The

PCMS Press

Volume 3 Issue 7

March 31st 2017

Green Holiday The patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick, died on March 17, 461 AD. That's why St. Patrick's day is always celebrated on March 17th. Saint Patrick originally wore a lighter shade of blue instead of the green colors adopted by modern people. The color green only became associated with March 17th after the 18th century. The people of Ireland go all out for their holiday. They dress in green, eat green food, and even dye their drinks the holiday color. Getting pinched is a holiday tradition, so if you're not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day, you better watch out!

Calendar April 3

Start of Intramural Football April 4

Track Meet at Kearney; 4 pm

April 5 PLC

PTO Dodgeball April 6

Book Fair PTO Meeting

April 7 Book Fair

Guys & Dolls @ 7 April 8

Guys & Dolls @ 7 April 10

Book Fair April 11

Book Fair Track meet @ Northgate and Liberty Jr. High; 4 pm

April 12- 13 Book Fair April 14

No School April 18

Track Meet @ Excelsior Springs April 20

Track Meet @ Northgate 7th grade relays @ Kearney

April 21 STUCO Movie Night

April 25 6th grade, Prelude and 7th

grade Choir Concert April 28

PTO River Roll Night

Beauty and the Beast The Disney original, Beauty and the Beast...a joy to the public when it was released in 1991, full of vivacious animated characters, rousing romance, and gripping action. The 2017 version of Beauty and the Beast is a co-production between Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films. The motion picture has peaked an interest to all viewers, as those who have viewed the classic are looking forward to seeing the modern version. The film features the beauty, Emma Watson, and the not-so-beast, Dan Stevens. The music, sung by marvelous voices of the cast, makes audience members want to sway side-to-side and sing along. The romance, a famous love fantasy, makes viewers’ hearts melt. The runtime is about an hour and a half, but when the cinema lights flicker on as the credits roll down the screen, the audience is already excited to see it again.

Staff vs. Student Basketball On Friday March 17, our Boys’ Basketball team took on our

fearless teachers in the Staff Vs. Students basketball game. The teachers have never lost a game to the students and our class of 2021 was ready to change that. It was a long, hard battle and unfortunately the Boys’ Basketball team couldn’t walk away with a win. The final result was 23:20 with teachers receiving the win. Some might say there were incorrect calls, but at the end of the day all that matters was the hard work on both sides.

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Science Olympiad

PCMS Science Olympiad had their final tournament, the Regional Science Olympiad Tournament, at Penn Valley MCC, on March 4th. 15 teams

competed against one another in Division B. At the Regional tournament, first to third place received medals; fourth & fifth place received ribbons.

Anatomy - Alex W atson - 6th place Bottle Rockets - Ethan Veach & Noah Mumma-Yeater - 13th place Disease Detectives - Ethan Veach & Noah Mumma-Yeater - 14th place Dynamic Planet - Abby Duryea - 6th place Ecology - Abby Duryea - 11th place Experimental Design - Jack Scattini & Thad Sutphin - 16th place Fast Facts - Olivia Robinson & Alex W atson - 14th place Invasive Species - Allen Ainsworth & Kaleb Mumma - 12th place Meteorology - Andrew Reil - 3rd place Microbe Mission - Allen Ainsworth & Kaleb Mumma - 10th place Mission Possible - Braden Parker & Andrew Reil - 7th place Optics - Ben Larson - 15th place Rocks & Minerals - Alex Watson - 11th place Towers - Kaleb Mumm a & Allen Ainsworth - 10th place Wind Power - Thad Sutphin & Jack Scattini - 12th place Write It Do It - Andrew Reil & Braden Parker - 5th place Congrats to all of the winners!

“Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics - and they also have all this pop-culture real estate that they take up in people's minds.”

-Daniel H. Wilson

Notes Upon Notes Upon Notes

PCMS choir took the competition

to the next level at the last

contest of the season. The

Interlude choir and the Finale

choir both took many

arrangements to sing. In musical

activities, a one rating is the top

of the scale, followed by two then

three. Both choirs finished with

the score of one in their group

piece. PCMS also had several

solos and ensemble groups who,

all together, had thirteen scores

of one and two scores of two.

Overall, PCMS Choirs had a

great competition.

Shoot for the Stars Last week, our PCMS

Archery Team competed against

40 other middle school teams in

Missouri. The competition was

held in Branson on March 24 and

25. Everyone did well individually

and the team placed 15th overall.

The next competition is May 11

through 13 in Louisville,

Kentucky. Let’s cheer on our

wonderful shooters as they make

their way to Nationals!

Recently, the PCMS Robotics teams competed in a state-wide

competition in Belton, Missouri. Saturday March 18th, the Cannonballers Orange and Black, joined together as a team to

compete against middle school robotics teams from Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri. Unfortunately, Cannonballers Orange, made up of

Kaleb Mumma, Ashtyn Webb, Aedan Sutphin, and Liberty Wallen, were cut from the competition in the quarterfinals. Seeing as though

there were 32 teams, making it to the quarterfinals is a big victory for PCMS. Coming up from behind, the Cannonballers Black team of

Ryan Guthrie, Caitlyn Matthys, Arjan Eshnaur, and Ava Robertson fought their way to a 3rd place win. Team coach, Mr. Nower, reflects on the tournament, “Our teams performed really well especially since

we competed against several high school squads.” Both Robotics teams had a great season and PCMS is proud of everything they

accomplished.

