Mr. Benson: Smile more

Miss Duncan: Get up on time more often

Mrs. Matz: Work less

Mr. Lobdell: Help my staff with their resolution and climb the rock wall!!

Mr. Gabel: Read the Bible every morning.

Bailey: Beat Mr. Robinson in bets

Mr. Robinson: To be nice to eve-ryone

Noah P: Get stronger

Tristan K: Try to beat my sister in jump rope

Shianne: Have an amazing birth-day (her birthday is New Years)

Rachel E: have an amazing time at Shianne’s party

Mr. Smargiassi: Lose weight be-cause McKenzie told me I’m fat.

Mrs. Price: To have a Bully Free School District

Mitchell M: Get faster

Mike P: Be able to dunk by next year

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Volume 10, Issue 5

January 18, 2011

Photos by Hope Enck

Page 2 T HE PAW PRI NT

On average, how much time do you spend playing video games or watching TV in one day?

Asa L: School nights 1 hour/Weekends 1 to 4 hrs. Eli L: School nights 30 min./Weekend 1 hour

Alli E: School nights 30 min./Weekends 6 hrs. Vi K: School nights 4 or 5 hrs./Weekend 8 hrs.

Ty C: School nights 30 min./Weekends 5 hrs. Dustin M: School nights 3 hrs./Weekend 2 hrs.

Michael J: School nights 3 hrs./Weekends 10 hrs.

Madeline T: School nights 5 hrs./Weekends 2 hrs.

Logan K: School nights 6½hours/Weekend 5½hrs.

6th Grade Student Survey

by Cassidi Mae Tippett

On average, how much time do you spend on homework in one night?

Tanner: 1½ hours Bri H: 2 hours Sondra W: 1½ hours

Hollace J: 1 hour Leigh H: 1 hour Shawn B: 1½ hours

Mitchell M: 1/2 hours Meghan S: 1 hour Jake D: 2 to 3 hours

Brock F: 1/2 hour Shianne S: 1/2 hour Rachel E: 1 hour

Devon W: 30 min to an hour Hewitt D: 1½ hours Trey C: half hour

7th Grade Student Survey

by Austin Markee

On average, how many texts do you send in one month?

Peyton M: 6,000 Noah P: 6,000 Andrew C: 4,000

Dorthea F: 2,000 Keylea W: 5,000 Isaiah Y: 10,000

Joe R: 2 Alex D: 10,000 Mike P: 1,500—2,000

Alex G: 1,000 Brendon E: 2,000—3,000 Maddy A: 100,000

Brett S: zero McKenzie C: close to 400 Brenton C: not enough

8th Grade Student Survey

by Jessie Warner

V OLU ME 1 0, IS SU E 5 Page 3

Dustin Michael Meador is 12 1/2 years old. His birthday is June 10,

1999. Dustin is the son of Denise Laman of Eleroy and Michael

Meador of Lanark. Dustin has 4 half-brothers, Cody, CJ, Doug and

Josh. He has two dogs Weasel and Chief and one cat Jasper. Dustin

plays basketball. He plays the flute in the school band. Dustin’s

favorite food is pepperoni pizza. His favorite Xbox 360 game is

Gears of War 2. When Dustin is an adult he wants to be a police

officer.

Meet 6th Grade Student Dustin Meador

By Hope Enck

Hollace Ray Julius is 13 years old. His birthday is October 6, 1998.

Hollace is the son of Mindy McGinnis. He has two brothers:

Brooks, 14, and Maddox, 9 months. Hollace has one sister Jaden,

age 9. Hollace lives in Winslow and has two dogs and a cat. Hol-

lace plays football and basketball for Le-Win Junior High. Hollace’s

favorite food is Ramen noodles. For fun, Hollace likes to go to his

Uncle’s house and help him on the farm. When Hollace is an adult

he wants to be an architect.

Meet 7th Grade Student Hollace Julius

By Brian Sisler

Rahkeem Michael Valentine is 14 years old. His birthday is December 27,

1997. Rahkeem is the son of Dan and Teresa Brown. Rahkeem has ten

brothers. They are Rahsul, Rason, Rashad, Raheem, Rahvonte, Rahveon,

Ronnell, Rahmareon, Ramad and Rajay. Rahkeem has two foster brothers,

Andrew & Peyton. Rahkeem has a dog, a cat and two fish. Rahkeem plays

basketball. Rahkeem’s favorite food is fried chicken and his favorite candy

is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. When Rahkeem is an adult he wants to be

a video game developer or a football player.

