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TIGER TIMES the FALL/WINTER EDITION 2015-16 Co-Advisors: Mrs. Sharp and Mrs. Plescia The Bells of PVMS By Olivia Goncalves This year Putnam Valley Middle School experienced many changes, such as the bells. We now have an interesting bell system. In the beginning of the year the bells started to malfunction. The original bell system was installed in the 1970’s and the parts we needed to Iix it no longer exist. The bells were taken away, and for a little while it was complete chaos! Lots of students were late for class and teachers had to watch the time so they could try to dismiss the class on time. We had to put in a new system of bells, which sounds very similar to the old one. They also added something to the intercom… every time before the ofIice calls into a classroom on the intercom, there is a chime to notify the class about the incoming call. There are mixed feelings about the new bell system. Some say it sounds like an airport or a shopping mall bell. But right now let’s just be thankful we have bells and know where to go and when. Welcome to the school year’s Iirst edition of the Tiger Times! We have a wonderful staff full of very eager and talented reporters. Some are returning members from previous years who bring knowledge and stability to our club. Our new members are very energetic and full of new and exciting ideas. We hope you enjoy reading this edition. The iVoice Club By Jon Fuchs iVoice is a PVMS club run by Mrs. Sherwood. It meets every Tuesday at the end of the school day. We go to Mrs. Sherwood’s room. She assigns us pictures and we learn how to edit them. Then we pick a partner and we get to work. She usually gives us cameras and lets us take pictures of kids in classes working hard. We also take pictures of kids at band/gym and recess. Sometimes we ask the central school district if we can post a picture on the front website page. After a hard day of editing, we can put the pictures that we edited on a Ilash drive and bring it home. We are also learning how to use Photoshop and iMovie. iVoice is a fun club that helps kids learn a skill for a job in the future.
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TIGER TIMEStheF A L L / W I N T E R E D I T I O N 2 0 1 5 - 1 6
Co-Advisors:Mrs.SharpandMrs.Plescia
TheBellsofPVMS
ByOliviaGoncalves
This year Putnam ValleyM i d d l e S c h o o le x p e r i e n c e d m a n ychanges,suchasthebells.W e n o w h a v e a ninterestingbellsystem.In
the beginning of the year the bells started tomalfunction.Theoriginalbellsystemwasinstalledinthe1970’sandthepartsweneededtoIixitnolongerexist.Thebellsweretakenaway,andforalittlewhileitwascompletechaos!Lotsofstudentswere late for classand teachershad towatch thetimesotheycouldtrytodismisstheclassontime.We had to put in a new system of bells, whichsounds very similar to the old one. They alsoadded something to the intercom… every timebefore the ofIice calls into a classroom on theintercom,thereisachimetonotifytheclassabouttheincomingcall. Therearemixedfeelingsaboutthenewbell system. Some say it sounds like anairportorashoppingmallbell.Butrightnowlet’sjustbethankfulwehavebellsandknowwheretogoandwhen.
Welcome to the school year’s Iirst editionof theTiger Times! We have a wonderful staff full ofvery eager and talented reporters. Some arereturning members from previous years whobring knowledge and stability to our club. Ournewmembersareveryenergeticandfullofnewand exciting ideas. We hope you enjoy readingthisedition.
TheiVoiceClubByJonFuchs
iVoice is a PVMS club run by Mrs. Sherwood. ItmeetseveryTuesdayattheendoftheschoolday.We go toMrs. Sherwood’s room. She assigns uspicturesandwe learnhowtoedit them.Thenwepick a partner and we get to work. She usuallygivesuscamerasand letsus takepicturesofkidsin classesworking hard.We also take pictures ofkidsatband/gymandrecess. Sometimesweaskthecentralschooldistrict ifwecanpostapictureon the front website page. After a hard day ofediting,wecanputthepicturesthatweeditedonaIlashdriveandbringithome.Wearealsolearninghow tousePhotoshopand iMovie. iVoice is a funclub that helps kids learn a skill for a job in thefuture.
