The Canine Chronicle MBMS June 2019

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

june 2019

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inside this issue: New ASB Elective

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Activities For Summer

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Year End Events

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Locker Room Lottery

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What Floats My Boat

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SPOTLIGHT: P.R.I.D.E Recap

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Club P.R.I.D.E/Award List

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Talent Show

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Broadway for #BrAvery

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MBMS Fortnite Champ

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Return of Minecraft

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Meet the Press

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FRONT COVER PHOTO: Minecraft is celebrating its 10 year anniversary of the game. Our spotlight edition P.R.I.D.E. a year in review will recap all of the awards given out this year.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY I. FLORES, & I. NAVORRO BACK COVER PHOTO: The TCC staff has put out two editions this June, so look forward to our online satire edition, The Canine Comical. This shows sneak peeks of all the articles that are included plus the QR code to visit the website. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY L. GUERIBA.

DEAR BULLDOGS, Hello sixth, seventh and eighth grade graduates! This year TCC did things a little bit differently. Due to time constraints, our staff split into two producing one news edition and a satire edition.

Our fabulous co-editor-in-chief, Therese Layacan took on the challenge of leading our online June Satire edition and giving it a whole new face. The Canine Chronicle is proud to present The Canine Comical.

The JEA Spring 2019 Media Contest acknowledged some our great work from the 2018-2019 school year. Award winners for our January WGMGs were Jerica Villanueva, Nora Scott, Gavin Martin, and Hailey Rakos.

The exceptional work done on our front and back covers for our last two editions by Lavrielle Gueriba and Isabell Flores was recognized.

Our spotlight spread on time management was highly scored with work from Lydia Stuffleben, Lavrielle Gueriba, and Jerica Villanueva.

A big winner was Timo Werronen who received two cerificates from his “ASD Upgrades Web Filter” and “The EU’s Meme Ban in 9 Memes” articles.

With three awards comes in Therese Layacan, writing the “2018 Meme Recap”, “The Effects of Vaping on Youth Health”, and “20 Observation While Watching Eighth Grade” articles. Amy Martinez-Reyes brought home two award for her production of “Motivational Speaker Inspires Students to Give” and “Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019” articles.

Back to this edition, go see the interesting acts in the talent show or the year end events. Look out for our impressive reporting of the return of Minecraft. Reflecting on MBMS is the P.R.I.D.E recap and the Only at Baker.

The Broadway for BrAvery program and ASB were looked into.

We present new spins like Locker Room Lottery and What Floats My Boat.

Enjoy the end of you year, Baker!

TCC’s exceptional young journalist who were recognized in the JEA Spring 2019 Media Contest.

Jerica Villanueva and Gavin Martin are not present due to them no longer being in class, but still are acknowledged for their production of award winning journalism. PHOTO BY P. WARRING

Sincerely, TCC’s editorial split in half to lead in both editions equally. Head of the Satire edition was Therese Layacan with assistance from Luci Sain and Lavrielle Gueriba and the leader of the June edition was Amy MartinezReyes helped by Nora Scott and Isabell Flores. PHOTO

BY L. STUFFLEBEN.

The Canine Chronicle

STAFF mission:

EDITORS

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Isabell Flores Lavrielle Gueriba Therese Layacan Amy Martinez-Reyes Luci Sain Nora Scott

Ornela Amouzou-Adoun Emily Chi Erin Hein Jonah Huang Lauryn Ide Ethan Kang Marek Kliewer Hunter Martin

Jay Mentink Caden Metje Isabella Navarro Kelly Oh Hailey Rakos Nora Scott Chase Ramirez Emma Richardson

Leo Seo Jayme Singh Sean So Lydia Stuffleben Timo Werronen D’Andre Wilson

ADVISER Peter Warring

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The MBMS Journalism 8 class produced this open public forum student newspaper with intent to ethically report events accurately, without bias. As an open public forum for students, all decisions made on content are made by students 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 had adopted the SPJ Code of Ethics: seek truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently, and be accurate and transparent.

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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ISABELL FLORES Eighth graders Daniel and Matthew Cegielski were presented with the opportunity to go to Olympia and Page for the Senate Chamber. Both of them had a new and unique experience that many at MBMS students have not.

“There are two types of paging, you can page for the House of Representative or the Senate Chamber so you can either see how the house works or how the Senate works,” Daniel said.

The Cegielski twins had to miss a week of school to be able to participate in this program. School is important to them. but Daniel and Matthew learned so much more than they would have in school.

“I think it’s important they got to experience firsthand being able to

participate you’re going to learn more by doing then by sitting and reading about it,” eighth grade history teacher Mrs. Carnahan said.

When students volunteer for these programs, they get assigned a Senator to page for. Together Daniel and Matthew paged for Senator Phil Fortunato. The Cegielski twins were allowed to help with multiple tasks.

“We did a ton of stuff. We had to file, deliver notes to the Senators, pick up stuff, and go on the floor to do your rotations,” Matthew said. “You also had to pass letters out to the Senators.”

At such a young age this was an exciting and scary experience for them. They went to the Senate Chamber with other students they had never met before and had to work together with others.

“In high school, you would be older and more mature. You would want to have a friend with you,” Carnahan said.

When paging for the Senate Chamber they had a chance to learn how the Senate works and runs. They were able to see the process of what happens firsthand in the Senate.

“We learned how a bill becomes a law. We saw how the process works, and now I know what the Senate Chamber looks like,” Daniel said.

Studnets can page for the Senate between the ages of 14 and 16.

Students at MBMS can have an opportunity to page for the Senate.

“I think the more that kids can be involved in politics or government, they’ll know and understand what it’s about they’ll understand the importance of it,” Carnahan said.

“They can make some educated decisions and this gets the younger generations involved in voting.”

