2 June 2, 2017 Paul Revere Charter Middle School...June 2, 2017 THE ToWn CRIER Paul Revere Charter Middle School 3 TOWN CRIER POLL Poll of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders conducted by Tristan

2 June 2, 2017 Paul Revere Charter Middle School

Opinion

“I see uneaten sandwiches, lunchables that are barely touched and even lunch pails with food and containers in it. It drives me crazy when I see food waste because many people in different countries would be at least able to eat that food.”—Ashley Ramos, 8th Grade

“Every time I walk by the trash can I see uneaten sandwiches, full cartons of milk and perfectly good fruit thrown away, all be-cause people don’t want it. I find food waste disgusting, mostly because we are so privileged to have good things to eat.” —Sara Gonzales, 8th Grade

“I think food waste is a big problem at Revere. I see people throwing away some of the cafeteria food they don’t like, or eating half of a bag of Lays chips. I don’t contribute to food waste, because some people would like to eat that food. —Ali Mirshekar, 8th Grade

“When I went to La Mision, Mexico, I saw people out in the farms picking fruit. I realized that this is the same produce that we get in out grocery stores. It’s upsetting that we just throw away this fruit without thinking about where it came from.” —Natalie Capp, 7th Grade

The Town Crier asked Patriots what they think about the food wasted during lunch at Revere each day. Below are their responses.

Right after lunch on May 12th, a group of students from yearbook went through the trash bins around the lunch areas around campus. They found perfectly good food that hadn’t even been touched. The black cans also produced full pieces of fruit and veggies. Bottles and cans that should’ve been recycled topped it all off. We could easily start labeling our trash cans “All You Can Eat Breakfast Buffets!” Food waste is a big problem in the U.S. Probably everyone in Paul Revere understands how wasteful humans can be. Yet our school community remains mostly hypocritical. Kids in third world countries struggle to provide food and water for themselves and their families. Mothers and fathers of fami-lies in the U.S. work from dusk to dawn to get the money they need to feed their children, and homeless veterans who had fought for our country are walking through the streets of Los Angeles begging for a

Patriots are throwing away entire, uneaten meals into the trash can that could be easily shared with others.

bite to eat. Despite this horrendous reality, Patriots are throwing away entire, uneaten meals into the trash can that could be could be shared with others, saved for later, or eaten like food is supposed to.

What a WASTE!

According to Food Tank, about one point three BILLIon tons of food is wasted each year. That adds up to one trillion U.S. dollars, and our Patriots’ food waste doesn’t help to decrease that number. To top it off, a quarter of all the worlds’ wasted food could feed 795 million malnourished people around the world with our “trash.” Using the full percentage of wasted food, we could

feed over three billion malnourished people. We also don’t usually think of where our food comes from. Women, men and children in countries all over the world, wake up before the sun rises and travel to fields to pick our fruit that we get in grocery stores. Their long twelve-hour days get them a mere 4 to 16 U.S. dollars a day. That money makes it hard to support a fam-ily. Food becomes hard to buy, and families go days without food. We take our life for granted, no question. Food waste isn’t the only problem though, we create waste by throwing away recyclables into the trash can. Plastic, tin and paper can all be recycled. Some people even save plastic water bottles and reuse them. When we throw recyclables in the trash, it goes right into the land fill, where it gets burned and degrades our ozone layer. next time, think twice before trashing that bottle because wastefulness negatively af-fects everyone. —Charles Capp

Photo: Kayla Tefilin

June 2, 2017 Paul Revere Charter Middle School 3THE ToWn CRIER

TOWN CRIER POLL

Poll of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders conductedby Tristan Lucas on May 23, 2017.

What food do you think isthrown away the most at school?

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TALKING HEADS

Interviews and layout by Ethan Hamid

Are iPads still worth the hassle?

VOLUME 61, ISSUE 5

Published by and for the students ofPaul ReveRe ChaRteR Middle SChool and Magnet CenteR

1450 Allenford AvenueLos Angeles, California 90049

Member of the National Scholastic Press Association

Editors: Maddie Glenn,Alexandra Schoettler, Joey Chae

and Cole Herron

Next year, students will not be able to bring iPads home. Students at the end of the day will have to leave their iPads at either their fourth

or sixth period classroom, and then pick them up in the morning.

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Faculty Advisor: Mr. Wechsler

“I definitely think the iPads are worth the hassle. Most teacher utilize the iPads in their classrooms

and depend on them for research, Jupiter/Juno ac-cess, and Google Drive (except Mr. Amos, I think he still has a flip phone). We need iPads; we are a

technology school after all!” —Ms. Ernst

“The iPads are worth the hassle. They provide a new learning standpoint by opening new doors for

Revere Patriots. It wouldn’t take much for us to pick them up from our fourth or sixth period classes

before homeroom.” —Margot Barrett, 7th Grade

“It’s absolutely worth the hassle! They give students a daily device to do research, compose essays, produce presentations, have instant access to assignments, and other educational apps such as IXL and Membean. My English classes revolve around the iPad and the real hassle would be to go back and to do everything on paper.” —Mr. Roig

“overall, the iPads are not worth the hassle. Even though they are a wonderful tool for students to

type essays and answer text dependent questions on Google Classroom, they are a disturbing distraction

for most of my students. It is like having 35 fidget spinners in my room!” —Ms. Daley

“The iPads have some value in the classroom, but Apple should find a way where they can be used as a class set. This would solve the management problem and eliminate the need for passing out and collecting the iPads each day.” –Mr. Aochi

“With the modern benefits of the iPads toward learning, it would be a shame to take them away. The school has already worked too hard to suddenly disband the new technologies from students. Al-though the new procedures heavily restrict the iPad capabilities, they are still worth the use in school.” —Gunnar Greve, 7th Grade

“Many sixth grade electives assign projects and research, which would be difficult, or impossible to

assign without the iPads. Instead of these new proce-dures, new policies should be established so students

are more careful and trustworthy when taking their iPads home. ” —Joshua Davood, 8th Grade

“Prohibiting iPads from coming home with stu-dents defeats the whole purpose of them. Teach-ers help students learn and teach new lessons from the iPads, however, without iPads at home, students cannot do some of their homework. ” —Henry Mueller, 7th Grade (1) Marco Rodriguez is honored at

Awards Night. Photo: Mr. Wechsler(2) Students enjoy the Splash

Mountain ride. Photo: Disney(3) Charlie Newman narrates the

Revere Report. Photo: Isaias Alegria(4) Richie shows off his cast and

clear braces. Photo: Chris Clausen(5) Film festival participants walk

the red carpet. Photo: Mr. Wechsler(6) Malia reads a part of her story

to the crowd. Photo: Margot Barrett(7) Wyatt takes a photo with Blake

Griffin. Photo: David Orlinsky(8) Mason runs furiously over the

finish line. Photo: Misha Taheri

“A Who’s Who of Awesomeness”4 June 2, 2017 Paul Revere Charter Middle School THE ToWn CRIER

By HALSEY HULSE

After Mr. Foxson stepped up to the podium at Wednesday’s Awards Night he said, “As I watch you guys from across the stage, it’s like a who’s who of awesomeness.” He then award-ed Miranda Schriver and Mason Cadden with the athletic scholar-ship award. Miranda says, “It’s nice to find that my teachers rec-ognize the work I have shown.” As the evening went on, awards acknowledged Patriots’ achieve-ments beginning from their first year at Paul Revere to their last. Gracie Binder and Atticus Parker won the top scholarship award, the Rotary Club Award. Gracie Binder says, “I think I earned this award because I have strived to do my best all through middle school.” Atticus Parker says, “I was surprised and con-fused, but ecstatic! I didn’t ex-pect to get this award after I lost every other award I thought I’d get.” Another scholarship award, the American Legion Award, was won by Michael Brent and Sophia Wong. Charlotte Oster-man and Marco Rodriguez were presented with the Fari Yashar Academic Excellence Award for their amazing grades and high test scores. The Principal’s Award was given to Ethan Ha-mid, Allen Schultz, Tessa Smi-gla, and Ava Ruggiero for their academic and leadership skills. Many other special awards were given out including the Perfect Attendance Award, the Individual Excellence Award, the AEE Award, Department Awards, the Dora and Elieka Seggelka Award, and the Sig-nificant Achievement Award. By the end of the night, two hun-dred and ninety six eighth grade students had all received awards for their middle school achieve-ments at Paul Revere.

Founders’ Day Luncheon“To recognize our school family and to honor some of our tireless volunteers, teacher and staff members who help make Revere great each and every year.”

Honorees include:

Recognized volunteer parents of PRIDE and PTSA:Pamela Bunn, Jill Calcaterra, Sara Collins, Carlyn Falls, Liya Gorozhankina, Daphne Gronich, Ellie Haiem, Kathy

Orlinsky, Nancy Silver, Tammy Tsunoda, Chris Wong, Carmel Zaid and Maryam Zar

Eighth graders receive honors at Revere’sannual Awards night

Brett ShibataJustin Koretz

Aldo CosDennis Hamanishi

Ruben ValerioJohn Dwight

Eric WechslerBerenice Moreno

Lisa AsahinaFaiza Makhani

Shonna AndersonLisa Robins

Atticus and Gracie are presented with the Rotary Club Award.

Sophia and Michael with the American Legion Award.

Marco shakesMr. Shibata’s hand when receiving the Academic Excel-lence Award.

Allen and Ethan pose with Mr. Iannucci holding their Principal Awards.

Mr. Shibata presents Charlotte with the Academic Excellence Award.

Mr. Iannucci gives Mason his athletic scholarship award.

