mount baker middle school, auburn, washington march 2015 volume V, issue 4

[t h e canine ]

Dear Bulldogs,

The new semester has already begun and the days are getting longer. Even though the end is

near, we still have a long way to go. Here at The Canine Chronicle, we have a fresh new crop of staff eager to publish. But we can’t

set them free to write just yet. They are still learning the process that makes our paper run as smoothly as it does. For our March edition, you’ll get a chance to see the faces that lie behind the

byline. It’s not about us though. Our goal is to tell your story not ours.

We have three more editions left to tell the story of this school and we haven’t lost that spark yet. So as we continue to teach our traditions to the new staff, we still have to produce something for you. You are the readers that keep us motivated to publish, and give us the determination to put

forth each new paper. This year is long from being over, but time flies when you’re having fun. So as the students get

ready for all the tests and start looking forward to the future, we want to keep the public informed about the issues going on around Mt. Baker.

News isn’t all fun and games unfortunately. We want to talk about the topics that are hot, what gets people talking. So in this edition you can expect great things from our staff again.

There is no better time than now to get people talking about things. The Chronicle is built on tradition and determination, so we have to carry the torch for the people

who came before us. We want to continue to

achieve greatness for you readers and for everyone.

Make it a great day bulldogs!

Sincerely,

The Canine Chronicle

EDITORS

Editors Shewit Alemayehu

Symone Bolden

Skylar Erickson

Dylan Grenz

Kira Kopcho

Adviser

Peter Warring

Reporters Hunter Allemand

Katelyn Andersen

Cami Baker

ZaReah Barren

Jenn Bell

Elijah Blyden

Tyler Braun

Siarah Brown

Chucky Chang

Reporters

Hailey Cruz

Ty Emmons

Erandy Flores

Korben Hart

Camden Heilborn

Mercedes Johnson

Kayna Kliewer

Trevor Little

Brianna Lloyd

Reporters Sharon Manivanh

Arturo Martinez-Reyes

Dylan Molina

Jennifer Ortiz

Yuliana Romo-Perez

Isaiah Shin

Technical Support Jay Kemp

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 Photog-raphy.

inside this issue: Too Much Testing? 4

Recycling, Canned Food Drive 6

The Duff Review 8

Female Hero Essay Winner 9

TCC Culture Poll 10

Guess Who? 12

Locker Lottery 13

SPOTLIGHT: Left-Handers 14

Select vs. MS Sports 16

Third Season Sports Wrap-up 18

Wrestling 19

Girls Soccer 20

Girls Basketball 21

TCC Staff 6-Word Biographies 22

Puzzles 27

[ 2 * table of contents * volume V, issue 4 ]

FRONT COVER PHOTO: With school violence dominating head-

lines, many lawmakers have proposed that teachers should carry guns to protect students. Others think it may cause an

uncomfortable, dangerous environment for learning. PHOTO

ILLUSTRATION BY P. WARRING

BACK COVER PHOTO: Excessive testing has interrupted stu-

dent’s education. The SBA is a common test that everyone has to take eventually. What does “SBA” stand for? PHOTO ILLUS-

TRATION BY S. BOLDEN & S. ERICKSON

[ march 2015 * opinion * 3 ]

With eighteen states already allowing teachers to carry

guns in schools, students may wonder if their teachers

should carry guns as well.

Teachers should carry guns in school because it can

prevent school shootings while bettering the safety of

students.

While it’s easy to think guns are dangerous but when you look at the benefits guns

can actually prevent school shootings by stopping the person causing the issue. Most

student are actually fine with Mt .Baker teachers carrying guns and think it would be

a good idea.

Sixth grader Carson Pearl expressed,” I would be fine with [teachers carrying

guns]”

Also if staff were chosen to be able to hold guns at school they would be trained

and the guns would be locked up somewhere and hidden from students.

There are many concerns from students and staff on the topic.

People like Abigail Juth, who wasn’t certain on teachers having guns, would change

her decision based on whether or not the staff was trained to properly handle a gun.

For example, eighth grader Abigail Juth believes, “Kids could get ahold of it and

shoot someone [if the gun is not locked up]”.

Having teachers and staff carrying guns could only insure the safety at schools. With

the recent school shootings happening in Washington taking precautions would keep

more students safe because the staff would be trained to handle a gun in the school

zone.

Most teachers do not know how to properly use a gun.

Pearl stated,” [I would change my decision if they weren’t trained] because they

could accidently shoot the students. “

With the country in the process of getting more states to have their schools carry-

ing guns it could only help the students be safe at school. Seventh grader Arianna

Stephens says that, “If they were trained it would make me feel safer.”

With school shootings being very common in the news,

some states have taken into consideration of arming their

employees.

Teachers carrying guns brings fear into the schools

environment.

Guns can end up in the wrong hands, and injuring someone innocent.

“No, [Teachers should not carry guns], it’s a bad influence on students,” sixth grad-

er Quamari Townsel describes.

Carrying guns would have a bad outcome, in the hands of teachers not properly

trained and equipped.

“[It could] get in the wrong hands, and most people aren’t trained,” Mrs. Walker

believes. “No, [I wouldn’t feel safe] I’m not properly trained,”

Many students would not feel safe in school, while teachers have a loaded weapon

on them. Many are worried that the weapon could easily go off, injuring someone not

meant to be wounded.

“The gun could go off and kill a student,” seventh grader Timothy Rambo states.

If the weapon was locked up, it may not be ready to use at all times, and if the gun

was not locked up then a student could easily grab it, which is bad news.

“Students and delinquents might get a hold of the gun,” Rambo worries.

Many teachers would no longer work at MBMS if they were required to wear a gun

at all times, but Walker has a different point of view.

“Yes, [I would still work here]. I would learn how to use it,” Walker describes.

Worries about the gun going off when not needed is a big concern for most stu-

dents, and would make students feel unsafe when the walk through the front doors of

MBMS.

“[My concern is], shooting somebody,” Townsel clarifies.

Teachers should not carry guns in school, even though it could save you from a life

or death situation.

“I’m not safe when there’s guns around me,” Rambo describes.

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[ 4 * news & features * volume V, issue 4 ]

Every year, a time rolls

around when students are in frenzy, despite being prepared.

Testing season is back again,

but unfortunately it seems like

the tests we take are far from

being over.

Since the inception of stand-

ards-based grading, everything

has been changing. This year the district implemented a new

test called the “SBA” (Smarter Balance Assessment), which is

supposed to replace the for-

mer MSP and WASL tests.

Sometimes it seems like all

we do is take tests, but the question is, how much is too

much?

“My feeling on standardized

testing is that there

is too much of it.” Mrs. Car-stens, a language arts teacher

gave her opinion on standard-

ized tests. “Just for my class,

it’s 26 class periods of testing,

and that does not include the seven days of testing for SBA.”

The SBA test is not the only

test that affects students and

teachers. In Common Core,

there are standards that we

have to test on, so that equals

more tests for students.

Students are also pulled out of class for specialized tests

like the NAEP or CogAT test, and that takes valuable learn-

ing time away.

With all the tests we have, acronyms and names can get ridiculous to keep track of.

T.M.S.T in this cartoon stands for Too Much Standardized Testing, because it some-

times seems like all we do is test. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY K. KOPCHO

Eighth grader Wesley Lippard created a petition against the SBA out of his frustra-

tion about the test. It currently has about 80 student signatures, as well as a few

teacher signatures. PHOTO BY K. KOPCHO

“...There is too much [testing]. Just for my

class, it’s 26 class periods of testing, and

that does not include the seven days of

testing for SBA.”

