january newspaper

Table of Contents:Page 2- Crazy Pet stories•Page 4- Mrs.Blasingane , •

advice columnPage 6- Principal’s Corner•

Pages 8-9- Word Search•Pages 10-15- High Schools•

6- Outdoor Classroom•

BullyingALEXIS GARCIAST. PETERSBURG-- Do you realize what you do and say have consequences? Do you realize that it is NOT okay to call people fat, or ugly, and most definitely it’s not okay to tell someone to die? Some of you can’t comprehend this, and I hope this is a real eye opener. Jessica Laney, a sixteen year old was driven to suicide due to a social networking website where people can post anonymous questions on a person’s profile. A beautiful, slender, 16-year-old soccer player had been overwhelmed with hate mail. “Die,” some-one posted, “you have pretty eyes but your fat,” someone else said, first she didn’t care and just replied back, not with hate, but still she defended herself. Then it got to her. She seemed fine and played it off like it was nothing, yet she hung herself. Words hurt more than people think. This happens all the time and it drives me insane. The worst part of it is that we truly cannot do anything about it. I don’t know what would drive you to post on someone’s account “Go die.” or “You’re fat.” I truly do HATE this generation. Most of this gen-eration honestly has no care for anyone else’s feelings, they’re SELFISH. I get it if you were picked on or have a bad home life, it sucks, I know, but you cannot use that excuse to pick on others. How can you prevent this from happening? That’s the thing, we can’t. Well at least not until you decide to change, YOU are the change we want to see in this generation, be the change.

Stop Bullying!

Crazy Pet Stories By Josue Gonzalez and Forest Dennis

Ana: Every year Ana goes to her grandparents’ for Thanksgiving. Every year she takes her “sister”, dog. Ana’s sister jumped on Ana’s lap and stuck her nose in Ana’s mouth as she was eating Thanks-giving dinner.

Alexis Garcia: Her cat ran into a wall. She had a laser pointer. Her cat is fat, her name is Cuddles, she was chasing the laser pointer and Alexis pointed it on the wall and she ran full force into it.

Alexis Bridges: Her dog bit her on the ear as she hugged her grandfather. Her Chihuahua jumped

on a three foot table to eat a hot dog.

January 10th, 2013 Issue #2


Mrs.Blasingane By Ciana Rodgers and Zaid Kapadia Mrs.Blasingane, a math teacher that has been with Bay Point Middle School since 1991. She has had three children come to Bay Point as students. For any students that may have Mrs.Blasingane, she suggests that for the gifted children to be creative. Mrs.Blasingane hosted a toga party with students where the students had to plan their own parts and dress in togas and present projects on Greece. Creativity is a must when being in Mrs.Blasin-gane’s class.

Need Advice?Hello students. I’m Fix-It-All. I run the advice column for the Falcon Ledger. If you have any problems or questions, you can ask me. I’ll give you advice. I can help you with your problems. Just email me at [email protected].


FBLA Interview: Interviewer: Amyreza Carell

Person Being Interviewed: Ciana Rodgers

I sat down with the FBLA president of Bay Point Middle School, Ciana Rodgers, to ask her a few questions about some of the activities they do in FBLA.

Me: “What does FBLA stand for?”

Ciana: “FBLA stands for Future Business Leaders of America.”

Me: “What do you do in FBLA?”

Ciana: “We sell hotdogs and slushies on Tuesdays and Thursdays at games.”

Me: “What kind of Community Service do you do?”

Ciana: “Holly Spayde (also in FBLA) and I are going to speak to SRO officers in Pinellas County and there supervisors to speak about autism awareness. We are also planning to get an autism specialist to help and inform us on autism for officers/ law enforcement and how au-tistic children get defensive once around law enforcement and they can get violent. So we are going to speak about their actions and behaviors when around enforcement.”