Photos: Mr. Wechsler

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Language arts and film teacher Mr. Dwight is about to leave Revere

MarchingInto Retirement

Mr. Dwight holds up his copper sculpture in front of S-1, showing off a hobby which he plans to continue in his retirement. Photo: David Orlinsky

By DAVID ORLINSKY

On Nov. 11, 2001, exactly two months after the tragedy of the 9/11 events, a software busi-nessman from Pittsburgh walked into Room S-1 and started a new teaching legacy at Revere. Over 3,000 long school days later, Mr. Dwight is announcing his retirement. For many years he has taught students film and En-glish, and along the way wrote a book and helped start Revere’s own film festival. He has also brightened many students and faculty member days by always saying, “hello, hi, or howdy.” Mr. Dwight said, “ I try my best to say hi at least 250 times each day.” Mr. Dwight commented, “I used to let students sign my door, pledging to say Howdy

Mr. Dwight and his class take part in the fire drill. Photo: David Orlinsky

to me.” Although his door was recently replaced, the spirit of happiness and smiles lives on. Besides speaking words, Mr. Dwight found another way to in-teract with students. “I decided to write a reading skills book

that was basically a workbook that went along with TV shows.” Mr. Dwight reached out beyond Revere students with his book “Reading Technics Book 1”. He commented, “Over half a mil-lion students used my book.”

Mr. Dwight also connected with students through film. “As well as English I taught film” beyond the typical curriculum, he said. “Mr. Hyman instituted the Film Festival here at Revere, and ever since we have worked it toge-ther.” Since the festival began in 2015, Mr. Dwight has spread his love for film, and encouraged others to find their passion. Mr. Hyman said, “John Dwight is a tireless advocate for all students. He is authen-tic, and it’s clear how much he loves teaching.” Before his re-tirement, Mr. Dwight decided to make a list of retirement places for teachers. The list includes the deep south, the north, the east coast cities, and here in Los Angeles. Ms. McDermott said, “It’s very funny of him.” “After retirement,” he laughed, “I hope to pursue my love in woodwor-king and copper working in re-tirement. Also, I’d love to drive my sports car a bit more.”

Archery, aerodynamics and a lot of fun were the highlights of a special 6th Grade trip to Pali Camp in San Bernar-dino Valley. The students traveled to the camp on buses and the drive was two hours. Ms. Mabashov, Mr. Alpert, and his 6th grade class went to the camp for three days and two nights. The students ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the dining hall and went to bed at 10:00 after getting an hour of free time. Throughout the day there were no snacks, but campers car-

Patriots Climb and Dine at Pali CampPatriots participate in climbing a tree at Pali camp. Photo: Ms. Mabashov ried a backpack with supplies including

notebooks and pens needed for activities throughout the day. Daytime activities included archery, aerodynamics, investi-gation training, and a scavenger hunt. At night time students took a nature or astro-nomy hike. If there was ever an emergen-cy, like a fire, a horn would sound three times. “My favorite activities were arche-ry and aerodynamics,” commented Jack-son Bentley. Not only was Pali camp edu-cational, it was a blast. —Alex Denham

English Educator Expresses Essentials

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By JOSHUA DIAZ The auditorium was as-tounded by the poetic delivery of Mr. Slavin’s speech to Patriots. Mr. Slavin was Revere’s Roads to the Future speaker on May 10. He talked to students about how being a teen is not always easy, and how he was inspired to be a teacher. Mr. Slavin answered a few questions too.

Dean Voyticky: If you weren’t a teacher, what would you want to be? Mr. S.: Justice in the Supreme Court of the United States. Matty Gottesman: Why did you decide to teach English and not a different subject?Mr. S.: There were two subjects that I was an expert in, Ameri-can History and English. At the time I became an English teacher because the district was recruiting. Ozzie Gabbard: What has been your most stressful experience while teaching?Mr. S.: I think that my most stressful experience while teaching is the standardized testing because all the students are stressed out. Hannah Landau: Did you enjoy school at all?Mr. S.: no, I hated it. I did en-joy high school a bit though.Luke Shuman: What do you enjoy doing outside of school when you aren’t teaching?Mr. S.: I love to watch sports and hang out with friends.Trey Buck: Do you ever get nervous while teaching, like stage fright? Mr. S.: I don’t get nervous when I’m teaching, but I’m a little nervous right now. I’m not re-ally used to talking to a whole auditorium of kids!

Alpert’s Trip Back Into History Mr. Alpert took his 8th grade class on a field trip to Riley’s Farm, where they did a reenactment of the Civil War. Mr. Alpert said, “Riley’s Farm is a Civil War experience, which is at the heart of the 8th grade curriculum.” He says that the trip to Riley’s Farm was not only a learning experience for his students, but for him as well. He learned that “during the course of war surgical training was given.” Mr. Alp-ert says his favorite part of the trip was “watching and listening to the students when they were called upon to participate in front of the group.” Marieka Possman (8th) enjoyed the field trip. “It was as if we traveled back in time and were dropped into a chapter of our textbooks.” Her favorite part was “watching my classmates act as if they were injured soldiers. It was far more entertaining than a class lesson, and I would be willing to go again sometime soon.” Just like Marieka, 8th grader Ethan Hamid also found the field trip entertainig and infromative, un-like the textbook. “The field trip gave me an under-standing of the Civil War which I could not read about in a textbook. I witnessed the perspectives of both the Confederates and the Union in the war. I will never forget the Riley’s Farm experience, be-cause it was actually like living in an 1800s farm during the Civil War,” Ethan says. “Right when we stepped off the bus, it was like we traveled back in time.”

Shakespeare Show Speaks to Students

Dylan and Khadija speak to a soldier. Photo: Mr. Alpert

Gabe pretends to be an injured soldier. Photo: Mr. Alpert

Ms. Kruger’s class plays a game. Photo: Ms. Kruger

Students practice improvisation. Photo: Ms. Kruger

By TRISTAN LUCAS Students of Ms. Kruger’s seventh grade hon-ors class went to the Theatricum Botanicum to watch the play “A Midsummer night’s Dream.” Will Geer founded the Theatricum Botanicum in 1973. The Theatricum is an outdoor theater where students watch actors perform a specific Shake-speare play. All of the performers at the Theatri-cum are volunteers. Students in groups of 15 got to go into “work-shops” where they would do an activity with one of the actors. After the students went into two workshops they departed to have lunch. When stu-dents were full they went to the theater to watch the play. One of the students on the field trip, Zanae Woods, says “A lady that worked on the play came to the school and talked to us about the true meaning of it, which I think gave us a better un-derstanding.” Fellow Patriot Scarlett Jones says “The cos-tumes were amazing and the story was beautiful.” After the play some students asked questions to the actors considering an acting career. overall this day was a fun-filled actin’ packed one!

The class aim their pretend muskets. Photo: Mr. Alpert

By JOE TAYLOR

By AVA HURVITZ Maya De Ganyar has won the presidency and is really ex-cited to make Paul Revere a bet-ter place for everyone. She has come a long way from her days of impersonating Donald Trump in Mr. Schepps’ history class. Maya has gone from pretend-ing to be a presidential candi-date to actually becoming one. And even though she has some serious concerns about Donald Trump, she hopes to learn from his mistakes and be a great presi-dent for Paul Revere. Hopefully she will use her knowledge to “make Paul Revere great again!” Maya ran against Elyana Goren, Kiara Zarabian, Ad-elaide Saab, Isaac Alkin, and Keanu natan. Just like she said in her speech on Jupiter grades, “I want change.” one of the stances that Maya would like to take on as president is improv-ing the school dances. “Many people have told me that they think the dances aren’t that fun. now that I am president I would like to get better decora-tions and give out snacks and candy.” one of Maya’s other ideas was to create a suggestion box outside of the leadership homeroom. That way, students can input their ideas. 7th grader, Layla Chammas says she voted for Maya because she is “com-passionate, hard-working, car-

ing, and a team player. “ Maya says, “I love Paul Revere and I am willing to put all my time and energy into making it even bet-ter! Lastly, I am always willing to help others and want people to know that as president my door will always be open if you need anything.” She also said, “Every week I sit with Special Ed and as president I will do everything in my power to make sure they always feel like they’re a part of the school. Because I believe we are stronger together!” Every good president needs a vice that can match up to the president’s abilities. That’s where newly elected vice presi-

Student Body Selects new Leaders

Gracie (right) passes down her knowledge to Maya. Photo: Madeline Glenn

Maya De Ganyar heads new Paul Revere leadership team elected for 2017-2018 school yeardates, “because I am a good pub-lic speaker, I play on multiple sport teams and I help motivate my teammates. I feel that I am good at helping and leading my classmates, I am dedicated and determined to be the best vice president.” Future secretary of Paul Re-vere, Jada Asgar, says that she wants to help out the school by having more charities and fund-raisers. outrunning Aliana Por-ter and Emily Leatherman, she says, “I want to be able to raise money from fundraisers and use the money to invest in new sports equipment.” She says, “I stand out from all of the other candidates because I am ready to work, I bring a positive attitude, I have good handwriting, and I specialize in taking notes. I be-lieve this job is definitely fit for me.” next, is Revere’s new trea-surer, Kimiya natan, who ran against olivia Campbell. She says, “I will manage money for the purpose of fun, good times, and special days. I’m respon-sible, innovative, and detail oriented. Count on me, it just makes ‘cents’.” The newest historian of Paul Revere, defeating Caily Galvez, is Trey Buck. He said, “You should vote for me because I am responsible, hardworking, and dedicated. I will assure you, next year will be great!”

dent, Joseph Fisher comes in, defeating Jessica Jacobs in the election. He says, “Something that I would like to do is clean off the graffiti. I dislike all of the bad words on the walls. I want there to be an activity on Paul Revere Beautification day where some people scrub off the writ-ing on walls, locker rooms, and bathrooms” Joseph says. “And although Leadership is already awesome, sometimes the 8th graders take over some things. As vice president, I will make sure that everyone will have a say and I won’t ignore the new kids.” Joseph thought he stood out from all of the other candi-


Maya De Ganyar(President)

Joseph Fisher(Vice President)

Jada Asgar(Secretary)

Kimiya Natan(Treasurer)

Trey Buck(Historian)


MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEEDThe top vote-getters in the 2017 yearbook poll look 20 years into the future

“I would love to be a professor or teacher of algebra or chemistry. Teaching seems so rewarding because you get to see young minds flourish!”