NJHS Inductees

Bubbert Gang takes the Bronze

On February 24, 2017, the PCMS 8th Grade Jazz band were on their way to Jazz Fest 2017. After

weeks of practice, the band was prepared to compete against schools from all over the state. Jazz Fest was

held at Northwest Missouri State University. The band took an hour long trip to Maryville to play. Mara

Gullett, clarinet player, gave us a quote about her experience playing in a Jazz band. “It was fun that

uncommon jazz instruments got to play in the band and earn 3rd place.” The band, or “The Bubbert

Gang,” as they like to call themselves, performed the following songs: “Calle Caliente”, “Blues by Five”, and

“Bubbert Goes Retro”. The Jazz band continued to watch other bands from all over the region. They also

saw the PCHS Jazz Band perform.

Later that night, the band witnessed the Grammy-winning Count Basie Orchestra. They attended a

jazz clinic and also attended their concert. Lillian Puntney, French Horn Player, gave us her thoughts

about the Count Basie Concert. “I thought it was really amazing. The music was so good, the only words I

could think of were: THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER! It was so cool to see a professional band for free

(which is hard to experience for our age group). I got to see how awesome jazz music can be and how much

fun it can be to play. Seeing the Count Basie Orchestra was really just a dream come true.”

After weeks of practice, hard work, and effort, “The Bubbert Gang” earned a tie for 3rd place.

French Horn Players Lilly Putney and Chase Strong walked to the stage and were handed the trophy. They

all cheered with joy and happiness. The band took home the trophy and were relieved to be headed home

after a long night and a day full of jazz.

` Pirate Games Follow this link to see a clip of our last pirate games of the school year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0dj7nnzsmQ

6th Grade Academics

ELA: Tuck Everlasting Mathematics: Area and Surface Area

Challenge - Surface Area and Volume

Science: Earth's Atmosphere Social Studies:

- Middle East (geography, history, culture)

- Africa (geography, history, culture)

- Australia (geography, history, culture)

7th Grade Academics ELA: Finish The Giver and starting argumentative pieces. MATH: Reviewing for MAP testing

-Challenge: Review for MAP testing

SCIENCE: -Burress, Cogdill: Matter and Energy - types of energy and energy transfer. -Fritz: Electricity and magnetism.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Asia

8th Grade Academics ELA- Mythology and MAP prep

Math-

-8th grade- Pythagorean theorem

-Algebra- Quadratics -Geometry - Circles

Science- Human Body: Digestive, Respiratory, Circulatory, Skeletal, Muscular, and Nervous Systems

Social Studies- Westward Expansion, Manifest Destiny and The Road to The Civil War

6th Grade Electives Art: Elements of Art Computer Literacy: Typing, Microsoft Word, Digital Citizenship Delta: Research independence study projects, create projects Gateway: Designing dining room P.E: Super teams Read 180: Summarizing and vocabulary World Language: Chinese, French

7th Grade Electives

Art: Self Portrait Map Computer Literacy: Typing, Microsoft PowerPoint, Coding Delta: Complete Sherlock Holmes - deductive thinking unit. Continue problem solving breakout activities. Gateway: Orthographic projection P.E: Super teams Music Appreciation: World Music Read 180: Inferences and vocabulary World Language:

8th Grade Electives

Computer Literacy: Typing, Microsoft Word, Excel, Animation Delta: *See seventh grade* Gateway: Car drag race P.E: Super teams Read 180: Main idea, details, vocabulary World Language: clothing verbs ir/er

PCMS Academics

6th Brandon Baker Hunter Canole Anja Chance Jaron Cook Faith Fine

Alivia Fredrickson Lexy Grame

Andrew Habel Gage Jokman

Anna Lee Heidi Love

Madelyn Mcfall Quentin Rivera Karsyn Stehlik Piper Sudduth

Jen Wade Cameron Wolfe

8th Mannon Bigus

Jazmine Camlen Ana Cesaro

Hannah Claire Autumn Colstion Delaney Danner

Ryan Dye Gillian Fitzgerald

Mara Gullett Joey Habel

Hannah Hedges Kevin Hughes Hayden Humes

Jenna Jurgensmeyer Avery Krahenbill

Madi Kunz Zoey Love

Brayden Major Kaylee Major Sarah Meyer

Hannah McEnaney Dayton Mitchell Will Moorehead Jaxon Rhoads

Quinlynn Sanneman Myles Schmitt

Elizabeth Siskey Emily Siskey

Lindsay Vanover Emilia Wisniewski

Natalie Wolbert

7th Audrey Archambault Drew Archambault

Minna Arthurs Amaya Blake

Mackenzie Carr Morgan Cox Jason Crews Sophie Curtis Aleah Dixon

Madison Elmore Cade Fish

Cody Greene Cameron Lewis Tessa McGee Hayden Meyer Jarrett Mueller Elise Pieren

Tanner Polsgrove Tanner Powers Paige Roberts Ben Spence Erian Stone

Michael Stephenson Karson Suiter Austin Vanek Bethany Zenil

Paige Znamenacek

Pirates Rock INTEGRITY Winners

Next month’s trait is Perseverance

Grandparents

Breakfast

Journalism Staff:

Advisor-Mrs. Singer

Mara Gullett-Editor In Chief

Hannah McEnaney-Managing Editor

Alex Baker, Alexa Bergstrom, Mannon Bigus, Abby Bradley, Hannah Claire, Evan Handke, Emily Helmich, Mallori Klopfer, Sarah Meyer, Olivia Minter, Emma Murray, Piper Ruwe, Raena

Sinclair, Tatianna Tafolla, Olivia Umscheid, Emilia Wisniewski, Natalie Wolbert