American Idol Superstar

Belzer’s Got Talent

2

Diet Pills

Was Sochi Ready?

3

R.I.P Flappy Bird; Comic Con

Essay Contest

4

Editorial: Video Games

5

Athletics 6-7

All Star Recap 8

Editorial: My Big Campus

Puzzle

9

Book Review

March Days

10

Inside this issue:

Feb. 27, 2014

Volume 1, Issue 7

Belzer Blog

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Belzer Middle

School Student

Newspaper

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Volume 1, Issue 7

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By: Eric Carr

Shirley Temple Black, who as a

dimpled, precocious and deter-

mined little girl in the 1930s

sang and tap-danced her way to

a height of Hollywood top and

worldwide fame that no other

child has reached, died on

Monday night at her home in

Woodside, California. She was

85.

Mrs. Black returned to the

spotlight in the 1960s in the

surprising new role of diplo-

mat, but in the popular imagi-

nation she would always be

America’s darling of the De-

pression years, when in 23 mo-

tion pictures her sparkling per-

sonality and sunny optimism

lifted spirits and made her fa-

mous. From 1935 to 1939 she

was the most popular movie

star in America.

A Talent Who Left a Legacy

By: Jakob Goldsby and Ken-

neth King. On March 24,

2014 Belzer Middle School

will have a talent show. The

auditions were from Febru-

ary 6th to February 21st from

6:00 to 7:30pm. The 7th and

8th graders auditioned for the

talent show. “We thought it

would be fun and a good

opportunity for students to

win something,” stated Ms.

Johnson. There will be four

judges, two woman and two

men. Ms. Johnson audi-

tioned three and Ms. Phelps

has auditioned ten students

so far. There will be 5 cate-

gories that students can do at

the talent show and talent

show auditions, voice (solo),

voice (group), dance, wild

card, and instrumental. Au-

ditions are open to every

student at BMS, and anyone

can audition. Possible exten-

sions of auditions on Tues-

day, 25th. Come out to sup-

port Belzers talent show!

Belzer’s Got Talent

By: Emory Bullock and Daphne Sanders.

American Idol is a singing competition

created by Simon Fuller. On February 18

of this year, Malaya Watson was chosen to

be in the top 10 girls. The judges said that

Malaya had an “outgoing personality,” and

has a “great voice.” Malaya was the last

girl to be chosen in the top. She sang “Hard

Times” by Ray Charles.

The judges said, “You

have a very strong

voice,” and they said she

has one of the best voices

in the competition. She

was really into the song.

“Hard Times” was her first song that she

listened to nonstop when she was

young. Ever since then, it’s been

her favorite song. Malaya has the

potential to be the next American

Idol superstar. Our very own

Marrialle Sellars sadly didn’t

make the top 13 artists, and will

be returning home soon.

American Idol Superstar

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1) Russia 13 11 9 33

2) United

States

9 7 12 28

3) Norway 11 5 10 2

4) Canada 10 10 5 25

5) Netherlands 8 7 9 24

By: Annaya Shelton. Sochi, Russia was home to our winter

Olympics. In the race for medals, Russia earned the most.

They had a total of 33. They took home the most gold’s in the

competition: a total of 13. They won most of their medals

from figure skating, short track, and cross country. The US

came in second for most medals won.

Olympic Results

26

Talented Bruins Win Medals!

Belzer band, orchestra, and choir students recently participated

in ISSMA contest—a yearly event where students can show-

case their talents in front of a judge . Students are scored and

receive a rating: gold, silver, or bronze. In February of this

year, our students performed solos, duets, and ensembles to

compete for a medal. The following are our results:

A special shout out goes to Jasmine Wang who received a

perfect score. You all make us proud...way to go performing

arts Bruins!

ISSMA Results Gold Silver

Band 29 2

Choir 6 2

Orchestra 13 2

Piano 2 0

Total 50 6

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Caption This By: Kaylee Demlow.

Submit your caption to

the Belzer Blog group

on My Big Campus.

Make sure to put it in

the discussion tab!

