Lion Pride Newspaper
11th Edition Friday, May 18, 2018
School Section ST. MARK’S AND HOCKADAY MIXER The whole theme of the Hockaday and St. Mark’s mixer was spring fever. First, when people got there, everybody was split up into groups. Then, we were given a sheet of paper that had a list of traits. We had to find people who met those traits and give the sheet back. The person who filled out the sheet, and everybody on the sheet, was given a prize at the end. After that, we went into our groups outside. There, we found water balloons tied to a tree and had to keep the water balloons from breaking once the strings were cut. We did this using materials we found in a bag under the water balloons. The materials were one roll of duct tape, one towel, one bag, and cotton balls. The goal was to build something in twenty minutes that would hold the water balloon after someone cut the string attaching it to the tree. Then, we went inside and got into our groups to complete eight activities. The group that was the fastest won and was given a prize. The prize was ten dollars to the student store for every member of the group. Some groups also got cups filled with candy. All in all, it was a fun experience and involved good social skills. It was a great opportunity to meet the Hockaday girls, and we’ll be looking forward to future mixers.
Mrs. Cham’s Retirement Mrs. Cham, whom we all might know from being a great math teacher and the WE Charity leader, is leaving St. Mark’s after the completion of this school year. We wanted to hear her opinion of St. Mark’s from the past years, and she happily agreed to do an interview. Interviewer: What do you plan on doing once you’re retired? Mrs. Cham: I plan, for a little while, to do nothing. Then I will do volunteer work and help out with my grandkids. I: What inspired you to retire from St. Mark’s? Cham: I would think it was my age. I: How did you like your last year at St. Mark’s? Cham: I like every year at St. Mark’s, whether it’s my first or my last. I: What was your favorite thing about teaching at St. Mark’s? Cham: I think that my favorite thing would be the colleagues and the students. I mean, without them, you have nothing.
Thank you, Mrs. Cham!
6th Grade End-of-Year Photo Contest 2. Nathan Meyer
1. Baxter Perry-Miller
Thank you to Mr. Hunt, the St. Mark’s Photography Instructor, for being our judge!
Sports Section SpecializatioN In Sports Now, more and more, we see trophy kids only playing one sport in an attempt to get really good at that sport. While this seems like a great idea, it’s really not. Specializing creates way more overuse injuries. The problem isn’t the kids, most of the time; it’s their parents. For parents, they want their kids to be the best, but this doesn’t always mean it’s best for the kids. This is a growing problem among many athletes across the globe. We wanted to get some help from a physician on this problem, so we went to Dr. Kimberly Mehendale. Interviewer: What physical effect does specializing have on young athletes? What mental effect does it have? Dr. Mehendale: Repetitive strain on young muscles causes more injuries. Training in multiple sports allows certain muscles time to rebuild and heal while strengthening different muscle groups. The mental effect is important to consider as well, as there is a high burnout rate in young athletes who only play one sport; the child doesn’t have a backup. Students have more success if they have outside activities than only academics. I: At what age is it okay to only play one sport? Dr. Mehendale: There is not a consensus on this question. Most recommend high school age is a good time to specialize. I: What can we do to help parents realize what is best for their kids? Dr. Mehendale: Education. The numbers don’t lie. Injuries and burnout are higher in single sport athletes.
I: How can athletes still get really good in a sport but not specialize? Dr. Mehendale: In some sports, it is easy to pick up skills as the athlete ages. Football is a great example. A well rounded athlete can start football in high school or college and be very successful. There are plenty of examples of this late entry in the news. Other sports (such as gymnastics) require repetitive muscle memory. We recommend having days (and weeks) of cross training and rest to help the body stay healthy. I: Are most of the overuse injuries that come from playing only one sport career ending or do they just mean a player is out for a while? Dr. Mehendale: There are plenty examples of both career ending and just time off. I would say that “most” require rest, and the athlete is able to get back to their sport. However, if the athlete doesn’t change something in their schedule or training, there will be another injury requiring more time out. Over and over puts the athlete out of contention for the top of their sport. I: How do you treat overuse injuries? Dr. Mehendale: We will address the specific injury with rehabilitation and strengthening. However, we will also educate the athlete on preventing further injuries in the future with other modalities such as cross training or limiting hours-per-week.
