The Canine Chronicle MBMS APRIL 2016 by The Canine Chronicle

[t h e canine ] mount baker middle school, auburn, washington

april 2016

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inside this issue: Carter’s Pranking Prowess

Humans of Mount Baker

Face Swapping Fad

STUFF & THINGS: School News

DEAR BULLDOGS,

Guess Who

What Grinds My Gears

SPOTLIGHT: MS Relationships

EDITORIAL: Dress Code

Arts & Entertainment

MBMS Sports Update

Meet the Press

Culture Poll

With a new semester at play, we have only ten experienced staff members left, and 13 new journalists excited write. Unlike past years, new staff members are able to take on almost any article they want. In this March edition, you’ll be able to learn about the people who create your school newspaper. But, this isn’t about us. It’s about you and telling the story of our school. From your middle school love life to Snapchat’s face swap filter, and many other issues in between, we’re here to tell you those stories. As the year’s end is nearing, and the temperatures go up, two main conflicts arise. First, dress code violations, and secondly, testing. If you are wondering about either of these subjects, there’s more information about them within these pages. This is our fourth paper of the year, and we keep trying to get better each time. The new journalists thrown into the production will be trained along the way, so we don’t delay the paper from coming out. The new staff members are learning how we are able to produce our paper under a strict deadline, and we do it all for you, our readers. We couldn’t do this without you. Not all news is light-hearted, and some may make you feel emotional, like our feature on Avery Huffman. But, news is news, and we are here to report it. We report on things that will get students talking, or on things that students have been talking about. If it’s being talked about in the hallway, it’s news. We write with determination to leave a legacy for future journalists, like the past journalists left for us. Thank you to all our readers who make this newspaper possible.

FRONT COVER PHOTO: Origami fortune tellers have helped some students decide their relationship status, but many don’t last long. PHOTO BY C. BAKER

Sincerely,

BACK COVER PHOTO: MBMS students get face swapped with their friend’s often resulting in hilarious outcomes PHOTO COLLAGE BY A.STEPHENS & B. YOUNGREN

The Canine Chronicle

EDITORS PHOTO BY C. GUERRA

mission: The MBMS Journalism 8 class produced this limited-voice EDITORS

REPORTERS

Chloe Knox Cam Baker Camden Heilborn Ariana Stephens Bailee Youngren

Josh Abbot Josh Bair Aaron Baldridge Angel Borunda Siarah Brown Heily Chaires

Mikayla Hall Rachel Hall Alexus Jacobs Aunnika Lang Nick Miller Dong Nguyen

Gio Parascondola Timothy Rambo Derek Wirachowsky Keegan Yorke Rodrigo Zaldivar Dakota Zercher

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newspaper with intent to ethically report events accurately, without bias. As a public forum for students, all decisions made on content are made under the guidance of the adviser, with intent to uphold students’ First Amendment rights. The opinions presented in articles are provided to represent the views and perspectives of students and individuals in our diverse student population, not necessarily the whole of the adviser, faculty, and administrators. Any material that would cause a disruption to the educational process like libel, invasion of privacy, or copyright infringement will not be published. The Canine Chronicle is produced using Microsoft Publisher. Photographs not taken by students have been utilized through a Creative Commons and Microsoft license. School portraits are licensed through Dorian Photography.

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Principal Brown served as master of ceremonies at a fundraiser Feb. 6 to support the Huffman family. Seahawk Doug Baldwin made an appearance in support. PHOTO COURTESY OF G. BROWN

SIARAH BROWN & ARIANA STEPHENS Avery Huffman was diagnosed with an inoperable disease on June 30, 2015. DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma) is a rare tumor on the brain cord, which controls everything in the body. It effects primarily children within ages from 5-10 years old. DIPG has a 100 percent mortality rate, meaning 100 percent of the children diagnosed with DIPG have passed away. Symptoms of this disease are double vision, unable to close eyelids completely, dropping one side of the face, or difficulty chewing or swallowing. Avery has impacted her family, friends, and her community.

“The community became tighter because everyone joined in the fight against cancer that she fought in some way,” Avery’s father, Mr. Huffman said. She left an amazing legacy behind and has brought her community together. “Avery’s legacy will be one of strength, courage, hope, love and bravery,” Mr. Huffman said. Principal Mr. Brown has also been impacted by Avery. “Avery showed people what a great place we live in,” Brown said. He has also done many things to support her. “I have helped with a fundraiser event that they had. I [was the master of ceremonies] for them.” Brown isn’t the only person that has supported Avery. Her whole community and others outside of

the community have helped raise money, and put together fundraisers and events for her. An Avery Strong auction was held at the Lakeland Hills Community Center On Saturday Aug. 22, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were raised. Avery also got a surprise visit from actress Kristen Bell, who called Avery as Princess Anna from the Disney movie Frozen. Doug Baldwin also visited Avery at Lakeland Hills elementary school in November. The Washington Huskies honored Avery during Childhood Cancer Awareness month, and gave her a jersey with her favorite number, seven, and the words #AveryStrong on it. Avery stayed strong while fighting cancer, but she eventually passed away at the age of seven on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2016 at 11:11 A.M. Staff and students Lakeland Hills elementary school had a balloon release in memory of Avery on Feb. 29. “We are establishing a foundation in her name and honoring her legacy and impact,” Mr. Huffman said. “The foundation will be geared towards raising money and awareness for DIPG.” The community tied green and pink ribbons on trees around the Lakeland Hills community area to honor Avery. Avery Huffman, or Avery Strong is the daughter of Brandon and Amanda Huffman, and the sister of Alexandria, Cade, and Addison Huffman. Avery showed her family what true courage and bravery looks like. The family’s faith had a major impact on them and helped them get through it. “Our faith was an instrumental part of our everyday life during her fight,” Mr. Huffman said. “When man and medicine could do no more, we kept our faith in God that he would answer our prayer, and our prayer that Avery would no longer suffer or have to fight cancer was answered.” Avery is the strongest person her family has ever met and she will be forever in their hearts and minds.

Lakeland Hills first grader Avery Huffman was diagnosed with an inoperable disease, DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma) on June 30, 2015. Her whole community and others outside of the community have helped raise money, and put together fundraisers and events for her. COURTESY OF GOFUNDME.COM

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Carter, even after years, still has the stapler Warring put in Jell-O, as well as a Nic Cage photo. He’s not too happy about it. PHOTO BY C. BAKER

CAM BAKER & DEREK WIRACHOWSKY Jeremiah Carter is a math teacher for the eighth grade, and a renowned puller of pranks. Most of his pranks have been towards Peter Warring, an eighth grade language arts teacher and the journalism adviser. Carter doesn’t pull his pranks alone; in fact if necessary, he will pull his students in to help him with his pranks- making the outcome that much more hilarious. One well-known prank Carter has pulled on Warring is having his own students steal all of Warring’s toys and collections that reside in his classroom and hide them over a period of several weeks. Once War-

ring started to notice, Carter put all the stolen toys into the trophy case for all to see- including Warring himself. “You just have to do your homework,” Carter said. “[And] figure out something that’s clever and specific to do.” The pranks Carter has pulled on Warring aren’t just random ones, though. Instead, he and Warring are in an all-out prank war. Carter noted that the whole war between him and Warring was instigated by the journalism adviser. “Mr. Warring putting my stapler in Jell-O was when the feud started [in 2007],” Carter said.

