Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School “Home of the Cougars”

Written by Students & Mr. J for Students

VOLUME 6/NUMBER 21 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER EDITION

Inside:

Latest Tech Craze

Lee Fashion What's Happening in Entertainment?

Talking Heads News You Can Use

Lee School Activities

©2014 Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School. All Rights Reserved. The Reporters

Latest Tech Craze/Cougar Report

Smart Watch Locator for Children By Nicholas Jung

Filip Technologies has created the first

smart locator and phone for kids, de-

signed to k eep families in touch with

those who they care about the most.

This maybe useful if someone takes it

or if you or child gets lost.

3D Multi-Touch Surface By Nicholas Jung

The 3D multi-touch surface is a

hardware system which allows

the us er to turn their computer

screen into a touch screen. It

also uses hologr ams and tracks

the movement of your fingers.

Cardiac Rhythm Security System By Nicholas Jung

This wrist watch security system

guards your data and wireless con-

nections to devices . It only works

when you w ear it and gets rid of

the need for pins and passwords.

Pen Computer Mouse By Nicholas Jung

This computer mouse is shaped

like a pen and is v ery easy to use.

Simply hold it like a pen and act

like your writing or sketching on

a piece of paper. It works on

both Apple computers and PCs .

Lee Fashion/Cougar Report Student: Ruth Predencio Age: 15 Grade: 8th Zodiac Sign: Virgo What’s your ethnic background? El Salvadorian Favorite Social Website: Instagram Favorite Subject: Physical Education What do you do when your not at school? I enjoy eating & sleeping Favorite Junk Food: Chipotle/Starbucks What do you want to be when you grow up? Nurse How would you describe your style? Classy but not trashy! What celebrity has no style? Lady Ga Ga Favorite Clothing Store: Wet Seal Style Advice: Don’t dress for anyone, dress for yourself Guilty Enjoyment: Staying up all night watching movies Next Big Trend Prediction: Oversize sweaters Dream Friend: The cast of Teen Wolf Dream Summer Vacation: Paris Quote: “If your going through hard times, keep it moving” Favorite Sports Team: Barcelona Favorite Foot Wear: Vans

Student: Vivek Chavan Age: 13 Grade: 8th Zodiac Sign: Cancer What's you ethnic background? Indian Favorite Social Website: Instagram Favorite Subject: English What do you do when your not at school? Play basketball Favorite Junk Food: Doritos What do you want to be when you grow up? NBA How would you describe your style? Fresh What celebrity has no style? Kanye West Favorite Clothing Store: Macy’s Style Advice: Don't copy other people! Guilty Enjoyment: Sleeping Next Big Trend Prediction: Joggers Dream Friend: Kyrie Irving Dream Summer Vacation: Bahamas Quote: “Be yourself” Favorite Sports Team: Cleveland Cavaliers Favorite Foot Wear: Jordan's

Student: Amanda Nunez Age: 13 Grade: 8th Zodiac Sign: Virgo What’s your ethnic background? El Salvadorian/Dominican Favorite Social Website: Twitter Favorite Subject: Chorus What do you do when your not at school? I eat, sleep, or I’m on my phone Favorite Junk Food: McDonalds What do you want to be when you grow up? Singer/Model How would you describe your style? Casual What celebrity has no style? Lady Ga Ga Favorite Clothing Store: Urban Outfitters Style Advice: Wear what you want Guilty Enjoyment: Stalking Justin Bieber Next Big Trend Prediction: Overall dresses Dream Friend: Justin Bieber Dream Summer Vacation: Bahamas Quote: “If you don't dream big there's no use of dreaming. If you don't have faith, there's nothing worth believing” by Justin Bieber Favorite Sports Team: Baltimore Ravens Favorite Foot Wear: Sperry's

Student: Christian Abalos Age: 12 Grade: 7th Zodiac Sign: Virgo What’s your ethnic background? Filipino Favorite Social Website: Instagram Favorite Subject: Math What do you do when your not at school? I hang out with friends Favorite Junk Food: Doritos What do you want to be when you grow up? Recording Artist How would you describe your style? Casual What celebrity has no style? Lady GaGa Favorite Clothing Store: Diamond Supply Co. Style Advice: Be original Guilty Enjoyment: Shopping Next Big Trend Prediction: Sweaters/No Zippers Dream Friend: Miley Cyrus Dream Summer Vacation: Cancun Quote: “If no one got me, I got me” Favorite Sports Team: Washington Redskins Favorite Foot Wear: Vans & Jordan's

Lee Fashion/Cougar Report

Student: Tanari Drew Age: 13 Grade: 8th Zodiac Sign: Aries What’s your ethnic background? African-American Favorite Social Website: Twitter Favorite Subject: English What do you do when your not at school? I hang out with my friends Favorite Junk Food: Ice cream What do you want to be when you grow up? Police officer How would you describe your style? One of a kind What celebrity has no style? Lady GaGa Favorite Clothing Store: H&M Style Advice: Wear, something decent, don’t be ratchet! Guilty Enjoyment: Social networking Next Big Trend Prediction: Overalls Dream Friend: Austin Mahone Dream Summer Vacation: Miami Quote: “If you put it a lot of hard work and dedication, your dreams can come true” by Austin Mahone Favorite Sports Team: Baltimore Ravens Favorite Foot Wear: Jordan's

AIR JORDAN 10

The Air Jordan 10 color scheme is cool grey and infrared-black. With a suede upper and leather trim, these kicks are stylish and have a sleek finish. These sneakers will be released in stores on January 25, 2014.

