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Spartan Insider

Vol. 2 Issue 1: November 2011

Staff:

Sophie Lynch, editor

Brooklyn Anderson

Kevin Alves

Varsha Arokiadoss

Zachary Boisvert

Ethan Borjeson–Troupe

James Cadotte

Lucais Cannalonga

Dan Costa

Vinicios Cunha

Justina Demetry

Gianna Garille

Kyle Gauthier

Ava Lawyer

Jake Lutton

Evan Maietta

Lexie Maietta

Ashlee Morin

Foram Patel

Jessica Rice

Jacob Robbins

Matthew Robertson

Kayte Rooney

Cassie Snay

Elizabeth Thanthavongsa

Nathaniel Thompson

Grace Turgeon

Katarina Whitney

Connor Young

Q. What were you before

you came here?

A. I was an assistant prin-

cipal at Ashland, Mas-

sachusetts.

Q. What college did you go

to?

A. I went to two: Bridge-

water State and Cam-

bridge College.

Q. How many masters‟ de-

grees do you have?

A. I have one, my M.E.D.

and a B.S. in Health

Physical Education.

Q. What high school did

you go to?

A. I attended Uxbridge

High School.

Q. What‟s your hometown?

A. Uxbridge.

Q. What‟s your favorite ex-

tra activity that you do

outside of school?

A. I like to play golf.

Q. Have you always lived n

Massachusetts?

A. No, actually, I lived in New

York for a year, but I

was born and raised in

Massachusetts.

Q. What can you tell us about

yourself?

A. Well, I am a mom. I have

two girls; one is 22 and

one is 25. One wants to

be a special education

teacher, and one is a

CPA, and they both at-

tended Uxbridge

Schools. I also like

The Three Stooges, I used to

watch them with

my brother, even

though I am 10

years older than

he is.

Special thanks to Mrs.

Maguire!!!!

Mrs. Maguire’s Interview

by Katarina Whitney, Elizabeth Thanthavongsa, and Ashlee Morin

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Caitlin Spencer and Alex

Jones

What do you like most

about 5th

grade?

Caitlin:My teachers

(Mrs.Larsen,Mrs.

Fraine,Mrs.Auciello)

Alex:Phys.Ed.

What’s your favorite unified

arts class? Both:Art

If you weren’t in school,

what would you be doing?

Caitlin:Swimming

Alex:Playing the Wii

If you could be someone in

this school for one day, who

would it be? Caitlin:Mrs.

Maguire Alex:Ms.

Puliafico

What has been your favor-

ite so far this year?

Caitlin:Meeting new

friends Alex:Sitting

with friends at lunch

Student Interview By Zachary Boisvert

Petals

Goes To

The Fair By Grace Turgeon

“Rumble, Rumble!” Petals awoke to Farmer Brown’s truck pulling up to the gate. There was a large, peculiar, wired cage in the bed of the truck. “I wonder what that’s for,” She muttered. Just then the door of the truck swung open and out hopped Farmer Brown. Petals looked at him. He was fancily dressed- for some reason. Before Petals could call after her mother, she realized she was in the arms that belonged to Farmer Brown.

“BAAAAAAAA!” she screeched.

“Its okay Petals, its okay,” he explained as he put her in the cage she had wondered about before. Not a second later, Farmer Brown came back with Petals mother, Bailey.

“BAAAAAAAA!” she screamed again.

“Petals, calm down now,” answered Bailey, as Farmer Brown put Bailey in the cage next to Petals.

“Mama, what’s happening?”

“The Mendon Country Fair.”

“What?”

“It’s a place we go every year. You’re put in a cage where people can look at you and young boys and girls can feed you. Its quite fun.”

“Oh Boy! Will there be other goats there to meet?”

“Goats, horses, cows, and chickens.”

“Oh Boy, Mama! I cannot wait!”

Petals road anxiously the whole way to the fair. When they got there, Farmer Brown unloaded them onto the ground in their cage. Petals felt as if it was hours before the first little

girl came. She was holding a tiny cup full of yummy looking goat food in her hand. She came over and started feeding her. Petals stuffed her face in the food then noticed a light pink ribbon tied in the girl’s hair. It looked very pretty, thought Petals, but you know Petals: always curious. In one quick motion she ripped the bow off the girl’s head.

But instead of crying, the little girl just laughed and said, “You can keep it,” as she tied it around Petals’ neck. Petals gave the little girl a rub against her knee, just before her mother and father took her away to see the cows. A few minutes later the boy came. First he yanked Petals tail, then he kicked the cage where Petals was standing. Then, he tried to pull the pretty pink ribbon off Petals’ neck, but Bailey was not going to let that happen. She ran from the other side of the fence and head butted right into him. He ran away with his mother and father chasing after him. “ You better run!” called Petals as he disappeared into the crowd.