—MRS. CARSTENS

language arts teacher

“I’m not a big fan of

[standardized testing], but I’m not against all of it,” eighth

grader Wesley Lippard input his

thoughts on the tests students

take. “I think if teachers who

actually know the students

wrote [the tests] they would be

able to make a better test.”

The amount of testing varies from class to class due to what

standards each subject has to test on. Teachers write tests

for their students, yet they still

have to give tests by the state.

If teachers wrote the tests that

the state gives, they could bet-ter control how their students

learn and what they are as-sessed on.

“I don’t have access to know-

ing what’s on [the tests].” Car-

stens spoke about the unpre-dictable factors of testing.

“Often they are written by someone who has never taught

students.”

Even though there is a lot of

tests, the standards are con-

stantly changing. It seems as if every year there is a new

standard to test on, and a new test to take.

The factor of the unknown

plays a big part in the game of

testing. “[Tests] are just going to

keep changing in Washington State.” seventh grader, Drew

Bates, inferred about the SBA

and standardized tests. “I ex-

pect it’s just going to keep get-

ting harder.” What we don’t know shouldn’t

be able to hurt us, but the frus-tration of not knowing what is

on the test seems to be a hot

topic among students and

teachers alike. The SBA is a

brand new test, which making student scores unpredictable,

thus causing many of questions

to go unanswered. It is a strug-

gle to prepare for the unknown

for teachers and students.

“They predict a lot of stu-

dents will fail this test.” Lippard

responded about the SBA. “They expect us to pass and

that’s not very fair.” The problem of testing is that

teachers aren’t really getting

to teach anymore. The learning

we get comes from preparing

for tests, not what our teach-ers want to teach.

To end in the words of Mrs. Carstens, “Teach. I want more

time for self-selected learn-

ing.”

[ march 2015 * news & features * 5 ]

1. SBA (Smarter Balance Assessment)

2. MAPS (Measurement of Academic Progress)

3. NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress)

4. CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test)

5. Orleans-Hanna (Algebra Prognosis Test)

6. ReadiStep (PSAT/NMSQT SAT Primer Test)

7. EOC (End of Course Exam for High School level classes)

8. CBAs (Classroom Based Assessments)

9. MSP (Biology and Science—No SBA yet)

10. Performance Tasks/ District Writing Assessments

“[Tests] are just going to keep changing in

Washington State. I expect it’s just going to keep

getting harder.”

—DREW BATES

seventh grade

[ 6 * news & features * volume V, issue 4 ]

With the new opportunities for change happening at Baker, kids are

able to make the easy switch. Builders Club has brought on the

challenge to recycle our discarded

waste instead of sending it all to the garbage. Along with this, kids are also

donating food to the Auburn Food Drive.

Cascade produces 29 tons of gar-

bage each year, 79 pounds per stu-dent.

Olympic produces 39 tons of gar-

bage each year, 111 pounds per student. Mt. Baker at the top of the list, pro-

duces 109 tons of garbage each year,

228 pounds per student! “[We started recycling] because the

district’s on a mission to make Auburn a green district,” eighth grade social

studies teacher Mrs. Carnahan said.

The district is going around to each school encouraging students to spread

the word. “I think [our new recycling program]

has been going pretty good. I think that

some people are trying to learn about what goes where and what’s recycla-

ble.” Mrs. Leverenz said when asked

her opinion on the change. Kids are definitely trying to get used

to what goes where, like where do

used napkins and bottle caps go. Mrs. Leverenz thinks kids are used to

recycling, especially the sixth graders, since they’ve recycled through ele-

mentary.

Sixth grader Kelli Allen recycles all the time and did not find the change

very difficult. “I don’t think it’s weird now, recy-

cling is kind of the norm now,” Princi-

pal Brown said. Along with recycling MBMS has also

been trying to fill bins up with food.

“I’m very happy, especially when last year we barely filled of one of those

tubs.” Brown said when asked how he

thought the food drive went. Brown thought it went better be-

cause students were challenged to do things.

Allen also thought that the incentives

affected the amount of food brought in.

“I want to win! It’s crazy Olympic wins every year and they fill up like 6

[tubs], and they have 300 kids less

than us,” Brown said. Towards the end, Brown hoped to

bring on the challenge of composting.

“So to start small like we did was huge,” Brown concluded.

Shewit Alemayehu

Students and teachers are getting excited to help with the food drive and new recycling program. We have many people donating food and helping out with the sepa-

ration of the garbage and the recycling which has saved our school $400, in which MBMS can do whatever they want with it. PHOTO BY S. ALEMAYEHU

[ march 2015 * news & features * 7 ]

The Little Mermaid Jr. play is com-ing soon to theatres near you. The

cast has been working on the play since the second week of January,

so they’re very excited for you to come and see them perform.

“I’m really excited [about the play],” said eighth grader Kristina

Doucette, who plays Ariel in the Pa-cific cast.

The stage adaptation also has different scenes and lines than the

movie, which makes it more unique

and will be more interesting to watch.

“My favorite scene is scene 20 ‘The Beach’ because… it’s a good father-

daughter moment,” said eighth grad-er Sabrina Eller, an extra in the play.

The play is actually not as easy to produce as it seems. There’s lots of

preparations to do and costumes to make. There’s also lots of money that

has been spent, so coming to the night show will really help the cast

out. “That’s how we pay for the show…

I’ve spent more money on this show

than I have in the last two plays put together,” said Mr. Char, the play

director. The field trips are going to be on

two different days one on April 1 and one on April 2. The school will be

split into two, so everyone will only get to go once. The play will be held

at Auburn Riverside High School, so we’ll get to go on a field trip as an

incentive day. “Yes, we’ll need permission slips,”

Mr. Char said.

There has been rumor about a kiss scene in the play.

"You're going to have to come to the show and find out," Mr. Char

said . "The play is going to be amazing,

it's going to be colorful and it's going to be fun and it's going to put a smile

on everyone's face, so please come and see our show,” Mr. Char said.

Jennifer Ortiz

King Triton (Josh Hales, eighth grade), Ariel (Kristina Doucette, eighth grade), Flounder (Sophia

Shunk, sixth grade), Sebastian (Bryce Bezates, sixth grade) practice one of the play’s scenes. The cast practices in The Commons every day from 2-4pm. PHOTO BY T. LITTLE

[ 8 * arts & entertainment * volume V, issue 4 ]

SYNOPSIS: Bianca Piper, a quirky high schooler has

everything together, she has great friends and does

well in school.

But when her childhood ‘friend’ Wesley Rush explains

that she is recognized by the school as her friends

DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend), her world comes to

a crashing halt.

While reluctantly wanting help from Wesley to become

popular and get to the love of her life, Toby, she will do

whatever it takes, even if that means becoming some-

one who she really isn’t. While on this journey, she finds

the confidence to overthrow the schools ruthless label

maker Madison.

IT’S DOWNFALL: This movie was actually very funny in

some places, but sometimes I think that they tried too

hard to try to make a joke come across. It also felt as if

they knew that their lines almost too well, and they

were kind of anticipating them.

The film also felt very repetitive in the fact of being

funny, it felt as if you knew when they were going to

make a joke. And the jokes were very cliché and kind of

old, and they used the same ones over and over.