Warring wasn’t going to take Carter’s pranks sitting down, though. In fact, according to the journalism adviser himself, he “Nic Caged” Carter by using a theme in Google, which replaced every single image on the internet with a gif or picture of actor Nic Cage. Warring also took around 500 sheets of paper with images of Nic Cage on them and hid them around the classroom. Students still find these Nic Cage photos to this day, despite the fact that the ordeal took place in the year 2014. Not only that, but he placed an ad around the school asking people to call in with their best Chewbacca

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growl, and gave a phone number to call. This number he put down was none other than Carter’s classroom number. “Mr. Warring doesn’t do enough homework,” Carter said critically. “In fact I swear he googles pranks. I googled the Chewbacca, and that’s a thing to do.” Carter does have a set list of rules that he abides by, but he doesn’t have rules that say anything against pranking others. He isn’t exclusive to pranking Warring, nor will he ever be. “Everybody is fair game to be pranked,” Carter said. “The best prank is a well-crafted surprise.”

You should be careful about your target. Everyone is fair game, but that doesn’t mean you should automatically prank the principal, or worse, your parents. Don’t make the prank rely on every single detail. Elaborate pranks are great, but you don’t want the prank you worked on for a month ruined because you forgot something. Invite your friends for the prank—the more the merrier. Not only that, but you have more people to spread the story. Take credit for your work. What’s the point of a prank if no one knows you’re the prankster? Besides, if the victim knows it was you, they can retaliate. Enjoy the game. Nobody likes the April stooge who’s ticked off every time they are pranked. April Fools’ comes once a year. Take the opportunity to have fun with your friends.

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HUMANS OF MOUNT BAKER TYLER HOLDEN

In 2010, the blog Humans of New York was started by photographer Brandon Stanton, who recently moved to New York after losing his job. His Facebook page, connected to his blog, has received over 17.2 million likes. Stanton wanted to capture the uniqueness of residence, telling the story of the people in the largest American city. The Canine Chronicle mirrored his approach with our photographers by telling the story of the “Humans of Mount Baker”, asking students to tell their story.

1.“We are going to win.” PHOTO BY T. MURRY

2. “As long as my best friend is

here to support me, I’m okay.” PHOTO BY H. CHAIRES 3. “Who cares if you’re sad ?

Think positive.”

PHOTO BY M. HALL 4. “I can’t live without them.” PHOTO BY C. HEILBORN 5. “Life is like a jungle gym.” PHOTO BY J. ABBOTT 6. “[My goal in life is] I want to be

the very best.”

PHOTO BY K. YORKE 7. “I like helping other people.” PHOTO BY A.STEPHENS 8. “Uh-oh!” PHOTO BY C. KNOX

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CAMDEN HEILBORN The most popular trend throughout all teenage history is of course, Snapchat. Instead of struggling through sending selfies through messages, Snapchat instantly can send them. Throughout the years, Snapchat has become more and more filled with amazing surprises. For example, texting, video chat, and especially many strange yet fantastic filters. One filter that has the attention of every student in the school is the face swap. Yet most people think it is hilarious and fun to do every day with friends, it can also be uneasy. “[Face swapping] can be kind of creepy,” said sixth grader Amanda Means.

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“[I face swap with] Gio Parascondola because of his hair,” Kossale said.

Snapchat

by Snapchat Inc. We have Snapchat with 412,992 ratings. Snapchat is a popular app to face swap on because almost everyone uses it. As Andrew Kossale said, “I like Snapchat because all of my friends are on it.” The place where you face swap is also very important. Sometimes it also matters who you face swap with for instance.

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Means also agrees that there are so many different complications in trying to find the face swap template. Not only can to face swap with humans, you can also trick Snapchat and face swap with random objects that might look like they have a face. There has even been experience with midair faces. Most people can get this new feature by holding down on their face and a bunch of Snapchat filters pop up. You can scroll to get to face swap. Get two faces, place them in the face template, and boom! Your faces are swapped! You do need to have the latest update on Snapchat to do this. You can also take videos during it. “My phone is prehistoric, so I don’t get the face swap filter, but I do think people are taking it too far because they have so much time on their hands,” said seventh grader Evan Brank.

FACE SWAP BOOTH by Revosoft Technologies

MSQRD

Third time’s the charm, as we have

Face Swap Booth coming in at #3.

by Masquerade Technologies Inc. Next we have MSQRD with 36,083 ratings. Something cool about this app is that you can face swap with animals and spooky creatures with magical special effects. MSQRD also has an interesting mask effect; the mask can literally animate depending on one’s expression.

The biggest part of face swapping that may seem unsettling to some, is that the face proportions are very different then what you are used to seeing on that person. The eyes are too wide, the nose is too small for your head. It all depends on who you are switching with. The average circumference of a head size for a female is 22.5 inches. For males it is 21.65 inches. The size of the eyes are either 1 inch or can be as large as a ping pong ball. The size of their mouth varies between how big their head is but it’s roughly 2 inches. The male’s nose is approximately 5.8 cm. A girl’s nose can be 5.1 cm. “[Snapchat] is creepy, putting others faces on yours, the proportions are all off.” Brank said. “I hope all you Snapchat lovers realize that this new update can be quite unsettling, but also has some hilarious effects to it .”

With this app is one can face swap on one photo and save that photo, then face swap again with that same photo. One can custom overlay faces so you could have someone else’s eyes while they have your mouth.

BEST FACE SWAP APP by Kazi Rafi

Something cool about this next face swap app is that it has an advanced

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face detection algorithm. In other words, it automatically detects faces and it is also perfect for group photos. This app is also compatible with Facebook, so you can swap with Facebook photos.

Face Swap Live by Lann Labs

Last but not least, we have Face Swap Live. A really extraordinary effect that this app can do is face swap live while recording videos. They even have face swapping with celebrities that looks very realistic.

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS AND QUOTES COMPLIED BY AUNNIKA LANG

”Jennifer Aniston, because she is so beautiful, funny, and I admire her acting talent.”

“Selena Gomez, because she has dark features like me, and so I can get rid of my wrinkles.”

