Congratulations to all the boys that tried out for the 8th grade teams!

Here are their home games, and roster, come support.

Boys 8th Grade Basketball

By: Drew Sesler

Inside this issue:

Basketball 7-8th Pg. 1-

Reasons to Love Pg.6

Guess Who Pg. 7-

Surveys Pg.9-

Test Taking Pg. 12

Cheerleading Pg.13

Wrestling Pg. 13

Gymnastics Pg. 14

Fall Sport Award Pg.15

Chick-Fil-a Pg.16

Ski Club and Mr.

Highleys Trip

Pg. 17

Spring Musical

and Shop and

Share and HS

Exam and Credit

Pg.

18-19

Good Sportsman

Ship

Pg.20

Teen Fiction Pg.21

Web! Pg.22

Reality t.v sing-

ing shows

Pg.23

Soaring through

the Seasons

Pg.24

Newsletter Date

Soaring Through the Seasons

Layout and Design by: Isabelle Helm and Maddy Young

Blue Silver Hawks

Boldt, Ryan

Hodges, Graham

McClain, Alec

Raines, Louie

Roberts, Zach

Shipp, Matthew

Sommer, Ben

Wiesenhahn, Matt

Williams, Zach

Connor Wilson,

Cameron, Adam

Campbell, Jack

Gendreau, Marc

Hemmelgarn, Ben

Hock, Wade

Lux, Matthew

McAninch, Collin

Newton, Jake

Redden, Kyle

Rudolph, Blake

Tyszkiewicz, Jack

Azeez, Alex

Bartholomew, Nick

Browning, Dylan

Bryan, Austin

Donohoo, Trent

Gartner, Jack

Hooper, Nate

Lawrence, Jayden

Mileham, Patrick

Sesler, Drew

Whittenbarger , Eli

Congratulations to all the boys that made the 8th grade teams! Here are their home

games, and roster, come out to support our Nighthawks!

Home Games-

Blue Silver Hawks

Mon, 11/26, V.S Syca-

more(Green) @

5:45

Sat, 12/15, V.S Mil-

ford @4:15 (Game

will be played at

Anderson High

School)

Mon, 12/17, V.S Win-

ton Woods @5:45

Tue, 01/15, V.S Kings

@5:45

Tue, 01/22, V.S Glen

Este @5:45

Wed, 01/23, V.S Wal-

nut Hills@5:45

Thu, 01/31, V.S Love-

land @5:45

Wed, 02/06, V.S Ame-

lia @5:45

Wed, 12/05, V.S

Kings @5:45

Sat, 12/05 V.S Wal-

nut Hills @1:45

(Game will be

played at Turpin

High School)

Wed, 12/19, V.S

Loveland @5:45

Tue, 01/08, V.S

Glen Este @5:45

Thu, 01/10, V.S Win-

ton Woods

@5:45

Wed, 01/16 V.S Mil-

ford @5:45

Thu, 02/07, V.S

Marimont @5:45

Wed. 11/28, V.S Go-

shen @5:45

Thu, 12/06, V.S Kings

@5:45

Tue, 12/11, V.S Love-

land @4:30

Fri, 12/15, V.S Little

Miami @5:45

Sat, 01/05, V.S

Edgewood @11:15

Wed, 01/09, V.S Kings

@5:45

Fri,01/11, V.S M.V.C.A

@5:45

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8th Grade Girls Basketball By: Grace Dulle

Home Games

Basketball is a sport of skill and heart. You have to have the skill to play, but you also

have to have the heart to play. If you don’t have heart there is no reason to play, you have to

love the game. When you pick up the ball you have to feel the love for the game. But basket-

ball isn’t only about skill and heart, you also need passion for the game and you need to feel

happy when you pick up the ball. If your passion is big enough the fans in the stands will feel

the passion, too. Basketball is a great sport and all the kids that play Nagel sports have skill,

heart, and passion for the game.

Silver 8th Grade Girls Home

Games

Blue 8th Grade Girls Home

Games

Hawks 8th Grade Girls Home

Games

Sat 12/08 11:15am Home

vs Milford Turpin

High School Thu 01/03 5:45pm Home

vs Madeira Mon 01/14 5:45pm Home

vs Kings Thu 01/24 5:45pm Home

vs Walnut Hills Fri 01/25 5:45pm Home

vs Winton Woods Tue 01/29 5:45pm Home

vs Loveland Wed 01/30 5:45pm Home

vs Glen Este

Wed 11/14 4:30pm Home

vs. Lebanon

(Scrimmage) Tue 11/20 5:45pm Home

vs Sycamore (Gold)

(Scrimmage) Mon 12/03 5:45pm Home

vs Sycamore (Green) Fri 12/07 5:45pm Home

vs Reading Mon 12/10 5:45pm Home

vs Kings Wed 12/12 5:45pm Home

vs Winton Woods Sat 12/15 1:45pm Home

vs Glen Este Ander-

son High School Tue 12/18 5:45pm Home

vs Mariemont Mon 01/07 5:45pm Home

vs Loveland Thu 01/17 5:45pm Home

vs Walnut Hills Mon 01/28 5:45pm Home

vs Milford Tue 02/05 5:45pm Home

vs Wyoming

Mon 12/10 7:00pm Home

vs. Kings Tue 12/11 5:45pm Home

vs. Loveland Mon 01/07 7:00pm Home

vs. M.V.C.A. Sat 01/12 11:15am Home

vs. Norwood Fri 01/18 5:45pm Home

vs Edgewood

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Basket Ball Contine

7th Grade Girls Basketball

By: Charlotte Kerregan

Congratulations to all the players that made the teams. Come to support, all home

games are listed below.

Date Time Vs.

