Final May newspaper 5-13
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Final May newspaper 5-13
The Cougar Chronicle Cowherd Middle School Fine Arts Festival Cowherd was well represented in the East Aurora District 131 Fine Arts Festival. Teachers: Ms. Holt, Mrs. Fichtel, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Taylor and Mr. Holhut should be very proud. Performances and art displays were very impressive. Be sure to enjoy this Festival yearly each spring at East High School. M. Gutierrez Top photo Three Middle Schools. Blue shirts are Cowherd students. Miguel Gutierrez 6th grade 3/13/13 STUDENT COMMENT I am so happy with ISAT done! How do you feel with ISAT done? I sure am happy. Did you think ISAT was hard ? I say yes about the test! You can’t talk with anyone either! Choir and Drama performed, and displays of student art work was amazing. Fine Arts Festival at East High V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T H E C O U G A R C H RO N IC L E PAGE 3 Drama Club Performs Choir adds to the entertainment and Band gives its best! (C. Taylor, P. Peterson, D. Holhut) [Ms. Holt and Mrs. Fichtel-Art] T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, PAGE 4 Informative Cowherd News! CELEBRATE Congratulations Mr. Marvel! By Daniel Cervantes He has worked as Cowherd’s librarian for a long time, 19 years. He will retire in June. Mr. Marvel says there have been good and bad days. It is wonderful when the students come in the library and read. He will miss coming to Cowherd day by day. He remembers the mini courses he taught , and trivia contests that he ran for the Cowherd students. He liked to tell students jokes as they checked out books. Mr. Marvel will spend his money by traveling to many countries. It is a bittersweet time for him. We wish him the BEST! This is a club which meets after school to do science experiments. IMSA sponsors this group, and provides grant moneys for all supplies. On Wednesday, 5-1-13, in room 604 Mrs. Schacht and Mrs. Lewis worked with students to do an eye blind spot test. Students got a card with directions printed on it. There were two dots, and they had to cover one eye at a time, then move the card slowly toward them, at a certain point the spot would disappear. That is the blind spot, when you can no longer see the dot. Later this group dissected a cow’s eye. YES, that is correct a cow’s eye. Earlier this club saw a video on an eye dissection. Students were given a tray, a rubber piece of material to go into the tray so you could pin down the eye, so you could cut it, a case with cutting supplies, rubber gloves, and protective eye glasses were also worn. A guide booklet provided all the directions. Each person was to cut apart the eye, and label its parts. Students had 3 worksheets to do relating to this project. It looked like wonderful and exciting fun, A bit gory too! What a fantastic learning experience. Maybe you will consider joining IMSA Fusion next school year. Students in Mrs. Taylor’s class studied Greek Theater. They made faces with EMOTIONS! What a great job they did! Look closely at the eyes and mouths. By Kaleth Garcia Gr.6 Photos on next page! By Daniel C. and Miguel G. V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE PAGE 5 IMSA FUSION-Cow’s Eyeballs Cow’s Eyeball article on previous page. COWHERD ’s GOT TALENT! The Choir had a concert on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 4:00 p.m. In the LRC.,Mrs. Peterson directed the 6th, 7th and 8th grade singers. They sang nursery rhymes. These choirs were entertaining parents, family members and kids. Listen to our music, have fun, learn new nursery rhymes too. Hope you came to support the choir! Our Final concert will be May 7th, 2013. Math Club, went on one of the many field trips to a Pumpkin Farm. We went through the Corn Maze, on a hay ride and jumped on a web and a pillow too. We’re doing so much more. If I were you I would join the Math Club. You love math? Sign up!!! By M. Jolly By Mikayla Jolly 6th grade I enjoy being a student of Mrs. B’s because I learn math easily. She gives us a little bit of homework. In math centers she makes us do drawings of fractions, or division and it turns into an animal or a clown Anonymous grade 7 