Friday, October 24, 2014
Clay observes Red Ribbon Week
by Uday Lomada
Walk around Clay Middle on Red Day and you’d find kids decked-out in red, while others were just wearing red shirt or pants. But all of them wore red for the same thing: to support Red Ribbon Week.
Red Ribbon Week is a national week to inform the public about the dangers of drugs and drug abuse. It takes place all over the United States and is observed during the month of October.
Red Ribbon Week started back when an agent by the name of Enrique S. Camarena was killed. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, he was born on July 26, 1947 and lived in Mexico until he joined the Marine Corps. After serving for two years, he worked as a Narcotics Investigator for the El Centro Police Department and decided to start working for the DEA.
He worked to find drug dealers, and in early 1985, he was close to unlocking a multi-billion dollar drug pipeline. However, he was kidnapped on February 7, 1985 and killed.
Shortly after he died, the Congressman, Duncan Hunter, and Henry Lozano launched Camarena Clubs in Calexico, Calif., Camarena's home town. These became widely popular and spread all over the nation. It became so popular that there was a campaign for it and the president of the U.S formalized it.
The National Family Partnership now sponsors Red Ribbon Week and gets more than eight million people to wear a red ribbon or support the event that now takes place in October.
For more than 20 years, Clay has participated in Red Ribbon Week. It is organized byt he guidance department. Red Ribbon Week is an time to teach kids about the effects of drugs and drug overdose.
Students over the years have been supporting this movement.
We have been doing Red Ribbon Week since 1988. Even though not many people know about the origins of this movement, we still teach the dangers of drugs to the students here. Officer Dewalt helps us out in that,” Lisa Bellamy, Student Services Coordinator and Guidance Counselor, said.
To go with Red Ribbon Week, Clay has incorporated the dress-up schedule to get students enthusiastic about Red Ribbon Week and saying no to drugs.
“I enjoy teaching the students about drugs and watching them signs slips to pledge to be drug free, but also enjoy it when they dress up for Red Ribbon week,” Bellamy said.
Walk around Clay Middle on Red Day and you’d find kids decked-out in red, while others were just wearing red shirt or pants. But all of them wore red for the same thing: to support Red Ribbon Week.
Red Ribbon Week is a national week to inform the public about the dangers of drugs and drug abuse. It takes place all over the United States and is observed during the month of October.
Red Ribbon Week started back when an agent by the name of Enrique S. Camarena was killed. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, he was born on July 26, 1947 and lived in Mexico until he joined the Marine Corps. After serving for two years, he worked as a Narcotics Investigator for the El Centro Police Department and decided to start working for the DEA.
He worked to find drug dealers, and in early 1985, he was close to unlocking a multi-billion dollar drug pipeline. However, he was kidnapped on February 7, 1985 and killed.
Shortly after he died, the Congressman, Duncan Hunter, and Henry Lozano launched Camarena Clubs in Calexico, Calif., Camarena's home town. These became widely popular and spread all over the nation. It became so popular that there was a campaign for it and the president of the U.S formalized it.
The National Family Partnership now sponsors Red Ribbon Week and gets more than eight million people to wear a red ribbon or support the event that now takes place in October.
For more than 20 years, Clay has participated in Red Ribbon Week. It is organized byt he guidance department. Red Ribbon Week is an time to teach kids about the effects of drugs and drug overdose.
Students over the years have been supporting this movement.
We have been doing Red Ribbon Week since 1988. Even though not many people know about the origins of this movement, we still teach the dangers of drugs to the students here. Officer Dewalt helps us out in that,” Lisa Bellamy, Student Services Coordinator and Guidance Counselor, said.
To go with Red Ribbon Week, Clay has incorporated the dress-up schedule to get students enthusiastic about Red Ribbon Week and saying no to drugs.
“I enjoy teaching the students about drugs and watching them signs slips to pledge to be drug free, but also enjoy it when they dress up for Red Ribbon week,” Bellamy said.
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| The guidance department set up a photo booth during lunch during Red Ribbon Week. Photo by Uday Lomada |
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| One of the dress up days for Red Ribbon Week was "red out" day. Photo by Uday Lomada |
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Students prepare for the "Super Bowl" of physics challenges
By Jaala Al-Haffar
He calls it the “Super Bowl” of all challenge labs.
He claims it’s the biggest day of the eighth grade year.