“Bernie Sanders, because I want to know how I would look like if I was old and male.”

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ing them tardy slips. “During the day we are hardly seeing any tardies. Kids are really doing a good job getting to class on time!” Ms. Leverenz said. To make the cart more fun, Ms. Leverenz is taking decoration ideas.

LEVERENZ SAYS TARDIES DECREASING Allowing more parents to become aware of their kids’ tardiness, Ms. Leverenz has the answer. An idea sprouting from her Auburn Riverside teaching years, she has kids running to class on time. In the mornings, she has been consistently rolling her “tardy cart” around catching slow-movers on their ways to first period and hand-

SCHOOL PLAY: ‘BEAUTY & BEAST, JR.’ The school play ‘Beauty and the Beast, Jr.’ came and went with several shows on March 31 and

April 1. After practicing for three months, eighth grader Nico Benabid enjoyed the process. “I am going to miss going to practice and performing,” Benabid said, “I will also miss working with my friends and Mr. Char.” Play practice was a place to joke around while being serious for students. There were struggles happening throughout the years in the program, but that made the

cast stronger, according to Benabid. TESTING SCHEDULE RELEASED This year, we are once again going to have testing changes for the SBA. This year’s changes affect everyone because the test is going to be online. The test schedule is also different because the school is now going to take the test during the period the test is for. For instance, if you have math first period, you’ll take the math test during first period. If you have language arts second period, then you would take the reading and writing test during second period. “The system isn’t really complicated, but I will have to wait till I use it myself [to comment further],” Mr. Knighton said. BROWN ANNOUNCES NEW CLASSROOMS Also this year we’re going to add a new portable which is going to be placed next to portable 909 over the summer. The portable is going to be only a single portable, because the double portable now requires the sprinkler system for safety cautions. “The idea is that the square footage is so big, that is further for someone to exit,” Mr. Brown said. But in other words, Mr. Brown is saying that the new portable is still going to be safe.

Seventh grader Michael Goforth runs lines at play practice with eighth grader Kylie Niles. PHOTO BY A. MORISAWA

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Locker Lottery is a creative way for students to share their opinions. Two people of each grade were chosen at random by their locker number and interviewed with multiple questions. The sixth graders were Jordan Stores and Takia Wilson. The seventh graders interviewed were Zoe Gordon and Jai Hill. The eighth graders were Alaya Hill and Dae’vann Standoak.

RACHEL HALL, HEILY CHAIRES, DONG NGUYEN DO YOU THINK THE DRESS CODE IS FAIR? D.S.: “Yes, as long as you can wear slides.” A.H.: “No, because no one’s going to be like, ‘Whoa, it’s a shoulder!’” J.H.: “Yes, it’s not good to wear clothes against the dress code.” Z.G.: “Yes. Well, sometimes.” J.S.: “Yes, if they didn’t make it, people would wear nasty stuff.” T.W.: “No, it is too hot to be wearing long sleeves.”

J.S.: “I think it’s fair.” T.W.: “I like them.”

T.W.: “Basketball, because it’s fun.” DO YOU PREFER MECHANICAL OR WOOD PENCILS? D.S.: “Wood, because mechanical pencils suck and the lead breaks.” A.H.: “Mechanical, because you don’t have to sharpen them.” J.H.: “Mechanical, because you don’t have to sharpen them.” Z.G.: “Mechanical, because I write better with it.” J.S.: “Wood, because it has a better feeling, and it writes better.”

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE SPORT? D.S.: “Football, because I like contact sports.” A.H.: “Soccer and track.” J.H.: “Football, because I like hitting people and catching the ball.” Z.G.: “Soccer because you get to have fun.” J.S.: ”Football, because I like to run and catch.”

HOW MANY MIDDLE SCHOOL RELATIONSHIPS HAVE YOU BEEN IN? D.S.: “I don’t even know.” A.H.: “One.” J.H.: “One.” Z.G.: “None.” J.S.: “Three.” T.W.: “One.”

HAVE YOU DONATED ANYTHING TO THE FOOD DRIVE YET? D.S.: “No, but I am going to donate money.” A.H.: “No, not yet. J.H.: “No, because I don’t have anything.” Z.G.: “Yes, two cans of food.” J.S.: “No, but I am planning to.” T.W.: “No, not yet.”

HAVE YOU DONE ANY FACE SWAPS RECENTLY? D.S.: “Yeah, once.” A.H.: “Yes, about ten.” J.H.: “Yeah, two.” Z.G.: “No, I don’t use Snapchat often.” J.S.: “Yes, about 15 times.” T.W.: “Yeah, a lot of times.”

HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED ANY PRIDE AWARDS AT MBMS? D.S.: “Yes I have, twice for good behavior and grades.” A.H.: “Nope, I don’t know why but not yet.” J.H.: “No, hopefully in the future.” Z.G.: “No, I don’t know why I haven’t yet.” J.S.: “No, but I want to.” T.W.: “No, never.”

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GIRLS SPORTS? D.S.: “It’s fair because usually it’s the boys.” A.H.: “Great, duh.” J.H.: “Good, they can do sports if they want.” Z.G.: “Good, they can do it if they want to.” PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY R. HALL VIA GETLOUPE.COM

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Language Arts teacher Mrs. Walker [present LEFT] grew up in Auburn as a young child [RIGHT]. COURTESY OF D. WALKER AND DORIAN PHOTOGRAPHY.

NICK MILLER Our last edition of The Canine Chronicle had a picture of a staff member for the “Guess Who”. This teacher is sixth grade ELA teacher, Dena Walker. Walker was born and raised here in Auburn, Washington, and has lived here her whole life. She went to Pioneer Elementary and Washington Elementary as a student. As a teen, she attended Cascade Jr. High and graduated from Auburn High School. She earned her Bachelor's Degree from Central Washington University, and her Master's Degree from Gonzaga University. Sports have always played a big role in her life from the time she was very young. She was a high school state champion softball player, and played other sports such as soccer and volleyball. “[I have been playing softball for] a very long time,” Walker said. She is extremely involved in sports and coaches her children’s sports teams and the sixth grade

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volleyball team at MBMS. Walker has been teaching in the Auburn School District for 23 years. She started her career at Terminal Park Elementary. Her first full time job was teaching fourth grade at her former elementary school, Washington Elementary. Walker has noted that her kindergarten teacher inspired her to become one herself. Mrs. Walker loves teaching students and making a difference in others’ lives. “I would always want to stay as a sixth grade teacher,” Walker said. Walker’s personal life is also interesting. She enjoys traveling and vacationing with her friends and family. She is married and has two kids, Kaylee 10 years old and Evan six years old. Her husband is also a teacher and coach in the district at Auburn Mountainvew High School. She has lots of fun with her children playing board games and outdoor sports. Sometimes, they will

play a game of kickball together or go swimming, but one of their favorite things to do together is to go walking. They may just walk around their

house, but oftentimes they walk to a park nearby. Overall, Mrs. Walker and her family are very close to each other and always make time for family fun.

