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Field Trips Galore–But Wait, There’s More!

We eighth graders were on the road again! Following an hour-long bus ride on Tuesday, November 10th, we arrived at Paradise Farms, a team-building center for young people. While on our day trip, we did various activities from silently arranging ourselves in a line in order of birthdate to untangling a knot in a rope. We also went on a long hike, and climbed a wooden wall without handles. Paradise Farms, which is a primarily outdoors facility, was rainy during our visit. However, Cameron Mack ‘20 didn’t mind the unanticipated weather change. “I think the rain brought us closer, because we were all cold and wet together.” Mack also remarked, “The trip reminded me a lot of Echo Hill, but with fewer activities because it was shorter. I really liked it.” Cam later added somewhat jokingly, “My only disappointment was that it was called Paradise Farm, but there were no farm animals!” I, on…


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Life Hack #1: Party-Style Chips

Life Hack #1:  The easy opening of chips or Cheetos for party-style distribution! Step 1: Lay the bag on it’s side and pinch the top (see photo below). Step 2: Bite the piece of plastic that you have pinched until it tears. Step 3: Next, stick the tip of your finger into the chip bag and slowly rip the plastic in a spiral fashion–being careful not to let the spiral end–until it is open to the extent you wish it to be. Next, pull harshly and quickly up to remove the spiral of plastic that you have ripped. Finally, enjoy your delicious snack!


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Really Good Unknown Movies: The Perfect Game

The Perfect Game is based on a true story. It is about a group of kids from a poor area in Mexico who dream of playing Little League baseball. When they manage to get a coach, the whole town pitches in to get them to the Little League World Series. But when the kids get to Texas for the Series, they are faced with a huge amount of racism and hatred because they are Mexican. The Perfect Game is a heartwarming story of a bunch of kids who work their hardest to get what they deserve. I highly recommend this really good unknown movie and rate it five out of five stars!


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Splatoon Review

Hey everyone this is gonna be my first game review. I’m going to do a lot of these, so I’ll familiarize you with how I’m gonna do this. First I’ll do 10-star ratings for gameplay, plot, design, soundtrack, and creativity. Then I’ll do my review, followed by some pics, tips, and finally some info about the game director and stuff. At the end, I will give the game a final rating out of 100. Last, I want to tell you that this is in my opinion so if you hated the game, that’s okay. And my first game review will be… RATINGS Gameplay: 6/10 Plot: 3/10 Design: 7/10 Soundtrack: 9/10 Creativity: 10/10 Released on May 28, 2015, Splatoon already seemed amazing when first revealed at E3 2014. Appearing in multiple Nintendo Directs, many were excited. The game features humanoid squids called “Inklings” who play “Turf Wars,” four-on-four online paintball fights. You can…



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The School Store-y

We walk by it almost every day and you have heard about it, but do you really know much about it? I am talking about the FCS School Store. Under the coordination of Ms. Chris Ozbun, our school store boasts tons of merchandise ranging from FCS sweat gear to useful school supplies (pens, pencils, iPad accessories, magic markers and notebooks). I recently had the opportunity to speak to Ms. Ozbun about what’s popping in the shop. She shared that she was transitioning the shop into a room filled with winter inventory. In a couple of weeks, she plans of having plenty of winter things in stock, including jackets, sweatpants and sweatshirts. In the pipeline is also a boatload of “Secret Santa”-type gifts. One of these is the ever-popular Crazy Aaron’s Study Putty. Ozbun shares that this was a big hit last year. In addition, if you need (or want) goggles or sports equipment,…


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FCS Flag Football Championship Preview

You all know the classic fall sports: Soccer, field hockey, cross country, girls’ tennis, etc. Hidden behind the parking lot of the sports world lies flag football, a sacred sport protected by the hands of Mr. Annas and Dr. Z. As the final leaves fall off the almost-bare trees of FCS, the flag football championship is coming, and coming fast. As of Nov. 4th, 2015 at about 11:30 AM, the championship game will be the Red Team, led by Isaiah Williams ’20, facing the winner of the Yellow Team/Blue Team game. The Yellow Team is under the helm of Gordon Wilcox ’20, while the Blue Team is being led by Blake Roshkoff ’20. Red is walking into the championship as the #2 seed, who just beat the #3 Green Team in their semifinal match. Blue, the #4 seed, is seeking an upset over top-seeded Yellow. Hopefully that won’t happen, considering I’m on Yellow. GoYellow! So here are my…





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