Be Kind and Careful
Be Responsible and Respectful
Be Gaudet Great!
Issue 36
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Life Styles………………………………2 Around Gaudet.........................…5 Did You Know..............................6 Animal Corner .............................7 Fashion......................................10 Sports……………...........…....…….11
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My Life
By: Julien
My Parents This was the ship my parents met on… My parents were both in the military. They met each other on their ship leaving Texas in 2000.They were both from El Paso, Texas. They dated for a long time and got married in 2001. My dad had to leave after their marriage because of 9/11. Mis padres ambos fueron en las fuerzas armadas. Se conocieron uno al otro en su nave saliendo de Texas en 2000. Ellos fueron ambos de El Paso, Texas . Ellos eran novios por mucho tiempo y se casaron en 2001. Mi papá tuvo que salir despué s de su matrimonio por causa de 9 /11. My brother .. My brother was born on the 4th of March , 2007 in Japan. My mom was pregnant with him for the -irst couple of months in 2007. My brother`s name is Joaquin Gasca. I love my brother so much. He is now eight years old. Mi hermano nació el 4 de marzo de 2007, en Japó n. Mi madre estaba embarazada con mi hermano en los primeros dos meses de 2007. El nombre de mi hermano es Joaquin Gasca. Le amo tanto a mi hermano. Ahora tiene ocho añ os de edad.
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My Life
By: Rodrigo
Rodrigo came to the United States from El Salvador when he was seven years old. Here are some of his childhood memories written in English and Spanish. My grandpa was one of the most important people in my life because he would do everything for me. I remember I woke up at 3:00. I went up to him because I wanted him to play with me and to make me his famous coffee with milk. I poked his eyes. He woke up but didn’t open his eyes. He smiled at me and started walking like a mummy, so I got scared and hit him with a stick. He jumped on his bed. He never got mad at me. He was one of the most important people in my life because my dad died before I was born and I recognized him as my dad. So when he died it broke my heart. Mi abuelo fue una de las personas má s importantes en mi vida porque é l harı́a todo para mı́. Recuerdo que me desperté a las 3:00. Me acerqué a é l porque yo querı́a que é l jugara conmigo y que me haga su famoso café con leche. Metı́ sus ojos, se despertó , pero a fuerza abrió los ojos. Me sonrió y comenzó a despertar como una momia, ası́ que me asusté y le golpeé con un palo. Saltó sobre su cama. E; l nunca se enojó conmigo. Era una de las personas má s importantes de mi vida, porque mi padre se murió antes de que yo naciera y me lo reconoció como mi papa. Ası́ que cuando se murió se me rompió el corazó n. I remember that one morning I turned on the T.V. and saw American football. I remember seeing the 49rs playing. I automatically got hooked seeing them. I loved football. I remember that there was no American football camp, so I was really sad until my grandma bought me a football. I loved being the quarterback because it was so much fun. So every day my friends played hours of football. My wish is one day to be the 49rs quarterback because I want be like Joe Montana. Recuerdo que una mañ ana encendı́ la televisió n y vi el fú tbol americano. Recuerdo haber visto los 49rs jugando y yo automá ticamente me enganché al verlos. Me encantó el fú tbol. Recuerdo que no habia ningú n campo de fú tbol americano , ası́ que estaba muy triste hasta que mi abuela me compró una pelota de fú tbol. Me encantaba ser el mariscal de campo porque era muy divertido. Ası́ que todos los dı́as mis amigos jugaban horas de fú tbol. Mi deseo es un dı́a para ser el mariscal de los 49rs porque quiero ser como Joe Montana. Tambié n mi equipo favorito es los New England Patriots.
Avoid Scratch! (Another Editorial)
By: Ben P. I’m here to inform you that if you are interested in coding avoid Scratch! Scratch is supposed to be a beginner level coding platform for people who want to make games. Except the fact that it is all drag and drop and the games are slow. Drag And Drop is a method for making games which is not accurate and provides less control over making your games. I’ve gotten 200 fps on far distance in Minecraft and in a Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 clone. It doesn’t even come close to 10 frames per second on the same computer. If you want to make fun games or software, learn Gamemaker Studio, Python, Java, or something other than Scratch. It runs slow, it doesn’t require effort and making a full length game in Scratch is almost impossible. It’s slow, it doesn’t help you with coding later, and it won’t benefit you in your coding career. I completely skipped Scratch and I made some really good games.
