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 iPODS

By: JJ West

   A survey was conducted among the eighth grade class, here are the results. When asked, “ What is your favorite sport to watch?” Most of the eighth graders said that football was their favorite sport to watch. Basketball was the second favorite sport to watch. According to eighth grader Rachel Hatzell, says that football is her favorite sport to watch because it is an exciting and action packed sport. It is amazing to her how dedicated and focused football players can be.
   The second part of the survey, “ What is your favorite sport to play?” might interest you. Most of the eighth grade students said that the enjoyed playing basketball the most. The second favorite sport to play was soccer. According to another eighth grader Lance Laberge, says that he enjoys playing basketball because it is an intense and exciting sport. He also likes basketball because he gets to run a lot. 

Mystery Person

By Danyelle Kelly

  Hey, hey, hey it’s time once again for the mystery person!! She has blonde hair, tall, smart and about 5’5. Her birthday is March 25, 1992. She wants to be a lawyer when she grows up, but with her free time she loves to play basketball. She also loves to hang out with friends, go to the movies, sleep, go for walks, shop, and eat. She loves to dance and listen to music. Of course she goes to Quincy High School.  The mystery person has 8 pets; four dogs (2 small, 2 big) 3 cats, and a bunny. She also has two brothers and two sisters.
   Can you guess at all yet?? If not then here are some more clues.  The mystery person’s favorite color is blue and she loves the store Wet Seal.  She was born in Redding but then moved to Quincy when she was a year old.  When she was two, she moved to Polebridge, Montana.  At last she moved to Concord and ended up back in Quincy.  Well that’s all I can tell you about the mystery person. Hopefully you can guess who the mystery person is. So good luck on this year’s mystery person!!!

By Matt Rouse

  Ipods are now the most popular way to listen to music. The iPODS seemed to have outdated portable CD players because you don’t have to change disks when you want to listen to other songs and other artists.
  There are now several different versions of the iPODS: The iPOD shuffle, iPOD Nano, and the iPOD. The iPOD shuffle comes with either 512 MB or the 1GB. The shuffle always shuffles the songs you have on it and never plays them in the same order twice. The 512 MG is 99 dollars while the 1 GB is $129. The iPOD Nano comes in two different forms: the 2GB or the 4GB. The 2GB holds about 500 songs and the 4GB holds about 1000 songs. Each of them have a color screen and light so you can see the screen in the dark. The battery of the nano will last up to 14 hours of straight playing time. The nano can even hold photos.. The 2 GB is 199 dollars and the 4 GB is $249. The iPOD comes with either a 30 GB or 60 GB, it has 20 hours of straight playing time. Both have colored 2.5-inch screens. The iPOD can hold up to 25,000 photos and can even play movies. The 30 GB is $299 and the 60 GB is $399.

         Soccer

By Mindy Huang

  Most people have either played soccer, whether in P.E. or just for fun or as a sport. If they haven’t, then they have probably watched a soccer game. Do these people really know about soccer? Where it began, who started it, and when it started?
  It started in England in the middle of 19^th century. It was mainly played at private schools. Clubs started to form at 1855. It was called ‘football’ at the time. And even now, most countries, except America, call it football. The Football Association was started in 1863 at London, and in mid-1880, players were admitted. Later on, the game started to be played professionally.
  Soccer started to spread in the 1870s. By the mid-20^th century, Europe, South America, Middle Eastern, and Asia all had professional teams and players.
  The World Cup was established in 1930 and had been played every four years since then. Uruguay won the first World Cup. The most recent World Cup was in 2002, and Brazil won this one. The first women’s World Cup was in 1971.

Soccer is a fun and exciting game. It is played all over the world, and it is the most popular game in the world.       

 Change your F’s to A’s

By Lance LaBerge

  Are your grades plunging, are you being ridiculed by other students, are you going through the infamous nagging of your parents to get better grades? Well I have got some tips for you.
  First, never wait until the last minute to get work done.  Always get rid of the big assignments.  If you don’t, you could end up studying to the last minute and your grades won’t get a hair higher.  A very important tip is to do your homework right after school and never wait until the last minute to do it.
  If your problem isn’t procrastinating and it is that the work is too hard, then if you stay after school to get help the work will go by like a breeze.  If staying after school is not what you want then maybe spending time at lunch would be helpful.  If that works for you then you have an added benefit to do what you want after school with homework out of the way.
  The final and most important tip is to pay attention in class so your tests will be easier to study for and your homework will be easier to do.  Ask your teachers if they would allow you to do work at different times of the day in their class. Whatever happens, work very hard and the A’s will come faster than you think.