Me: “Would you recommend other people to join FBLA?” Ciana: “I certainly would recommend anyone to join FBLA. It is a good opportunity to pre-pare for you for your future. You may also help the community, and make it a safer environ-ment for our citizens. If you want to be a business leader, then FBLA is definitely for you to join.” After asking Ciana a few questions about FBLA, I have learned that this group of students has great opportunities in business for their future. If you are interested in joining FBLA, contact your school FBLA provider (Ms. Mac), and they will give you a permission slip so you can join. It will not be until next year because it starts new every year, so if you are already in 8th grade, I suggest you join the FBLA in high school if they have it, and if you are interested. Thank you for taking the time to read this short informative interview of the FBLA. I would like to thank Ciana Rodgers for taking the time to sit down to answer a few short questions. Join the FBLA, you won’t regret it!

Principal’s Corner:Mr. Shedrick wants to focus on making sure students are being proactive with their learning skills. He wants us as students to have an adequate education. Mr. Shedrick be-lieves we have come a long way from where we started. We just need to improve the re-spect level of students, towards their teachers and classmates. He wants us to step up on our FCAT scores, researching on how to score better in FCAT. If you need any help in school here is a list of teachers who are willing to help:

Ms. Laux (science) Ms. Walten (language arts)Ms. Swango (math)Ms. Mills (science)Ms. Rioux (Spanish/ French)Ms. Shorter (social studies)Ms. Fintak (reading)Mr. Sherman (language arts)Mr. Abinsay (math) Ms. Smith (algebra)Ms. Blasingane (algebra, geometry)Ms. Amstutz is the RTI coach. RTI means response to intervention coach, who helps kids. Title 1 funds is what’s helping us students achieve well in school.

Students spraying our principal with Silly String at the cookiedough fundraiser party


Biography- Martin Luther King Jr.Biography: Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Born Michael Luther King Jr.) was from the busy town of Atlanta, Georgia. Until his death in 1960 he acted as a co-pastor at the Ebenezer Bap-tist Church in Atlanta. Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, grad-uating from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B. A. degree in 1948 from Morehouse College, a distinguished Negro institution of Atlanta from which both his fa-ther and grandfather had graduated. He enrolled in graduate studies at Boston University, completing his residence for the doctorate in 1953 and receiving the degree in 1955. In 1954, Martin Luther King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin was also part of the boycott that lasted 382 days, in 1955 and some of 1956. In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to provide new leadership for the now burgeoning civil rights move-ment. The ideals for this organization he took from Christianity; its operational tech-niques from Gandhi. In these years, he led a massive protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that caught the attention of the entire world, providing what he called a coalition of con-science. and inspiring his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, a manifesto of the Negro revolution; he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters; he directed the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., of 250,000 people to whom he de-livered his address, “l Have a Dream”, he conferred with President John F. Kennedy and campaigned for President Lyndon B. Johnson; he was arrested upwards of twenty times and assaulted at least four times; he was awarded five honorary degrees; was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure. At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selec-tion, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking gar-bage workers of that city, he was assassinated.Martin Luther King Jr. was a good man, and we remember him Martin Luther King day. This year it is on Monday, January 21, 2013. He changed America for the better. -Article written by Amyreza Carrel


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1. A mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence.2. A mark of punctuation used for ending a sentence.3. To set in or back from the margin, as the first line of a paragraph.4. To type leaving a full space between lines.5. A word that is made up of two or more other words.6. A word that is the same forward as it is backwards.7. What you put at the beginning of the sentence.8. A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y.9. Each of two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pro-nounced the same and having different meanings.10. Each of two or more words that are spelled identically but have different sounds and meanings.11. A word with a homograph.12. The marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses, used in writing.13. The shortened form of a word.14. An action word.15. A person, place, or thing.16. A describing word.17. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.18. A comparison between two things, typically the basis of their structure. 19. A punctuation mark used to indicate either possession or the merging of two words.20. To put more details in your writing.21. Visually descriptive or figurative language in literary work.22. The structure or arrangement of related or connected items.23. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human.24. A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared.25. Words like after, then, in the future, in the past, next, and in conclusion.26. A punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence to issue a question.27. A punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence to issue an exclamation.


