Warrior’s Gazette

Lincoln Middle School Presents

Volume 3, Issue 2 December Issue

Inside this Issue: Pg. 2 Bermuda Trian-gle Pg. 3 Sports & Clubs Pg. 4 Classroom News Pg. 5 Happy Holidays Pg. 6 Fun & Games

LMS TIMES STAFF Rachel Kristina Jessica

Jocelyne Maria

Paulina Brittany

Alejandra Kimberly

Sergio Edgar Natali Vicki Anna

Maggie Jonatan Jovanie

Marzena Angelo

Editors in Chief

Amerisa Gianna Jessica

Advisor

Ms. Huebner

Dates to Remember: 12/21-1/3 Winter Break 12/31 New Year’s Eve

1/13 7th Field Trip 1/15-16 Volleyball Lock-

In 1/18 No School 1/27 Half Day

Service Learning Project at Lincoln The Connections theme for the month of January is Service Learn-ing. Therefore, the SEL committee has developed a project that will involve all the students to raise money for the Pennies for

Patients Program to help benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. In their Connections classes, students will spend several weeks creating a decorative as well as functional bowl out of clay. These bowls will be for used for an ice cream party that will held in Lincoln’s cafeteria on the night of March 25th after the Music Concert. Students and their families, teachers, administrators, and the rest of the Schiller Park Community will be able to purchase one of the student’s bowls in return for a scoop of ice cream. They will also get to keep their bowl!!! The money raised in the sale will be donated to the Pennies for Patients organi-zation. By: Ms. Karasiak

Once Upon a Christmas..... (A twist on the usual Christmas story) All I remember was the crackling of the warm fire from the chimney, the delicious aroma of our feast, and the laughter and cheers of my large family that had all gathered together for this Christ-mas day. A soft blanket of snow covered the gentle hills from outside. I remember how the snow glowed against the pitch black sky as the first star appeared. We were all happy, all together. We would have never had expected that this night would end so early. We all sat around the warm fire and sang Christmas carols with cheery voices as the fires crack-led and danced. We all had our best dresses on that Mother made us. My two year old sister, Lucy, sat on my lap and bit on the candy cane she got. We all started singing See Amid the Winter’s Snow, rocking from side to side as our yellow lab’s tail thudded on my lap with the beat. I wore my newly knit scarf that I got for Christmas around my neck, laughing when Lucy started tugging on the ends of it hard. The aroma of pine that drifted from our decorated Christmas tree filled the house. We were all really excited with the big feast and new scarves, bookmarks, sleds, and embroidered handker-chiefs. We had a typical Christmas evening in the twentieth century when I was born. But soon after we started singing, a low whining dimly came from outside. We all instantly became silent as we lis-tened in onto the whining. Screams and thudding of horses’ hooves came from outside. Aunt Cindy ran to the window, returning with a horrified look on her face. “Invaders!” She cried, as we all scurried up. I held tightly onto Lucy, only to have her taken away by Mother who rushed all of us into a secret place underneath the house. Aunt Cindy opened the trap door and we all hurried in. Before even two made it in, the whining became louder and some-thing broke down the door to our home. We were all terrified. I didn’t even know what happened. One of the raiders on the horse came with a torch, setting the house on fire, then he slayed every-one in sight, blood covering everything like snow. Through the thick smoke and jumpy fire, I managed to stumble onto the house and onto the snow. Screams filled the background, but I felt all alone and scared. The ice cold snow and panic sent a shiver down my spine as I coughed after the smoke had filled my lungs. Then I looked to my right where a great light was coming from. Our house was on fire, burning up like our fireplace had done before. My heart thudded unevenly as tears blurred my eyesight. Neither Momma nor Father made it out, or Lucy. Suddenly, another raider approached me, the horse whining loudly. I looked up, completely de-fenseless and alone. The screams and burning houses around me started growing faint as the whole town turned to ash. The raider looked down at me with beady, black eyes. A wicked smile slipped onto his face. Be-fore I had a chance to whimper a plea, the raider brought up his sword and swung it down at me….To Be Continued in Our Next Issue! By: Jessica K

