SMS Warrior News

Sports

2016 Olympic Games

By: Sam Nigg

I believe that swimming was the most popular event at the 2016 Olympic Games. First, that was USA’s best event, because we had the best athletes and the most medals. Next, swimming event had the most races because the swimming event races didn’t take very long. Last but not least, swimming took place for the longest period of time because it had the most countries competing and had a lot of different kinds of races. Those are 3 reasons why I think that swimming was the most popular event at the 2016 Olympic Games.

What is happening with the NFL? Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott

By: Vance

Why are the Cowboys doing so well with a rookie QB and a rookie RB? Dak Prescott spent his college years at Mississippi State University, he was picked pretty high up in the draft. After Tony Romo was injured in a preseason game Dak has filled in for him. He has done terrific with 1,239 pass yards and has completed 62.78% of his passes. He also doesn’t have his star receiver Dez Bryant who.

Ezekiel Elliott has also held a great responsibility for the Dallas Cowboys. He was picked 5th overall from Ohio State. He has rushed for 546 yards and 5TD. He also is the league leading rusher in front of DeMarco Murray, Lesean McCoy, Carlos Hyde, and LeGarrette Blount.

The Cowboys have won against the Redskins, Bears 49ers, and the Bengals. Those teams may not sound very impressive to you but with a rookie QB, a rookie RB, and no Dez Bryant that’s pretty good. Do you think the Cowboys are going to make the playoffs?

Waukee 7th vs Lincoln 7th

Written by: Elijah

We were starting the game. 5 minutes later Lincoln scored 7 points in the kickoff. We got to the ball, we started first down, they intercepted the ball. They got to first down, they scored on us and it went on.

Waukee News

Waukee Homecoming Football Game

By Molly Hansen

The Waukee football team competed in their annual homecoming game Friday, September 23rd, 2016. The Warriors played the Roosevelt Rough Riders.The food at the football games always amazes the guests, on that specific day the concession stand lines were especially long. Almost all of Waukee came and there were so many people they had to flood into the Roosevelt side of the stadium.The team’s quarterback Drew Johnson lead the team to victory, with a final score of 49 - 7.

Sms homecoming week

by Molly Hansen, Grace Kottmeyer, Greeshma Joseph, and Saanvi Lukka

South middle school students celebrated homecoming the week of September 18th through 23rd. Each day of the week was a different dress up day. Monday was pajama day, Tuesday was color wars, Wednesday was beach day, Thursday twin day and Friday spirit day. On Monday students dressed in their comfy clothes and pajamas. On Tuesday each student wore the same color as everyone else in their pod, then the whole school was photographed by a drone! On Wednesday we wore hula skirts and leis. On Thursday students wore the same clothes as their friends. And on Friday we all celebrated homecoming with our waukee gear!

100 years of Waukee

On July 29,1916 a petition was brought forward to form the waukee consolidated school district,the petition was successful and merged the walnut center,pleasant view,floral valley and waukee independent school district.Now here we are after hundred years learning and meeting new people.For the hundred year of Waukee the kids made a special video about the district and also made a song for it. They had all the classes and pictures throughout the years.

Our district has many people including the staff and all the different people.Their are more than 90 languages in our district!We have 12 schools in our district.

Our district is 5th in top 100 places to work in Iowa!Our district has won so many things like this over the years.Maybe we will have a two hundred years of Waukee!The district began to grow really fast as the Des Moines Metropolitan area began to grow west in the 1990’s.Now here we are going to the best district ever! Written by:Saanvi Lukka

The Homecoming Party

~Greeshma J.

On Friday September 23, the annual South Middle School homecoming party happened in celebration of the homecoming. There were fun games, for example there was dancing, karaoke, ping pong, dodgeball, Wii and, Nintendo. Everyone had fun,as parents picked weary children so they could go to the homecoming game.