The Cegielski twins were able to see new things and have a new view of the Senate. There were many valuable lessons to be learned from the trip.

“My favorite part of the trip was being on the floor and seeing the action happen,” Daniel said. “And also being able to see the senator’s debate over a bill.”

The Cegielski twins were able to learn new things about the Senate and that’s all thanks to the Senator and the paging program they went through.

“It was an enjoyable and educational experience,” Matthew said.

Daniel and Matthew Cegielski (above, left to right) were willing to share this photo of the Senate Chamber. The Cegielski twins were able to watch the Senators debate over topics. PHOTO COURTESY OF CEGIELSKI FAMILY

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JAYME SINGH As the school year is coming to a close, new ASB representatives were elected and students decided to join a new leadership class next year. The class will consist of the ASB representatives and the Bulldog Crew.

This year, not as many people wanted to stand up and run for ASB. Since we were short on staff, everyone who wanted to be in ASB, got into ASB. This class will affect the students schedules, as seventh grade president Asher Maier described.

“Yeah, P.E. and I'm choosing to take journalism, so then I can't take orchestra next year,” Maier said.

Although Maier said he has to drop out of orchestra, students also had the choice to take music classes and not take P.E. next year.

“It's going to be a full year elective, which means I can't take another elective because I'm also in choir,” seventh grade secretary Anna Doucette said. “And that's a full year elective [too].”

While being in leadership does affect students in the elective class, it will also affects other students.

“It will affect all students, because ASB is going to be a lot more involved. So you're going to see like a lot more like pep assemblies or spirit weeks or fun events and so on,” seventh grade president Trevor DeWaal said.

While DeWaal said that more fun school events will be planned, science teacher Ms. Lacy disagreed.

“Leadership is more than making posters or planning pep assemblies,” Lacy said.

It needs to be lived in our daily actions, and I want to help build leaders that will be leaders.”

Students in ASB are excited for the leadership class, it being a new class and them being the first students to be in it.

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“I think I will love and enjoy the class,” DeWaal said.

A few years ago, students did take a leadership class. However, MBMS changed the class into a study skills class, because it’s better for students to have study skill rather than having the leadership class.

The leadership class was added for next year at the request of Lacy.

“I asked. And [administrators] said yes. And so that's why we got that,” Lacy said.

The students on ABS or the bulldog crew might not even know how to be leaders or they may know how, but they need help showing leadership to others.

Being in the class, students will be able to learn how to help others. Leadership will help everyone on ASB become the leaders they need to be.

CO-PRESIDENTS

SENATORS (8)

Trevor DeWaal Asher Maier

Ella McCurdy Babyann Zebedy

CO-SECRETARY

SENATORS (7)

Anna Doucette Esther Pack

TREASURER

Nina Beckwith Siobhan Dela Cruz Leila Gerhardt Ryan Monsen

Elliette Maloney

These are the ASB students working on posters to advertise upcoming events around the school. They work hard before school to help make school a fun place to be. PHOTO BY P. WARRING

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D’ANDRE WILSON

As summer is approaching, there are many opportunities and plans that you can do over summer that you won’t have to go out of your way to experience, and you’ll be able to bring the whole family.

At the Auburn Skate Connection, you can bring your whole family and a couple of friends to roller skate for a very cheap price while enjoying great music. This is a great place for parties or just hanging out with a couple people.

A beautiful park where you can enjoy a water park or a nice lunch with your family, the park has many shady places to cool out in the sun. It is also located near the King County Library and is centrally located in Auburn.

Located just off Highway 167, you can enjoy the majestic horse races at Emerald Downs!

A great place to see animals and bring the whole family at a manageable cost. Adults can bet on horse races, while the kids can watch the animals.

READY. AIM. FIRE! Have a great time at Orion’s Archery. It gives kids and parents a blast, even if you’ve never shot an arrow. If you're with your friends or with family your sure to have a spectacular time. This is a very unique experience ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF PIXABAY.COM

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AMY MARTINEZ-REYES & LYDIA STUFFLEBEN

The fabulous MBMS staff and PTA has worked vigorously to throw together some events to congratulate and reward its students.

Yet another exclusive event for the graduating eighth-graders. The teachers have selected two students from each course they teach to give them an award along with a little speech explaining it.

Even though many students do not know about these awards, they are still truly important even more significant than a P.R.I.D.E. award.

Counselor Mrs. Brubaker commented on it’s importance and that it needs to be advertised more.

“I think it's good to recognize kids for the accomplishments of the year,” Brubaker said. “Other kids can strive to be like that.”

Another prestigious award given at MBMS is honor roll. Having a 3.2 GPA or higher earns any MBMS student a certificate of honor and hard work.

“We worked really hard …some students,” Brown said. “And I think it's good that the school is celebrating those students that worked really hard.”

Kicking off the summer, the Eighth Grade Promotion Ceremony on June 21 provides an opportunity to officially announce eighth graders as freshmen.

“I'm looking forward to having a good time,” Brown said. “Probably with a lot of friends and then me and my parents are probably going to go to dinner or something.”

This milestone is the beginning of the eighth-graders having more responsibilities and more independence. MBMS counselor Mrs. Brubaker said she learned plenty throughout her years seeing students come and go and provides some insightful comments.

“Oh, get involved. That's what I always say, GET INVOLVED,” Brubaker said. “And have fun. Don't forget to have fun. But stay focused on your school and where you want to go.”

One of the many recognitions that is given to athletes which is above the attendance office (left). The crowd of students and parents waiting eagerly for this year's Honor Roll celebration to begin (top right) and fourth quarter's eight grade P.R.I.D.E recipients proudly posing for photos with their certificates (bottom right). PHOTOS BY A. MARTINEZ-REYES & LYDIA STUFFLEBEN

Recently Principal Brown has started to hang up posters of past MBMS students and the successful occupations they had today. Ranging from a teacher, pro wrestler, pro dancer, maternity nurse, and financial manager, there is a wide diversity in the careers past students have chosen to pursue. PHOTOS BY A. MARTINEZ-REYES & LYDIA STUFFLEBEN.

