March 2011

Mr. Euglow’s Interview

Spartan Insider

Issue 3: March 2011

Inside this issue:

Studying tips 2

If I were principal 2

Change 3

My Story 4

Recipe 5

Reviews 6

Ask Kamal 7

Art & Comics 8

Staff:

Kyle Alger

Steven Alger

Jesse Allard

Abishek Arokiadoss

Courtney Bond

Callie Bucchino

Lucais Cannalonga

Olivia Caldwell

Alese Cone

Brianna Doherty

Kyle Gauthier

Cailee King

Alanis-Lou Langlois

Sophie Lynch

Jessica Rice

Jacob Robbins

Matthew Robertson

Kayte Rooney

Kamaldeep Sidhu

Cassie Snay

Question: Why do you

want to become a P.E.

teacher?

Answer: I have always

loved sports and activi-

ties. I also love working

with children, and I

worked at a lot of sum-

mer camps.

Question: Did you

choose to work here at

Whitin?

Answer: My college

chose this school for

me to teach at after

Mrs. Hill offered.

Question: What grade do

you like teaching best?

Answer: 5th grade but I

love teaching all grades.

Question: In the future,

would you like to work at

Whitin?

Answer: Yes, I would like

to work here!

Question: What‟s your

favorite activity to

teach?

Answer: My favorite

thing to teach is pickle

ball. Pickle ball is kind of

The New and Old Uxbridge High School! So word on the

street is that they are

creating a new high

school. What is going to

happen to the old high

school? Where is this

school? Why is it dif-

ferent than the old

school? My partner and

I plan to tell you all

about this BRAND

NEW HIGH SCHOOL!

This school has

three floors. There are

so many more classes

to choose from. Ninth

like tennis, but you

play on a smaller

court and you use a

wooden paddle.

Bonus Question:

What do you do

outside of school?

Answer: I work a

lot, and I like to

hang out with

friends

and do a

lot of

physical

fitness.

through twelfth grade will

be located there. Then

sixth through eighth

grades will go to the old

high school. Third grade

through fifth is going to be

at Whitin Middle School.

Lastly, kindergarten

through second grade will

stay at Taft. This new high

school is on Quaker High-

way. It is way more ad-

vanced than the old high

school because there are-

more choices for classes.

For almost every class, you

can choose from regu-

lar class, medium class,

advanced class, and the

skillsbuilder class.

HOPE YOU ENJOY!

By Courtney Bond and

Brianna Doherty

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You have a big test coming up

and you have no idea what to

do! Its already Wednesday and

you have baseball on Thursday

and basketball today after

school. How can you fit in eve-

rything by Friday?

Just follow these steps and

you’ll be ready for that test on

Friday.

Studying Tips

-Study on the way to your

practice or dance class.

-When you have free time

in school, try to fit in

some studying.

-If you have directed

study, try to fit in some

studying after you work

on some homework.

-Call up a friend and ask

if you can study with

them.

-In free time, have a

classmate quiz you.

Good Luck!

If I Were Principal...

If you were principal in Whitin for the day, what would you do? We interviewed some students to ask them

what they would do for a day.

“If I were principal for the day, I would give out free candy and have no homework. ” -Callie Bucchino

“I would make the lockers bigger and extend lunch time.” -Courtney Bond

“Shorten up the homework, make lunch more fun, have a long recess, and shorten up the time for subjects.” -Lucais

Cannalonga

“Cancel School.” -Sam Nolan

Rachel’s Challenge by Callie Bucchnio

On April 20, 1999,

the worst school shooting

in the United States hap-

pened. The shooting was at

Columbine High School in

Colorado. Many people

were killed and a few were

injured. The first person to

be shot was Rachel Scott.

She was sitting outside eat-

ing lunch with a friend

when the shooters came out

of the entrance to the

school building because

they planned to kill all the

students rushing out of the

building. Rachel never got a

chance to run away. She al-

ways dreamed big and encour-

aged others to dream big too.

She and her brother loved to

wear hats. If you were feeling

down, Rachel would try her

best to cheer you up. Rachel

had a dream that she would

change people’s lives. On the

back of her dresser in her

room she traced her hands

and wrote, ‘These hands will

someday touch the hearts of

many and change lives.’ Some-

how she knew that she was

going to change many people

and the way they live. Rachel

Scott was a real role model

and will still be remembered

today.

“We could start a Chain Re-

action” - Written in Rachel

Scott’s Journal


Chapter 4

The Changing

World is what the

society of my kind is

called. Yeah, my

kind. It still sounds

weird to me. We live

secretly; for the

first thirteen years

we are dormant. We

look the same as any

other human, and

our power has not

awakened.

On the night

of a Changling‟s

thirteenth birthday,

they have a Dream.

The Dream is one of

those dreams you

will remember for

the rest of your

life, and it is usually

the best dream you

will have.

Some people

dream of shape

shifting, like me, or

others dream of fly-

ing; some dream

they can control wa-

ter, air, earth, and

fire, but it all de-

pends on your first

power. Every month

you have another

dream and a new

power is added to

your abilities. There

is also a cycle. If a

Changling gets ele-

mental powers, the

next in the cycle is

flying, then invisibil-

ity, and so on. On

the second month, a

new power is added

to the repertoire of

the person. They

will have two abili-

ties.

Once Chan-

glings have the

dream and has met

their teacher, they

start lessons. The

lessons include Man-

aging Your Powers,

Changing World

Terms, and Purpose.

