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Gateway Gazette December 2, 2016 Staying True To The Purple And Blue Middle School Spys Unity Day Spirit Week Inside Unity Day is a day about coming together and having fun. It is a day we forget our conflicts and forgive our differences. Each year, our school hosts this single day where we uphold these values, but the scope of the concept covers the entire year. Unity does not end when we dismiss, the day does. There were four workshops in the first half of the day. Each one took a differ- ent look at bullying and harassment. Students participated in an activity for three and watched videos for one. The workshops lasted about half of the day. Afterwards, the school gathered in the gymteria for possibly the best lunch in all of Maryland. There was a line of tables set up with a huge variety of choices. Mr. Wet- zel grilled chicken and Mr. G made hotdogs for us. The penny carnival was short, spending no more than 7 minutes at each game, but fun. It is an event where students split into groups and rotate between games at each homeroom, using pennies as a sort of “ticket” for playing. The seminars were very cre- ative with their games and nothing felt too complicated or similar. Altogether, the penny carnival itself raised a total By: Kyle Quick Continued on Page 9 A few Cross- roads Middle School students had the chance to go to the Spy Mu- seum in Washing- ton, D.C., and it was great. At the start of the day, we got on the bus and played Uno with each other and then we got to the museum. After we got off the bus, we went in and our guide told us we were go- ing to be doing Operation Spy. Opera- tion Spy is a program that lets us be spies to find a bomb in another coun- try. The museum built sets with props and actor’s video clips. Ms. Brown, Dominik, Alyssa and I were on a team together. After we completed Opera- By: Aiden Stino By: Abby Degnitz We did many things during the week of October 24th. It was an amaz- ing experience for everyone. Monday was Pajama Day and the day we got our pumpkins to decorate. We also started decorating our door. Almost every- one wore their pajamas. We also had a speaker, Tim Webber. He came and talked to us about drugs and alcohol. He and the other speakers did a great job. Tuesday was Sports Day. I noticed some students in their jerseys. I was in my Dallas Cowboys jersey. There was a bunch of Raven’s fans. I saw a bunch of black and purple. I believe that the pumpkins and doors are doing well. Have you seen SGA’S door? Wednesday was Pink Day and there was a lot of pink. Shame on Mr. Schil- ling--He did not wear pink. Instead he taped a pink slip to his shirt which does not count. LOL!! Back to doors, Mrs. Ricketts’ door was awesome! Our door was a big newspaper. The newspaper had scary articles like mine named “Kyle”. I liked the article “Wetzel the Pretzel”. On Thursday, it was Maryland Day. I liked everyone’s outfit for Maryland Continued on Page 10 MS Spy Museum ................................. Pg 2 Incentinve List .................................... Pg 2 Poem: “Lost The Way” .......................... Pg 3 Honor Roll ........................................... Pg 3 Spartina Potting ................................... Pg 4 SGA Leadership Outing ..................... Pg 4 Student Poll ......................................... Pg 5 Halloween Door Cont. ......................... Pg 6 Halloween Pumpkin Cont. .................... Pg 7 Halloween ........................................... Pg 8 Unity Day Speaker ............................... Pg 8 Penny Carnival ................................... Pg 9 Spririt Week ....................................... Pg 10 Unity Day ........................................... Pg 11 Pennies for Patients ............................ Pg 12 Puzzle Page ......................................... Pg 12 1 Continued on Page 2

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GatewayGazetteDecember 2, 2016

Staying True To The Purple And Blue

Middle School Spys Unity Day

Spirit Week

Inside

Unity Day is a day about coming together and having fun. It is a day we forget our conflicts and forgive our differences. Each year, our school hosts this single day where we uphold these values, but the scope of the concept covers the entire year. Unity does not end when we dismiss, the day does.

There were four workshops in the first half of the day. Each one took a differ-ent look at bullying and harassment. Students participated in an activity for three and watched videos for one.

The workshops lasted about half of the day. Afterwards, the school gathered in the gymteria for possibly

the best lunch in all of Maryland. There was a line of tables set up with a huge variety of choices. Mr. Wet-zel grilled chicken and Mr. G made hotdogs for us.