V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE PAGE 6 Poetry Corner Star Catcher Kiairra Find me I’m not far. This aint no Monopoly Game, Just escaping from what you are. I’m trying to make a hypothesis main. Acting so cool, being that fool, in our mama’s house. Caught you wearing her red blouse Nobody talking to, than you wonder why While you’re singing that song” I Believe I Can Fly” Time for me to bounce, if yall need me, I a be at my yellow brick house. Now I’m hiding from what I could be When you catch stars you escape from who you are. Catching stars will never be easy, You always have to stop and see. Everything that went away. While only you were there to stay. By Carmen S grade 7 Struck By Love Instead Of Lightning WHAT IS NOT This is me Kiairra. Not the singer Ciara I’m going to tell yall something yall need to fix cause yall really aint got no sense. You need to go brush your teeth cause to me your breath really stinks This aint no time to be playing tricks. So yall should go buy you a bag of Pixy Sticks. (Wonks Pixy Sticks Candy) By Kiairra C. 7th grade The way he looks at me gives me the giggles! Listening to his heartbeat as he holds me tight, and I know that everything is going to be alright. Being right next to him having so much fun, as I look into his eyes, and see them glistening in the sun. You are like a star shining so bright in the sky, your so truthful so I know you will never lie. You struck me by love instead of lightning; You’re so loving you can never be frightening. Even when my world tilts upside down you are a clown and always seem to make me smile. You struck me by love instead of lightning, you're so loving you can never be frightening. By Ambria W. 7th grade V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE Adamaris A. C. grade 7 PAGE 7 The Messed Up Things of the World By Develle P Fly now Upon your sweet blue sky No more pain, no more sorrow Our angel, your happy tears will conquer all They were worth all the struggles, Now that you are there and now that you are home. grade 7 Hello, today I share what is on my mind, However there will be no rhyme. Racism, it still exists although it is hidden For it is something taught not born into. Inequality, if you have not experienced it You may have caused it. Loneliness, some go through it, some don’t Your sweet innocent face Heart break some would say It’s the worst pain of all, This that stays with us In remembrance of you, we find strength To smile and to laugh, But strangely they’re the things that make us who we are. Knowing it is what you will wish for. A DAY IN LIFE So our angel, our life Your smile will last forever, no less than a lifetime. Beneath the bridge Under all the rest Who do you trust of all the best? Nature You die and die from pain inside Drifting wind Day by day the sun go’s down Falling leaves So bright and big yellow too! In the ground and through the sky, Then the moon comes out to end the day Almost like a lullaby, The hustle Chilly days, freezing rain As we say our lines goodnight, Seeing water go down the drain, Goodnight Nature is an in nation, We have our dreams in the Today was fun, All day long, I gave my best, Now time to rest. By Ulises O . grade 7 cold black nights. As we have our dreams beneath all the rest We think of tomorrow and all the best. By: Cecie F. Gr. 7 V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE PAGE 8 Poems continue… also essays By: Andrea L. Today is Angel Day Grade 7 If today is angel day what will be tomorrow? If angel day is today what was yesterday? I’m not a Poet Tomorrow is your birthday then what is Saturday? I’m not as smart as a poet If today was yesterday then what would you change? I’m horrible at writing poems I’ve never written one before It is said to be the day of your life. But I wish I knew how to some more If I only took a long poetry class The day of you life it will be the beginning. If today is angel day what will be tomorrow? Even though it’d be hard to pass If angel day is today what was yesterday? I have no idea how I came up with this The first copy was a big mess By Kenterrious S. grade 7 It was just a bunch of sloppiness I couldn’t think a bit My brain seemed to be a room of emptiness You couldn’t even hear a little But