6th Grade Human foosball

On September 27th 2016 teachers and students competed against each other in the gym at human foosball! The ball kept going back and forth between students and teachers. Teachers were kicking the ball at the students goalie. The ball only went in twice! When the students had the ball the were kicking toward the teacher’s goalie the ball went in five times causing a loud cheer to come from the students! Here is a video of the amazing defeat of the teachers to the 6th grade students!

https://youtu.be/n6fp8B3uuQ8

-Grace Kottmeyer

Local and World News

Galaxy Note 7 Recall

The Korean agency Yonhap was the first to announce the worldwide recall of the Galaxy Note 7 due to multiple reports of the phone exploding while being charged. 24 out of every million sold are found with this issue. An unnamed Samsung official said that the vast majority should be safe.The problem can be easily solved by changing the battery, but Samsung says they will have a much more convincing reason the phones are safe for their customers.People thought the phone was nice and a great phone have and there was only one complaint besides it exploding, and that is the price which is $850+.I would call this the best phone ever if it didn’t cost almost $1000 and explode.

Writing

WHAT IS MY FAVORITE STORY?

This year my favorite piece of writing is my special image writing.First off I wrote my special image writing on something I love-my choir, HYC (that i love!).HYC is short for Heartland Youth Choir (yes it is a choir) in HYC we go on tours every year (we're going to wisconsin this year!) and we also have at least 5 performances every year as well. Secondly, pictures, who doesn't love pictures! and this project is called special image writing image!I love having pictures in books they help you visualise what you are reading ,so those 2 words: SPECIAL and IMAGE really go together. Lastly it's about me. Because my sister (nuper) was going to HYC so it means a lot to me. this is why I love my special image writing.

Link to special image writing

-Niki.U

A favorite story I’ve written lately is The Invaders: Secret of the Orbs. First, I am very proud of the book. It is filled with action, suspense, and cliff-hangers. While I wrote The Invaders, I would listen to music. Different kinds of music gave me different ideas, which is how I thought of all the twists. Second, This book is the longest one I’ve made so far. I worked on expanding the story so I could make it longer than my other books. Last, while writing The Invaders, I thought carefully about each event that took place so I could make it seem very exciting. I thought about what would happen to the characters and how they would react more than I did in my other books. This is why The Invaders: Secret of the Orbs is my favorite story I’ve written lately.

-Luke R.

Book Reviews

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

By Emma Baumgart

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella is about a girl named Rebecca Bloomwood. Becky lives in London, is on debt and can’t stop spending. She writes for a financial company, but the job doesn't pay much. She is trying to find a job, but along the way is caught up in lies, boys, jobs, and clothes.

I would give this book a 5 star rating (1-5), because it is really funny.

This book is apart of a series with 8 books in it (including this one), with more to come. This series is realistic fiction. Sophie Kinsella also wrote Remember Me?

and Can You Keep a Secret?

These books are fairly long, but you’ll be surprised how fast they go.

Teacher and Student Interviews

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Mrs. Burns-Fess interview

Q. Describe yourself in one word?

A. Caring.

Q. Favorite color?

A. Grass green.

Q. Favorite food?

A. Spaghetti.

Q. Favorite animal?

A. Horse.

Q. Who is in your family

A. Husband-Tim, Sam-14, Ben-11, Holly-9, 2 cats Sesame and Kit Kat and horses named Dude and Bella.

Q. Favorite book?

A. My Sister The Horse.

Q. Favorite sport?

A. Horseback Riding.

Q. Dream place to live?

A. Paris.

Q. Favorite school memory?

A. When she was little she tried to sneak her blanket to school.

Q. Dream job if you couldn't be a teacher?

A. A Doctor or Nurse.

Q. Where did you grow up?

A. Riverside IA and lived on a farm.

Q. Favorite hobby?

A. Horseback Riding and Photography.

Q. Favorite day of the week?

A. Loves each and every Day.

Q. Favorite T.V. show or movie?

A. Likes Documentaries.

By: SIMRAN AND KATIE

Cooking and Baking

3000 yr old cooking failure found!

My report is about baking. Did you know that a 3000 year old cooking failure was found by Raj.rasmussen his group at an Danish dig site? Well it was a cheesy residue that was still moist! I mean, who would keep cheesy burnt cooking failure in your house when you can bury it, right?! Cooking is an experiment that not even ancient cave men were perfect! Maybe this Danish man wasn’t feeling so “jolly good” at that time. Scientists say that it was made from a cow's stomach! Blech!!! I bet they wish that they had Mcdonald's at that time.

Chocolate Chip Cookies are the Best!

In my opinion, chocolate chip cookies are the best to make. First off, they’re so easy to make! They’re one of the easiest things to make in the cookbook. You can make them alone or you can make them with your family.

