Village Voice (March)...Bullying is one of the main problems schools today. For example, a little...

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!Greetings!Allen!Village!staff!&!students!and!welcome!to!the!Student!of!the!Month!section!of!the!Allen!Village!Voice!school!newspaper.!This!section!is!over!students!who!have!appropriately!behaved!in!class,!who!have!met/exceeded!expectations,!and!who!have!completed!all!of!their!work,!as!of!Feburary!2014.!The!criteria!needed!to!become!a!student!of!the!month!are:!I! Good!grades!!I! Participation!in!class!I! No!tardies!I! A!good!attendance!record!I! Meeting/exceeding!all!expectations!I! Completing!and!turning!in!all!assignments!!

!The!first!female!Student!of!the!Month!is....!!!!Written By: Mariel Adan!

Yaret!Padilla!!! I!got!the!chance!to!talk!to!Yaret!and!ask!her!some!questions!about!her!being!the!student!of!the!month.!One!of!the!questions!I!got!to!ask!her!was,!did!she!expect!to!be!the!first!person!to!be!voted!the!Student!of!the!Month?!“No”,!Yaret!replied,!it!came!as!a!surprise!to!me;!I!didn’t!expect!to!be!the!one!voted!Student!of!the!Month.!Another!question!I!got!to!ask!her!was!why!she!thinks!she!got!voted!to!be!Student!of!the!Month.!She!replied!by!saying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”Motivation,!determination!and!the!ability!to!never!give!up!is!what!made!me!become!the!person!I!am!to!this!day”.!The!last!question!I!asked!her!was!dealing!with!her!future!goals!and!what!career!she!would!like!to!pursue.!She!said!that!she!plans!to!get!scholarships!that!will!help!her!out!in!college!and!fulfill!her!dream!of!becoming!a!physician.!She!then!adds!that!her!mom!is!the!source!of!her!motivation!and!constantly!encourages!her!to!try!her!best!and!never!give!up.!Good!luck!to!everyone!aiming!to!become!one!of!the!next!people!to!be!voted!Student!of!the!Month.!I!am!looking!forward!to!talking!to!you!!!!!!!!!!!! Yaret Padilla

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Students!of!the!Month!

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!! ! ! ! The!first!male!Student!of!the!Month!is.....!!!!!!!!Written By: Joshua Corneilius!! ! ! ! ! Daniel!Martinez!!!! Recently,!I!had!the!chance!to!speak!to!Daniel!&!get!his!reaction!towards!being!selected!male!Student!Of!The!Month.!When!I!sat!down!with!Daniel!I!got!to!ask!him!some!questions!too.!I!asked!Daniel!if!he!expected!to!become!student!of!the!month,!&!he!said!no.!Daniel!said!no,!he!didn’t!expect!to!become!the!male!student!of!the!month!because!he!feels!that!he!is!equal!to!everyone!else.!It’s!always!a!good!thing!to!humble!yourself!like!Daniel!did,!so!that!we!don’t!become!conceded!&!look!down!on!others.!I!also!asked!Daniel!what!motivated!him!to!be!such!a!good!student,!&!he!said!that!along!with!himself!&!his!girlfriend,!is!the!fact!that!he!is!looking!towards!a!great!future!&!a!great!career.!!I!even!asked!Daniel!if!it!was!hard!to!maintain!good!grades,!good!behavior,!&!a!positive!attitude,!&!Daniel!said!that!it!wasn’t!hard!at!all.!Instead!he!says!that!it!just!takes!dedication,!time,!&!patience!in!order!to!achieve!something!that!you!desire!to!achieve.!Another!question!that!I!asked!Daniel!was!if!he!sees!himself!earning!the!tittle!of!male!student!of!the!month!again,!&!he!said!that!he!honestly!doesn’t!know…!but,!he!says!that!he!will!continue!to!do!the!things!that!he!has!already!done!to!earn!the!tittle!of!male!student!of!the!month.!I!even!asked!Daniel!what!it!is!that!he!wishes!to!achieve!from!receiving!an!education,!Daniel!responded!by!saying!that!he!wishes!to!gain!more!knowledge,!better!communication!skills!with!others,!&!a!better!understanding!of!knowledge!in!general.!!