after while all you could hear was scribble. Itzel L Grade 8 Child Abuse in America The problem with child abuse is that some kids get killed by their own parents. Children are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect . Some of their parents should go to jail. Their own kids should speak up. The children should go and look of help. Some kids get crazy or they get sick because of their parents hitting them. Every 3.3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving nearly 6 million children. United States has the worst record of the industrialized nations, losing five children every day due to abused related deaths. Any kid shouldn’t be treated that way because they suffer. Some parents hit their own child because they suffered child abuse too when they were little. They should look for help because their children should not suffer like they did. I am against child abuse because no kid should be treated badly. V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE PAGE 9 Field Trips IMSA Fusion and the Math Club visited Exelon Headquarters in Warrenville, Illinois. Engineers from Com Ed and from Exelon spoke with students. The students really enjoyed the trip because they learned so much. Topics included: electrical safety, nuclear reactors and plutonium pellets. Demonstrations kept the students interested. Exelon picked up the entire tab. How nice of them. By Daniel Cervantes grade 6 Peace Jam Mr. Harding is the sponsor of Peace Jam. It is an organization to learn about NON VIOLENCE! If there are rough situations, they look for peaceful approaches to solve problems. Five 8th grade students from Cowherd went to the Great Lakes Peace Jam Youth Conference. It was held at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich. Students got to meet Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner. Student also did service projects, and learned about the Peace Jam which is changing lives for the better. By Kaleth Garcia grade 6 Once again the National Junior Honor Society took a spring trip to Washington D.C. Thirty-two students and six chaperones enjoyed a very busy educational trip. They traveled by bus. You can read about it and see photos by going to their blog at http://cowherddctrip2013.edublogs.org. What a great time it was. By Miguel Gutierrez grade 6 V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE PAGE 10 6th Grade High Honor Roll Omar Aguirre, Arleth Alba, Oscar Alcala, Jennifer Arriola, Vivian Bahena, Armando Bolivar, Antonio Bueno, Pricila Cano, Thailyn Cardona, Yahaira Chavez, Cindy Del Cid, Maria Diaz, Nicole Diaz, Samantha Esparza, Gissell Espinal, Jorge Favela, Fredy Favela, Orlando Franco, Luis Gomez, Jacob Gonzalez, Trinity Greenwood, Madison Groner, Marie Gudino, Jesus Gutierrez, Azyadeth Huerta, Phyllis Kimani, Christian Luna, Jasmin Macias, Domeccio McCall, Jose Morales, Freddy Munoz, Carolina Nicasio, Yenesys Obert, Kevin Olivas, Isaac Paz, Jerry Perez Mayrely Ramirez, Julissa Ramos, Magali Renteria, Christopher Resendiz, Yulisa Rios, Nancy Rojas, Alondra Ruiz, Linda Sauceda, Bryan Torres, Eduardo Tovar, Damien Villa, Jayda Yancey. 7th Grade High Honor Roll Diego Alanis, Estefania Arellanes, Valeria Barrera, Romell Betts, Maysen Cahn, Gisselle Camacho, Rosio Cervantes, Omar Dela Torre, Diana Dimova, Jennifer Esparza, Jasmine Garcia, Melissa Garcia, Leslie Gonzalez, Isabel Hughes, Jazmin Jefferson, Angel Jimenez, Lamarria Johnson, Juan Lopez, Andres Martinez, Eduardo Martinez, Edwin Meraz, Javier Nevarez, Jennifer Nino, Ulises Ortiz, Victoria Paleo, Brenda Pulido, Elsa Reyes, Brenda Rivera, Fatima Rodriguez, Ana Ruiz, Sabrina Silva, Samuel Szweda, Efrain Valentin, 8Th Grade High Honor Roll Lizbeth Alonso, Beverlin Arriola, Arnoldo Ayala, Kayla Bekielewski, Mark Cruz, Maria Delgado, Krystal Escatel, Brenda Espinal, Amber Finley, Gilberto Gallegos, Cristina Garcia, Karen Guerrero-Diaz, Cynthia Lozano, Stephanie Lozano, Ashley Meza, Jonathan Ojeda, Brenda Perez, Brenda Perez, Giselle Ramirez, Jennifer Rivera, Victor Rodriguez, Joanna Sanchez, Lorena Vega, Christopher Villalobos. V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, 12 12 T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE Grade 6 PAGE 11 Honor Roll Q3 Veronica