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chr[ ]nicle mount baker middle school, auburn, washington january 2015 volume V, issue 3
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Dear Bulldogs,
Time has flown by since we first started school on Sept. 3, and now finishing the semester on Jan. 23. Many have received new schedules, changed their style, and are hanging out with new-found friends. As
many are worrying about what they are going to wear to the dance, the staff on The Canine Chronicle has been busy at work, trying to make this January edition absolute perfection. We don’t have the time
to daydream about who is going to ask us to the dance or worry what homework we have tonight. We are working 24/7 to create the best news article possible, so we are can take to the WJEA 2015
Spring Conference, located at the Puyallup High School this year. Even though this is the edition that Mount Baker shares with the state, it still might not be perfect. But what is? Everyone has different
flaws, just like the population here at our own school, and our job is to tell that story. Everything and everyone are so diverse in their own way that makes them unique.
Many students are scrambling around, trying to correct their work and turn in missing assignments
to save low grades at semester end. Guys are trying to figure out who to ask to the Valentine’s Day dance and how to ask the girl. Everyone here at Mount Baker Middle School is very different in their
own way. And in this January edition, we are celebrating the diversity that occurs all throughout our school. We
are like a group of snow flakes, every single one of them is different in their own way. There are none of the same. Every person
likes different things, acts different ways so we are all
different. Let’s make the end of this
semester the best it can
possibly be, make it a great rest of the year Baker!
Sincerely,
The Canine ChronicleThe Canine Chronicle
STAFFSTAFF
Editors Shewit Alemayehu
Symone Bolden
Skylar Erickson
Dylan Grenz
Kira Kopcho
Reporters Hunter Allemand
Tyler Braun
Noah Elwell
Trinity Forristall
Francisco Gonzalez-Ramirez
Trevor Little
Brianna Lloyd
Reis MacNeill
Reporters
Sharon Manivanh
Arturo Martinez-Reyes
Odom Meas
Jennifer Ortiz
Connor Pennycook
Yuliana Romo-Perez
Zech Walker
Lanae Wohlmacher
Technical Support Jay Kemp
Adviser
Peter Warring
mission: The MBMS Journalism 8 class produced this limited-voice
newspaper with intent to ethically report events accurately, without bias. As a public forum for students, all decisions made on content are made under the guidance of the adviser, with intent to uphold students’ First Amendment rights. The opinions presented in articles are provided to represent the views and perspectives of students and individuals in our diverse student popu-lation, not necessarily the whole of the adviser, faculty, and administra-tors. Any material that would cause a disruption to the educational process like libel, invasion of privacy, or copyright infringement will not be pub-lished. The Canine Chronicle is produced using Microsoft Publisher. Photographs not taken by students have been utilized through a Creative Commons and Microsoft license. School portraits are licensed though Dorian Photogra-phy.
inside this issue: MBMS Naming Traditions 4
Career Fair 6
Valentine’s Dance Approaches 8
‘Hobbit’ Review 10
TCC Culture Poll 11
Teachers Use Slang 12
Streaming Romantic Comedies 14
Second Season Sports 16
Wrestling Preview 17
Girls Soccer Preview 18
Girls Basketball Preview 19
What Grinds My Gears 20
Locker Lottery 21
Guess Who 22
January Horoscope 23
MT. BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL
620 37TH STREET SE
AUBURN, WASHINGTON 98002
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FRONT COVER PHOTO: This month, the origin of students’ names
provides our main feature, questioning how our diverse population received their names. Also, the TCC examined how well teachers
use contemporary teenager slang. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY K.
KOPCHO
BACK COVER PHOTO: Talking about segregation, Martin Luther
King’s “I have a dream speech”, played a big part in our society today. Students and staff members expressed their thoughts
about diversity. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY B.LLOYD & D.GRENZ
The Canine Chronicle staff sports their promotional mustaches from our Nov. edition.
Many new journalists will join the staff second semester to continue telling the story of MBMS. PHOTO BY P. WARRING
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Dylan Grenz & Brianna Lloyd
During this time of year, people tend to
think of the ideas of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.
In his famous “I Have a Dream”
speech, King spoke of equality for all
people.
Besides his speech King helped found
the Southern Christian Leadership Con-
ference, which led the struggle against
segregation. King also won the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1964 for his role in racial
inequality through nonviolence.
Before his assassination in 1968 he
greatly influenced the civil rights move-
ment, and his words inspired many.
Many students have diverse thoughts on
Dr. King’s influence.
“I think of discrimination and how he
fought against it,” seventh grader Jus-
tice Smith said.
Many agree that King was a powerful
man, and his words are a guide as to
how to live a life of equality.
This led us to asking the question: Do
we live out what MLK spoke of at Mt.
Baker? Do we include others no matter
what the situation?
Some may say we don’t do enough, but
compared to many other parts of the
world, we do a great job in including
everyone. Even on our school website
there is a statement made at the bottom
of the page which says the Auburn
School District does not illegally dis-
criminate. Still, people have varying
opinions.
“I think just like everywhere else in
America things are in a good spot, but it
can get better,” Principal Brown stated.
Sixth grader Gunnar Tang had a differ-
ent view on the question.
“Yeah, I think we [avoid discrimina-
tion],” Tang stated. “We do it every day
when we include others that are di-
verse.”
Tang spoke of the word diverse—a
word that we hear a lot, and yet people
have a wide range of ideas as to what it
means.
“Diversity is all people being treated
equal and not seeing differences in
others,” eighth grader Divinity Williams
said.
One student thought of diversity as
simply being different, while another
thought of it as having respect.
The Merriam Webster online dictionary
definition of diversity is “the quality or
state of having many different forms,
types, ideas, etc.” So the most accurate
definition of diversity deals with differ-
ences in general.
“One of the things I brag about is how
diverse our school is,” Brown said.
Brown agreed that the school has be-
come even more diverse since he
arrived at the school.
At our school, we stress the
importance of equality, but in
other areas of the world, as
well as in our own coun-
try, there are still racial
issues. A recent exam-
ple that made news
headlines was the Fer-
guson Verdict.
The solution to these
issues is simple
- be kind
to everyone. Not just at school, but
wherever you are, just like Martin Luther
King. It will change the way others look
at you, and it may change the way you
feel about yourself.
Many here at Mt. Baker (above) treat others as equals and with respect. Until MLK
began his fight for equality, this wasn’t always the case. PHOTO BY D. GRENZ
Martin Luther King, Jr. hoped the words of his famous speech would foster equality
all around the world. PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONALSERVICE.GOV
Kira Kopcho
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What is the meaning of your name? Yuliana Romo-Perez
“My dad named me, and it comes
from my dad and his college
friends. They were both named
Chris.”
KRISTINA DOUCETTE
eighth grade
“My mom thought of it, and my
dad’s name starts with Mika.”
