Volume 1, Issue 1 December 2015

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1 Volume 1, Issue 1 December 2015 John Poole Middle School, Poolesville, MD JPMS PAWPRINT Mrs. Yesnick Reading with the Fishes By: Luke Lightcap and Aidan Auel The columns in the Media Center look amazing! The Pawprint asked Mr. Gemmell the following: Do you want to join Newspaper Club but can t make it to the meetings? No problem! Just write articles, stories poems, comics and the like and submit them to the Hand-In folder Period 1 Lightcap or see Mrs. Lightcap for details! Inside this issue: Reading with the Fishes 1-2 Timberwolves 3 How did this project happen? Mrs. Yesnick applied for an Environmental Grant with The Chesapeake Bay Trust. This trust is an organization that is funded by Save The Bay License Plates. Once we received it, we considered doing something outside. Mr. Gemmell thought it would be more permanent if we did an art project inside the school building. He was thinking about the hallways but Ms. McIntyre suggested the columns in the Media Center. How did the student painters come up with the design for their columns? What was the process of getting art work on the columns? The students researched animals that lived in the bay. Each group selected one large animal, a seascape, vegetation and smaller species. After students researched information, they laid out on banner paper, how they wanted the drawings on the columns. Cont. Page 2 Check-Mate and Candy DIY Do You want To Build a Snowman? NFL S Einstein 8 MVP-Bryce Harper 9 JPMS Basketball Schedule Riddles Comic Clubs Word Search 14

2 JPMS PAWPRINT Continued from Page 1 For some of the large animals, they put banner paper on columns and traced their art work. Most of the drawings, however, were done freehand by the students. Some animals displayed include : sting rays, trout, sea turtles, sea horses, jelly fish and many others. How long did this project take? 7 months of after school sessions Students that participated in this project? Colin Hemingway, Keegan Morrison, Jessica Carey, Alison Ransom, Tess Insalaco, Olivia Burdick, Anna Akdag, Julia Pavlick, Aidan Auel Page 2 Thank you Mr. Gemmell, Ms. McIntyre, Mrs. Yesnick and JPMS artists for making the media center beautiful!

3 JPMS PAWPRINT Fun Facts about Timberwolves By Michelle Lu Timberwolves (or gray wolves) may sacrifice themselves to save their family They demonstrate close relationships and strong bonds Wolves are the largest members of the dog family When a wolf finds a mate, they usually stay together for life A pack consists of the female alpha wolf and the male alpha wolf, who stay together for life. Other wolves in their pack are their offspring. If a wolf is kicked out from the pack or just chooses to leave, he/she is called a lone wolf who barely interacts with others Wolves nearly disappeared from the lower 48 states due to beliefs discriminating against them in the 1900 s When wolves meet humans, they run away out of fear that the humans will attack them Wolves are naturally afraid of the unfamiliar They run on their toes Wolf puppies have blue eyes, which turn into a yellowamber or green color when they grow up Page 3

4 Volume 1, Issue 1 December 2015 Did you see the chess boards in the media center? Now they re open for play. You can use them whenever you visit the media center. If you aren t the best at playing chess or you ve never played, there are Coming Soon! JPMS will have a chess club. Listen to the morning announcements for more information! Page 4

5 Christmas DIY Candy Cane Volume 1, Issue 1 What you need: By Michelle Lu A pipe cleaner (any color, it will be covered with beads but preferably green) Red and white beads, unless you want a different-colored candy cane Take a pipe cleaner, and stick the end through the bead Wrap the tip on the pipe cleaner around the bead Take another bead, and slide it through the pipe cleaner until it touches the first bead Continue sliding beads through the pipe cleaner, making the pattern you want (i.e. red white red white) When you reach the other end of the pipe cleaner, wrap that end around the last bead Curve the pipe cleaner into a candy cane shape And you re done! You can hang the candy cane on Christmas trees, even though they might not look like the real ones Page 5

6 JPMS PAWPRINT Do You Want To Build a By Jacob Chu Do you want to build a snowman? OMG I can t even, I <3 this song and movie! This is what some of you guys would probably sound like right now. The other half of you guys are most like this, AHHHHHHHHHH! NOT AGAIN, PLEASE SPARE MY POOR MIND FROM THIS TORTUROUS SONG AND THAT AWFUL MOVIE!! Now to stop your panicking, this article is fortunately (my opinion) not about Disney s 2013 animation of talking snowmen and magical ice powers, Frozen. Page 6 IT S CHRISTMAS TIME!! As everyone knows, the only important thing about Christmas is wait for itpresents (usually, well for me)!! This statement may be true for some people, but a lot of people forget an important factor to Christmas, making a snowman. Today, I ll be telling you how to make a proper snowman, but be warned this will not be an Olaf I REPEAT THIS WILL NOT TURN YOUR MASTERPIECE INTO A DANCING SNOWMAN THAT TALKS! GOT IT?!? Ok now for the instructions for the best snowman you have ever seen.

7 Volume 1, Issue 1 1. Find suitable snow to use. The snow can t be dry or it won t stick together. Try to find snow that is slightly moist and not completely watery. If you can t find any snow like that, just get some water and sprinkle a patch of snow. 2. Take a clump of that snow and try to shape it into a ball or sphere (the ball should be a bit smaller than a basketball). 3. Take that ball and place it in an area where there is a large layer of snow (like your backyard/front lawn). Start rolling the snowball in the snow and you should notice the ball getting larger and larger. Stop when it is about 2.5 feet tall. 5. Stack the snowballs from largest to smallest DECORATION Popular things used as decorations on snowmen are coals for eyes, a scarf, a hat, a carrot nose, and stick arms. While these are original and easy items to use, there are a world of other objects you can easily use to make your snowman cooler than the other snowman. For example, one idea I have seen was putting printed faces of celebrities on your snowman s face! 4. Repeat the first 4 steps 2 more times. Each time you repeat a process, you should make a snowball be smaller than the first one. EX: Bottom Piece-2.5 feet, Middle Section-1.5 feet, Head-1 foot Page 7

8 AMERICAN FOOTBALL By William Ennis I had the privilege to have an interview with Graham Richter. For those of you who don t know, Graham is the great great grandson of Hugh L. Ray. Hugh Ray was the main person that made the NFL football more safe and fun to watch basically the Einstein of the NFL for 14 years. During the interview I learned that there was a book written for Hugh L. Ray. It turns out that the book was written by a family member because they wanted The Hall of Fame to give him credit for making football better around 1938 to And to be honest with you all it did get a lot better because of how it saved people by making it safer. It also made football more playable because he changed the design of the football, which allowed more passing in the game. Thanks Graham, for your family contribution to American football! Graham Richter, (left), Will Ennis (right) Page 8

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11 By: Antoinette Hovor Volume 1, Issue 1 The first 5 people to come to the media center with an answer to a riddle will receive a small treat! Mary s father has 5 daughters Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughters name? What has a foot but no legs? What comes down but never goes up? Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks? What has 4 eyes but can t see? Page 11

12 By: Michelle Lu Famous Quotes: You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. Wayne Gretzky Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Page 12

13 HIGHLIGHTED CLUB OF THE MONTH Clubs to join: Get Involved!!!!!! Spa Day *Maker Taker Club Lego Club *Game Day Music Club *Voice and Vocals Leo Club Rocketry Club Cards and Crafts *Ukulele Club *Tennis Club Book Club Jeopardy Bowl Dance Club *Chess Club Newspaper Club *Sewing Club Homework Club HERO Club Drama Club *Kickball * Coming Soon Page 13