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I LOVE TRAVELING BY DEVINA Traveling is an enriching experience. I am only eleven years old, but I have visited many different places. Because of my father’s job in the Navy, and my family’s love for traveling, I think I have been very lucky. I simply love to travel. In my country, India itself, I have visited many ci!es and states. Even outside India. I love new experiences of traveling in trains, airplanes, buses, and cars. Traveling teaches us many new and different things, and it can show us things which we have never seen or experienced. All the different monuments, fes!vals, cultures, and religions, makes us learn so much. If we never lived in a cold temperature, and we travel to a cold place, though it is shivering cold and we are not used to it, we get a new experience. We feel that what it’s like to be in the cold. That’s the same for warm temperatures. When we travel to another country, we learn how that country is different from our country. If we travel to Disney World, Epcot, there are lots of futuris!c rides, like what kind of cars will there be in the future. We can learn a lot from that. Some!mes traveling is all about fun, while other !mes it’s all about learning. If we travel, we have lots of fun and experience a lot. My best recent trip was to the Disney World in Orlando, where I had fun and learned a lot. Since the world began, traveling is a thing that has never ended and as far as the globe, people are traveling all around it everyday. Everyone should travel as much as they can.
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Extra! Extra! Read All About the Gaudet Times! Considering this is our last Gaudet Times for the year, I figured that this would be the best time to do an article about it. Just in case you did not know, the Gaudet Times is an after school program where roughly forty-four students write the school newspaper. It has been around since November, 2005. Mr. Dumais has always run the program, but there have been many different teachers helping out over the years. The Gaudet Times has had many different articles including ones written by our foreign correspondents, our writers in different parts of the world. I would like to thank Mr. Dumais, Mr. Sisson, Devin and Mr. Arnold for being a huge part of the Gaudet Times and helping us all. I would also like to thank all of the students writing the Gaudet Times, putting together some excellent issues and for making this an amazing year at the Gaudet Times. Of course a big thank you to our readers as well.
Transitioning to Gaudet Middle School By: John
At first I thought middle school would be a rough time, but soon I changed my theory. When I got here I was thinking, “Oh no lockers and bullies will be the downfall of me.” I was soo wrong. Lockers weren’t a big problem I cleaned my locker every Friday and sorted what I didn’t need and what I needed. My advice for oncoming Middle Schoolers is don’t be afraid of lockers [or bullies] because if you are being bullied, there is always a teacher or student to stick up for you.
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Subliminal Messages Subliminal messages are frequently used to influence a decision or choice you make. It all sounds very complex, but simplicity is part of what makes it so confusing. Our brain is easily mislead. Here, let us show you an example. During this movie, a subliminal message was flashed across the screen so quickly that your eyes couldn’t register it, but your brain did. So, all of the people that were hungry got up and bought popcorn. This is just one of the ways subliminal messages can trick your brain. The ad was soon banned a&er they realized why people were buying so much popcorn at this movie. Now that you know what a subliminal message can do to you, we are going to give a descrip)ve overview of the science behind subliminal messages. Subliminal messages are messages that operate below the level of conscious awareness and delivered in a way to be perceived from the subconscious mind. This means your subconscious is aware but you consciousness doesn’t. They can be in the form of audio and of course, visual. Did you know that subliminal messages can help stop the&. One store played a subliminal message over their radio, and it reportedly saved them six hundred thousand dollars. Some people argue that subliminal messages should not be allowed because it is persuading you to do something without you even knowing it. Let’s see if you can see any of these hidden messages: This ar)cle is dedicated to Mr. Sisson.
George Washington’s Denture’s BY JUNXIANG Were you taught that George Washington’s denture are made of wood? Well whoever taught you that is wrong. By the way this is information from the Smithsonian it is true. George Washington’s dentures were actually made of ivory, copper, lead, gold metal wire, springs, and brass screws.
Are the teeth made out of wood? No they are not! SO YOU’RE WRONG! George Washington’s teeth were not wood!
What Is Stem Cell Research By Junxiang Before we get to stem cell research, a stem cell is an immature cell. Stem cell research can help people in need of a heart, kidney or liver. You can replace many organs with stem cell research. Don’t get stem cell research mixed up with GMO‘s (genetically modified organisms). GMO’s that can be in your everyday food, potatoes, milk, beef etc. Stem cell research can give people bone marrow to people that need a marrow donor. That is the basic picture on stem cell research. 6
Abused Animals and How to Help Them By: Samantha Abused animals should be taken to the veterinarian. Did you know, that the most abused animals are farm animals? Also there are many ways to abuse an animal. You can help in so many different ways. By stopping animal abuse you help animals have a better life, not one that will kill them. One fact is the exotic pet trade is a multi- billion dollar industry. In the U.S. some wild pets are bred in captivity, many taken from their native habitat. Stress of being violently removed from their homes causes a number of these animals to die prematurely. Dog fighting is reported in the urban and suburbs areas. One way to abuse an animal is to do an experiment on an animal and permanently injure them. Another way to abuse an animal is to starve them to death by not feeding them. We can all help to stop animal abuse by calling the police to investigate the situation. When you contact police, try to give as much information as possible. This way police have a better understanding of the abused animal. You could also call animal control to help the animal. Animal control will probably know more about how to help the animal than the police. You could adopt animals so they don’t go to the pound.