MIKALA ZINN
seventh grade
“My parents were first going to
call me Xavier. My uncle sug-
gested Brandon, and it comes
from my great grandpa.”
BRANDON BUI
sixth grade
“It’s my husband’s name, and I’m not sure of
it’s origin.”
MRS. HUBBELL
language arts teacher
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Diversity is something that flour-ishes here at Mt. Baker.
With our mass amount of stu-dents, everyone has a unique story
to tell. Some of the best stories lie right
in front of us, and we never get to hear them, and they come in the
question: What is your name? Your first impression of a person
often depends on what their name is. When we hear the names of people
we aren’t on the best terms with,
sometimes we’re not as friendly to
anyone with that name.
While many can be quick to
judge people on their name,
if we slowed down for a
second and asked ques-
tions, maybe we could better grasp who a person is before turning up
our noses.
What better way to hear the un-
known stories than from your
peers. “My real
name came from Laos
where my par-ents were
born.” Eighth grader, Cody
Bounma stated on the origin of his name. “I don’t really know what it
means because my parents never
told me.”
Families are tied together by the names they are given. Sometimes
people are named after their par-ents or grandparents. But naming
traditions don’t stop with first names, they apply to middle names
too. “The middle names gets passed
down in my family,” eighth grader, Kamsi Onyema explained about her
naming traditions. “For first names, we don’t have any naming traditions,
but your whole name has to speak
something about God.”
“My real name came
from Laos where my
parents were born.”
—CODY BOUNMA eighth grade
Everyone’s name has a different meaning, especially ones that come
from cultures with different lan-guages. Although these stories are
unique, sometimes we never get to hear them because they are lost in
translation. Even your name could have a dual
meaning that you don’t know of. The history of names is not only about
where your name comes from but what it means also plays a part as
well.
“My name is Amharic, and it’s from
Ethiopia,” sev-enth grader
Melaku Akal-wold told of
the history of his name. “[In
English] it translates to
angel.” Names are something that are
inborn in a person. Even though you can legally change your name, most
of the time the name a person has is
the name they keep forever. Since a
first impres-sion is so im-
portant in situations like
job interviews, a name could
potentially change some-
one’s life. “I would not change [my name]
because I think I was given my name for a reason,” seventh grader Katie-
Faith Markham spoke about the fate
of names. “Fate is just one of those
things you shouldn’t change.” The term ‘you only live once,’ really
applies to names. In the podcast ‘Freakanomics’ they did a study
about how much your name really affects your life.
The sociologist behind the experi-ment, Dalton Conley, had two kids, E
and Yo. It’s not all about the name you have, he discovered, but where
that name comes from affects you too. In the words of Conley’s daugh-
ter E, “You can never really know
because you can’t live another life.”
We’re being watched. Not all the time, but since the installation of the the names Agape, Dior, And Huxley are a lot less common than the names
Tom, Hannah, and Jacob. According to BabyCentre.co.uk in 2014, four of the most used names
used were Emma, Sophia, Jackson and Liam. They predict that Jackson
and Sophia will stay in the top five names in 2015. “The name I’ve heard the most is Jack,” eighth grader Marleni Alam
said. People find inspiration for names all around them. They can be inspired
by their religion, or the way their ancestors named their children. Huff-
ingtonpost.com found out that there are even babies who were named after plants. The name “Kale,” which derived from names such as Juniper
and Clementine, was in 827th place in 2013.
“I think it’s strange [that people name their children after plants],” eighth grader Sabrina Eller said.
BabyCentre.co.uk also predicted that more people will want to name
their children after fictional characters. Names such as “Katniss” from The Hunger Games, “Hazel” from The Fault in Our Stars and “Tyrion” from
The Game of Thrones will surely rise in fame in 2015. The name “Piper” already rose to a top 100 spot in 2014, the result of the show Orange is the New Black.
People look up to celebrities for lots of different ideas, one of them including baby names. The name Eric rose by 314 percent in 2014 after
Simon Cowell chose it for his firstborn. An increasing number of parents have been naming their babies after
heroes that they look up to. Some examples include musician Thelonious
Monk, athlete LeBron James, and even actor Ben Affleck. However, names aren’t just for show; they can influence the choices an
individual makes in their lifetime.
Taking two of the top names in 2014 for instance, the name Sophia makes one more imaginative and stubborn, while the name Jackson
makes one easily offended and nature loving.
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Jennifer Ortiz
“My name is Amharic,
and it’s from Ethiopia.”
—MELAKU AKALWOLD
seventh grade
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The annual Auburn School District Career Fair took place on Wednesday,
Jan. 14, helping give eighth graders an
idea of their future career. The marvelous event occurred like
any normal class that has transitions, but with 15 minutes in each class. Baker
had many different people speak to our
eighth graders about their careers. Each class was based on a different
career each, such as public safety,
Boeing, banking, and even some high school activities.
According to eighth grader Helen
Han, the fair wasn’t that great but she thinks it still affected some students.
“It wasn’t that fun, but I think it helped some students,” Han stated. “It
didn’t have a lot of jobs that I was in-
terested in, but I still got the chance to
think about careers that I have never thought about before.”
However, Jorge Malacon, another
eighth grader enjoyed the event. “I think people liked having the opportu-
nity to see different careers,” Malacon said.
With quotes like “A career is more
meaningful than a job”, our students here at Baker got amazing advice from
different people with different careers.
“Honestly, [the Career Conference] affected me too and helped picked out
what I want to be in the future”, Mala-
con said as he supports the confer-ence’s idea to alter our perspective in
becoming something big in the future. “I saw many different job opportuni-
ties,” Han said. She also believed that
people were mildly affected by the
event. There were many career options to
look at. There was the public safety
class with fire fighter Dean McAuley from the Valley Regional Fire Depart-
ment. Showing his passion and impor-tance of his job, McAuley showed how
safety truly is the number one priority
as a fire fighter. Students had many diverse classes of
disparate jobs.
“I had public safety, Boeing, high school activities, post secondary, and
banking,” Han said.
“I got the fire department, Boeing and GIS mapping”, Malacon stated.
“My favorite class was Boeing,” Han stated.
With Boeing being one of the largest
industries it was also one of the most
favored classes. “My favorite was Boeing, because I
think it is something can apply myself
to,” Malacon said. “My least favorite was the fire fighter because I don’t see
myself doing that.” The Boeing presentation emphasized
the company was looking for people
with leadership skills. “I didn’t like the banking one,” Han
said.
One presenter shared a quote from Indian film actor Randeep Hooda, con-
necting his words with the need for
career planning. “Knowledge is power. You can’t begin
a career, for that matter even a rela-tionship, unless you know everything
there is to know about it,” Hooda said.