The penny carnival was short, spending no more than 7 minutes at each game, but fun. It is an event where students split into groups and rotate between games at each homeroom,

using pennies as a sort of “ticket” for playing. The seminars were very cre-ative with their games and nothing felt too complicated or similar. Altogether, the penny carnival itself raised a total

By: Kyle Quick

Continued on Page 9

A few Cross-roads Middle School students had the chance to go to the Spy Mu-seum in Washing-ton, D.C., and it was great. At the start of the day, we got on the bus and played Uno with each other and then we got to the museum.

After we got off the bus, we went in and our guide told us we were go-ing to be doing Operation Spy. Opera-tion Spy is a program that lets us be spies to find a bomb in another coun-try. The museum built sets with props and actor’s video clips. Ms. Brown, Dominik, Alyssa and I were on a team together. After we completed Opera-

By: Aiden Stino

By: Abby Degnitz

We did many things during the week of October 24th. It was an amaz-ing experience for everyone. Monday was Pajama Day and the day we got our pumpkins to decorate. We also started decorating our door. Almost every-one wore their pajamas. We also had a speaker, Tim Webber. He came and talked to us about drugs and alcohol. He and the other speakers did a great job.

Tuesday was Sports Day. I noticed some students in their jerseys. I was in my Dallas Cowboys jersey. There was a bunch of Raven’s fans. I saw a bunch of black and purple. I believe that the

pumpkins and doors are doing well. Have you seen SGA’S door?

Wednesday was Pink Day and there was a lot of pink. Shame on Mr. Schil-ling--He did not wear pink. Instead he taped a pink slip to his shirt which does not count. LOL!!

Back to doors, Mrs. Ricketts’ door was awesome! Our door was a big newspaper. The newspaper had scary articles like mine named “Kyle”. I liked the article “Wetzel the Pretzel”.

On Thursday, it was Maryland Day. I liked everyone’s outfit for Maryland

Continued on Page 10

MS Spy Museum ................................. Pg 2Incentinve List .................................... Pg 2Poem: “Lost The Way” .......................... Pg 3Honor Roll ........................................... Pg 3Spartina Potting ................................... Pg 4SGA Leadership Outing ..................... Pg 4Student Poll ......................................... Pg 5Halloween Door Cont. ......................... Pg 6Halloween Pumpkin Cont. .................... Pg 7Halloween ........................................... Pg 8Unity Day Speaker ............................... Pg 8Penny Carnival ................................... Pg 9Spririt Week ....................................... Pg 10Unity Day ........................................... Pg 11Pennies for Patients ............................ Pg 12Puzzle Page ......................................... Pg 12

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Middle School Trip To the Spy Museum From Page 1

Incentive List

tion Spy, our guide took us to a room with a bar because that is where most spies debrief. He said, “Good job you got a 3/5 and it was an ok grade.”

After that we went to look at the exhibits. There was great the stuff with all kinds of spy gear and things that they used in World War 2. They had gear from when George Washington was alive.

The entire mu-seum was bugged and there would be little stations where you can put headphones on and hear people’s conversations. The one thing that Ms. Brown told us to look for was a piece of concrete When the first Russian Embassy was made, the people who built it put little scraps of metal in the concrete so it would be harder for the US to find bugs in the em-bassy.

My favorite part of the trip was when we went to the shark lair and Ms. Brown told all of us to tap on the glass and we were tapping and then this shark came out of nowhere and slammed into the glass in front of my face and we all jumped.

After the shark

lair, we saw this bomb with a bar across the top of it in a metal box with a timer. You had to use the bar to pull the bomb out of the box without touching the metal box. If you did, you set

the bomb off. The bomb part was a disarming process where I had to pull the bomb up before the time ran out.

Then there was a metal bar that you could hang from with a timer. You had to touch a but-ton showing how high you could reach without jumping. That button told the

machine how high to lift the bar once you grabbed on to it. Once you grabbed the bar, the machine raised

you up so that your feet couldn’t reach the ground anymore and the timer started run-ning. The timer was to see how long you held on, but it was slippery and a fan blew wind in your face.