By: Lilly Solly. Nowadays, you

hear everyone

talking about

new natural

healthy diets

and diet pills,

but are they

really good for

you? Nutri-

system,

Lipozene, and

Jenny Craig, are all supposedly

healthy and a good way to lose

weight. Why don’t people just

exercise to lose weight, or maybe

eat more fruits and vegetables to

get healthier? Many diet pills con-

tain harmful chemicals that may

burn fat, but they can also damage

your internal organs. Just because

the people on commercials say

they are all natural and healthy,

doesn’t mean they are actually

good. You may lose weight, but

you may also be doing serious

damage to your body.

If you really want to

lose weight, there are

healthier ways to do it!

Swap out cookies and

ice cream for a bowl of

fresh strawberries or an

orange. Try exercising,

you can start small and

work your way up.

Start by jogging for 20 minutes

then doing a few sit-ups and push-

ups. When you’re ready, start do-

ing more challenging workouts.

Or, you can even turn on some

music and dance around your

house for a while! Any physical

activity helps. Please take care of

yourself and don’t fall for un-

healthy products like diet pills.

There are better ways to stay

healthy! Get up, get active, and

get healthy!

Are Diet Pills Telling

The Truth?

By: Reagan Fitzsimmons. The 2014 Winter Olympics took

place in Sochi Russia. As many journalists and Olympians

arrived they have came to realize that there were many prob-

lems with the area, including undrinkable water, shower sur-

veillance, unfinished hotel rooms, etc. Russia’s deputy

Prime Minister, Dmitry Kozak, revealed that security camer-

as were being hidden in people’s showers. Soon after he said

this, he was pulled away by a co-worker, so no follow up

questions were able to be asked. A spokesman for Mr. Kozak

said “surveillance on premises during construction and

cleaning of Sochi's venues and hotels and that is likely what

Mr. Kozak was referencing.” There were many reports of

the water being a brown color. One reporter was told not to

wash their face with the tap water because it “contains some-

thing very dangerous”. Although Vladimir Putin spent 50

billion dollars on these Olympics, the most expensive ever,

things still seem to be going wrong. Only about 6 out of 9

hotels were finished on time; many rooms lacked sheets,

shower curtains, doorknobs, flooring, and more.

Was Sochi Ready?

Aeropostale is holding a “Teens for Jeans”

drive for homeless kids in the community. If

you participate, you could earn a $4,000 schol-

arship. The contest ends February 28th. You can

bring them to the nearest Aeropostale store.

Any brand or sized jeans are acceptable.

Teens for Jeans

By Victoria Miller. The

Scholastic Essay Contest is

here! Jackie Robinson was

the first black major league

baseball player in 1947.

Throughout his time with the

Dodgers he made many avo-

cations for Black-Americans.

He coped and put up with

anything racial thrown at him

from spectators of his games.

Students can send in an essay

about their personal struggles

and how they used Jackie

Robinson’s values to face it. All entries are due March

14th, and you can either send

it by mail or online, as

http://

www.scholastic.com/

breakingbarriers/

teachers/ .The grand prize

winner (0ne student) will

receive a trip to the Major

League Baseball All-Star

game, laptops for the student

and their teachers, a class

visit from Sharon Robinson,

or a Sharon Robinson book

set. First place winners will

receive one laptop for them-

selves and one for their

teachers, a class visit from

Sharon Robinson, one class

set of Sharon Robinson’s

books, And a class set of

Breaking Barriers t-shirts.

Volume 1, Issue 7 Page 4

Essay Contest

By: Jackie Aguilar.

The famous Evan

Peters from Ameri-

can Horror Story

(also known as Tate,

Kit Walker, and

Frankenstein Kyle)

is coming to Indi-

ana. He will be at

the Indiana Comic

Con on March 15

and 16. The conven-

tion is only open

from 10am-6pm on

Saturday, and 10am-

5pm on Sunday.

Autographs are $40

each, and photo-ops

are $35 each (2

adults + 4 kids al-

lowed per photo-

op). Admissions $20

per adult, kids 12

and under are free.

Tickets can also be

purchased online

through Ticketmas-

ter, but they will be

more expensive.