As with the JROTC booth in the commons, the sixth annual Career Fair provided many activities for students to see their future
options in high school and beyond. This took place on Wednesday, Jan. 14. PHOTO BY S. MANIVANH
Francisco Gonzalez-Ramirez & Sharon Manivanh
This year we have lost two staff members that have been at Mt. Baker throughout the years.
Mrs. King helped open this school and this year has sadly retired.
Mrs. Steffy has been a long-time staff member working as the office registrar and now has
moved onto Washington Elementary.
“They did a good job and knew what to do, and I trusted them to get their job done,” Principal
Brown stated. Many staff expressed that Steffy and King will
definitely be missed at our school. While King was here she had some fun tricks in the office with
her fellow staff member.
In the November 2013 edition, she told a story how she had put a movie cut out in the main office
bathroom. “It scared so many people. I could sit at my desk
and hear screams from the bathroom. I never laughed so hard,” King had stated.
Taking Mrs. King’s place will be Mrs. Lindell.
Mrs. Peterson, originally from Auburn-Riverside High School, will be replacing Mrs. Steffy’s spot in
the office. Brown believed that the new staff members will
enjoy working in the office. “Mt. Baker rocks and all the people in the office
are fun and it is a good working environment,”
Brown said.
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Changes Impact MBMS Lanae Wohlmacher
Long-time ASB secretary Mrs. King and registrar Mrs.
Steffy expressed what they would miss most about
MBMS. King retired after 20 years at the school and
Steffy took the office manager position at Washington
Elementary in Auburn. PHOTO BY H. ALLEMAND & N.
ELWELL
A new semester has nearly just begun and love is already in the air. This can only mean one
thing… the annual Valentine’s Day Dance is just around the corner on Feb. 13.
Whether you love it or hate it, it has been a
tradition for nearly five years at Mount Baker Middle School. The girls dress up in their beautiful
dresses, while the guys suit up in their nicest clothing. This year’s theme will be Manhattan: City of Dreams.
The Valentine’s Day dance has been around for many years, letting the seventh and eighth grade
population of the school attend and hang out with
their friends or loved ones. But one issue that has been a controversial
topic; letting the sixth graders attend the annual dance. Many eighth graders are against the idea
because of their lack of experience in the field of
“love”. “[I don’t think sixth graders should be allowed to
attend the Valentine’s Day Dance], because
they’re still very young, and they haven’t matured yet.” eighth grader Helen Han said.
Mr. Char, the choir teacher here at the school, felt like the dance was a good way to help raise
money.
“…Mr. Carter makes the dance possible because we would only make half the money [if we had to
hire a DJ]”, Mr. Char said. Math teacher Mr. Carter has been the Valen-
tine’s Day dance DJ for many years.
Many girls and boys have been attending the dance for a very long time, since it first occurred
five years ago at this school. Even though many
people have many different point of views on the dance, many agreed it is a good opportunity to
raise money for our school. “I’ll be going, because I want to have a full mid-
dle school experience”, eighth grader Lexi Allen
said . Do you want to have the full middle school ex-
perience?
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Skylar Erickson & Shewit Alemayehu
do the robot while a slow dance song is playing.
wrap your arm around his neck too tight!
look like zombies!
step on the girl’s foot!
ALL PHOTOS BY S. ALEMAYEHU & S. ERICKON
The most popular theory about Valentine's Day
origin is that Emperor Claudius II didn't want
Roman men to marry during wartime. Bishop
Valentine went against his wishes and performed
secret weddings. For this, Valentine was jailed
and executed. While in jail, he wrote a note to the
jailor's daughter signing it "from your Valentine.”
In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially de-
clared Feb. 14 the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
In Finland where Valentine’s Day is called
Ystävänpäivä, which translates into “Friend’s
day.” It's more about remembering your best
friends than your loved ones.
Cupid is a well-known symbol of Valentine's Day.
In Roman mythology, Cupid is the son of Venus,
the goddess of love and beauty.
Richard Cadbury produced the first box of
chocolates for Valentine's Day in the late 1800s.
Facts courtesy of List25.com
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Reis MacNeill & Zech Walker
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Peter Jackson directed the Hobbit trilogy, and the last one just came out last month.
Nearly 11 million North Americans went to see it. Also, the average gross for the Hobbit was
$236.52 million and people are still seeing it today. It’s one of the best movies of the year, multiple
awards and averages a star rating of eight out of ten.
In this last movie of the Hobbit trilogy Bilbo Bag-
gins, a young hobbit going on an unexpected jour-ney, runs into a little situation with the Dwarfs and
Gandalf. They reclaim the mountain, but then the Elves want their jewels and then wage war on the
Dwarfs for them. Then Azog comes and tries to kill all whoever tries to stop him.
According to Rotten Tomatoes critics, Michael Smith from Tulsa World stated, “The Hobbit Battle of the Five Armies feels more like a film made for
those with a deep, vested interest about arguing about what was left out of the book, or what was
added in and shouldn’t have been”.
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS
Thorin, having reclaimed his homeland enrages Smaug the dragon, goes to Lake Town unleashing
his fiery wrath on the people that cannot defend
themselves. Bard, the arrow man, works his way to the tower with the black arrow and luckily hit
Smaug in his weak spot making him fall to his death.
Colette Bancroft of Tampa Bay Times stated, “The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies was too far, tedi-
ous and overlong and short on most of the ele-ments that made the first two movies work”.
At the end there is a huge battle between Orcs, Elves, Men and Dwarfs like the Lord of the Rings
movies but instead of focusing on the battle only, it focuses on the story of each character in the
movie like Thorin trying to overcome his “sickness”. It also shows how the Elves want their
diamond jewels but the dwarfs are afraid that if
they let them in they will try to take the gold.
In the end of the film, Thorin realizes what the Arkenstone is doing to him and finally overcomes
his sickness, helping his kin and trying to end this battle by finding and killing Azog. When they get up
the mountain Fili and Kili realize it’s a trap and get kill
before they can get out, leaving Thorin Oaken shield to face Azog the Defiler one on one.
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Valentine’s Dance at MBMS It’s almost February, which means that it’s almost Valentine’s
Day. Lots of things are going to be happening around the world
during this holiday; chocolate boxes are being bought, pink and
red hearts all over the place, but most importantly, the Valen-
tine’s Day Dance. How many of you think you might go to the
dance this year?
Diverse Friends Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for the “I Have a Dream”
speech. Martin Luther King Day is seen as a day to promote
equal rights for all Americans, no matter what their back-
ground is. We have all seen people of different ethnicities
around our school. How many of you have a friend of a differ-
ent race?
Rooting for Other Teams in Playoffs Twelve NFL teams go into the playoffs every year. Only two
make it to the Super Bowl, and one team makes it out of the
Super Bowl with a victory. At our school, we have a wide
range of teams that students here support. Are you support-
ing another team besides the Seahawks in the NFL playoffs?
