Four Things Kids Can’t Seem to Live Without These Days

By Cami Palmer

1.       Phones

Kids cannot seem to go thirty minutes without their phones. The social media (twitter, facebook, Instagram, snapchat), games, texting, facetiming, browsing the interweb, and more. You can’t be on your phone for just five minutes.

2.       Food
All the good food surrounding you- cupcakes, pizza, pancakes, donuts, pudding, Nutella, cheese, Oreos, and more!! How could you not just help yourself?

3.       Emojis
You can practically communicate with them.

4.       Puppies
They are just so darn cute!! Pugs, Golden Retrievers, Pomeranians, French Bulldogs, Border Collies, and more! 

April Fool’s Day

By Max Fagan and Bryce Smethers

            April Fool’s Day is coming up and we thought that we could share some pranks to do to your friends.

           - You can replace frosting with tooth paste on Oreos

·        - Replace salt with sugar, and vice versa

·       -  Pretend mashed potatoes are ice cream and gravy is hot fudge, then make a “sundae”

·         -Make caramel apples with onions instead of actual apples

·         -Glue coins to the ground

            These are just some of the many hilarious pranks you can do on family, friends, or just strangers.

Disclaimer: Do not do these at West Middle School 

7th Grade Field Trip Fundraiser

This year, the seventh grade is raising money to go to the Kauffman Stadium for Day at the K by selling t-shirts that Mrs. Hurt designed herself. You can buy one for twelve dollars at the website below. All profits made from your purchase will go to the seventh graders’ trip. https://jocksnitch.tuosystems.com/stores/westmiddleschool

Get Ready for Easter!

Brooke Burgess

Easter is coming up on Sunday, March 27. Egg hunting, egg dying, and handing out candy are traditional ways to celebrate Easter. But what about new and fun ideas to do with friends and family? These Easter crafts include:

o   Making Easter clay:

Instructions:

o   mix together flour and salt

o   mix together a half a cup of warm water with food coloring

o   slowly pour water into the mixture while stirring

o   stir until combined

o   knead until the flour is completely absorbed

o   (Google.com)

o   Make Bunny Jars

Instructions:

o   get a glass jar

o   glue white tissue paper to the outside of the glass jar

o   glue plastic googly eyes to the outside of jar

o   cut two pieces of white felt into an oval, and two pieces of pink felt into a smaller oval

o   glue one pink oval to a white oval, repeat with other felt pieces making bunny ears

o   glue the felt bunny ears to the side of the jar lid

o   glue a cotton ball to the bottom back of the jar

     Hope you try out these super fun crafts on Easter! 

Be an Easter Bunny!

By: Molly Roecker and Madison Seelye

Have you ever wanted to know what your Easter Bunny name would be? Just look for the first initial and last! Comment your name down in the comment box.

First Initial           Last Initial

A-  Magical            A- Blossom

B-   Fluffy              B- Daffodil

C-   Majestic           C- Grass

D-  Secret              D- Coconut

E-   Little                E- Animal

F-    Flower             F- Cat

G-  Blue                 G- Lemon

H-  Smiley             H- Pup

I-      Yellow             I- Warhawk

J-     Happy             J- Egg

K-  Quiet               K- Flower

L-    Jumping          L- Sugar

M- Jelly                 M- Cloud

N-  Easter              N- Coconut

O-   Gentle             O- Butterfly

P-    Turquoise        P- Honey             

Q-  Happy             Q- Candy

R-   Soft                 R- Bean

S-    Sweet               S- Daisy

T-   Colorful           T- Fluff

U-  Super               U- Spring

V-  Unique             V- Caterpillar

W-Pink                 W- Sprinkles

X-  Petite               X - Bow

Y-   Bird                Y- Rain

Z-    Sweet               Z- Strawberry

Super Cool Animal Similes

By Cami Palmer

·         The panda was as fat as a sumo wrestler

·         The sheep was as fluffy as a cloud

·         The polar bear was as white as a marshmallow

·         The parrot was as colorful as a snow cone

               

·         The pig was as pink as cotton candy

·         The raccoon was as dark as batman

·         The ferret was as troublesome as a criminal

·         The lion was as tough as a rock

·         The elephant was as gray as a storm cloud

·         The whale was as popular as Star Wars 

In The Halls

Q: What are you doing for Spring break?

By: Bryce Smethers and Max Fagan

Aidan Jayramen, 6^th Grade

A: “I’m going to Virginia.”

Mrs. Greenwood, Teacher

A: “Watch a lot of Netflix, and write a play.”

Fiona Swaggerty, 8^th Grade

A: “Staying at home.”

Logan Classen-Wilson, 6^th Grade

A: “Play video games, sleep, probably going to a whole bunch of parks, and probably going to a fancy steakhouse.”

Sam Harjo, 7^th Grade

A: “I don’t know yet.”

Madison Seelye, 6^th Grade

A: “Having a dance competition.”

Save the Polar Bears

By Cami Palmer

Polar bears spend almost their entire life on the surface of sea ice. The sea ice is melting, resulting in polar bears not being able to access food as well. Polar bears aren’t able to swim that well to catch their own food. The sea ice is also impacting the polar bears’ energy balance. If the sea ice continues to melt and the polar bears continue to live off of stored body fat, as they are doing, they could possibly become extinct.

You, yourself, can help these poor polar bears by walking and biking to school, instead of riding in the car. You could turn your thermostat down in the winters and up in the summers. You can help reduce global warming by recycling, planting trees, and carpooling. You could “adopt” a polar bear through the WWF. After paying a low yearly fee, you will receive a stuffed polar bear, a framed photo of the polar bear you adopted, and newsletters. Do your part and help save the polar bears! 

Interview With Mrs. Hurt About Sketchbook Society

By: Maggie Li and Nathan Ma

Warhawk Talk: Did you create Sketchbook Society? If so, did anyone give you the idea, or did you come up of the idea yourself? If not, do you know who did?

Mrs. Hurt: “Yes, I did.”

Warhawk Talk: What inspired you to create Sketchbook Society?

Mrs. Hurt: I love drawing and sketching and I see students walking around in the school holding sketchbooks all the time, so I thought I would share my love of sketching with others in the school.

Warhawk Talk: How were the first meetings of the club?

Mrs. Hurt:  “Great, I have lots of kids.”

Warhawk Talk: What are your plans for what you want to do in the club?

Mrs. Hurt: We’re making picture books and we have weekly prompts that we use.

Warhawk Talk: What kind of people do you recommend to go to Sketchbook Society?

Mrs. Hurt:  “Anyone who likes to draw.”