Comic Con will be

held at the Indianap-

olis Convention

Center from the 14-

16.

Indiana Comic Con

By: Gabriel Garcia. Flappy bird has

been a popular game but recently

the creator Dong Nguyen took the

game off the app store on February

8. Flappy bird is a game where you

touch the screen to make a bird fly

through some pipes that look like a

Mario brother’s game. It’s a very

addicting game, but the creator

tweeted that he was going to take it

off because he couldn’t take it any-

more. Flappy bird ruined his normal

life and it was supposed to be a

game you play for a

few minutes when

you relaxed, but it

got addicting.

So he took it off

even though he got

50,000 in ad reve-

nue he also said it

wasn’t anything

illegal. Because

some thought it was

copyright since it had pipes from a

Mario brother’s game. The creator

got a lot of hate mail and someone

even died over flappy bird. A boy

stabbed his brother because he beat

his high score in flappy bird. How-

ever, if you already downloaded it

you can keep it, but if you delete it

you will need to go to your cloud to

retrieve it. People interested in the

game are just out of luck. There are

still some parodies of the game you

can play.

R.I.P. Flappy Bird By: Abby Heneisen and

Brittney Bohlman. Is it

real or not? There is a

“Dumb Starbucks” in

Southern California. The

logo on the store front is

the exact same as the actu-

al Starbucks with the word

dumb inserted. The menu

is also the same with the

word dumb in front of

each item.

Even though they are

technically making fun of

the original Starbucks,

they still had a line

outside of curious

customers on Satur-

day and Sunday.

"We love Starbucks

and look up to them

as role models. Un-

fortunately, the only

way to use their intel-

lectual property under

fair use is if we are making

fun of them. So the 'dumb'

comes out of necessity, not

enmity," announced the

makers of “Dumb Star-

bucks.”

Late Monday afternoon,

the Los Angeles Health

Department shut down

Dumb Starbucks shortly

after they found out that

Nathan Fielder, comedian

of Comedy Central, was

behind the “Dumb Star-

bucks.”

Dumb Starbucks?

Volume 1, Issue 7 Page 5

Olivia’s Responses

No, violence in video games has nothing to do with vio-

lence in real life. In 2004 Dr. Cheryl Olson and a team of researchers found that violence began before the games not after. In a lot of cases killing and violence in games

can relieve stress and in a lot of cases let kids “get their anger out”. In addition the student’s view of “real vs. fake”, which if the student believes its real and that kill-

ing is ok outside of the game, could lead to violence, but these cases are

rare and are not caused by the game.

No, the ratings on video games are there for a

reason, to give a suggestion of the proper audience. Ratings are mostly just an easy guide for parents and

guardians to know the “contents” of the game. A lot of times the games are not properly scored, either being inap-

propriate for an age or perfectly fine. Anyway, the parents should take re-sponsibility, and set rules and precau-

tions, without involving the video

game makers or distributors.

Yes, video games do. Several students said they help to improve a certain skill or be-

havior. One of the main skills used in video games no matter really what console you are playing on, is hand-eye coordination. This is a very practical skill that gamers

tend to possess. Another good part is the stress relief. While playing violent games anger can be expressed without any harm outside of the game. Nearly all games

have a bit of strategy involved, giving the player critical thinking and problem solving skills. Other positive ef-

fects are also common; these are just some of the top

ones.

Lexi’ Reponses

Definitely! When young students are exposed to violent video

games, they start to think that the behavior they see in those

games are appropriate. Then, they begin to perform the inappro-

priate behavior. The 2008 study called “Grand Theft Child-

hood” reported that 60% of elementary and middle school boys

that played at least one Mature-rated game hit or beat up some-

one, compared to 39% of boys that did not play Mature-rated

games. Violent video games are very influ-

ential; they are causing violence in young

children!

Yes, because most people, including chil-

dren, just ignore the ratings that companies

provide and play them anyway. They think

that video games are overrated, and their

parents encourage playing the game! You

could find a 9 year-old playing an “M” rated

game, and the student exhibiting the behav-

ior learned in the video game! A 2010 FBI

report includes a list of behaviors associated

with school shootings linked with violent

video games.

