The Stingray Status

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The Stingray Status

September 26, 2014 Volume 1, Issue 1

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Breakfast Point Academy

The Stingray Status Volume 1 Issue 1

September 27, 2014

Journalism School News

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Current Events

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Sports

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Technology

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Art

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Meet the

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By: Olivia L & Cassi T This is Breakfast Point Academy’s first school newspaper! This is a paper that is going to be a legend, and will last forever!

Next school year the elective of journalism should still be going on, sign up for that elective and keep the paper going. The sections in the paper are school news, current events, sports, technology, art, and entertainment. You can pick a category that you have a interest in. we produce a paper once a month, you can find the stingray status on the schools website. This paper is going to be jam packed full of the latest from Breakfast point academy. If you want updates on sports, technology, or even help from our advice column, just come to YOUR school paper. Join the crowd…..keep the paper ALIVE!

Staff Meet the Staff cont...

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Tabs For Tolerance Last year, during a Holocaust Literature unit, my classes raised over 21,000 tabs to support the Tabs for Tolerance Project at Freeport Middle School. This year I hope to raise even more due to the “friendly” competition between my classes and Mrs. Robinson’s classes. What is the Tabs for Tolerance Project? Well, the Freeport Middle School TABS collection started in 2009 as a Holocaust project to teach their students about tolerance and other cultures. The goal is to collect at least six million tabs. Once they reach their goal, all tabs will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities Pop Tab Collections. So far, they have collected over two million tabs. Please help Mrs. T or Mrs. Robinson’s classes compete for TAB champion this year and help out a great Project and wonderful charity at the same time!! - Jamie Tibaquira

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School News Honoring Heroes

By Anna Vaught It was 8:46 on September 11, 2001, when the terrible tragedy began. That day at least 6000 people died, 400 being first responders who sacrificed their lives to save others.

People across the nation remember 9/11 as a day where they saw a spectacular act of courage, even among the devastating tragedy.

Every year the citizens of the United States show honor and respect for the courageous acts of both the national fire department and police. Breakfast Point Academy is one of the many schools who pay respect for the losses of 9/11 terrorist attacks. On this day we go out to the flag pole and pay our respects to all of our heroes who go out every day and may or may not ever come home.

By honoring our local first responders for their efforts every day to keep us safe, our students hopefully understand the privilege we Americans have to be able to stand free and safe from attacks. Our local fire and police departments do not get paid enough to put themselves in harm’s way. However, they never complain or ask for praise. At Breakfast Point, we hope that they know by our tribute how much we appreciate them.

New Teachers at BPA

By Seth Ward and Cole McGuire We have many new teachers. This year in middle school. In order to get o know our new additions, we have decided to feature a few each month.

Mr. Wing teaches 7th grade and 8th grade pre-algebra and geometry. After attending the University of Florida, he began teaching high schools; so, moving down to middle school is new for him. He says that it’s a great feeling that this school is so positive. The only issue is that he never taught middle school so he doesn’t know what we have previously been taught in the past. Mr. wing says he’s very excited to teach at BPA even though he’s only been here for a little over a month. He loves the atmosphere agrees that BPA is a great school for students and teachers!

Although Ms. Orrico taught here last year, she is new to both 8th grade and to US History. In previous years Ms. Orrico taught mostly language arts, but she says the work is almost exactly the same, especially with all the DBQS (data based questions).

She says it is especially nice since she got to move up with her 7th grade students to 8th grade. Ms. Orrics she has quite the experience in teaching! Ms. Orrico plans on staying at BPA for a very long time, “I love the kids, the administration and all the teachers.”

She also just loves how everyone works together to get things right for everyone. Ms. Orrico is quite the stingray!

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Current Events Brown is the New Green

By McKayla Davison California produces most of the country’s produce like apples, rice, oranges and berries. California is the world’s 9th largest agricultural economy. However for the past three years CA has been grappling with its severe drought.

The state has had to put restrictions on urban water use, like lawn watering. As other sources dry up people are shifting focus to groundwater. In Empleton, CA, groundwater levels have dropped seventy feet in ten years. In normal years groundwater accounts for about 40% of water use but it has increased to 60%.

California also grows a lot of the world’s cotton. However with rising water prices because of the drought, many family cotton growers are having to switch to almond trees.

Farmers have also abandoned corn, the corn acreage in CA has dropped 34% from last year.

Farmers are paying as much as ten times more for water than before. Some farmers are losing their jobs because of the drought. Howitt of the University of California says, “California needs to rebalance its agricultural portfolio in response to this drought.”

Solar Storm By: Jimmy Kirwan

A strong solar flare erupted Wednesday the 10th at approximately 1:48 Eastern daylight time. A Solar-storm or a solar flare is an intense burst of Radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. It has been several years since Earth has had a Solar-storm of this size coming from sunspots smack in the middle of the sun, says Tom Berger, director of the Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado. The worst of the energetic particles streaming from the Sun will likely go north or above the Earth. The Solar-storm is moving about 2.5 million miles per hour, meaning it could arrive as early as Friday the 12th, but it could be later says Berger. Solar-storms occur often, especially during peaks in the solar cycle.

Solar-storms don’t directly harm people, Keyword directly. Solar-storms can create strong geomagnetic storms that may cause disruptions to the worlds electrical grids, GPS, and radio systems throughout the weekend, September 12th to the 14th. Fortunately, these Solar-storms aren’t expected to be catastrophic, and anyone living in the northern top of the U.S or the lower part of Canada might be able to some colorful auroras.