Alanis, Alondra Ambriz, Isela Anaya, Iveth Arellanes, Leslie Bahena , Nallely Barraza, Angela Barrientos, Jose Becerra, Brandon Camacho, Angel Cano, Andrea Cardenas, Shelly Castillo , Azul Castillo, Estefani Cazarez, Julissa Chavez, Francisco Chavez, Tiffany Clash-Shaw, Daniel Del Toro, Noel Diaz, Julianna Diaz, Adrian Diaz, Keonna Dillard, Angeleeza Esparza, Nayeli Espinoza, Estefania Espinoza, Eduardo Flores, Phontanett Foster, Moises Franco, Erica Garcia, Elena Garcia, Guadalupe Garcia, Raul Gaytan, Dalila Godinez, Miguel Gutierrez, Jose Gutierrez, MarcosHernandez, Maritza Hernandez, William Hernandez-Villa, William Herrera-Martinez, Malik Holloway, Quinesha Johnson, Anthony Lacy Ashea Lake, Risely Loera, Julian Lopez, Samantha Lopez, Arturo Luna-Garcia, Bryan Manzo, Francisco Marungo, Dominick Mendez, Brian Montano, Daisy Montiel, Refugio Ocon, Cristian Ojeda, Juan Palacios, Giovanni Patle, Roxana Perez, Eduardo Perez, Daniel Perez, Fernando Pinon, Daniela Prado, Johana Prieto, Joshua Pryor, Fabian Puentes, Bianca Quintanilla, Fredricka Reid, Kyla Rhodes, Azucena Rivera, Luis Rivera, Alysia Rodriguez, Rosa Rosales, Imanol Ruiz, Mario Sanchez, Michael Santillan, Yadira Santillanes, KaylaSantos, Icelynn Scott, Julian Serenil, Monserrat Silva, Nicole Slazak, Jereye Stevenson, Morghan Stroud, Deshawn Tharpe, Thalia Urquizo, Blanca Valencia, Mykal VanBuren, JaquelineVarela, Israel Velazquez, Citlali Velazquez, Eric Villa, Elian Villagran, Alexis Wesley, Jacob Zeiger. V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE Q3 Honor Roll PAGE 12 7th Grade Christian Aguilar, Jisela Aguirre, Graciela Aguirre, Bryan Akers, Gabriella Alvarado, Gianella Ambriz-Diaz, Stephanie Arciga, Gabriel Boyd, Jacklyn Cabrera, Beatriz Campos, Kiairra Cannon, Luis Cardenas, Jorge Cardona, Giselle Cardoso Gutierre, Manuel Cardoza, Noah Cepeda, Daniela Cepeda, Cristal Chavez, Sebastian Chiu, Joel Cisneros, Kameron Clayborn, Ebony Davis, Isaac De La Cerda, BrianDelacruz, Diego Deloera, Jacqueline Escalera, Enrique Escobedo, Emely Gallegos, Jasmine Gallegos, Griselda Garcia-Ramirez, Jaime Gomez, JonathanHernandez, Luis Hernandez, Brittany Hines, Brenda Holguin, Timia Holmes, Odalys Ibarra, Alicia Jimenez, Robert Johnson, Abril Juarez, Malashia Juarez, Leslie Lara, Clarissa Lopez, Andrea Lopez, Wendy Lopez, Alejandro Magana, Fabian Maldonado, Daniel Martinez, Estela Miranda, Nataly Morales, Lisbeth Nocelotl, Ulises Ortiz, Lizette Padilla, Reina Perez, Diana Puentes, Jose Pulido, Eric Rachmadiyanto, Eduardo Ramirez, Marlen Ramos, Ja Lilyah Rayford-Durham, Ivan Reyes, Maribel Rico, Melissa Rico, Albert Rios, Adrian Rodriguez, Nathaniel Rodriguez, Fabian Ruiz, Jose Ruiz, Crystal Salas, Susana Salgado, Jacqueline Sanchez, Natasha Santiago, Mariah Sturdivant, Gilberto Tapia, Angelina Tartaglia, Leeann Tran, Leonardo Vazquez, Alejandro Vega, 8th Grade Honor Roll Ciela Marie Acala, Jovanna Acosta, Marcos Aguirre, Mirna Aguirre, Patty Aguirre, Julian Alatorre, Frankie Amaro, Gabriela Barrera , Alexis Bee, Ariana Bracamontes, Esmeralda Briones, Jose Cardenas, Leslie Carranza, Angel Chavez, Jonathan Cruz, Juana Cuevas, Kazandra Del Toro, Ricardo Del Toro, Jeremiah Fyneface, Guy Gaffney, Saul Galvan, Elizabeth Gama, Rebecca Garcia, Lidia Gonzalez, Zakeya Hadnott, Makayla Henry, Alize Hernandez, Paloma Hernandez, Wendy Herrera, Vanessa Herrera, Presiliana Huitorn, Markell Johnson, Aylene Lazcano, Carlos Lechuga, Patricia Madrigal, Hernan Magana, Theresa Mallie, Andres Marin, Alexis Marrufo, Ana Martinez, Alejandra Martinez, Leslie Martinez, Alexis Montoya, Diana Mora, Giovany Morales, Melissa Newton, Edwin Ontiveros, Vanessa Ortiz, Yahaira Padilla, Serina Peinado, Rocio Perea, Maritza Perez, Erick Perez, Serenity Quintero, Erika Ramirez, Samara Ramirez, Julio Rios, Justice Robinson, Elise Robinson, Jessica Rocha, Ailene Roldan-Delarosa, Celeste Romero, Connor Roth, Gustavo Salgado, Paulina Salinas, Da Ja Sams, Adan Sanchez, Samantha Sanchez, Armando Sanchez, Janiqua Shelley, Jeffrey Silvey, Antonio Soto, Alana Stewart, Jesus Suarez, Roger Tepox, Elizabeth Tlahuetl, Jose Velazquez, Cristian Vera, Arie White. V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE PAGE 13 8th Grade Remembers 2012-2013 Things I’ll miss in my 8th grade