Absolutely not! Violent video games have been blamed for

multiple school shootings, increased bully-like behavior, and

violence towards children and their elders. Many critics argue

that these games soothe players into violence, reward players

for exhibiting violence, and teach children that violence is a

good way to solve any and all conflicts. Violent video games

have caused young children to beat people up and think that it’s

okay! It’s not a good thing, the children of America should not

be exposed to this kind of violence until they are at least 16 or

17, like the ratings imply.

Do video games have a positive effect on some students?

Should the ratings on video games become more enforced?

Does violence in Video games mean violence in real life?

I Say This, You Say That…

Violent Video Games

We asked a few students around Belzer: Do violent video games have a positive or a negative impact on students?

“

Volume 1, Issue 7 Page 6

Athletics

By Annaya Shelton. Softball

season is sneaking up.

Lawrence Centrals soft-

ball coaches host

workouts every Wednes-

day at 6:30 to 8:30. Both

Belzer and Lawrence

Central female students

who are interested in

playing softball are wel-

come to go to the

workouts. Sophomore Deja

Shelton plays center for the

Bears Varsity softball team

and she says “The workouts

are a good opportunity to

show your abilities to the

coaches

and, to

meet some

new peo-

ple.” One

of our own

Bruins Ayri

Davis plays

softball.

Unfortunately she is not able

to go to workouts because of

her basketball career as a

shooting guard, but she has

been to a softball camp LC

hosted and she said “The ex-

perience was fun!” Not only

do the kids love the softball

experiences at LC, but so do

the parents. Deja Shelton’s

mom, Lisa, said, “They make

sure the times of their events

are convenient.” If you’re

interested in improving your

softball skills then come the

to Wednesday workouts.

Bears Softball Get Up and Get Running

By Leo Warbington and Michael

Smith. On February 9, 2014 for-

mer University of Missouri de-

fensive end Michael Sam an-

nounced in an interview that he is

gay. In the interview Sam said

that he understands it’s a big

deal, but all he wants to do is

make it to the NFL.

Michael Sam played

football at the Univer-

sity of Missouri from

2009-2013. He rec-

orded a total of 123

tackles, 36 tackles for

a loss of yards, 21

sacks, 6 forced fum-

bles, and 2 intercep-

tions. He also re-

ceived 2013 All-SEC

honors en route to

appearing in the 2013

SEC conference

championship. Sam will be enter-

ing the 2014 NFL draft, and if he

gets drafted and signed by a

team, he will be the first openly

gay player in NFL history.

Michael Sam’s Announcement

By Gabbie Anderson and

Tyra Schaffer. The 2104 March Madness will include of 68 teams who will com-

pete to be the NCAA Cham-pions. On March 16th Selec-tion Sunday will be held.

Then the actual tournaments will start on March 18-19 in

Dayton, Ohio. The tourna-ments will last until April 7th where they will end the

tournament in the Cowboys Sta-

dium in Ar-lington, Tex-as.

There is a billion dollar reward for the

person that can get every

single game prediction cor-

rect. Michael Weimerskirch, a math professor at Augs-burg College, said the

chances of picking winners in all the games using a dis-passionate coin flip is 1-in-

100 million trillion, accord-ing to a 2012 Associated

Press report. Therefore they feel safe offering such a high dollar prize.

By Victoria Miller. Running

club is back! If you like run-

ning, want to make friends, or

shed a bit of weight, then this is

the club for you! They are even

running for good causes. They

meet from 3:45 to 4:45pm on

Mondays and Wednesdays.

Students will need to be picked

up BY 4:45. So mark your cal-

endar, grab your running shoes,

and have fun!

Lacrosse Begins Be ready to come out and support

our lacrosse team beginning

March 16. This is a scrimmage

game and is the first of 3 scrim-

mages. The next home game

arrives after spring break on

April 10.