TIMOTHY RAMBO This is our teacher feature for the April edition. This teacher was born in Sacramento, California. She grew up spending time with both parents, who played a big role in her life. This teacher also has a total of four siblings. When she was a little girl ,she said how she wanted to become a hypnotist.. She knew she had the makings to become a great teacher, though.

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Disagree? The segment ‘What Grinds My Gears’ is presented as opinion and does not express the views of all MBMS students or The Canine Chronicle. If you would like to express your opinion, write us a letter, and you may be published in our next edition.

I don’t know what it is about it, but no matter how hard I try to keep my eyes off that horrible, half-erased, bright red mark, my eyes keep returning to it. But, it just keeps getting better. Then, the teacher goes up to the whiteboard, and JUST WRITES OVER THE STRAY LITTLE RED MARK. HOW CAN THAT NOT BUG THEM? It certainly bugs me. So, I’m sitting here trying to figure out what the heck the board says since the teacher wrote over the A, and they erase it again, but LEAVE EVEN MORE BEHIND THIS TIME!!! I make myself look away, but the mysterious force behind this whiteboard won’t let me avert my eyes. The whole problem could have been easily avoided if the teacher took one more, measly second to erase the whole thing. So teacher, don’t be lazy, erase the board for your students’ sake. And that’s what grinds my gears.

Pigeons You know what grinds my gears? Pigeons. These dang birds walk around like they’re kings and queens of the world. Meanwhile, they eat TRASH! I don’t know about you, but trash doesn’t sound like something a king would eat. I also saw this T.V. show about people with irrational fears, and someone was deathly afraid of pigeons. That sounds rational to me. Did you know that both pigeon parents feed their young milk? To me, that’s some shady stuff. They can also hear wind blowing over mountains from hundreds of miles away. Think about it, if one pigeon heard you, he can go and tell all his pigeon buddies, then all of your business would be spread around the pigeon world. I think I’m rambling here, but you get the idea. Want to know some weird facts about pigeons? They’re 13 inches from beak to tail. 13 inches! That’s like a Five-Dollar Foot-Long from Subway with an extra inch for adding some “decorations” to your car and eating your garbage. These things can’t be trusted. They can come flying out of nowhere and start pecking your eyeballs out. Here’s some advice, sleep with an eye open. And that’s what grinds my gears.

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Conversation Joiners Do you know what grinds my gears? People that join into my conversation when I am in the middle of telling a story, or talking to someone else! I mean come on! Do you really need to know what’s going on in my social life?! Like can I PLEASE just have some privacy?! I am just having a nice, peaceful conversation with someone, when you just pop in and ask, “Whatcha talking about?” Like, does it LOOK like I was talking to you? I also don’t like it when I say something, and someone that I am not even talking to jumps into the conversation and try to clarify what I said and say something COMPLETELY different. Like if I said, “I like pickles,” they will jump in and say, “You

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Not Erasing Whiteboards You know what really grinds my gears? When teachers go to erase the whiteboard, but they leave part of the writing there. Like they leave the top of an A just sitting there. IF YOU’RE GOING TO ERASE IT, ERASE THE WHOLE THING!

wear freckles?” NO! I most definitely do not wear freckles for your information! Soon, all humanity will be lost and people will start losing their mind against all of the annoying people that drive you insane from jumping into your life without an invitation. Do not act like a weird, annoying stalker. If I am not talking to you, then don’t talk to me. And that is what grinds my gears. —SIARAH BROWN ___________________________________

Burros You know what Grinds My Gears? Burros, A.K.A., donkeys, A.K.A…. a . . . ah, you know what, never mind. If you’re an eighth grader then you probably know what I was going to say and let me say it is true! These jerks may be described as cute because of their petting zoo reputation, but if you go anywhere near them with a bag of feed, they will persistently stalk you until you have nothing left. Have you seen these creatures? Those beady eyes can stare into your soul to see what makes you tick. Not only that but if what you give them doesn’t satisfy their demands then all of a sudden they get this idea that they can surround you and kick you with their hind hooves and if it’s really bad they’ll urinate all over your new white Vans. The stench is also unbearable. This may sound weird but there is something called bathing. I don’t know what smells worse; the burros or (no offense) the seventh grade hall. Forget the terminators, these guys will give much worse than Judgment Day. And that my friends, is what grinds my gears. —DEREK WIRACHOWSKY

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CHLOE KNOX A middle school relationship can be fun for some, or too much “drama” for others. Although relationships now typically don’t last very long, they can be a great learning experience. “[I think dating in middle school is] kind of good, kind of bad. Things can go wrong,” seventh grader Taylin Green said. Eighth grader Aaron McCurdy discussed the perfect length of a relationship. “A short term relationship with two people who like each other [is a good relationship],” McCurdy said. It is an unspoken truth that dating in eighth grade is very different than dating in sixth grade. “Eighth graders are more experienced, they’ve been through the sixth grade life, and the seventh grade life,” sixth grader Jordan Stores said. However, there are different opinions on this topic. “[Eighth graders are] older and more mature, they know how to main-

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tain a relationship. Sixth graders don’t. They’re too young,” McCurdy said. There is much controversy around dating now. Should we date now, or should we wait? Should we “accidentally” touch hands during class, or is that getting too serious? Should I tell my mom, or wouldn’t that be a mistake? “[You should just] stay friends, you’re still young,” sixth grader Sophia Nelson said. Eighth grader Aly Judge had a different opinion though. “[I think they should] date,” Judge said. “If they’ve known each other for a while, and still like each other, then yeah.” Principal Brown offered his opinion. “[I think middle school relationships] are fine. I like the fact that you guys are experimenting,” Brown said. “I like that you can also be friends. I just don’t like the drama.” If you start developing feelings for someone and you really think you want to date them, asking some-

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one out right to their face can be scarier than over text can be way easier. Nelson had some words on the situation. “[Asking someone out over text is] kind of lame. [People] should do better if they really like the girl,” she said. Judge also said, “[If I got asked out over text] I would probably say no. You can say anything over text and not mean it.” According to the online middle school relationship survey taken by 474 MBMS students, about 50 percent of people have had a girlfriend or boyfriend. Of those students, 37 percent have had more than one. The majority of people who took the survey believed the average relationship lasts two weeks to a month in middle school Also, most believed both asking someone out, and breaking up with someone, happens mostly over text. However, well over 80 percent of people would want it done face-to-face. Dating in middle

school has many positive outcomes, as well as negative aspects about it too. “You get to see what you like or dislike about people,” McCurdy said. Another positive thing was brought up by Stores. “We get taught how to hold a relationship,” she said. There’s always a negative side to everything, though. Dating isn’t always fun and games. “They could not be nice, and you could get hurt,” Nelson said. And immaturity plays a role too. It’s not uncommon for someone to be dating one person, but like several other people at the same time. Or when you break up with someone, and you treat the person that you used to really like as if they’re the scum of the Earth. “I think we’re too young, and people date for popularity,” Judge said. It shouldn’t be a big deal if you don’t have a girlfriend or boyfriend. “Don’t worry,” McCurdy said. “We’re young, worry later in life.”