Middle School Careers A lot of us going into our middle school education have
thought of a career we want to take part in. Some of the
careers can be very extravagant and others can be very
bland. Lots of the careers we want to take part in require a
high school and college education. Do you have an idea of
what career you want to take part in?
Safe Airplanes In the last couple of months, airplanes have been mysteriously
falling from the sky, resulting in lots of deaths and injuries.
America hasn’t been involved in many accidents, only a few
Americans have died or been injured, but there is still danger
that the next fallen airplane might be American. Do you feel
safe riding in airplanes to your next destination?
French Shooting A terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper happened
Jan. 7 in France. Most of the terrorists were captured or
killed. The situation is now under control, but caused immeas-
urable harm. Some people are questioning the amount of
security in America. Do you think this attack is a threat to
America?
The Canine Chronicle
Staff Debates Trevor Little, Arturo Martinez-Reyes, Jennifer Ortiz
What was your favorite movie in 2014? Yuliana Romo-Perez
“My favorite movie of this year was Mock-ingjay: Part 1 , because I have been waiting a while for it to come out, and it was just so awesome and intense.”
HAILEY BLUM
eighth grade
“Transformers, because it has a lot of action, and it had good effects in it.”
ALEXIS ZUNGIA
seventh grade
“The Penguins of Madagascar, because I like the goofy penguins, and I thought it was really funny.”
CAITLIN BENNETT
sixth grade
“Guardians of the Galaxy or Mockingjay: Part 1. Both were extremely interesting, exciting, and exceeded my expectations.”
MRS. KEATON
language arts teacher
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Teachers at Mt. Baker Middle School
took a Quizlet teen slang test to see how
much they knew about what teens of 2015
say instead of proper words.
Most teachers love to give us students
tests but we decided to let the tables turn.
Teachers that took the teen slang test
attempted to achieve a high score but not
all did.
Many t e acher s
achieved an extremely
low score but some
got a very impressive
score, such as Princi-
pal Brown, Mrs. Kea-
ton, and Ms. Utu.
These teachers im-
pressed us with their
knowledge of new-
found teen slang.
Mr. Cowan scored a 79 percent, but
after reviewing his studying resources, he
came in at lunch and for a quiz retake,
eventually scoring a 100 percent.
“[I have heard] some of them.” Mrs.
Thorington said about words on the quiz.
”I knew ‘hashtag’, [but] all the other
words I haven’t heard of.”
Some teachers, like Mrs. Rogers, knew
more of the words on the test.
“I knew ‘TBT’ because of Facebook and
‘hashtag’ because of my brothers on Twit-
ter,” Mrs. Rogers said.
Most teachers had a hard time answer-
ing questions and finishing the test. With
some of the words that are newer slang,
teachers couldn’t answer correctly, espe-
cially the slang words from YouTube vid-
eos or Vines—which include “on fleek,”
“Bye Felicia,” and
“twenty-wun.”
“I had never heard
[’on fleek’] before.”
Mrs. Davis said.
Thorington agreed
about the difficulty of
the test but struggled
with other words.
“The hardest ques-
tion was probably
‘rekt’ and the one about ‘twenty-wun.’”
Thorington said.
Many of the 35 members of the staff that
took the quiz wanted to change the quiz.
“I’m trying to make ‘fetch’ happen.” Kea-
ton said about adding words to the quiz.
Most teachers wanted to delete words
from the quiz.
“[I would delete] ‘on fleek’ because it’s
kind of silly and doesn’t make any sense.”
Rogers said.
A reason why most teachers barely met
standard was because they didn’t think
would do well and didn’t really know the
words on the test.
“Before, I was not confident at all,” Kea-
ton said about taking the quiz. “Once I
started I knew most of it.”
Unlike Keaton, others weren’t as confi-
dent. “I wasn’t confident at all before.”
Thorington also stated.” During the test, I
eliminated the obvious.”
Combinations of words gave teachers a
hard time and the words that seemed a
little too obvious. Teachers always say go
with your first choice, but most of them
second guessed themselves.
“[I missed the word] ‘dead.’ It was an
option [on multiple choice].” Keaton said
about the quiz. “I originally had the right
answer, but I thought it was too obvious.”
Even though the test may have been
extremely hard for the staff, they still
thought the test exciting and different.
“I thought it was fun,” Mrs. Buhr said
about the quiz. “I also learned a lot.”
Although most staff thought it was fun
and some didn’t understand.
“Beforehand I thought it would be fun.”
Rogers said. “After, I was just confused.”
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On fleek: (adj.) when something is nearly perfect; for instance, your eyebrows
Bae: (n.) baby/ before anyone else
Dead: (adj.) when something is incredibly overwhelming
TBH: (int. ) when shutting down someone’s stupid comment on social media
Yaasssss: (int.) agreeing or being excited about something
TBT: (n.) day of the week where you post an old picture of yourself on social
media
Bye Felicia: (int.) an expression when someone says they're leaving but you do
not really care
Ratchet: (adj.) annoying or rude person; low in social status
Hashtag: (n.) the number symbol where you can express your emotions on social
media; SEE ALSO #
Twenty-wun: (adj.) lacking in intelligence
Rekt: (v.) when you get destroyed in competition
Bruh: (n.) similar to "bro" or can be used to express confusion of some-
body's stupid comment
Yeet: (v.) when you psych somebody out
Trill: (adj.) a combination of the words "true" and "real"
Symone Bolden & Tyler Braun
“I knew ‘TBT’ because
of Facebook and
‘hashtag’ because of my
brothers on Twitter.”
—MRS. ROGERS science teacher
PHO
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[ january 2015 * spotlight * 13 ]
“I think quizzes like this are ‘ratchet.’ ‘TBH,’
they’re a waste of time. #annoying.”
MRS. DAVIS
science teacher
“Ashley’s test was totally ‘on fleek.’”
MRS. BUHR
science teacher
“My self-esteem got ‘rekt,’ I feel
‘twenty-wun‘ all over again.”