Volume 1, Issue 7 Page 7

Athletics

A Special Contract NFL’s Training Camp

Meet Our Basketball Players

By Leo Warbington and Michael

Smith. From February 22-25 the NFL

hosted the scouting combine. The

scouting combine is a training camp

where they run draft prospects through

tests and drills to increase their draft

ratings. The most common drills are

bench press, vertical jump, the 3 cone

drill, broad jump, and the most popular

drill the 40-yard dash. Like every year

the combine was at Lucas Oil Stadium

in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Some key players at the combine

were Jadeveon Clowney, John-

ny

Manziel, Teddy Bridgewater, Tajh

Boyd, Sammy Watkins, and Michael

Sam. Each day they had players from

certain positions participate. Day 1

was tight ends, offensive linemen, and

kickers. Then day 2 was quarterbacks,

running backs, and wide receivers.

Day 3 was defensive linemen and line-

backers. Finally, day 4 was defensive

backs. For players who didn’t partici-

pate in the combine they still have a

chance to perform at their college pro

day in March.

By: Gabbie Anderson and Tyra Schaf-

fer. Belzer has some exceptional ath-

letes. The girls’ basketball team has

some very great players this year on the

team. Here are some of Belzer’s girl ath-

letes.

The 7th grade girls’ basketball team

has a very strong team. Some of their

players are Charlize Turner, Ayri Davis,

Hayley Ragonesi, and Jessica Carrol.

Charlize Turner is a shooting guard or

forward and has been playing for 5

years. “I like just being able to play.”

Ayri Davis is a shooting guard and has

been playing 4 years; “I love being a

team and having people by your side.”

Hayley Ragonesi is a point guard and

has been playing for 8 years. “I like

playing with my team and just being

able to go out there and have fun the

most.” Jessica Carrol is a center and has

been playing her whole life because her

mom was a coach. “I like playing bas-

ketball because it’s entertaining.”

The 8th grade basketball team also has

excellent players on their team. Some of

their players are Abby Nickson, Nia

King, Allison Hiedl, and Trinity Rainey.

Abby Nickson is a point guard and has

been playing for 9 years. She likes eve-

rything about playing basketball. Nia

King is a shooting guard and has been

playing for 9 years. She likes the defense

the most about playing basketball. Alli-

son Hiedl is a guard and has been play-

ing for 7 years. “I like defense the most

in basketball.” Trinity Rainey is a point

guard and has been playing for 11 years.

She likes the offense the most in basket-

ball. Belzer is glad to have such excep-

tional girls’ basketball players.

Charlize

Turner

Ayri Davis Hayley

Ragonesi

Jessica

Carrol

Nia King Trinity

Rainey

Allison

Hiedl

Abby

Nickson

By: Jake LaRavia.

Kevin Grow, a Phila-

delphia-area high

school senior with

Down Syndrome, was

signed by the 76ers to

a two-day contract on

Monday. His story is

inspiring

for all

kids with

disabili-

ties

around

the

world.

Grow

was the team manager

for his school's basket-

ball team for four

years. In the final two

games of the season,

his coaches put him on

the court, and he made

his mark. The 18-year-

old knocked down four

three-pointers, hit a

buzzer-beater, and had

a total of 14 points.

The video of Grow's

incredible performance

has now racked up

more than 680,000

views. Prior to the Six-

ers' matchup with

the Cavs, Grow

was given a cus-

tom jersey, got to

participate in

pregame

warmups, and ran

through the

team's high-five

tunnel as they entered

the court. Grow's

teammates from Ben-

salem High School

were also recognized

during the game. Alt-

hough he did not get to

play, Kevin had a

wonderful experience.

Volume 1, Issue 7 Page 8

All Star Weekend Recap

By Rodney Warfield. All-Star weekend was a blast in NOLA

with some interesting highlights. In the Sprint Celebrity All-

Star game, Kevin Hart won his 3rd MVP award, but he decided

to give the award to U.S. Secretary of defense Arne Duncan

who had a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds. After

the celebrity all-star game was the BBVA Compass Rising Stars

Challenge. It was a great show with Andre Drummond record-

ing 30 points

and 25 re-

bounds win-

ning MVP of

the game. Tim

Hardaway Jr

and Dion

Waiters was

the real entertainment going back to back with

three pointers.