year at Cowherd are my friends. I will miss them so much because I’ve known them for a long time. We had many memories together, in the classes or in the gym or everywhere else. Another thing I’ll miss is how my friends and my favorite teachers were together. In high school we will all be separated. Another thing I‘ll miss about Cowherd is all of our memories from the cafeteria. I have been with the All of the times I spent with my friends same students since 7th grade. I have so many were fun. One day in the fitness room, Karen, memories with them, some fun memories and my friend, could not lift the weights. She was other sad ones, and a lot of funny ones. One of my all pumped up and doing good, but after 5 lifts she could not do any more. She still kept trying, favorite memories is when we finished our work and Miss. Kwansy would tell us funny or interesther face was priceless while trying to lift ing stories. Then we all would share some of our weights. This funny memory will last forever. stories. I had so many great memories at Cowherd. Stephanie I will miss my favorite teacher and miss being around my friends. Julissa D I will miss my teachers from Cowherd, about five of them who I met in my three years here. I will miss my group of friends and the time we all spend together. The first time I was on a running team, cross country will also be missed. Painting the ceiling for Art club, I will miss seeing the 3 paintings I did. I will not see them often. I will miss NJHS and hosting events and being part of something good. Andy F. wrote “ What I will miss about Cowherd is my teachers and friends, especially Carlos and Gustavo. My favorite memory is when we left our chocolate wrappers in the desk. Our teacher made a paper with the wrappers that said we cannot eat chocolate any more in class. My best class was Social Studies because I actually learned something. Carlos A. I will miss the cafeteria, and buying chocolates from the office. I will miss helping clean up after lunch. My best class was history. My history teacher was Miss Kwasny. It’s crazy because I was never really good at history and now I am good at it. I love it. It is going to be so hard to say goodbye. We just have to keep all the good memories we had together. I am going to miss all the fun time we had and all the stories she would tell us. Darlheya D. In the few months I have been here I had an amazing experience. I met new friends and teachers. My favorite teacher has to be Ms. Kwasny. She is an amazing teacher. She explains everything clearly. She is funny and pretty and nice. Every day I look forward to her class. I have her for three periods and they are entertaining. Alejandra C. Claudia G writes: I will miss 8th grade. I met a lot of nice people at Cowherd Middle School. I attended Cowherd for my three years of middle school. V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, 12 12 T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE PAGE 14 8th Grade Remembers 2012-2013 My favorite memory was from 7th grade. At the end of the year dance, I spent time with my friends and really enjoyed it. My favorite class was art. I learned how to draw a lot of cool stuff. My favorite teacher was in 8th grade, Ms. Kwansy. She helped me whenever I needed help. My favorite event was when J Line came to our school to perform. I enjoyed how they danced. I think it was really cool. Juan G My favorite class was Miss. Kwasny’s, most of the time she was the best teacher. My favorite memory was meeting new teachers and new friends. Reema I will miss Cowherd from the time I started the courses and when all my friends started failing. I will miss all the funniest moments with my friends. I will also miss my teachers from 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade. I will miss Cowherd because they have the best ceilings in the world. I will miss the snack bar because their food was so good. But most of all I will miss my friends and our moments together. Lorena V What will I miss from Cowherd? I will miss all the friends I have made, and the way my classes would make me laugh. I’ll also miss some of the teachers. Some people I will NOT miss, but I wish them the best of luck in life for the fact that I plan on never