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^Reporter
November 30, 2016
Monroe County Middle School
Each week during the school year The Reporter spotlights activities and achievements of students, faculty and staff at a different
Monroe County school. Thank you to Randi Mullis, language arts teacher and journalism club advisor, for providing news from
Monroe County Middle School. Next week look for news from Hubbard Elementary. Email school-related news, including news
for “Monroe in College,” to Diane Glidewell at news@mymcr.net
Middle School Clubs
Y-Club
‘Jolly Roger* comes
to The Rose
BY MADISON
COLLINS
One of our many
clubs at Monroe County
Middle School is Y-Club.
Y-Club is a club where
students make crafts
and do activities for our
community, our school,
and our teachers.
Y-Club is sponsored by
Mrs. Hart, a teacher at
Monroe County Middle
School. On Nov. 3 stu
dents made turkeys out
of edible items for the
upcoming Thanksgiving
holiday.
On a previous club
day, students made
gift bags for our Banks
Stephens campus teach
ers to enjoy. All of the
students in the club
enjoy working together
to do good things for our
community.
Yoga
BY KARISSA PATTERSON"*
The Banks Stephens campus of
Monroe County Middle School has
a yoga club. The club meets once a
month during school hours.
Sometime later this school year, the
members will start meeting every
week. The goal is to have a before
school yoga session each Monday
Club
morning. It will be hosted by the yoga
instructor, Ms. Dibble.
During these meetings members
will watch instructional videos, prac
tice their poses, and listen to relax
ing music. Our hope is that having a
yoga session in the morning will get
us fully awake and help us stay more
alert throughout the day.
Sign Language Club
BY JAMES GIBBS
American Sign
Language (ASL) is a
club at Monroe County
Middle School Banks
Stephens Campus.
Taught by Ms. Archer
and Ms. Nelson, we
learn how to speak
in American Sign
Language.
They have taught us
how to sign the alphabet,
numbers through 20, and
how to sign the “Happy
Birthday” song. ASL is
a secondary language to
many people and first
language to more people.
Even though ASL is
known as American,
this language is closer to
French than English. We
could use this language
to talk to deaf people or
people who speak with
ASL. Students in this
club are learning a lot!
Thanks, Ms. Archer and
Ms. Nelson!
Newspaper Club
BY SYDNEY MAD AN Club! The club meets once a month.
The Forsyth Newspaper goes out
once a week. Some people read the
articles and some people do not. For
the people that do read the newspa
per, there are some very interesting
facts and articles that you never get
to see!
There is one club that is recognized
in the Monroe County Reporter every
month... that club is the Newspaper
In the club, people write articles to
put into a newspaper.
The club writes about school activi
ties going on such as sports, after
school meetings, clubs, special proj
ects, special celebrations, and tutoring
sessions. This club gives people the
ability to read information about what
is going on in and around school.
Trivia Club
BY LANE DAVIS
Every month, students
in the sixth, seventh,
and eighth grades have
a club day. On these
days, classes are short
ened to make time for
these clubs.
One of my clubs is triv
ia club with Mrs. Pippin
and Mrs. Davis. In that
club, we do many forms
of trivia from logic puz
zles to Jeopardy. Some
are just fun facts and
rhymes, while others are
math puzzles.
The class is a great
way to learn new things
and think mathemati
cally and logically.
Overall, trivia club is a
load of fun for those who
want to learn.
Junior Beta Club
BY CHARLOTTE WILCOX different submission boxes located on
Jr. Beta at Monroe County Middle
School Banks Stephens Campus has
started a student magazine called Script.
The Script team includes Ava Mckallip,
Sarah Boyer, Elizabeth Bennett, Katie
Thomason, Charlotte Wilcox, Lauren
Hamm, and Maleisha Jackson.
Script is giving students at Banks
Stephens the chance to get their articles,
stories, poems, photographs, and art
work published so people can see it.
Script will be an online magazine so it
is a lot easier to access and share your
items. If you would like to submit your
work to be in Script, there are three
Banks Stephens Campus. One box is
located in the library, another in Ms.
Dorrity’s 7th grade social studies class
room, and the last is located in Ms.
Smith’s 8th grade English Language
Arts classroom.
When you submit your work in these
three boxes, your work may be selected
to be in the magazine, and you will be
able to see your products as well as
other students’ work. If you’re a student
who loves to write, take pictures, draw,
or write lyrics, Script is a great way for
the local community to see your hard
work.
BY MCKENZIE PYE
On Oct. 20 the Rose
Theater, home of the
BACKLOT players,
announced its upcom
ing play cast. The play,
“The Jolly Roger and
The Pirate Queen,”
has many BOOYA
(Backlots own original
youth actors) starring
in it. The summary of
the play is Gentleman
Roger Goodman has
every intention of living
his life in a conven
tional way once he mar
ries the wealthy Sarah
Huffington... that is,
until he overhears her
telling her girlfriends
how boring he is!
The man Sarah really
wants to marry is a
dashing, daring pirate!
Willing to walk the
plank for love, Roger
immediately buys a
ship, recruits a crew
and even hires a pirate
tutor, Long John Silver,
to show him the ropes!
Silver toughens him up
and bequeaths him a
new, menacing name
— Captain Blood, as
well as an intimidat
ing ship name and flag
to match. In return,
Roger must sail him to
Treasure Island to pick
up eight chests of gold
doubloons.