Saturday held the Sears Shooting Stars. It was

a great contest with Chris Bosh hitting two half

court shots in a row along with Swin Cash and

Tim Hardaway Sr helping him out to win the

challenge.

It was a close match in the Taco Bell Skills

Challenge with Trey Burke hitting a clutch

layup with 1/10 of a second left and winning

the contest with Damian Lillard.

The Foot Locker Three Point Contest was amazing.

Marcos Bellinelli and Bradley Beal had to win in the

tie breaker. Marcos Bellinelli came out with the win

and giving Team West the victory.

The Sprite Dunk Contest brought a night nobody

could forget. John Wall shut down the contest by

jumping over the wizards mascot with a two hand

behind the back dunk, winning dunker of the night. In

the 63rd annual all-star game, the East all-stars defeat-

ed the West 163-155. The record was broken for most

points scored in the all-star game with 318 points. There were

some good highlights from LeBron James with his miraculous

windmill dunk.

The MVP of the

game was Kyrie

Irving with 31

points and 14 as-

sists. New Orleans

gave the NBA a

great show.

St. Patrick’s Day Word Search

By: Lexi Odle

J C Q J T S Q Z R J S U C U P

H L F C E N A E L T X H D Z Y

J E K X J A V C P E R X F R D

L P W I A O J A S L Y U Z D N

U R P Y L K T R G D E J Z V A

C E W C O R I O A V G G L K L

K C M O I D L O G F O T O P E

Y H D C B D J B I R E R I G R

T A K I K N G D Z J E B Z W I

K U U K C N I J D V F E C W Z

P N H G H W K A M D R E N W F

B H Y B O A K X R L H A X I B

R M D N C Y W M A R C H F I J

H X U X G R M W R V I R K H B

Volume 1, Issue 7 Page 9

By: Emma Orcutt. My Big Campus allows

students to access and keeps them in a social

environment where they can chat with

friends and discuss their work. If there was

no My Big Campus, students would be una-

ble to complete much of their work. MBC

gives students a place to take tests and fix

assignments. Also, MBC saves trees from

being cut down to make paper! It helps the

learning of children and if students need a bit

of help on tests, teachers can allow the cor-

rect answers to be shown once they finish the

test. The alternative for MBC would be

Google, but Google is not monitored by

adults to make sure kids are safe! When you

use the hangouts, people other than fellow

classmates or friends are part of the conver-

sations. It is known that Google does try to

protect you from harm; however, they cannot

monitor every action that is done on their

site. On Google, hangouts can be reached

during activities, but on My Big Campus

students cannot cheat and the work is honest-

ly their own which is a good thing. There are

a few problems with My Big Campus, but students have had

the same problems on Google, Gmail, and Hangouts. My Big

Campus is school and kid friendly.

CLOVER GOLD GREEN IRELAND

LEPRECHAUN LUCKY MARCH

POT OF GOLD RAINBOW

ST PATRICK

By: Jillian Hartlerode. My

Big Campus, or MBC, can be

an annoying and privacy invad-

ing site. People can spam your

feed with annoying discussions

that contain no information,

making it hard to see actual

school-related discussions that

count for grades. When it

comes to access, MBC gives

students and teachers a little

too much. Parents, students,

and teachers are allowed to see

where you go to school which

connects to where you live.

This can create an uncomforta-

ble environment, knowing that

some random person can find

out where you live. While it

does save paper, it does not

make My Big Campus the best

thing to use. If the school were

to use Gmail/Google for exam-

ple, you simply email people schoolwork and such,

making it more private. In short My Big Campus is

intrusive and complicated and should not be used.

My Big Campus, Good Or Bad?

By Lexi Odle. It’s March, and that means the time of

year that most students dread is finally here, ISTEP!

This first of two groups of tests is scheduled for the sec-

ond week of March. It will be a written test for math,

lang. arts, and social studies. There will be another

group of multiple-choice tests in April.