Achieve3000ByJuliannaDeGiorgio
Achieve 3000 is a program that helps kids improve on their reading and comprehension skills. In theprogram, you read and answer questions about an article chosen by your teacher. The Achieve 3000program will let you go back to the text and re-read your article, if needed. There are also differentactivitiesthatyoucando.Forinstance,theymightaskyouaquestionbeforeyoustarttoreadthearticle.Itiscalledthe“beforereadingpoll”.Thenyoureadthearticleandanswerquestions.Attheend,youtakethe“afterreadingpoll”whichisthesamequestionasbefore.Themorequestionsyougetright,themorepointsyouwillget.TheIirsttimeyoustartAchieve3000,youareaskedtoreadanarticleandanswerquestions.ThenthesecondtimeyoudoAchieve3000,itwillbethesamearticleaseveryoneelse,buteveryonemighthavedifferentwords.ThisisbecausetheIirsttimeyoureadandanswerthequestionstheywillestimateyourreading leveland thenyouwill read theright levelandunderstandwhatyouarereading. Didyouknowthatrealcoolawardsorprizescanbeearnedtoo?YourwholeclasswillbegivenarealmoneygiftcertiIicatetosomewhere!
WhyTuesday?
ByJosefWacaser
Did you ever wonder why Election Day isalways on a Tuesday? The reason thatElectionDayisalwaysonaTuesdayisthatinthe 1800’s, most people worked as farmersand lived far from their polling place. Theyneededtoallowatleastadaytotravelandaday to vote. Most people spent Sundays in
c h u r c h a n dWedn e s d ay wa smarket day. So,Tuesday was chosena t t h e m o s tconvenient day ofthe week to holdelections.
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AnimalProjects
ByJuliaShala
InMrs.Gallello’s5thgradeclassthestudentshadtodoa
projectaboutanimals.
Each student chose their own animal to research. For
instance;somestudentspickedtheAfricanElephant,the
EmperorPenguin,DwarfBunny,HouseFinchandmore!
PowerPoint was the program that was used by the
studentstomaketheirprojects. Thestudentshadtotell
howmuch their animalsweighs, how tall the animal is,
their lifespan,what theyeat,andwhere they live. The
studentsallhadagreattimelearningnewthings.
ThePutnamValleyVarietyShow
ByTeresaFranceandJuliannaDeGiorgio
ThePutnamValleyAnnualVarietyShowtookplaceon Friday the 23rd of October in theP.A.C.;alsoknownasthePerformingArtsCenter. Theshowwasat7:00PM.Itwastwohourslongwitha15minuteintermission.Thisshowwassopopularthattheticketssoldoutinablinkofaneye.Mr.CarlinwassellingtheticketsinthemainofIicefortendollarseach.Thisisourschool’s11thyeardoingthisshow.TheVarietyShow is amix of different teachers and staff in the school district doing different types of acts such as;singing,dancing,comedy,interactivegameshows,etc.ThereasonwedothisshowistoraisemoneyforthePVMusic Association. Themoney also goes to studentswho can’t afford rental ofmusical instruments.Othermoneyisusedformusicalandtheatricalscholarships. Mrs.Cummingstakescareofallproductionaspects.Mr.Carlinwasagreatemcee!Ifyoucouldn’tmakeitthisyearpleasecometoseeitnextyear!Youwon’tbedisappointed.
Computervs.BooksByJonFuchs
Books are very helpful when doing research, but computers aremore helpful...andtheyarefun.Don’tyoujusthateitwhenyouaretryingtowriteinanotebookandyourpencilbreaks?Well,whenyouhaveacomputer,youdon’tneedapencil.YouneedyourIingersbecauseyoucantype!Computersarereallyeasytocontroltoo! You can search up any word with the dictionary app that you havedownloadedonyourcomputer.Everyoneknows thathandwritingcanbeboring
andhard. Withacomputeritcantypeforyou.Thebestpartaboutacomputer,inmyopinion,isitIixesawordforyouautomaticallyifyouspellitincorrectly.The bad part about a computer, though, is thatwhen you are in a search engine likeGoogle Chrome, itsometimesfreezesuporyougetthe“SpinningWheelofDeath”! Itjustwon’tload. Thenyouhavetoturn
TheUnitedNationsinMrs.Byrnes’Class ByTaraDolack
Mrs. Byrnes’ Iifth grade class is studying about the
UnitedNations.TheUNisanorganizationthatmakes
surehumanrightsareobserved.Whilestudyingabout
theUN,wehave learnedweareallbornwithcertain
inalienablerights. Thismeansthatallhumanshave
rights.WealsolearnedinMrs.Byrnes’classthatthere
are over 5.5 million children being enslaved
worldwide.TheUNgetsinvolvedbytakingpicturesto
showthis to therestof theworld. Anotherprogram
that the U.N. is involved in is UNICEF. This
organizationwasdeveloped tohelp childrenwhoare
poororhomeless. Theyalsohelpedsave2.5million
lives a year. The United Nations is a wonderful
organizationwithgreatideas.
