Black and Gold NEWS November 13,2014 Vol. 3 Issue 4

And the winner is…….. Greg Abbott! Gregory Wayne Abbott (our new governor) had 2,790,227

votes! Greg Abbott won against the other candidates who were Wendy Davis

with 1,832,254 votes, Kathie Glass with 66,413 votes, and Brandon Parmer

with 18,494 votes. Greg is a defender of the constitution, a husband and fa-

ther, and understands the importance of the constitution’s value. David

Dewhurst (our Lieutenant governor) is a proud military veteran, and a suc-

cessful business man and rancher, and has been our lieuten-

ant governor since 2003. John Cornyn III (our senate) won

with 2,855,068 votes against the second most voted person

who was David Alameel with 1,594,252 votes. John Cornyn

has been serving as our senate since 2002.

If you haven’t noticed, crispitos are finally back and better than ever!

Crispitos came back November, 10 of this year. The new crispitos are healthier

for you since they’re baked, yet they taste just as good as before. They cost a

$1.10 each, and there is a limit of 3 crispitos per person. So if you haven’t tried

them yet, you need to buy some crispitos from the snack bar.

The Mystery of the Missing Crispitos… Part 2

By: Luke Evans

By: Sipriano Lopez

ELECTION DAY RESULTS ABBOTT

PROOF that the missing

crispitos are back!!

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LMS will be holding a karaoke dance party for all the students that have NO REFER-

RALS November though some of December. Remember you can get referrals by being tardy to

school or class too many times, excessive uniform violations, discipline, and misuse of an elec-

tronic device. If you don’t get any referrals, you will receive an invitation to go to the karaoke

dance party. If you don’t get an invitation, you can’t go. So if you want to go to the karaoke

dance party you better be good and on time for the rest of the month.

Rock around LMS...no referrals By: Josh Geter

NJAHS/ART CLUB

Football supporters

Our L.M.S football players have a big sup-

port system. They are supported by the LMS

STARS, cheerleaders, band members, stu-

dents, parents, teachers and their athletic

manager.

The STARS are the dance team for Liberty

Middle School. They perform on game days

and at pep-rallies. They also wear their uni-

form attire on Thursdays for spirit day. Their

coaches are Mrs. Vance, and Miss McDaniel.

The L.M.S cheerleaders they perform on

game days, and pep rallies as well they also

wear their uniforms on spirit day. Their coach

is Mrs. Smart.

The BAND is a musical group at LMS that

supports our football boys and school. They

perform on game days and pep-rallies. Their

coach is Miss Hardy.

The students, parents, teachers all support

the football boys by attending their games,

and pep-rallies.

Last but certainly not least the football and

boy’s athletics is Francisco Pacheco. He’s been

a manager for two years now and is a big help.

Everyone has played an important role in

supporting our football team. Thank you for

showing your panther pride.

National Junior Art Society (NJHAS) is a

program that, putting in Mr. Humber, our LMS art teacher’s words “provides avenues for recog-

nition of artistic talents and opportunities for leadership roles for visual art students, while spotlighting the success and community work of

our school’s art program.”

NJHAS begun in 1989 by the National Art Education Association as a program to “inspire and recognize students who have shown an out-

standing ability and interest in art and to gener-ate interest in art programs at the secondary

level and beyond.” Says Mr. Humber.

Currently there are 5 active members: Emily Connelly as President, Jessica Williamson as Vice President, Lark Walker as Secretary,

Luke Evans as Treasurer, and Baylee Chandler

as Historian. Also there are 8 nominees waiting

to be inducted to the program.

Although it is possible for kids of all three grades to join, sixth grade students don’t usual-

ly get nominated on their first year at LMS. You can only join NJHAS by invitation. To receive that invitation, you must “show great artistic

ability,” as well as keeping a “B” average in ALL your classes , but you are not required to be in art class. Also

you must be junior high age

(11-13) and be enrolled in a school with a

local chapter of

NJHAS.

By: Lesli Rodriguez

By: Yazmin Brooks

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“Big Hero 6” is an action-packed comedy-adventure about a robotics prodigy, Hiro

Hamada, who learns to harness his genius, thinks to his smart brother, Tadashi, and his

friends, Go Go, Tamago, Neatnik, Wasabi, Honey Lemon, and Fan Boy Fred. But when a

change in events throws Hiro in the dangerous streets of San Francisco, Hiro turns to his

closest friend. The robot named Baymax.