seeing them again. I know my favorite teacher Miss Kwasny. I will miss her class. Then choir room, with Mrs. Peterson, where I spend three year of practicing one of the arts. I will NOT miss the dress code, but I will miss how it made picking out clothes so easy. I’ll miss my 8th grade year, here dearly, but I know it is time to leave a place I’ve come to know and to go and start a new chapter of my life. I will come and visit one day but until then I just want everyone to know I thank you for giving me some of the best years of my life . So now I will say good bye Cowherd, Hello East High School. I know I will always miss Cowherd Middle School. Zakeya H. CORRECTION from last edition: The Cougar Chronicle regrets that we failed to mention that Anna Martinez, 8th grader, was a top winner in the cell project. Mrs. Evans ‘ science classes and other science classes made the cell out of edible foods found in their kitchens. See last edition for photos. Excerpt from Ana J My class would make things funny every day. We were just always laughing. We were like a family. Everyone gets along with everyone. They make things enjoyable. The Fun Way field trip was really fun. Yea, I’m sure going to miss Cowherd and those nice teachers too. Most of all I’m really going to miss my friends/classmates. A couple of my favorite teachers would be Mr. Husk, Mr. Harding and Miss Kwasny. They were all great. My favorite memories would be meeting new people. My best class this year would be Miss Kwasny’s class. I will really miss everybody I met at this school. Ayeene L. V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE PAGE 15 Writing with emotion! By Lisbeth N grade 7 My Sister So Sick Some who always looks out for me…. You tear me up She will be near when I ‘m sore I’ll cut you down I’m so sick of you So sick of a all your little lies What you don’t know When I’ m down she will frown When I ‘m around she’s always a clown One day she will depend on me Is how great it feels to let you go And grow up just like me I get your game We may not always have our time It’s so see through But I’ll always have her in my mind You know I’m way too good for you I will always love her Moving onto the next time Far and Beyond Drop the baggage and I’ll be fine When it’s time to reminisce You’re going to realize you miss this You’re on my mind for the last time By : Ja’lilyah R. grade 7 “Living the Divorce” My parents are split up And at the most you were a pastime I can’t believe they gave up I’m happier alone My life isn’t the same it’s different Take down your pictures And plain, I’ll throw those memories out the door this is so different than the fun we had I am sick o f you together So sick of you! I thought it would last forever, Bridges Class Raul G grade 6 After reading the book Fredrick Douglas Fights for Freedom, by M. L King, Raul wrote: This book was about Fredrick Douglas and how his life was. It tells about how he was born a baby slave. He escaped when he was 21 and left to the north. He settled there but he could not forget all the women and children left behind . That is when he started fighting for civil rights. That is also what inspired Martin Luther King Jr. as well. I hope this book will inspire you! days turned into weeks and weeks turned into years I never saw my mom and she never saw my tears. MOM By Malashia J. grade 7 V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE What’s Cooking? PAGE 16 Poetry to enjoy! Pizzelles Have you ever tasted Pizzelles? It’s an Italian waffle or cookie. You can buy them at the ALDI some times. We tasted vanilla and anise. All of them were great! Now you should eat one. They would be great for dessert with chocolate and strawberries. And if you are wondering what anise is, its black licorice. Buy them at ALDI on Farnsworth and New York Streets. Miguel Gutierrez Daniel Cervantes Kaleth Garcia Natally F. grade 7 Edward C grade 7 My Life Poem I am from a very loud room From entertaining technology From just a simple TV on I am from home-happy and chilled. I am from Bon Fires and Mom’s cooking From singing of music From Happiness and Freedom I am from Home-Free and Friendly. The Maze? I am from Cowherd Middle School I lose myself in you From Navy Pier and the Sears Tower