At every

Changling‟s birth,

they are given a

Purpose. A Purpose

is what you are go-

ing to do with your

powers, your des-

tiny, and your life—

which is mostly

planned for you.

Caitlyn‟s Purpose is

to help me with

mine. What‟s mine?

No clue. She would

not tell me!

“Okay, so let

me get this

straight,” I say “I

have an extremely

important Purpose

but you can‟t tell

me? Why?”

“C„mon,

Aleeya! We‟ve gone

through this! I don‟t know!” she shouts

exasperated.

“So, you‟re my

teacher, right?

When does „school‟

start?” I ask.

“We can start

today if you want,”

Caitlyn shrugs.

“Sure, my

house or yours?” I

say as we start to

walk.

“My mom

knows about this, so

it should be my

house,” Caitlyn ex-

plains.

“Okay.”

We walk down

the road in silence.

I‟m wrapped up in

my thoughts. How did this happen to me? Why doesn‟t my

Change A Fiction Story By Sophie Lynch

mom know? What‟s my Purpose? So now I can control elements… how does that work? We

are blocked by a large

plowed snow bank. I

picture it melting in

my mind. It suddenly

starts to get smaller

and smaller and water

pools at our feet.

Caitlyn looks at

me quizzically.

“Did you do

that?” she asks. I grin

at her.

“Yup!” I reply.

“Good job, but

you can‟t use your pow-

ers in public like that.

People don‟t know

about these things,”

Caitlyn scolds. I apolo-

gize, and we continue

on to my house.

When we get to

my house my mom still

isn‟t home, so we go up

to my room to start

lessons.

“What‟s first?”

I ask. Caitlyn shrugs

so we decide together.

Eventually we decide

on Managing Your Pow-

ers.


My Story

By Emily Fernandes

Every night you close

your eyes, but what

do you see? Nothing.

But what if you saw

something other than

black? What if you

saw yourself, sitting

on a bench? Just sit-

ting there...and then

you see a strange

man. A man who gives

you a feeling that you

know him, but he

doesn‟t know you. You

wait for a hello, but

nothing is said. Then

you find yourself on a

bus, waiting for your

stop, but it never

comes. You wish you

were home by the

fire with your Aunt

Libby. You miss her a

lot right about now.

She always makes

you feel wanted and

loved. Still, your stop

hasn‟t come yet. You

wonder why. Usually

you‟re home by now

with Aunt Libby and

your pets, Jasper,

Ozzy, and Harry.

Jasper and Harry are

your dogs, and Ozzy

is your fish. Your fa-

vorite thing about

yourself is your jazz

hat. You love every-

thing about how it

suits you. You love

everything, but your

pets are your only

friends, so is your

Aunt Libby….

What

if you saw

that?


This gourmet Banana Bread recipe was sent in

from a fifth grader at Whitin Middle school. I

have made this banana bread, and it is awe-

some. I loved it. It reminded me of a very spe-

cial place. Keep sending in the recipes, and I

will test each one and put it into the newspa-

per. By Lucais Cannalonga

March Sweet Treats

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup of Crisco

2. 1 1/2 cup of sugar

3. 2 eggs ( well beaten )

4. 2 cups of flour

5. 1/2 teaspoons of baking

soda

6. 1/4 teaspoons of salt

7. 1/2 cup of milk

8. 1 teaspoon of vanilla

9. 1 cup of mashed Bananas

Mix together.

Directions:

Bake in a 350 degree oven.

Bake for 50-60 minutes.

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Reviews of the month

Video Game Review by Jacob Robbins

This is the 3rd video game review and in my opinion the best. A recog-

nizable name for HALO fans everywhere is the platinum selling HALO

WARS. This RTS (real time strategy) game is not like the normal

HALO game. The game puts you in the place of a high ranking com-

mander. You can create, and command your Spartan or Covenant army

with the click of a button. Though people will tell you that the game is

horrible, it is almost a re-creation of RTS, plastic army men. It is sold

everywhere, so play and destroy the Profit of Truth.

Book Review Bridge To Terabithia This book is about a boy named Jess who became very good friends

with a girl named Leslie. They created their own world called Terabithia. They had their own

castle and spirits. One day it was raining and Leslie tried to go to Terabithia but slipped and

died. Jess was very upset. To find out more about the book……. READ IT!!!!


it really gets on your

nerves. If he or she still

does it, your next option

would be to tell a teacher,

but before doing that, try

to make it stop on your

own. A fact to be noted is

that a bully usually wants

you to react, but if don‟t

give him the time of day

or just laugh at what he

says, he will move on.

Kamaldeep Kaur

Hi, Kamal.

I am having a problem with

my friends forcing peer

pressure on me. I end up

making decisions that I

don‟t want to make be-

cause they think it is a

good idea. What should I

do?

I think that you should

stand up for yourself and

say that you don‟t want to

do that. This is very im-

portant because if they

make you do something

bad, and you get caught,

you could get into serious

trouble. Also, by standing

up for yourself, you will

build up self-confidence,

and your friends will have

more respect for you.

From,

Kamaldeep Kaur

Hi,Kamal.

I have a problem with

someone in my class. He

keeps saying things to me

that he knows really get

on my nerves, but it is not

enough to be considered

bullying. How do I deal

with it? How do I tell him

to stop?

I think at first you should

try your best to ignore

him. However, if it gets

too serious, try to talk to

him or her and explain how

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