“I see myself still living in L.A. with a family of my own. I am mostly inter-ested in pursuing the medical field since all of my family has done so.”

“I am interested in becoming a pharma-cist because I enjoy helping people and the community. I see myself providing medicine to better people’s health.”

“I see myself working at a space program as an astrophysicist. It fas-cinates me that one can discover new things about space every day.”

“I would love for writing to be part of my job. It could be full-time like an author, or part-time like contributing to a magazine like na-tional Geographic.”

Talia Ehsanipour Halsey HulseJessica Davidson“I’ll make history by being the first person to set foot on Mars. Then, I’ll write a best-selling book series, win an oscar and travel the world.”

Anouk Wijeratne

“I see myself help-ing people, just as I’ve done as Community Service Club President, by becoming a civil rights lawyer and the President.”

“I see myself in Kansas City owning my deceased Grand-pa’s bar. While I’m at high school and college, I’ll prob-ably be a Barista at Starbucks.”

“I want to be a dog. Most dogs eat and sleep all day, so that is a perfect lifestyle for me. Dogs can eat as much as they want and not be fat shamed.”

“I really want to go to law school and become an attorney. I want to become a lawyer because I like to stand up for what is right and am good at arguing.”

“My top choice is a professional soccer player. I would also like to start some sort of business. If I can’t accomplish either, I plan to be-come a professor.”

“I will be a manag-ing partner of a financial planning firm with operations all over the U.S. I would like to help people manage their financial affairs.”

Michael Brent Bennett Golad

Gracie Binder

Atticus Parker Jonah Rahmani

Naomi Macey

Marco Rodriguez Joshua Yasharel

Interviews and layout: Dylan Tzung, Photos: Christopher Clausen and Eli Ghodooshim, Illustrations: Khadija Aghazada

To Disneyland and BeyondBy HALSEY HULSE

Eighth graders met Mickey Mouse, traveled through outer space, and stuffed their mouths with churros on April 21. Most students had fun and exciting ex-periences at Disneyland, but not quite everyone enjoyed the trip. Although Disneyland is thought of as the happiest place on Earth, some Patriots thought otherwise. Finlay Taylor talks about how the Winnie the Pooh ride “was very scary and will be hard to forget.” Christina Bi-hari explains how she got stuck on Splash Mountain for one hour and then had to evacuate the ride. Matthew King said he

was on Splash Mountain with his friends natasha, Malachai, Zaki, and Joshua when a security guard made them get off the ride because they had been splashing each other. The security guard told them all he was calling se-curity, so Matthew and natasha ran away. Luckily, Malachai, Zaki, and Joshua, only got scold-ed by security and didn’t have to go to Disney Jail. How-ever, most Patriots de-scribe their experience at Disney-land as ac-tion packed and full of surprises.

Ashley nazarian said she had an amazing time at Disneyland and wasn’t expecting her friend to pee on Splash Mountain when they went on the ride. Dmitry Gorozhankin said it was funny when “we went on the Alice in Wonderland ride and as soon as we got in the cave my friend

started to cry. A five year old has more cour-

age thanher.” When

Sophia Klotz went on

Space Mountain she said, “once I got on, I

started freaking out and as soon

as the ride started moving I asked the lady working there to please let me off!” However, once Sophia overcame her fear of Space Mountain, she said, “I had the best time on Space Mountain and it became one of my favorite rides!” one Patriot’s most memo-rable experience at Disneyland didn’t include a ride or their friends, but a real live duck. A duck was flying towards Max Much so he raised his hands and shouted “Duck!”. The duck flew right into his hands. Max said, “Everyone including me was in complete shock after what had just happened.” By the time Patriots returned to Revere around midnight they had made many unforgettable memories at the happiest place on earth.


Haroun poses next to the Star Wars storm trooper.

From left, Sophia, Janeand Fritze pose in front of Sleeping Beauty’s castle.

From left, Lili, Milly, Rachel, and Piper (bottom row) pose outside of the Winnie the Pooh ride.

Alexa, Winnie

and Cesar

Patriots journey through space.

Sofie (left) and Serena in Tomorrow-land.

Eighth graders take over Toontown.

Patriots enjoy the Winnie the Pooh ride.

Eligible 8th graders end their Revere years with a trip to Anaheim


SARAH BENTLEY is speeding through her first year at Pali High School by making her mark in ninth grade as a stellar runner. While attending Revere, she competed on the Delphic League Cross-Country and Track Team. During her middle school running career, her best mile time was 5:38 and her best 800m time was 2:39. Sarah says, “Be-fore I went to Revere, I barely even knew what track and field was, much less what the 1600m run or 800m run was. I doubt I had ever been to a track or run more than a mile. Yet, when I went to Paul Revere I was ex-posed to running the mile every week and the annual school-wide cross-country race.” Just a year after culminating from middle school, Sarah’s times in track and field have decreased to 5:14.95 for the 1600m, 2:23.12 for the 800m, and 11:23.11 for the 3200m. Her advice for being a standout athlete is, “Everyone feels pain no matter how hard they train or how fast or slow they are. The people that are able to stay focused on their goal and push through even when they feel completely exhausted are the successful run-ners because they have a positive mind set. All athletes will also face setbacks in which they fail to fulfill their expectations and lose their confidence, but in order to succeed it is a necessity to not allow these struggles to be demoralizing.” Sarah confesses, “During the last 300m of a hard race sometimes I tell my-self, ‘this is what track and field is: pushing through the pain and your mental boundaries to reach success.’”

Well renowned CHARLIE NEWMAN is now excelling in both academics and athletics in 9th grade at his high school, Oaks Christian. He reflects on his past Paul Revere experience by saying, “I achieved the sub-six mile with a time of 5:32 and was runner up for Most Athletic in the yearbook poll. now, in the athletic department of his high school, Charlie has excelled at playing basketball and varsity football. As for aca-demics, he says, “In the classroom I have maintained all A’s and plan to keep it that way.” His goals for the future are “to play Division 1 Football at either Stan-ford or USC and graduate with a degree in business or finance.” He shares, “My tips to being a standout ath-lete would be: Have passion in your sport. If you don’t love it, you won’t be great at it. Work your tail off and don’t cheat yourself. Focus on being the absolute best YoU can be. Don’t focus on competition.”

The ninth grader runs for Pali High at a cross country meet.

The ninth grader plays varsity football for Oaks Christian.

Judy recites her speech during eighth grade culmination.

WhErE ArE thEY NOw?Former Patriots continue to shine in their lives outside of the green and grey gates of Revere

By ISABEL GILL and MADISON LIBERMAN

Patriots across the Revere campus are rec-ognized for their extraordinary talents in academics, athletics, writing, drama, dance,

visual arts, and much more. These eleven alumni Patriots profiled here are sharing their talents with their peers as they attend high school. They have hopes for a bright future where their dream careers can make an impact on society. From improving their

track and cross country times, to writing award winning speeches, to contributing to the community, these former Revere students are making their mark. Watch out world, “The Patriots are coming! The Patri-ots are coming!”

Sarah in 2014

Charlie in 2013

Judy in 2014

JUDY ZHANG received numerous academic awards in all subjects, and was a recipient for the Perfect A-E-E award during her time at Revere. She also made her mark on Revere with her oratorical skills by placing third in the optimist oratorical Speech Contest and giving a speech during culmination. now as a freshman attending Pali High School she says, “In Honors Algebra 2, it was a require-ment for all students to write a 6-7 page paper on a math topic, and being in Honors Chem-istry, it was a requirement for all students to write an essay and create a brochure con-cerning environmental science. Those two assignments happened to be due the same week, and if you add English essays along

with History Power Point presentations and “x” number of tests, you have compiled a monstrous stack of work that, with a splash of procrastination, will result in disaster.” As for if Revere prepared her adequately for Pali, she says, “Revere gave me the founda-tional skills to build my high school experi-ence on, and as a result, I couldn’t be more grateful. However, Revere did not teach me how to manage my time, only how to suc-cumb to societal pressure from teachers and perform my very best in class in fear of dis-appointing those around me.” Judy hopes that in the future she can work at a law firm where she can use her argumentative skills to fight for people’s rights and liberties.


“Most Athletic” female poll winner, BRITTANY DARROW received awards in math, his-tory, science, and P.E. at Re-vere’s awards night in 2015, and earned the sub-six shirt all three years of her middle school run-ning career. Her best mile time at Revere was 5:34, which she improved to 5:25 in high school. now as a tenth grader attending Pali High, she says, “Academi-cally, I’ve maintained straight AEE’s on all my progress reports and report cards, earning a 4.33 GPA as of today.” Athletically, Brittany has run varsity cross country in ninth and tenth grade, and her team won the L.A. city championships both years. She states, “My personal bests are 19:08 for 3 miles, 5:25 for the mile, and 2:20 for the 800. My 800 time is the second fastest ever run by a girl from Pali, be-hind Marissa Williams.” As for the future she says, “I would like to go to a selective school where I could also run competitively.”

The “positive attitude and friendly demeanor” of tenth grader ROBERT PETERS made him stand out to his fellow Patriots while at-tending Revere. now he is attending Pali High School and enjoys the multiple clubs and extracurricular activities the school has to offer. He enjoyed, “taking drama classes and learning the more technical side of acting,” in his ninth grade pod, and he is currently taking part in the Christian Club and the Black Student Union (BSU). An accomplishment for him he says “was being apart of the annual BSU play, that was an AMAZING experience. We tackled topics such as racism, self love, being smart, and other interesting topics.” During the rest of his time in high school he hopes to maintain a 3.0 grade point average as well as being involved in plays, clubs, and other per-formances around campus. He says, “I would also like to see more festivals centered around diversity and inclusion at Pali.” After high school Robert plans on going to college and majoring in nursing and Theology.

The tenth grader runs for Pali High at a cross country meet.