I also believe that the cast caused some of the down-

fall that occurred in the movie. Many of them just

looked scared and awkward in front of the camera,

making the acting look cheesy. The ending was very

predictable. Bianca realizes that she doesn’t love Toby

and falls in love with Wesley, when he’s dating Madison,

but in the end, they fall in love.

IT’S UPFALL: There were a few times that that actually

made me laugh hard. They were so simple and unheard

of, that they actually surprised me in the fact of being

funny. Its only when they tried to hard is when it didn’t

come across funny. It gave some depth to a flat movie.

CONCLUSION: In

the end, there were many more flaws than things I

actually liked. I would give this movie a two out of five

rating, and I would not want to see it again. The acting

was crummy and it had such a cliché ending.

Sometimes it made me laugh, but then it took me a

very long time to get pulled back into the movie. Other-

wise, this movie was NOT worth the wait.

Should there be more female leads in major movies?

Symone Bolden

“ It’s a good job for them, [ be-

cause] not many females get to be

the leads.“

JORDAN RUIZ sixth grade

“I don’t think it matters, because in

the movie Cinderella, if a guy got

the part it would ruin the movie.”

ANTHONY ROSARIO seventh grade

“[These movies] promote girl

power [and] how we are capable

of achieving anything boys can

achieve.”

JENNIFER VIRGEN eighth grade

“We need to have strong female

heroes as great role models in

movies .“

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[ march 2015 * arts & entertainment * 9 ]

Hollywood movie producers need to

make more films with female protago-

nists, because they do not only show

that women are strong too, but that

stereotypes can be broken.

These types of movies also make a

great amount of money.

First off, in the video clip How Movies Teach Manhood from Ted Talks, while

talking about The Wizard of Oz, Collin

Stokes mentions, “…all of the most hero-

ic and wise and even villainous charac-

ters are female”(2012).

Not only males can play the more

dominant or strong or heroic role, but

females as well.

In The Wizard of Oz, Glinda, the good

witch, is seen as a hero, where the lion,

who is male, is seen as a very

strong and dominant animal

(stereotypical), is sensitive, as

well as easily frightened.

Females are often seen as

weak or unheroic.

Imagine setting your child up

to want to achieve something

they’ll never be able to be-

come. Little girls wanting to

be helpless princesses, and

hopeful mermaids, while

boys are taught

that they

need to be strong and have muscles, as

well as intelligence is what these films

with male protagonists are teaching our

future generations.

Mental strength, as well as physical,

should be predominant in both genders.

Another example would be in the movie

Mulan, about a Chinese girl dressing up

as a man to fight for her family’s honor.

The Emperor of China says to Mulan,

“I’ve heard a great deal about you, Fa

Mulan. You stole your fathers armor, ran

away from home, impersonated a sol-

dier, deceived your commanding officer,

dishonored the Chinese Army, destroyed

my palace, and… you

have saved us

all” (1998).

Stereotypes can

be broken be-

cause Mulan

h a s d o n e

e v e r y t h i n g

wrong that

she possibly could have done in her

society.

She could have died for the crimes she

committed. She didn’t become a bride.

She brought dishonor to her family, yet

she saved all of China. Mulan spared

everyone’s lives, and if she hadn’t com-

mitted those crimes, the Hun Army

would have taken over and created

chaos.

Lastly, in newspaper article in The New York Times, the Editorial Board wrote

about female heroes.

“The two most popular movies in

America have something in common:

they feature female protagonists. Jen-

nifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen.

‘The Hunger Games; Catching Fire,’ which

took in S410.1 million over the long

Thanksgiving weekend,” the article stat-

ed. “Kristen Bell is the voice of Princess

Anna in ‘Frozen,’ which grossed $93

million over the same period.”

Movies with female protagonists do

extremely well in the box office, and rake

in a lot of money.

The movie Divergent, which is the first

book in the series, grossed about $250

million worldwide.

The Hunger Games, which is yet an-

other part of a book series, grossed

about $152.5 million worldwide.

From the users of IMDb.com The Hun-ger Games has a 7.3 star rating out of

10, while Divergent has about 6.8. Both

of these movies have female protago-

nists.

Even though the muscles and sweat

and heroism are seen in males, women

can represent the same, and do very

well in theaters.

So are you going to let your children

get their hopes up on becoming Sofia the

First, or The Incredible Hulk?

Or are you going to show them that

both genders can be powerful?

Cali Manweiler, guest reporter

Eighth grader Cali Manweiler won a

persuasive writing challenge in her

language arts class. Students were

prompted to write about something in

Hollywood movies they would change. COURTESY OF DISNEY FILMS VIA PROMOTIONAL LICENSE

[ 10 * pop culture * volume V, issue 4 ]

Skylar Erickson

Aries: March 21 - April 19

Beware of flowers; they make you sneeze. Pansies in particular.

Taurus: April 20 - May 20

Don’t laugh in inappropriate situations; it may come back and bite you in the butt.

Gemini: May 21 - June 20 Don’t rub a lamp you find at a garage sale; it

may hold a tiny man.

Cancer: June 21 - July 22

Don’t eat cheese; it makes you gassy.

Leo: July 23 - August 22 If you don’t have eyebrows, Mona Lisa may be

your distant relative from Italy.

Virgo: August 23 - September 22

If you see ghosts, don’t worry; it’s just your shadow.

Libra: September 23 - October 22 No yodeling, because you might attract the

wrong kind of crowd.

Scorpio: October 23 - November 21

Don’t get lost in the desert; scorpions are everywhere down there.

Sagittarius: November 22 - December 21

If you sag your pants, you won’t be able to

outrun Bigfoot.

Capricorn: December 22 - January 19 The straw on Capri Suns stab you in the

tongue.

Aquarius: January 20 - February 18

Fish are friends not food. But don’t eat fish, you’ll regret it.

Pisces: February 19 - March 20 Leprechauns will be your enemy; stay away

from them. They may be small, but their vi-

cious.

Dress Sparks Student Commotion A simple picture started a war to rule the internet—blue and black or white and gold. Many

people argued over which color was right, and whose opinion is better. “The Dress” not only

plagued websites, but also caused quite the uproar at school. Classes were diverted just to

have discussions about what color it could possibly be. Do you think “The Dress” debate was

worth all the hype?

Insurgent Movie Entices Fans From the premiere of the first movie, book lovers have been in a frenzy. Veronica Roth’s

series has enticed readers everywhere and the movies don’t let people down. With the trailer

for Insurgent out and the film debut on March 20, the excitement is rising among the fans.

Are you excited for the second movie?

Taking a Stand against Terrorism Lately, a terrorist group named ISIS in the Middle East has been showing up on the news

around the world. They’ve been taking out many people, especially journalists, through public

execution. The US hasn’t been making a point to stop this group, and they’re getting much

worse, taking out more and more people by the day. Do you think President Obama should do

more to stop this group?

Unfair Sports Rules Many sports don’t include the opposite gender, which many seem unfair. Though some girls

may be able to play many of the male sports, males cannot play female sports, such as vol-

leyball. Do you think students should be able to play any sport, no matter the gender?

Standardized Testing At many schools in Auburn, there has been LOTS of testing. Many students have had to been

pulled out of classes during the day to go and take the tests that the school district is provid-

ing. Multiple teachers think this testing isn’t needed. Do you think the school district needs to

test students this much?

Food Drive Incentives The food drive has recently ended and we have won our prize. At lunch, we had the oppor-

tunity to use our cell phones. This seems like a great incentive, but cell phones sometimes

cause issues when they fall into the wrong hands. Do you think that the cell phone incentive is

reasonable for students?