Interview with Mr. Amsler about Warrior’s Quest

1) What’s going through your mind when you see the groups cheer? Really good things go through my mind, like showing of school pride. You guys working really hard and how you guys worked well as a team. School pride and teamwork makes me really proud of this school. 2) What’s your favorite part of the warrior’s quest? My favorite part of the warrior’s quest is the

opening and closing ceremonies. 3) Who came up with the activities for warrior’s quest? The warrior’s quest committee is made up of 10 people with Ms. Shultz as the leader. 4) Why can’t we choose our own teams? If students were allowed to choose their own team members, they would choose their friends. Warrior’s quest is meeting new people and working together. 5) Are there any new activities this year? Yes, its dodge ball and capture the flag all in one. 6) What will next year’s name for the warrior’s quest be? It will be Lightning Quest. By: Jessica M

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What’s Up Warriors? The Bermuda triangle, in the Western part of The Atlantic Ocean plotted by Florida, Bermuda, and

Puerto Rico, is a place of unknown fatalities of small fishing ships to cruising boats and small training planes to airline travel based planes, they all have disappeared without a trace of existence. Everything that goes in never comes out.

Flight 19: A group of five U.S. Navy TBM Avenger Bombers were on a training mission. As the planes practice their flying maneuvers the leader radios the Station. "We are entering white water, nothing seems right. We don't know where we are, the water is green, no white." A few moments later the Station lost contact with the planes. They sent rescue planes into where the last transmission was made. Another set of planes were lost. Magazines and Newsprint declared this occurrence to be a supernatural element.

Theory 1: Time warp. Bruce Gernon was the only person in the world to wetness what is inside the Bermuda triangle. Bruce experienced a storm at its birth stage; the storm was vir-tually on top of the water and goes up at a high distance. His reports say the storm was made up of white clouds on top of water. He proclaims he’s been in the eye of the storm and has returned to safety before the storm could become dangerous. His escape route was a Tunnel vortex. This storm was not a regular storm, but a Time storm! As Gernon was in the storm he saw a large circle that showed the other side of the clouds. But the White Clouds Radius was over 100 miles. He had no other choice; he went through the clouds

open space and actually traveled over 100miles and went forward in time for 30 minutes! This clouds open space was not a small opening, it was Time Vortex. Gernon says that as he went through the time vortex he couldn’t see the land or sky around him. He also says through the whole time he’s been in the storm radius all of his technology in his place were acting bizarre, from hi compass to his clock everything didn’t cooperate.

Theory 2: Electric Fog. After 31 years of Gernon’s research he has discovered when he couldn’t see the land around him he was actually in a fog that travels with the plane. Many ships and boats say they’ve hit a huge fog and can’t see anything, and that their technology is malfunctioning, but actually the fog sticks onto anything and it induces spatial disorientation, which causes the effect of not being to know where you are and even become confused. It has an electric current going through the fog and since the fog captures anything that hits it, as if it were a huge mouthed bear, the electric current travels through the craft and causes malfunction in systems. The fog is also the cause of no evidence of crashes. The fog begins to disintegrate anything in it to capture its electricity; but it doesn’t start right away the longer the craft is inside the more dangerous it is, after a while the fog just destroys the craft in a matter of 10 seconds.

Can these theories be true? Some people suggest aliens are the cause of disappearance. Or is the gov-ernment trying to cover-up the effects of nuclear bombing in the Atlantic? By: Jovanie D.

Zimmer 483 The band that created this CD is Tokio Hotel. It’s the second album. The CD is in German and is sold in North America and Europe. The CD was re-

leased on January 26, 2007 in the United States and on February 23, 2007 it was re-leased in Germany, March 25, 2008 in Can-ada and September 23, 2008 in Mexico. 400,000 copies were sold. 13 songs are on Zimmer 483. Zimmer 483 went platinum! The most popular song is "Übers Ende der Welt" (Ready, set, go!) I think this CD has really good music even though I don’t un-derstand German :D By Alejandra

Every year, Lincoln faculty and students run for a good cause in the school mara-thon. This year, it has been decided that we will be running to support the Leuke-mia & Lymphoma Society.