Robert sings “Glory” for a Black Student Union performance.“Most Athletic” and “Best Dressed” poll winner TEDDY SUISMAN was known for earning the Sub-Five T-shirt for his 4:59 mile time in eighth grade. He also won the cross-country race in seventh and eighth grade, and was on the Varsity Basketball Team during sev-enth and eighth grade as well. now in ninth grade he attends Pali High School and has “been focusing on basketball over running.” He made their varsity basketball team this year, and continues to exercise in order to stay in shape. He says, “I always want to stay in shape and develop myself further as an all-around athlete. Most importantly, though, I want to keep having fun with basketball.” He hopes he can get back to running track in the future if his basketball schedule allows it. Teddy believes that in order to be a standout ath-lete you have to “really commit yourself, which means sacrificing other things you enjoy. It’s really all about how much you’re willing to apply yourself to your sport, and how much time and energy you are willing to give.”

ninth grader BLAKE ESHAGHIAN took yearbook in seventh grade where he learned to use Photoshop. He now attends Milken High School, a Jewish private school, where he takes part in a graphic design class. He says, “Largely influenced by me being in yearbook in 7th grade, I chose to be in it because I had prior knowledge of Photoshop and I really enjoyed yearbook.” He was extra prepared for the courses in high school because of the preparation given to him by his teachers at Revere. He says, “At my school, classes are smaller and teachers are more available. I have noticed that there are many kids that rely on their teachers too much, something that isn’t possible at Revere because of the student to teacher ratio and the teacher availability.”

Blake’s Photoshop artwork made at Milken High School.

Teddy (holding the ball) plays on the Pali High varsity basketball team.

Robert in 2013

Teddy in 2015

Blake in 2014

Brittany in 2013


Tenth grader SHELBY TZUNG won “Student of the Year” at Revere’s awards night in 2015 and received a $500 academic scholarship from the Rotary Club. She also had straight A’s her entire time at Revere and was voted Bionic Brain in the yearbook poll. now, as a tenth grader at Palisades High School, Shelby says, “I have about 4-5 hours of homework every night, and since I don’t get home until about 8:00, because of my training schedule for ballet, I usually get between 3-6 hours of sleep.” Shelby thinks that the biggest differ-ence between Revere and Pali is “the amount of self-motivation it takes to be successful. There is too much information to merely sit in the class and listen to the teacher—you have to go home and take it upon yourself to study and really internalize the information.” In the future, she hopes to become a professional ballet dancer, and wants to attend a high level college such as Columbia University in new York City that would allow her “to pursue both a career and educa-tion simultaneously.”

2013 Revere Best Dressed female, CASEY LONGSTREET is finish-ing off her senior year at Pali and ready to start college at UC San Diego. Casey said that her time at Revere enabled her to transition smoothly to high school. She says, “High school has played a huge role in my growth and maturity. In my sophomore year, I founded the club Cards for Kids, which I am President of. our club makes greeting cards for sick children, which we send to pediatric floors of hospitals all over the country.” She also recommends the business club, DECA, for all incoming freshmen. She reflects, “It has taught me many valuable life lessons which I will take with me for the rest of my life.” She is grateful to have been “honored in several ways throughout the years with the Brentwood Youth Citizen Award, Seal-bearer recognition, Student of the Month, and Award of Merit in the PTSA Reflections Contest.” She concludes, “High school is a great way to get involved, so don’t shy away from trying some new things and taking risks!”

Palisades High tenth grader JORDAN DARROW is an excelling academic student and impressive soc-cer player. While she was at Revere, Jordan broke the FIYA 4x400 track record, played on the Revere soccer team, and achieved a sub six mile time. Since she moved on past Revere, she has been a key player on the Pali High varsity soccer team and is captain on her club soccer team at Santa Monica United. Her club team has “been successful at many tournaments including a win at the Gothia Cup in Sweden and various league championships.” Jor-dan gives useful advice, “As cliche as it sounds, it’s really just important to have fun. I’ve enjoyed every minute of playing soccer and it’s definitely my fa-vorite thing to do.” For the future, she has one goal in mind, “To play soccer in college.”

Shelby leaps through flour at a ballet photo shoot.

Jordan dribbles past a player during a Pali High soccer game.

Jordan strikes the ball during a game with her club team.

Casey in 2012Shelby in 2013

Jordan in 2013

Casey accepts $1,000 for winning the 2016 Ms. Palisades contest.


The Town Crier: After decid-ing not to go to Pali for ninth grade, was it hard to adjust to the private school lifestyle?Charlie Newman: It was not hard at all. I attended a private school in Arizona before Revere so, the rigorous curriculum of oaks Christian was nothing I wasn’t used to. Also, it is a very friendly community so finding new friends was not a problem.

How does your new school compare to Revere, not just academically but also so-cially? Academically it is more chal-lenging; however, it is much easier to find one on one time with your teachers if you do not understand something. The classes are also smaller which helps. Socially, the student population seems to be a little less diverse than Revere; however, the total number of students is much less than that of Revere and that allows for a more close-knit community.

Do you still keep in touch with

your old friends at Revere, or do you have a whole new group of friends to hang out with? I definitely still keep in touch with several of my friends from Revere including friends in younger grades. I also have made great friends at oaks that I spend a lot of time with.

In last year’s Revere Report, you seemed to have no prob-lem with really putting yourself out there and being silly. Why is it so easy for you to be so uninhibited? I would have to say I get that type of personal-ity simply by realizing that life is just too darn short to not make the most of it. I’ve always been fond of the quote “Don’t let the world change your smile. Let your smile change the world.” This reminds me that going out of your way or doing something super uncomfortable or awk-ward could easily make some-one smile and that’s completely worth it. I also think being in a comfortable environment with lots of my friends encouraged

me to be more outgoing.

What is it like to have many people who know your name, even if you don’t know theirs? I enjoy when people know my name even if I don’t know them. It makes me feel like I must be doing something special to stand out. Sometimes I do feel bad when I don’t know someone’s name so I try to learn

most.

Do you have any recom-mendations for people who are much more camera shy than you are but would like to be less so? As cliche as it sounds... just be you! If you’re not a super outgo-ing person then don’t think you’re not as special

as people who are. Everyone is unique. I would say just try to make people smile my being you and you’ll find that you will eventually become more outgo-ing and perhaps you’ll become more fond of being on camera.

Do you see yourself pursuing a career in entertainment or

Charlie Newman: More Than Just A Famous Face

social media? I could easily see myself pursu-ing a career in entertainment if the right opportunity presented itself to me. I enjoy being a part of it and I think it’s a great way to impact people’s lives in posi-tive ways.

Can you tell us a little bit about any show business expe-rience you have had already? A few summers ago I was in a nickelodeon movie called “nicky Ricky Dicky and Dawn” as an extra. Since then I have not been in any movies or anything of that sort. How-ever, this year I was selected to compete in our school’s version of “Dancing With the Stars” where a girl and boy from each grade compete against the other grades to see who had the best dance. My partner and I created a dance routine and practiced outside of school for several hours and ended up getting sec-ond place, which was unheard of for freshmen.

Have you settled on any long-term goals? Do you have any idea, for example, where you will be in 20 years?My short term goals would be to graduate from a D1 college after playing football there with a degree in business or finance. Twenty years from now seems like a long time; however, I can see myself with a steady income and a happy family most likely living in California.

Tenth grader SAMUEL INGRAM, former Revere Most Ath-letic male poll winner, captain of the basketball team, and long jump record breaker is now sharing his athletic ability with Pali High. He says, “Since I left Revere I became the captain of the varsity basketball team in ninth grade all until I dislocated my shoulder. I’ve been out ever since but I am looking forward to a great season of basketball coming up next year!” He adds, “In the future I want to go to college and have as many scholarships as possible for academics and sports. If I don’t end up playing basketball in the future, I still want to be very successful by majoring in business and finances during college and making a great living off of it!” His tip to being a standout athlete is to be a student athlete. He says, “What I mean by that is stay in school, get good grades, and always have a back up plan on what you want to do in life because sports may not always work out in the long run. Also, maintain a great attitude in whatever sport you play and always stay focused and you will earn respect from not just your coaches but teammates and your peers as well!”

Samuel dunks a basketball.

Samuel in 2013

The former Patriot reveals what his life is like now as a ninth grader at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village.

Before leaving Revere, Charliesigned his fans’ yearbooks.

14 June 2, 2017 Paul Revere Charter Middle School THE ToWn CRIER

By ETHAN HAMID All around Revere, Patriots have memo-rable stories to tell about all their injuries. (1) ALEXANDRA REESE: “I was playing volleyball in P.E. I jumped up to hit the ball and when I landed, my ankle turned inward and I felt something pop in my ankle. I thought I just sprained it but my x-rays showed that I fractured my fibula. The doc-tors said it’ll take about 4-6 weeks to heal.” (2) LANNIE GARCIA:“Within sec-onds of kicking the ball, I was hit at the back of my spinal cord and a player from the other team fell on my ankle. The hardest part of being injured for me is not being able to play with the team. The same week was our finals and I couldn’t be a part of it, which felt really bad.” (3) FINLEY RAUSON: “I jumped off an obstacle and landed on a shoe that was lying around. I broke my ankle in two spots. The hardest part of my injury is getting around to class.” (4) TIANA BRADLEY: “I was on my friend’s back during P.E. and he tripped and fell, so I also fell and landed on my foot in a bad way. My foot is now fractured. The hardest part is at night because I sleep wild and I always roll on my foot, and that hurts. Also, my crutches hurt my armpits.”

(5) ELLA EDWARDS “I was playing in a softball game on Saturday and I slid too early on the base. After I got up, I felt sore-ness around my knee. I was too scared to tell my coaches, so I continued with practice. Af-ter a few days of my knee still hurting, I went to Urgent Care. They told me that I had a lot of bruises around my knee and that I needed to rest it for a week.”