Kira Kopcho & Trevor Little

[ march 2015 * mbms barks * 11 ]

Tyler Braun, Arturo Martinez-Reyes, Yuliana Romo-Perez

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 random lockers from each hall. For the sixth

graders, we selected Ahmed Hanno and Hallie

Keel. For the seventh graders, we selected Syd-

nee Chinn and Brycen Jenkins. For the eighth

graders, we selected Helen Han and Angelina

Belyavskiy.

How many left handed people do you know? A.H.: Both of my sisters and my friend Nick.

H.K.: Two.

S.C.: Three. B.J.: I don’t pay attention to that, but I know a lot of

people. H.H.: Two.

What should the theme be for the next pep as-

sembly? A.H.: Sports. Lots of people like sports.

H.K.: Having more of the crowd involved in the activi-ties.

S.C.: I voted for twin day.

B.J.: Seahawks stuff. H.H.: Sports.

A.B.: Sports.

Who is your favorite character from a book,

movie, or TV show?

A.H.: Percy Jackson.

H.K.: There’s a book about a dancer called Misty Cop-land, and she would be my favorite character.

S.C.: I like Winnie the Pooh B.J.: Spongebob or Will Ferrell.

H.H.: Lucy Hale.

What are your thoughts on the excessive testing?

A.H.: It’s not really excessive.

H.K.: I think it makes the kids really stressed and it’s making a lot of my friends stressed about it.

S.C.: I think it’s unnecessary.

B.J.: I hate it, but it’s nice we don’t have a lot of homework.

H.H.: I don’t think it should exist. A.B.: I don’t like it because the MSP is better SBA.

Should the sport lacrosse be added to MBMS? A.H.: No.

H.K.: I think for kids that enjoy it, they would like it but

I’m not really into that kind of sports, so I don’t think it would matter.

S.C.: No, because it will ruin the fields even more.

B.J.: I don’t know, some people might like it. H.H.: Yes.

A.B.: Yes.

Do you think teachers should carry guns?

A.H.: No, because they might not know how to use them.

H.K.: I don’t think so, because it would freak out kids a

lot and I don’t think they would trust the teachers. S.C.: No, because we already have cameras.

B.J.: Nope, because if one of the kids got a hold of it

or if some person that came here got ahold of it, then things could get bad.

H.H.: No, what if they shoot a student they don’t like. A.B.: It’s a bad idea, because kids could take it away.

What movie do you look forward to in the sum-

mer? A.H.: Mockingjay Pt. 2

H.K.: I don’t really watch TV that much, and I don’t know what’s coming out.

S.C.: Frozen 2.

B.J.: Probably Mockingjay Pt. 2. H.H.: Pitch Perfect 2. A.B.: Minions.

What do you think about the amount of the trash

in MBMS?

A.H.: I don’t think it’s good. H.K.: I think we really need to start recycling more

because other schools are better at that than we are.

S.C.: Kinda embarrassing. H.H.: It’s gross.

A.B.: I hate it.

Are you going to do any sports this season?

H.K.: Not at school, I was going to do track, but I have other things to do outside of school.

S.C.: I’m doing track.

B.J.: Track probably. H.H.: Track.

A.B.: Volleyball. PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONBY T. BRAUN VIA PHO.TO

[ 12 * mbms barks * volume V, issue 4 ]

Our last edition of the Canine Chronicle had a

picture of a staff member for the Guess Who. This

teacher is PE teacher Ms. Burkhalter.

She was born in Forks, Washington and grew up

on a dairy farm. Her family was into 4-H, a youth

organization administered by the National Insti-

tute of Food and Agriculture . When she was sev-

enteen years old, Ms. Burkhalter won a trip to

Chicago because of her 4-H achievements.

Although Ms. Burkhalter has been teaching at

MBMS for twenty years. She used to be a PE

teacher at Chinook Elementary.

She has many activities that she loves like bak-

ing, coaching, and she is especially obsessed with

gardening.

Ms. Burkhalter is married to a magician and

helps him perform by being his assistant. They

perform at fairs, theater shows, festivals, and

corporate events. This winter, for the first se-

mester Incentive Day assembly, they came to

entertain our school by showing a variety of im-

pressive, but safe, magic tricks that left the audi-

ence in awe.

“We do a lot of performances all over the place

and the craziest one is when we were trying to do

a trick and he knocked me off the box on the

stage and it was really embarrassing,” she said.

The couple has been outside of the state to

Indiana, Montana, Idaho, and California to perform

a few years ago.

“The thing I like the most about magic is hang-

ing out with my husband and traveling together to

do shows. I also like to hear and see the reaction

of the audience when they like a trick!” Burkhal-

ter explained. “My favorite trick – or illusion is

the ‘quick change act.’ This is when someone

walks behind a curtain and almost instantaneous-

ly comes out with a different costume on.”

Ms. Burkhalter has been to several countries on

a vacation such as Australia, New Zealand, Fiji,

Tahiti, and the Cook Islands. She went with her

cousin to these countries right after she gradu-

ated from college, and they backpacked and

hitchhiked everywhere.

“It was a vacation, and I rode a camel through

the desert,. And I learned to scuba dive in Aus-

tralia,” Burkhalter said.

Ms. Burkhalter attended Western Washington

University, where she once decided to participate

in a Jell-O Wrestling contest.

“It was a contest they had between the differ-

ent dorms and my best friend and I entered the

contest just kind of a silly fun thing,” she said.

When Ms. Burkhalter was growing up on a farm, she and her siblings would present their cows at the County Fair and the Puyallup

Fair. The picture was taken at the Puyallup Fair when she was ten years old. COURTEST OF A. BURKHALTER & DORIAN PHOTOGRAPHY

Yuliana Romo-Perez

This edition’s staff member has been teaching at Mt. Baker

for seven years. He was born in Waco, Texas. Before his career

as a teacher, he was a minister for the military for nineteen

years. This staff member has stud-

ied in many universities includ-ing Colorado State University,

University of Washington and did graduate studies in North-

western University.

Stay tuned for the April edi-tion of the Canine Chronicle to

find out who this staff member is.

What

My

Disagree? The segment ‘What Grinds

My Gears’ is presented as opinion and

does not express the views of all

MBMS students or The Canine Chroni-

cle. If you would like to express your

opinion, write us a letter, and you

may be published in our next edition.

[ march 2015 * mbms barks * 13 ]

TV Interruptions You know what grinds my gears? When

people interrupt me when I’m doing some-

thing. So, I’m just trying to watch TV here, ooh

look! Something interesting is happening.

And then my family pops out of nowhere, and starts their favorite game to play

when I’m watching TV called, “See who can yell the loudest.”

Are. You. Kidding me.

Come on now, we are indoors, people, use your INSIDE voices.

Also, how about when I put my earphones

on, and try to block out what’s going on around me.

But then BAM!

My friends want to talk to me, my family wants to talk to me, the principal wants to

talk to me, Taylor Swift wants to talk to me, heck, Obama wants to talk to me!

Little hint: earphones on =alone time, got

it? Get it? Good. Now share it to the world and tell Obama not to talk to me.

The only reason that I even put my ear-

phones on is to not talk to people. So shoo,. Go away.

This also happens when I’m reading a

book. Everyone always decides to be loud and annoying when I’m reading. Seriously,

what has this world come to? And that’s what grinds my gears.