Secondly, you can make them anytime of the year. You can have them warm in the winter and fall or warm in summer and spring. They’re always good warm but they’re still good cooled.

Lastly, i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like them. I mean be for real, who doesn’t like cookies? They’re good with milk too!

In conclusion, chocolate chip cookies are the best because they’re easy to make, they’re good anytime of the year and everyone loves them!

By: Taylor

We love Burnt Butter Cookies! By: Parker M.

The most recent thing I have baked are Burnt Butter Cookies! The frosting on Burnt Butter Cookies are great! It is burnt, caramelized butter and water. There is another ingredient too. It tastes like heaven on a cookie! The cookie is great too! There are too many good things. They’re soft and chewy but the nuts give it a good crunch! We make a big batch at home. That is a great thing because we eat them very fast! They are so good!

Technology

UPCOMING GAME OF THE WEEK

Our first upcoming game of the week is Battlefield 1!

Battlefield 1 is an immersive trench warfare experience set in World War 1! Battlefield 1 has exciting action with air fights or dog fights and the “vehicle” I’m most excited for… the horse! The horse allows you to switch to a sharp sword to swoop people off their feet.

Another add to the Battlefield experience is the German Zeppelin! The Zeppelin is awarded to the losing team on a map that takes place in the streets of Germany. Another map with a power vehicle takes place in the deserts of Arabia! The power vehicle on this map is the train! The train is suited for all out battle as it works the same way as the Zeplin does, the losing team gets it to boost them up. The main game mode in this Battlefield is as usual conquest a hardpoint game mode where there are 7 capture points, A, B, C, D, E, F, G. The way it works is your team will try to maintain control of these hardpoints to win as guessed. Each team starts at the max points of 700, the more hardpoints you have the less you lose points, the less hardpoints you have the quicker you lose points. The first team to hit zero loses. This game is rated M for mature so do remember to ask your parents permission to play.

By:Kieran Hargrove

Comics and Games

BRAIN GAMES!!!!

Brain games is a range of brain teasers found online (most on YouTube).

I chose brain games because I love brain teaser! These are for people from ages 6-666 so I hope you like it. :)

This is the 2nd one-teaser video.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GgyZe9Q75eU

Has 1 in video

I hope you like them! :):):):):):):):):):)#[brain games]

Here is the first multi teaser video!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJOXDjqD600

This has 7 teasers in the video.

This is the 2nd multi-video!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D0YYojJH0GQ

This has 6 teachers in the video.

Now, the next 2 will only have 1 teaser per video.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nGNuAHnZRXU

This has 1 in the video.

If you have a brain game email it to me at vernon 23069@waukeeschools.org.

SCRATCH GUIDE-----------------zxcbinn1

By Owen Early

Welcome to the zxcbinn1 Scratch Guide! In this article, you learn about a wonderful coding language called Scratch! First, let’s have an account. Click the button that says ‘Join Scratch’ in the top right corner. Come up with a cool username, like HarryPotter7, and a foolproof password, like jimmy and the pastries. You will also need your guardian's e-mail.

Then-poof! Put in your birthday and you can do code!

If you need to learn code, try going to https://www.cs-first.com to take some classes that help you make some awesome projects!

And now, some cool things on Scratch!

Game of the Week: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/46587498

Scratcher of the Week: https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Yllie

Easily Remixed Project of the Week: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/96630530

Check this out in the next issue of the news!

Scratch website: https://scratch.mit.edu

COMICS

BY

BEN HOWG

Comics can be anything drawn with word bubbles in ours, There is a squad going to a newly discovered planet pang-X when some scientists go missing there in 5316 Scientists get taken to the arocarooptero spider. The squad fought their way through it then they fight the boss then we leave them hanging and say to be continued.

Science News

By Rio Riordan

Meet the Northern White-faced Owl. It can transform when it sees different sizes of owl. You can see transformation in action here. Let's move on. When the owl sees a 35-centimeter-tall owl like a barn owl, it can make itself appear bigger. Bending over and spreading its wings can make it appear fat when the owl is not. when it sees an owl taller than itself, like 75 centimeters tall, the owl can make itself taller. Turning or maybe squeezing can make it “evil owl.” Thank you for letting me explain the transformation of the Northern White-faced Owl!