(6) JOSEPH ALLAIN THORNTON: “I went for a dunk and my hand slipped off the rim. I fell on it and broke two bones in my wrist and sprained a bone in my arm. It will heal in four to six weeks.” (7) JENNIFER GIPSON: “After a game during a soccer tournament, my friends and I decided to go over a fence instead of walking around. When I was at the top, I put my cleat on the metal bar and put all my weight on it. I fell, landing on my hand, which broke my wrist. The hardest part about being injured is doing class work and homework. Since I broke my dominant hand, it makes it very difficult to write and type.”

(8) DANNY STEIN: “I was playing a game on the trampoline with my friend, Mason, and he tackled me, so I brought him down with me. He fell on my wrist and it bent backwards. I broke my growth plate and I should be out for 3-4 weeks. The worst thing about it is that it’s hard to carry my books and put stuff in my backpack, because I only have one arm to do it with.” (9) ASHER SAVEN: “I was in a very important basketball game, and during one play on offense, I got the ball and shot it, but was blocked and thrown to the ground. My wrist was twisted upside down when I hit the surface. I knew something was wrong right away, so I had to come out of the game. When I went to the doctors, they said that I had fractured my wrist. I will be out for about 3 weeks.” (10) GEMA MARTINEZ: “I was play-ing basketball for Youth Services at Revere. In the first quarter, two girls kneed me. I fell to the ground and my knee began to swell up. I was rushed to the emergency room and my x-rays showed a torn ACL. My third period is P.E. and my fourth period is in the A build-ing, so it’s hard to get to class on time.” (COVER) RICHIE ROSEN: “I was trying to open the bathroom door at my house and my finger got stuck in it and got jammed. I will be out for a few days.”

Collage: Ethan Hamid

“My wrist was twisted upside down when I hit the surface. I knew something was wrong right away.”—aSheR Saven


A sleepy chameleon relaxes under the heat lamp. Photo: David Tobin

Ms. Uchida cradles her fluffy pet chinchilla. Photo: Jack Grazer

Mr. Springer leans in to kiss his fuzzy pet tarantula. Photo: Jack Grazer

By JACK GRAZER Mostly everybody’s got a pet. Including the teachers here at Paul Revere Middle School.The animals that belong to teachers at this school truly add to the community at Revere. Mr. Springer, Mr. Cos, Ms. Uchida, Ms. Asahina and Mr. Honda all have critters in their classrooms. Mr. Springer has two Fancy rats, two tarantulas, and one beta fish. Students care for and handle the Fancy rats on a daily basis and a student monitor takes care of the beta fish, but Mr. Springer handles the tarantulas named Fuzzy and Fluffy. Most of his students love his pets, however, one girl named Adelaide said, “Every day when I walk into Mr. Springer’s room, I encounter two big tarantulas. They are in cages on both sides of his desk. They freak me out everytime...” Ms. Uchida has two rabbits named Tortilla and Shadow, a chinchilla named Misty, a guin-ea pig named Rocky, and many Zebra Finches. Ms. Uchida feeds her animals on the week-ends and students feed them dur-ing the school day. Ms. Uchida also cleans her cages and checks the animals for any dangerous health concerns. “I love my ani-mals!” She says. Ms. Asahina also cares for the critters in her classroom.

She is currently giving away sea snails and baby guppies. Ms. Asahina says that she takes care of her guppies by cleaning the tank, using the filter, putting purified, clean water in the fish tank and of course feeding them. She also separates the newborn guppies from the adults because if she doesn’t, the adults might eat them. Samantha Spivak wit-nessed a guppy being born in Ms. Asahina’s class. She said, “A kid called, ‘Hey, what is that guppy doing?’ I walked over to see an orange guppy swim-ming... It had a little trickle of blood when suddenly, a white small egg came out from inside it!” Although Mr. Honda takes very good care of the many ani-mals that are living at Revere’s farm, he also spends extra time raising all of the pets inside his classroom. He has six snakes, a bearded dragon, cockroaches, frogs, a tarantula and fish. What has Mr. Honda got to say about having so many pets? “That’s a great idea!” Tons of students and teach-ers all over campus appreci-ate how accepting the school is of pets in the classrooms. This school is full of teachers and their furry friends yet countless students say that the animals are one of the highlights of their ani-mal infused days here at Revere.

Mr. Honda bravelycarries his pet snake. Photo: Alexandra Schoettler

Mr. Cos smiles proudly in front of his fish tank. Photo: Jack Grazer

TEACHERS’ PETS Ms. Asahina carefully feeds her fish. Photo: Jack Grazer A big red

fish finds its cozy home in Mr. Honda’s classroom Photo: Jack Grazer

A white rabbit sits in M-2.Photo: Alexandra Schoettler

A Fancy rat crawls onWilla’s arm in L-3.Photo: Christopher Clausen

Teachers at Revere show off their popular pets


Max, Ben and Mark try to find pairs of shells in Mr. Honda’s class. Photo: Joey Chae

SortingShells

For Teachers Appreciation week, Chris gives Ms. Stewart a gift. Photo: Joey Chae

GivingThanks

Trey takes a video of Chris for English. Photo: Joey Chae

FantasticFilming

From left, Kieran, Sofia, Ryan, Kimberly and Aidan all wear plaid shirts in Town Hall for a chamber music project at an evemt in Town Hall. Photo: Mr. Wechsler

Sarah draws on her egg in Mr. Cos’s class. Photo: Josh Diaz

Ashley reads poetry in Mr. Slavin’s class. Photo: Neyla Maher

New fences get put up on the sides of the West Driveway. Photo: Charlie Capp

MatchingMusicians

During Ready Set Revere on May 20, Ms. McDermott talks to future Patriots’ parents. Photo: Ms. Kruger

ImportantIntros

Campus News and Notes

By Alexandra Schoettler

Smiley-Side-Up

CuttingCowEyes

Students from UCLA come to Mr. Alpert’s class and dissect a cow eye with Patriots. Photo: Kiley Silkman

Working WithWire

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Kiley shows off her drawing in Mr. Hamanishi’s class. Photo: Eli Ghodooshim

Charlie makes a work of art out of trash and junk for a project based on the book “Speak” in Ms. Moreno’s English class. Photo: Maddie Glenn

Souma raises his hand in class while wearing an ensemble inspired by his culture. Photo: Dylan Tzung

CreativeCrafting

Wearing a lab coat, Nima dissects a frog in Mr. Cos’s class. Photo: Alexandra Schoettler

Epic EyeDrawings

AmphibiansAnatomized

Levi films Maya DeGanyar, Revere’s newly elected president, with a professional camera and shotgun microphone for the Revere Report as Evan takes a picture of them. Photo: Joey Chae

Jaxon codes.Photo: Josh Diaz

InspectingInsects

Alex looks at a bug through a light micro-scope in Mr. Honda’s class. Photo: Chris Clausen

RevereRidersReport

Jobany feeds two goats, Oreo and Sugar, an apple. The goats are almost finished with their first year at Revere. Photo: Izzy Gill

CodingTowards

Culmination

FinishingFulling’s

Fun

Phillip works on a project in his history class.Photo: Tessa Smigla

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Lifestyle

By JOEY CHAE Found in the depths of a middle school mouth, braces are hard at work. Correct-ing the crooked teeth of young children and adults, braces are an asset to society. Ex-panders and retainers and spacers, oh my, there are many handy tools that orthodontists use to perfect kids’ pearly whites. Jessica Jacobs a 7th grade Patriot, has been wearing her retainer day and night. Her first time tangling with braces, lasted for a year and a half. The braces were called in to shift her teeth so that her mouth could make room for a new tooth to come in. “They were very annoying and painful and I had to con-stantly check to make sure no food was in them.” According to Jessica, her braces were only painful the first week and whenever she got the wires tightened. Before braces she had an expander and after her braces she had a retainer. As someone who is get-ting braces for the second time, she thinks that kids should get braces after they lose all their baby teeth so that “the braces come off faster.” Jeremy nelson, an 8th grader, is eleven months into his second round of braces. In

Bracing for a Better Smile

Jessica Jacobs

Photos: Alexandra Schoettler

Georgie Thomas

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“My jaw aches for two days every time I get the wires tightened. ” —JeReMy nelSon

the long run, the braces will fix his teeth, but right now, they prevent him from eating chips and apples. He says, “My jaw aches for two days every time I get the wires tight-ened.” From personal experience, Jeremy thinks “you should get braces once you have your adult teeth, because it is super painful if you loose a tooth.” “I thrust against my teeth when I sleep,

and it pushes my teeth out more and more.” Says 8th grader, Diara Mcbroom, who has had braces since Janurary. She rates her pain at about a 9 because her back teeth and the sides of her teeth in the back hurt the most. She’s had spacers and braces so far. Diara thinks kids should wait until they have their adult teeth before they get braces. Georgie Thomas, a 6th grader, started her journey with braces in november and will have them for two more years. “I need-ed braces because my teeth were off-center. [Braces] are very bothersome, though, be-

cause I can’t eat my favorite snack, brazil nuts.” The second day she had braces her mouth hurt so much that she wasn’t talking to anyone and was eating blended up food. She had spacers for a week and an expander for 10 months before braces. “I think that kids should wait until their adult teeth grow in because baby teeth are still bound to move around, fall out, and grow in improperly.” It is not only kids who get orthodontics but adults too. Mr. Hyman was first fitted for an Invisalign in September of 2015. He says, “I had a bit of a snaggle-tooth. My front tooth on the bottom row was doing its own thing. There was no inconvenience other than my wife’s incessant teasing.” Since it is an Invisalign, there’s no pain at all. The only other orthodontics he’s had is “a bite plate for a few years.” Mr. Hyman, as an adult with an Invisalign, thinks that people should wait until you have adult teeth. Revere is full of hard-working kids and braces like Richie Rosen (shown on the front cover) who has an Invisalign working hard to give him a great grin. Eventually braces will help kids’ teeth, but right now they are a pain to many. one way or another Patriots are bracing for a better smile.