Space experts have long warned us that if a massive solar storm ever hit us, it could knock out power grids across North America, leaving millions of people without electricity for months maybe even years, this might cause a worldwide spread of chaos, and maybe even send us back to the days without electricity.

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Sports Jamboree Game By: Alex Downing and Ryan Pettys

Breakfast Point football took on Surfside Wednesday, September 10th. They suffered a quality loss, 36-0 in two quarters.

Cole McGuire had 40 receiving yards against a secondary that played 20 yards deep. The captain Cole McGuire also played defensively; he captured six tackles, and a forced fumble. The sharks didn’t pass the ball. They ran the ball 100% of the game. This means that all of Surfside 274 yards came on the ground.

The Breakfast Point offense was a low time at the beginning of the game. Going 3 and out the first 3 drives. According to the Head Couch, Sean Robinson the offense produced the highlight of the game. With “Cole McGuire’s deep amazingly fantastic catch”. Quarterback, Zach Sinclair threw 64 yards and threw 2 interceptions. He looked solid when he had time in the pocket. Being a strong pocket passer, he had trouble throwing on the run.

The Breakfast Point defense look super solid on the first defensive drive. One of the general lowlights of the game according to Couch Robinson “3 and 18”. On the first drive Breakfast Point had Surfside at a 3rd down and 18 yards to a first down. Surfside then called a strong (right) side run off the edge. The SMS running back took it to the house and scored off of the play and the sharks went up 8-0. The game went slow, but the sharks won 36-0. It showed much improvement room for the rays, and was a very positive experience.

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Sports Middle School Volleyball Schedule 2014-2015 Monday

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Wednesday 10/01 Monday

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M.Brown Away vs. BPA BPA vs.

Home Surfside N.Bay Ha- Away ven vs.

Finals 2 Away Bay Haven

Our first school sports have started up for the year and everyone should come out and support!

year and eveshould Middle Schoolryone Football Schedule 2014-2015 come out1st: and Ø Wednesday October BPA VS. Mowat support! Ø Wednesday October 8th: Merritt Brown VS. BPA Volleyball Ø Wednesday October 15th: BPA VS. Surfside 2014-2015 Ø Wednesday October 9th: Bay Haven VS. BPA Schedule Ø Monday October 6th : North Bay Haven VS. BPA 7

Technology Xbox One September Update

By Nick Erkal

The Microsoft Xbox One (released last November) got an update this month! It features a redesigned party app. The improvements’ for it involve the ability to quickly kick people, and see what they are playing.

The new update also adds in a redesigned friend’s section.

You can now see how much Gamerscore (Xbox’s point system) they have earned, and how much in the last 30 days. The next feature added in is a media player built in. The media player can play files in many formats. But not MP4, and many other formats. Support is said by Xbox Live’s Major Nelson to “Be coming in the coming months”. There is also now a bandwidth meter. So you can view how much internet is being used. Useful if you’re like me and like to know everything for no apparent reason.

The final main feature added is the ability to stream TV Via SmartGlass® which is Microsoft’s tablet – Xbox protocol. This allows you to stream TV, and HDMI input signals to your tablets, and other Mobile devices. This feature is ONLY available in select European countries for some time. The update also adds in many new features, increasing the ease of access, adding additional functionalities, and the console is released in 29 new countries globally. This feature should leverage the sales of Sony’s Play Station 4 which is beating the Xbox One in sales 2:1, but the Systems have been in these countries since launch.

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Art

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Art Student Submitted Art By: Kayla Peoples

Want to submit your art? Give it to Mrs. Tibaquira in room 506.

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Meet the Staff ASSISTANT EDITORS Olivia Landen

Seth Prothro

Cassie Topp

SPORTS Camden Hart

Alex Downing

Ryan Pettys

ENTERTAINMENT Conner Winchester

Katelin B Belgard

Chad McCann

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Carson Kelley

Abbie Capes

Victor Torres

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Technology Gabby St. Clair

Nick Erkal

Arcel Rico

Austin Rearden

Current Events Mikayla Davidson

Kenny Dryslewski

Anthony Journey

Jimmy Kirwan

Student Life Sydney Painter

Seth Ward

Abby Cox

Cole McGuire

Anna Vaught

Kaley Denaro

Art Leslie Thompson

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Cameron Latty

Paige Stephani

Entertainment Daily Laughs Q– What does a nosy pepper do?

A– Gets Jalapeno business!

Q– What do you call a man with no body, just a nose?

A– Nobody nose!

Q-What 3 candies can be found at every school?

A– Nerds, Dum Dums, and Smarties Q– What building has the most stories?

A– The library because it has the most stories. *Some of these jokes are from jokes4us.com*

Dear Stanley…

Ever wonder what the difference is between boy advice and girl advice? Breakfast Point Academy offers both in our “official” advice column.

Dear Stanley, How do I get over something that has affected my life?

Try not to think about it. I have had to get over many things. Trust me, find something fun to take your mind off things. Good Luck!

If you want to get over something that has affected your life, then you need to follow these steps. First, you need to realize what truly is effecting you. Next, you need to realize how majorly this effecting your life. Then, you need to push through t and say “ This isn’t going to bother me anymore!” ( Mentally). Last, is to get over it and forget it ever happened

Best of Luck,

- Boys

- Girls

Stanley

If you need any advice or have comments, write it on a piece of paper and slide it into locker 1047. You may always remain anonymous and all of your questions are kept behind a lock.

(For entertainment purposes only.)

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Entertainment Then & Now

By Katelin Belgard and Abbie Capes

Mr. Marolla

Mrs. Brack

Mr. Nichols

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Mrs. Rochefort