Burrowing Owls
By: Gwen
Have you ever heard of Hoot the book? If not, then you should start reading a li,le bit more. Hoot is a book about a kid named Roy. He meets new people and the people that he meets want to save the burrowing owls from Mother Paula’s Pancake House building site where their burrows are. I will talk just about burrowing owls right now. Burrowing owls are smaller than most owls. Of course by the name you can tell that they do not nest in trees. They create burrows in the ground. Most burrowing owls are brown, white and also very fuzzy. Unlike other owls, they are not nocturnal. They are very ac!ve during the day and night, but they only like to be in the shade. Their main diet is mice and insects. They usually weigh 6 ounces and are 10 inches in height (Can you believe that those owls aren’t even a foot long?) Their average lifespan is 6 to 8 years. They live in North America and South America. Burrowing Owls can only be found in grasslands, deserts, and any other dry areas of land with open space. Although burrowing owls are predators, they are not at the top of the prairie food chain. This means that they are also in danger of becoming prey for other predatory species. Larger owls, hawks, coyotes, foxes, weasels, and badgers all naturally prey on burrowing owls. Sadly, these furry friends are endangered. There are not many le9 in the world and you cannot touch them AT ALL! We have been losing burrowing owls at a rate of about 22% per year! These three problems are the main reason why the number of Burrowing Owls are decreasing. 1.) Lack of space (habitat loss), 2.) Low birth rate 3.)High death rate. Hopefully, in the future these owls will be safe and will no longer be endangered. Hope you learned a lot about these owls and you’ve changed your mind if you were not interested in owls. These furry friends are definitely worth looking at and are very interes!ng. 7
Bearded Dragon - Most Friendly Lizard BY BELLA One of the world’s friendliest lizards, is the Pogona. You might know the Pogona as the “Bearded Dragon”. The name “Bearded Dragon” was chosen because when they are mad, they’re neck turns black to look like a beard. Pogona’s are found in Australia so you don’t need to give them water. They find their water in fruits and veggies, so make sure to feed them lots of veggies! Since they are from Australia, they need their tank heated by a reptile light. Bearded Dragons come in lots of different colors. They come in gold, lemon fire, citrus, sand fire gold (my favorite), and yellow. These colors can change through out there lifetime, which is 8-10+ years. To keep your beardy healthy, you need to make sure you feed them certain things. They like to eat almost any insect and love fruits and veggies. For the food, make sure to grab a spray bottle full of water to spray the food before they eat. Beardys prefer live crickets and insects much better than the dead ones. Make sure you put some calcium powder, that you can buy at Petco, to sprinkle on their food every other day. This calcium is very important because it strengthens your Pogona’s bones so they can be happy active lizards. You’re allowed to put your beardy outside the tank so it can be happier. Your Pogona loves to run around freely especially in the house. You can let your beardy play outside the tank for at least 1 to 2 hours. Make sure you arrange a play room for them so they don’t get lost behind stuff!
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Puppies
By: Kylie C. Puppies are small, fuzzy, energetic balls of fur. They are very energetic and love to chew, bite, and play. Puppies take lots of time and energy so if you are thinking about getting a puppy read this first. Getting a puppy can be rough at first, because most pups don’t come well behaved. They will shed all over your furniture, demolish shoes and you may have to clean up a few messes. Here are a few things to think about: • Is anyone home during the day? • When you first get a puppy they need a few days to settle in. Plan so that the first few days you are always home. This is a precious bonding time between you and your pup. • Do you have the time and energy for a puppy? • Whether you are tired, lazy, sick, or have the flu, your dog still needs a walk. According to the UK Kennel Club puppies need five minutes of exercise per month of age up to twice a day. That means that a 6 month old puppy would need 30 minutes a day up to twice daily! • How protective of your house are you? • Your puppy will have accidents, chew on your furniture, and dig up your plants so if you want a pup I would puppy-proof your house. • Do you have children? • If so teach your children to handle the puppy and never leave them alone together, for something could happen while you are gone. • Lastly, where do you live? • Make sure you live in a good environment for your puppy and there is enough room to play and exercise. Choosing a puppy can be stressful and sometimes hard. Try fostering for your local shelter and see if you can find your match. If you are choosing from a shelter make sure you are ready for whatever comes. Sometimes they come scared and beat up in need of a good home to help them out. If you are choosing from a breeder ask lots of questions to find out what your puppy has been through and how the breeder works. Once you have picked that special puppy, make sure to socialize it as much as you can. Your puppy is constantly learning new things and could react fearfully so you need to help him understand these new things and be confident about it. Make sure you don’t force your dog to play with other dogs and wait for him/her to come to them on their own. When introducing your pup to other dogs pick a dog you know is friendly and won’t jump at your pup and scare him/her. Now feeding is different for some dogs and more similar for others. If your pup is under 8 weeks it should be feed from its mom and around 3 weeks old should start to eat solid food. If under 6 months most pups do well with 2-4 cups a day but it really depends on their requirements. If over 6 months usually 2 cups a day is good for most pups. Also you always need to have water out for your dogs. They get dehydrated easily and need a cool refreshment. Now that you have some basic knowledge on adopting and raising a puppy, all you have to do is love and care for your fuzzy friend. Remember, the key to owning a pet is to love and care for it.