In the James Bond Villains lair there was a missile launch control and

I just pushed ran-dom buttons and fired the missile while Mr. Schil-ling was trying to control it. The time at the muse-um was great and

•December - Wreath Decorating Contest

•Wednesday, December 11 - MS Holiday Dinner

•Friday, December 16 - CCSGA•Thursday, December 22 - Holiday

Luncheon•Friday, January 16 - Basketball•Thursday, January 26 - Atten-

dance Breakfast•Thursday, February 9 - Honor

Roll Breakfast•Monday, Febrauary 14 - Lvl 4/5

Pizza Party

I hope other people get to go.

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Lost the Way

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I lost the battle, but I have not lost my war.

I lost myself in the darkness, but I returned from the shadows stronger than ever.

I may have lost my sunshine, but I won the truly dazzling moon and stars.

Though I know I have lost and I shall loose more.

The last thing I shall lose is my life, but I honestly win the heavens.

By: Honest Poet

Honor Roll Breakfast

Honor Roll: Quarter 1

Straight A’s Honor RollSkyler DorseyColleen Claggett

Distinguished Honor Roll Zoe KnightHailey HigginsHeather HigginsNichole Ross

Standard Honor RollLarry HaleyKat SellAbby DegnitzNathan GlatfelterMatt MahoneyAlysia WhittakerAutumn EckardAutumn SokolDalton BeheganKyle QuickKristin WalkerTynia PetersonSamantha GriffithTJ RheubottomKaren FuentesZach Herbeson (Crossroads)

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Spartina Grasses

On October 6th, Mrs. Flagg and Mr. Kerins’ Seminar and Mr. Kerins’ 2nd and 3rd mod Biology classes went out to the greenhouse and repotted Spartina plants. The students helped repot the Spar-tina into bigger containers so they can continue to grow throughout the winter inside the greenhouse. Within these three mods, over 600

plants were repotted. A sand/soil mixture was cre-

ated and used to repot the plants because it imitates the soil found in the Chesapeake Bay where the Spartina will be replanted in the spring. We’re growing and replant-ing the Spartina in the Bay because it’s crucial in helping to preserve the Chesapeake Bay’s habitat.

These plants do all sorts of things to benefit the Bay. They prevent erosion, trap litter which helps prevent pollutants from entering into the Bay, and provide a safe place for fish to hide and lay their eggs.

In May, the students involved will be headed

On October 20th, CCSGA stu-dents went to Outdoor School for leadership training. Upon arrival, we met with other SGA students from various high schools and middle schools from all over Car-roll County.

We then split off into groups and spent the morning going through activities using manipula-tives in a kit called Toobeez. Each activity gave students the opportu-nity to take charge of the situation and guide the group in successfully completing a specific task. The activities also showed that com-munication is a vital part of leading any group of people efficiently.

After finishing all of the team

building exercises and having lunch, we all walked down to the lake and divided into two groups. One group went canoe-ing, while the other group removed invasive species of plants from the area surround-ing the lake. Overall, it was a great day, and I think everyone enjoyed themselves.

SGA: Leadership TrainingBy: Joe Ehau

down to Annapolis to replant the Spartina in the Bay.

By: Colleen Claggett

Student Poll: Holiday Favorite Foods

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With the holidays coming up we at the Gazette went around and asked about your holiday favorites. Here are our results:

Some conclusions we made:For the main dish in both high school and middle school turkey is the most popular.For the side dishes mac & cheese are more popular in middle school then high school.For dessert both high school and middle school favor pumpkin and apple pie

Other holiday favorites:Main dishes- horseradish beef tenderloin, roast beef, steak, fried chicken, and deer meatSide dishes- Grandma Mann’s spinach casse-role, and squirrelDessert- pecan pie, ice cream, cobbler, butter-scotch pie, cherry pie, pumkin roll

due to the webs. They obviously put some thought into how it should look. Mrs. Rick-etts and Reeds’ seminar door was also creative-ly done and was very neatly presented. That being said, there were many more doors that were creatively made. So, well done to all the seminars that partici-pated, you all made the hallways colorful and fun this season!Hansell/Schilling’s

Seminar

Smolko/Sanner’s Seminar

Murphy/Clements’ Seminar

Mackie/Danaher’s Seminar

Reed/Ricketts’ Seminar

Jones/Brant’s Seminar

Halloween Door Contest

This year at Gateway, the class-rooms competed to create the best Halloween-inspired decorated doors. There were many creative ideas rang-ing from using rubber gloves to look like hands coming from the door, to giant googly eyes. All together there were around 19 doors that competed in the contest, each one exhibiting its own creative aspects.