Health and Fitness

Three Main Reasons why
the Average American is Overweight.

I have recently learned that the average american is overweight. I was surprised because three out of ten people are way overweight and three out of ten people are average weight and four out of ten are just plain overweight.

(dots are people, red are overweight orange are way overweight and violet is a good weight)

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When you are between the ages of 5 and 16 and you are eating a lot because A. You are just hungry because you are growing, or B. You are eating a lot because you have been exercising and you are hungry. But if you are over the age of 16 and not exercising you have more probability of getting overweight.

Last don't do everything everyday all day long. Guys, it's good to exercise but not all day long all your life, you can eat birthday cake and you can relax. I am pretty sure it is physically and mentally impossible to not take a break. In conclusion I say, eat healthy, exercise and take a break.

Ally Huss How Cancer Affected Her

Ally Huss, 18, found out that she had lymphoblastic T cell cancer,on May 20 2014 why she got it is still a mystery.The day after high school graduation Ally Huss found out she had lymphoblastic T cell cancer...a type of cancer where a type of white blood cells are bigger than they are suppose to be. Each year about 12.7 million people get cancer per year and about 7.6 million die from it so about 38.0 die in five years from cancer.This type of cancer progresses quickly so when the t-lymphocytes get bigger than they are suppose to you have to take a treatment that makes your hair fall out. Ally Huss died age 18 February 13 2015 she was very loved by cousins, parents, friends, and much more we will all remember Ally and we will all hope that anybody that has lymphoblastic t-cell cancer gets better.

By Abby Trosper

Exercise

Exercise is an important part of life. It can help you lose weight, As you’re working out, you start to realize you’re getting a workout, and as we said it feels like you might be losing weight. You can exercise to burn off or work off calories. For instance say you were running, you know after when you got a workout because you can feel the calories you’ve burned! Exercising is a good way to stay healthy. You don’t want to be one of those people who sits at home all day eating food, you want to get out and get fit or exercise, even the littlest stuff can help!

Makenzie Doocy & Saige Thompson

Arts- Fashion, Arts, Crafts, Dance

Entertainment

Advice Column

I think 6th graders need more advice about friend problems. My first reason why is, a lot of friends break apart when they get to middle school and it can be hard. Secondly, as we grow up we develop our own opinion and that could lead to some arguments between friend. Lastly, friend have your back but sometimes you just get into fights. 6th graders need more advice about friendship.

By: Ann Onimus

In my opinion, bullying is one of the worst things that happen to middle schoolers. First, it’s just plain mean and no one likes it either. Next, it’s not nice at all and you probably won’t have any true friends that are kind. Last, it hurts people’s feelings and on top of that you would suffer big consequences. In the end, bullying is just the worst thing middle schoolers experience.

By: Brie

Funny Shares

These are funny videos for your enjoyment.

By Gabe Vernon

Pen Pineapple Apple Pen

lolololololololololololol song :):):):):):):) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9TpRfDdyU0

Always Save the Jays

lololololololololololololol vid 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cBfq1IysO0

Pokemon Go Song

Lololololololololololololol vid 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfc42Pb5RA8

Lololololololololololololololol vid 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyNlqQId-nk

Being Perfect.

Made by: Zelle Walters ^-^

This is just one weird human opinion on being perfect.

I would think being perfect would actually be a bad thing and this is why. (Click here)

Quotes

F.E.A.R

Has Two Meanings

Forget

Face

Everything

Everything

And

And

Run

Rise

The choice is yours

EVERY MORNING IS A CHANCE AT A NEW DAY!

-MARJORIE HINCKLEY

COURAGE

By: Grace Kottmeyer

What is courage…

❏ Bravery

❏ Strength

❏ Standing up for yourself

❏ An ability to make a leap beyond the familiar

❏ Standing up for what is right

❏ The ability to do something that frightens one

❏ strength in the face of pain or grief

❏ Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, but courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

-Winston Churchill

❏ Courage is resistance to fear mastery of fear not absence of fear.

-Mark Twain

ALWAYS BE POSITIVE

Bravery

By:Grace Kottmeyer

- Facing fear

- Not being afraid of who you are

- Standing up for what you believe in

- Standing up for who you are

- Speak out for what you believe in

- Courages behavior or character

Always Be Brave