Meanwhile, Sarah
has gone off the deep
end, as well. Knowing
she won’t find a pirate
unless she becomes
one, she makes herself
into the Pirate Queen
and quickly earns a
notorious reputation
for raiding ship after
ship. Wouldn’t you
know, Sarah’s parents
are also out on the high
seas in their own ship.
As luck would have it,
they all congregate on
Treasure Island, which
is already occupied
by the retired pirate
Bluebeard and his
crew.
The roles of Monroe
County youth in
the play are: Roger
Goodman - Liam
Spence, George
- Jared Williams,
Sarah Huffington
- Isabelle Williams,
Kate - Madison
Hammersley, Belinda
- Lily McBride,
Lord Huffington -
Pierce Tapley, Lady
Huffington - Jennifer
Martin, Claude -
Haley Thompson,
Maude - Tiffani
Dean,Parrot - Skylar
Passmore, Sneak -
Emily Adams, Snaggle
- Zyon Marshall, Snoot
- Sydney Stapleton,
Long John Silver -
Charles Dean, Kiki
- Abigail Wilks , Miki
- Heather Tillman,
Laverne - Mackenzie
Pye, Lucy - Jayden
Gray, Capt. Belvedere
- TBA, Bluebeard
- Timothy Clements,
Smudge - Maci Joiner,
Dandy - Taylor
Jordan, Creaky -
Casey Ruffin.
October is busy at
MC Middle School
BY ANNA MURDOCK,
MICHAELA MULLIS
This October was so much fun
at Monroe County Middle School
William
Hubbard
Campus.
We had Red
Ribbon Week,
Anti-Bullying
Week, the
Homecoming
Game, and the
balloon release
in honor of
Mr. Timothy
Wiggs’s life.
Red Ribbon
Week was
the week of Oct. 24-28. This was
the week that we got to dress up
for Drug Free week. The motto for
Monroe County Middle School was
“These PAWS don’t touch DRUGS!”
This was a very fun week, and
everyone enjoyed participating in it.
On Monday we got to wear Star
Wars clothing. We had some people
wear awesome stuff. Most people
wore Star Wars shirts and other
little things that were Star Wars.
We even saw someone wear Princess
Leia buns. On the same day, every
one wore green in honor of Mr.
Wiggs. We were all very sad, because
he was a great man and teacher. We
all wore socks every day, because
he would always wear crazy socks
and we thought it was hilarious! His
favorite color was green, so we wore
green for that reason, also.
Tuesday, we had to wear crazy
socks. Almost everyone participated
on this day. Everyone wore the crazi
est socks ever. There were varieties
of polka dot socks, striped socks,
superhero socks, animal socks, rain
bow socks, flower socks, smiley face
socks, multicolored socks, different-
sized socks, and many more.
On Wednesday, we got to wear
Patriotic Colors (red, white, and
blue). Most people wore red,
white, and blue shirts. Some
people wore a red or white shirt
and blue jeans. Some people
even went all out and wore
everything red, white and blue.
A couple of people wore socks
that were red, white, and blue
and wore shoes that were patri
otic too.
Thursday, we wore tie dye. We
had the most people participate
on this day. People wore tie dye
shoes, shirts, pants, and even
socks. People also wore tie dye
headbands. We got to take pictures,
and we got put in the morning news
with some fun music. We had so
much fun! The teachers were dressed
up also. They wore their MCMS
(Monroe County Middle School) tie
dye shirts.
On Friday, we had to wear school
spirit shirts! A lot of people also par
ticipated in this day. We had to wear
school spirit because the high school
had the most anticipated game,
the Homecoming game. Of course,
Mary Persons won the game, 48 to
7. We all crowded up on the hill and
released green balloons in memory of
Mr. Timothy Wiggs. All of the mid
dle school students and the teachers,
and even elementary students that
knew him participated! The sign
that the football players ran through
said, “Forever in Our Hearts, Mr.
Wiggs” It was a big green sign and
was so sweet.
October was a very fun and excit
ing October! I know all of the middle
schoolers, and even teachers, enjoyed
it.
Anna Murdock &
Michaela Mullis
Monroe Co. Middle School supports Red Ri
BY ABIGAIL HENNING
Red Ribbon week is about
being drug free. Monroe
County Middle School cel
ebrated Red Ribbon Week on
the week of Oct. 24.
To show our support, stu
dents wore Star Wars-themed
t-shirts on Monday and
crazy socks on Tuesday. For
Wednesday we are all dressed
in red, white, and blue. On
Thursday we showed that we
would not get tied down to
drugs by wearing tie-dye.
Finally, we all wore our
Week
drug free t-shirts to show our
support to being drug free on
Friday.
school students learn not to ignore
Middle
BY ASHLYN SAPP
Take a moment to
rethink what bullying
means to you. Being
mean, wrong! Bullying
is imitating or harassing
someone repeatedly.
This is not something
we should just ignore,
we need to step up and
let people know how
serious this is. Think
about this Does bul
lying happen more pro
ductively on the internet
or physically? When you
are a witness of bully
ing, do you feel comfort
able telling an adult,
why or why not?
While students at
Monroe County Middle
School celebrated Red
Ribbon Week, we also
celebrated Anti-bullying
bullying
week. Needless to say,
that week taught stu
dents at Monroe County
Middle School a great
deal.