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This is an in-school field trip that provides a chance for eighth graders to take a taste of what their high school experience is going to be like.

Some eighth graders like Jenna Moon-Earle believed that they have already learned plenty about their high school from Future Freshman Night.

Eighth grade counselor Mrs. Brubaker did not completely agree with the advice given by the freshman on the visit.

“When you get into high school, I don't know if it's a breeze,” Brubaker said. “But I think you can make it what you want it to be. If you want to take the classes and escape that's your choice. ”

Future ARHS freshman anxiously entering while being greeted by ARHS crew members and the band (top, bottom left). Eighth graders evaluating the freshman's advice. PHOTOS BY A. MARTINEZ-REYES & L. STUFFLEBEN

MBMS PTA put together an eighth grade-only party as a way to reward the class for all their hard work.

“I think…I would probably be spending time with my friends,” eighth grader Kailee Sin said.

This event included lots of fun activities that the eighth-graders enjoyed during their two hours. Some of the activities included henna tattoos and a magician, also free popcorn, water and a variety of ice cream treats in the commons. However, in the big gym there were three bouncy competition games that students showed enthusiasm in.

“Make sure you thank your parents that helped put this together for you,” Principal Brown said.

Boys and girls battling in one of the three bouncy house games (right, top left). While some played in the gym, others paid more attention to the activities in the commons (middle, bottom left). PHOTOS BY A. MARTINEZ-REYES

Mathletes MBMS’s mathletes participated in a recent competition held at Auburn High which consisted of a timed group test and a timed individual test.

MBMS was represented by a sixth grade, seventh, and eighth grade—Dat Ho, Lauryn Ide, and Kelly Oh. At first, the eighth grade mathletes only took third place while the seventh graders received first place. “[The judges] had miscalculated and the questions we got correct were counted as incorrect and the incorrect problems were countex correct,” Oh said. “The fixing of the mistake put us in first place.”

Additionally, Bui was acknowledged as the first place winner for the individual portion, Oh took fourth, and Ide took fifth.

“Even though I was only in it for like a week or two, I knew these people really well,” Ho said. “One of my most favorite things about being mathletes is the PHOTO COURTESY OF J. CARTER community inside it.”

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This is a yearly chaotic frenzy in the intramural area where all grades leave notes in each other’s yearbook.

“This year is the 25th year of Mt. Baker so it’s the silver edition,” 8th grader Kailee Sin said.

This yearbook is sure to be a special one. The cover has previously had some doubt but the overall quality of the MBMS yearbook has not decreased.

The Yearbook Club comes in before school and works hard to produce a memory filled yearbook with pictures of everybody. “[The yearbook has] improved because the color is better looking than last years.” seventh grader Caden Mewhorter said.

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The Locker Lottery is a way to see how students think about current, new topics. But, the Locker Room Lottery is a review of the current quarter sports, in this case, fourth and how it went over with both athletes and coaches. The track athletes are Ava Berry and Wilbert Carranza with Coach King. The volleyball athletes will be Jayana Fields and Emma Bailly. The baseball athletes will be Austin Cook and Nathan Pritchard with Coach Vatne.

NORA SCOTT & ORNELA AMOUZ-ADOUN

WHAT P ROMPTED YOU TO JOIN/COACH THE TEAM? A. Berry: Mr. Emmons, because I did track last year and he wanted me to do it again, because I was successful.

W. Carranza: Just for being part of the school, helping out with the sports, how they do their season, and I just like being part of the team.

E. Bailly: Just kind of to get more involved because club ball’s great, but it's always good to implement [getting involved for school].

A. Cook: Well, I needed to do an after-school sport, so I want to do baseball because baseball is my favorite sport.

N. Pritchard: I've always enjoyed sports.

Coach V.: Well, I love baseball. And I've been coaching baseball here since 1996. And I enjoy coaching these and it's a great group of kids, great players.

WHO HAS IMPROVED THE MOST THIS SEASON? W. Carranza: I think Tyler Chandler, because… he wasn't the best out there and he still showed up to practice every day, every day he could and he always tried his best out there.

Coach K.: I can’t narrow it down to just one. 100% of the team had a PR this season in multiple areas and multiple times throughout the season.

E. Bailly: I would say Isabella Navarro for sure. She works so hard. And I really value her as a teammate because she improved so much.

N. Pritchard: Probably Juan Madrigal.

WHAT DID YOU DO PERSONALLY TO IMPROVE THIS SEASON? A. Berry: Put in extra work and, your work and have a good attitude.

W. Carranza: Work was harder at track practice at school and just train and eat [right]... and try my best during practices.

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Coach K.: I’ve been spending a lot of time looking at results and modifying our practices to help with the overall process in getting kids to stronger at just the right time to perform.

J. Fields: I started listening to coach... and she told me to keep my arms straight when passing and to get low, try to get under the ball.

A. Cook: I just practiced harder, and it turned out well N. Pritchard: [I] probably [got] better and hit the ball.

Coach V.: What I always try to do is, every day, sit down and write down what our strengths are, and what we could improve in, and then come up with some drills and some strategies and some activities that...improve our skills.

WHAT’S ONE WORD YOU CAN USE TO DESCRIBE YOUR SEASON? A. Berry: Successful.

W. Carranza: Amazing.

Coach K.: Special.

J. Fields: Energetic, exciting, and emotional.

E. Bailly: Probably just “determination”, because I think it's all a matter of like, who really comes and brings their best each day, and who really wants to improve.