Mr. Andrew Simon and the other eighth grade science teachers purposely withhold important information about physics labs to see what students’ minds can come up with and create.
“It builds up the pressure and makes it more fun,” Billy Freudenthal, eighth grade, said.
Chase Southard, another eighth grader said, “It makes the challenge more exciting and makes us look forward to it.”
This “Super Bowl” of physics lab will be the egg drop.
The drop is going to be roughly six meters high. All eighth grade students have to come up with a creative way to drop the egg to the ground without causing it to shatter in pieces. The egg drop will take place on Thursday, October 17 during each science class.
The lab teaches the students about force and how to change time by not focusing on the drop but on the time it takes to get to the concrete, and how to slow that down.
Ms. Gretchen Smiley, eighth grade science teacher, says that she loves physics labs. Her favorite egg drop structure she has seen is, of course, the one all the science teachers made together. Mrs. Susan Fulp, eighth grade science teacher, says this challenge is one of her favorites throughout the whole year.
Science teachers have been helping the students prepare for the lab by making them do similar projects but with potato chips.The teachers are looking forward to all the creativity that will come out of the students during the lab and the willingness from the students.
He claims it’s the biggest day of the eighth grade year.
Mr. Andrew Simon and the other eighth grade science teachers purposely withhold important information about physics labs to see what students’ minds can come up with and create.
“It builds up the pressure and makes it more fun,” Billy Freudenthal, eighth grade, said.
Chase Southard, another eighth grader said, “It makes the challenge more exciting and makes us look forward to it.”
This “Super Bowl” of physics lab will be the egg drop.
The drop is going to be roughly six meters high. All eighth grade students have to come up with a creative way to drop the egg to the ground without causing it to shatter in pieces. The egg drop will take place on Thursday, October 17 during each science class.
The lab teaches the students about force and how to change time by not focusing on the drop but on the time it takes to get to the concrete, and how to slow that down.
Ms. Gretchen Smiley, eighth grade science teacher, says that she loves physics labs. Her favorite egg drop structure she has seen is, of course, the one all the science teachers made together. Mrs. Susan Fulp, eighth grade science teacher, says this challenge is one of her favorites throughout the whole year.
Science teachers have been helping the students prepare for the lab by making them do similar projects but with potato chips.The teachers are looking forward to all the creativity that will come out of the students during the lab and the willingness from the students.
Friday, October 10, 2014
Seventh grade students participate in Survival Week
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| Mr. Mark Weaver, seventh grade science teacher, holds a cow tongue to show to the students. Students got the chance to taste maggots, crickets and pork. Photo by Avery Werner |
by Logan Sandlin and Jacob Sager
During the week of October 6, the seventh grade science classrooms went to the outdoor lab and participated in Survival Week. Survival Week is a week-long history lesson of America, and other countries that influenced the New World. It covers the time period between 1492 through the 1800's.
The week was filled with interactive activities in which students learned about the countries that inhabited early America, such as Spain, England, and France. The class of 2020, current seventh graders, participated in making necklaces, cooking bread, brewing tea, tasting honey, and rain dancing.
Many of the students that participated in Survival Week enjoyed it.
“I think it’s a good time to experience what it was like in the olden days," William Gatte, seventh grade, said.
Many other students said that they also enjoyed it.
“It’s fun to learn what it’d be like without all the things we have today,” Ella Curtis, seventh grade, said.
Mr. Mark Weaver, seventh grade science teacher, runs Survival Week with the other science teachers, Mrs. Tracy Krause, and Mr. Sean McVey.
Mr. Weaver said, “I love running the event [Survival Week] with the other teachers.
“My favorite thing about Survival Week is getting outside and the fire,” Josh Snively, seventh grade, said.
Not only did students sit around the fire, they also got the chance to taste different foods.
“My favorite food was the cinnamon apples. They were sweet and warm,” Griffin Hall, seventh grade, said.
All of those activities led up to the last day of Survival Week, Feast Day.
“Feast day is my favorite day of the week. Feast day is tiring, I have to get up at 2 a.m to get the food ready,” Weaver said.
Feast day was Friday October, 10. They served foods such as pork, pig, insects, and other bugs. The students didn't have to try the food items, but Weaver recommended that the students should try it.
Overall, most everyone enjoyed Survival Week. Michael McCollum said, “Survival week is great, and everything tastes good.” McCollum also said, “I like wearing my bandanna.”
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