Petals was playing with a young boy when she noticed a white blob across the pathway. The white blob started to move. Then four little legs grew out the bottom. It was a baby goat! “Over here!” called Petals. The goat raised his head and looked at her

“Hi there!” it yelled back.

“What’s your name?“ asked Petals.

“My name is Edison. What’s your name?”

“Petals, and this is my mama,” Petals an-swered looking at Bailey.

“How do you do?” questioned Bailey.

“Fine, thank you,” he answered.

“Lets play!” yelled Petals.

”How we are in fences?“

Petals looked around. Farmer Brown was talk-ing to a tall lady, and Bailey was playing with a little girl. The coast was clear. She sucked in her stomach and squeezed through a square in the fence then she ran over to Edison.

“Won’t your mama get mad?” he asked, a little worried.

“No, I do stuff like this all the time.” It was half true; she was a curious little goat. They ran and frolicked and chomped on the green grass. Then, Petals heard Bailey’s voice.

“Petals! What are you doing? Get over here before Farmer Brown sees!”

“I’d better go. Maybe we will see each other next year?” Petals said while slowly walking over to Bailey.

“Sure! I’m here every year. I’m a show goat,” Edison answered.

“Really? Like the ones that get pretty blue rib-bons? And certificates?”

“Yep! I do all sorts of tricks.”

“Wow! I’ll ask Mama if I can sneak out of my cage and come watch your show next year.” Petals squeezed in her stomach again, and slipped back in with Bailey.

“You know, curiosity killed the cat!” Bailey said smiling.

“What?! Our nice old barn cat is dead?!” Petals said in disbelief.

“No, no, no! It’s an old phrase,” Bailey said chuckling.

Petals decided to lie down for a few minutes and then she would play again. But she fell asleep by accident. She woke up to the loud noise of Farmer Brown’s truck. “Good Bye fair! Good Bye Edison!” Petals called sleepily as they rode away in the truck. “Maybe I’ll train myself to be a show goat, and me and Edison could compete together!” Petals went back to sleep and dreamed of doing jumps and tricks and earning blue ribbons.


The Roots Music Collective

came to visit Whitin Mid-

dle School on September

27th. They were a fantas-

tic band, playing all types

of music from Country to

Rock and Roll. One of the

three men started running

around, doing all sorts of

crazy dance moves, making

everyone crack up. They

could all sing, dance, play

all sorts of instruments, and

knew how to make everyone

laugh. They taught all the

kids about all different

types of instruments and

genres of music. The assem-

bly lasted an hour long full

of giggles, smiles, and won-

derful music. Some of the

kids said that they wanted

to be in a band like the

Roots Music Collective when

Roots Music Collective Visit by Grace Turgeon

they grow up. Almost all the

kids agreed that they were a

great band to be listening to

and hope they come back next

year. We all wish this band

good luck and happy playing!

Cross Country by Jake Lutton and Kyle Gauthier

On October 4th Uxbridge

had their second race and

the first race ever for the

fifth graders. We asked Ms.

Hill how it feels to coach

Cross Country and she re-

plied “ I love it, it really is

fun to see young kids spring

into young athletes.” We

asked one of the runners,

Joey Dubois, how it feels to

cross the finish line? He re-

plied by saying it was a big

accomplishment. We asked

two cross country runners,

Karni Murray and Abby

Cohen, “Do you ever want to

quit in a race?„‟ They both

replied, “We get tired but

we always try to finish!‟‟


Hello and happy new school

year! Last year, I reviewed

video games, but this year,

in addition, I will review

the latest video game

events. To start off the

year, I will review the

most successful video

game event (Seattle

Washington) of the year:

PAX PRIME! We will not

talk about PAX PRIME in

general; we will talk about

HALO FEST! This was the

first year of HALO FEST

in PAX. It was a 4 day

event with millions of fans

passing by. Some of the

highlights that were there

was the WORKABLE wart-

hog; a life size master

chief; a demo of Halo 4;

and the remarkable Halo

Combat Evolved Anniver-

sary. The Halo CE Anniver-

sary is created in celebra-

tion of the ten year Anni-

versary of Halo. It has

the same game play, new

sounds, and a feature

where you can switch be-

tween the old and new

graphics. Halo 4 holds the

4th installment to the mas-

ter chief saga. Halo is

the most successful

video game series in his-

tory (right next to Call of

Duty). Thank you for

taking the time to read

this, and I will see you

next time (or on Halo).

Goodbye.