11/20/12 4:30pm Sycamore (gold) scrimmage

12/03/12 4:30pm Sycamore (green)

12/07/12 4:30pm Reading

12/10/12 4:30pm Kings

12/12/12 4:30pm Winton Woods

12/15/12 12:30pm Glen Este (@ Anderson)

12/18/12 4:30pm Mariemont

01/07/12 4:30pm Loveland

01/17/12 4:30pm Walnut Hills

01/28/12 4:30pm Milford

02/05/12 4:30pm Wyoming

Coach: Shannon Lembach

Team Roster: Camryn Browning, Tessa Doan, Erica Langan , Corinne Nikolai, Katelyn Randall,

Natalie Rowland, Chloe Smith , Alexis Starks, Janna TerHorst, Kellie Whoberry

Blue Team

Silver 8th Grade Girls Blue 8th Grade Girls Hawks 8th Grade Girls

Jim Acton - Coach Edward Huber - Coach Dan Hornschemeier -

Coach

Jerry Schaller - Coach Abigail Alsip

Maggie Argus Marisa Cerchio Lily Canterbury

Dana Bausch Natalie Dorstin Ashley Davis

Olivia Connaughten Charlotte Kerriegan Jennifer Dowling

Grace Dulle Katherine McHugh Julianna Drambarean

Sandi Malone Deidre Mohan Leah Graboski

Dana Middendorf Ashley Mountain Grace Hamilton

Carly Motzer Remy Polster Naomi Manaster

Erin Reed Olivia Schwamberger Jenna Maxwell

Claudia Reynolds Mallory VonHolle Hannah McCauley

Olivia Ueltschi Sophie Yungblut Mackenzie Turner

Team Roster

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7th Grade Girls Basketball Continued…

7th Girls Grade Hawks

Silver Team

Coach: Amanda Hanley

Team Roster: Cameron Benassi, Anna Comstock, Eva Ford, Molly Gulden, Tess Herzog, Cas-

sidy Kelien, Charlotte Moore, Katie Osborn, Allison Smith, Claire Weiper

Date Time Vs.

12/17/12 7:00pm M.V.C.A

01/05/12 12:30pm Summit Country Day

01/12/12 10:00am Norwood

01/14/12 7:00pm Kings

01/18/12 4:30pm Edgewood

01/19/12 11:15am Loveland

Date Time Vs.

12/08/12 4:30pm Milford (@ Turpin)

01/03/12 4:30pm Madeira

01/14/12 4:30pm Kings

01/24/12 4:30pm Walnut Hills

01/25/12 4:30pm Winton Woods

01/29/12 4:30pm Loveland

01/30/12 4:30pm Glen Este

Coach: Jeff Campbell

Team Roster: Rory Blankenship, Taylor Gebhart, Savannah Hazenfeld, Sidney Humph-

rey, Ellie Mink, Brielle Robinson, Audrey Robinson, Dana Schildmeyer, Megan Shan-

non, Caroline Welsh

7th Grade Boys Basketball

By: Ben Sommer

Come enjoy the season with the Nagel basketball players.

7th grade boys Hawks: Coach: Matt Rudolph

7th grade boys Hawks roster: Connor Arnold, Blaise Bostic, Griffen Durso, Davis Dwyer, Harley Redd,

David Rinderle, Trent Rogers, Josh Rose, Jay Tiemeyer, Lucas Smith, Austin Watt, Nate Wilkins.

7th grade boys Blue Coach: Jim Schaefer

7th grade boys Blue roster: Jordan Burnam, Max Collins, Patrick Dames, Stanley Howard, Caleb King,

Keegan King, Max Kosman, Kyle Riley, Michael Shipp, Jake Silverstein.

7th grade boys Silver Coach: Chris Gruber

7th grade boys silver roster: Amadaz Jones, Mario Bennet, Hunter Bode, Stephen Brunemann, Jake

Campbell, Matt Fickenworth, Will Hausfeld, T.J. Huster, Sean Schaeffer, Clay Scherer, Chris Tillar.

Date Time vs

Wed 11/28 4:30 pm Goshen vs. Hawks

Thurs 12/06 4:30 pm Kings vs. Hawks

Fri 12/14 4:30 pm Little Miami vs. Hawks

Sat 01/05 10:00 am Edgewood vs. Hawks

Wed 01/09 4:30 pm Kings vs. Hawks

Fri 01/11 4:30 pm MVCA vs. hawks

Sat 01/19 10:00 am Loveland vs. Hawks

Date Time vs

Mon 11/26 4:30 pm Sycamore vs. Nagel Blue

Thurs 11/29 4:30 pm Lebanon vs. Nagel Blue

Sat 12/15 3:00 pm Milford vs. Nagel Blue

Mon 12/27 4:30 pm Winton woods vs. Nagel Blue

Tue 01/15 4:30 pm Kings vs. Nagel Blue

Tue 01/22 4:30 pm Glen Este vs. Nagel Blue

Wed 01/23 4:30 pm Walnut hills vs. Nagel Blue

Thurs 01/31 4:30 pm Loveland vs. Nagel Blue

Wed 02/06 4:30 pm Amelia vs. Nagel Blue

Date Time vs

Thurs 11/29 4:30 pm Lebanon vs. Nagel silver

Wed 12/05 4:30 pm Kings vs. Nagel silver

Sat 12/08 12:30 pm Walnut Hills vs. Nagel silver

Wed 12/19 4:30 pm Loveland vs. Nagel silver

Tue 01/08 4:30 pm Glen Este vs. Nagel silver

Thurs 01/10 4:30 pm Winton woods vs. Nagel sil-

ver

Wed 01/16 4:30 pm Milford vs. Nagel silver

Thurs 02/07 4:30 pm Mariemont vs. Nagel silver

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Guess Who?? By: Nick Chanler

-This teachers favorite sports to play as a kid where golf and football

-His favorite sport to watch is football, and he also likes college basketball. His favor-

ite football team is the Buffalo Bills

-He is an 8th grade social studies teacher

- He is the second oldest of 4 kids; he has 2 older sisters and one younger brother

- He has been teaching for one year making him a new teacher, and he’s not very old

he was born on May 31 1986

- His favorite season is spring because “winters are long back home and the spring is

the best time of the year because all the snow melts and we can go outside again!”