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Legs and lips By: Bella
Legs and lips are my favorite feature of the body. Here are some ways to compliment your legs and your lips. • If you have pale skin, wear red lipstick. • If you have dark skin, wear light bare lipstick. • If you have tan skin, wear dark lipstick. • Wear lip gloss for moist looking lips and lipstick for dry looking lips. • Make sure to apply Chap Stick for very healthy and soft lips. EOS is often recommended. •
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For your legs, never wear a skirt or baggy clothes, because legs are made for showing off. This doesn’t mean you have to wear booty shorts all the time but you might wear shorts and skinny jeans. Moisturize your legs with some lotion so they are not disgusting and dry.
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THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE
BY COOPER H
You probably know what this race is but if you don’t then this is some of the things you need to know about the Volvo Ocean Race. Volvo is a car company which sponsors a major ocean race each year with 8 teams which circle the entire earth in huge sailboats. On the boats, each person has a specific job. There is a skipper, the one in charge, navigator, driver, bowman, trimmer, and more. The Teams Are… • Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Team…The team in first in the overall ranking. • Dongfeng Race Team… the Chinese team. • Team Alvimedica… the home port team! • Mapfre… the Spanish crew • Team Vestas Wind… the team that was beached onto a reef on the second leg to Abu Dhabi, UAE. • Team Brunel… the team from the Netherlands. • Team SCA…Who is the Volvos first all-woman team ever!!! The race goes all around the world from one port to another. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
The Ports Are… Alicante, Spain Cape Town, South Africa Abu Dhabi, UAE Sanya, China Auckland, New Zealand Itajai, Brazil Newport, RI, USA Lisbon, Portugal Lorient, France The Hague, Netherlands… for a 24 hour stopover Gothenburg, Sweden… the final port
The Volvo ocean race is the toughest race in the whole entire world. If you want to join the race you would need to be ready for the hardest, scariest, and most extreme that a human will ever be faced. Trained sailors with experience will sail for their lives. 11
FNAF THE FINAL CHAPTER COMING OUT THIS HALLOWEEN Sco, confirmed that the last game of Five Night’s At Freddy’s (Also known as FNAF) is coming out on Halloween. Now I do not know why but if you don’t believe me, quick, check sco,games.com and you will find a very disturbing picture of Freddy with sharp teeth all over him. But you’ve been warned, it’s kind of creepy. BY: Yu
OMG - It’s NIGHTMARE FOXY!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE FNAF COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE NIGHMARE FREDDY,CHICA,AND BONNIE AND NOW FOXY BUT THERE IS ONE MORE ANIMATRONIC (IN THE FIRST GAME) LEFT………………… GOLDEN FREDDY!!!!! I GUESS WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT!
FNAF There are 3 games of FNAF (Also known as Five Nights at Freddy’s). In the first game, the objective is to survive the night and not be scared by any animatronics. You have limited power and two doors. If your power goes out, Freddy will eliminate you. If you’re lucky enough, you will be able to survive until 6 am. The second game, you have limited power, mask, vent lights, and a flashlight. You will have to wind the music box so Marionette wouldn’t jump scare you. Trust me her jump scare is not pretty. The third game which has unlimited power audio device and a system to fix if anything breaks. You need the audio so Springtrap would think that you’re where you let the audio play. If he sees you, there’s no way to get him away unless your luck enough to trick him. Fourth Game Coming This Halloween.
My Theory for FNAF 4 My theory is that when Scott Cawthon made plans for the fourth game, he didn’t even think about the mistakes he is making. • When Chica’s bib say Let’s Eat and she has a moldy cupcake, who wants to eat here? • Maybe their questions are the answers to many theories • How in the world did Scott get an idea when you get endings in the 3rd game. • Where did the 4th game animatronics come from?