Meet 8th Grade Student Rahkeem Valentine

By Adam Guy

8th grade Football Wrap-up

The 8th Le-Win Leopard’s football team finished the football season 8-1. The player

where Alex Doolan, Isaiah Yeager, Brendon Eilders, Brenton Chumbler, Ryan Lorig, Michael

Packard, Isaac Lawson, Justin Pennington, Alex Gustason, Tony Knoup, Joe Milliken, Joe

Robinson, Noah Holmes, Noah Peight, Chris Stockton, Adam Guy, Jared Lauer, and Justin

Peters. Le-Win’s coaches are Coach Kuehler and Coach Blakely. - Justin Peters

Sports Page

by Mrs. Modica’s Publication Class

Cheering on the Cheerleaders

This is about the cheerleaders for the ‘11 Boys Basketball team.

The seventh graders are:

Renee Scheider

Shianne Stietz

Jasmine Benson

Arianna Erving

Hope Enck

Mazy McGinnis

The Eighth grade cheerleaders are:

Sandra Werkheiser

Hailey Curtis

Morghan Scace

Taylor Haas

McKenzie Chapman

Marissa Runkle

Jessie Warner

The coaches are:

Mrs. Kryder (head coach)

Mrs. Runkle (assistant coach)

Rebecca Caudill

February 6, 2012 is the last day for reading a Rebecca Caudill book. Three books need to be read

in order to vote which one the student thinks is best. The class with the highest percentage of books will

win a pizza party to be held on March 2, 2012. In the running for Rebecca Caudill are 6th grade with 2nd

hour having 17, 4th hour having 27, and 9th having 27 also. For 7th grade with 2nd having 24, 3rd having

49, and 5th having 44. 2nd hour is winning in 7th grade. For 8th grade with 4th having 57, 8th having 74,

and 10th having 54. 8th hour is winning in 8th grade. However, if the class you are in doesn’t win, you can

still qualify for the pizza party by reading somewhere around 10 Rebecca Caudill books. The Rebecca

Caudill books are: The Rock and the River, Greetings from Nowhere, Wild Things, Peak, The Evolution of

Calpurnia Tate, The Girl Who Threw Butterflies, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, One-Handed

Catch, Leviathan, The True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, Masterpiece, Flygirl, Every Soul a Star, Heart of

a Shepard, Extra Credit, Knucklehead, Woods Runner, All the Broken Pieces, Powerless, and The Magic

Thief. -Cassi Tippett, Rachael Wybourn

Miscellaneous & More Sports

by Mrs. Modica’s Publication Class

This year’s “Best of” ballots for eighth graders will be handed out on the 17th during Guided Studies. The

categories are Best Hair, Best Smile, Most Likely to Succeed, Funniest, Most Athletic, and Most Outgoing.

The winners’ pictures will be in this year’s yearbook, so get ready to vote!

IMPORTANT REMINDER to all eighth grade students who have not turned in their baby pictures!!! Turn

yours into either Lana Parkinson or Rachael Wybourn before the 6th!!! Turn in your yearbook orders into

Mrs. Modica soon! Yearbooks are $20, turn your money into Mrs. Modica’s room before it’s too late!

Thank You and have a nice day. -Sophia Jurkovic

Le-Win Girls basketball starts up. Le-Win Girls basketball first game is January 17, 2012 against Dakota

at 5:30 P.M. Eighth grade team is Aslan Stouffer, Allison Stockton, Michaela Stich, Ellie Kent, Peyton

Magee, Jordan Ollerich, McKenzie Temperly, Kylea Wallace, and Nicole Moest.

-Nicole Moest

The Le-Win 8th grade basketball team for 2011-2012 had a very successful season. They went undefeat-

ed and won every tournament. The team consisted of 12 players; Isaiah Yeager, Joe Robinson, Alex Doo-

lan, Tony Knoup, Mike Packard, Alex Gustason, Andrew Colley, Chris Stockton, Rahkeem Valentine, Bren-

ton Chumbler, Brett Sisler, and Ben Simpson. The closest game of the season though, was when they

were down by one with four seconds left against Stockton. The ball was inbounded to Joe Robinson for

the shot; Joe shot a three pointer with four seconds left and drained it!!!! This shot was the game win-

ner!!!!! If this shot had not been made, the team would have lost their undefeated status, which made Joe

a hero. Still, everyone contributed to the season in their own way, whether it was big or small. This season

will be remembered by the team for years.