Halo Fest by Jacob Robbins

Chapter One: In my Room By Lexie Maietta

“Princess Marana, what

is the matter?” my

favorite lady-in-waiting

Lady Sarana asked me.

Oh, how rude of me not

to introduce myself! I

am Princess Marana

Ecolana , daughter of

the great King Michael

Ecolan of Laitildana.

Now, my reply to Lady

Sarana‟s question was

my usual answer, ”Oh

nothing ,nothing at all."

She said something

other than her

“Alright.”Instead she

said, "I can see all your

worries, Princess. ” I

yelled" THAN WHY DO

YOU ASK ME!!!!?” Deep

down, I was sorry, but I

was too mad to care.” We

both know that you want

to beocall yeo siocalla,

vent your frustrations,”

she half-whispered, half-

spoke. I sighed, "You‟re

right,” .I then tenocaal tia ciena meana siocalla,

proceeded to tell her my

frustrations from my

Ciona minusa, D– in

matuissus, math,( my

least favorite subject) to

Cratiuss calling me a min-

koa attius, which is some-

thing really, REALLY bad.

I also told her about my

crush on Mattius, who is in

my sciencia , science (my

best subject) class. I

pretty much poured my

heart out to her.

To be continued…

If you have any ideas for THE FUTURE CHAPTERS,

please put them in the newspaper submissions box in the cafeteria.

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November

Sweet Treat

Blueberry Crumb Muffins

Hello, boys and girls, welcome back to the Whitin Middle School. The newspaper is up

and running again, and we are ready to go back to the old routine. I know for a fact that

everyone is always tired at the end of the day, but if you have one of these delicious

muffins you would be re-energized for the rest of the day. By Lucais Cannalonga

Ingredients

1. 1 1/2 Cups all-purpose Flour

2. 3/4 Cup White Sugar

3. 1/2 Tsp Salt

4. 2 Tsp Baking Powder

5. 1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil

6. 1 Egg

7. 1/3 Cup Milk

8. 1 Cup Harvey’s Organic Fresh Blue-

berries

9. 1/2 Cup White Sugar

10. 1/4 Cup Butter, cubed

11. 1 1/2 Tsp ground Cinnamon

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line muffin pans with muffin liners. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour,

3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder. Place vegetable oil into 1 cup measuring cup; add the

egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix with flour. Fold blueberries. Fill muffin cups to the top

and sprinkle crumb topping mixture. Crumb Topping Mixture: mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3

cup flour, 1/4 cup butter and 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Mix with fork and sprinkle over muffins be-

fore baking. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in preheated over, or until done.


Reviews of the month

Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure by Kevin Alves

Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure takes your favorite SSA toys into the game so you can play as that character. Many years ago there was only one portal master left, Eon and his Sky-landers. For many years KAOS has been wanting him gone so he can take over. One day he tried to kill the last Skylanders, they were winning at first, but then he had won! He de-stroyed the core, the last hope, and the explosion was so massive it killed master Eon, and sent the Skylanders into our world as toys! The only way we can get them back to their world is by using the portal of power. Send them back to their world! Decide their fate, win, or lose. I’d give the game a 10, and it’s a great Christmas present for any kid 7-12.

Book Review

The chronicles of vladimir tod by Vinicios Cunha The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod is a story about a half vampire and half human. Vlad’s parents died in a house fire when they overslept, and now he lives with his aunt Nelly. His uncle Otis visits him once a while and teaches how to become a stronger and more powerful vampire. He is becoming stronger and stronger every-day . I recommend this book to everybody. It is a romance, action, comedy, and fi-nally, it’s amazing. I hope you like books This one gets my full recommendation.

Real Steel by Kevin Alves

A movie that will always have you wanting more. Each scene will always feel like it is very short, when really

the movie was quite long, but time well spent. From robot boxing to saving lives, the movie just keeps getting

better and better! Once you start seeing the first part you will get you hooked so you never want to miss a

second of the epic movie that it has come to be in the end. If there was going to be a movie about rock em’ sock

em’ robots, then I’m glad it was this one! On a scale of 1-10 I would give it a 9.8 this movie is a must see!


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New England States Word Search

Can you spot this Community of Caring

word????????

There will be a different word each month!

The winner will get a fabulous prize

The words will be in a place that everyone passes by at some point dur-

ing the day!

To enter the contest, you must go to Ms. Roche by Monday November

21, 2011, and turn in your guess (see below).

Example. In the Library and the word is Trust.

If you are correct...

We will pick the winner at the following newspaper meeting and then we

will announce the winner on the intercom

during that week.

You can only guess one time each month.

We will start off easy then each month

will get harder and harder.

By Kayte Rooney and Elizabeth

Thanthavongsa

Name:

Homeroom:

Where is it?

What is the word?


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