—Jennifer Ortiz

____________________________________

Slow Walkers

Do you know what really grinds my gears?

The annoying type of people literally walk-ing one mile per hour in the hallways, in

between classes.

I need to get to my next class. Even though you might not care if you’re late, it

doesn’t mean that I feel the same way. It’s

like I’m walking behind turtle that had too much to eat for dinner.

And then when you try to pass them,

they’ll give you the oh my gosh-look, like you just did something horrible. When as a

matter of fact, you were just trying to pass them in the hallways.

And then when you’re going to be late for

class and group of people in front of you are literally acting as a gigantic wall, sepa-

rating you from you classroom?

It’s like you try to find a way to go around or squeeze through a hole, but they

won’t budge.

And you don’t want to say, “Move, get out of my way, you’re a wall!” because you

don’t want to be that person. But eventually you are going to have to

say something before you explode, if you

don’t, who knows what will happen. And that is what grinds my gears.

—Skylar Erickson

____________________________________

Orthodontists

Do you know what really grinds my

gears? Braces. It’s not the trip going there itself that is

already terrifying, but the actual proce-dures that you must go through.

So there I am sitting in the chair waiting

for my orthodontist to come and stick pointy objects in my mouth, all anxious and

scared. Then the orthodontist comes in

and sticks some kind of plastic tool in my mouth to keep my mouth open during the

operation.

It’s mostly poking the insides of my mouth instead of keeping it open, but I

can’t say anything about it. Not only their do tools hurt, but the

things that they put in your mouth are

disgusting. The glue has a horrible taste I will never be able to describe perfectly.

But the worst part is that you are forced

to taste it the whole time. Once they put your brackets on, they do

the wires, and it feels so awkward, you get this foreign feeling in your mouth and you

have to live with it for however long you

need your braces. Getting braces may suck, but the after-

math is worse. Your brackets are cutting

your cheeks and your whole mouth hurts. Beauty is pain.

—Sharon Manivanh

___________________________________

Annoying Siblings

You know what grinds my gears? When your younger siblings try to annoy you just

for the fun of it.

It’s like you really have to come yelling in my face while I am trying to eat.

All I was trying to do was fill up my belly,

so I could go outside, but no! They come running up speaking some sort of gibber-

ish and running away laughing. This has happened so many times to me that I’ve

gotten used to this.

But now they are trying a different strat-egy, and I was trying to take a nice nap

after a long day at school. Right when I got

in to the warm, comfy bed, they just jump on me and squirt water all over my face.

They are just so angry at me for some

reason. I don’t know why they do this to me. They just love to make my life so mis-

erable. It was time to get him back. He was sleeping on the couch, and my

sister and I grabbed finger nail polish and

painted his nails while he was sleeping. From that time on, he has been off the

radar.

—Hunter Allemand

Left-handed people are

unique. Only one in ten people in the world are left handed.

They are so special that a

whole day, Aug. 13, is dedicated

to them.

With the six month recur-

rence recently passing, we

decided to explore what it is

like, as a lefty, living in a righty’s world.

“I think (the biggest struggle is) when you write and ink gets

on your hand,” eighth grader

Yun-Seong Chang stated.

Many people agree the big-

gest trouble would be writing. Many lefties have learned to

write “hook hand s ty le ” ,

where they wrap their hand

around and above the writing. Another writing-related

struggle is writing on white-

boards. How many times have

you seen a lefty walk up to the

whiteboard, start writing, and

smear the pen with their arm

or hand?

Other struggles related to writing can include writing with

a ballpoint pen. Imagine the frustration when

the ball part of the pen goes

the wrong way!

Arguably the second most

w e l l - k n o w n

debacle is bumping elbows with

righties. This problem is expe-rienced by righties as well

when at restaurants or when

taking tests.

A major disadvantage that

not many people may realize

lefties deal with is when using

playing cards. Naturally, lefties

fan out the cards, but when done they are spread so you

can’t see the numbers. Other daily struggles can

include cutting with

scissors, playing guitar, using a

computer mouse, and having to wear that one torn up lefty mitt

in P.E.

However, lefties will be the

first to tell you that there are

advantages to being the odd

one out.

“I feel like playing sports

would be better because you are so different,” sixth grader

Courtney Roark stated. In many sports such as base-

ball being left handed has big

advantages. As a pitcher the

batters aren’t as used to the

ball coming from a different angle.

Lefties can also have ad-vantages in tennis when putting

different spins on the ball.

Dylan Grenz & Tyler Braun

August 13 is Left-Handed Day, which

started in 1996. Women are more likely to be

right-handed than men by 4%. 10%-12% of people are left-handed.

Eskimos believed left-handed people to be possible sorcerers.

Incas thought left-handers were capable of healing people and exhibited magic abili-

ties.

Left handed people are smarter on average

If the dominant hand is in-jured, a person would have a

better chance of learning to use the oppo-site hand than right-handers.

Asymmetrical behaviors in humans are not only in the hand, but also the brain,

eye, ear, and foot. More likely to have allergies

Studies suggest that left-handed people are better with spatial awareness, math,

and architecture than right-handed people. Cats, rats, and mice also show the same

left or rightward bias to paws that humans do.

Lefties are less able to roll their tongue than a righty.

Nails grow faster on the left hand than the right.

[ 14 * spotlight * volume V, issue 4 ]

PHO

TO B

Y T.

BR

AUN

In second period science class, I attempted to write column notes to a video we were watching. It was

difficult. I do not know how to write left handed and it was awful. My handwriting was unreadable.

In third period, I played volleyball in PE . My domi-

nant hand is my right, so it was definitely more diffi-cult to serve and to hit. I did not enjoy it at all.

Sports are probably one of the hardest things to do with your non-dominant hand.

Once lunch rolled around I had to open my locker

and retrieve my lunch from my backpack. Let me just

say that opening your locker with your left hand is terrible. It was pretty hard for me. You can go ahead

and give it a try. During lunch, I had to attempt to each my sandwich with my left hand. It wasn’t that

hard, but it was still, in a certain way, different.

In fourth period language arts, it was the day we had to write our essays, which was horrible. I had to

write an entire argumentative paper with my left hand. My hand writing looked like trash two words in.

Fifth period came so fast and it finally time to go there. Of course, in algebra that day, it was not tak-

ing day. Long story short, my notes were illegible.

Sixth period eventually came around, so we were typing our CBAs. That was the only easy thing the

entire day, but I was glad to end with it.

The day started off slow. All I knew was that today was the

day, the day I finally become a lefty. It was finally the day that

I stepped onto the side of the south paw, an unknown world

with very few people in it. My day ended up being very diffi-

cult, filled with interesting surprises and many obstacles.

If you have a left-handed friend, just know that they have it

way harder than you. Lefties face different struggles every

day.

Tyler Braun

In basketball when driving

for a layup with the dominant hand on the opposite side of

the basket, they still have an

advantage.

However, some people

have a different viewpoint on

the matter.

“I don’t think there are any

advantages to being a lefty really,” seventh grader Karla

Nacis said. There are also many ad-

vantages that not everyone

believes are true.

For example, lefties are

smarter and more success-ful.

This claim can be argued as valid, considering three out

of the last four presidents

were lefties (George H. W.

Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama). Other famous lefties

include Eminem, Angelina

Jolie, Paul McCartney, and

Oprah Winfrey. Still, it is

undecided as to whether or

not their success is related

to their left status.