N. Pritchard: Fun.

WHAT MADE YOUR TEAM MORE ACCOMPLISHED THIS SEASON? A. Berry: Put in extra work and, your work and have a good attitude.

W. Carranza: We did a lot of teamwork during the practices and we support each other and have fun… working hard and just support each other, making sure everyone's doing good with [track].

J. Fields: I think the energy on the bench and on the court because Madison [Turner] told all of us [that] energy wins the game...

E. Bailly: I think as we got to know each other more

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A. Cook: ...We just practice harder this year. [And] everyone's really focused at practice.

N. Pritchard: [Being] all together on [fielding] with the ball.

Coach V.: Practice and the desire to improve and I think teamwork.

WHAT IS ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE MOMENTS SHARED AMONG THE SEASON?

W. Carranza: In the track meets, because everyone is competitive, and you're with each other throughout the whole day.

Coach K.: One league record broken in the 400m and three school records broken in the long jump, 400m, and 4x200 relay.

E. Bailly: I would say watching Coach Arias play.

A. Cook: Probably when we beat Olympic.

N. Pritchard: Probably the warm-ups, because we usually mess around the line.

HOW DOES THIS TEAM MAKE YOU A BETTER ATHLETE/COACH AND PERSON? A. Berry: Because everyone is very supportive.

W. Carranza: It makes you a better athlete, because it pushed me; making me want to push harder and just do the best I could so I could... support the team.

J. Fields: The energy and quotes. We tell quotes each game.

E. Bailly: ...You learn to work with people that you don't necessarily know, or talk to on a daily basis, because I think it kind of almost forces you to get to know them as a person. And I think that helps you grow as an individual a lot.

A. Cook: Well, I don't really know them well, so I get to know them by talking to them, and that makes me a better person.

N. Pritchard: [They] keep me conditioned.

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N. Pritchard: We [had] good teamwork, [and we] kept carrying the ball around every day.

Coach V.: I think, again, coming and working hard and doing a lot of drills and teamwork exercises and practices to get better. Just day by day working hard at it. And being willing to put in the time.

winning success as we would like that they still continue to work.

WHAT HAS TEAMWORK TAUGHT YOU THIS SEASON? A. Berry: That working together improves us, like as a whole team.

J. Fields: Don't try to do stuff by yourself and if you mess up, it's okay. Just don't let it get in your way.

A. Cook: That no matter how good you are you can still play a school sport.

N. Pritchard: To not really give up.

Coach V.: I think it's taught me, as well as players, that the best part of baseball is people you play with.

And if you're positive and work hard, and support your team, we can have a lot of fun. And I think we did.

WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU WISH COULD’VE GONE BETTER THIS SEASON? Coach K.: Nope. The weather was great, and the coaching staff worked hard.

J. Fields: I wish I was, like, at the beginning of the season...

E. Bailly: I guess I wish we all, I guess, had more motivation… I think we all kind of picked up the pace more toward the end.

A. Cook: Batting wise on the offensive side.

N. Pritchard: [I wish we would've won] more games.

Coach V.: Yeah, I wish we would've had few more wins… But, no, other than that, I have no regrets. We improved. We played with great sportsmanship, great teamwork.

WHAT RIVALING TEAM WAS THE TOUGHEST? A. Berry: Cascade, because they had really fast runners.

W. Carranza: I think... Cascade because of their fast 100 meter timings.

Coach K.: Cascade.

J. Fields: I think Rainier was the toughest, because they're undefeated. And they just have good spikes and good players on the team that know what they're doing.

E. Bailly: I would say Olympic, just because there were a couple of girls that I recognize from club that I played before. And they were really good middle blockers.

A. Cook: Cascade, because they have all-stars on their team, and they're also undefeated.

Coach V.: Cascade. Cascade was the undefeated team because they had probably eight players that have been playing for probably six to eight years.

And very, very good athletes. And they also had a really good coach.

HOW DID YOUR TEAM #STRIVEFORBETTER? A. Berry: We all put in hard work.

W. Carranza: By always competing with each other during practices.

E. Bailly: We really rose to the occasion, I think toward the end of the season. And I guess, brought 110% sort of anything less than that.

A. Cook: Practicing hard in practice, and focusing, and having a good time.

HOW HAS PRACTICE AND HARD WORK PAID OFF? A. Berry: By being undefeated and not losing at all.

Coach K.: Results….Results……Results!!!!

J. Fields: Go[ing] to practice every day, and learn day new, and it was fun.

E. Bailly: I think that [hard work] was really rewarding because everybody on the team I think had a moment in time where they did something really great.

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When browsing the internet, a lot of content under “oddly satisfying” is thrown into our feeds, piquing the interest of many. With the millions of views these videos garner, TCC staff members take this discussion into their own hands, saying what delights them.

AMY MARTINEZ-REYES, NORA SCOTT, LYDIA STUFFLEBEN, ISABELL FLORES, LAURYN IDE, EMILY CHI, CHASE RAMIREZ

THE PERFECT HIGH FIVE You know what floats my boat! When you do a Perfect High Five.

I bet you all have experienced some inadequate high fives. The one person high five where all the effort is done by one person and the clumsy high five where you miss your hands entirely or when your palms just don’t make any sound. So, it’s just awkward hand touching.

Performing a high five can be incredibly difficult sometimes, the worst that can happen is when a person doesn’t see your hand and just walks away. That’s like a stab to the soul.

Don’t even get me started on when someone does a handshake or a fist bump instead. This leads to moments where the awkwardness just suffocates your conversation. Only true friends can recover from this moment.

However, there are times where the high five is just perfect! Equal effort and accuracy on both parts, then that satisfying sound is how you know it’s perfect.

The type of high five is important to determine the atmosphere and level of friendship between two people. The Perfect High Five just radiates a flawless celebration of awesomeness done by two close true friends.

THAT is what floats my boat!