In the end though, there was a clear winner that had almost all stu-dents participating. The winner was Mr. Schilling and Mrs. Hansell’s room, with the door that had creative stories

written from each of its students. The writings included: ‘5 Halloween Facts’, ‘Rte. 27 “Fright-minster’, ‘Shadow Man’, “Wetzel the Pretzel’, ‘Kyle’, an untitled story, and lastly, ‘The Story of the Little Town’. Of course, other doors also need some recognition since there were many close competitors.

The SGA door done by Mrs. Semies and her seminar was a very cre-ative and realistic door

By: Hailey Higgins

Ms. Reed’s Room

Semies’ SeminarBrown/Coale/Baker’s Seminar

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Brown’s Seminar

Flagg/Kerin’s Seminar Murphy/Clements’ Seminar

Smolko/Sanner’s Seminar

Baker’s Seminar

Hansell/Schilling’s Seminar

Semies’ Seminar

Coale’s Seminar

Mackie/Danaher’s Seminar

Reed/Ricketts’ Seminar

Jones/Brant’s Seminar

This year at Gateway, the seminars competed in a pumpkin decorating contest trying to make the most unique pumpkin without carving it. The end results were pretty surprising. Seeing all of the interesting and creative designs was a treat of its own!

In the end, the winner was the witch pumpkin done by Mrs. Baker’s seminar! They used the

Pumpkin Decorating Contest

By: Hailey Higginsfake gag teeth as the mouth for their witch, which gave it a realis-tic aspect. They even added a wig, googly eyes, and panted the pump-kin green.

Though the witch won the contest there were still many other pumpkins that were close competi-tors. Another pumpkin done by Mr. Smokol and Mrs. Sanner’s Seminar was a little doughnut, with painted sprinkles and chocolate. To add

to the effect, they had a craft paper coffee mug next to it. There was also the creative Pinocchio pump-kin that included Jiminy Cricket standing on the tip of the long nose, or really the pumpkin’s stem. The Pinocchio pumpkin was done by Mrs. Ricketts and Mrs. Reed’s seminar, and some thought had obviously gone into it, even making a paper hat for the pumpkin. There were still 8 other pumpkins that weren’t mentioned but still deserve recognition, so good job to all those who participated in the pumpkin decorating contest!

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Ms. Jones, the Acting Supervisor of Equity and Community Outreach, spoke about labels and how they affect us. She told us to choose the labels we want to live up to. She also said we should embrace the ones we are given. Ms. Jones reinforced that every mistake or flaw is a chance to improve, not some-thing to feel bad about. We should all strive to be our best.

Unity Day Speaker: Ms. Jones Brings Us Together

Halloween at Gateway/Crossroads

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Penny Carnival

Homerooms put together carni-vals games for our penny carnival. The penny carnival was designed to both celebrate Unity Day and to help raise money and awareness for Pennies for Patients. Students and staff seemed to have a good time and think we should do the penny carnival every year.

By: Autumn Eckard

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Pajamas Day Sports Day

Maryland DayPretty In Pink Day

Tie Dye Day

Spirit WeekDay. Friday was Unity Day.

We had an assembly about labeling. It was emotional, especially for the students who are judged or labeled. Finally, we finished our pumpkins and our doors. Mr. Wetzel made us lunch which was amazing.

On Monday, we wore costumes for Halloween. There were not that many costumes. We did have Tape Man.

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Unity Day From Page 1

of $200.80. This money is being donated to “Pennies for Patience”, a charity for Leuke-mia and Lymphoma. Donating doesn’t stop on Unity Day, however, there’s still all of November to contribute!

The students of Gateway and Cross-roads worked hard on their Unity Day projects and had excellent participation. We look forward to Unity Day every year and this time was a huge success. Thank you everyone and have a great school year.

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