-Andrew Colley

Rebecca Caudill

February 6, 2012 is the last day for reading a Rebecca Caudill book. Three books need to be read

in order to vote which one the student thinks is best. The class with the highest percentage of books will

win a pizza party to be held on March 2, 2012. In the running for Rebecca Caudill are 6th grade with 2nd

hour having 17, 4th hour having 27, and 9th having 27 also. For 7th grade with 2nd having 24, 3rd having

49, and 5th having 44. 2nd hour is winning in 7th grade. For 8th grade with 4th having 57, 8th having 74,

and 10th having 54. 8th hour is winning in 8th grade. However, if the class you are in doesn’t win, you can

still qualify for the pizza party by reading somewhere around 10 Rebecca Caudill books. The Rebecca

Caudill books are: The Rock and the River, Greetings from Nowhere, Wild Things, Peak, The Evolution of

Calpurnia Tate, The Girl Who Threw Butterflies, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, One-Handed

Catch, Leviathan, The True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, Masterpiece, Flygirl, Every Soul a Star, Heart of

a Shepard, Extra Credit, Knucklehead, Woods Runner, All the Broken Pieces, Powerless, and The Magic

Thief. -Cassi Tippett, Rachael Wybourn

Student Leadership Essay by Michaela Stich

My dream is to get into Student Leadership this year. I have been working really hard each year to try to get in it. I was born with Duane Syndrome (which I did a power point about in Health class last year with Mrs. Price) which hasn't kept me from trying to reach my goals in life. I have been getting good grades and being respectful to my teach-ers and peers.

The way I would make the school a more positive environment is by helping my peers with homework or help them carry something. When students are arguing over something, I would go over and see what's wrong and help them figure it out. If somebody is crying, I would ask them what is wrong and help them get through the problem. When someone has no one to sit by, I would ask them to come sit next to me. This would make a our school more friendly so everyone would be nice to every peer.

The ideas that I have for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year are bullying activities and discussions, clothes drive, canned food drive, penny wars, assemblies, power points, funky dress days, candy grams, parties, bags of candy, prizes and games at dances.

Doing bullying activities and discussions will get us closer to having less and less bullying in our school. We need to reach out to the students and explain that bullying is terrible; picking on someone can someday take their life. We still need to do clothes drive's and penny wars, because it helps our community. We could have some assemblies that we have a discussion about school for the first half then for the second half play games. More power points on school matters that we show to guided studies classes. Periodically, we would have a assembly for games. More funky dress days just to look cool. Do candy grams for every holiday. A big fun bash before Christmas break would be great, like food, games and fun activities. We could get bags of candy for Christmas for everyone. Everyone could donate a dollar and we could hand them out the day before Christmas break. We could have special prizes and games at dances. There are so many things we could do at school for the upcoming year.

Past examples prove that I would be a great candidate for Student Leadership. For example, I helped the Stu-dent Leadership last year with concessions when they didn't have enough workers, I enjoyed doing that. This year I also volunteered to help the cafeteria workers by washing tables. When a elderly man stood up after eating lunch in a restaurant one day he drop his cane and I picked it up and gave it to him. I have helped my neighbors with their gar-dens, taking out their dogs, and getting their mail when they are on vacation. Helping my parents with dinner and cleaning our house. I help my friends with homework when they don't understand it. I also went to the nursing home with two other people and played music for the residents.

I am really looking forward to this upcoming year. I am also looking forward to helping those in need. Thank you for giving me this opportunity for applying to be in Student Leadership.

Canned Food Drive Results: 6th grade 480 cans, 7th grade 95 cans, 8th grade 800 cans.

Winter Gear Drive Results: 6th Grade 243, 7th Grade 277, 8th Grade 260

Penny War Results: 6th Grade $117.27 (-$57.20), 7th Grade $153.78 (-$107.65), 8th Grade

$101.61 (-$45.45)

What activities are Student Leadership members doing in the month of January?

Continuing the bullying education for the 3rd grade classes and beginning the 1st

grade, soon to follow.

Student Leadership Activities by Will Fiedler

Student Leadership Essay by Ellie Kent

A Student Leader should be someone who gets along with almost everybody, does well in school, and is not afraid of a challenge. I feel I fit in with all of these categories.

