The Marlin Planet. First Edition December, Artwork by Alara Seeborg. Community News by Mariam Fatima. The Sharks!!!

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1 The Marlin Planet First Edition December, 2015 Meet the Marlin Planet Staff: Duke Butler sports writer Stephanie Cao photographer Brandon Cessna editorial writer Muneeza Cheema editorial writer Acacia Edmond sports writer Mariam Fatima staff writer Westin Gonzalez photographer Maryam Haidari cartoonist Isabelle Lavoie interviewer Noa Mack artist Irene Mazina cartoonist Sarah Phipps photographer Prince Sarsoza interviewer Alara Seeborg cartoonist Anabella Sloan community news Jack Solari sports writer Artwork by Alara Seeborg Community News by Mariam Fatima Big News Marek s first ever student newspaper started this year! Mrs. Cessna earned a grant for Chromebooks with which students create, edit, and publish the Marlin Planet News. Students had to apply for the newspaper team by filling out an application and providing work samples. The excellent team of students meets every week before school to create their masterpiece. The newspaper is sponsored by Mrs. Cessna and Mrs. Yesland. Creek High School. The school has been allocated 72 acres of land. Stay tuned for the second edition of Marlin Planet in January! Questions or comments can be directed to: kcessna@alvinisd.net dyesland@alvinisd.net The Sharks!!! Hey marlins guess what? The new Shadow Creek High School is opening in August This is the 3rd Alvin ISD high school. The school construction began on March The high school is located at Broadway, Pearland TX Kelly Hestand, an administrator with 23 years of educational experience has been appointed as the principle for the new Shadow Academics The Shadow Creek High School will offer full high school curriculum for students including advanced placement ( AP ) and dual credit classes. Sports The sports offered at SCHS is cross country, volleyball, football, basketball, soccer, power lifting, swimming / water polo, softball, baseball, track, tennis & golf. The Sharks will not be competing until We are so excited that all the current marlins do not have to drive all the way to highway 6 to attend Manvel High School. We will have our own Shadow Creek high school next door, YA-HOO!!!!!

2 Editorial Section article by Muneeza Cheema and Brandon Cessna student interviews by Anabella Sloan Do you prefer water bottles or water pouches in the cafeteria? Water Packets or Water Bottles? As you all know, recess is right before lunch this year, and many kids are dripping with sweat as they come inside, and they would probably like some water at lunch. Last year it was easy to buy a water bottle in the lunch line. However, water bottles have been replaced with water packets. Our opinion on the change It s Awful. It is nearly impossible to open the packets without spilling it on yourself, and if I am being completely honest, I don t even think that the water tastes like it does in normal water bottles. Now for the opinions of marlins around the school: Scarlett Sloan quoted I do not like the water packets and they taste a lot like plastic. It is super hard to open without spilling it on yourself.if I were to choose between water packets and water bottles I would choose water bottles. Mrs Jimenez had the same opinion. She thinks that because the water packets can t be refilled they are not environmentally friendly. Kids also need help opening them, and the packets are played with. As you can see marlins have mixed emotions on the new water packets, but if you are one of the people that dislike them, there is an easy solution. All you have to do is bring a regular water bottle from home. The Alvin ISD school district must agree with this article because as soon as the water packets run out water bottles will return!!!!!