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INTEGERS AS A SOLUTION You know what floats my boat! When an integer

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is a solution for math problems.

There are a couple of factors that play into this one.

One, it makes me confident in my answer.

When the answer is merely rounded to 7.834,

I’m almost sure that my answer is wrong.

Buutttttt, if my answer is 5, I’m almost 100% sure I’ve got the answer correct.

Two, they’re just easier to deal with. When solving for the quadratic formula or some other really long math equation, 5 is easier to carry on instead of 7.834 and we also come back to the more confidence in my answer as well.

Also if I end up with some huge decimal number, there’s a large chance that the who equation and process to get to said huge decimal was a hassle to work through and round just enough decimal places.

You know when people say math is hard partially because they get math equations wrong? Simple mistakes I bet are 50% of the confusion, such as carrying decimals incorrectly, which with integers, I don’t have to do!

Integers: the one thing I don’t hate in math.

And that’s what floats my boat!

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RETURNING HAIR TIES You know what floats my boat! When someone actually returns the hair tie they borrowed from you.

There is always that one person that ALWAYS carries hair ties and people constantly ask

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them, “Hey, can I borrow a hair tie?” That person is me. I say, “As long as you give it back.”

Guess what? They normally don’t give it back.

However, there are a few decent people left in this cruel world who return hair ties.

When this sacred occasion happens I feel all tingly inside and say, “Oh my goodness! Thank you.” I would not have a depleting stash of hair ties if everyone else was like you.

I just can’t describe how amazing it makes you feel when someone gives your hair tie back.

It makes you want to scream and shout and let it all out. This can make your day one hundred times better.

If everyone would just make the right decision and return hair ties to the people that lent it to them the world would be a better place.

No more questioning where your once fifty pack of hair ties used to be. Or any of that.

THAT is what floats my boat!

—LYDIA STUFFLEBEN ____________________________________

CLEANING You know what floats my boat! Cleaning.

Anytime I clean something or someplace messy it satisfies me to look back on my work.

Have you ever looked at before and after pictures of a messy room to clean room it looks so nice?

In my mind, cleaning isn’t always my first choice of activity to do, but once I start and get into “cleaning mode”, there is no stopping until my task is done.

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Even cleaning the dishes or the counters is satisfying, being able to walk into the kitchen and not see a sink full of dishes is such a relief.

Cleaning or walking into an area that is clean just give’s me joy. I know by saying that cleaning makes me happy or seeing a clean room makes me happy in a way makes me sound like a mom.

I can’t help that walking into a clean area makes me feel relaxed and calm throughout the day. On the weekend if I clean it makes me feel like I accomplished something with my day and I can finally relax.

Not everyone’s idea of happiness or joy is cleaning, because let’s be honest, cleaning isn’t the first thing that comes to a teenagers mind when they need something to do.

And THAT is what floats my boat!

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DOG VIDEOS You know what floats my boat, brings a smile to my face, excites, uplifts, etc. It’s dogs!

Just imagine, a cute dog running around, that in itself is great! But then, something unexpected happens… The dog falls over and now it wants belly rubs. Adorable!

Dogs running, barking, dancing, playing, and more. It is all fun and games in cute dog videos!

Small puppies can be clumsily hopping around, and old dogs can sit there whilst refusing to go fetch a stick. Cute dog videos don’t discriminate!

Dog videos also lead way to dog memes.

Doggos exclaiming “All food is dog food” and “Excuse me, but are you going to eat that?” make people ‘awe’ out loud (especially when there’s a photo attached).

Besides funny or cute dogs, there are polite dogs (although also adorable)! Usually with a smile on their face, polite dogs can make for great pets. Instead of hating cats for stealing their food, a polite dog might sit there and let them, like a respectable business person.

Any kind of dog, whether small and literally a demon or a large and mellow pup, they all make for supremely cute dog videos!

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You know what floats my boat! SUMMERTIME! How can people not like this time of the year?

It’s a moment where people get to lay around and do what they want without the worry of school work!

It’s the time where we can get out our summer clothes and enjoy the warm weather while still staying cool with popsicles.

Starting in the month of May, I begin counting down the days to freedom, waiting for the day to say goodbye to all my classes forever and be released right away from stress.

Oh, and don’t forget the most important joy that summer brings! VACATIONS! Just thinking about it makes me feel ecstatic. Traveling a balmy foreign country with my family, experience new activity and consuming strange foods is definitely my thing.

I can totally imagine sitting on the porch near a serene beach, where the sun beats down on me, and watermelon juice drips down my face. It will be an unforgettable memory with my friends and family.

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SODA FIZZING TO THE TOP, BUT NOT OVER You know what floats my boat! You know that certain thing for you that when it happens it makes you so satisfied you wanna make a whole montage of it?

For me its when you open a glass bottle of soda and it fizzes right to the top but not over.

Its the equivalent of one million dollars but it only lasts a few seconds.

When it fizzes to the top but doesn't create the catastrophe of going over and spilling on my beautiful modeling level hands.

When it gets to the top and looks like its gonna go over I go crazy but when it doesn't I have to stop myself crying, because it is so satisfying could watch that for the rest of my life and never do anything else.

I used to think having short cut hair was satisfying but my world was rocked to its core when I saw the soda hit the top and not go over.

Soda going to the top but not over is like a lottery to point where I want to retire from everything.

I will never I say NEVER see ANYTHING more SATISFYING! And that is what floats my boat.

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CONVERSATIONAL SUCCESS You know what floats my boat? Successfully holding up conversations.

Sometimes I have a horrible time figuring out what to say in a conversation in order to keep it running and enjoyable, but when I manage to keep the conversational flow going without making myself sound like a complete and total idiot, that’s the most amazing feeling in the world.

When there’s an awkward silence in conversations, I feel so uncomfortable like I’m about to lose every single bit of friendship I have with them because of a bit of discomfort.