I see myself as a leader now and into the future. While some people see Student Leadership as the “popular” thing to do, I see it differently. I see it as an opportunity to increase my leadership skills and expe-rience. Watching different types of leaders, I see that the best ones not only talk the talk, but they walk the walk too. They lead by example and treat everybody with respect. I feel I do this well. I take pride in my organization, hard work, and ability to get along with everyone. I don’t tear people down, but I build them up. I think I can make a big impact in my school.

A Student Leader needs to be a positive leader, one that does not promote wrong activities. These activities may include bad grades, laziness, cheating, or gossiping. I am a straight A student, am involved in three separate sports and chorus, and try my best not to get wrapped up in rumors. I have also won numer-ous school awards for both my character and grades. I realize these are all in-school activities, but I am en-gaged in many out of school things as well, such as volunteering at my church’s strawberry social, volunteer-ing with other activities inside my church, volunteering at the Winslow Park District’s holiday gatherings, play-ing with kids at the park this summer, club volleyball, and babysitting. With all of these events, I have learned to manage my time well. I feel I have the ability to be a positive leader in this school.

There are ways we can make a more upbeat environment at school. There are many complaints and accusations of bullying in our school, and many steps taken to prevent and educate students on bullying. Not many people will admit to being a bully, and I think that is because it is such a negative word, and no one wants to be associated with it. If we took a more positive spin on this topic, I believe more people would listen and realize what they are doing. There are numerous organizations about respect and lack of it, and if we had a program similar to Operation Respect, which is a free program designed for jr. high students we could make a positive impact. A different idea in how to keep the school a fun place to be is for Student Leaders to host a Student Takeover Day, where a Student Leader shadows a teacher for a day, and then dresses up and teaches their classes the day after. The teacher of course remains in the room to supervise. It would be a great way to mix up the everyday routine and give some authority to the Student Leader. He or she would also appreciate how hard it can be to teach a class. One more way to mix it up would be to have a different person from the community come in monthly and give a speech about their career during guided studies. The speech could be optional to attend, and those who did not wish to come could stay in their assigned classrooms. This would keep the community involved with the students, and all of these things would help keep students interested in school.

While school technically ends at 3:18, this doesn’t mean Student Leadership has to end their activities at this time also. One event I have seen that was very successful was a Halftime Shootout. At basketball games, spectators-mostly students and siblings-can walk out and form a line on the court. For a dollar, they get to shoot a three-pointer or a free-throw, depending on their age. If they make the shot, they get a liter of pop. If they don’t make it, they can try again for another dollar. A parent or teacher can watch over the process and other Student Leaders can run it. Since you can get pop on sale, and the contestants won’t make every shot, it is an entertaining way to raise money. Speaking of raising money, selling relatively cheap window clings to honor roll students’ parents would be a good fundraiser. Parents love to brag about their children, and this would be an excellent way for them to do this, while simultaneously boosting school spirit. Another way to boost school spirit would be to sell low-cost tee-shirts to students so they can wear them to games. All of these things can be organized by Student Leaders, (after being approved by an adult) so the teacher in charge won’t feel so weighted down.

I have learned many skills in the past two years as a Student Leader, and I hope to learn

many more this coming year. Thank you for your consideration.

Faculty Advisor: Ms. Voreis

Editors: Hope Enck

Cassidi Mae Tippett

Reporters: Carmen DeVries

Will Fiedler

Kelsie Flynn

Adam Guy

Austin Markee

Brett Sisler

Brian Sisler

Jessie Warner

Production & Delivery:

Gerald Rucker

Mike Sutter

Jessie Warner

NEWSPAPER STAFF

It was so cold my shadow froze to the ground—when I took a step it snapped right off!

It was so cold the police sus-pended the seatbelt law. Who needs them when you’re frozen to the seat?

It was so cold roosters were rushing into KFC begging to use the pressure cooker.

It was so cold the optician was giving away free ice scrapers with every new pair of glasses.

It was so cold we pulled every-thing out of the freezer and hud-dled inside to warm up.

It was so cold when we milked the cows we got ice cream.

It was so cold sheep were de-manding their wool back.

It was so cold the kids at school were using flannel note-books.

It was so cold that hitchhikers were holding up pictures of thumbs.

It was so cold the kids had to stay inside all weekend. Par-ents are now organizing a “teacher appreciation day”.

It was so cold kids just pre-tended to go outside and play.

We’re on the web.

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Photos by Austin Markee

Freezing Jokes by Hope Enck

Student Spotlight Photos by Brian Sisler