MR. CARTER
math teacher
Leaderboard
T1. T1. Brown Brown 93%93%
Keaton Keaton 93% 93%
Tyson Tyson 93%93%
T4. T4. Holt Holt 86%86%
Utu Utu 86%86%
T6. T6. Swanson Swanson 79%79%
MacDonald MacDonald 79%79%
Thorington Thorington 79%79%
Walker Walker 79%79%
Hubbell Hubbell 79%79%
Wells Wells 79%79%
Paustian Paustian 79%79%
Marcotte Marcotte 79%79%
*Cowan*Cowan 79%79%
T15. T15. Winter Winter 71%71%
Detwiler Detwiler 71%71%
ArmstrongArmstrong 71%71%
Calkins Calkins 71%71%
Jacobs Jacobs 71%71%
Burkhalter Burkhalter 71%71%
Toy Toy 71%71%
Carnahan Carnahan 71%71%
Davis Davis 71%71%
Decker Decker 71%71%
EricksonErickson 64%64%
Rogers Rogers 64%64%
MillangMillang 64%64%
T28. T28. Lantz Lantz 57%57%
Lubash Lubash 57%57%
Harris Harris 57%57%
Clark Clark 57%57%
T32. T32. Darrah Darrah 50%50%
Vatne Vatne 50%50%
34. 34. Lindell Lindell 43%43%
35.35. Buhr Buhr 21%21%
*Scored 100% on re*Scored 100% on re--taketake
[ 14 * arts & entertainment * volume V, issue 3 ]
Lovestruck: The Musical PG AVAILABLE: Netflix
SYNOPSIS: When an aging
Broadway dancer drinks a
magical elixir that suddenly
turns her young again, she
uses it to her advantage in
stopping her daughter’s
wedding by luring her
daughter’s fiancé. Soon
enough he accidentally
kisses her while intoxi-
cated, a couple of days
before his extravagant
wedding in Italy. With the
guilt weighing him down,
her tries to tell his fiancé,
until her dad steps in and
says deny the whole thing
and never tell her. While
her young mother, now
named Debbie Hayworth, tells her daughter, if he really loves her, then he will
tell her the truth. With these different inputs in the field of love, he doesn’t tell
her, she gets mad, and then the wedding’s off. But of course, ABC Family
movies always confirm a cliché ending, so of course they get married and live
happily ever after.
SO BAD, IT’S GOOD: With the horrible singing and acting, it was actually kind of humorous to watch. Plus, their “dancing” looked
like newly born giraffe trying to walk for the first time. The same
‘step kick, step kick’ move, over and over and over again. But I
have to say that the most awful part of this awful musical, would
of have been the singing. I’m no expert in singing, but I can tell
you that they are actors, NOT singers. It was very nasally and
when they were lip syncing the words, their mouth didn’t even match the actual words of the song.
RATING:
Skylar Erickson, Shewit Alemayehu, Trinity Forristall, Reis MacNeill
While You Were Sleeping PG AVAILABLE: Netflix
SYNOPSIS: While You Were Sleeping is about
how a lonely transit
worker, Lucy Eleanor
Moderatz (Sandra Bul-
lock), saves her longtime
crush, Peter Callaghan
(Peter Gallagher), from
an oncoming train after
being mugged. Peter then
slips into a coma. Lucy
accidently says, “I was
going to marry him.” A
nurse over hears this and
tells Peter’s family that
she is his fiancée. She
doesn’t tell the Cal-
laghan’s the truth, but
things get even weirder
when she finds herself falling for Peter’s sheepish brother, Jack (Bill Pull-
man).
WHY WATCH: You should watch While You Were Sleeping, be-
cause it’s everything a rom-com needs. It’s cheesy, and you can
easily predict what’s going to happen. It’s ridiculously funny, so if you’re alone on Valentine’s Day and need something to laugh
about, then this is the movie for you. Plus, it’s got Sandra Bul-lock, and who doesn’t love her?
RATING:
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Sleepless in Seattle PG AVAILABLE: Netflix
SYNOPSIS: Sleepless in Seattle is a romantic
comedy about an architect
named Sam Baldwin,
played by Tom Hanks. In
this movie, Sam Baldwin’s
wife passes away. Sam
and his eight-year-old son,
Jonah, move to Seattle
from Chicago to try to get
a fresh start. One night,
Jonah calls a late-night
radio talk-show psychia-
trist, because he feels bad
that his dad lost the love
of his life. Later on, Sam
falls in love with a women
who was touched by his
heartfelt story on the
radio.
WHY WATCH: This movie went back and forth between Sam and
Annie for most of the movie, until about the last fifteen minutes, which is when Sam and Annie actually meet. I didn’t really get
into it until the end, where Sam and Annie both rush to New York
to try and meet up at the Empire State Building. At first, they
were unsure about trying to meet up with someone they have
never met before, but it ended up being love at first sight.
RATING:
I Hate Valentine’s Day PG-13 AVAILABLE: Netflix
COURTESY OF AMAZON.COM
SYNOPSIS: Nia Vardalos
directs this movie about a
women named Genevieve,
who loves romance and
goes on dates with guys all
the time. By the fifth date,
she breaks up with them
and it works great. Until
she finds a man named
Greg, a new restaurateur
from across the street,
everything changes, and
she wants more after the
fifth date. She wants Greg.
WHY WATCH: I Hate Valentine’s Day was okay. it The acting was
terrible, so if you like acting that isn’t so great, this is the per-fect movie for you. Sometimes I get really pulled into movies and
interested in them, but this movie was not one of them. I really
wanted it to be over. It was horrific. Why even make this movie?
It rushes through the plot, and the actors aren’t great.
RATING:
[ january 2015 * arts & entertainment * 15 ]
Popular Classic
Romantic Comedies
COURTESY OF AMAZON.COM
Gymnastics Varsity 5-0
League Champs
Eleventh consecutive league
title
Sixth 2-0
Soccer Varsity 6-2, Co-champs
Futures Team 1, 5-2
Team 2, 4-3
Basketball Varsity 8-0, League Champs
Seventh Team 1, 1-6
Team 2, 6-1
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MBMS YEARBOOK
[ january 2015 * sports * 17 ]
The MBMS Wrestling team will be defending the district and league championships this year.
With the Takedown Tournament coming up on Jan.
23 (the TCC January production deadline), they have been training their hardest and showing their most
effort in preparation.
“[I think] Olympic [will be our toughest opponent] because they have big players,” eighth grade wres-
tler Brandon De La Rosa predicted.
Mt. Baker has a few big players of their own. Andrey Grishchenko is the defending district
champion.
“Andrey was the star player of last year; he has to get the credit,” said Coach King.
Grishchenko has a lot of confidence in his team’s
ability. “[Our greatest strength is] everything, and [our
greatest weakness is] nothing,” Grishchenko said.
De la Rosa disagreed. “[We need to work on] being faster,” he said.
Sheer numbers are also a strength for Mt. Baker
because of the enthusiasm for wrestling at our school.
“Good practice partners and just numbers [are
our team’s greatest strengths too],” De la Rosa said. The players and coaches of Mt. Baker take part in
wrestling for a variety of reasons. “[I enjoy coaching wrestling], because it’s hard for
the kids; it’s physical,” said Mr. King, PE teacher and head coach. “There’s sacrifice involved, and I just
like to teach wrestling to the kids.”
“I do wrestling for the fun of it,” De la Rosa said. “[I wrestle] so I can take out my anger on other
people, and it’s fun to hurt people in wrestling,”
Grishchenko said. Wrestling has a complicated system of rules, so it
may be difficult to understand for some.
