named Judy Hopps and a
Ohajine Hannah Travis Nelson Staff Writers Zach Reeves Eugene Simental Guest Writers
fox named Nick Wilde solving a case about missing animals. I would go further into detail, but I hate to spoil it. 5. The Conjuring 2 I am personally a big fan of horror films. The Conjuring is a horror film about malevolent spirits and possessions troubling a British family. Like I said, I cannot go further into details without spoiling it. Lets just say that you should expect to be scared at least once during this film. 4. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Hey all you Potter Heads, you all will be happy to hear that the new movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was awesome! It follows the writer of the textbook from the original Harry Potter series, Newt Scamander, and shows the beginning of his fantastic journey in writing the textbook. If you loved the magic of the Original Harry Potter Films you are sure to
love this movie to. 3. Suicide Squad Perhaps this film is DC’s saving grace. Taking place after Superman v Batman, the government is worried about their country being safe from enemy metahumans. One person proposes the idea of using bad guys as their defense. These villains are Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, and Diablo. I have two problems with this film though. One is how they oversexualized Harley Quinn, and I expected a bit more muscle on Killer Croc. Overall it was a great movie, and perfect for someone wanting to get into superhero movies but sure where to start. 2. Finding Dory Who doesn’t love Dory? The Blue Tang finally gets her own debut on the big screen, in this film, as Dory travels the seas in search of her family. This heartfelt family movie has
means giving up sodas, junk food, and other bad habits. Giving up a hsbit is not as easy as some believe. For those struggling,
diligent about practicing their self-control exercise successfully kicked their cigarette habit, compared with just 12 percent of
been anticipated ever since Finding Nemo came out over a decade ago. The new characters introduced also added to the plot and made this movie one of the best of the year. 1. Deadpool Deadpool was probably the most popular movie this year. I went to see this film in theaters, and it was packed. Deadpool, aka the Merc with the Mouth, is a mercenary with only one thing on his mind, revenge. People who can take a joke will be more than happy to watch this film. He was the first super hero to break the fourth wall in comics and has earned his inappropriate, but funny opportunity to be on the big screen. All in all, 2016 was a good year for cinema. With movies about heroes, magic and sci-fi galore, there was something for everybody this year. It was hard to choose 10 movies that should be on this list, so I hope you enjoyed it.
Resolve To Be New
Every New Year, many people make resolutions. A New Year's resolution is a “promise to yourself or decision to do something, especially to improve one’s behavior or lifestyle in some way, during the year ahead,” according to Collins Dictionary.com. Around January, people will promise themselves, as well as their families, to improve themselves in some new way. At the high school I have heard students promising their parents to do good this semester, and usually their parents will help them succeed at this goal. At the end, if they succeed, they could get a reward. Having an insentive in this way can be a big motivator to help acheive your goals. Another resolution some people set for the year is losing weight. Getting fit is one goal we hear quite often, and it can be one of the hardest resolutions to stick by, and ususally it
here are some ideas to help. According to Marvin D. Seppala, M.D., chief medical officer at Hazelden. He claims the same thing that created a habit can be used to break it. For example, in an experiment at the State University of New York, researchers asked 122 smokers who were trying to quit to exert extra self-control for two weeks, either by avoiding sweets or by squeezing on a grip-strengthener for as long as they could twice a day. In the following month, 27 percent of those who were
webmd.com recommends 10 different ways that take less than 15 minutes. Meditation and deep breathing can slow you down enough for you to focus, and allow yourself to concentrate on one task at a time to reduce stress due to overworking your mind. If you believe that none of these will work, there are a few more on http://www. webmd.com/balance/guide/ blissing-out-10-relaxationtechniques-reduce-stressspot that can assist in having you resolve to be new. As students, we all probably have resolutions for our school work. Not talking volunteers who’d been given so much, taking better a task that didn’t call for self- notes, not falling asleep control. If smokers can stop in class, and many more smoking in about a month, changes we can make to imagine what we can do positively impact our grades. about a small quirk. We are halfway done with Parents are starting school, so it is easy to to realize that they shouldn’t become disheartened; but stress everyday about little making and keeping these things. They are now going academic resolutions will and getting better paying positively impact you for jobs so they won't always the rest of your career as a have to worry about how to student. pay their bills. Some As we resolve to keep parents are taking time off our resolutions we look to work to spend more time the future and hope that it is with their children. bright! The key to stress relief is extremely easy. www.
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Students Include (From Left to Right): Angelica Page, Quinten Overholt, Stetson Rains, Jordan Tello, Oscars Hernandez, and Diego Rodriguez Administrators Included (In No Particular Order): Jay Brady (Principal) and Melissa Winn (Counselor)
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(From Left to Right) Front Row: Mr. Martinez (Adviser) Second Row: Mackenzie Credle and Austin Hodges Third Row: Donovan Hackett and Ohajine Nelson Fourth Row: Alex Thompson, Travis Nelson, and Hailey Gibson
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