- His favorite class as a kid and now are the same his favorite class has always been

social studies or history

- His favorite type of music is mostly country and late 90’s/early 2000’s

- He is a morning person and that’s a good thing because he has to get up at 5:30

and leave his house at 6:25

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Pet Survey By: Austin Miller

Pet Survey result So for you who took the pet survey I have found the results. According to the survey over70.7% of 200 kids have dogs, while 35.4% have cats. The rest of the animals are 7%-19%, but the breeds for these animals are pretty different and exotic. The number of animals most peo-ple had were between 1-8, the larger rarer numbers were between 9-21. The most wanted animal in the entire school was the dog. The conclusion of the summary is that Dog came up on top on every category.

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Rascal Flatts Since 1999, Rascal Flatts

has been a country band which

includes Gary, Joe Don, and Jay.

They have been on tour ever

since the year 2000. The band

sold 21 million albums. Some of

Rascal Flatts songs are Easy, Life

is a Highway, Changed, My Wish,

and Banjo.

Rascal Flatts doesn’t just

sing everyday, they help the com-

munity, too. While on tour the

band would help the community

in which they are touring in. Two

years ago, on October 29, 2010,

Rascal Flatts stopped in Vander-

bilt, Tennessee to visit the Monroe

Carell Jr. Children's Hospital. The

band hosted a Halloween perfor-

mance for the patients and their

families. Rascal Flatts donated 3

million dollars towards the chil-

dren’s hospital. At the end of

March this year, Rascal Flatts, joined

forces with General Mills, Feeding

America to outnumber hunger in the

world.

Rascal Flatts at a food bank in New Jersey.

General Mills, Rascal Flatts and

Feeding America were able to get

millions of meals to families across

the country. Rascal Flatts heard from

Brad Paisley that an African tribe,

Masai, from Africa needed a cow.

Paisley gave a cow to the tribe then

Rascal Flatts gave the tribe three

more.

Rascal Flatts are noticed

in the American Red Cross 2012

National Celebrity Cabinet. The

cabinet is talented (celebrities)

individuals or group, donating

their time, skills, passion and en-

ergy to help the Red Cross high-

light important initiatives and re-

sponse efforts. Rascal Flatts is not

only a fun, entertaining country

band, they are people too that

help many people in America and

other countries like Africa. Even if

you aren’t a big fan of country mu-

sic, there are four reasons to love

Rascal Flatts.

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troubled libraries that were low on books

and encouraged those in the community

to read. Another example of her giving

back to the community was when she

donated a generous $100,000 check to

build a new playground and many other

places to go in the Tennessee town

where she went to school. Taylor has

also been active in flood and storm relief

efforts, raising $750,000 when she re-

leased her last “Speak Now” rehearsal

to fans to aid tornado victims in the

South. She is even involved in charities

like the Make- A -Wish Foundation, St.

Jude Medical center and Habitat for Hu-

manity.

Although all of this is true there is

one cause in particular that she was and

still is a part of. It is called RockStar

Ronan and is probably one of the most

well-known causes she’s funded. It was

for a little, 4 year old boy named Ronan

whose mom had a blog telling of his dif-

ficult journey with his diagnosis of stage

4 Neuroblastoma. Somehow Taylor

came upon the site and instantly wanted

to help; she wrote a song for him titled

Ronan based on the blog and offered all

of the proceeds to go to cancer relat-

ed charities when he died at age four.

As a result of all of this, The Ronan

Thompson Foundation was created in

honor of brave little Ronan and be-

came dedicated to finding a cure for

Neuroblastoma. Taylor has done a lot

for many charities and foundations

and truly cares for them.

From all of these instances

and many more unmentioned it can

be told that Taylor Swift does a lot to

help and give back. Taylor does a ton

to aid causes and continues to impact

and inspire individuals positively to get

them to help the community and world

to make it a better place. Beyond the

lyrics of her songs and the red carpets

she walks on, there is a good person

who wants to help those she can, for

the sole reason of giving back for all

that people have made her become.

Taylor Swift When someone thinks about

Taylor Swift a patched up love life and

an abundance of relationship songs

may come to mind. One wouldn’t nor-

mally think of how much she has con-

tributed to the world and community,

rather just what’s on the charts and on

the surface of her career. She should

be recognized for the many good

deeds she had done throughout her

professional singing.

Many of these services in-

clude lots of donations to places that

need them. One of the many good

things Taylor has done for the commu-

nity has been giving back to a deaf

school that was made a joke by a

bunch of people; she donated

$10,000 dollars and concert tickets to

the victims of the recent prank. In

addition, Taylor Swift has also donated

6,000 books to a Pennsylvania library

in Reading, PA which is a struggling

city 5o miles northwest of Philadelph-

ia. This act helped the economically

Reasons to Love By: Ethan Eiselt and Taylor Traine

75-125 words

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Guess Who?

Guess Who? By: Makayla Gntery

This teacher absolutely loved Raspberry zingers when she was in the fifth grade. She

would eat one every day when she got home from school.

Through School this teacher was a cheerleader, soccer player, and a diver.

Her favorite animal was a horse when she was growing up and she was able to get 2

horses as a kid.

Some of her favorite bands are Radio head, red hot chili peppers.

This teacher loves the movie Mighty Python and the Holy Grail. She loves it so much she let us watch

some of it last year in her class.

Something that is interesting about this person well she has five siblings.

Her favorite color is cobalt blue.

She had a few pets they were a cat named Countis a dog named Goosh, 2 horses one named Midnight

and the other Major.