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83% of people would want to be asked out in person, 7% over text, and 10% in another way. 91% of people want to be broken up with in person, 3% over text, and 6% in another way. A long relationship varied from less than a day, all the way up to over a year, and same with what was considered a short relationship. The longest relationships our school has had varies from over a year, or shorter than a day, and same with the shortest relationships we've had.

More information was collected, but not used. Thank you to all students who took the survey online. Data compiled by Chloe Knox

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“I had a boyfriend in eighth grade, no real drama around it. I was an athlete, he was an athlete and we were always so busy that we never went on any dates or anything, I don’t really know why we considered ourselves boyfriend and girlfriend,” P.E teacher Mrs. Burkhalter said. “Relationships are stupid in junior high; they never turn out to be the people that you want to be with.

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“His name was Zack,” eighth grade language arts teacher Mrs. Keaton said. “We dated for a year but only ever held hands twice; we were too embarrassed to even talk to each other.” Keaton advises middle schoolers to base a relationship off of friendship and to try and not treat it too seriously because you are still young.

“There is plenty of time for [relationships] during the rest of your life,” sixth grade math teacher Mr. Lubash said. “Don’t waste time now, study hard, play sports, get good grades, go to college. Then you can find your significant other.”

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“I was in a very committed relationship that lasted fifty minutes, all of fourth period,” science teacher Ms. Lacy stated sarcastically. “He wasn’t prepared for my awesomeness.” Lacy said, “Know your self-worth, take a moment to look at the relationship and see if it is really worth your time.”

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MIKAYLA HALL The dress code, we all don’t want to violate it and definitely don’t want to get in trouble because of what we are wearing, Sometimes it is inevitable, we wear something with too low of a neckline or too short of shorts, or maybe we wear a hat to school or gloves in class. The dress code is put in place so that no one is distracted and can focus on what they are learning. Although some of our students think it is sometimes unfair. “I can understand why there is a dress code, but it’s not fair boys get to wear whatever they want and girls have to hide their bodies,” eighth grader Espi Gonzales said. The dress code also doesn’t allow people to express themselves through their clothing, if we force people to wear what they don’t like they will feel bad about themselves. “The dress code does not help our learning, because if a girl likes to wear something that violates the dress code they are going to feel insecure and talk about it all class,” eighth grader Tia Gordon said. The big idea the dress code portrays is that things need to be longer than fingertip length. “I disagree with the dress code, I understand not wanting things to be too short but girls can wear spandex underneath.” Gonzales said. The dress code does not only affect girls at our

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school, it’s a problem for boys too. “I don’t think it’s entirely equal, like if a guy wants to wear a dress, he would get dress coded.” Gordon said. “If a girl wants to dress how boys normally dress, it’s okay. But if a guy wants to dress like a girl, he’d get in trouble.” The dress code also does not let us wear what we would like to wear. “It also bothers me how they say no crop tops,” ,Gonzales said. “If you wear a cardigan over it. It’s not a big deal.” Some people get dress coded way more than others. “Girls get coded more because some girls dress way over the dress code, but we also get told to watch what we’re wearing too,” Gordon said. With spring right around the corner more girls will start to wear shorter clothes. “Girls will start getting dress coded more because they will start wearing shorter clothes like, dresses, skirts, shorts, and crop tops.” Gonzales said.

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“No, girls have way more they can’t wear than boys.”

“Yeah, it’s fair because girls like to wear really small tshirts, and boys can just wear tank tops.”

“Yes, it is fair because there isn’t really a dress code, and we can now express ourselves”.

“Fair! We should keep our attention on school not other things.”

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Reviewing Latest Super Hero Movie AARON BALDRIDGE

Batman V Superman was released on March 25 by Warner Bros and was directed by Zach Snyder. Some of the actors and actresses who had a leading role in the film were Ben Affleck, who portrayed the powerful Batman, Henry Cavill ,who played as the godlike Superman, Gal Gadot was the unstoppable Wonder Woman, and Jessie Eisenberg was the crazed Lex Luther. Soon after the movies premiere aired Marth 20 in the US reviews came rolling in and one was, “So lucky to have been at the #BVSPremiere last

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Zootopia was Disney’s latest animated masterpiece; it was released in theatres on March 4 and earned $73.7 million on opening weekend, which beat the previous record for highest grossing opening as a non-Pixar movie from Frozen. Zootopia became the most talked about movie of this year as well as the highest grossing for many different reasons. One of such reasons is the huge amount of debate around the message of the movie and who actually created the message, Disney. Zootopia is easily one of Disney’s few movies that step into the darker aspects of the real world and aren’t all about kids and keeping it G rated. It

night and I still can’t believe how amazing it was,” Collider.com said. “Not good. Not great. Amazing. #BvS.” So far, Batman v Superman has scored a low 30 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, a website that has been reviewing movies since 1998, mainly because most critics said it was too loud with too many action scenes. The film scored 7.5 out of 10 on IMDB. The movie was full of action and special effects. While it took a unique spin at the end, some parts of the movie were predictable. *MINOR SPOILERS* The hero’s did their job as protectors of the city,

even though Batman and Superman’s brawl did cause some major damage to the abandoned Wayne Manor. Doomsday did most of the damage during the fight trying to kill the three heroes. Doomsday was created in a crashed Kryptonian warship by Lex Luther when the crazed Lex Luther combines his blood and the dead general Zod. Superman attempts to stop Lex in the ship but Doomsday grabs Superman and throws Superman around like a rag doll. At one point, Superman lifts Doomsday high over the city, into space and the military nuked them. The nuke

didn’t kill Doomsday since he can only get killed by kryptonite, but instead made him even more infuriated and made him stronger in the process. After watching Superman and Wonder Woman fight Doomsday, Batman shoots and weakens Doomsday with some kind of kryptonite gas and allows Wonder Woman to come in and cut off the beasts arm. The attack did no good seeing as Doomsday just grew back a sharp, spear-like bone in its place. *SPOILER* At the end of the fight Superman uses a kryptonite spear Lois Lane attempted to retrieve to defeat Doomsday.