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School Uniforms and Bullying Written by: Diamond Smith Why do schools require students to wear uniforms? What does bullying have to do with school uniforms? To answer these questions, uniforms were placed in school because children were being bullied about there choice of clothes. Kids who have name brand shoes and name brand clothes think they are better than anybody else in the school. It makes the other kids feel ashamed because they can’t afford those clothes. School uniforms helped prevent some of the bullying that were in the schools. Bullying is one of the main problems schools today. For example, a little girl named Katie Webb killed herself because she was being teased about her clothes and hair. We are going to school to learn and get the knowledge we need for college, not coming to school to worry about what people going to think about you what you are wearing. Just be yourself and stop worrying what people are going to think about you. Being you is the most important thing in life. School isn’t going to be around forever. People judge people everyday in our everyday lives. I always say,” I’m just as good as anyone else”, because I know I’m able to wear and do whatever I want to wear. So when kids bully you, ignore them and walk away. It’s just a waist of your time listening to that stuff, since most of the schools wear uniforms, you wouldn’t have to worry about someone teasing you all the time. !

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Upcoming'Major'Events''!

Written by: Selena Gonzalez and Yusef Askar !

St.!Patrick’s!Day!Celebration!! When:!March!17!@!9a.m.!

! Location:!Country!Club!Plaza!Area,!Westport!Rd.!&!Pennsylvania!Ave.,!Kansas!City,!and!MO!64111!Description:!Admission!is!FREE.!Any!one!is!welcome!to!celebrate!the!Irish!heritage!!Everything!in!the!Westport!area!will!be!green!for!the!Irish!theme.!!Celebrate!before,!during,!and!even!after!the!parade.!!!!GRAMMY!Museum!Experience!!!!!!!!!!When:!March!1!@9a.m.IAugust!19@6pm!!!!!!!!!!!Location:!Sprint!Center,!Kansas!City,!Missouri!!!!!!!!!!!!Description:!Admission!is!$25.00,!everyone!is!welcome!to!come!and!experience!how!stars!feel!in!the!spotlight.!From!walking!the!red!carpet,!taking!photos,!and!participating!in!preIshow!entertainment.!!!

! Cirque!du!Soleil:!Varekai!!!!!!!!!!When:!May14I18,!2014!!!!!!!!!!!!Location:!Sprint!Center,!Kansas!City!MO!!!!!!!!!!!!!Description:!Deep!within!a!forest,!at!the!summit!of!a!volcano,!lives!an!extraordinary!worldI!a!world!where!something!else!is!possible.!A!world!called!Varekai!that!is!coming!to!Sprint!Center!May!14I18.!Tickets!range!from!$42I$152!depending!on!the!show!the!quest!would!like!to!attend.!!!!Disney!On!Ice:!Let’s!Celebrate!!!!!!!!!!!!!When:!March!26I30@7p.m!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Location:!Sprint!Center,!Kansas!City,!MO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Description:!It’s!one!big!party!on!ice,!with!all!your!favorite!Disney!friends!!Come!and!join!Mickey!and!Minnie!Mouse!as!they!celebrate!a!Very!Merry!Unbirthday!Party!with!Alice!and!the!Mad!Hatter,!Mardi!Gras!with!Princess!Tiana!and!Prince!Naveen!and!many,!many!more.!!

