Spring 2015

C u t t i n g E d g e N e w s F r o m ‘ T h e R i d g e ’ IN THIS ISSUE:

Paper Cut Staff 1

A & E 1

PC Photos 1

Movie Making Club 1

Sports Corner 2

Movie/Book Reviews 2

Photo Contest 3

Comic Zone 3

Special Event Photos 4

Announcements

& Events:

Happy summer,

Eagle Ridge! See

you again in the fall.

PAPER CUT STAFF:

Editor-in-Chief

Margie Emmert

Copy Editor

Jenn Burns

Photography Judges

Jason Alexander

Luisa Nazzaro

Reporters/Writers

Ally Ratigan

Macy Stephenson

Cartoonist

Amanda Hauer

Photographers

Paxton Kianka

Sarah Throne

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Photo by Ashby Ponds

The Paper Cut

Special Events at Eagle Ridge . . .

The Movie Making Club is cur-

rently a very elite club consist-

ing of only ten members. Mrs.

Saunders is the sponsor of the

club, although the club was

originally created by the stu-

dents. It meets every Monday

after school.

This club is very different

from most because students

develop a sense of camaraderie

by working so closely with one

another on a project. They

huddle around computers, gen-

erating ideas to create innova-

tive movie scripts. Once the

scripts have been written and

edited to each member’s satis-

faction, the students will then

determine who will act as each

character, decide what props

and costumes will be used, and

determine a site location for

the filming. Students will then

edit the film in a movie pro-

gram and possibly add some

sounds or music to enhance the

film.

Although this club is currently

small, students have fun using

technology and working togeth-

er. So, if you are interested in

making movies and possibly be-

coming the next big actor, un-

fortunately, you will have to

wait until the fall when the

Movie Making Club resumes!

By Ally Ratigan

Photos by Sarah Throne

Students work together to create

a movie script.

Chili Cookoff

Photos by Paxton Kianka and PC Staff

Book Fair

Honor Roll Awards Ceremony

Mr. Phillips congratulates students at

Honor Roll Assembly.

Book Fair

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Jumping into Action By Ally Ratigan

Amanda Mayer, our fe-

male Athlete of the

Quarter, started somer-

saulting and back flipping

since the age of three.

In addition to gymnas-

tics, Amanda also enjoys

playing soccer.

Since the time Amanda’s

mother enrolled her in

her first gymnastics

class, she has always en-

joyed the sport.

Colin finished the swim meet in

just over twenty minutes.

Colin did not let that dissuade

him from excelling in his sport.

He used that experience to

motivate himself to work hard-

er the next time.

Colin continues to work on

swimming faster and more

smoothly to perfect his long-

distance swims. He practices

five days a week for about an

hour to two hours at a time.

His commitment to his swim-

ming career has helped him to

become one of the best swim-

mers. One day we may be

watching Colin swim on national

TV!

P C S P O RT S C O R N E R

Insurgent Movie Review

By Sarah King

Insurgent is the second in the Divergent series. The

main characters Tris and Tobias are running for

their lives from the government because they are

both divergents, or individuals who do not fit neatly

into one category of humans created by the govern-

ment.

Tris eventually turns herself in to protect her friends

from being murdered by the government. Once the

government gets a hold of her, they put her through

simulations hoping she would be able to open a

special box from the past. This box contains a mes-

sage from the creators of their colony and the secret

to the success and survival of their colony.

The special effects in the movie were a little unim-

pressive this time around. However, the fighting

scenes were entertaining and action packed.

I gave this movie only one star because the movie

was extremely boring and slow moving. It became

very predictable. The actors’ display of emotions

and actions did not excite me either. Although I

enjoyed the first movie, Divergent, I felt the second

movie in the series, Insurgent, was a bit of a let

down. My recommendation would be to pass on

this movie.

Avengers: Age of Ultron Movie Review

By Elizabeth Wolf Avengers: Age of Ultron is the second movie in

the Avengers series. However, the Avengers is

also part of a larger series of movies from Mar-

vel that include Captain America, Iron Man,

Guardians of the Galaxy, and others. This movie

brings together characters from all the differ-

ent Marvel movies in a single film.

Tony Stark creates an artificial intelligence ro-

bot called Ultron who was designed to help keep

the world safe from aliens. Ultron takes his

mission too seriously and believes that the

world can only be safe by eliminating humanity.

The most interesting element of the mov-

ie are the characters such as Ultron and

Jarvis. They were created as artificial

intelligence programs that take on human

forms, and they fight in cyberspace. Ul-

tron becomes a robot, and Jarvis creates

a new character called Vision.

I gave this movie four stars because it

contained so much action, mystery, and

suspense. I never knew what was going to

happen next. It is also more humorous

and suspenseful than the previous

Avengers movie. You will definitely want

to see this movie!

Making ‘The Cut’

Photo by Paxton Kianka Photo by Paxton Kianka

Gymnast Amanda Mayer Swimmer Colin Lewis

A Swimmer’s Dream By Macy Stephenson

Sixth grader Colin Lewis, our

male Athlete of the Quarter,

recently had the opportunity to

attend a swim camp for the

Olympics. Crazy, right? Well,

maybe not if you are Colin.

Colin began swimming at the

age of six and looked for op-

portunities to push his swim-

ming abilities in competitions.

His devotion to the sport paid

off, and he soon began to win

ribbons and medals. He was

very excited when he won

sixth, fourth, and second place

in competitions which included

eighty to one hundred competi-

tors!

One of Colin’s most challenging

times during his swimming ca-

reer was when he tried to com-

plete a free mile in under twen-

ty minutes. Unfortunately,

Amanda loves competing

on the balance beam and

constantly strives to get

even better and stronger.

During Amanda’s most re-

cent competition, she

placed first on the uneven

bars.

Amanda’s favorite mo-

ment as a gymnast was

the first time she made a

perfect standing back-

ward tuck. Her most

challenging time occurred

when she broke her foot

while performing on the

uneven bars. Because of

that, she missed a signifi-

cant part of the season.

Amanda did not let that

slow her down for long.

She continues to practice

at least six hours each

week.

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1st Place—Photo by Kriti Hubli (7th grader) 3rd Place—Photo by Jacqueline Pres-

ton (7th grader)

2nd Place—Photo by Logan Speckhard (7th grader)

‘SPRING ’ P HOTOGRAPHY CONTEST W INNERS !

By Amanda Hauer

The Paper Cut Staff would like to thank all of you who contributed to this year’s edition of our newspaper and to all our faithful readers. Please be sure to join us again in the fall for more exciting photos, school events, and of course, the ever-popular ‘Adventures of Detectives Adrienne and Mitzi.’ Have a wonderful summer!

Sincerely,

The Paper Cut Staff

Meow, I love

Field Day!

Me too.

Let’s go get

a popsicle!

Look! The Ice

Queen is stealing

all the popsicles!

Hey, come

back with our

popsicles!

The Ice Queen begins to fire

icicles at the children.

She’s getting

away!

Quick! Get her

with the Fire

Beam!

ZAP! NOOO!!!

She’s

melting!

Wow! It worked.

There’s nothing left

of her but a couple

drips of water.

Luckily the popsicles

survived. Free popsi-

cle for everyone!

Yay!

THE END!

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‘Alice in Wonderland, Jr.’ Comes to Eagle Ridge . . .