“Fame”Rehearsals
ByOliviaGoncalves
This year’s middle school play is Fame. It isdirected by Mrs. Craane and Ms. Kraus. Mrs.Benvenutialsochoreographs it.Theplaywillbeon April 1st and April 2nd. Fame is a musicalbasedona1980’sIilm,whichwasconvertedintoa play. It is a story about students in the “NewYork City Performing Arts” school. It is aprestigious academy for the arts; especiallymusic and dance. Some of the students include;fame-obsessed Carmon, the quiet violinist,Schlomo,theshyactressSerena,andthetalentedyet reading-struggled Tyrone. These studentsface problems on their way to “fame.” Music,dance,andactinghelpthemfacetheseproblems.At the Iirst rehearsal, all of the actors andactressesreceivedascriptandtheir lines.Songsarerehearsedevery timethere isrehearsal.Thedrama practice schedule is posted outside Mrs.Craane’sdoor.AstagecrewwillbeneededclosertoMarch andApril. We are looking forward toanothergreatperformancebytheMiddleSchoolPutnamValleyPlayers!
!Shout out to
Mrs. Sharp and Mrs. Plescia for
making this newspaper possible!
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We loved the Halloween Bash
Student government! We appreciate your
efforts!
!Thanks to
the PTA for our Book
Fair!
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Special shout out to nurse Jackie for her TLC!
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Thanks to all who participated in Trunk or Treat! It was so much
fun!
!Thanks Mrs. Gallello and Mrs. Dreessen for always
making our day the best it can be!
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Thank you Deputy Pitt for keeping
us safe! !
Great job emceeing the Variety Show, Mr. Carlin!
SHOUTOUTS!ByTeresaFrance!
Call out to everyone who participated in the Wellness Fair!
!
Thumbs up to the lunch chefs for our Thanksgiving lunch and all of
the other amazing food!
JonathanKruk
ByGiovannaCartategui
Jonathan Kruk, a local storyteller, performed afabulous show of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”for the5thgradersonOctober30th.Heputon thewholeshowallbyhimself! Atsomepointsintheshow hewould scare us. He used different funnyvoices based on the characters he was playing.People were very interested this year whileJonathan Kruk was performing, I saw almosteveryone’seyesonJonathan.Ilovedtheshowtoo!I thought that playing ALL the characters in theshow was a talent. We thank Jonathan Kruk forputtingonanamazingshow.
AroundtheWorld
ByAvaBroccolo
In Mrs. Byrnes’ social studies class we areworking on presentations about differentcountries in the western hemisphere. Everyonemustpickacountrytodoapresentationon. Weare required to include the geography, theeconomic activities, the culture, and otherinformation on our country. We then have achoicetopresentourprojectbyeitheraniMovie,Garage Band, PowerPoint, Notebook or ComicLife.Thisprojectwasveryinterestingtoworkon.Italsohelpeduslearnaboutothercountries.
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PVStudentGovernment
byAlyciaSantiago
Didyouknow thatPutnamValleyMiddleSchoolhas itsownstudentgovernment? Mrs.CohenandMrs.Byrnes run it. The student governmentmeets occasionally in themorning before school. They try toimprove certain things that the kids, teachers and faculty request. The different parts of the studentgovernmentarethecongressmen,senators,andco-presidents. OnOctober6th, thestudentswhoranforstudentgovernmentgavetheirspeechesintheHighSchoolPAC. Afterthespeechesweregiven,theschoolwasgivenafewdaystothinkanddecidewhotheyweregoingtovotefortobeinthisyear’sPVMSstudentgovernment. On October 9th, the school all voted onMy Big Campus. It was a tough decision to votebecause everyone gavewonderful speeches. But, sadly not everyone canmake it. Only twopeople pergrade could win. The winners were: Sean VanRiper and Colin Wade for 5th grade congressmen andAnnabelle Gesson andBiancaGarcia for 6th grade. In 7th grade therewas a three-way tie for senatorsbetweenGiannaBianco,RyanCasey,andAlliyahSteele.MichaelTompkinsandCassandraTenesacawontheelectionforthetwoco-presidents.Congratulationstoall.Thenewlyelectedstudentgovernmentispositiveandenergetic. All the studentshavegreat ideas andare looking forwardon improvingour school! Forthosewhoweren’telectedthisyear,don’tgiveup...tryagainnextyear.