Emotional disorder: OCD By: Brittany M

In the last issue I talked about ADHD. Now I’m going to talk about a disorder that has many of the same signs of ADHD, but also different. OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a chronic mental illness. This illness contains repetitive behaviors or impulses. A lot of the time, there is constant fear or nervousness towards simple tasks or things. OCD has many signs. Some of them are distressing thoughts, images or fears (obsessions). There is also a lot of anxiety or nerv-ousness, sometimes for no apparent reason. One of the main reasons for OCD is the need to perform certain rituals or routines in daily life. Some common symp-toms are being very germ phobic, eating foods in a spe-cific order, constantly ar- ranging something if it’s out of place, being stuck on words, thoughts, images or emotions. This can be very disturbing and most of the time interferes with sleep. OCD people can get very easily distracted and take things very seriously. They usually worry about more than they need to. Even if the subject or topic has nothing to do with them, they make a very big deal of it and maybe end em-barrassing themselves. The treatment plan can vary from counseling to medication to mental hospitalization for very severe cases. Again, these people are no different from you. They deserve and want as much love and respect that you do.

Scream! Tokio Hotel is the band who cre-ated this album. The 1st album in English. Scream was released on June 4, 2007 throughout Europe.

Scream has some songs from their other albums like Schrei and Zimmer 483, but the songs are translated in English. Their first single was re-leased from this album was “Monsoon.” Mon-soon was and still is a very popular song. The CD went platinum 3 times! Sold more than 1,093,064 copies in 2 years worldwide! It’s the most popu-lar album Tokio Hotel has ever created. You guys should listen to scream, awesome album. By: Alejandra

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Sports & Club news

Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days and nights, starting on the 25th of Kislev on the He-brew calendar (which is November-December on the Gregorian calendar). On each night of Hanukkah, the menorah is lit to honor a miracle which occurred after the Jews proclaimed victory over the Syrian armies in 165 B.C.E. When Jews came to rededicate the Temple-which had been dishonored by the Syrians-they found only one small flask of oil with which to light the menorah. This flask contained only enough oil for one day, yet the lamp

burned for eight days (by which time a fresh supply of oil was obtained). www.history.com Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration held in the United States honoring African heritage and culture, marked by participants lighting a kinara (candle holder). It is observed from Decem-ber 26 to January 1 each year, primarily in the United States. Kwanzaa is considered one of the primary holidays within the U.S. Christmas and holiday season. Kwanzaa consists of seven days of celebration, featuring activities such as candle-lighting and pouring of liba-tions, and culminating in a feast and gift giving. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa

Christmas is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus . Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, Christmas carols , an exchange of greeting cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various decorations; including Christmas trees, lights, and garlands, mistletoe,, nativity scenes, and holly. In addition, Santa Claus is a popular mythological figure in many countries, associ-ated with the bringing of gifts for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas

By: Maggie

Interview With Ms. Weyna (one of the cheerleading coaches)

1.) How long have you and Ms. Karras been cheer coaches together? Me and Ms. Karras have been cheer-leading coaches together for 4 years.

2.) How did your 1st game go? They were awesome. T-O-T-A-L-L-Y.

3.) What is your favorite thing about being a cheerleading coach? I get to work with girls who are future, current, and past students. I also see myself as more than their teacher.

4.) Do you think the girls got the spirit? Yes, they have great school spirit.

5.) Do you think our cheerleaders and basketball players will make it to the tournament? I think if both teams work well and stay focused, we both have a good chance.

6.) Are you looking forward to next year? I wonder if I can make it to Christ-mas Break? (Ms. Weyna laughs.)

7.) Have you ever been on a cheerleading team before when you once went to school? No, not exactly. I was on the pom-squad which is more of dancing but also involves sharp moves. By: Vicki & Anna

FUN THINGS TO DO THIS WINTER BREAK! 1.Snowball fights with friends and family!

(Gather all your friends and family together, try to get as many people as possible, make some

teams and get it going!) 2. Ice skating/Ice hockey!(Race around with

your friends, but make sure not to fall!) 3.Making a snowman with friends and family!

(Have a contest of who can make the best looking snowman the fastest!) 4.Movie night! (Get all your friends and family to pick out a few funny family Christmas movies that you will all enjoy, get some hot cocoa, some popcorn and pig out!)

5.Use the coming up holidays as an excuse to call old friends, and family that you don’t often talk to!(Wish them happy holidays, that will warm up

their heart!) 6. Schools out, so sleep in and stay in your pj’s

all day long!(You can use the relaxation!) By: Anna

Math club- the math club is working hard to prepare for the mathathon that anyone can join. Art club- There are lots of winter activities going on in art club such as- making their own wreaths and candy canes. Dance - Session 2 starting soon.. IMSA- The IMSA students are doing fun activities that they learn about and use their five senses!!!! Yearbook- The students in yearbook are mixing and matching pictures to make col-lages. Chess- The chess students are sharpening their skills in chess, while competing with one another. Chorus- The Lincoln Choir is getting prepared for the musical, Once on This Island. If you wish to be in the musical start coming to chorus to learn the music. Science club- Just recently finished making a replica of a dinosaur head.