NIKE LeBron 11 “Graffiti”

The Nike LeBron 11 “Graffiti's,” are eye-catching! Its color scheme is white and University red-black. The graffiti on the sneakers are unique and are set to release in stores on January 25, 2014.

Check out these New Kicks! Sneaker Reviews

Lee Fashion/Cougar Report

One Direction’s outfits were definitely trendy at the 2013 AMA’s!!!

Lady Gaga con-firmed her reputa-tion for having no style by arriving at the 2013 AMA’s on a human horse!!!!!

Check out this Hot Online Store!

LEADERS 1354 is a street-wear and s neak er shop lo-cated in the historic Hyde Park neighborhood of Chica-go. There store specializes in custom hats, sweatshirts, and t ees. Check them out at http://www.leaders1354.com/

Jogger Pants Printed Leggings

Overalls Anything Camo Beanies Android Phones

mita sneakers SBTG New Balance MT580

These New Balance MT580’s are a cool new collaboration between New Balance and SBTG, a Philippine based artists who brings his iconic touch to the 580 model with tiger-camo details on the tongue and collar. Finally , the graphic designed insoles of the shoes finish of the package rather nicely . Good luck on getting these sneakers though, they will only be released to select stores in Southeast Asia.

Lee Entertainment/Cougar Report BILLBOARD’S HIP-HOP/R&B MUSIC

CHARTS Prepared by Jackie Agyemang

1.”The Monster” by Eminem ft. Rihanna 2. ”Talk” by Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz 3. “Happy” by Pharrell Williams 4. ”Drunken Love” by Beyonce ft. Jay-Z 5. “Show Me” by Kid Ink ft. Chris Brown 6. “Hold On Were Going Home” by Drake ft. Majid Jordan 7. “All of Me” by John Legend 8. “White Walls” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Schoolboy Q & Hollis 9. “My Hitta” by YG ft Rich Homie Quan 10. “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell

BILLBOARD’S TOP 10 MUSIC CHARTS Prepared by Jackie Agyemang

1. “Timber” by Pitbull ft. Ke$ha 2. “Counting Stars” by OneRepublic 3. “The Monster” by Eminem ft. Rihanna 4. “Burn” by Ellie Goulding 5. “Dark Horse” by Katy Perry ft. Juicy J 6. “Story of My Life” One Direction 7. “Stay the Night” by Zedd ft. Hayley Williams 8. “Let Her Go” Passenger 9. “Do What U Want” by Lady Gaga ft. R. Kelly 10. “Team” by Lorde

“Life’s not a rehearsal, the camera’s always rollin”

By Drake

Featured Entertainer/Wale By Mr. Joseph

Wale is a rapper from Washington DC, who at the age of 10 moved to Montgomery County and grad-uated from Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland in 2002. In 2008, he signed a record contract with Interscope Records and released his debut album, Attention Deficit which got positive reviews. With the success gen-erated from his debut album, he went on to sign with Rick Ross’s Maybach Music Group and re-leased his second album, Ambition as well as his current album, The Gifted which debuted at num-ber 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Talking Heads: Kayla, Melvin, Liantsoa, & Kel-vin

What’s the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you?

I was at a piano recital and played the wrong

song

My brother pants me at Home Depot

My mom started danc-

ing in the mall because, I was

moody

I went to a res-taurant in my

pajamas

What’s some-thing you always seem to forget?

My head-phones

A pencil and my iPhone

Keys Keys

If you cou ld be a superhero, who would it be? Why?

Violet, be-cause, I can be invisible

Batman, be-cause, he’s

the best

Batman, be-cause, he has a lot of cool

gadgets

Superman, be-cause, he can fly

and is strong

Tell us some-thing about yourself that people may not know:

People think I’m rich, but

I’m not

I play all sports, and I

run when I'm angry

I'm from Mad-agascar

I watch the D is-ney Channel

when I’m bored

The Reporters are back with another

edition of “Talking Heads” where the

students answer probing questions and

are always distinguished...

Talking Heads/Cougar Report

Pearls melt in vinegar. Snails can sleep for up to

three years at a time. The Taj Mahal in India is

entirely made out of mar-ble.