Wander forever in the maze you create Take all the wrong turns Head to the heart as the light fades I could not go home You misdirect me Keep me within these lonely walls I return the heart Along these unknown paths Where I go into this maze Where I choose to live From a break at McDonalds and Phillips Park I am from Home-Challenging and Proposing I am from my Mother and Father From a very beautiful family From a small place out of state I am from Home –Family and boarding I am from the Mexican Heritage From the greatest tacos ever made From hard work and getting paid I am from Home –Original and beautiful. With my only heard “Together We Shine”- Teachers celebrate, 5, 10, 15, and 20 years of teaching in District 131. Congrats to those who celebrated on May 2, 2013, at Gaslite Manor! We also want to congratulate Mrs. Boyd, assistant principal who was nominated administrator of the year! V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE Here is a list of just a few things the iPad can do. And remember there are always new apps coming out daily. 1 QR scanner to link quickly to web sites 2 you can use pic collage an app 3 piano app 4 setting to set up passwords and emails 5 iTunes for music 6 app store books music and videos for purchase 7 instant messaging if you friend has a Apple device What’s Cooking with Technology? Did you know what we did? We played with an iPad2. We played Word with Friends and Candy Crush. And we used the camera to make funny pictures of ourselves. We made weird figures of ourselves in photo both. It was a lot of fun and NOT hard. Then we: Daniel, Kaleth and I, (Miguel) past the hardest mission in a game called Free Flow. What I think is the iPad is fun, especially because they are bigger than any phone. 8 Google earth By Kaleth Garcia 9 Skype 10 Calculators 11 Calendars 12 and MUCH MUCH MORE Camera Alarm clock Note book Google map app Face Time Photo booth etc. etc.. By Miguel Gutierrez My favorite 8th grade memories are of my classmates and teachers. I am really going to miss them. Edgar This was my very first year in this school. And it could not have been better. I have lots of great memories in the classroom I simply loved each and every day in there. Luis C PAGE 17 What will I miss about Cowherd? I will miss 8th grade and all the sports. I already miss the Cowherd Soccer Team. The basketball team was fun too! I’ m going to miss track. These sports were fun this year. I am going to miss some teachers, some friends and my coaches. I am going to miss walking to school since I live really close. The school smell, I am going to miss that too! Jonathan O. THE COUGAR CHRONICLE V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, PAGE 18 Eric R Social Studies Essay 7th grade My Life Poem If I was going to settle in America I would have chosen Pennsylvania. For me freedom of religion is the most important! Why? Because I am a Muslim. Think about it. People back then were persecuted for just going to a church with no decorations and no stained glass windows. Me, I have to pray five times a day. Not even that is hard to practice in front of them. I have to go a mosque every Friday. The Puritans and the Quakers were punished just because their religion was not normal. If I was back then in the day, my religion is twice as weird as theirs, how will I be punished? In Pennsylvania I could get a job for making bread, get enough money to buy house, or start my own business., join the local militia. Have a trade boat and go to other places. Ways to make money there were endless. Not only would I be rich I could do whatever I wanted with the land a maybe build their first mosque in the colony. If I could leave any country it would be England. England’s country had many laws and was ruled by a king. Many people were persecuted for their beliefs. Life there was pretty hard too. Disease was everywhere with no cure. So there was a very high chance you would die there. By Alexis J Remember Hurricane Sandy? WE are so VERY PROUD of our Math Club! Well, Cowherd Teachers along with the teachers’ social committee collected for these people hurt by the hurricane. They were able to send $215.00 to the American Red Cross. We congratulate the members of the Cowherd Staff! On March 