Students and teachers display their one-of-a-kind orthodontics around the Paul Revere campus

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BY NEYLA MAHER

Any smile has the power to brighten even the gloomiest of days. Smiles can spread happiness as well as help your health. The Revere campus is full of smiling faces, and the 8th graders have chosen their top picks for Best Smile for the yearbook poll. Nominee Emerson Coronel thinks that his classmates love his smile because “they think it’s funny how my teeth are bright and reflect light.” He believes he was nominated because “my teeth are white and I started braces young.” For Emerson’s beaming smi-le, he wore invisiline for about a year. Some advice Emerson gives is, “If you are done with braces, but have yellow teeth, try using whiteners once a week, while brushing your teeth 2-4 times a day. That way you won’t strip the enamel, but your teeth will grow back natural white.” For Fritzy Mayer’s perfect smile she has had to wear braces for two years. She belie-ves that her classmates love her smile becau-se “it is genuine.” She says she smiles at “a lot of things; jokes, my friends.” Fritzy also offered some advice for achieving the best smile, “just be natural-don’t try to hard.” Atticus Parker says he believes that he was nominated “because I have the best smile, why else.” Atticus has been wearing braces since last November and commen-ted, “Metal looks really cute on my teeth.” He says he smiles whenever someone gets hurt. Atticus’s opinion for the perfect smile is “crest whitening strips, but I don’t need

them because my smile is already so radi-ant.” He believes, “my classmates don’t like my smile because they are jealous.” Alexa Alvarado thinks that her class-mates love “the form of my smile and my cheekbones.” Her advice for smiling is to “just smile through everything.” Alexa has never worn braces before, but says that she has always wanted to. Alexa commented on why she was nominated, “I probably just laugh and smile throughout everything.”

Ryan Ayers thinks he was voted for best smile because “people think I have a good smile.” Ryan has worn braces for about two years. He said, “Usually just hanging out with friends makes me smile and laugh a lot.” Ryan also commented, “Always brush your teeth,” when offering best smile tips. Natasha Asamoa, one of Revere’s best smiling Patriots, has worn braces for about a year. She smiles when with her friends and people who make her smile. Her advice is to “take good care of your teeth.” “I think they nominated me for best smile because everyone says I have the best smile and I have a great sense of humor to go with it,” states Cesar Alquezada. Cesar says

to “smile when you are feeling sad becau-se when you smile you make other people happy.” He says he has never worn braces before. Cesar believes his classmates love his smile because of “my straight teeth.” “I’ve been told throughout my life that I’m photogenic. So I think it make sense that I was nominated for best smile,” says Eliana Makhani. She wore braces for over three years and smiles when “seeing and being with my family and friends.” She commen-ted, “Be happy. A perfect smile comes from a place of happiness. And if all else fails just laugh at yourself, it works every time.” William Hamm said he was nominated “because I am always in a good mood when I am around people.” William has never worn braces before and smiles “when other peo-ple are happy and smiling back.” He says to get the perfect smile “it has to be naturally through laughing and joy.” William also commented, “I think people like my smile because it makes them feel welcome and comfertable.” Lucia Conti, has never worn braces and believes she was nominated because “I have chubby cheeks and a cute smile so it looks like a have a baby face.” She also commen-ted “when someone else is happy, that makes me happy.” She believes her classmates love her smile because “its so cheerful and happy and that makes me happy.” On Jun. 5, two of the top ten nominees will have an even bigger smile when the ye-arbook comes out and they know which boy and girl has been voted for “Best Smile.”

Spreading Spectacular Smiles

Fritze Mayer

Eliana Makhani

Alexa Alvarado

Lucia Conti

Natasha Asamoa

Ryan Ayers

William Ham

Emerson Coronel

Atticus Parker

Cesar Alquezada

The ten nominees in the yearbook poll for Best Smile share their advice for getting great grins

“Don’t be ashamed of your smile and don’t hold back! Show your happiness! (And brush your teeth twice a day).” — luCia Conti

Recent studies show that a strange, unearthly item has been brought on to our campus. But, I must say that this bewildering tri-spinner, no doubt has students hooked. What do they call this peculiar object,

you ask? Fidget spinners! A fidget spinner is a spinning device made usually with plastic and ball bearings that people place in their hands to spin and satisfy their fidgeting needs. There are all different styles of fidget spinners: quad-spinners, bi-spinners and even spiky deca-spinners. They were invented in the early 1990’s but are now, suddenly, the most recent and popular trend. Students either buy fidget spinners from Amazon or at pop-up stores for around $2.00-$10.00. Some people claim that the spinners help stu-dents stay focused, some say otherwise, but Revere decided that fidget spinners were not suitable for school. Although students can easily be distracted by fidget spinners, if they’re used during lunch they aren’t harmful to themselves or their peers. If it were up to me I would allow fidget spinners and other miscellaneous items to only be used outside of the classroom. Experts have said that fidget spinners don’t help students focus, in fact, they distract them. Time Magazine firmly states, “Scientifi-cally, fidget spinners don’t entirely fulfill a person’s genuine fidgeting desires due to the fact that it’s a mechanical object and it doesn’t allow true contact with fidget-ing sensor points for the person.” This all makes sense, but why can’t students use them during nutrition, lunch and even af-ter school? It’s a little harsh. I respect the fact that teachers and counselors do not want them in the classroom but if they’re used during a student’s free time I don’t see what is wrong with it. It seems as if whenever a new trend makes its way to Revere, teachers and administrators will do anything to get rid of it. But in conclusion, teachers always have their best interest in their students and they just care about how we learn and how we grow. But if I had control over it, I would definitely allow fidget spinners at our school.

Spinning outof Control?

TREND TALK

By JACK GRAZER

20 June 2, 2017 THE ToWn CRIER

Since the Unicorn Frappuccino was such a hit, Josh tries out the new S’mores Frappuccino.

To keep warm in the spring, Patriots are strutting their style in colorful, wool ponchos.

Patriots gladly display their bright highlights which are trend-ing now.

First whipping and now water bottle flipping, mischievous Patriots keep up with new ways to bother their teachers.

Gooey, sticky, stretchy slime creates mess-es everywhere but no longer at Revere.

Fidget spinners’ reign over Revere is over after they are banned.

Some of the most popu-lar new fads have been banished from Re-vere. Here are a few of the latest banned items.

Trends come and go at Revere but some are here to stay. Here are some of the hottest trends at Revere.

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Entertainment

By JOSHUA DIAZ Lights, camera, success! Revere’s audi-torium was filled with students and parents on Apr. 26 for its 3rd annual Film Festival. With its red carpet and professional award night, it was a huge hit. Students walked the red carpet and expe-rienced what it was like to be a part of a real film festival. This year there were seven cat-egories and winners. Tessa Smigla won three first place awards. “I felt like it was a great learning experience getting to learn how to make films.” Mr. Iannucci joined Justin Koretz, John Dwight, Jon Hyman, Sue Fitzer, Sage Gran-dy, Debbie Sachs and Lisa Robins to cheer on all the participants. From october to March, students who wanted to participate in the contest were able to check in with Mr. Hyman and Mr. Dwight and talk to them about their films. Next year, since Mr. Dwight is retiring, Mr. Hyman will be working with new blood. “Every year the films improve so I’m looking forward to watching the next batch,” said Mr. Hyman.

FIRST PLACE WINNERS

Animation Category

ZEnARuS WALKS HOMEGabe Groenwold____________________________________Music Video Category

WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROWnico Van Hoen____________________________________Live-Action Short Category

The FixerSpencer Kraber, Rose Morris, Tessa Smigla, Rebecca Whitaker, Jordan Judah, Sydney Geiger, Dylan Prudente, Emily Schwartz, William Kermanikian____________________________________Commercial Category

THE BAnDAID COMMERCIALTessa Smigla, Rose Morris____________________________________Documentary Category

CREnSHAW COWBOyShaya Keyanfar ____________________________________PSA Category

nEVER AGAInTessa Smigla____________________________________Spirit of the Festival Category

GAME OVERMr. Vial¹s Class Pizza Party

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From left, Kelly, Ella, Chelsea, Nico and Zoey accept their awards. Photo: Charlie Capp

Aidan (left) and Levi collaborated on a film called “Stay” about bullying. Photo: Mr. Wechsler

From left, Anna, Tessa, Rose, Becca and Kira pose on the red carpet. Photo: Mr. Wechsler

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Thomas

Bodhi

LawrenceAndrew

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Mr. Hyman gets things started as Mr. Dwight (left), who is retiring, looks on. Photo: Charlie Capp

By EMILY SCHWARTZ

Young Authors night is a Revere annual award ceremony to recognize the future writers at Paul Revere Middle School. Teachers selected students who have great writing skills and put pieces of their work into the Lit-erary Anthology book. The head of the English department, Ms. Fowler was in charge of setting up and managing Young Authors night. She took the lead in get-ting the event off the ground The MC of the special night was Mr. Schwartz. Mr. Wechsler was the magic behind the Literary Anthology,laying out the impor-tant book. Patriots also had op-portunity to submit their artwork to E-5 and one lucky piece was chosen to be the cover of the an-thology.

on Mar. 20, a crowd of over 400 Patri-ots, relatives, and friends crowded together in the Quad at Revere and listened to students read their pieces. A total of

Patriots Publish Poetry and Prose


393 student’s writings (includ-ing poems) were pieced together in the 164-page book. Mr. Iannucci started the night off with a speech. “At Re-vere we celebrate so many things because we have such a wonder-ful community here. But tonight it’s all about the writing!” He spoke to the students, parents, and friends. “There’s a beauti-

ful poem about a tiny humming-bird that smiles. Isn’t that such a great image? It’s writing like this that makes us all smile,” he exclaimed with pride. At the end of the speeches, authors’ names were called out alphabetically to recognize their work. Then students were given 30 seconds to read any section or portion of their story they

wanted to. When the bell rang, students would then hand the microphone to the next young author and step away from their turn at the spotlight. In the Anthology there are serious, suspenseful and funny stories. When Mr. Iannucci in-troduced the event he had talked about “the dangers of stereotyp-ing.” He talks about a young