Picture courtesy of iVoice
SpotlightQ&AwithDeputyPitt
ByDominicMantilla
DeputyPittisourSRO(SchoolResourceOfIicer)hereatPVCSD. Sheworksinallthreebuildings.Weareveryluckytohaveherhere.HerearesomeinterestingfactsaboutDeputyPitt:
Q:Howlonghaveyoubeenapoliceof_icer?A:13years…10yearsinPutnamCountyand3yearsinDuchessCounty.Q:Wheredidyougotocollege?A:PlattsburghStateUniversity,NewYork.IearnedadegreeinEnvironmentalScienceQ:Whattypesofjobshaveyoudoneasapoliceof_icer?A: IhaveworkedontheRoadPatrol,NarcoticEnforcement,andcurrentlyasanSRO. IamalsoatrainedHostage Negotiator, Emergency Medical Technician, Bike Patrol OfIicer, as well as Motor OfIicer(motorcyclepatrol).Q:Haveyoueverbeeninaserioussituation?A:Yes,manytimes;seriousdomestic,assault,childendangerment,andmanymoresituations.Q:Whatadvicewouldyougivetoapersonthatisthinkingaboutbecomingapoliceof_icer?A: Myadvicewouldbetotreatothershowyouyourselfwouldwishtobetreated. Alsotoprepareyourmindandbodytobephysicallyandmentallystrong;torelyonyourtraining,inordertomakeyoucapableofhandlinganytypeofsituation,event,andpersonsthatyouaredispatchedto. Neverhesitatetocallforback-upwhenneeded. Trustyourgut instincts. Useyourdiscretion. Learn fromyourco-workersandrespecttheiropinions.Q:Whenyouarenotworking,whatdoyouenjoydoing?A:Iamverybusycaringformyfamily.Ilovebeingathleticandbeingoutside.IloveanimalsandIlowerstoo!Ialsolovetoridemotorcycles...andIlovetattoos!
Thankyou,DeputyCorinnePittfortakingthetimeforthisinterview!AllofushereatthePutnamValleyschoolsfeelverysafeandsecurethatyouarehereforus.
RedRibbonWeek
BySophiaGoncalves
Red Ribbon Week took place onOctober 26 through the 30th.This is a week that our schoolshows awareness of drug abuseandmakinggoodchoices. Duringthisweekstudentsandstaffwere
able to dress up. Each day of the week was adifferenttopic. OnMonday,wewereaskedtowearred. Tuesday, we wore pajamas which meant to“follow your dreams and don’t do drugs”. OnWednesdaywe dressed like our favorite rock starbecause “ourschool rocksandwedon’tdodrugs”.We wore mustaches on Thursday (“wemustacheyounottobullyordodrugs”).Thelastday,Friday,wedressedasourfavoritesuperherotoshowthatwearebraveandstrongeveryday!Alongwithdressingup,everyhomebaseroomhada contest by decorating their doors with slogansand pictures about not doing drugs. This year’swinnerwasMrs.Mahoney’sIifthgradeclass. Theywonlastyeartoo!Theywonwithadoordecoratedwith a Lego theme and their sloganwas, “Lego ofDrugs”.Overall,RedRibbonWeekwasagreattimewithagreatmessage!
Pictures courtesy of iVoice
CommunityOutreachCentervisitsPVMS
ByJaeleZapater
OnOctober29ththeseventhgradeSpanishclasses
were treated with visitors from the Community
Outreach Center. This is a program of Green
Chimneysand is fundedby theAdministration for
Children and Families, and the United Way of
WestchesterandPutnam.Thisprogramprovidesa
safeplace foryouths to interactandparticipate in
activities with peers. There are so many fun
activitiesforkidsofallagestodolike;playingpool,
arts and crafts, dance, homework help, watch the
latestmovies,snacksanddrinks,playvideogames,
etc. TheCommunityOutreachCenterisaplacefor
you to get away from home and have fun with
friends.Thefunisnotjustforkidsthough...youcan
alsohavefunwithyouparentsandfamilyaswell.
It is good to know too that they have a 24 hour
CRISISHotline in caseyouhave trouble sometime
inyourlife.