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Don’t freak out about Five Nights at Freddy’s! (Editorial) By Ben P. Five Night’s At Freddy’s has one of the most atrocious fan bases I have ever seen in my life. If you don’t know what it is, Google it. Almost every person either knows it or has heard of it. Five Nights at Freddy’s was released in August 2014. A9er Markiplier played it, Pewdiepie played it and everyone else did. This made the creator Sco, Cawthon lots of monies. And of course, not even a year a9er the release a FOURTH one has been announced. And by the !me this newspaper comes out it will be insane to find that the third already exists and the movie is in the works. So what’s so big about this community? It consists of many 11 year olds and under. Because of this it has allowed the awful theorizing of the story. Not only that, they are fans. What is the difference between a fan and a consumer? A fan is a person that constantly is in demand of not only custom made, but spends 40% of their day or week consis!ng of chugging down the product as if it was a really good tas!ng soda. It’s a harsh way to define a fan, but the truth is if you love Minecra9 so much. Why do you spend $300 on t-shirts, toys on that product? As a summary for my defini!on, you’re a radical and incredibly loyal consumer for that product. It’s not exactly a bad thing, in fact just look at the sports fans that are willing to !p over cars because their family team lost. Or the One Direc!on fans that cut themselves because their favorite boy in the band le9. A consumer is a person who simply buys the product and doesn’t act like a maniac over it. They might discuss or have a ques!on or two but it isn’t insane. Five Nights At Freddy’s has go,en such a demand that Sco, Cawthon donated at least $200,000 of his earnings from this game to charity. The paid version of his mobile games of the trilogy (soon to not be a trilogy if you look at the photo) The first game (paid version) has go,en 500,000-1,000,000 in mobile downloads. At max he made 3 MILLION dollars off of thin air. Please just buy it and play it. That’s all I ask.
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An Interview with Kyle
By: Kyle
Kyle B: What’s your favorite sport? Kyle: I really like baseball so that’s my favorite. Kyle B: What’s your favorite Japanese restaurant? Kyle: Mizu is my best Japanese restaurant. Kyle B: What’s better, P.E or Chorus? Kyle: P.E is definitely better than Chorus. Kyle B: What brother are the most alike bro? Kyle: Poohba This is the conclusion of this article. Thanks for reading!
TEAM SNICKERS VS TEAM SKITTLES BY Kyle S.
HI, MY NAME IS KYLE. TODAY’S ARTICLE IS ABOUT A SURVEY. DO YOU LIKE SKITTLES OR SNICKERS? I LIKE SKITTLES SLIGHTLY BETTEr THAN SNICKERS BECAUSE SKITTLES HAVE MORE FLAVOR. WELL, I WILL TELL YOU THE RESULTS OF WHO WON. I SURVEYED THE STUDENTS IN GAUDET. SKITTLES WINS THE SURVEY!!!!!!!!!! THANKS FOR READING!
Weather Hello my name is Ava and here is your forecast for this week: Monday you will have a chance of a glitter shower. This is a picture of what it might look like: Tuesday: You will have a sunny glitter day. Wednesday: you will have a happy hurricane. Its name will be Hurricane Happy. Thursday: It will be raining cats and dogs. (Literally).
Friday: Mickey Mouse is coming to town! Saturday: there will be a lollipop Tornado. SUNDAY FREDDY FAZBAR WILL BE AT YOUR DOOR!!!! 14
Funny Animal Picture
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A-Z TONGUE TWISTERS By: Karissa D. and Ella D. A= Ally saw an alligator eating an apple. B= Brent played the banjo with a banana. C= Chloe caught a camel with caramel. D= Doug dug a deep ditch during December. E= Ella eats elephants every Earth Day. F= Fern flew while fighting flamingos. G= George gave garbage to Gam and she gobbled it. H= Harry had hair in his ham. I= Iggy is ill so she got an iguana. J= James jumped while juggling giant juice jugs. K= Karissa kicked kangaroos in karate. L= Lora left her lollipop in the leaves. M= Mera made mango muffins. N= Nicole knitted nets in New Hampshire. O= Ollie eats octopus from our ocean. P= Pat pets pink pigs in a pig pen. Q= Queen Quincy ate a quarter in a quiz. R= Rude Robbie ran with red rabbits. S= Sam sat sadly on solid sharp shells. T = Tim taught tiny turtles their times tables. U= Ursula used underdog underwear. V= Violet vomits violins while driving vans. W= Wally watered watermelon while watching wild wizards. X= Xavier got an x-ray of a xylophone. Y= Yu Tong yelled “yaks are yellow.” Z= Zeus likes zany zebras in zoos. 16
Coach Bob A Life Created By: Lauren and Alex the Awesome People My life started on a cold, bi,er day. I wasn’t sure what was going on, but all I could remember was a li,le boy screaming, “Take the picture already! My head is falling off.” It all started on a Wednesday probably around 1:00pm when there were four non-snowman like figures playing in the snow. Like I said before, there was a li,le boy screaming, “Take the picture already!!!” “If you stop asking, Lauren will take the picture.” A girl named Alex said. The young boy lost his temper. “I KNOW!!!” He screeched. Then, he went over and kicked Alex in the shin. “Can we get this picture over with?” The young boy asked. “Yes Dylan, we can.” Lauren replied. As Dylan, known as the young boy, put his hand on me, my head fell off. (I am not using that as an expression.) “At least Coach Bob is a snowman!” Lilly said. It took about 5 minutes to finally put my head back together, but a9er that it was Alex’s turn to get a picture with me. Lauren, Lilly, and Alex are my most favorable. Dylan, hmmmm…. Not so much. I’ll put him in my, not my favorite list. Later on, Alex and Dylan le9. Finally, I thought, “He le9.” You are probably wondering why they call me Coach Bob. (I should have said this in the beginning) The reason why they called me Coach Bob is because I was a football coach with no team. A9er the unfavorable kids le9, the more favorable children went inside. Well at least it is quiet now I thought. Then it all happened, it got dark. I wasn’t sure what I should do because I couldn’t see, so I just waited for the bright shinny thing to come. When it did I was so happy… at first. I waited for those screaming creatures to come back, but they never did. Then my arm fell off. I expected those girls to come fix it again, but they never did. Time passed un!l I only had my head le9. Then it hit me, my short life was about to come to an end….