(Left to right) Ms. Fowler welcomes the group, Dave, Asher and Justin, Mr. Schwartz introduces students by their names, Dori Delshad receives a donation of $15,000 for PRIDE from Jere Romano. Photo: Margot Barrett

Thomas poses with his certificate and anthology. Photo: nick Johansson

Giovanni (left) and Eli eat compli-mentary pizza. Photo: Mr. Wechsler

Mr. Iannucci welcomes families to Paul Revere. Photo: Bella Fishman

Porter recites his story to the audience while Noah waits to speak. Photo: Mr. Wechsler

Andy holds the Anthology with the cover he designed. Photo: Mr. Wechsler


author who “reminds us that we must give everyone an equal chance, because, as she writes, ‘not every rock is a stone.’” The first reader was Austin Sauter, who read his story about his “Mountain Mess Up” where he had a bad fall while skiing. Margot Barrett spoke about the time she had to be “one of the Boys” when she was on an all boy lacrosse team. She ended up being a great contributor to winning their first game 15-1. Dylan Parke got a strong re-action from the audience when he performed his provocative rap about how everyone should “get a PC, (and) end your obso-lesce.” His rap poem was called “PC is Better Than Console Gaming.” Although not every-one had the same opinion as him, most enjoyed his fun rap. “You and your console making all that BAMMER!” Andre Ramos story on “Ad-justing to Circumstances.” He talks about how he was “tall and out of shape, awkward, and friendless.” He spoke about how basketball helped him with all his problems. Ending the night was Kayla Tefilin who read her story about, her first time riding a roller coaster, the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. This obstacle was scary, but she ended up over-coming her great fear. Dana Glenn, represent-ing PRIDE which sponsored the event, helped out with the food station during the Liter-ary Anthology Readings. The food station had pasta, pizza, and cookies. Along with Chris-tine Whitaker and Cheryl Tebo, she helped everyone set up the night and plan the event. Maddie Glenn, her 7th grade daughter at Revere, helped serve food and clean up. Mr. Iannucci ended his speech by saying, “Thanks for joining us tonight, and thanks for showing your commitment to our educational program and our efforts to bring out the very best in all of our students. Be-cause when our kids are doing their best, it makes us all better, and gives us so much to cel-ebrate at wonderful events like this!”

Forgive and Forget7th graders perform in the 3rd Spirit Series “The Conquistador’s Wife”

By KOUROSH SAHMEDINIand EMILY SCHWARTZ

Although hate is in the world, forgiveness is the key to making peace. That’s what the story of “The Conquistador’s Wife” teaches those who watch the third installment of the Spir-it Series, following “Buddha Walks” and “Seeking Socrates.” Malinali is a young native who makes friends with “strang-ers” who are in search of gold. Malinali ends up marrying a man who is named Cortes and helps him take over the Mexica tribe. When Moctezuma mur-ders her father, she seeks re-venge through Cortes. Malinali ends up marrying Cortes and helps him take over the Mexica tribe. On her journey she finds the key to forgiveness instead of her hate taking her into the stage of revenge. While this story is many years old, the les-sons are still able to be used to day. It teaches those to treat oth-ers who are different the same. The 7th graders in Ms. Daley’s

and Ms. Jackson’s 7th grade his-tory classes performed this play at Revere on May 31. Ms. Jackson feels that the play was helpful to her students learning abilities, “by overcom-ing challenges associated with depending on others to meet a greater goal, and for some, the fear of performing in front of their peers.” Ms. Daley feels that she would do this play again because it was “a great program to get all students involved in a unique three week learning ex-

perience where they write and speak their own poetry and also learn about history.” Ms. Daley’s students, “seemed to enjoy it [Spirit Series]. They are excited about performing for their par-ents and wearing the great cos-tumes.” oona Fitzmaurice, a 7th grade Patriot, plays narrator 2, said the Spirit Series “helped me learn by teaching me about the conquistadors and how they con-quered the Mexica Tribe, and it is an important historical event.”

[Left] Students cheer as the show continues and raise their hands in a tableau. [Right] Parents and Patriots watch the play. Photo: Justin Shafa

Rodrigo and Tiana recite their lines for the audience. Photo: nia Williams Patriots stand next to the artwork that they crafted. Photo: Justin Shafa

Students wait in their costume as the show begins. Photo: nia Williams


By TESSA SMIGLA over the past year, the musi-cal Hamilton has taken over the country and captivated people of all ages with its music. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s score has en-chanted all its listeners, causing them to sing and breath Hamil-ton. Revere Patriots included, are

Hamilton Mania

Ella shows her love for the musical Hamilton. Photo: Joey

Chae

Talent Show Performers Matthew Gottesman- Piano and singing

McCartney Hutchinson and group- Cantina Band

Annabelle Grandy- Singing

Aaron Yamin- Piano

Summer-Anne Wadleigh- Sing-ing and ukulele

THE REVERE REPORT: This year, the Revere Report is coming out on June 8, during the grade level assemblies. Students are able to watch all the highlights and special events of the 2016-2017 year, including Spirit Week, the winter and spring concert, and cross country finals.

Dasha reads the book

that inspired the musical.

Photo: Emily Schwartz

JUNE’S COMING ATTRACTIONSREVERE’S GOT TALENT: Paul Revere’s annual Talent Show will be presented across four performances today, June 2, where the whole school and their families can watch. For the Talent Show, Patriots will get to see their classmates sing, play an instrument, and more.

all caught up in Hamilton’s thrall. The award-winning musi-cal has become one of the most popular musicals on Broadway. 8th grade Patriot Sarah Slavkin talks about her experience watch-ing Hamilton, saying, “I saw it with the original cast on Broad-way. I loved seeing the songs that I know and love come to life.” Many fans began to like Hamilton due to its music. Ella Hobert shares her favorite songs from Hamilton. “I have many favorite songs. I went through a Satisfied phase, a Guns and Ships phase, but right now it would probably be Burn, What’d I Miss, or The Election of 1800.” To add to the Hamilton fren-zy, the Broadway musical will be coming to L.A. for five months. Starting on Aug. 11, all of the Hamilton’s fans will be able to watch it at the Pantages Theatre.

2016-2017 Revere Report features Patriots from Black and White Day.

The smash Broadway musical is popular with Patriots

Sierra Sugarman- Piano

Lucia Conti- Guitar and singing

Mia Ruhman- Piano and singing

Torey Howell and Sabreena Moreno- Singing duet

Hannah Landau- Gymnastics

Shanti Beard and Lisa Vanden-heuvel- Singing duet

Zayd Durra- Piano

Aaron practices I Will Survive for the Talent Show. Photo: David Orlinsky

Mia rehearses an original piece called Learn to Love on the piano. Photo: David Orlinsky

Ms. Asahina’s science class dances to a song for the Revere Report.

...In-N-Out Burger took over the school’s cafeteria. Corey Ehrlich

...P.E. shirts had powers. Gunnar Greve

...all of the boys at Paul Revere had no eyebrows. Mason Baraz

...Trump became one of the discipline deans. Eric Palermo...Gracie became U.S. President. Matthew King... Shrek became the principal. Dakota White

...our great novels came to life. Mia Toubian

Yearbook Artists Invite You to


...famous faces raced and played here. Isabella Crosby (left), Emily Cheungsomboune

...goats could teach. Griffin Jones ...Smurfs lived in our lockers. yman Kamgaing

Asher Saven


By ANOUK WIJERATNERevere is filled with talented students who create everything from oil paintings and pencil sketches to pottery and sculptures. These skillful and accomplished artists contribute to art contests, the school newspaper, the literary anthology, wall murals, and so much more. Voters in the 2017 yearbook poll have singled out the twelve 8th grade students on this colorful page to receive “Most Artistic” honors.

“I started drawing when I was very young. Art is an amazing way to express yourself.”

—Casey Smith

“I like making fun of and showing off my drawings and animations with friends.”

—Dylan O’Malley

“By putting hard work and emotion into my artwork, I can create something amazing.”

—Wuilber Segovia

“Art gives a sense of freedom in both creating it and looking at it. I geek out about art a lot.”

—Emily Wen

“Creating art is calming for me. I like to chal-lenge myself by drawing intricate objects.”

—Skylar Saltzman

“I love art because I have complete control over it. I can make it as bright and detailed as I want.”

—Emmy Ostrin

“I’ve had a passion for drawing since I was 1. I feel like I am creating a different world.”

—Souma Hayakawa

“I don’t love art unless I’m drawing Batman symbols. I take ‘artsy’ pictures on Instagram.”

—Bennett Golad

“When I am concentra-ting on artwork, every-thing except the artwork and me fades away.”

—Seok Woo Kim

“I love art because it gives me a chance to express myself, and it’s fun at the same time.”

—Jacob Viyuoh

“Seeing something I created is the best type of accomplishment for me personally.”

—Nina Polishook

“For me, my love for art is indescribable. I mostly get inspired from music such as classical music.”

—Ariel Khan


After months of rehearsals, students gath-ered in the auditorium on May 15 to hear and watch a series of entertaining performances. Performances for the parents occured later in the week, at night. Ms. Cronin’s Madrigals class performed “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”. One of Ms. Jacques’s orchestras played a piece showing differences between American patri-otic music and Middle Eastern music. One of Dr. Tautkus’s band classes presented the James Bond theme song, among other famous hits. Collage: Gena Levin

Madrigals sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

Julia performs on her bass in Orchestra.

Sarah , Sean, and Tyler sing.

Samantha sings a solo during “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”.

Ms. Cronin introduces Concert Choir.

Ms. Jacques leads her orchestra.

Clarinetists perform for band.

Haley and Alec play on violins.

Show Choir dances to “Better When I’m Dancin’”. McCartneyplays the trumpet.

Dr. Tautkus makes a point to members of the Patriot Band.