Her favorite hobbies are gardening, cooking and body surfing.

Cell Phone Survey

By: Brett Adkins

Page 10

According to a recent

survey completed by 270

Nagel students have

smartphones compared to

androids, smart phones one

at a percent of 78.3% and

Android got a 27.5%. Also

what the most popular

phone is at nagel.The most

popular phone at Nagel was

the iPhone at 88.85, Android

was 3.1%, Samsung Galaxy

2.05, and other at 7.15%.

Also what the preferred ser-

vice was, the preferred ser-

vice the winner was Verizon

at 67.0%, AT&T at 21.0%,

Cincinnati Bell at 8.0%,

Sprint at 10.0% and other

at 6.0% Then another sur-

vey was to ask how many

people use the services

below, the total service

used was Verizon Wireless

at 47.5%, AT&T at 19.2%,

Cincinnati Bell at 14.1%,

Cricket at 2.0% and other

at 17.2% Then another sur-

vey decided to ask how

many people like smart

phones or flip phones,

Smart phone or Flip phone

totals were Smart Phone

was 71.1% and Flip Phone

at 29.9%. Last but not

least we have the question

do you prefer touch pad

or key pad, and the results

were Touch Pad was at

83.0% and Key Pad at

31.0%.

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Live Oaks

By: Ben Hemmelgarn

On the week of

November 12, 2012, the

eighth graders took a

field trip to the voca-

tional school Live Oaks.

Teams 8-1 and 8-2 went

on Monday, 8-4 and 8-5

on Tuesday, and 8-3 on

Thursday. The students

headed for Live Oaks at

around 11:15 and it took

about 25 minutes to get

there. The eighth grad-

ers took a tour of the

school and asked ques-

tions to students there

who were presenting

different programs, for

example Cosmetics, or

Sports Rehabilitation. By

around 1:20, the stu-

dents left Live Oaks and

traveled back to Nagel

at about 1:45.

After a survey

taken not many kids en-

joyed the field trip. To

prove this point, 42 out

of the 90 people who

gave Live Oaks a rating

for how fun it was, rated

it a 1-3.

1 was the worst rating possible

and 10 was the best. Only 6

kids from the group of 90 said

that it was a ten. That means

that about seven percent of

eighth graders really liked the

field trip. 16 of the students

thought that it was pretty fun

and rated it from a 7-9. 26 more

kids thought that the field trip

was average rating it from 4-6.

As you can see from the data, it

might not of been the most fun

field trip, but here is the ques-

tion to think about, how much

did they learn? The

students said in the survey that

they did not learn that much

either. Again, 90 kids took the

survey and only four kids said

that they learned a lot by giv-

ing it a ten. Majority of the peo-

ple went with the rating of 4-6

meaning they thought that they

learned an okay amount. Alt-

hough majority said that it was

an average learning experi-

ence, a little less than the ma-

jority said that they barely

learned anything by giving it a

rating of 1-3. Although

majority said that it was

an average learning ex-

perience, a little less than

the majority said that

they barely learned any-

thing by giving it a rating

of 1-3. From the data, the

students didn’t think that

they learned that much.

After seeing the

statistics of the survey

taken, is it really worth it

to take the field trip?

Most eighth grade stu-

dents didn’t think that it

was very fun and they al-

so by saying that they

didn’t learn that much.

Although a student may

want to go to Live Oaks

for school there are many

other students in the

school visiting it, for no

reason.

Engage

Explore

Test Taking By: Julia Combes and Casey Snead

Page 12

On November 28, at 7:30

all seventh graders will have to

take the Engage Test. It will be

completed on a computer in their

team area. The Engage test is a

questionnaire that helps the

school to learn more about the

students and what students need

to do well in school. Seventh

graders take the test because it

helps students identify personal

strength to how they view school

and education and to learn about

how students relate to each oth-

er. This test is not graded; all it

does is help both students and

teachers learn more about how

the student relates to the school.

The eighth graders are taking the

Explore test at the same time

and day. There really isn’t a dif-

ference except for that the sev-

enth grade test identifies person-

al strengths. The eighth grade

test identifies career interest and

academic progress. The seventh

graders cannot study for the test,

all they need to do is get a good

night's sleep and eat a healthy

breakfast.

The seventh graders will also be

taking the PLAB assessment. The

PLAB test measures students’

readiness for learning a foreign

language. All seventh grade stu-

dents will be assessed on vocabu-

lary language analysis, sound dis-

crimination, and sound-symbol as-

sociation.

On November 28, at 7:30 all sev-

enth graders will have to take the

Engage Test. It will be completed

on a computer in their team area.

The Engage test is a questionnaire

that helps the school to learn more

about the students and what stu-

dents need to do well in school.

Seventh graders take the test be-

cause it helps students identify

personal strength to how they view

school and education and to learn

about how students relate to

each other. This test is not

graded; all it does is help both

students and teachers learn

more about how the student

relates to the school. The

eighth graders are taking the

Explore test at the same time

There really isn’t a difference

except for that the seventh

grade test identifies personal

strengths. The eighth grade

test identifies career interest

and academic progress. The

seventh graders cannot study

for the test, all they need to

do is get a good night's sleep

and eat a healthy break-

fast.The seventh graders will

also be taking the PLAB as-

sessment. The PLAB test

measures students’ readi-

ness for learning a foreign

language. All seventh grade

students will be assessed on

vocabulary language analysis,

sound discrimination, and

sound-symbol association.

From 7:30 to 10:00 on November 28,

2012 the eighth grade students will be

taking the Explore test. The Explore test

scores are used to help students and

teachers make academic decisions on

where the students should be placed in

school classes at the high schools. This

test for the eighth graders could also be

a practice test for the ACT test that is

taken in high

This is not a test that the

eighth graders can study for. They

will be taking it in their team area

on paper. The Explore test is a very

important, so remember to get a

good night sleep the night before,

dress comfortable and eat a healthy

breakfast.