Attention 8th graders! It’s about time to decide what high school you would like to go to. Registration is now open and it ends on the 29th of January! Log on to pcs.org to register to be enrolled into high school. Not sure what high school you want to attend? Here are short descriptions for all the high schools in Pinellas County.

Lakewood High School

Lakewood High School has three special programs for you to choose from. You have a choice of AMSET (Aquatic Management Systems and Environmental Technology), CAT (Center for Advanced Technologies), and CJAM (Center for Journalism and Multimedia). Here are some additional information about each program:

AMSET (Aquatic Management Systems and Environmental Technology):The AMSET program at Lakewood is a program that teaches students about the ecosys-tem and how we can restore the environment from human impact. If you don’t mind get-ting a little dirty and are really passionate about the environment, consider joining AM-SET at Lakewood. For more information, you can email Mr. Kostka, who runs AMSET at [email protected]

CAT (Center for Advanced Technologies):Nominated for one of America’s best high school in 2010 in Newsweek, the CAT pro-gram at Lakewood is the ideal high school program for all you techy gadget kids out there. The CAT program is a magnet program that majors in technology. For additional information about the CAT program, you can email the CAT director at cat.pcsb.org, or call the CAT director at (727)893-2926

CJAM (Center for Journalism and Multimedia):The CJAM program is ideal for students who enjoy journalism and multimedia. Students keep busy by gathering information and pictures of events happening around the school and community and add it into their monthly newspaper. They also update their website (SNNToday) daily. If you love to write and want to get to know and interact with people, you should join CJAM. To apply for CJAM, you must complete a Letter of Intent and return it to Miss Meredith Jones, the guidance counselor at Lakewood high school. For more information, you can call at (727)883-2916 ext.2111


Clearwater High schoolAt Clearwater high you have a choice of two programs to choose from. One of the pro-grams is CAICC, which stands for Career Academy for International Culture and Com-merce. The program’s classes focus on culture, business protocol customs, marketing, communication, international economics and finance, import and export basics, and the use of technology in business. The program is designed for the students that want to be involved in careers related to international trade. The other program is AICE, which stands for Advanced International Certificate of Edu-cation. AICE is an international Diploma that students can earn via an advanced academic curriculum. The AICE program courses and examinations are offered to you during your 11th and 12th year.If you want to learn more, then you can go to their website at http://www.clearwater-hs.pinellas.k12.fl.us/Index.htmlIf you are ready to apply at Clearwater high School, just go to this website to print out the 9th grade course request form; http://www.clearwater-hs.pinellas.k12.fl.us/9th%20Grade%20Course%20Request%20Form.pdf, the school is located at 540 South Hercules Avenue, Clearwater, FL.

Countryside Countryside High School, located in the northeastern portion of Pinellas County. It is one of the larger schools within Pinellas County. Countryside regularly ranks among the top schools in academic achievement and parental involvement. Countryside has many programs but Countryside excels, Countryside has a prominent Drama program that wins many statewide awards. It has consistently been one of the top performing schools in Florida.This school also provides college preparatory academic opportunities across all academ-ic subjects. Countryside focuses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This will prepare you for postsecondary education, innovation, technologies, and careers of research. You’ll have opportunities to apply and study developing technol-ogies in real world situations. If you are thinking of attending Countryside you will have to choose to follow their studies in one of the three strands leading to industry certifica-tions in Cyber Security, Biotechnology, and Digital Video/Multimedia.