But when I’m able to comfortably keep talking and even make someone smile, I feel like I’m on top of the world.

If I can tell that people are enjoying the conversation or if I can make someone laugh out loud with a couple of dumb jokes, I feel more proud and satisfied than if I got a perfect score on a test that I didn’t study for.

Sometimes all I need is one genuine laugh out of someone to make my day. A good, fun, enjoyable conversation with someone can light up my mood and make me feel like a 100.

And THAT is what floats my boat!

—JONAH HUANG

DISAGREE?

The segment ‘What Floats My Boat” 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.

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means energetic.”

This year at MBMS, students were highly encouraged to strive to show aspects of P.R.I.D.E. in everyday life - in and out of school.

P.R.I.D.E. stands for five words that leads students’ and teachers’ lives towards a better future, bringing about preparedness and maturity.

Th os e f iv e w or d s a r e persistence, respect, integrity, determination, and excellence, but what makes P.R.I.D.E. so special and unique is that many people can interpret the letters and conditions differently, making it versatile and open to creativity.

“For ‘P’, I think it’s personal integrity,” seventh grader Victoria Migalyuk said. “And “E” to me

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“I think persistence and determination and excellence are kind of all in the same thing,” sixth grade orchestra teacher Ms. Causby said. “Because with the determination to be persistent, you become excellent at whatever it is that you want to be.”

Many students have shown P.R.I.D.E. outside of school as well, in clubs and activities such as Builders Club and track.

“Persistence and working hard [is what I see most in Builders Club],” sixth grader Austen Davis said.

The thought of expanding P.R.I.D.E. to every area and time of students’ and teachers’ lives

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Being in sports also requires lots of courage and commitment, and many aspects of P.R.I.D.E. are shown in MBMS sports.

“We definitely respect each other and our coach when we play,” Migalyuk said, “We do have fun [too].”

In the music programs at MBMS, students are pushed to strive and reach for their goals by their peers and teachers all throughout the year.

“There's some students who, especially in my general music classes, who have surprised me when they're just like, ‘nope, I'm going to learn this, I want to get this, I want to know what this means,’” Causby said. “Or ‘even though I tried this exercise and I

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Despite the students showing amazing P.R.I.D.E., staff members have been trying their hardest as well to support their students and fellow co-workers.

“I see it in the counselors a lot.

They're always, always, always pulling - pulling kids in and saying, ‘How can we do this better? What can we do? What can we change?’” Causby said.

“And so I think the counselors and some of the main office staff are really, really working hard to support everyone and keep pushing the kids who may not understand that they're capable of so much more.”

Despite everything shown this

year, some of the students may have failed to show characteristics of P.R.I.D.E. whether in daily life, or just at school.

school, in high school, in college, and beyond,” Brown said. “They are traits that are important in life and highly valued here at Mt. Baker.”

“It’s like, life is going on sometimes, or [students] just don’t know how to do it and just give up,” Migalyuk said.

Overall, the idea of a guideline such as this has impacted MBMS for the years that it has been implemented, and continues to enhance the experience and learning happening at MBMS.

Each quarter students are recognized by teachers and staff bringing the total to over 400 students who were recognized for the P.R.I.D.E. Principal Brown explained the value of the important MBMS virtue.

“PRIDE is an acronym that describes traits we feel kids will need to be successful in middle

“And I think we have to just make it [about] the little things, because life isn't about the big leaps that we make,” Causby said. “And it’s not about our big talent that we have - it’s about those little baby steps that we take to improve to become our best selves.”

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“I decided to do a letter [of P.R.I.D.E.] every single day.”

“Doing what you think is good for [the] people around you.”

”I missed two weeks of school, and then I got all my work done and turned it in.”

“I always go home every day after work and think, ‘What could I have done better?’”

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Several MBMS programs have represented the school, upholding the ideals of P.R.I.D.E. (persistence, respect, integrity, determination, excellence).

Each quarter students are recognized by teachers and staff bringing the total to over 400 students who were recognized for the P.R.I.D.E. Principal Brown explained the value of the important MBMS virtue.

“PRIDE is an acronym that describes traits we feel kids will need to be successful in middle school, in high school, in college, and beyond,” Brown said. “They are traits that are important in life and highly valued here at Mt. Baker.”

Music programs, service clubs, athletic teams and extracurricular academic activities allow students to participate and represent MBMS. Several club advisers explained how their clubs displayed P.R.I.D.E. this year.

Robotics Team advisor Mr. Cowan explained how his team represented MBMS this year.

“The eight grade robotics team showed persistence this year. They had a

“[P.R.I.D.E. represents] traits that are important in life and highly valued here at Mt. Baker.”

—PRINCIPAL BROWN great idea to have landing gear on the team robot. This required multiple specialized pieces to be 3D printed,” Cowan said. “One of the important pieces broke approximately every other time it was used. This required the team to disassemble part of the robot and replace the broken piece in a very short time between competition matches. The team never gave up,.”

Yearbook adviser Mr, Jacobs explained how his students displayed PRIDE and much more.

“Also toss in a whole lot of; school spirit, culture, friendly class/grade competition as well. We also document the life and times at Mt. Baker Middle School for the year, Jacobs said.

“My hope is this year was the best year so far.”

Orchestra director Mrs. Wharton described her musicians, saying they “worked hard, persisted, and were determined to improve their skills...“ “[The orchestra sounds] wonderful and are very strong musicians,” Wharton said. ”I am proud of the progress they have made. They have matured behaviorally as well.”

Brown said explained these values simply.

“If you live your life by those things [PRIDE] then you are going to be successful person,” Brown said.