COUGAR QUOTE!!!

“Miracles happen every-day, change your per-ception of what a mira-cle is and you'll see them all around you.”

By Jon Bon Jovi

Prepared by Valerie Apelin & Jackie Agyemang

By Mr. Joseph

LEE SGA Doing Their Part by Collect-ing Canned Food Items for the MD

Food Bank!!!

By Mr. Joseph

This year, the Lee SGA “YES WE CAN” food drive garnered over 700 pounds of canned food items for the Maryland Food Bank. The can food drive is always a great way for the SGA to give back to their community. The 1st period class who collected the most canned food items was last years champion Mr. Fetherman and in 2nd place was Mr. Hull. They both received Dunkin’ Donuts breakfast par-ties. SGA would like to thank all students and

News You Can Use/Cougar Report Maryland Public Schools in First Place for the 5th Year in a Row!!!

By Mr. Joseph

In an article titled “Quality Counts 2013 Edu-cation Rankings Come In: Maryland First, South Dakota Last,” it declared that Maryland outranked all others for the fifth year in a row by scoring a B-plus. According to the article, they were able to arrive at this ranking by tak-ing into account almost every possible meas-urement in American education, from school finance to environment to grades to equity. They also took a look at "Chance for Success," an index that takes into account the connec-tions between school and positive life out-comes, looking at toddlers, kids, and adults. The index found that states that performed well did so because there were opportunities for a solid foundation for learning during the early years. However, the article also went on to say that “measures that capture participa-tion and performance in formal schooling re-main the driving force behind state rankings.”

“Words are Power” by the One who Wanders but is Never Lost!!!

Hello! Many people may know who I am and lots of you may not. However, most of you would know me without my alias. The topic, I would like to discuss is words. Some of you may be wondering, how such a little topic can create an article? I am not talking about words so much as a word itself, but about the power they have over people. Most of you may be thinking I am crazy, but the thing is we are all crazy in our own way at times.

“Words are Power” continued

A way words can be used to garner response from your peers is to give five people a com-pliment and see if you get a reaction whether it be good or bad. Try to see, try to know, and try to understand the power of words!

School Activities/Cougar Report

By Mr. Joseph On Thursday evening, December 5, 2013, the annual Lee Expo night was in full swing. The evening was all about science, social studies, U.S. history, art, film, music, culture, and a sampling of food from around the world.

Lee Expo Night ‘13

There were exhibits and displays from the Social Studies, Science, and Art Depart-ments. The art gallery showcased wonderful artwork of students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. In the Social Studies area, students Egyptian, and American Revolution projects were on display. The Science booth catered to all interests. For example, there were hands-on exhibits which featured Law of Motion, hover-crafts, rockets, bumpers, biol-ogy, magnets and chemistry. Finally, the sampling of food from around the world was a rare opportunity to taste food from other cultures.

Lee SGA Spirit Week ‘13: “Lee Stu-dents Show Pride!”

By Mr. Joseph

The SGA sponsored Spirit Week was a big hit amongst students and staff. It was also a time to demonstrate pride in our school and for each other. This year’s Spirit Week kicked of in early November and the days were as followed: Mon-day (Pajama Day), Tuesday (Tie Die/Decade Day), Wednesday (Wacky Tacky Day), Thursday (Twin Day), and Friday (Sports Jersey Day.)

School Activities/Cougar Report

By Mr. Joseph

The SGA sponsored Winter Talent Showcase & Dance was a blast! Students in attendance had a great time and the live entertainment provided by Lee students was excellent. The entertainers sang, rapped, and danced to the latest tunes. Mr. Turner hosted the festivities and as usual Mr. J was on the wheels. Special thanks go out to the Lee staff that chaperoned and AVID for provid-ing the concession stand at this event.

Lee SGA Winter Talent Showcase & Dance!”

By Joseph

Congratulations to all the students who made the honor roll or was on a roll for the 1st QTR marking period. These students worked hard and was rewarded with a ABC Party.

PBIS GIFT SHOP

The PBIS gift shop was a fantastic idea! Stu-dents purchased gifts for their friends using their Cougar cash. Special thanks goes out to the Lee staff for working the gift shop.

By Mr. Joseph

On Friday, December 20, 2013, the P.E. Depart-ment put on a fantastic Basketball Jamboree! The friendly game between students and staff is an annual ritual that occurs on the last day be-fore Winter break begins. As usual the staff was victorious although the students were competi-tive. The music was provided by Mr. J and Mr. Turner was the host.

Lee Staff Victorious at Basketball Jamboree ‘13”

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CyberSafety

The Internet is a fabulous resource for education, enter-tainment, and more. But the Internet is not regulated or controlled by any one entity. So parents and schools have a responsibility to educate children about its safe and ap-propriate use.

It is imperative that parents and students report unsafe incidents to law enforcement so that offenders can be ap-prehended and prosecuted.

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