The bottom line is that lefties, despite also having

advantages, have to adapt to living in a righties world eve-

ry day.

The next time you see some-

one struggling to cut out a

paper, writing hook-handed, or with ink all over their

hand, remember how tough it must be to be a lefty.

[ march 2015 * spotlight * 15 ]

Dylan Grenz

[ 16 * sports * volume V, issue 4 ]

Over the past ten years, select sports have

grown immensely in size and prominence. As

this has happened, they seem to have become

a bigger priority than school sports. The ques-

tion is, why?

Eighth grader Reilly Middlebrooks plays for

Washington Premier FC, a select soccer team,

outside of school.

“I work harder in select because it costs

money,” Middlebrooks said.

Most athletes polled estimated that their

families spend around $2000 per year on

their sport.

This can turn into a problem for the kids

who want to play at the select level, but may

not have the money. School sports then

comes up as a reasonable alternative.

“I think money is the biggest reason, but

with select you usually also get better in-

struction and play more games,” Mr. Vatne

said.

As select sports grow in popularity, so do the prices. School sports then come up as a fun, cost-friendly alternative. PHOTO BY I. SHIN

[ march 2015 * sports * 17 ]

Lacrosse Popularity increase in Auburn

Brianna Lloyd

Many people have never even heard of lacrosse. Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the United States and the fastest sport

played on two feet. Lacrosse is a combination of the major elements of common

sports, including hockey, soccer, and football. Lacrosse is more well-known in the northeast, than the west

coast. Lacrosse often known as “lax,” has become more popular in Washington, and can be played in some high schools, including

ARHS. Many lacrosse players, first started playing because of their

parents.

“Yes, [I know what lacrosse is], because my dad knows,” for-mer lacrosse player and eighth grader Delaney Rogers described

Lax was declared an actual sport in the year 1869. The rate of people playing lacrosse has increased over 218.8%

since 2000. Lacrosse has its origins in a tribal game, played by many Native

Americas. This game was extensively modified by immigrants to create its professional form.

The object of the game is to use a long-handled stick (known as a lacrosse stick) to catch, carry, and pass a solid rubber ball in

an effort to score by chucking the ball into an opponent's goal. The head of the lacrosse stick has a mesh net strung into it that

allows the player to hold the lacrosse ball. Defensively the object

is to keep the opposing team from scoring and to dispose them of the ball through the use of stick checking and body positioning.

Lacrosse is a contact sport, including stick checking, basically doing whatever means necessary to take the ball from your op-

ponent. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference between

lacrosse success and lacrosse failure,” motivational speaker, Felicity Luckey said.

Because select is so time consum-

ing with travel and training over long-

er seasons, athletes have been be-

coming better and better. Because of

this, it has become a sort of necessity

to play select if the athlete wants to

play at the high school or college

level.

Despite this, many believe that

there are many advantages to playing school sports, specifically in middle

school.

“I think there are many ad-

vantages,” Mr. Vante stated. “When

playing in school, you get to play with

classmates, and have that whole

school pride effect, which you don’t

get as much playing select.”

Many rule differences also very between the two, academics being

one of them. Unlike most select teams, school

sports require all athletes to be aca-

demically eligible in order to play. Those failing multiple classes most

likely won’t be able to play.

“I know a few kids on my select

baseball team who are failing clas-

ses,” eighth grader Matthew Smeltzer

stated.

Many select teams have had kids

failing classes while playing, but be-

cause of the competitiveness of the

team, they allow them to play any-

ways.

Another example is in teams other than varsity, all athletes must have

playing time in middle school. This

rule causes conflict, considering se-

lect usually has no specified playing

time guaranteed.

Those who are extremely competi-

tive want to win, and to do this usually

requires putting the best players out

there. What’s the point if the players start

the game, gain momentum, then just get pulled out for others?

The answer is this: middle school

sports are designed for everyone. Athletes know that it is not a fun

feeling joining a sport just to sit on a bench and watch the whole

time.

School athletics are designed

and the middle level to let kids

try new things, and have fun with fellow classmates.

Attack player, #3 stands aggressively trying to pass his opponent, slowly

drifting towards the goal. Defensive player, #23 stands in a defensive stance

mocking every movement of his opponent. COURTESY OF EN.WIKIPEDIA. ORG

VIA CREATIVECOMMONS

Soccer Team 1, 4-3-1

Team 2, 3-4-1

Team 3, 0-8

Basketball Varsity 4-4, third

Seventh Team 1, 4-4

Team 2, 2-6

PHOTOS COURTESY OF MBMS YEARBOOK

Wrestling

5-2 League Team Champs

Individual Champs -Peyton Scheshcy -Andrey Grischenko -William Russell

[ march 2015 * sports * 19 ]

Last year at Mount Baker Middle School our varsity team won the cham-

pionship for our school, this year they did it again. At MBMS, we take pride in

our wrestling program with Mr. King

coaching our team. This year our champion Bulldogs had

three individual district champs. The three wrestlers that were champions

this year were Andrey Grischenko,

William Russell, and three time Iron Man award-winner (The first in the

school history) and tournament cham-

pion, Peyton Scheshcy. Our second place winners were

Aaron Baldridge, Seonguen Pak, Jair Diaz, Brandon de la Rosa, and Jafet

Lopez, our third place finishers were

Marcus Suctrick, Kailen Fontes, Mat-thew Soderquist, Aaron McCurdy, Tyler

Pisha, Kodi Dagley, Joel Guerrero-

Vargas and Andre Nirschl. In the 114-pound JV bracket were champion Raul

Cervantes and third place finisher Isaac Schuur.

During the season the players had to

go through some tough training to make sure they could wrestle at their

strongest. Eighth grade Peyton Curry-Watson

said the toughest part of the season

for some players was “probably the conditioning.”

For other wrestlers the toughest

part of the season was “The filthy 50,” district champion William Russell

agreed. Some said there toughest part was

the season finale.

“Wrestling in conference [was tough] ,because I was afraid of losing”

Scheshcy said.

This season our wrestling team went 5-2 overall, earning a co-league title

with Rainer Middle School. During their season some wrestlers

the easy part didn’t exist.

“Probably uh, there was no easy part,” Curry-Watson said.

For others the easiest part was “Ten minute jogs,” Russell said.

To certain wrestlers the easiest part

was “probably the practices,” Schesh-cy said.

This year in the conference champi-

onship Mt. Baker had three conference champions this year after leaving the

tournament which is held at Auburn High School.

For some wrestlers the favorite part

of the season was “Going to meets and warming up” Curry-Watson said. For

other wrestlers it was “Getting to

wrestle people” Russell said. As for other wrestlers such as some of the

champs it was “Being able to go on the podium as champion” Scheshcy said.

The wrestlers on the team had to

wrestle many other teams this year going up against other kids in their

weight class. “Cascade [was my favorite match],”

Russell stated.

“Probably Rainer because the guy was tough,” Scheshcy stated.

“I would have to say Rainer,” Curry-

Watson said. This season our eighth grade wres-

tlers and seventh grade wrestlers did well. Let’s go for it again next season,

Bulldogs!

Trevor Little

Wrestler Brandon De

La Rosa pins his opponent and wins

the match. De La

Rosa took second

place in the district

championship.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MBMS YEARBOOK

[ 18 * sports * volume V, issue 3 ]

Arturo Martinez-Reyes

Team 2 before one of their soccer games. You can tell of the girls like to play as a team. PHOTOS COURTESY OF MBMS YEAR-

BOOK

[ 20 * sports * volume V, issue 4 ]

All of the girls’ varsity soccer team had great sea-

sons, not all of the teams won but they all had a great

time. The first team went 4-3-1. The second team went 3

-4-1, and the third team went 0-8.