For this first test in Language Arts, there will be an es-

say and a few short answer questions with an article at-

tached. Make sure you include evidence from the article

in your 3-5 sentence answer. In math/algebra, you will be

solving a number of problems. You can be scored up to 2

points per problem. Be careful to show all of your work,

or you won’t get your full 2 points.

In social studies, you will be looking

at maps, reading articles, and an-

swering short-answer questions.

Make sure to read the directions

extra carefully.

Remember to show what you

know!

We All Step for ISTEP

Belzer News Network

Newspaper Staff

Editors-in-chief: Mikayla

Stephens and Kaylee Demlow

Editors-in-chief for Sports

Section: Gabbie Anderson and

Tyra Schaffer

Editors:

Jacquelyne Aguilar, Jaynique

Bobbitt, Emory Bullock, Eric

Carr, Reagen Fitzsimmons,

Gabriel Garcia, Jakob

Goldsby, Jillian Hartlerode,

Michaela Jews, Kenneth King,

Brennan Mahto, Jacob

Laravia, Diana Martinez, Vic-

toria Miller, Donya Murray,

Lexi Odle, Emma Orcutt, Col-

ton Padgett, Olivia Salvo, B.J.

Patterson, Daphne Sanders,

Annaya Shelton, Lilly Solly,

O’Niya Smith, Dayshia Ste-

venson, Leo Warbington, Rod-

ney Warfield,

Volume 1, Issue 7 Page 10

March Days Caption This

By: Kaylee Demlow. Our winner from

Issue 6 is Cooper Barillo. Nice caption

Cooper!

"Looks like the

sign ignored

itself..."

Do you like making comic

strips? If so, you have the

chance to have your comics be

in the newspaper! Submit your

comic strip to the Belzer Blog

under the Discussion Tabs for

comics.

Are YOU the Next

Comic Star?

Planning a spring break stay-

cation? The Lawrence branch

of the Indianapolis Public Li-

brary will have programs for

kids and teens all week!

Check out the branch website

or call for more details. Web-

site: http://www.imcpl.org/

locations/lawrence/ Phone:

317-275-4463

1 Peanut Butter Lovers' Day

3 I Want You to be Happy Day

5 Multiple Personality Day

6 National Frozen Food Day

7 Employee Appreciation Day

8 Be Nasty Day

11 Johnny Appleseed Day

14 National Potato Chip Day

14 National Pi Day

15 Everything You Think is

Wrong Day

16 Everything You Do is Right

Day

19 Poultry (Chicken) Day

22 National Goof Off Day

26 Make Up Your Own Holiday

Day

No Fault in Our Review By: Jackie Aguilar. After 2

years, the book “The Fault in

Our Stars” has been made

into a movie. The book was

written

by the

ex-

tremely

talent-

ed au-

thor,

John

Green,

it came

out

Janu-

ary

10th, 2012. Readers have

been waiting patiently for the

movie date to be announced.

“The Fault in Our Stars” has

been scheduled to come out

June 6th. The movie is a

romantic comedy-drama that

will have you in tears. De-

spite the tumor-shrinking

medical miracle that has

bought her a few years, Ha-

zel was anything but termi-

nal. However, when a gor-

geous plot twist named

Augustus Waters suddenly

appears at Cancer Kid Sup-

port Group, Hazel’s story is

about to be completely rewrit-

ten. The first trailer for the

film was released January 29,

2014. The trailer had over 3

million views in less than 24

hours after its release.

DRIVE OF YOUR LIFE ESSAY CON-

TEST!

The drive of your life essay contest is due by Feb.

28th. Type your essays on a word document and up-

load it to the My Big Campus schoolwork called

Drive of Your Life Essay Contest #1. Write about

your three characteristics and some of your job

suggestions.

CONTESTS!

Submit your “heart” puzzle to Nurse Lori by Feb. 28th. Complete the puzzle and turn it in for

a chance to win prizes! Nurse Lori will be drawing winners, so make sure to complete your

puzzle. Mrs. Neal’s Drive of Your Life essay is due tomorrow! Make sure to submit your

work through My Big Campus. Want to share your opinion? Make sure to complete the online

soccer survey on My Big Campus. This is due by 12:00 tomorrow!