Champions League 2017-18 Semi-Finals Review & Finals Preview Semi-Finals Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid: In the first leg of the semi-finals, both teams put on a show. In the twenty-eighth minute, Joshua Kimmich of Bayern put a goal into the net. To return, Marcelo of Real Madrid scored in the forty-fourth minute to tie the game up. Then to finish the game off in the fifty-seventh minute, Asensio of Madrid scored and the final score was 2-1, Real Madrid. In the second leg, Bayern started working early. In the third minute, Kimmich scored his second goal of the series to put Bayern Munich up 1-0. Their lead did not last long. In the eleventh minute, Benzema scored to tie the game up. Then, in the forty-sixth minute, he shot another one past the keeper, putting Real up 2-1. Then, in the sixty-third minute, Bayern scored another goal to put the game at 2-2, but it was not enough to advance. Real Madrid beat Bayern to advance into the finals. AS Roma vs. Liverpool: The first game was full of action. The first goal was in the thirty-fifth minute when Salah of Liverpool put the ball into the net. In the forty-fifth minute, he scored again to put the score at 2-0, going into the half-time break. In the fifty-sixth minute, Mané of Liverpool scored a goal to put the game at 3-0. Next, Roberto Firmino of Liverpool scored a goal in the sixty-first minute. He then scored again in the sixty-eighth minute to put the score at 5-0. In the eighty-first minute, Dzeko scored to give Roma their first goal. Next, Perotti scored a penalty for Roma and the final score was 5-2, Liverpool. In the second leg, both teams played a clean match. Within the ninth minute, Mané of Liverpool scored a goal. Then, in the fifteenth minute, Milner of Liverpool scored, but he scored for the wrong team. He scored an own goal and the game was tied up 1-1. Then, in the twenty-fifth minute, Wijnaldum of Liverpool scored a goal and the score was 2-1. The next goal was in the fifty-second minute was by Dzeko of Roma. Then, in the eighty-sixth minute, Nainggolan of Roma scored a goal. Then
he scored another goal in the ninety-fourth minute to win the game 4-2, but it was not enough to advance. Liverpool beat AS Roma to advance to the finals and face Real Madrid.
Finals Preview Liverpool vs. Real Madrid Real Madrid: Real Madrid is in 3rd place of their league, La Liga, behind Atletico Madrid in 2nd, and Barcelona in 1st. Their greatest hope for winning the Champions League is behind their star player, Cristiano Ronaldo. He is one of the greatest players of all time and will not stop fighting until the final whistle. Liverpool: Liverpool is in 4th place of the Premier League, behind Tottenham in 3rd, Manchester United in 2nd, and Manchester City in 1st. Their chance of beating Real is stressed on their star player, Mohamed Salah. This season, he broke a Premier League record. In the thirty-eight game season, he scored thirty-two goals. He will be Liverpool’s hope at the game in Ukraine. Matchup: These two teams have totally different playing styles, but they have the same strengths. They both have world-class strikers, Ronaldo and Salah. Real does have the upper-hand on midfielders. They have both Toni Kroos, who plays for the German national team, and Luka Modrić, who plays for the Croatian national team. Finally, both teams have a great back-line. The misconception is that the only reason these two teams got to the finals were Ronaldo and Salah, but their defense plays an equal part. It doesn’t matter how much you score if your defense lets in more. Ronaldo and Salah played a big role, but they were not the only reason that these two teams got to the finals. These two teams will make a great match-up on the twenty-sixth of May.