Seventh grader Tabetha Norris said, “Some people

were better but there was not a superior team”. All of

teams were equally distributed with the same amount of

experienced players, from players that have played

soccer for a longer time to players that play in outside

teams.

Most teams thought that Rainer 2 team was the hard-

est opponent for all of the teams.

Norris said, “Rainer 2 because they had select players

that are faster and more experienced than most of the

girls that joined Mt. Baker soccer.”

Mercedes Johnson agreed with Norris that the Rainer

2 team was the hardest.

Another issue that affected the girls were the horrible

training fields.

Johnson said, “The field were hard to work with, they

were muddy most of the days and they caused injuries

and harmed the gear (bad for cleats)”. A lot of girls got

injured including Mercedes Johnson, Rosy Fish, Reilly

Middlebrooks and many more small injuries from hard

bruises and falls.

Since there were three teams, there was no official

varsity team. Most girls said that if there would have

been a varsity team, it would have been better than all

of the opponent. Since a lot of girls went to the tryouts,

there was a need to make three teams, because the

coaches saw a lot of talent and great potential.

Most girls thought that Reilly Middlebrooks (if she

wasn’t injured) and or Trinity Forristall deserved to be

the most valuable player.

Forristall was one of the important team captains that

really led the team and encouraged others to do better

and leave everything on the field. She had the most

goals in the season. Forristall was unavailable for com-

ment.

At first, most girls didn’t like the idea of playing with

eighth and seventh graders mixed, but as the season

started most of the girls started to like the idea.

Norris said, “I did not want to at first because there

would be more pressure, but the eighth graders really

helped me improve.”

The girls’ varsity basketball team finished off their

season with a 4-4 record and much improvement from

the players. The team placed third in the league, and

had a great season.

Athlete Lexi Allen stated, “Although we lost some

games, it was still a fun experience .“

Even though there were some tough games, there

were other games with outstanding scores.

On Jan. 30, the team went against Cascade Middle

School and won by 24 points with a score of 46-22.

Another amazing game took place on Feb. 12, when the

girls beat Cascade once again with a score of 22-14.

Allen also stated that the team had an exciting sea-

son and was “…totally prepared for the last game.”

To start off their games, Kashe Stansberry, Symone

Bolden, Lexi Allen, Caroline Cooper, and Hillary Nativid-

ad owned the court.

Then, the second string comes in which is Rebecca

Spear, Ariana Casebeer, Katelyn Anderson, Natasha

Naimo, and Shewit Alemayehu scored some more points

for the team.

With Stansberry as point guard, Bolden as a wing

with Natividad, and Allen playing post with Cooper, the

first string played well together.

With the second string with Spear as point guard,

Casebeer as a post with Anderson and Alemayehu, and

Naimo as a wing, the second string played equally

amazing as the first string. Altogether, the team

worked well together.

According to Ariana Casebeer, the most effective

player on the team is Stansberry, who also got the MVP

award.

“I think Kashe [is the most effective player] because

she played basketball for about 8 years and is really

good. She always tries to make the best out of every-

thing even when we’re losing a game, “ Casebeer stat-

ed.

Stansberry also received the captain award, along

with Alemayehu.

However, Allen stated, “I think we all equally helped

out the team together and in the end we all worked

together well.”

Even when these girls aren’t on the court, they are

still practicing as much as they can on their own time

to improve and hopefully become successful in the

sport one day.

While the girls are working hard, Coach Keaton made

sure the girls learned a couple things about life along

the way, like, “Pick yourself up if you fall down, and keep

trying.”

Even though they are not champions, they were happy

with the way their season ended with great new bonds

and much improvement.

[ march 2015 * sports * 21 ]

Sharon Manivanh

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

The seventh grade girls’ basketball teams did

very well this season. Team one had an overall record of 4-3.

Jacklyn Smith and Camden Heilborn were the top

performers for the team. When asked did her teammates do well under

pressure, Heilborn responded, “Yeah I do, especial-ly Jacklyn Smith.”

Mt. Baker team two had a record of 2-5. The top

performers for team two were Sierah Brown and Kendra Nguyen.

The highlight for the season for Mt. Baker team

one was when they played Cascade and the game came down to the wire but they ended up pulling

out the win 38-37.

The Bulldogs had a tough defense to go against a very good offense of Cascade.

Jacklyn Smith led the team in rebounds and

scored 11 points. Mt. Baker team two also had a highlight to their season, they had an awesome win

over Olympic. The score was 32-27.

Nguyen never gave up even though her glasses had flown across the court like a rocket going into

space. Mt. Baker team one had a ton of rebounds across

the whole season. The leading rebounder for the

team was Karli White. “On our outside shots”, Heilborn stated that this

was the struggle for the team.

Team two had an awesome defense. The leader of the defense was Ariana Stephens.

Many of these girls will be a key aspect to varsity

basketball for the year coming. The coaches will be very excited to see all of this

talent coming.

Hunter Allemand Sierah Brown of Mt. Baker team two, ran down the court to

shoot the game winner. She flew by the defenders. COURTE-SY OF MBMS YEARBOOK

Lexi Allen shoots the ball at one of the games against Rainer Middle School. With her teammates helping her, they all work

together trying to get the win. COURTESY OF MBMS YEARBOOK

PHOTO BY S. ALEMAYEHU

Hunter Allemand

Baseball all-star Hunter Allemand is a very talented young man in

everything he does. Do not be surprised if you see this future

police officer relaxing at the Great Wolf Lodge eating some fresh

cheese pizza. He is also among one of the top journalists produc-

ing for The Canine Chronicle. “Baseball is love, baseball is life.” —Hunter Allemand

Katelyn Andersen Katelyn Andersen, an avid writer, describes her perfect day as

“sleeping, reading, and eating brownies.” Andersen’s biggest

fear is losing everyone that matters to her. She sees herself in

the future on her way to earning her doctors education. Her six

word story is, “As her blood fell, I died.”

Cami Baker Cami Baker, a seventh grader on staff at TCC, is as unique as

anybody else. She likes to watch T.V., preferably in black and

white, because why not? She has always wanted to go to England

to see the castles in ruins. “Wherever I go, cat hair follows.”

—Cami Baker

ZaReah Barren “Embrace you weird, normal is cliché,“ ZaReah Barren wrote,

who was born in Renton, then moving to Pacific. She enjoys

reading, doing gymnastics, and horseback riding in her free time.

She also takes part in the school play. She isn’t afraid to speak

her mind, even if it’s something weird.

Jenn Bell Jennifer Bell, one of four seventh graders in journalism this

year, enjoys swimming in her free time. When in school, she

enjoys orchestra and science. Her six word story reads,

“Opportunities are missed, new ones created.” Jennifer is in

journalism for her writing skills and is a great addition to TCC.

Elijah Blyden Elijah Blyden is an eighth grader at Mt. Baker Middle School. His

hobbies include soccer and music, He enjoys orchestral music.

In fact, Elijah was also able to successfully tryout for the junior

All-State orchestra. Elijah wants to continue playing music by

continuing to Julliard (a world recognized school of music).