Cheerleading By: Sharadyn Ille

Cheerleading is a cool sport. If

you don’t know a lot about it and what

happens during the season, here is a

little bit more information to get you

more educated. When asked what it’s

like being a cheer coach, Coach Heim-

brock replied with, “It’s fun, most of

the time except when they talk too

much.” The cheerleaders only cheer at

the home basketball games, not any

away games, which is about 11 total.

Most of the seventh grade games are at

4:30 and the eighth grade games are at

5:45.

The cheerleaders go to cheer

at games on Mondays,

Wednesdays, and Thursdays,

and are practicing every day

they don’t have a game.

There are forty eight cheer-

leaders this year, seventh and

eighth combined. There are

two teams of the girls, Blue

and Silver. Blue is the team

that would most likely go to

competition, depending on if

everyone on the team is

ready. Silver is more of just

basketball cheering.

Blue will hopefully go to

two competitions, one in down-

town Cincinnati, and the other in

Centerville. The first competition

is in December, and the second is

in February. All of the cheerlead-

ers, and also basketball players,

would be very appreciative if

you came to watch them per-

form.

Wrestling

By: Lang Evans

Wresting has already

started but anyone can

come whenever. The weight

classes are 80, 86, 92, 98,

104, 110, 116, 122, 128,

134, 142, 150, 160, 172,

215, 245 pounds. The

coaches are coach Buddy,

coach Shelton, coach Meyer,

coach Neville. The meets

are December - January

(usually Saturday mornings).

The practices are 2:30 –

4:45 on school days. Coach

Shelton enjoys coaching and

his favorite move is Cross-

face cradle. He wrestled in

7th 8th and 9th grade and he

broke his ankle. Kyle Herms

says that the teams he wres-

tles are all teams in the tri-

state. He had a lot of fun

last

year wrestling. He also did

very good last year com-

ing fourth in the state

tournament weighing

134. His favorite move is

the duck under. Kyle says,

the difference between

other sports and wrestling

is, “you do not rely on a

team it’s just yourself out

there.”

Brady Eckert says

that the coaches are a lot

of fun and make a lot of

funny jokes. He says the

practices are from 2:30-

5:00 because putting

away of the mats is a real

good workout. He had a

lot of fun last year. Brady

did really good coming

third in the state tourna-

106. His favorite

move is the sit-out

series. Brady says

the difference be-

tween wrestling

and other sports is

that, “It’s an indi-

vidual sport and

battle between two

people.”

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And don’t forget vault! This year’s gymnastics team was tough to get into. With 27 people trying out, and only 15 making the team, it was a very competitive year. This year’s head coach, Marci Harman, and assistant coach Emily Feck had some very difficult choices to make.

The team practices two-three times a week, these days being Monday, Friday, and sometimes Wednesday. Prac-tices go from 3:00- 4:30 p.m. after school at Gymnastics Central. The team’s first meet is at Anderson High School on Saturday, December 8, 2012. The meet begins at 10:00 a.m. The four events that middle school gymnastics team stu-

dents will participate in at all meets are bars, beam, vault, and floor. Each of these events has different requirements that each team member with a routine must do. For example, on beam, one requirement is that gymnasts must do a leap series, meaning two or more leaps in a row. On floor, gym-nasts must do a 1 ½ turn. Without these requirements they will get point deductions. This year on the schedule, there will be four meets. How-ever, this schedule might change depending on sup-plies, routines, injuries, and many other variables. The gymnastics team consists of both 7th and 8th graders fro

all teams, all who have

different strengths and weak-nesses. Wish the team good luck, and come support them at a meet!

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Gymnastics By: Hailey Beiswanger

The fall sports awards are

the sports awards held here at

Nagel middle school. I got a

chance to interview Mr. Zim-

merman about the fall sports

awards, and he was able to an-

swer all

my questions. Out of all the

questions we had, the one that

was predominant the most pre-

dominant question we had was

what the fall sports awards ex-

actly what the fall sports

awards were. Mr. Zimmerman

was able to answer the ques-

tion by saying, “the fall sports

awards not as much awards, as

it is a recognition night to rec-

ognize all the sports highlights

and to congratulate coaches

and players.” Mr. Zimmerman

was also able to add that, “the

only real awards that are given

out are the sportsmanship

awards. the Awards are given

out to one person on each

team.” When most people

think of Nagel sports, they

think of basketball, football,

volleyball, and track and field.

Those are all the sports that

the awards cover. Those are

the fall sports awards, thank

you.

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Fall Sports Awards By: Maxx Carter

NAGEL CHICK-FIL-A CHALLENGE

By: Jacob Berning

There are three

tests they had to take.

The first test is how many

calories, sodium, and sat.

Fat is in the sandwich. In

sandwiches the limit is

500 calories, 1650mg of

sodium, and 21g of sat.

Fat. The second test they

had to pass is, being in

the top two in their class.

This part had many sec-

tions such as, how

healthy, does it sound

like it tastes good, and

then is it a good name.

This test is passed de-

pending on the class-

mate’s votes.

Do you like Chick-

fil-a? Do you like cooking

or creating sandwiches

and salads? If you are a

seventh grader and you

said yes, than you will

like your first health

class. This is the second

year that Nagel is doing

the Chick-fil-a challenge.

It was the idea of Mrs.

Lembach, Mr. Weaver

and some other health

teachers. The idea was to

get the manager of the

Chick-fil-a on Beechmont

to have a contest to for

students to create a sand-

wich/salad. The winner

would have their sand-

wich/salad on the Chick-

fil-a menu for a limited

time. They also have to

make their food product

healthier than a certain

sandwich/salad.

The third test

was at Chick-fil-a on

Beechmont. This test

was like the second

test but the judges

were different people

and had to make the

sandwiches. Some of

the judges were Mrs.