TO BE CONTINUED…
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FUNNY HOROSCOPES by: Ella • • • • • • • • • • • •
January: In 5 days a goose will lay an indigo colored egg on your nose that will hatch and become a hypno!c lion. FEBUARY: On Valen!ne’s Day you will get 3 cards from pigs named Bacon, Ham and Pork Chops. MARCH: Have you heard the saying March’s weather comes in like a lion and out like a lamb well that is what you will act like. April: On April first your worst nightmare will come to life. April fools!!!!! May: If you eat pie you will turn into a book about grapes. June: On the last school your pencil will come to life and be 19 feet tall. July: On The Fourth Of July you’ll see a firework shaped like a flying pig. August: You will see something like this running on the beach. September: On the first day of school your teachers name will be Mr.buffalojigalig!!! OCTOBER: On Halloween you will eat so much candy people will hit you like a piñata un!l you explode with candy coming out of your body. NOVEMBER: On Thanksgiving your turkey will run away. DECEMBER: On Christmas you will get a grandfather slug.
Gravity Falls Secrets and theories 1 By Bella First lets talk about the last episode of season 3. We find that the author of the books is Stan’s brother, Stanley. This was very disappoin!ng because my theories were completely off. I thought it was Bill. Well, Bill is s!ll part of this. Maybe he did a deal with Stanley that got Stanley trapped in the portal? Bill obviously has a connec!on to this family. Maybe Bill helped out in hiding the journals? I have no idea, but my theories were completely off, and I’m disappointed. Ever wonder about Wendy? What the heck does she have to do with this series? She is obviously part of the series but what is her purpose? We have not found out yet but I intend to.
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Grumpy cat Check out these hilarious grumpy cat memes and a li,le something extra.
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The Squirrel who Found Bacon…
By Vanessa G, Olivia N-V & Ashleigh K BANG!! BOOM!! KA-POW!! And this is just Jerry SLEEPING! Can you imagine what he’s like when he’s up!? (If you’re wondering, Jerry is the squirrel who found Bacon) “Jerry, time to wake up!” came the sweet, soothing voice of Jerry’s mother. Jerry’s response to that was a HUGE, LOUD snore. “KAREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” called his mother. “COME WAKE YOUR BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” The next thing Jerry knew he was covered in goo, but he couldn’t figure out what it was. At that point he didn’t care, and only because he was too tired. Later that day, Jerry’s mother asked him to go to the squirrel food market. On his way, he found a teacup pig named Bacon. Jerry found beans at the food market. Then, he offered the beans to Bacon because Jerry found Bacon laying on the ground crying. “Want some beans?” asked Jerry. “Not a chance!!! Ok well maybe a little... OK, JUST GIMMIE ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!” said Bacon. “NOM-NOM -NOM-NOM-NOM!!!!!!!” “Would you like to join me and my family for dinner?” asked Jerry “Mmmmmmaybe” replied Bacon. There was a dead silence. “OKAY FINE!” Bacon finally said. “Okay then” Jerry said. “Let’s go”. “We’re going to my grandmother’s house for dinner,” Said Jerry. When they got to the tree, (Jerry’s grandmother’s tree) Jerry started to climb it until he realized bacon wasn’t behind him. “You coming?” Jerry asked. “Mmmmmm there’s just one little thing ha-ha.” Bacon said. “I can’t climb.” “You can’t what?!” Jerry asked “I can’t climb” Bacon replied ashamed. “Well ok…..” Jerry said as he was climbing down the tree and grabbed Bacon by the tail to drag him up the tree. They FINALLY reached the top. Jerry was exhausted! When they finished dinner Jerry asked “What’s for dessert?” then Jerry’s grandma replied “Key lime pie sweetie” then bacon almost shouting “Oh my favorite!!!!!!!!!” then grandma mumbled “literally… I may OR may not have dropped my keys in the pie”. Then after she said that everyone spit out their pie. “Good thing I brought brownies! I know you so well mother” Said Ms. Squirrel. “You guys ready?” called Ms. Squirrel. “Yeah sure” Said Jerry “Good, let’s go” said Ms. Squirrel “Wait what about Bacon?” “He can stay the night with us (he probably wouldn’t last the night with Grandma).” “Come on Bacon!” screamed Jerry. “COMING!” Then, he woke up to the sweet, soothing sound of his mother and he was covered in disgusting, green, goopy, goo…
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Make HTML5 Games!