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Kira Kopcho managing editor

Musician, athlete, and twin, Kira Kopcho is an honor roll

student here at Mt. Baker. Her love for writing has

brought her wanting to

publish books like Harry Potter and articles about video games. “Blank pages be-

come littered with stories,” writes Kopcho. She also cur-rently participates in roller-derby and orchestra.

Skylar Erickson managing editor

Skylar Erikson wrote this to be her six word story,

“Afraid; a life not yet living.” Like all journalism mem-

bers, Skylar has remarkable

qualities that she brings to our unique staff, from her dream of becoming something in

the fashion world to her love for dance and the Biebes.

Tyler Braun

Hockey player, ice cream lover, and future resident of LA or

Canada, Tyler Braun wants to make people happy. Braun’s

favorite memory is when he went to Universal Studios when he

was five. He’s terrified of spiders, and his life in six words is,

“Ball is love. Ball is life.”

Siarah Brown Whether she is hanging out with friends or playing basketball, we

know that Siarah Brown is “way too busy for school.” Even with

the sports she does, she still has excellent grades. And with her

father being Mr. Brown, a teacher and an athlete, no wonder she

has athletic genes.

Chucky Chang Eighth grade journalist Chuck Chang looks forward to being

recognized as a young adult. Inspiration motivates him. “My

grandma [inspires me], because she takes care of me and cares

about people,” Chang explained. Chang is proud of his parents

distinguishing his intelligence. “Never look back, just keep going,” Chang expressed.

Hailey Cruz Hailey Cruz is a very passionate athlete that loves to compete in

gymnastic tournaments. “Gymnastics life, over worked, never

relief,” Cruz wrote. She is a very intelligent student that works

hard to get good grades. Besides her major hobby, playing

sports, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family.

Ty Emmons “Marshawn Lynch has the best quotes.” No other words could

better describe Ty Emmons, a quiet sportsman, football fan, and

baseball player. Ty even wakes up early in the morning to lift. Ty

has describes himself as an introvert, only talking to a select few.

He is devoted to training.

Erandy Flores

Erandy Flores is an eighth grader at Mt. Baker Middle School.

She’s in a family of six. “Six people.. and NO MORE people. I think

it’s good,” she said. Erandy does community service after school,

and has many interests for her future. “What is love? Is it neces-

sary?” Erandy wrote.

Korben Hart Korben Hart is a new member to the TCC this semester. Korben

is “excited to write articles, and see what comes out of this

class.” At the beginning of the second semester, we all wrote

“Six-Word Stories.” Here is the story he wrote, “Out of evil, there

is good.”

Camden Heilborn Camden Heilborn is a tenacious seventh grader with many tal-

ents. She has strengths in writing, but is well-known for a volley-

ball career. “Set, spike over the net ace!” Heilborn described her

volleyball career in six words. Besides volleyball, Heilborn enjoys

writing, cooking, hanging out with friends and fictional games .

Dylan Grenz sports editor

Dylan Grenz is a re-sourceful eighth grader and

he’s the sports editor of The Canine Chronicle. He enjoys

year round baseball, math

club, and spending time with his family. His wisdom is expressed through his quote,

“Change can be a good thing.” We can expect greatness from this intelligent individual.

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MEET THE PRESS: Famous American writer Ernest Hemingway

claimed his best story ever written was only six words: “FOR SALE: Baby

shoes never worn.”

Known for being long-winded, many of his fans and critics appreciated his

succinct, thought-provoking story.

Now, it’s The Canine Chronicle’s turn.

With the change of the semester, we added 16 new members to our staff,

focused on telling your story. Before we tell your story, we want to tell you

our story, like Mr. Hemingway did.

Below you will find a biography of each journalism staff member with

their six-word story included.

Shewit Alemayehu design editor

Shewit Alegmayaehu, whose life is more than six-words,

dreams of going to Harvard. Shewit is a bright student at

Mt. Baker Middle School,

who has lived in four differ-ent states and loves to be in history class. Her favorite

food is chocolate, and she has a deep crush on Evan Pe-ters.

Mercedes Johnson “I tried a normal life, ehh,” Mercedes Johnson wrote. Johnson is

a unique individual, who loves language arts, soccer and hanging

out with friends. She has a busy life, always overachieving. Even

when playing select, school, or recreational soccer, she still has

time for homework and friends.

Kayna Kliewer Kayna Kliewer, one of the new additions to the MBMS journalism

staff, enjoys track in her free time. When in school, she enjoys

language arts and reading. Her six word story states, “Devour

books. Taste chocolate. Savor life.” Kayna’s impressive writing

skills ensure that she will contribute well in journalism.

Trevor Little Trevor Little is a fourteen-year-old boy, who goes to Mount

Baker Middle School. He is a social person and from this six word

story that he wrote, “Write the paper article by article,” seems

to be a deep thinker. This is why he makes a good reporter for

The Canine Chronicle.

Brianna Lloyd

Brianna Lloyd is a fourteen-year-old soccer and lacrosse player

with an ecstatic outlook on her day to day life. She has a strong

sense of right and wrong and believes that integrity is very

important as she recites one of Carter’s testing sayings, “Look

left and right in desperation.”

Sharon Manivanh “Cheer and volleyball, forever and always,” Sharon Manivanh

wrote. Sharon is an eighth grader, who is on a cheer team and

reports for The Canine Chronicle. Her biggest fear is “people not

accepting [her] for who [she is].” She also “travels a lot because

[her] dad is in the military.”

Arturo Martinez-Reyes

“I play soccer with my heart,” aspiring to be, “the best soccer

player in the world, ”Martinez-Reyes said. His dream was put on

hold when he broke his ankle in early Dec. For now he wants to

“be on the B team [at ARHS]”. Martinez-Reyes eats, sleeps, and

breathes soccer.

Dylan Molina Dylan Molina is an eighth grade boy, who loves basketball and

his family. Basketball is his favorite sport. “Parents get married

have baby, me,” who Dylan, who has three brothers that he

hangs out with. He also loves eating and sleeping every day. This

is Dylan.

Jennifer Ortiz Jennifer Ortiz is a self-taught guitarist. She enjoys unique bands

with ridiculous videos and appreciates the humor in them. She

wants to make a living out of her acting, and has skill to spare.

Jennifer once wrote, “Creative minds make up creative people,”

and that couldn’t be truer.

Yuliana Romo-Perez Yuliana is a hardworking plant-lover, wanting to be a veterinari-

an. She loves reading and knows that she will succeed in life

because her parents are by her side. She loves to come to

school, yet with all of the homework teachers assign, she wrote,

“Homework + stress = 70% of my day”.

Isaiah Shin “God is good, all the time,” said Isaiah Shin, a unique individual

who was born to lead and who in some states is an over achiev-

er. Shin’s after-school activities are Civil Air Patrol and training

himself to be a lead vocalist. Shin is described as a true, honest,

faithful person.

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Symone Bolden photography editor

Symone Bolden is a very hardworking and strong

journalist. “Work hard now, get paid later,” Bolden

wrote. Besides her busy life

with basketball, Bolden spends her free time playing videogames after doing

homework and riding BMX bikes. Bolden described herself as “altruistic,” meaning charitable, unselfish and generous.

Peter Warring adviser

Welcoming a son to his

family recently, language

arts teacher Mr. Warring

loves spending time with his

other two children and wife

when he’s not advising the newspaper. This film-lover and

toy collector enjoys playing and coaching volleyball in his

free time and debating Star Wars facts and trivia.

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Shewit Alemayehu

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