AdamsMr. Weaver,

and Mrs. Lembach.

The final winner

for the best sandwich

was Eli Davis. His

sandwich was the Jala-

peño Lima fiesta chick-

en sandwich, which

had herb, garlic, Jala-

peño, lime juice and

many other tasty in-

gredients.

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Ski Club at Maximum Capacity

By: Ryan Brown

What is Ski Club? Ski Club is a chance for people who enjoy ski-

ing or snowboarding or for those who want to try skiing or snowboard-

ing to get together an in a great winter activity. The Ski Club is now

closed because they have reached the maximum capacity for bus rid-

ers. There are already 90 members! The club meets for four Wednes-

days in January. The teacher advisors are Ms. Bercz and Mr. Weaver.

Ski club is a very fun time because it gives students something to

do during the cold months when there is often not a lot to do. Students

who participate can rent equipment if they don’t have their own. If you

are interested in joining Ski Club you are not able to this year because

the maximum amount of students are already in it, but keep this in

mind for next year and sign up early!

Mr. Highley’s Trip to Iraq

By: Brian Roller

Mr. Highley, Language Arts teacher on Team 8-2, recently went

to Iraq to become a better teacher and learn new strategies. His

experience there was good and very productive. He stayed at a small

guest house, and had a good time but it wasn’t any vacation. He had

a lot of work to do and the professors at Salahaddin University were

very helpful to him. He had to evaluate college Professors.

His flight was 14 hours long and he was able to get work done. One

thing that was different to him over here was the food. There was a

lot more lamb and a lot of kabob. Lunch there was the big meal of

the day and can sometimes go for hours at a time. Mr. Highley went

to a lunch one day that lasted from 1:00-4:00pm. One thing that he

benefited from this trip was he got a better understanding of different

cultures.

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Spring Musical

By: Megan Watters

“Beauty and the Beast” is

the musical that the Drama

Club is putting on this year.

Mrs. Heimbrock, she said

for all the students that still

want to join the club, it’s not

too late. Auditions for the

play are in December. What

are the lead roles? Belle and

the Beast are the main char-

acters. Other characters that

play a big role in Beauty

and the Beast are Gaston

and Mrs. Pot. Students who

are interested in the Drama

Club, should know that they

practice 1-5 times a week,

depending on how far away

the musical is. When asking

Mrs. Heimbrock what musi-

cals from the past perfor-

mances were her favorites

she said she liked all of

them. . Some of the past mu-

sicals students have done in

the past, she responded by

naming a couple;

“Cinderella”, “Suessical”,

“The Music Man”, and

“Annie.” What if you aren’t

interested in singing and

dancing, but working back-

stage? There are options of

working backstage with the

performers with lights and

costumes.

tryout or not students

are still part of the play!

Tessa Doan and Jenny

Gaffney, both seventh

graders, are in the Dra-

ma Club and enjoy per-

forming with their class-

mates. “Performing with

them is fun, very fun!”

Both students stated that

the things they enjoy

most about the Drama

Club are “Meeting new

friends and singing.”

Want to audition? Here

are some tips. “Practice

and don’t be nervous.”

Then asking them what

character they had a de-

sire to be they both

agreed that no matter

what roll, they will enjoy

being part of the play.

When asking for any extra com-

ments,

they then said, “Come audition,

people are friendly!”

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Shop and Share

By: Taylor Contino

For the past three years Nagel

Middle School and many others

around Anderson Township

have been helping raise money

to get Christmas gifts for under-

privileged families. These gifts

however are not the normal

toys and movies we ask for.

These families ask for socks,

winter coats, blankets, sham-

poo, soaps, tooth paste, and

toothbrushes. Last year over

150 families were helped be-

tween Nagel and two other

schools. Nagel alone raised

1,100 dollars! This year Nagel’s

goal is to raise 1,300 dollars. If

everyone contributes 1-2 dollars, the

goal will be met easily. The money

collecting ended November 20th,

2012. After the money is collected,

families can head on over to Target

to purchase the gifts. Last year there

were around 70 people that came

and helped from

The wrapping of gifts is held at

Beech Acres on December 5th, 7th

and 10th, 2012. Nagel students can

help by donating money, or com-

ing to Target to help shop, and

come to Beech Acres and help

wrap the presents! Please help to

contribute to this event, the fami-

lies really need it. For the final

money raised this year, it was

2,417.00 dollars for Nagel, Sum-

mit raised 1,888.00 dollars, and

Wilson collected 1695. So far the

money collected is able to help 24

families! If you need to contact

anyone for questions, the leaders

of this event are Ms. Moyer, Ms.

Heller and Ms. Lang. Hope to see

you there! Happy shopping and see

you at the gift wrap!

HS Exams and Credit

By: Taylor Justice

Nagel students who are taking high school credit classes such as Algebra I, Geometry, French, German, Latin, or Spanish, must take an exam. An exam is a semester (two quarters) test that is weighted. Weighted means the exam is worth 25% of the class grade in both second and fourth quarter. The foreign language exams will be held on Tuesday January 8, 2013, and on Friday, May 24, 2013. The math exams will be held on Thursday, January 10, 2013 and Thursday, May 23, 2013.

Some of the best ways to prepare for an exam is to start studying earlier than the

night before the exam is given. Mr. Taylor said that only some teachers give out re-

view packets or hints on what material to study. This can really help when students

are stuck on what to study for the exam. In Mr. Taylor’s class the first semester exam

covers chapters 1-6 in the geometry book and the second semester exam covers

chapters 7-12. Also, everyone in his class should pass the exam if they study. For for-

eign language exams, making flashcards and having someone quiz you is a great way

to study. Looking over past quizzes and tests to review material is helpful in all of

these classes. Whatever you’re taking, be sure to give yourself plenty of time to re-

view and prepare so you can go in confidently and do well.