3 Sports News Work hard in silence and let your success make the noise! Kyler Murray s Aggie Debut Football Season! Amazing Win the Titans game Was This The Year? BY: Jack Solari Welcome to another episode of Jack s sports corner. Today we will be talking about the 8-4 Texas A&M Aggies 3-9 South Carolina. First let s start off with the Aggies. In their game the Aggies quarterback Kyler Murray had 20 completions with 28 attempts for 223 yards and one touchdown. The Aggies rushed for 326 yards total and led by quarterback Kyler Murray. Now let s move on to receiving yards. The Aggie receivers combined for a total of 223 yards led by receiver Ricky Seals-Jones who had 88 yards and 6 receptions. Out of all those receivers only one got a touchdown. Now let s move on to the Aggies defense led by shawn Washington who had 10 tackles. The total tackles and sacks for the Aggies are 65 tackles and 5 sacks total, and 2 interceptions. Now it is time for the last part of the BY: Acacia Edmond Hi, My names Acacia Edmond and Today I m at the Titans Junior Football Game. Right now the Titans are in the lead by six in the first quarter. 2nd quarter: In the beginning of the second quarter the Titans now have 12 to 0 Beginning of the second quarter, the score is 12 to 0. Titans run the ball, and the tackle is made! Titans pass the ball, making it a first down. Donte scores the touchdown. Here's the kick off! First down Longhorns. The Longhorns are running the ball and the tackle is made! Titans offense is back on the field. One penalty so far. Titans move the ball making a first down by #13. Fourth down comes and the Titans are out to defense. Second and BY: Duke Butler Hey, what s up its Duke and I'm back with more awesome sports news! Recently The Manvel Mavericks played The Katy Tigers, and about 2 days before the game Katy almost got disqualified from the playoffs because it was announced that Katy had a player that previously played for Katy 7 Lakes and then moved to Katy s football team and was going to play at Katy in the same season! After the UIL had a meeting they did not disqualify katy from the playoffs, so the game was still on! Now Katy has beat Manvel every time they have played them, but I truly thought Manvel had a chance this year.

4 Aggies team which is punting and kicking. The Aggies kicker went 5-5 for extra points. The Aggie punter had 5 punts for 212 yards. That is all for the Aggies. Now let's move on to South Carolina. Let's start of with Carolina's quarterback Perry Orth had 15 complitions with 24 attempts and 192 yards and 2 interceptions and 1 rushing touchdown. Carolina rushed for a total of 253 yards and led by Brandon Wilds. Carolina rushed for a total of 4 touchdowns. Now let s move on to receiving. The Carolina receivers combined for a total of 192 yards and led by Hayden Hurst. Now let s move on to Carolina s defense. Their defense had 69 tackles,1 sack,and 0 interceptions led by Skai Moore. Now we will move on to Carolinas kicking and punting. The Carolina kicker Elliott Fry made 4 extra points for 4 points. Their punter Sean Kelly punted 6 times for 234 yards. From looking at the stats you can tell the Aggies won and they did. the Aggies won ten for Longhorns when Blane Brown, Titans defense, makes the tackle. On the defensive line for Titans, Christian Jones makes the tackle on third down. It is the Titans' ball, first and ten. Titans throw the ball and it's incomplete at the half. Score remains 12 to 0. 3rd Quarter: Brian Nelson (#21) intercepts the ball leading a pick six, leaving the score 18 to 0. 4th Quarter: The Titans have the ball. They run the ball, but get tackled. Titans are looking forward to their first down. They run the ball., but now it's third down. They are beginning to lose steam. BZZZZZZ! It's the end of the game and the Titans have won the Playoffs 18 to 0! Shows the symbol in the light but it s unseen in the dark.

5 Gitty Daneshvari Author s Visit e The League of Unexceptional Children Is Gitty Daneshvari s newest book series. The book is about plain ordinary kids who are always forgotten. Are recruited to become spies. And save the world. But we won t spoil the rest go check it out now at our library. The League of Unexceptional Children Gitty Daneshvari with her new book! School of Fear School of Fear is one of Gitty Daneshvari s book series on how these kids are scared of everything so their parents send them to the school of fear. And as they go on this journey they start to overcome their fears. It is a 3 book series and we do have it in the library. Article by Annabella Sloan and Isabelle Lavoie Gitty Daneshvari was born in L.A. and now live in Madrid, Spain and married to an Spaniard. She has a dog and a cat. A bulldog and an overweight cat named Turbo. She loved writing when she was little and her dream was just to be rich. And she does not illustrate her own books. She was always in her sister s shadow. She was not good at anything she got rejected by the choir. And she was really bad at music and gym. But that does not bring her spirits down if it is she wouldn t be here. Photographs by Stephanie Cao, Westin Gonzales, and Sarah Phipps The League of Unexceptional Children Thank you to Mrs. Phipps for inviting authors to speak at our school!

6 What s Happening at Marek? Fall Festival 2015: Photographs by Westin Gonzales Open House: photographs by Westin Gonzales

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8 THE FUNNY PAGE Comics by Alara Seeborg and Irene Mazina