explores deep into the recent issues such as prejudice and stereotypes. In their case it’s just about the type of mammal, but it’s still the same basis and still attempts to create a message that is unlike most previous Disney movies. The predator and the prey are teamed up on an unlikely wild adventure between a fox and a rabbit, this unlikely duo came together when they needed each other and ended up saving the day, they come to multiple points where they meet several other dark characters along the way. Of course, Disney played down the darkest character, Mr. Big, by making him a very small

prey animal. However even he showed that not all animals have to fight with each other. The computer animation was absolutely stunning as most Disney movies tend to be, my personal favorite part is the city, the use of bright backgrounds and fresh characters will be sure to make it a Disney classic soon enough! Overall, the story was a timeless tale of opposites, underdogs, bad guys and perseverance towards doing the

right thing and knocking down stereotypes that are a common thing in the world they live in, becoming the first rabbit police officer, teaming up with a fox, and many other moments as well as the tough journey along the way. There are plot twists and all kinds of life lessons and hidden messages hidden in the movie that might not be available to be seen by a simple glance of someone who can’t find a deeper meaning to it. I would personally recommend to go and see this incredible movie and get your own take on it, see if you can relate what’s going on in the story to what’s going on in the real world today and find the messages hidden in the movie.

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MBMS gets the win over Olympic with some amazing plays, an outstanding game overall. COURTESY MBMS YEARBOOK

GIO PARASCONDOLA MBMS varsity basketball team had a season with a record of 5-3. The team had wins against Cascade, North Tapps, and Olympic. The team tried to progress forward, but they struggled because of injuries. The team had already been successful this season. “We could have been even more successful if we stayed healthy,” Coach Keaton said. “We need to spend more time in the gym [to become better].” The girls have improved tremendously over the course of the season and became better teammates and friends. “I love everyone on my team,” player Kendra Nguyen said. Coach Keaton said that she enjoyed the season, because the players were a positive and fun group and make coaching a lot of fun. Varsity girls basketball had many great games, but they had struggles along the way as well. They have had many injuries. In the

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first game against Cascade, two players were injured and were out for the rest of the game. When the team played Cascade again, and they won by 15 points when they had their whole team. Girls’ basketball had many great games, but Coach Keaton thought the best game was the Cascade game, so the team has many great games over the course of the season. “My favorite part of the season is just hanging out with all the girls before games,” Nguyen said. The team worked hard and that was why they are so successful. They had morning practice where they have to wake up early and play basketball before even some teachers were there. That showed the dedication of the team and its coaching staff. They also had afternoon practice, which players give up their time to relax to play basketball, so a lot of sacrifices were made for the team. The team overall had a season-clinching second place in the division.

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SIARAH BROWN The seventh grade girls’ basketball teams had hard working but frustrating season. Girls from team one fought hard in each and every game, even though they didn’t have most of their players due to injuries. They improved much as a team and they really enjoyed beating Olympic. The girls had many strengths that helped them with their victory. “We were very aggressive in defense,” Coach Burkhalter said. “We made a lot of steals and forced a lot of turnovers.” Zoe Moore and Kailee James were the team’s leading scorers, Taylor Gordon and Emma Hon were the leading rebounders, and Sara Olvera, Ashlen Guerrero, and Deanna Bocanegra fought hard in defense and steals. Mt. Baker’s team #2 had worked hard during their season. Emily Watson was awesome controlling the pace and Marissa Beltran was really great on rebounding. Every member of the team played hard and showed great sportsmanship. They put up a huge fight, but were just a few points from a victory a couple of times. *

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ANGEL BORUNDA One of the greatest benefits of being an athlete is getting admired and appreciated for your achievements, but sadly at times, females involved in a unisex, yet male-dominated sport such as wrestling, may go unnoticed or underappreciated. As all of us may know wrestling is a very difficult sport that challenges you physically and mentally. It is very tough for many to commit to the sport, and handle the hard work and sacrifice which it brings. This year has definitely been a big year for female wrestlers with high school wrestler, Jordyn Bartelson, becoming the first female wrestler in the Puyallup School District, to claim four state wrestling titles, as well as the Mt. Baker wrestling team having more girls involved than ever before in MBMS history. The wrestling team has many new outstanding female additions to the team , which are led by Lily Schesy, who is the first three-year returning eighth grade female wrestler at MBMS history. Seventh graders Peyton Oaks and Genisis Farias, and eighth graders Angela Duran and Kennedy Thompson also have competed this year.

“[ I was inspired by ] my brother and because it looked fun,” said Oaks. It’s no debate that wrestling definitely is an incredibly enjoyable sport, but there are times when it can get stressful, and athletes must be fully determined to keep fighting and not give up and go out on the mat and do their job “Sometimes it’s a little overwhelming,” Duran said. Many female wrestlers usually don’t mind being on a team full of boys but some may find it occasionally awkward. “It’s interesting, Oaks said. “They talk about weird things, and I have to listen to those weird things.” Although males and females do have many differences, there is no differences between how they perform against an opponent on the mat. It is very true that technique is a huge factor of wrestling, but aside with that wrestling is a sport that requires passion, a trait which these girls possess. Not only are these girls outstanding wrestlers, but they are also clear visual proof that athletics has no barriers or limits. After witnessing these females wrestle with my own eyes, I have learned to never underestimate the power of a girl, because they can and will.

Lily Scheschy [BACKGROUND] prepares for her varsity match, while her teammates their JV matches. COURTESY OF MBMS YEARBOOK.

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VARSITY WRESTLING JOSH BAIR & CHLOE KNOX The MBMS wrestling team had an unfortunate season, ending 5-5 just before the conference tournament. The team competed well and played as a family. Eighth grader Eddy Sihalavathong thought there were some areas the team can improve upon. “We could be a little more focused and work on our cardio a lot more,” he said. Although they have things to improve on, Sihalavathong added by, saying, “We worked hard and supported each other as not only a team, but like family.” Even though the season didn’t go as well as the team thought, Coach King felt confident going into the tournament. “I knew losing four eighth graders to injury would make it difficult for us to do as well as we did in the past,” King said. “But there were a lot of surprises with the new wrestlers stepping up.” No matter how hard any team works, there’s always going to be some injuries. Wrestlers Chris Guerra and Justin Prichard both suffered injuries to their arm, and were out for the rest of the season. The team’s biggest rival was Rainier who beat them two times, and MBMS didn’t beat them. The team’s greatest victory was against North Tapps with a final score of 81-13. The wrestlers fought with determination, and gave up their time every day after school to train for their matches, and bond with each other. To keep the wrestlers striving to get better, each week one wrestler would be recognized as “Wrestler of the Week!” Every wrestler of the week was given a T-shirt, saying “wrestler of the week” and we’ve seen them wearing them around school. Many devoted wrestlers spent time after practice working out, and training to make themselves better, and help improve the team.