Dixie HollinsDixie Holland’s has many sports, Baseball (boys), basketball, cheerleading, cross country, flag football (girls), football, golf, soccer, soccer (girls), softball (girls), spring football, swimming, swimming (girls), tennis, track, volleyball (girls) and wrestling. They also have a couple programs to apply for: Graphic Arts Academy: blends graphic arts and technology into a program that offers students skills that prepare them for opportunities as a web developer, graphic designer, illustrator, bindery operator, offset press operator, silkscreen operator, digital production artist and more. Cambridge Program-Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE): has a high quality educational curriculum. Center for Culinary Arts: provides students training in the culinary arts and hospitality industry. Students will explore and study worldwide cultures while developing specialized skills in food identification. Also there are a variety of clubs and groups to join in the school:College preparatory, including Advanced Placement (AP) courses, Dual enrollment (St. Petersburg College) incorporating College Reach-Out Program (CROP), Graphic Arts Academy, a four-year course of study leading to college, postsecondary education or a career in printing, commercial arts or other related graphic arts fields, Freshman Expe-rience, a new ninth-grade transition class to orient students to the school’s procedures and traditions and to develop critical thinking skills for students’ success in high school, JROTC (Army), USA TODAY Reading Project, a program that integrates newspaper ar-ticles into classroom lessons by using CRISS (Creating Independence through Student-Owned Strategies) to prepare students to take the FCAT, Vocational programs and Gold

East Lake High School Is quite a new school built in a community of north Pinellas County. This high school like many high schools is very uniquely built. Built in 1986, designed for flexibility, economy and adaptability, the individual units, including three two-story classroom buildings and an administrative building with the media center over it, are connected by covered walkways. Not forgetting five other buildings that were built for academics, such as gym, theatre, band and keyboard rooms and support facility units including food ser-vices and mechanical backups. East Lake High School is a very complex high school. This school offers college level classes for certain subjects. Students can get college cred-its early by taking these classes. It also offers dual enrolment with St. Pete High School. East Lake High School believes that parents, educators, students and the community shall and will share the responsibility for learning.


Osceola Fundamental High SchoolOsceola Fundamental High School, the home of the warriors, welcomes new students in to its fundamental program. Osceola’s fundamental program is a rigorous academic pro-gram that is helpful to the students and their parents. Osceola is the first fundamental high school in Florida and is among only a handful of fundamental high schools in the country. Osceola has a wide variety of Advance Placement (AP) classes for students who meet the curriculum. Though Osceola is focused on academic progress, the school does have many clubs, sports, a literature magazine, a vocal music program, a newspaper, and a news show. The literature magazine, “The Oracle”, has won a first place All Florida award from the Florida Scholastic Press Association. The magazine showcases young, talented writers from around the school. The school hours for Osceola, on regular days, is 7:05 a.m.-1:50 p.m. On a Wednesday, the school hours are 7:05 a.m.-12:35 p.m. If any eighth grade students would like to shadow, go on to the Osceola Fundamental High School website, http://www.osceola-hs.pinellas.k12.fl.us/, and fill out the mid-year shadowing form (the link is on the website).

Palm Harbor If you want to further your knowledge, Palm Harbor University High School is where you would want to attend. Palm Harbor University High School also known as PHUHS is located in Pinellas County. The school mascot is a hurricane and the colors are navy and maroon. It is a public high school in Palm Harbor, FL for grades 9-12. The address is 1900 Omaha street, Palm Harbor, FL 34683. It was founded in 1996. PHUHS focuses on preparing student for their futures, which will encourage their achievements. This schools’ mission is to educate all of their students by using effective learning systems. Palm Harbor placed in the top 10% of all high schools in Florida. It also was received an “A” from greatschools.net. The programs that it offers are medical magnet and the I.B. program. This school is a top school because of the dedication and passion of the teachers and staff.


Pinellas Park High School This school has many programs. If you are interested in Criminal Justice or being a First Responder then this is the school for you. They teach you forensics and police operations in the Criminal Justice program. In the First Responders program they teach you EMT procedures and they also teach disaster drills. To apply for the Criminal Justice Academy, eight grade students must have at least a 5 or higher or a GPA of 3.5 or higher, two posi-tive academic teacher recommendations, and good discipline and attendance.SCHOOL PROFILE DEMOGRAPHICS70.3% Caucasians 12.7% African-American9.5 % Hispanics5.9% Asians.2% American Indian1.4% otherAttendance rate 92.7%Faculty Demographics 32% of teachers have master degrees127 Caucasians 8 African Americans1 Hispanic Combined experience of all staff is 2117 years.