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SIXTH GRADE Aaron Shabo Abby Ricks Abigail Haile Addison Opsahl Adriana Trujillo Aiku Montilla Aisilynn Tuato'o Alayna Martinez Alex Park Alex Toth* Alexander Brown Alexander Cubillos Alexandria Thomas Allen Nguyen Angel Flores* Annie Lee Ansh Patel Aryanna Paopao Austen Davis* Ayeli Avelar Bea Maurus Benjamin Castanon Brian GonzalezRamos Brooklin Carter Brynn Casperson Caitlyn Riggs Camryn Wood Caroline Calkins

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Pictured right is Daniella Ivanova, a talented pianist, soon to be performing in the Talent Show with a ballad composed by Johann Burgmuller. Ivanova has been practicing piano since she was five, holding around seven years of experience under her belt. “[The Talent Show] makes [kids] more confident,“ Ivanova said. “I also think it helps to show my gift to other students.” PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY L.IDE

Pictured left is Isabella Fitzgerald, who will be performing a dance routine to the song “Demons”

by Jasmine Thompson. Fitzgerald has been practicing since she was three and is currently in multiple dance classes at Surge Dance Center, working to improve her skills even more. “When you dedicate a lot of time to [something], you get to show others what you can do,” Isabella said.

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Several acts performed in the third annual Broadway for #BrAvery show this year to support The Avery Huffman Defeat DIPG Foundation. PHOTO COURTESY OF K. WEBB

EMMA RICHARDSON DIPG an incurable brain cancer in young children, has affected many in our community including the Huffmans, whose daughter, Avery, passed away in 2016.

This launched a number of popular hashtags #AveryStrong, #BrAvery, which also helped create many organizations including The Avery Huffman Foundation and Broadway for #BrAvery.

Broadway For #BrAvery is a musical compilation of Broadway musicals an all proceeds from ticket sales to concessions go to the Avery Huffman Foundation.

This year, seventh grader Luke Sullivan participated in the third annual Broadway for #BrAvery on May 31, with other local students at performed in the Auburn Riverside Theater.

“It’s a good cause. It supports and funds The Avery Huffman Foundation.” Sullivan said.

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“I’m sure there is a lot of information in the [Avery Strong] website for DIPG.” Sullivan said.

The Avery Huffman Defeat DIPG Foundation told the sad, but encouraging, story of Avery Huffman. through her battle with DIPG, Avery, seven years old at the time, was a constant positive to many others at her school Lakeland Elementary and at home.

After her passing in 2016, many at her school felt her absence of positive energy including, Nina Beckwith, who attended the same school as Avery. ”She and her best friend, we would also hangout during recess and I invited for lunch all the time.”

Beckwith said. “I was kind of lonely, I will say that.”

After that Beckwith felt very lonely and thought about what many other kids could do to support research funds for DIPG, at the first annual Broadway for #BrAvery show, Beckwith participated and had such a good experience advocating and

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“You don’t really know what your friend needs and what you should be doing.” Beckwith said. “It’s really hard to have your best friend have something [DIPG] that you don’t really know about.”

At MBMS, ELA teacher Mrs. McGraw saw many differences at the time in her students when going through this and watching this family in the community go through this. She saw many insights in the matter both in class and at home.

‘There was a lot of conversation [supporting Avery].” McGraw said. “I saw a lot of T-shirts with Avery’s pink and green, and #AveryStrong bumper stickers.”

As studies and research funds increase and improve, DIPG research has been able to increase survival chances of, not only DIPG, but other cancers as well.

“It certainly makes you count your blessings. It makes you have empathy for the families who experience such a tragedy.” McGraw said.

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SPORTS PARTICIPATION Sports at MBMS come in a collection, varying from gymnastics to football to track and field coming in four seasons. But, sports participation has been dropping over the years to the point where it’s noticeable, an example being an over 50 percent drop in Varsity Girl’s Soccer and over 20 percent drop in Boy’s Seventh Grade Basketball. Did you participate a sport this year?

The topic of being vaccinated has been debated about for quite some time now. Some parents do not want to get their kids vaccinated for reasons such as the vaccination hurting them and their brain development, but those who do vaccinate often believe that the kids who aren’t vaccinated are putting, not only their child, but everyone that child comes into contact with. Should students be required to be vaccinated?

MINECRAFT Minecraft: the video game series made in 2009 that everyone has heard of. But, when Roblox, an online game, began to gain popularity, some preferred and played Roblox instead and left the classic game that nearly all Generation Z kid has played. With other games on the rise, such as Fortnite, being created, Minecraft is also starting to make a comeback. Do you play Minecraft?

SNOW MAKE-UP DAYS This year in February, Auburn School District had four days of school cancelled due to snow, meaning they’d have to be made up. Two of the days were made up after Memorial Day on the 28 and 29, but the other two will have to be made up at the end of the year on June 24 and 25. Do you think more than 50 percent of the school will show up on the make-up days?

#STRIVEFORBETTER REVISITED #StriveForBetter was a hashtag created over the 2018 summer of by Principal Brown and Mr. Lewis to encourage students and benefit their performance in school. The hashtag can be applied to anything, but is mainly applied to academics. MBMS even got a #StriveForBetter backdrop, which is used for P.R.I.D.E. Award pictures and more. Do you think #StriveForBetter affected students’ performance in school this year?

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Taurus (April 20- May 20): You should learn something new because your patience will be able to withstand the time it takes to learn.

Gemini (May 21- June 20): Go to the carnival. There are lots of activities to do there, so your conducive and outgoing personality will stay entertained.

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Cancer (June 21- July 22): Your sympathetic nature and love of water will love relaxing in a pool with a book or movie.

Leo (July 23- Aug. 22): Go on a hike with your friends.

When the going gets tough during the hike, you’ll be able to keep your friends determined and in high spirits, thanks to your playful and leader-like nature.

Virgo (Aug. 23- Sept. 22): Your analytical and intelligent personality makes for a perfect puzzle-solver. Buy a couple of those 500+ piece puzzles and put them all together this summer.