By Ben P.
If you don’t know what HTML5 games are, HTML5 games are games which work in your browser. HTML5 is the programming language that is used to write webpages and can be either simple or hard because you could you could use something as simple as website builders or write the whole website from scratch. HTML5 is a new version of HTML but it comes with many features as it has support for video games. In fact, even I programmed some of my own games from scratch in order to make a li,le money (make sure you get a parent.) Now I use a program called Gamemaker in order to make my games but you can check out some programming plaQorms from this link. h,p:// html5devstarter.enclavegames.com/ You don’t have to be a genius to code, you can also learn from code academy and many other online coding websites for free as well. Here is currently a game I’m working on, it looks amazing at the moment and it is being made in HTML5, with nice skills in making digital graphics (which if you aren’t good at making graphics go to opengameart.org, it should provide you plenty of royalty free art assets you can use in your game.) If you want to keep it simple (and are wiling to spend a li,le bit of money in the process) you can get Gamemaker Studio and Spriter. Gamemaker Studio Professional is $100 and occassionally down to $50. If you are willing to take it even further you can get the HTML5 export module for $200 (which is some!mes a lot more cheaper, I’ve seen it as low as $120) By the !me your reading this 3 years into the future most likely Gamemaker Studio 2 is out and I can’t state anything about that, but it should be able to have the ability to export s!ll. You can make a LIVING off of making HTML5 games. Even if you aren’t interes!ng in making games for mobile devices, I suggest trying to learn other programming languages which is a good idea because personally, it’s a job where you can be lazy and if you got the chance to work at a place like Google you can get a lot of benefits. You get free food at Google, get to work or nap in the nap pod if your stressed out and there are even valets to park your car. If you are convinced already that you should program please do, there are many ways to do it and it can benefit you for the rest of your life financially and if you’re eager enough; maybe you’ll be even be able to work at Google.
New 4th Grade Art Club!!! I am starting a new art club after school on Thursday, June 11th 2015. Permission slips will be handed out on Friday, June 5th at the playground. The art club will be at my house (address will be on the permission slip). If your parent(s) do not approve of going to my house, you unfortunately will not be able to attend. The slips will have to be returned to me by Monday, June 8th at the same place they were given. Hope you can attend!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -Alexa
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My Life on the Underground Railroad All I remember from my childhood was me screaming and crying, calling for my mother. She was sold to a different master than me at the slave trade auction. I lived on a huge plantation in Georgia. In a small barn. We worked from sun up to sun down picking cotton from the fields and feeding the animals. We got little food that was dry and tasteless. My life was horrible. I had to escape. During the escape I traveled under the cover of darkness. I ran all night and slept all day. I had little food and I was tired and weak. Kind people called conductors sometimes brought me to the next house in the back of a wagon. They also let me stay nights at their houses where I had a safe place to sleep and eat. I searched for signs like owl calls and lit candles in the windows after dark. Some people did not wish to be caught so they left shed doors open with clean clothes, warm blankets, and food. Even through the kindness I still did not know who to trust. Throughout my journey I saw many wanted posters of me. I had heard of bounty hunters who catch runaway slaves for a reward. I met one and she tricked me I escaped and ran as fast as I could away. I still do not understand how some whites can treat us so terribly when we did nothing to them. The Underground Railroad is very tough and scary but it saved my life. After I reached freedom me and my family were reunited we were all crying it was the best day of my life. We now live in a small house in Canada. All together life is great. By: Emma
The Derp-A-Flerp This is the story of how The Derp-A-Flerp came to be: One time in the summer of 2014, me and my best friend, Keara put on music to dance to. Keara started jumping, kicking her legs back, and flopping her hands up and down. She shouted “Derp-A-Flerp! “Over and over and over again. I hope you enjoy doing the Derp-A-Flerp! Alexa (Give the credit to Keara, not me!)