Each match consists of three periods. The first is three minutes long, while the second and third are
each two minutes long.
Whoever has the most points at the end of all three periods is the winner. If both wrestlers have the
same score then the match goes into overtime—
however many periods are needed until a wrestler is crowned winner. The four main ways to score points
are takedowns, reversals, escapes, and near falls.
“Commitment to the sport, a healthy diet, daily training, offseason training, and commitment in the
classroom,” are all attributes of a good wrestler
according to Mr. King. The team will need to show all of these character-
istics to repeat as champions, according to King.
MBMS Wrestling has won six district or conference championships and seven league championships.
Do you think they can bring home another title?
Noah Elwell & Zech Walker
Three Sports, Three Champs Second Season Sports Update
Dylan Grenz
The second season varsity sports teams fin-
ished their seasons strong, representing our
school well and bringing home even more cham-
pionships.
The boys’ varsity soccer squad finished as co-
champions with Rainer with a record of 6-2,
despite struggling early on.
The offensive MVP was given to Jorge Malacon,
while defensive MVP was given to Arturo Marti-
nez-Reyes.
Adrian Gamboa led the team with 10 goals, and
Trevor Clark led the team with 16 saves.
The boys’ varsity basketball squad finished with
an undefeated 8-0 record, and were the undis-
puted champions.
Donavon Sanders finished with the most points
on the team, and Dan Ramirez was thought by
many teammates as the MVP.
The girls’ varsity gymnastics team also finished
undefeated. While the team was a combination of
girls from North Tapps and Baker, the girls found
a way to work together and bring home another
championship.
Lindsey Picazo and Iliana Onishenko were some
of the most improved gymnasts.
Third quarter sports include boys wrestling,
girls’ basketball and girls’ soccer with their first
games start as early as Jan. 23—unfortunately
after the TCC January production deadline.
PHO
TO B
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. ELW
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[ 18 * sports * volume V, issue 3 ]
The format for girls’ soccer was different this year, they have three varsity teams. Each team is equally
distributed with the same amount of experienced play-
ers—who began competition after the TCC January deadline.
The other schools barely made a varsity team, so Mt.
Baker mixed seventh and eighth grade to make the teams. They each have about 14 athletic players.
Eighth grade soon-to be goalkeeper/forward Rosalie Fish is trying to grow as a person this season.
“I want to improve as a soccer player mentally and
physically,” Fish said. “I want to be a goalie, because I played that position last year, but I want to be a for-
ward because that is what I play in Slammers”.
Fish just wants to play one of her favorite sports. “I want to play midfielder because I do not want to
stay too far or too close to the defenders and for-
wards,” seventh grader Sophia Randall stated, “I also want to be all over the place”. Randall is trying to get
more experience as a player and become closer with
the other athletes in her team.” With the three teams, she will mostly only interact
with one third of the total players. Most seventh and eighth graders said Mercedes
Johnson-Gutierrez would make an excellent team
captain. “[Johnson-Gutierrez] has great skills, and is a team
leader.” Fish said.
“I am experienced playing with her and she is good,” Randall said.
“Mercedes [is our leader], because she gives us
good advice,” eighth grader Lindsey Olguin-Picazo said. “When the coach isn’t there, I lead the warm-ups and
help teach others,” Johnson-Gutierrez described how she leads the team.
She believed her team and all of the teams can grow
together from each other’s mistakes and learn from them with friendship.
Not everybody saw Johnson-Gutierrez as the only
leader. Many saw other great role models for the team.
Seventh grader Paola Borrayo said, “Wendy [Tilander
is a strong team leader]. I’ve always seen her as a leader!”
“I see my friend Aly Judge as leader, because she is
really good, she plays in a select team,” future seventh grade keeper Annika Lang said.
As the season barely starts, the coaches can already see superstars on the field.
“ W i t h my team, it is too early
to pick any one definitive leader but players that are standing this early are [seventh grader] Tabetha Nor-
ris and [eighth grader] Reilly Middlebrooks.”
Most of the team agreed that their hardest opponent will be Rainer Middle School this season, because they
could never beat them last year.
With opponents like Rainer, they are working hard to defeat them and improve their record they had last
year’s record 2-3. With three well-built teams, it will be a hard battle for
first place.
Challenging opponents aren’t the only thing they have to face.
The team has to play against the cold weather and a
not so good training area. These are definitely three strong teams to face, full
of talented athletes.
Watching these girls play will
surely be a
fun time for everyone.
Arturo Martinez-Reyes & Francisco Gonzalez-Ramirez
Eighth grader Reilly Middlebrooks shows
great mid-air ball control. They are practic-ing on one of their few sunny days. Eighth
grader Rosy Fish (far right) shows how to
properly pass a soccer ball, even with a bad
field. PHOTOS BY F. GONZALEZ-RAMIREZ
The varsity girls’ basketball is having a rough start. There were only 13 players at tryouts which made
it harder to form a team, eliminating rostercuts. Eighth grader Kashe Stansberry speculated the
cause of low participation.
“There probably wasn’t that many girls at tryouts because they think they’re not good enough or
they’re afraid to get cut,” Stansberry said. Coach Keaton thought that there were numerous
activities and the girls have a hard decision choosing
what to do. There are many talented athletes on the team, but
Rebecca Spear, one of the athletes, singled out a
teammate. “I think Kashe Stansberry stood out the most dur-
ing tryouts because she plays on a select team out-side of school so she knows what she’s doing,” Spear
said.
On the other hand, Coach Keaton said, “I have to say Ana Casebeer. She has never played basketball
before, but it didn’t stop her from coming to tryouts, working hard, and having fun.”
The team works hard at practice after school from
Monday to Friday, training hard for their upcoming game on Friday, at Olympic, Jan. 23., after our publi-
cation deadline. This season, Coach Keaton is expecting tremen-
dous growth in their skills, as well as their friend-
ship. “While winning is desirable, middle school sports
are more about learning, getting better, and having fun in the process,” Coach Keaton said.
Coach Keaton isn’t sure about winning champion-
ship, but she is sure to see improvement. “I think we’ll do good if we practice hard enough,”
Spear said. Their manager, Jackson Williams thought they
would win “half or more of their games.” Williams also thought the team was great at free
throws, but could work on dribbling. He believed they had a chance of winning championship.
Mr. Brown, the sixth grade social studies teacher
now, was the varsity girls coach last year, but now he is coaching boys at Auburn High School. ,
“My son Jason is there and plays there, and I want to be on his journey. And the Auburn High school
asked for me to coach there and help so I think I’m the perfect person to help,” Coach Brown said.
Coach Brown had won the championship last year with a record of 7-1. He also though Coach Keaton
would do fine.