Libra (Sept. 23- Oct. 22): Your laid-back nature says you should just relax this summer. After all, you are organized and need a break from that every now and then.

Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 21): Escape rooms are a great activity for the brave and smart, just like you.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22- Dec. 21): Museums are often overlooked, but your curiosity and open mindedness will enjoy the artistic and creative vibes of a museum.

Capricorn (Dec. 22- January 19): Your disciplined nature means you can do any difficult task you put your mind to, such as learning how to write with your nondominant hand.

Aquarius (Jan. 20- February 18): You like to hang out with friends, so do exactly that. The fact that you’re friendly just makes the time shared among your friends better.

Pisces (Feb. 19- March 20): Read a book series or two.

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JAY MENTINK Over the past 2 years, Fortnite: Battle Royale has been on the rise around the world.

On April 18, Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite, announced that they are introducing a 30 million dollar competitive tournament, the Fortnite World Cup. Over a course of ten weeks, there will be online open qualifiers for both solo and duo modes, and the winners of each will earn a trip to New York City in July and 50,000 dollars, with a chance at 3 million dollars.

Well known players and streamers like Ninja, Myth, and Symfuhny are already practicing over 8 hours a day, just to qualify for the event. But a former MBMS student, and current Auburn Riverside HS freshman has been making a legitimate run at the 50 grand too.

Dustin Marx, a freshman at ARHS, known as “hyzer” in the Fortnite community, established himself a competitive Fortnite player in July 2018.

According to Marx, practicing the aspects of the game, like building, editing, shooting, and strategy takes lots of time..

“I practice around 7 hours a day on average,” Marx said.

While playing these professional practice games, Marx has eliminated some very notable streamers.

“I’ve killed Tfue, Daequan, Myth, Jaomock, Aydan, and some other pretty popular guys within our community.” Marx said.

Although this is the first game he has become noticeably skilled, Marx had been gaming for a for a long time before Fortnite came out.

“I started playing games when I was five.” Marx said. “I mostly played Counter Strike and PUBG.” In his free time, he enjoys competitive disc golf, and hanging out with friends around Auburn.

If you haven’t already noticed, eSports has been on the rise around the world. Sports news networks like ESPN are broadcasting professional eSports tournaments more and more. “eSports will be the next big thing.” Marx said. “I think eventually it will get up to the level of baseball [in popularity].”

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Barrientes said he hasn’t heard of hyzer [Marx] before, but Marx believed that could change very quickly.

“Knowing I could [qualify] and represent, Marx said. “Auburn in front of the world is unbelievable, the feeling that some kids would look up to me as

an idol, [is] just insane.”

Going into Week 10, the final week of the online open qualifiers, Marx was confident in himself and his duo, and he believes that in the end they will be on top, hopefully at the top of the world in NYC this summer, taking home the big bucks.

“This weekend is my weekend. I’m going to qualify and represent the hometown, Auburn, for the world.”

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Age? 15 Favorite FN Weapon? Combat Shotty Where? Auburn, Washington Favorite Org? FlyQuest Favorite Player? Fly Edgey 90s Speed? Extremely Fast Twitter? @hyzerino Instagram? @d_marx7

Dustin Marx, named as “hyzer” on the leaderboard, finds his way inside the top 10 of The Scallywag Cup, a world cup prelim tournament, with his duo “Ski” (bottom). PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER.COM/HYZERINO

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The two biomes intersecting to create a beautiful scene of light VS. dark. Using shaders and a resource pack this screenshot shows how beautiful Minecraft really is. PICTURE COURTESY OF PEXEL.COM VIA CREATIVE COMMON LICENSE PHOTO ILLUSTRAQTION BY C. METJE

CADEN METJE With such an iconic game such as Minecraft, many were disappointed to see it lose popularity. Through recently, the player count has doubled since June 2016. Minecraft is making a comeback.

In the summer of 2016, Business Insider found that Minecraft had 40 million active players.

Now, as of October 2018, Minecraft has over 90 million players.

There are many reasons why this game had an unexpected spike in player count, but the exact one may be hard to find.

May 17 marked the ten year anniversary of Minecraft.

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Robotics teacher Mr. Cowan’s son, Jacob Cowan discussed the game’s popularity.

“I first heard about Minecraft when I was in the sixth grade, back in 2010,” Cowan said. “At the time, it was still in a pretty early Beta stage of the game.

I didn't start playing until eighth grade, though, during Minecraft Beta 1.6.”

Minecraft’s long history reminds many young and old of a simpler time.

This emotion is known as nostalgia.

“I've been playing with my brothers, since I was seven,” eighth grader Ryan Means said.

Nostalgia is when you have a longing of the past usually associated with blissful personal associations.

Minecraft for many reminds them of

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a simpler time. When life was easier, and it makes sense that people would like to relive that feeling.

Especially w hen the tenth anniversary was launched, people thought about the game they may have played so long ago. This may have urged some people to go back to relive their younger years.

For massive games, the player base always ranges in age. Though Minecraft is known for a different player base.

“Minecraft is just a meme. That’s why people play it,” seventh grader Diego Flores said.

This game is known for the “squeakers” that play the game.

Squeakers are usually younger kids that have not yet reached puberty.

And because of these supposed

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squeakers, tons of videos were created about them getting angry and screaming.

This sparked the idea that Minecraft is more for squeaking kids. So it’s a meme when your older and play it.

These are all reasons why Minecraft player count randomly went up, but can we really figure out why it increased. It could have been to celebrate its tenth anniversary. Or to play such a nostalgic game? Maybe just for the meme?

I don't know if it’s possible to pinpoint a spontaneous trend.

Though, whatever the case is Minecraft will always be a solid game that create new memories as well as bringing back old.

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