NHL Playoffs The NHL playoffs are now in the third round. The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 to move on to the semi-final round to face the Winnipeg Jets in the semi-finals. The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 to then move onto the semi-finals to face the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 to then move on to face the Washington Capitals in the Conference Finals. The Winnipeg Jets beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 to face the Vegas Golden Knights in the Conference Finals. The start of the Conference Finals (the third round). The Las Vegas Golden Knights are beating the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 in the Western Conference Finals. The Washington Capitals are tied with the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-2 in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Review Section Lion Pride Book Award Results
5th Place, with 0% of the vote Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly Four children that are friends visit a well, with one of them pranking one of the others, trapping him in the well. 4th Place, with 8% of the vote Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air is a personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster is a 1997 bestselling non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It has a lot of action and death. If you like thrilling adventure books you would like this one. 3rd Place, with 20% of the vote Unbroken by Lauren Hildebrand This is a book who has a character, Louie Zamperini, that is always in trouble. His brother helps him find his passion, running, and he channels his inner energy into running and later makes his way to the Olympics in Berlin. World War Two kicks off and he is drafted into the US Army. He survives being shot down by the Japanese by drifting in a raft and stays alive for 47 days. He then gets captured by a crazy corporal named Mutsuhiro Watanabe, “The Bird”, and gets tortured. If you want to know what happens to Louie, read Unbroken. 2nd Place, with 32% of the vote Ready Player One by Ernest Cline This is the story of Wade Watts, a VR gamer living in the wasteland of Oklahoma in 2040. Every day, he logs onto a gaming platform created by James Halliday called OASIS. There are three keys that need to be found in order to inherit all of the company’s money and resources.
With 40% of the vote, The winner of the Lion Pride Book Award is Spy School Series by Stuart Gibbs The Spy School Series is about a boy and a girl named Ben and Erica. In the first book, Ben is sent to a secret spy school to train for the CIA. Through the series, Ben and Erica create a relationship between each other. With bombs and nukes, they save the world one story at a time.
Jokes, Riddles, and Comics Lion Pride Jokes and Riddles Jokes ● The world tongue-twister champion just got arrested. I hear they are going to give him a really tough sentence. ● I own the world’s worst thesaurus. Not only is it awful, it’s awful. ● You know you’re getting old when you go to an antique auction and three people bid on you. ● Did you hear about the tree’s birthday? It was a sappy one. ● Why did the bread see a psychologist? Because it was feeling crumby. ● Did you hear about the semicolon that broke the law? He got two consecutive sentences. ● Correct punctuation: The difference between a joke well-written and a joke, well, written. ● I recently decided to sell my vacuum cleaner. All it was doing was collecting dust. ● 250 pounds here on Earth is 94.5 pounds on Mars. I know, I’m not fat. I’m just on the wrong planet. ● The best thing about the good, old days is that we weren’t old or good. ● Do I lose when the police officer says papers, and I say scissors? ● What did the phone give to his girlfriend? He gave her a ring. ● Bob was 2 years old when his dad took him fishing. He spent a few minutes showing his son how to throw a line. When he said, “Throw it in,” Bob threw the entire pole in.
● Why are iPhone chargers not called Apple Juice? ● How do computers get drunk? They drink a lot of screenshots. ● Why did the Google Slides presentation cross the road? To get to the other slide. ● Patient: “Doctor, I am addicted to checking my Twitter!” Doctor: “I’m sorry, I don’t follow.” ● My computer suddenly started belting out “Hello.” It’s a Dell. ● Why did the computer get late to work? It had a hard drive. ● Thanks to autocorrect, every good child will be getting a visit from Satan this Christmas. ● “I’m Hungary.” “Maybe you should Czech the fridge.” “I’m Russian to the kitchen, but I can’t find anything. Is there Turkey?” “We have some but it’s covered in Greece.” “Ew, there is Norway I’m eating that!” ● #UNLIKELY_SEQUEL:_Titanic_2 ● Why did Santa bring 23 reindeer to Walmart? Because what he wanted to buy costed around 20 bucks, but just in case, he brought some extra doe. Some jokes used from: Reader’s Digest
Riddles If 1 is 3, 2 is 3, 3 is 5, 4 is 4, 5 is 4, 6 is 3, 7 is 5, 8 is 5, 9 is 4, then what is 10? 10 is 3, because 1 has 3 letters, and 2 has 3 letters, and 10 has 3 letters, too. You
can do this trick with any number.
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Credits We could not have done this without our sponsor, Mrs. Jenkins, and our writers and editors: Ben Adams Luke Anderson Hudson Brown William Clarke Warner Hartnett Henry Hoak Adam Kappelman Arnav Lahoti Raja Mehendale Nathan Meyer Quina Perkinson Baxter Perry-Miller Bobby Strauss Reed Sussman Tyler Tang Thomas Whitehurst