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KEEGAN YORKE The two varsity girls’ soccer teams has had an outstanding season this year. Mrs. Hubbell’s team finished with a record of 5-2-1 record while Mr. Lewis’s team ended the season with a record of 7-1-0. This year instead of having a single varsity team, there were two teams split evenly with both seventh and eighth graders on each. Mr. Lewis’s team has had a very strong season this year going undefeated. Mr. Lewis’s team blew the opponents away with great defensive performances and keeping many shutouts. They had great offensive performances winning most games by

3 or more goals. One of their most dominant games was a 6-0 win against Cascade. Although the team was very successful going undefeated, they still had room to improve. “We could have communicated better and talked to each other more,” seventh grader Tieryn Purcell said. The most difficult team they had to compete against was Rainer. They were the only thing that stopped the bulldogs from winning all their games. Overall it was a great season for Lewis’s team. “My favorite part of the season was working with everybody,” Purcell said. The seventh and eighth graders

both had much success this season with both teams; overall it was a great showing for the Bulldogs. Both the seventh and eighth graders taught each other valuable skills both in soccer and in life. Everybody on both teams came together to make a great season for the Bulldogs. Mrs. Hubbell’s team has had a very successful season this year with all the players improving. “Teamwork and club girls mentoring the other girls has been the key to our success,” Hubbell said. Some of the more experienced players who play club soccer outside of school have had to take some of the less experienced players under their wing and mentor them.

One of their most successful games was their last game against Rainier. Even though they lost, everybody on the team has improved so much this season that they all came together for one last game, and they played one of their best games yet. “Our biggest challenge has been bad practice fields,” Hubbell said. Both teams had to overcome many challenges this season including injuries and having less experienced players, but many players made the most of it. “It was fun playing with eighth graders,” Purcell said. “I didn’t really see a difference, we were a group and it didn’t really matter.”

The girls team connects a pass in one of their wins against Olympic. Teamwork led to many goals and many wins for the bulldogs this season. COURTESY OF MBMS YEARBOOK.

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Josh Abbott

Angel Borunda

Josh Abbott has a really good reason to be in journalism, and that is because he really likes language arts better than any other class he has. He not only likes language arts, but he really likes to play soccer and go to school pep assemblies.

Perfectionist. Musician. Athlete. Angel Borunda. A lot of things drive Angel are dancing, wrestling, and academics. He has coaches and friends that better him as an athlete and a student. Angel has a big family, with three brother and three sisters. Angel loves to dance. It’s one of his many passions.

Josh Bair

Siarah Brown

Josh Bair is a student at MBMS and is very interested in sports and athletics. Sports are not Bair’s only hobby though. He likes watching T.V. and his favorite movie is The Maze Runner. Bair believes that “When the sun’s out, guns out.” His future is full of many possibilities.

Siarah Brown is an eighth grader at MBMS. She enjoys playing sports like volleyball, basketball, and fast pitch. But, she’s not all about sports. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her friends. Also, she enjoys the Percy Jackson book series.

Aaron Baldridge

Heily Chaires

Creative, friendly, and hardworking are a few words that describe Aaron Baldridge of MBMS. This student has been here for the full three years. When he was asked to describe why he enjoyed Mt. Baker, he said, “Even though it’s crowded, there are still fun electives you can do.”

Heily Chaires is a very interesting character. Heily enjoys playing volleyball in her free time. She has one dog named Gizmo, who enjoys playing and running with her. Heily’s favorite season is fall, she loves the colors and when the leaves change Chaires says, “Why lose when you can win.”

Chloe Knox

Cam Baker

Chloe Knox, smart and musical. Knox is a determined, tireless person who loves to see her hard work pay off. Journalism allows her to put all these qualities to work. When relaxing, Knox enjoys running, piano and friends. Her six word story is, ”‘Satisfied?’ they asked. ‘Never,’ I replied.”

Cam Baker is known for her graphic designs in The Canine Chronicle and her passion for the cello and piano. Baker wants to continue music programs and become a professional musician or a music teacher at Auburn Riverside High School. Her six word story is, “I won’t be defeated, not now.”

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MEET THE PRESS: Famous American writer Ernest Hemingway claimed his best story ever written was only six words: “FOR SALE: Baby shoes never worn.” Known for being long-winded, many of his fans and critics appreciated his succinct, thought-provoking story. Now, it’s The Canine Chronicle’s turn. With the change of the semester, we added 13 new members to our staff, focused on telling your story. Before we tell your story, we want to tell you our story, like Mr. Hemingway did. Below you will find a biography of each journalism staff member with some six-word stories included.

Mikayla Hall

Aunnika Lang

Mikayla Hall does cheerleading for the Auburn Riverside youth. Her dog’s Rufus, Princess, and Mya, and her cat Rain impact her life by always being on her side. Vallejo, California is where she calls her hometown. “Why cry when you can craft,” Mikayla Hall’s six-word story expressed.

The six-word story, “Adventure up mountains, then snowboarding down”, correctly describes adrenaline junkie, Aunnika Lang. Having a laidback personality, Aunnika likes to show off her athletic side in P.E. and enjoys snowboarding in the winter. You can usually find Aunnika in the commons, talking with her friends, probably eating a margarita pizza.

Rachel Hall

Nick Miller

Rachel Hall describes herself as short and athletic. A girl that uses just six words to motivate her friends while she cheers, goes to gymnastics, and runs track, “Don’t just be good, be great.” When not in school Rachel enjoys taking pictures, hanging out with friends, and eating dim sum.

Nick Miller’s favorite class is journalism. He likes to hang out with his friends and take pictures. Miller want to succeed in school and looks forward to writing newspapers in journalism. He likes to eat nachos with cheese and likes the color red. “Nothing is impossible, just do it,” he wrote in his six-word story.

Alexus Jacobs

Dong Nguyen

Alexus Jacobs uses six words to describe herself, which is “Washington crosses rivers. I write stories.” This shows Jacobs’s creative and “nerdy” side. She loves reading and writing fantasy fiction books. If she’s not reading books or writing them she would be on the computer being a social media fangirl.

Dong Nguyen likes playing video games outside of school. Nguyen said his favorite thing about MBMS is the elective P.E. because of exercise. Nguyen also said his favorite subject is math and he likes Mrs. Koenig, because she’s nice. He also can speak another language fluently.

Camden Heilborn

Ariana Stephens

Camden Heilborn is a family -oriented volleyball player. She enjoys writing for The Canine Chronicle, but is partial to creative writing as she likes to write whatever she feels like. “One point away, crowd goes wild,” her six-word story said. This emulates her love for sports as well as her driving force.

Ariana Stephens plays volleyball, and inspires herself to do better by hoping to make varsity in high school. “Never underestimate me, I will win,” she said. She is determined, competitive, persistent, and energetic. She loves being in journalism because she likes being able to have a voice for the school.

