The Paw Pride December 2018 THE PAW PRIDE

The Paw Pride December 2018

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THE PAW PRIDE ISSUE 43| December 2018

Beverly Hills Veterans Day Essay

“Freedom. It's a very powerful word, but not

everyone has freedom,” writes Beverly Hills

Middle School sixth grader Madison Luther in her

award winning Veterans Day essay. Her essay goes

on to express that veterans bravely serve to protect

the freedoms cherished by Americans and to keep

the world safe. Her Grandfather was one of those

Veterans and she writes to honor him and to

specifically remember World War I Veterans since

this year marked the 100 year anniversary of the

end of WWI.

Madison’s essay took second place in The Delaware County Intermediate Unit, U.S.

Veterans Legacy Project and National Veterans Education Project’s 2018 Mary Ryan

Memorial Essay Contest in honor of the annual Veteran’s Day celebration in Media, PA.

Madison collected a cash prize and read her essay to the crowd gathered for the opening

ceremonies of Media’s Veterans Day parade this past November 12th. The other students

were: 1st Place: Makenna Linsky, E.T. Richardson Middle School, 6th grade and 3rd Place

Elizabeth Johnstone, Radnor Middle School, 8th grade. Madison also presented her essay to

the UDSD Board on November 13th. Madison and other students entered the contest after

working on their essays in Mrs. Ruddy’s Creative Writing class. From the class, nine essays

were entered and Madison’s was selected from 50 6th through 8th grade entries countywide.

What a way to honor your Grandfather! Madison’s parents, and especially her Grandmom

were beaming with pride and Madison did a wonderful job representing Beverly Hills Middle

School. Congratulations!

You can read Madison’s winning essay on page 2.


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Beverly Hills Middle School is proud to recognize the elite students who have been added to the Kodiak Registry for the second marking period. The students that were added had to go through a rigorous application process. In order to be added to our most recognized registry, students must submit their application with their report card from the first marking period. These students must have an excellent GPA, contribute to the school, have an excellent attendance record, and perform community service. All applicants that were selected for the registry were called to the cafeteria and sent on a scavenger hunt. Eventually, the students ended up in the gymnasium where they were treated to snacks, school supplies and their Kodiak Registry Membership Card! This card allows students to get privileges at school such as first in line at lunch and a 10% discount in the Bear Cave. Beverly Hills is proud to announce this is the most students we have ever added to the registry! We have a total of 150 students that were added. Students added to the registry for the second marking period are listed on pages 3-5. Students who stay on the registry for three consecutive marking periods will be invited to a luncheon at Springfield Country Club in June!

Kodiak Registry

Freedom. It's a very powerful word, but not everyone has freedom.

What even is freedom? I searched it up, and this is the definition of freedom:

“The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.”

Some brave people give up their freedom to keep the world safe. These people are called veterans. On

November 11, 2018, it will be 100 years since World War I.

Thank you to all the men and women who served in World War I, you all were true heroes. The war started

on July 28, 1914. It was mainly triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo,

but that is just one of the many reasons that World War I started.

Today we honor you. Because of you, every night I get to go home to my family. My Great Grandad, William

Rachor served in WWII.

He taught his kids to honor the flag, and to respect all Veterans because he was a veteran. Where my

Grandmom’s family lived, Army planes used to fly over and whenever they did, Grandad would silently stop

and stare. He was probably thinking back to WWII, hearing planes fly over as he was hiding in a fox hole. It

must have been hard to think back to that. The time you almost died.

He had a family, a baby on the way, if he had died, my family wouldn't be here. All of the veterans in the

crowd have risked their lives so other families could have one. Thank you to the people in the crowd who

Madison’s Essay


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Kodiak Registry for the Second Marking Period