Brown thought Keaton was the perfect person for the job, because she was still a player and a great
role model for the players.
The seventh grade basketball season is coming up
soon and a lot of students are already excited. Last
year’s team went 4-4, giving a lot of hope for this
year’s coaches and fans. This year has a lot more
players than last year, forming two teams. Team 1 is
coached by Mrs. Burkhalter. While Team 2 is coached
by Ms. Swanson and Mrs. Lindgren.
Having the new coaches brings excitement to all
the players on that team. The coaches are very
excited to see their first game to see how they play.
“I think this year the girls look good; I believe we
will be successful,” coach Burkhalter said. “Our first
game is Jan. 29—Baker 1 plays Baker 2.”
She continued to discuss the makeup of her team.
“There are 20 girls on the team with three quarters
of them playing on a team last year, Burkhalter said,
“The other quarter is their first time, they have
something to look forward too.”
The seventh grade girls needed a coach, and that’s
where Mrs. Lindgren stepped up.
“They needed a coach to have two teams, I had the
time and was able to coach. I love the game of bas-
ketball; I played it in high school,” coach Lindgren
said. “I really enjoy motivating the girls and keeping
them in shape…Along with myself,”
“I enjoy being actively involved at Mt. Baker, and love
to show my pride. I like to build relationships outside
of my classroom.”
Lindgren kidded that she wanted to be in the WNBA
“along with her fabulous players.”
[ january 2015 * sports * 19 ]
Odom Meas & Sharon Manivanh
Seventh Grade Basketball Connor Pennycook
The girls seventh grade basketball runs their plays to be
successful in their upcoming games. All the girls are having fun as they get ready to win their first game.
PHOTO BY S. ALEMAYEHU
Coach Keaton discusses strategy with
the team during practice to prepare for the season. PHOTO BY O. MEAS
[ 20 * mbms barks * volume V, issue 3 ]
What
GRINDS My
GEARS
Dylan Grenz, Kira Kopcho, Noah Elwell, Yuliana Romo-Perez
You know what grinds my gears? When people are
late to things, then disrupt others. How hard is it to leave five minutes earlier to get there on time?
And then the person comes up with some lame
excuse. “Bad traffic” is one of the most common
ones.
With all the technology we have, why can’t you just get on your phone or computer and check the traf-
fic?
Or why not leave earlier in the first place?
The people who bug me even more are the people
who are consistently late. I can be understanding if you are late once, but once it gets to three or four
times, I will have less patience.
But the part that bugs me the absolute most is
when the person is late, but takes their time walking
in or getting ready.
You have already arrived late, and now you are going to hold us up even more? Are you serious?
What you are basically saying is you are more
important than everybody else, so they should wait
for you.
That isn’t going to happen if I am there.
And that’s what
grinds my gears.
-Dylan Grenz
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Disagree? The segment ‘What Grinds My Gears’ is
presented as opinion and does not express the views
of all MBMS students or The Canine Chronicle. If you
would like to express your opinion, write us a letter,
and you may be published in our next edition.
Do you know what
really grinds my gears? That one math problem I
worked so hard on and
then when we correct
it, my happiness drains
away. I forgot to write the negative sign on the answer.
But I wrote “h≥-20” and for the set-builder notation
I wrote “{h|h≥20}.” Just because the negative sign
was not there on the second answer, that doesn’t
mean that I didn’t know it was a negative. I just forgot to write it.
I’m not saying that it’s always a negative sign I fail
to write. Sometimes I get distracted and don’t pay
attention to how I calculate the answer. Then I
realize that in the process, I wrote 16÷2=16 which
makes me feel idiotic. These simple mistakes make me so exacerbated
because I want 100 percent! Even when I check my
work I don’t always catch the error.
I spend from one hour to three hours on my alge-
bra homework and that one problem that I miss ruins it all. Then I quickly redo it on a separate sheet
of paper to feel satisfied.
I know no one is perfect but receiving a score
such as 49/50 really irritates me. And that is what
grinds my gears.
—Yuliana Romo-Perez
You know what grinds my gears? ? ...When people don’t
finish their sentences.
Someone walks up and starts telling me some-
thing or asking me a question, and then they just
stop in the middle of the question and walk away to
start conversing with somebody else.
After that I have two options: I can either assume what they have to tell me is important and stand
around waiting for them to finish, which could take a
while, or I can just walk away and completely ignore
them.
It’s equally infuriating when people trail off at the end of their sentences so I can’t hear what they say.
Then when I ask them to repeat what I said, they
say “never mind” and change the subject. If they
didn’t want to say anything to me, then they should-
n’t have spoken in the first place. This makes me so angry because they’ve gained
my attention, and taken my time. If I don’t even get
to hear what they have to say, then that time’s been
completely wasted.
Finally, the single most important thing that you absolutely need to know about life is...
And that is what
grinds my gears.
-Noah Elwell
Do you know what
truly grinds my gears? I’ll tell you, I get really
aggravated when people
on the internet use
incorrect grammar.
I understand that you’re not going to care
about your grammar
when you’re texting your friends, but when you post
a comment on YouTube, can you at least try to form
coherent sentences? Call me a grammar freak or whatever nickname
you have but please, for my sanity’s sake, don’t spell
“you’re” like “U R.”
Do you know how uneducated that makes you
look? Don’t even get me started on the people who
say, “They should really try to fix there grammar!” I know you’re trying to act smart, but it really isn’t
working for you.
In an age where everyone has spell check, you’d
think that people would fix their simple mistakes
before posting. Unfortunately, that’s not the case because apparently our generation is too lazy to hit
‘F7’ or left click on the squiggly red line.
So next time you want to post a witty tweet on
Twitter or comment on your favorite video, please
make sure to check yourself before you wreck yourself. Precision of language! And that’s what
grinds my gears.
—Kira Kopcho
[ january 2015 * mbms barks * 21 ]
January
Locker
Lottery
Hunter Allemand, Trevor Little, Trinity Forristall
Locker Lottery is one of the most popular arti-
cles in the Canine Chronicle. We search the sixth,
seventh and eighth grade halls and pick two ran-
dom lockers from each hall. For the sixth grad-
ers we selected Khalil Johnson and Nery
Navarro. For the seventh graders we selected
Matthew Mortier and Hope Gilbreath. For the
eighth graders we selected Ian McGregor and
Emily Bautista.
What was your favorite part of break?
K.J.: [I had] fun with family on Christmas day.
N.N.: [I went] to our cousin’s house.
M.M.: My favorite part was staying home and spend-
ing time with family.
H.G.: [I enjoyed] getting to spend time with my family.
I.M.: The presents I got and hanging out with family. E.B.: Sleeping.
In the next semester are you planning on playing
a sport if so what sport?
K.J.: Yes, probably basketball.
N.N.: Basketball.