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!!!! ! ! ! ! Stand!In!Line!Now!and!Get!‘Hungry’!!! ! ! ! ! ! By: Peridot Mcclinton “May!the!odds!be!ever!in!your!favor,”!this!line!has!been!made!famous!by!the!incredible!book!series!and!now!also!by!its!movies!The!Hunger!Games.!The!intense!movie/book!series!is!about!a!girl!named!Katniss!Everdeen!(played!by!Jennifer!Lawrence)!that!lives!in!future!Panem.!!!!Panem!is!now!spilt!into!12!districts.!Katniss,!Gale!Hawthorne!(Katniss’!best!friend!and!love!interest),!!and!Peeta!Mellark!(her!partner!and!love!interest!in!the!games)!live!in!the!12th!district,!also!the!poorest.!The!games!were!created!to!keep!the!people!from!an!uprising!and!the!government!strong.!!Katniss!puts!her!life!in!danger!to!save!her!younger!sister,!Primrose.!Along!with!Peeta!and!22!others,!the!tributes!fight!to!the!death,!and!they!can!only!have!one!winner.!!The!second!movie!(Catching!Fire)!is!all!about!her!trying!to!stay!alive!as!she!goes!through!the!Hunger!Games,!AGAIN!!Now!there!have!been!rumors!about!an!uprising!and!President!Snow!is!not!happy!about!it.!What!will!he!do!now?!!The!first!movie,!“The!Hunger!Games,”!made!about!$152.5!million!opening!weekend.!!The!second!movie!grossed!about!$161.1!million.!!If!you!do!the!math,!that!is!!$8.6!million!more!than!the!first.!Due!to!the!increased!intensity!of!the!last!book,!I!think!that!the!last!two!movies!will!make!much!more!than!the!first!two.!The!books!sold!for!about!$6.50!per!book!and!$32.38!for!the!box!set.!There!are!about!36.5!million!copies!printed.!If!you!do!the!math,!Suzanne!Collins’!novel!can!gross!about!!$237,250,000.!Not!bad!for!a!creative!writer.!The!Hunger!Games,!is!one!of!the!hottest!series!right!now.!!The!third!movie!(part!1!of!the!last!book),!Mockingjay,!is!coming!out!November!21,!2014,!and!the!second!part!is!coming!out!on!November!20th!2015.!!Excitement!is!rising!for!the!last!two!movies!and!questions!can’t!wait!to!be!answered!(for!those!who!don’t!want!to!read!the!book).!So,!are!you!excited!for!the!movies?!!

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ALLEN VILLAGE STUDENTS FUTURE RETIREMENT IN JEOPARDY!

By: Warren Coburn

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President!Obama!has!made!an!attempt!to!budget!SSI!for!current!SSI!receivers!and!future!SSI!receivers.!The!recent!CPI!proposal!is!supposed!to!cause!the!$223!Billion!to!be!spent!.23%!to!.3%!slower.!If!this!plan!does!take!into!action!the!only!question!left!will!be!will!there!still!be!money!left!for!our!generation.!(Allen!Village)!Every!paycheck!you!receive!will!have!a!set!amount!of!dollars!extracted.!It!goes!toward!not!only!your!retirement!but!also!others!retirement!as!well.!If!individuals!in!the!workforce!retire,!we!will!have!to!carry!out!their!retirement!funds.!!!!! In!the!future!with!the!way!things!are!looking!no!one!will!be!able!to!receive!SSI.!Even!the!current!working!generation!may!not!have!income!for!the!future!to!fall!back!upon.!There!are!also!many!serious!drawbacks!for!the!disabled.!People!with!disabilities!aren’t!going!to!receive!SSI!and!they!are!the!one’s!who!need!it!most.!Disabled!children!will!not!be!able!to!provide!for!themselves,!as!well!as!there!family!members.!Some!families!depend!on!SSI!to!take!care!of!their!families;!it’s!there!only!income.!!!! !! A!possible!solution!to!preserve!the!SSI!funding!could!be!to!could!be!to!form!a!bracket!for!every!individual.!Each!individual!would!have!everything!they’ve!saved!for!their!SSI!put!away!and!put!towards!there!own!individual!retirement.!We!are!looking!at!a!The!pros!to!this!solution!is!it!could!very!well!save!the!United!States!millions!of!dollars,!but!one!of!the!cons!would!be!the!longevity!and!the!time!this!plan!would!take.!We!are!looking!at!a!plan!that!could!take!anywhere!from!five!to!eight!years!to!gather!up!all!the!information!regarding!working!citizens!of!the!United!States,!and!categorizing!all!that!information!into!retirement!funding.!The!only!question!that!remains!unanswered!for!Allen!Village!students!is!will!I!be!able!to!retire!peacefully?!Or!will!I!have!to!continue!thriving!in!the!workforce.!!!!!!!