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Newsletter Title

How is good sportsmanship defined? A

great man by the name of Ken Griffey Jr.

describes it this way, "I can't play being

mad. I go out there and have fun. It's a

game, and that's how I am going to treat

it." Other people think good sportsmanship

only counts for the players, but actually it’s

the coaches, the referees and the people

that are cheering in the stands who play a

big part in being good sports. If people in

the stands aren’t good sports then the play-

ers will follow what their peers or other

spectators are doing. Another great way of

describing good sportsmanship is winning

and losing with class. This means if a team

wins no one brags about it, and rubs it in

the other team’s face, and if the team loses

don’t be a sore loser. Instead tell the other

team they did a good job and don’t be a

jerk about it. This is true in every sport not

just football or basketball; be a good sport

in every sport or activity. We asked Mr.

Strausbaugh, who is one of the coaches for

Nagel Silver football, what he thought

made a person a good sport, and he said,

“Someone is a good sport when they accept

winning, or losing, with class.” Then he

went on to define what he means by saying

class is about not being a sore loser or if

you win, don’t brag about it. We also asked

the coach of the girls Hawks volleyball

team, Mrs. Hanley. She said that on her

team last year there were many players

setting a really good example of good

sportsmanship. The players did things

such as congratulating everybody, both

themselves and the other teams. When

they lost, they were still happy because

they had fun, and played their best. Mr.

Zimmerman also had something to say

about good sportsmanship. He says that

the main thing is keep being positive even

if you lose. He also thinks that at the end of

the day the players are not in the NFL or

the NBA, they are just 12-14 year olds play-

ing a sport they enjoy. Over the past few

years only two schools have won the

Sportsmanship Award Nagel Middle

School, and West Carrollton. This award is

given to a school whose sports teams show

a exceedingly large amount of good

sportsmanship. The players from Nagel

need to keep being good sports so they

bring yet again another Sportsmanship

Award home. In middle school the main

goal is learning

how to work as a

team and not being

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Good Sportsmanship

By: Will Kline and A.J. Scott

Newsletter Title

The top books right now are for

Nagel Middle school one The Pig-

man, by Paul Zindel, and the 8th

grade is reading it right now and a

lot of people seem to like the book.

Will Kline said,” It was a very inter-

esting book and at the end it was

very depressing and it was very in-

tellectual.” Also the seventh graders

are reading The Outsiders by S.E

Hinton. Olivia Heltman from team 7-

2 said, ”I liked how the story was

from people came from a bad neigh-

borhood and they were nice kids and

helped people and I liked the plot.”

Another very popular book right now

is Divergent, by Veronica Roth. We

interviewed Mrs. Varner and she

gave us a website about some books

and the website is

www.shelfari.com/nagelshelf and it

has some books that are most re-

quested. Two books that are one

there are, Forever by Maggie Stiefva-

ter which is about when a girl meets

a boy and he was a wolf and she was

a human. Then the boy who was a

wolf turned into a human and then

they fell in love. Also another book

that is on the website is City of Lost

Souls by Cassandra Clare which is

about, a demon has been destroyed

and a girl has been freed from being

trapped for a long time. But when

the shadowhunters arrive to rescue

him, they find only blood and bro-

ken glass. Mrs.Varner said that the

best book genres are steampunk

and fantasy, and at Nagel, fantasy is

the most requested. Some really

good movies based off of teen fiction

are Catching Fire by Suzanne Col-

lins comes out in September

2013 and Divergent by Veronica

Roth which comes out in 2015.

Mrs.Varner said that when The Hun-

ger Games came out that book got

checked out a lot! And when the

movie came out it was very popular

and then it all went downhill be-

cause The Hunger games was not

very popular anymore. Those are

about some of the top teen fiction

books.

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Teen Fiction By: Emma Hauserman & Rhi Reid

The Pigman By: Paul Zindel

The Outsiders By: SE Hinton

The Hunger Games By: Suzanne Collins

Here at Nagel, we have a program

called WEB- Where Everyone Belongs,

which means that it is WEB Leaders’ job to

make sure that everyone feels like they

have a place here at Nagel! WEB is a great

opportunity to get to get to know people on

your team before the first day of school, and

learn about Nagel so students feel more pre-

pared; and learn different strategies to help

you in school throughout the year.

Two of the WEB Coordinators, Mrs.

Bercz (Science teacher on 8-5) and Mrs. Hall

(Science teacher on 7-4) explained how the

WEB Program has changed Nagel Middle

School for the better. Mrs. Bercz said,

“There has been less bullying, the students

are nicer to each other, and the seventh

graders are less nervous about their first

day of school!” Mrs Hall commented, “the

seventh graders have had an easier time

settling in, and are less nervous coming into

middle school.” They also start off with

more friends from other schools because of

their WEB group.

Elana Leonis, a current WEB Leader

on team 8-2 said, “I wanted to become a

WEB Leader because I think that I could

help people. I know I was really scared on

my first day because my WEB Leaders did-

n't try to help me feel confident, and I want-

ed to make sure that I could help others

learn all about Nagel, and skills that will

help them succeed.” Juanisha Thomas, an

eighth grader on 8-1 said that her WEB

Leaders helped her by showing her what she

should and should not do, and that she felt

more comfortable coming into Nagel after

7th Grade Orientation. She said her WEB

Leaders were, “very nice to me and the

rest of the group.”

Both Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Bercz

said that the number one thing they look

for in a WEB Leader is kindness. Mr.

Vander Meer says that there are three

things expected of a WEB Leader. Those

three things on the bright green WEB

shirts (designed by Drew Hardin, on

team 8-5): “A WEB Leader... Stands on

an island, Fills in the gap and Changes

the game.” Most people wonder what

this means.“Standing on an island,”

means a WEB Leader can’t be afraid to

stand out and stand up for someone

who’s being bullied. Or they can be the

one person to go and sit with someone

who’s eating lunch by themself. The

second thing is, “standing in the gap.”