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Relevance – Minecraft (Editorial)
By Ben P. The one thing I have learned from getting older is that things get lame when younger people tend to overdo it. I can’t say I burnt out of such a good game because I played it for 3 years straight countlessly. Probably for half of those years I played that game and NEVER felt bored. Why would I want to share this with others? Because when you look at something in the past that you loved when it wasn’t relevant seems that it gets annoying when does get relevant. I remember in 2012 when I wrote my first article here at Gaudet Times, one of them was about Black Friday and one of them was about Minecraft. I labeled it as extremely addictive and it was. (By the way, that was when I was in 4th grade and it was my 23rd issue.) In 7th grade now, looking back at such a game made me feel horrible and spoiled now. I can play with almost anyone I want when I want. I never had any in real life friends to play with because It was a risk trusting your credit card online since it was rarely known and only credit card (and I think Paypal) were the only way to make transactions. There were plenty of people slowing down the ability to give it relevance by making it seem stupid due to it’s awkward graphics. The only platform it supported was PC (and most likely Linux and Mac but no one rarely uses it. And finally Not many people knew about it. 3 years ago, the game never even reached it’s full release. And some people make conspiracy theories that Microsoft is going to ruin the game by adding ridiculous fees but when you think about it Mojang already charged people ridiculously with Minecraft Realms before they were bought. In fact, you could easily get a free minecraft server from server.pro or get an even cheaper server at a non-Mojang server hosting company. There are TOO many Minecraft players on YouTube and it is almost impossible to get relevant even if you made the best videos. You’re better off trying to code your own game then getting relevant on YouTube. And the old Minecraft players like CaptainSparklez or any that are still on YouTube and making millions are playing boring games made by players over and over and over and over and over and over again. It gets repetitive after 4 games, and you’re sure to get bored from watching if you got a video every day of some guy failing at Survival Games. But to conclude, Minecraft is a game that has a reason to get old. You know what? They added new colors for beacons. That doesn’t mean that you should go back into Minecraft because of it. You can set challenges for yourself, build cool redstone contraptions, and even learn how to type like I have. You can play mods, make mods, get banned from servers that clearly violate the Eula after mentioning it to a staff member, and maybe even meet Bill Gates if you are lucky. If you’re a young kid playing Minecraft and are reading this, please enjoy it while it lasts. And please don’t torment any older players, it may tempt or drive them away. When you get older and may even still like it, you probably won’t have the next generation of Minecraft players driving you out.
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Save Money on Video Games! If you are like everyone else in the world, you want to save money on everything. Whether its necessi!es or not it’s always good to save money on something. Now with video games it’s harder to save money. If you’re buying retro games the price depends on how the condi!on of the game is. If the cartridge is yellow, s!cker is peeled off, it would be way less than a game that has the case and is in be,er condi!on overall. In this ar!cle I will tell you how to save on games whether they’re new, old, or digital. Bargain This !p only applies to small video game stores, flea markets, and garage sales. If you don’t know what bargaining is it’s basically trying to get an object you want down to a lower price. Now, when you are bargaining it all depends on the person if they are nice and generous or tough and not willing. Also, if you are at a flea market you have to be aware of resellers. They will usually buy a game before the flea market opens so the consumers can’t get to it and sell the game for even more, making a profit. Now back to bargaining. Before you even consider making an offer, walk around for a bit see what you want for sure. If you already have your “eyes on the prize” look around and slowly make your way around the store. Politely ask if you could possibly ask for this at a cheaper price. They will agree or disagree. Just keep bargaining un!l you get the cheaper price or give up. Knowledge If you don’t know how rare a game and you pay li,le, great! If you pay a lot for a common game, not so great. Also, rare doesn’t always mean it’s going to be expensive. A rare game could be in short supply because nobody bought it because it was so bad. So when you’re about to make the purchase look the game up on Amazon or eBay. If the price is around or under that then good. If it’s over then not so good. Sales Even though sales are in video game stores, they are not in flea markets or garage sales. And if you find a sale in a video game store it’s probably because the game is bad. Because of li,le to no sales in video game stores this ar!cle is going to heavily focus on Steam and its sales. Steam has amazing sales. Games usually go from 60-90% off. Steam does summer and winter sales but they also do mini sales throughout the year. The mini sales are not always amazing but you might just find a gem. The picture to the right shows how many games I have bought, the total value, and the value with sales. So far, I have saved $549 buying games on sale.
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P.S.A. Youtube is allowed in School now! By Ben P. Yes, the title says it all! It has been fixed! After the many years and years of waiting, the school has officially unblocked Youtube and has came up with a solution to view modern Youtube videos. First, put Youtube.com in the address bar and you get a special search box that is even more safe than safe mode. Search in the search bar and you will access to thousands of Youtube videos to watch. If you’re a teacher, you now have actual videos from Youtube to show people. If you’re a student, you better not mess this up for everyone. So, what are you waiting for? You have the freedom to finally educate yourselves with billions of hours of entertainment education.
The Race!
By: Karissa D.
Once upon a !me there was a girl named Kim. Kim was 15 years old when she ran a mile run. During that run someone passed out. Kim always wanted to be a nurse so when she saw the man fall she ran to help him. Kim knew that if she helped this man she would not finish in !me but she had to help him. She picked him up and brought him to his family on the sidelines. Kim quickly got back in the race at the end of the race Kim came in first. Kim was sa!sfied because she helped that man and got first place. Kim was given an award. The man that she saved came over and said thank you so did the family. The next day Kim went to the hospital to apply for a job. Kim is young but she is the smartest in the class. She got the job and that was her special day. THE END
Things Wrong with the School Store • • •
They got rid of the fuzzy notebooks They don’t sell pencil cap erasers You can’t use money from your account to buy things
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