TheBookFair
ByGabrielOrtiz
The Putnam Valley
MiddleSchoolhelda
b o o k f a i r f r om
O c t ob e r 2 0 th t o
October 23rd, 2015.
The Book Fair was
sellingbooks like;Goosebumpsbooks, chapter
books, cookbooks, craftbooks,pet, animaland
sport books. The Book Fair also had pencils,
erasersandbookmarkersforsale.Thestudents
atPutnamValleyMiddleSchoolwillhavemany
hoursofenjoyablereading.
TheWellnessFairByGiovannaCartateguiand
JuliannaDeGiorgio
TheWellnessFairisaprogramthattheMiddleSchoolhostseveryyear.OurPhysicalEducationteacher,Mrs.Parchenorganizesit.ThepurposeoftheWellnessFairistomakepeopleawareoftheimportanceofstayinghealthy,Iitandsafe.ThisyearitwasheldonTuesday,November10thattheMiddleSchoolGymnasium,6:30–8:30pm.Itwasabighit!There were many activities. There was Yoga demonstrations,dancing(Zumba/HipHop),Play-Doh,dressingupasaIireman,longjumping, autism awareness, blood sugar testing, just to name afew. Therewas also a placewhere you could see howmanyticksyoucanIindonadog,andhowtosaveaperson’slife.TheBloodDrivewasalsohappeningat thesametime.Witheachactivityyouattended,youearnedaticket. Whatdoyoudowiththetickets?Well,youplacethemingiftfoldersofitemsthatyouwouldliketowin. TheyarethenrafIledoffattheendofthefair. Someoftheprizeswere;agoodybasketfromthePutnamValleyFlorist,moviepassesdonatedbythePVVolunteerAmbulanceCorp,alargepizzapiewitha2literbottleofsodafromLakesidePizzeria,a$25giftcertiIicatetoSansotta’sDeli,a$25 iTunes gift card from Tompkins Landscaping, a Beta Fish (his name is Sushi☺), a $50 credit to anyactivityatthePVParksandRec,a$25giftcardtoModell’s,a$25giftcardtoBarnesandNobles,andthetopprize…aMOUNTAINBIKE!TheWellness Fair was a big success andwe are looking forward to next year’s fair!!! Thank you, Mrs.Parchenforallofyourhardwork.
Pictures courtesy of iVoice
HalloweenDanceByToriSpitzer
During the Halloween Dance this year at the MiddleSchool there were various contests. There werecostume contests for the funniest, most creative,scariest and cutest. The winners for the funniestcostumeswenttoAllisonWalshandJordanCuddywhowere dressed up as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle DumfromAlice inWonderland. Most creativeawardwentto Eliana Dropkin who was dressed up as a VoodooDoll. The winner for the cutest costume went toBreannaDorionwhoworeacatcostume. Finally,BenLowderwonthecontest for thescariestcostume. HewasdressedupasaZombieandwore incredible facemakeup. There were many students with greatcostumes, but unfortunately there can only be onewinnerforeachcategory.Alongwiththecostumecontest,therewerefungamesandactivitiesthroughouttheeveningthatwerelocatedin the gym. Therewas even amummywrap. TherealsowasanamazingDJplayingmusic thatwedancedto.Itwasanightofnever-endingfun.
Pictures courtesy of iVoice
iPhone6s
ByEvanGutierrez
OnWednesday,September9th,2015,theiPhone6sand6sPluswerereleased.TheiPhone6isavailablewitha default 4.7 and5.5 inch retinadisplay. The iPhone6s cameoutwith somenew features, themost jaw-droppingonebeingthe3Dtouchfeature.With3Dtouch, theiPhonerespondstothepressureofyourIinger.Another feature of the iPhone 6s is the new iSight camera (the rear camera). The new camera has 12megapixelswith1.22pixels,autofocuswithfocuspixels,an f/2.2aperature,exposurecontrol,burstmode,optical imagestabilization(onlywith iPhone6sPlus”),etc. Alsothe iPhone6shas thebrandnewA9chipwith 64-bit architecture and an embedded M9 motion coprocessor. Moving on, the iPhone 6s has newIinishesaswell.TheIinishesarerosegold,spacegray,gold,andsilver.Clearly,theiPhone6sisoneofApple’sgreatestdevicesevermadeandhasalotofgreatfeaturesthatmakeitrunsosmooth.
http://www.apple.com/iphone-6s/specs/http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-6s/
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FallJokes
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