Seminole High SchoolSport:baseball,basketball,crosscountry,football,golf,lacrosse,soccer,swimming,tennis,track and field, volleyball, wrestling, flag football, competitive cheer, cheerleadingClubs: 40 5000 role models to year book and everything in-between.Programs: IB (international baccalaureate)International baccalaureate: high quality programs of international education to a world-wide community of schools.Seminole high school is very good to apply for. They have sports varying from baseball to cheerleading. They also have the IB program or International baccalaureate. Interna-tional baccalaureates are high quality programs of international education to a worldwide community of schools. They also have 40 clubs. Just a few things that you need to know if your applying to Seminole high school for more information go to http://www.semi-nolehs.scps.k12.fl.us/



Tarpon Springs Hey Bay Point students! Are you an 8th grader who is looking for a high school that you plan on going to? Or maybe a student wondering what’s so wonderful about certain high schools? One of the Pinellas County schools is Tarpon Springs high school, ranked number 30 in the nation for SAT scores (Standardized test you take in 11th Grade) and is an “A” school. Tarpon Springs has many opportunities and achievements that you can succeed in, such as: Culinary Arts, Veterinary Science, Leadership, and the Arts. Some programs you might be interested in is the Culinary Arts program, the Leader-ship Conservatory for the Arts program, the Cambridge program, and the Veterinary pro-gram. If you are a creative person and think you could be committed to a school with the Arts as the main focus, consider Tarpon Springs High School. For more information you can go to: http://tshs.pinellas.k12.fl.us

St.Petersburg HighSt. Pete high school, founded in 1898, is a public secondary school. The school’s cur-rent building, a historic landmark, was built in 1926 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The school was billed as the nation’s first million dollar high school. St. Pete was the first school in the state of Florida to have the IB program.St. Pete High school has 4 different programs. It has the IB (international baccalaureate), construction program, St. Pete Collegiate and The traditional program but that still has AP classes. The IB is a program for high achievers, and is a very tough program. It re-quires good grades, and much focus towards school work. The construction program is a program that helps you succeed your career goal as a construction worker or something close to it

Outdoor Classroom (Continued)By Ena Salkicic Hey Students at Bay Point! Wouldn’t it be cool to have an outdoor classroom be awesome to use instead of staying inside all day? It would! Mrs. Darity and Giuffre are working on the outdoor classroom meant for everyone to use in the school. It could be a cool experience don’t you think? Also, the students are ACTUALLY making and designing the building themselves. Mrs. Darity’s students are all helping and working on this giant project that could be a sensation. The community might even get involved! If you want to learn more about the outdoor classroom you can see Mrs. Darity in room 2/205 on her planning during 4th period, make sure you get permission from your teacher. And if you want to be updated on the outdoor classroom email us at : [email protected] Clubs• Year book• Spanish club• Multicultural committee• Art club• Drum line• Student council • French club• STEM club• Girlfriends• 5000 Role models• Book club• FBLA


Celebrating 50 years as a Falcon Family! Our mission is to provide a professional learning community that sustains school wide improvements, promotes academic excellence and character development, and fosters a safe and caring environment to adequately pre-pare students to be productive citizens in school and beyond.credits:Brandon Barco- Staff Writer Brittany Strickland-Staff WriterJacob Bemo- Staff Writer Iya-Mani Watson-Staff WriterMathew Bischoff-Staff WriterHannah Blevins- DesignAlexis Bridges-Staff WriterAllison Campbell-Staff WriterAmyreza Carell- Staff WriterTimothy Cliett-Staff WriterCailyn Cothron-Staff WriterForest Dennis-Staff WriterAlexis Garcia-Staff WriterJosue Gonzalez-Staff WriterElaina Griffith-Staff WriterAlyssa Hickey-DesignZaid Kapadia-Staff WriterSofia Martinez-Staff WriterCyrus Miguele-Staff WriterVanessa Nguyen-DesignJennifer Nodal-Staff WriterJasmine Ortiz-Staff WriterReese Remington-Staff WriterCiana Rodgers-Staff WriterEna Salkicic-Staff WriterLogan Short-Staff WriterHolly Spayde-Staff Writer

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