Lulu (left) and Emily speak for Chamber Orchestra.

outstanding Ballers Encourage Patriots morning, he went to the juice shop. He asked Joey and Elysha how their day was going. Then, they took a picture together. Ethan Shamoeil met 13 time nBA all-star, Lebron James at the SWA steakhouse in Las Ve-gas. Lebron was sitting at the table next to his family. Ethan asked Lebron’s bodyguard if they could get a picture, but the bodyguard said no. Fortunately,

In a big city like Los Ange-les there are always exceptional athletes. Many people look up to these outstanding players and some even get to meet them. These stories tell how Patriots met these famous athletes. Joey Chae and her sister, Elysha met Earvin “Magic” Johnson, a Hall of Fame Laker at Jamba Juice in Santa Monica. After he went to the gym that

Lebron said, “Let the kids get a picture.” Ethan told James that he was his favorite player. His brother then asked “How does it feel to win a championship?” Lebron James replied that he loves it and the key to win is “to be focused.” After that, Ethan thanked him for the picture, and he gave them his signature. Bella Fishman met Jamal Crawford. He is a shooting guard for the L.A. Clippers. Craw-ford’s son and Bella’s brother

are on the same basketball team. Crawford’s birthday had recent-ly passed, so she wished him a happy birthday and took a photo. David orlinsky and Wyatt Standish as shown on the cover met Blake Griffin at Palisades Park. They said, “hi” and took a photo. Griffin is known for his vicious dunks for the Clippers. They were playing basketball and saw Blake Griffin on his in-jury scooter. David admires him for being a “beast on the court.”

Ethan and his brother with LeBron James

Joey, Elysha, and their brother with Magic Johnson

By COLE HERRON Revere’s first annual 5K run to support PRIDE was, in Mr. Iannucci’s words, “an outstand-ing morning of fun in the sun, and if you slept in you missed out.” Runners gathered on the P.E. field on Sunday, Apr. 30 at 8:30 am. For a price of $20 for adults and $10 for Revere stu-dents, runners could compete for prizes. There was food and raffles at the event as well, al-lowing plenty of entertainment

Bella and her brother with Jamal Crawford

David with Blake Griffinn


Sports

Revere’s First Annual 5K Kicks Offfor the runners when not on the course. There were over 100 par-ticipants in the race, and all to-gether they raised over $1,500 for PRIDE. The winners of the event were Max Burger in first at 21:00, Alec Schmitt in second at 21:46, and Alex Jamison in third with 22:43. Brendan Kraft, a participant of the event, said, “only the top three runners got a prize, but everyone got a little medal. The course was almost the same as

a mile run.” Runners started by the gate near the bus ramp and go around the P.E area six times, but would end around the middle of the field because a 5K is 3.1 miles. Max Burger said, “I thought that the race was very organized for the first Revere 5K. I earned gift cards for winning the race, as well as another gift card for winning the raffle. I wanted to do the 5K so I could get some exercise and have fun. I will do this again next year.”

By SIDDHARTHA SHENDRIKAR and DAVID TOBIN

Jordan Port said, “I ran the 5K with one of my friends. I en-joyed myself, and I look forward to next year’s race.”

Max receives his first place prize from Ms. Walker. Photo: Mr. Wechsler

GRANT FOSTER was the Most Valuable Player for our Boys’ Varsity basketball team, and he’s only in seventh grade. Grant has been playing basketball since he was three years old. He is constantly brushing up on his skills outside of school. He practices on Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. He “Usually goes to the gym and practices for a few hours.” Besides the Revere Varsity team, Grant plays for Mar Vista Elite, a well-known club team. According to Grant, “Last summer our coach had a camp, and I wasn’t that good before this camp, but after a long basketball work and a couple of months, I re-ally think I improved my game a lot.” Grant considers this one of his greatest achieve-ments. Grant is constantly working to im-prove his game. —Joe Taylor

STUDENT SPORTS STARS

TEACHERS TAKE TITLEBy ALEX DENHAM and IRIS BERMAN

on May 11, the horn sounded in the Rider Dome. Stu-dents rushed the floor, but not towards their fellow students. Instead, the mix of girls’ and boys’ varsity basketball team members collided against players from Revere’s faculty. The final score was 82-71, staff sending the crowd into eruption. Going into the game, the teachers were out for revenge after losing to the students last year in overtime. They had no mercy on the students and never let them get a lead. Mr. Vale-rio grabbed many rebounds and scored many shots, including the teachers’ first two points. The staff carried this momen-tum into a 23-point lead. “We underestimated the teachers, but what killed us was our lack of defense and rebounding,” eighth grader Ethan Hamid said. As the second half started, the students faced a 15-point deficit and went into a full court defense, which forced the teachers into many mistakes and turnovers. Kyle Lee led the students to cut the teachers lead down to five points. With the score becoming tighter the teachers put Mr. Viall into the game. He scored four three-pointers, and converted two “and 1” foul opportunities to extend the teachers’ lead. Mr. Slavin also came in clutch, scoring three consecutive baskets to reset the tone of the game for the faculty. Mr. Viall said, “My favor-ite moment of the game was one particular bounce pass to Mr. Slavin. I’ve always preferred a great pass over a great shot.”


SAMMIE ARNOLD is one of the most com-petitive basketball stars at Revere. She has been playing the sport since she was 4 years old. Her main position is shooting guard. not only is Sammie one of the stars of the Revere Girls’ team, but she is also on the California Storm. Sammie says, “The Re-vere team is different from club because with club, the season is year round and we don’t keep track of wins and losses. It is also more competitive.” outside of school she practices 2-3 times a week on her club team and also works out in her backyard. According to Sammie, ”My greatest accom-plishment would probably be winning the championship for Revere this year.” She also wants to play for Palisades High school and her main goal is to join the Stanford basketball team. —Alex Denham

WESLEY WELLS is a talented pitcher for the Major Angels. His team competes in the north Venice Little League. “When I was four years old I started watching profes-sional baseball and going to Dodger games which inspired me to start playing baseball when I was five,” he said. Wesley trains by hitting small whiffle balls to make his swing better. Wesley also practices fielding ground balls and doing pick off plays. All of his hard work has allowed him to earn a spot on the north Venice All Star Team, and pitch a complete game. —Iris Berman

Mr. Slavin shoots a reverse lay-up over Asher. Photo: Alex Denham


By AARON YAMIN

Going into the cross coun-try finals this year, there was no clear favorite for the eighth grade boys. There was much speculation over who would win the race, because unlike most years, there were several Patriots who had a chance at winning the trophy. Lucas Schriver was the win-ner of the sixth and seventh grade cross country race, per-haps making him the expected winner this year. In the semifi-

nals, Lucas Schriver ran a 7:59 time, while Mason Cadden got 8:10. However, Mason beat Lu-cas on the mile before the race, getting 5:12 while Lucas had a time of 5:15. When the big day arrived, the entire school watched in sus-pense as the race began. As the finalists came sprinting down the last stretch, there was only one thing on everyone’s mind: who would become the new cham-pion? Throughout the eighth grade boys’ race, Mason Cadden and

Lucas Schriver were neck-and-neck. It was nearly impossible to tell who would triumph, but in the end Mason just barely won, beating Lucas by one second. He came in first with a time of 7:53, 24 seconds away from Revere’s record, set by Charlie Sherman. It was a surprising defeat for the two-time cross-country race winner, but a great victory for Mason. The new champion said, “I fought at the end when my legs dead and hearing the fans cheering helped me finish the race.” Mason inproved his time

James Crowe

Asher Saven

NO RECORDS, BUT

Mason Cadden

TOP 10 BOYS

6th Grade Boys 7th Grade Boys 8th Grade Boys

Mason Cadden (8th) 7:53

Lucas Schriver (8th) 7:54

Brett Bailey (8th) 8:10

Forrest Brock (8th) 8:13

Asher Saven (7th) 8:13

Josh Davood (8th) 8:16

Marco Rodriquez (8th) 8:18

Devanair Skinnerma (8th) 8:18

Pablo Sandoval (8th) 8:19

Sammy Dohad (7th) 8:21


MIa JamersonSophie Gowen

LOTS OF THRILLSMiranda Schriver

Lucas Schriver

TOP 10 GIRLS

6th Grade Girls 7th Grade Girls 8th Grade Girls

Miranda Schriver (8th) 8:40

Sophie Gowen (7th) 8:54

Abbey Guerrero (7th) 8:57

Kavita Sekhon (7th) 9:00

Mia Jamerson (6th) 9:07

Sienna ozar (6th) 9:12

Ava Ruggiero (8th) 9:15

Shaya Keyuanfar (6th) 9:26

Kiara Zarabian (7th) 9:31

Leila Adeli (6th) 9:31

by 43 seconds from last year’s cross-country race. “I did inter-vals which are 400 meter breaks which helped me get faster and improve my mile time,” For the eighth grade girls, Miranda Schriver finished far ahead of the other runners, end-ing with a time of 8:40, 25 sec-onds away from the existing record set by Lila Copeland last year. “It’s really nice to see my time improve each year,” said Miranda. In the seventh grade, Asher Saven won with a time of 8:13,

far from the all-time record set by Charlie Sherman of 7:34. Asher and Sammy Dohad were trading first place throughout the race, but Asher pulled out way ahead at the end. The seventh grade girls champion was Sophie Gowen, who got 8:54, which was 41 sec-onds off the existing record of 8:13, set by Marissa Williams. The winner for sixth boys was James Crowe, who got 8:40, and did not beat the record held byBrent Smith at 7:36. For sixth grade girls, Mia Jamerson won

by getting 9:07, but the record of 8:38 set by Marissa Williams still stands. The overall winning peri-ods for girls are: Period 6 for sixth grade, Period 1 for seventh grade, and Period 1 for eighth grade. The winning periods for boys are: Period 6 for 6th grade, Period 2 for seventh grade, and Period 3 for eighth grade. on the day after the big race, students in winning periods had time to relax and savor the thrill of victory, represented by the shiny metals around their necks.

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