M.M.: I will probably do track.
H.G.: No.
I.M.: Baseball.
E.B.: Volleyball.
How do you feel about the Valentine’s Day Dance?
K.J.: I feel insulted that sixth grade choir is only
aloud to set up the dance.
N.N.: Good.
M.M.: Maybe a good place to meet new people.
H.G.: I don’t really know. A couple of my friends are
going, but I’m not.
I.M.: It’s a good idea.
E.B.: I don’t know.
What did you think about The Canine Chronicle
last month?
K.J.: It was amazing.
N.N.: It was cool.
M.M.: I thought it was pretty good.
H.G.: It was funny, and they had good
ideas.
I.M.: It was like good.
E.B.: Good.
What elective are
you looking for-
ward to second
semester?
K.J.: Sports lit-
erature.
N.N.: Woodshop thingy.
M.M.: Forensics.
H.G.: Being Mrs. Swanson’s TA..
I.M.: Health.
E.B.: Home Ec.
What is your favorite sub-
ject?
K.J.: Language arts, because it’s always filled with fun and learning.
N.N.: Mrs. Lantz (Language Arts)
M.M.: Computer Apps.
H.G.: Language arts, because it is easy and I like writing.
I.M.: Math or language arts.
E.B.: Math.
What is the hardest class for you?
K.J.: Social studies, [I had] it changed.
N.N.: Social studies.
M.M.: Math.
H.G.: Science, because it is hard to understand.
I.M.: Social studies.
E.B.: Social studies.
What was your favorite movie to watch over
break?
K.J.: Jim Carry in the Christmas Carol. N.N.: Guardians of the Galaxy. M.M.: [The] Grinch. H.G.: Divergent. I.M.: I didn’t watch a movie over break.
E.B.: Elf.
What are you looking forward to in the school
year?
K.J.: [I am] looking to be on break with many friends.
N.N.: Get good grades.
M.M.: Meeting new people.
H.G.: My new electives.
I.M.: To succeed and go to high school.
E.B.: Meeting people and coming to school.
Did you make any new year’s resolutions?
K.J.: Yes [I made] a new year’s resolution by helping
my Kindergarten brother.
N.N.: Yeah.
M.M.: I didn’t make one.
H.G.: Yes, I did. My resolution is to bring up my grade
in science.
I.M.: I don’t have one.
E.B.: Yeah.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONBY H. ALLEMAND VIA PHO.TO
[ 22 * mbms barks * volume V, issue 3 ]
In last month’s edition of The Canine Chronicle we had a Guess Who: Teacher Feature that provided
a picture of a staff member scuba diving, and you had to guess who it was. And now it is time to reveal
who the mystery staff member was.
Seventh grade language arts and leadership teacher Mrs. Durham was born in Rockford, Illinois.
The picture of her diving in the sea was taken at Great Barrier Reef, in Australia.
When Mrs. Durham was younger she took baton
lessons. She was a new born baby photographer, and spent her time working at NutriSystem and
McDonalds. Mrs. Durham shared a crazy story from working at
McDonalds that nearly got her fired.
Durham was a junior in high school working in Vancouver, Washington. It was a hot summer day,
and she was busily working at the front counter taking hungry costumers orders.
“I was looking down at the order pad when this
gentleman started ordering in a very loud voice. I quickly glanced up and let out a high pitch ‘Oh, my
gosh!’” Durham explained. “I immediately recognized the face and voice. I leaned over the counter and
gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.“
Little did she know her manager saw her quick gesture and immediately removed her from the front
counter. He pulled her into his office and scolded her for kissing a costumer.
“I was told never to kiss customers and if this ever
happened again, I would be fired on the spot,” Dur-ham explained.
Durham tried to explain who the costumer was, but
the manager had no time to hear her lousy excuse. “Ned, the special customer, was a very close friend
of the family and had just flown into town from Bos-ton; he wanted to surprise me at work. This special
visitor happened to be a priest,“ Durham explained.
The “special costumer” had once arrived in town again, many years later. But, this time not for a
scrumptious meal. “Keeping with tradition, I gave Ned a kiss on the
cheek when he arrived. This time he was not order-
ing a hamburger, but rather was going to marry my husband and me,” Durham described.
Durham’s crazy McDonald’s story didn’t get her fired from work, but indeed taught her a lesson, to
never again kiss costumers while working.
“I have lots of crazy stories, but [this McDonald’s one] comes to mind,” Durham said.
This month’s staff member has had some exciting
times. She was born in Forks, Washington and hasn’t
lived in any other state, but has traveled to some
adventurous place. She has spent seven months in
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, and the Cook Is-
lands. While she is out of school she likes hanging out
with her grand kids. She also likes gardening, baking,
and bike riding. As she grew up on a farm, she pre-
sented her cow at the state fair. During her college
years, she even did Jell-O Wrestling. How cool is that?
Stay tuned for the next edition to learn who this
amazing teacher is.
Lanae Wohlmacher
In our previous edition of TCC we provided a picture of a staff member and you had to guess who it was. Mrs. Durham’s fun-
filled adventure at Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Durham spent the day scuba diving deep into the sea. COURTESY OF A. DURHAM & PHOTOGRAPHY
Teacher
Feature: Brianna Lloyd
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Aquarius (January 20-February 18)
You will end up with a date this Valentine’s
Day… and your true love will be a pile of video
games that are waiting to be played.
Pisces (February 19-March 20)
Join in the fun on Tumblr and make dumb Valen-
tines for all your internet friends or real life
friends. What better way to creep out or im-
press your friends for life.
Aries (March 21- April 19)
It might be hard to keep your mouth shut when
your best friends spill who their crush is, but
zip your lips.
Taurus (April 20- May 20)
The Valentine’s Day Dance is coming up soon,
but going with your friends should suffice. Who
else would tolerate your weird dance moves?
Gemini (May 21- June 20)
Try to suppress your ridiculous urge to hand
out Valentines like it’s the third grade.
Cancer (June 21- July 22)
You’ll find that a box of chocolate all to yourself
is better than any love interest.
Leo (July 23- August 22)
Dance like nobody’s watching at the dance, but
be careful... Your face doesn’t end up on some-
body’s Instagram.
Virgo (August 23- September 22)
Try not to ruin anyone’s romance for fun, no
matter how appealing it seems.
Libra (September 23- October 22)
You might want to play matchmaker with your
friends, but you’re not cupid, so don’t try it.
Scorpio (October 23- November 21)
Fill your Valentine’s Day with thoughts of your
crush on that fictional character. No judgment.
Sagittarius (November 22- December 21)
Being in the friend zone is totally okay when you
have your friends and a giant stash of sugar.
Capricorn (December 21- January 19)
You will be the selfie lord at the dance. Make
sure to put your best face forward, so you can
rock that Snapchat.
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