This means that you have to put yourself

in between a bully and the target, and

ultimately try to stop bullying. The last

thing, “changing the game”, means that

students shouldn’t be afraid to stand up

and change something for the better.

Like getting rid of bullying, or making

sure that no one eats lunch by them self.

Being a WEB Leader, overall, is a huge

responsibility, but it is a TON of fun,

and we hope that a bunch of people ap-

ply to be a WEB Leader next year! :)

What do you think about the WEB Pro-

gram? Take our survey and let us

know: :)

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/

DP635SW

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WEB- Where Everybody

Belongs! By: Gwen Jones and Ceceily Fairweather

Newsletter Title

Many music reality T.V. shows are availa-

ble to watch like The Voice, X Factor, and

American Idol. Right now The Voice and

X Factor are being aired and it may be

hard to watch shows at the same time

because people might forget which con-

testants are on which show. The Voice

has three stages, first the blind auditions

and second a battle phase. Then third is

the live performance phase. For Ameri-

can Idol there are four phases the first is

audition , the second is the Holly-

wood/Las Vegas round, the third round

is the semi final where the audience

votes for the winner. The final round is

also a audience round, where the audi-

ence votes for the winner. For X Factor

there are five stages. These stages are,

producer auditions, judge auditions,

Boot Camp, going to the judges house,

and finally the last stage is live shows.

According to the survey, students

said that their favorite set of judges was

Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake

Shelton, and Cee Lo Green. The three sets

of judges were Christina Aguilera, Adam

Levine, Blake Shelton, and Cee Lo Green

from The Voice. From X Factor Simon Cow-

ell, L.A. Reid, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears,

Paula Abdul, Cheryl Cole, and Nicole Scher-

zinger. Lastly, Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban, Ma-

riah Carey, and Randy Jackson from Ameri-

can Idol, though this panel of judges is

brand new and have not been aired on T.V.

yet.

Some fun facts about the three T.V

shows are that the first X factor started in

Great Britain, and had many differences

with the American idol group in the U.S.

The X Factor has age groups of 12-17, 18-

24, and 25 and older, unlike the American

Idol show which has all ages in the same

group. The Voice was created by the Dutch

and was made by John De Mol and execu-

tive producer Mark Burnett.

In conclusion, Nagel students who

watch music T.V. shows like watching The

Voice the best. Most students don’t usual-

ly watch any of

these three T.V.

shows regularly

but they do on oc-

Page

Reality Music T.V. Shows

By: Emily Cattran and Ben Steinbrunner

The Sperry Fairy By: Grace D, Sharadyn I, and Taylor C

Just a little while ago

new names have been report-

ed and are currently being

investigated. Mr. Weaver sug-

gests that it is a group of no

more than three people. He

also says that we have had

theft problems before, but

none this frequent. Mr. Weav-

er also thinks that since the

locker rooms were unlocked,

students from other classes

could have gotten into the

locker room to steal the Sper-

ry’s. Some new rules have

been put in place in order to

stop the Sperry thieving. The

rules include: no talking in the

girls’ locker room, teachers

have to be in the locker room

while changing, and lastly, the

locker rooms will be locked

during class. Surprisingly,

there was another report of

missing Sperry’s even with

the new rules in place.

In conclusion, if stu-

dents bring locks to class

every day, and…

Recently, there

have been more and

more cases of missing or

stolen Sperrys from the

eighth grade girls’ gym

locker room. There have

been about ten cases

where this has occurred

this quarter. Mr. Weaver

thinks that there are

about four cases in one of

the classes, five in anoth-

er, and one in the last.

Mrs. Lembach hasn’t

heard of many other

shoes being stolen, only

Sperrys. Besides shoes, a

few phones have been

taken according to Mrs.

Lembach. The Sperrys

are being stolen from all

periods, but mostly sec-

ond and third. Students

can help put an end to

this theft by locking their

personal belongings in

the lockers and coming

forward with any infor-

mation they know of. If

anyone has any infor-

mation on who could be

the Sperry thief, they can

leave an anonymous let-

ter telling what you know,

or email Mr. Vander

Meer directly.

come forward with

any information, we can

work together to stop the

Sperry theft. Please don’t

be afraid to inform the

teachers, even if you think

you will lose a friendship.

Sperrys are expensive

shoes, ranging from

$60.00 to $120.00 a pair.

No one wants to go home

without one or both shoes.

The best way to stop this is

to bring a lock to gym

class. BRING A LOCK!

Soaring Through the Season

By: Delany Heckert

“Christmas time is

near, happiness and cheer”-

(A Charlie Brown Christ-

mas) it is that time of year

when everyone is excited

for snow and presents. In

the Nagel Café, the band,

orchestra, and chorus will

be preforming holiday

songs. To get people in the

spirit, the Friday before

Winter Break, be ready to

hear Christmas, Kwanzaa,

and Hanukkah music on

December 21, 2012. Soar-

ing Through the Season is a

very fun time for students

and teachers/staff.

All the members if the

band have put a ton of effort into

their, what will be, the spotlight

of the day. While every perfor-

mance that the instrumental

(band and orchestra) have had,

they want to do something a tad

different this year. Most of it will

be the same, but more songs,

and a bunch of Christmas cheer.

“Soaring Through the Sea-

son is an opportunity to show-

case talents and hard work of

these students and directors,”

says band director, Mr. Chad

Sheridan, “I attempt to choose

music that is enjoyable for my

students and will challenge then

to become better musicians.”

The concert will

be fun to watch, and is

for everyone to enjoy.

For the band, eighth

grade will show their

power and support for

Nagel’s band by going

first thing in the morning.

Then in the afternoon,

most students and teach-

ers/staff will be able to

leave with high spirits for

the holidays.

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