“Big hero 6” got 4 stars from Metacritic and 4 stars from the International Movie Database.

By: Chad Geter

A Movie Review of “Big Hero 6”

Do you want to go to Chili's? If so, just get 100 AR points by December 18th. Mrs.

Smith and the Language Arts teachers will be going with you. This is for all 6th, 7th, and 8th

graders who can achieve getting one-hundred AR points by December! This activity will

happen during your lunch period. Mrs. Smith will be paying for your meal. So keep reading

so you can go to Chili's! By: Hugo Lopez

A.R. Century Club—It Pays to Read

The Maze Runner is an action and

mystery based book. It starts you off asking

a lot of questions and not answering them

until about the fifth chapter. The book

starts off with the main character, Thomas,

in some sort of moving box were he finds

himself scared out his of wits. He can only

remember his name, for some odd reason.

He still knows how the world works like

jobs, cars, people etc., but never a name or

a face of a relative or a friend.

He is helped out of the box and he meets

two guys named Newt and Alby. Alby is

sort of the leader of the place, and Newt is

second in command. Newt is a lot nicer

then Alby is. Alby tries to be nice, but

Thomas isn’t that easy to work with due to

him being scared and out of place.

All in all, the book is very exciting and in-

teresting, though odd at times. It’s very

good, and I do recommend it. The book’s

reading level is 5.3 and is 15 AR points.

By: Logan Howard Are you up for a Good read?

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Football season is sadly over, but our

7th grade boys had a great run this season with a record of 1-8, but they still lack dedication and need improvement. 8th

grade boys had an excellent season of 7-2, but they too still need more improvement on the other hand. When Coach Varner was asked how well 8th grade boys did this season he informed me that they improved greatly from last year. He also looks for-

ward to the 8th graders winning district in high school. He then went on to express that he feels there’s a strong chance for the

upcoming 7th graders to win district while

next year’s 8th graders will have to dedicate

great time and effort if they expect to go win district. This past week was the 7th graders last football game for the season

and they put up a driving game with Har-din-Jefferson with a score of 22-20 while they were short of winning; they still put up a good game. The 8th graders played very well and crushed Hardin-Jefferson with a score of 34-0! This season will truly

be remembered.

Great job this season, football guys!!!

LMS sports By: Giovanni Lopez

Did you try out for Basketball? Well tryouts are over now and they announced the new Liberty Lady Panthers Basketball Team for 2014-2015. The 7th Grade A-Team in-cludes: Madison Anderson, Molly Barnette, Claire Bond, Zandrea Carter, Ashley Domain, Emily Kudro, Tytiana LeFleur, Robin Lemelle, Bri’anna Randolph, and Krystei Semien.

The 7th grade B-Team players include: Jenna Brand, Bailey Chandler, Adrain DeBlanc, Kylie Frazier, Makayla Garner, Cassidy Haidusek, Lauryn Mitchell, Jaime Peak, Abigail Phillips, Kerilyn Scranton, Jordan Simeon, Faith Singh, Katelyn Whittington, and Lundyn Wilkerson. The 8th grade A-Team includes: Kinnidi Briggs, Yazmin Brooks, Kara Cannon, Emily Connelly, Essence Davis, Mary Domain, Gabrielle Domangue, Jordan LeNormand, Lizzie Loften, and Chloe Miles. The 8th grade B-team members are: Lauren Dugat, Hope

Jones, Caitlyn Sepulvado, Kori Tulley, Lark Walker, Nia White, and Kiara Hebert. The 8th grade boys team includes: JJ Slack, Bryley Brown, Tyler Fregia, Keegan Turner, Darryl Trahan, Luke Evans, Garrett Vail, Tylan Danek, Jesus Landaverde, Heath Brown, Dylan Westberry, Xavier Randolph, Drelon Tarver, Elajh Delahousse, Giovanni Lopez, Cameron Beasley, Conner Perez, Jeremiah Guillory, and Keaton Parker.