6th Grade

Ajmain Aban

Faizah Abdullah

Tajkera Afifa

Azhar Ali

Muhammad Ali

Lavon Anderson

Lauren Arce

Moise Avegnon

Victoria Barberan

Famata Maruta

Dahn

Leilia Dennis

Zamaya Doukaure

Marzan Doyle

Joshua Edmondson

Abdalla Elokely

Jannatul Farduar

Halima Fofana

Divine Forbes

Shawn Foster

Shameelah Hafiz

Thomas Hong

Ian Kaplan

Samolu Karsar

Japneet Kaur

Sukriti Kaur

Milah Le

Madison Luther

Ridwan Muntasir

Muntassir Nabeel

Evelyn Naula

Chita Nwaenyi

Gabriel Olaniyi

Michael Olaniyi

Seraphim

Rahardjo

Mohammed

Rahman

Sanjana Sanju

Sherin Mary

Santhosh

Gurkanwal Jit

Singh

Manveer Singh

Fahia Sumat

Andrew Tran

Jafna Uddin

Samiol Ulad

Rukhma Umer

Lani Verghese

Ryan Watanabe

Naseer Wilder

Tasneem Yeasmin


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7th Grade

Fatima Alamin

Janhvi Arora

Obafemi Arowa

Pirman Bayram

Mariam Binuyo

Umme Bithy

Tyree Carter

Shuhrat Chowdhury

Ava Cisco

Khadija Dembele

Angelina

Douangdara

Marvin Dwarka

Anna Fatima

Noor Fatima

Gabriela Fiorentino

Wong

Dianarah Garcia

Priya Gill

Gabrielle Gillam

Wadira Hasan

Mia Heslip

Lavanta Hoque

Lylah Hoque

Ziad Hussain

Lobabah Iqbal

Raid Islam

Sanzidul Islam

Mark Johnson

Lordine Joseph

Bhaverpreet Kaur

Saraea Khan

Kathee

Khounkhanntan

My Lam

Gabrielle Landis

David Mathis

Muhammad Mobeen

Abu Mondal

Joanna Ngo

Nguyen Ngo

Angelina Ooi

Adrianna Peralta

Vivian Phan

Jackie Quach

K'myrah Reid

Hamim Sadman

Jaha Salem

Dilver Diljit Singh

Tasfiea Tasnum

Rupert M. Taylor, II

Alka Thomas

Lamisa I. Topader

Tiffani Tran

Sokona Traore

Yujie Wu

Aodity Zannat

Wendy Zheng


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8th Grade

Raya Adiba

Shaikh Ahmed

Ahmed Alamin

Gulghotai Ali

Daemon Blair

Andrea Bravo

Thu Chau

Thuy Chung

Sarah Dehbi

Mame Penda

Dembele

Marlijah Doyle

Qumarah Earp

Mckylah Fletcher

Alana Gangadeen

Toshan Gosain

Delena Ha

Christopher

Hackney

Amber Hill

Edison Hong

Arfath Hossain

Laura Ibrahim

Harinder Jeet

Afra Johara

Haja Karama

Tanveer Kaur

Fariha Khan

Kelly

Khounkhamtan

Nhi Lang

Winnie Liang

Kayla Lobb

Nawrose

Nabawiyya

Nicole Nammavong

Than Ngo

Benedict Paul

Soyeb Sadat

Shayon Siddiqui

Christeanna Smith

Shane Soley

Aoun Syed

Zion Thomas

Seyupta Toishi

Mamady Traore

Gurleendeep Virk

Levan Vuong

Matina Walker

Xinging Xu

Yuting Zheng


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Staff Members of the Month

Jillian Tobin

Jon McGarry

I have been in the District since 2002. I coached Basketball and Golf at the High School. I taught Social Studies and ran the RY program at the High School till 2014. I came to BH in the 2014/2015 school year. I am currently the lead teacher for 6th grade. I have 2 sons that take up all of my free time coaching their sports and attending their events.

This is my fourth year teaching and here at BHMS. I graduated from West Chester University with certifications in Special Education and Regular Education PreK-4. I graduated from Cabrini University in August of 2018 with a Master's Degree of Education. I love my job because I am able to help my students grow, improve, and become successful academically and socially. BHMS is a great place to work because of the supportive staff members that help me everyday.


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December 19th National Junior Honor Society

December 21st Early Dismissal 11:20

December 21st Winter Wonderland Rewards Day (Status)

December 24th to January 1st Winter Break (Schools Closed)

January 4th Hoops for Heart

January 10th Early Dismissal 1:00

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The Paw Pride December 2018 THE PAW PRIDE