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Gio Parascondola

Dakota Zercher

“Baseball, family, basketball, student, athlete, friend.” are just a few words that describe Giovanni Parascondola. Gio enjoys spending time with his many friends which he acquired from being exceptionally outgoing. Parascondola also enjoys watching comedy movies and playing basketball and baseball, which he happens to be extremely gifted in.

Dakota Zercher loves to spend time with his friends at MBMS. He thinks journalism is an interesting club/subject. He has not watched the presidential debates but thinks Hillary Clinton will probably win. His favorite color is blue. Dakota’s favorite thing to do outside of school is to play sports.

Timothy Rambo

Peter Warring—Adviser

Timothy Rambo is 13-years-old and attends MBMS, where he played basketball for the 2015 championship team and is also the ASB president for the school. Every morning before school, he consumes his favorite drink, apple juice. Tim has seven siblings and is the second youngest in a big family.

Language arts teacher Mr. Warring loves spending time with his three children and wife when he’s not advising the newspaper or coaching. This film-lover and toy collector enjoys playing and coaching volleyball in his free time and debating Star Wars facts and trivia. He summed up his life in six words about his father, “’Never be content,’ he said finally.”

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Derek Wirachowsky is a smart and talented 13 year old who has gotten at least one pride award every year he has been here while I’ve only gotten one for the time I’ve been here. Wirachowsky’s favorite and strongest subject is geometry while his weakest is ELA since, “[He’s] not as comfortable with it as [he is] with [his] other subjects.”

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Keegan Yorke Keegan Yorke, a 14-year-old athlete, loves to play many sports with his favorite sport being soccer, that didn’t stop him from playing other sports later Keegan signed up for varsity, and he is a great three point shooter. He is a great academic learner and believes studying is easy.

Rodrigo Zaldivar Rodrigo Zaldivar is a 14-year-old student at MBMS. He loves to play soccer and many video games, such as Clash of Clans. His favorite subject is Math, which is also his strongest subject as well. Rodrigo daily lives by the words, “Family, school, soccer, eat, sleep, repeat.”

Bailee Youngren photography editor

Bailee Youngren likes the people at MBMS best. She is also smart and passing all of her classes. Her favorite thing to do in her free time is to listen to music, with her favorite song to listen to is “Stressed Out”. “I like the humor in journalism.” Youngren said.

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top middle school paper in the state with over 36 editions and 700 pages of content in the last six years, racking up several state and national awards for their publication. Student journalists on the TCC staff interview, report, write, design, and photograph the living history of MBMS. Our journalists are the top students at MBMS, and also participate in a variety of additional activities, like sports, music programs, drama, ASB, and academic and service clubs. MBMS journalists are tasked with telling the story of 950+ students by providing and sharing student voice. If you feel that you could tell the story of MBMS with integrity in a competitive, pressure-filled, deadlinedriven environment, stop by adviser Mr. Warring’s class (406) and tell him you are in! Warring will also visit seventh grade classes in May to share benefits and expectations of perspective staff members of The Canine Chronicle.

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ALEXUS JACOBS Aries (March 21-April 19): Throw a huge party at your place this spring break. Just make sure to ask your parents first—don’t want to get grounded.

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Dress Code Antics As the warmer months approach, the dress code becomes a problem. One article of clothing that raises much controversy is the tank top. Many students wonder why aren’t we able to wear tank tops. Many think that shoulders are “distracting”. Others say if we all wore them, it wouldn’t be an issue. Do you think we should be able to wear wide strapped tank tops to school?

April Fools’ Pranks April Fools’ Day just recently took place. Many people play pranks on others this day of the year. From something as small as dying your milk another color, to something as elaborate as spending hours after your parents are asleep, to redecorate your entire house. Pranks can be fun, or serious. Did you pull any pranks this April fool’s Day?

Season Four Sports Season four sports started only a few days ago. Boys’ baseball, girls’ volleyball, and coed track and field, practices for a couple hours every day after school. Every student is able to play their games, or compete in their event, if they’re eligible. For baseball and volleyball you must make a team, while track welcomes all. Are you participating in a season four sport?

Social media was recently filled with videos and memes of Daniel and his favoritism for his white shoes. There was even several parodies and a song based on the Snapchat video. While the topic was hot on social media, there was some who thought the meme was hilarious and others who did not. Whatever your position on the Snapchat post, we can all say that “white vans” was something that had everyone talking. Do you own a pair of white vans?

Face-Swapping It seems that Snapchat has struck again. The social media platform recently added several new filters to their app. One of the options provided was face-swapping, which out of all the filters is probably everyone’s favorite. People’s Instagram's, Twitters and of course Snapchats have been loaded with pictures of friends’ faces switched with one another in a slightly disturbing way. The proportions of your face are not quite accurate, yet that is the fun of the new Snapchat filter. Do you use the new filter on social media?

Testing Too Much Testing month is right around the corner for all students in the state of Washington, especially for students here at MBMS. Most teachers and students are not looking forward to the long testing sessions or the test at all. This is the fifth big test we’ve had this year, with the three Performance Tasks in Language Arts and the CBA in Social Studies. People often make the statement that we test too much. Do you think we test too much? april 2016

Gemini (May 20-June 20): Try making some dough over break by either babysitting your younger siblings for your mom or walking your neighbor’s yippy dog. Cancer (June 21-July 22): Things seem to be going your way—both of your parents are at work so you get the entire house to yourself. You can finally binge watch Once an Upon a Time in peace. Leo (July 23-August 22): Let your creative juices flow during spring break. Pick up a DIY kit at Walmart, then you can show off your creations to all your friends. They’ll be jealous. Virgo (August 23-September 22): You want to hang with your friends all week, but resist the urge. If you do, they’ll become sick of you by the time break ends. Libra (September 23-October 22): Your allergies make it hard to have fun on spring break, so take some medicine, and you’ll be fine.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20): Although you may be on staycation this break, don’t worry because your family is saving up to go to somewhere awesome this summer.

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Scorpio (October 23-November 21): Find a club focusing on a hobby you’re interested in. You’ll have fun and learn something new. Sagittarius (November 22-December 21): Your parents plan an elaborate vacation not too far out of town, but you’re not completely stoked. Just find something great to do with your family and you’ll have the best time. Capricorn (December 22-January 19): Accomplish something big this spring break. Your friends, your parents and you will be proud. Aquarius (January 20-February 18): Try doing an activity you’ve never done, such as swimming at night or an eating contest. You’ll be able to surprise your friends with a crazy story. Pisces (February 19-March 20): Your personality is so appealing, you are able to make tons of new friends over break. Let them in your circle and you’re immediately surrounded by friends.

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