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THE SPOTLIGHT

Our principal, Mrs. Smith, is no

stranger to Liberty; she went to school here from 1st to 11th grade, but graduated from San

Marcos Academy, a boarding school in San Marcos, Texas. She graduated from Lamar University with a Bachelor of Science, second-

ary education with teaching fields in speech and reading. She received a master of Mid-Management in Education from Lamar Univer-

sity.

She began working at Liberty Middle

School in 1992 as a reading teacher. In 2006, she became the Curriculum Facilitator for LMS. She worked as Dean of Academics for

three years at LHS in 2008. She returned to

Liberty Middle School in 2011 as principal.

According to her, the best part of being a principal is having the opportunity to ob-serve the teachers doing what they love: teach-

ing, and students making the connection to learning. “It's all about what's best for the stu-

dents and I feel very fortunate to a part of the process. I work with an amazing staff and the best students ever!” says Mrs. Smith.

Mrs. Smith has two children, Paige and Matt, both graduates of Liberty High School. She enjoys taking cooking classes and experi-

encing new foods to cook and eat. When she has time to watch TV she watches the food

channel. Her favorite food show is Chopped.

Mrs. Fitzpatrick is very excited about math UIL. She

enjoys teaching because she loves kids. Her husband

and son worked for the military, so she is very proud of

this country and the rights that come with it. She

works really hard to teach the kids of this generation.

In one of the pep rallies she was the teacher of the

week. I asked her how she felt about this and she said

“I’m overjoyed, I’ve never won anything like that be-

fore.” In conclusion, she is a hard-working teacher who

loves every second of it. Personally, she is one of my

favorite teachers.

By: Maria Lopez

By: Chad Geter

STARRING: Mrs. Smith, Principal

AND

Mrs. Fitzpatrick!

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Black Friday is almost here! It is one of the most hectic shopping days of the year in the United

States. The first Black Friday was in the 1960’s. Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving. The reason they call it “Black Friday,” is that “black” refers to the stores moving from “red”

to the “black.” The red means that the stores aren’t making money, and the black means the stores are making money.

Cyber Monday is the Monday following Thanksgiving. It’s a very busy day for online shop-

pers. This year, Cyber Monday will fall on December 1st. Cyber Monday was created in 2005 as a marketing ploy by the U.S. National Retail Federation. Cyber Monday was only the 12th biggest online shopping day. Last year Cyber Monday’s sales were $ 2.29 billion.

Whether you like shopping at a store or shopping online there’s a shopping holiday for you!

Did you know that Mr. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on T.V.

While human babies take 9 months to grow, but elephants are pregnant for 2 year!!

When you text a smiley face did you think of when the first on was written? Well the first smiley

was written in 1982 :).

To clean our ears we use q-tips. Well, giraffes clean their ears with their 18 inch long tongues.

Did you know that new born kangaroos can fit into teaspoons?

Did you know that turtles can breathe through their bums!!

Our teeth stop growing but beaver teeth never stop.

Clinophobia is a fear of going to bed.

OMG! Ribbon worms eat themselves if they can’t find food

Elvis’s shiny black hair was originally blonde. Can you imagine Elvis with blonde hair?

Wacky Facts

The History of Thanksgiving Francisco Pacheco

Do you know the history of Thanksgiving

and what it is? Don’t worry. I’ll answer those questions if you don’t know.

First let’s start with when Thanksgiving started. Thanksgiving started in 1621 when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians

gathered together to have a feast in autumn. This is one of the earliest records of a thanksgiv-ing feast. Then in 1623 the Pilgrims hosted an-

other Thanksgiving feast celebrating the end of a long drought.

It wasn’t until October 3, 1863 that Abra-ham Lincoln issued the Thanksgiving Proclama-tion stating that the last Thursday in November

would be a day of “Thanksgiving and Praise”.

That was one when Thanksgiving became a na-tional and annual holiday.

Now to the question, what is Thanksgiv-ing? Thanksgiving is a time to gather together with all your family members and sit down for

Thanksgiving dinner and give thanks for all the things you have. The traditional Thanksgiving meal is a turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing,

cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. So that fur-ther concludes my investigation on what’s

thanksgiving and when it started. So that’s the History of Thanksgiving and how long its been a tradition in the U.S.

By: Avery Bendele

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