20th the Cowherd Math Club attended the Illinois Math and Science Academy’s Math Contest. Seventh and eighth grade individual high scores were earned by Jonathan Moncada, Eduardo Martinez, Elena Garcia, Mikayla Jolly, Krystal Escatel and Alexis Marrufo. Team competition and Creative Thinking were also judged. Math club sponsor is Mrs. Lewis. By Mikayla Jolly I am from a large room From a comfort of my bed From the darkness of my room And playing violent video games I am from home watching TV I am from stem stuff., being happy. From feeling freedom in my house From playing basketball And jumping on the trampoline. I am from seeing grass and flowers in the yard. I am from Chicago From watching the Bulls play in the United Center. From swimming in lake Michigan and eating at Subways. I am from home going to the Sears Tower I am from Mexico, from eating tacos From getting tan by the sun And having a big family from speaking Spanish I am from home with sand on the floor I am from Aurora From were I go to the Mall From watching movies from Hollywood. And seeing the great sights of the bulls team. V O LU ME 1 , ISSUE 1, T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE My Life Poem By Jose M. PAGE 19 My Life Poem By Bree G. I am from a room with chief keep positive From a big bed. From a TV that I can play games on. I am from a bookshelf filled with fantasy and mystery. And a clean wooden floor. I am from free spirited people I am from a home-safe and warm. I am from incense burning. I am from a home filled with fragrance I am from a big house. And sugary sweet smiles. From a house filled with happiness. From a house that smells good. I am from a welcoming house And home that I came to everyday after school. And a cheery neighborhood. I am from frosty grass and icy patches of ice in I am from home-happy. thick sheets. I am from a huge city. I am from a home cold outside but warm inside. From a city that has a lot of attractions, lights. From a city that has a lot of people in it. And a beautiful city that appears at night I am from home-beautiful and awesome. I a m from a big family. From another country called Mexico. From a loving family that love to be together. I am from home-big and loving. I am from the United States. From a country so amazing. From a place where everyone loves their own country. I am from a group of opinionated people and independent souls. But I am also in a group filled with unfairness, broken hearts and depression. I am from a home of darkness and from slavery pain, illiterate people, Vocal people, blood shed and emotional scarring. I am from sadness hopeful people that were finally credited with what they deserve. I am from a group filled with diversity and freedom I am from creativity and out spoken people I am from a group with many problems And a place I can call home. I am home in my diverse nation. I am from home-safe. I am from best selling groups of people I am from stars. VO PAGE 20 T HE C OUG AR CHR ONIC LE Cowherd Newspaper Staff Many thanks to Miguel Gutierrez, Daniel Cervantes, and Kaleth Garcia! These three young men have consistently attended newspaper club all year. They have worked hard, and covered many news stories. My Life Poem By Jaida C I am from walls surrounded with wallpaper, From the smell of chicken, loud and full of people From a wonderful happy family And a small areas for the kids for fun. Addition student staff I am from home-ringing off the phone, laughs. includes: Jazmine Garcia Mikayla Jolly Mikayla Henry Alexia Briano Ajani Livous Amber Finley Mrs. Adams I am from a nice welcoming, cold brown house, From a neighborhood full of kids and adults, from the smell of moms loving cooking. I am from home-full of lovely fragrances. I am from people walking, Going house to house From girls and boys laughing, From grass being cut and leaves being raked I am from home-welcoming and spiritual place From my ancestors having slaves owners, I am from segregation being told and From slaves working and working until they are exhausted. I am from home-respectful and full of memories, destination. I am from a wonderful country that families can cherish, I am from sometimes pain, I am from an emotional country I am from home-sad, happy and emotional..