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News from the Classrooms The 8th Grade students are learn-ing new vocabulary with the 1000 Word Project. You might have seen them walking around with vo-cabulary words hanging from their necks. Even the teachers and ad-ministration have taken part in this fun project. Each student was as-signed a word to become experts

at. The teachers are monitoring when and how they use their assigned words in class. The students are also analyzing how their words relate to each other’s using triple venn diagrams and charts. We hope that they will be able to expand their vocabulary through this fun and exciting project! Ms. Huebner

The 6th Grad-ers making their mummy projects in Hu-manities… And on the golf field trip!

Read It! Then See the Movie! Susie’s family is devastated to see that she is missing and they want to find her before its too late, if not already. In 1973, a 14-year-old girl named Susie Salmon was raped and murdered. Susie, now in heaven, must find a way to get people to find her missing body. She reaches her father, and

her father knows who did it. The only problem is proof. The police eventually get tired of Susie’s father pointing to one suspect, so they do not listen to him any longer. Lindsey, her younger sister knows her father isn’t crazy, so she decides to see for herself if Mr. Harvey is the one who killed her big sister. Susie follows her family trough ups and downs and finds that everyone has found a newfound strength from her death. The Lovely Bones is heartfelt and an amazing book to read. You can get it at the Schiller Park Library, or in our school library. By: Amerisa

Largest Christmas Tree

A Christmas tree lighting ceremony was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Nov 26. According to Guinness World Records, the 82-meter-tall tree decorated with 2.8 million colorful bulbs is the biggest one in the world. By: Anna

The Warrior’s quest       Every year on the last day of school before winter break we have warriors quest and technically this will be the LAST WARRIOR’S QUEST!!!  On this day for the entire day Lincoln middle school host these chal‐lenges to see which team will become victorious, to see which team will triumph over all the other teams. Starting the day with an opening cere‐mony showing of our amazing team flags, color, and mascot. After that, 

the entire day will be filled with challenges, challenges that are testing our skills, knowledge and teamwork. One of those challenges is an obstacle course. (HINT: Whichever team is the fastest will win extra points!) Then it’s time for a cheer‐off, every team showing off there moves and spirit. Finally the moment everyone is waiting for, the an‐nouncement of the winner. Who will win this year? Who will triumph over all the other teams? It’s the number one question that everyone is asking. We will soon find out who will be the winner. The winner of the LAST WARRIOR’S QUEST EVER!!!  By Jessica M 

Winter White little snowflakes fal-

ling from the sky.

Watching snowflakes flutter, watching snow-flakes

fly. The snow so white and clear, flying from the sky without

bringing any fear. A blanket of snow covering

the ground. Falling down without making a

single sound. Snow so innocent and pure

it’s so hard to endure. By: Jessica M

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Top 10 Christmas Picture Books 1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

2. The Night Before Christmas 3. A Small Miracle

4. Lyle At Christmas 5. The Polar Express

6. Madeline’s Christmas 7. Father Christmas

8. Santa Cows 9. Wolf Christmas

10. Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer By: Jonatan

Gingerbread Man Cookies INGREDIENTS 3 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter (room temperature, sof-tened) 1/2 cup dark-brown sugar, packed 1 Tbsp ground ginger 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon finely ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 large egg 1/2 cup unsulfured molasses Optional raisins, chocolate chips, candy pieces, frosting

Royal Icing

1 egg white 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice 1 3/4 cup confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)

METHOD 1 In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and spices.

Set aside.

2 In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream

the butter. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Mix in eggs and mo-

lasses. Gradually add the flour mixture; combine on low speed.

(You may need to work it with your hands to incorporate the

last bit of flour.) Divide dough in thirds; wrap each third in plas-

tic. Chill for at least 1 hour or overnight. Before rolling out, let it

sit at room temperature for 5-10 minutes. If after refrigerating

the dough feels too soft to roll-out, work in a little more flour.

3 Heat oven to 350°. Place dough third on a large piece of

lightly floured parchment paper or wax paper. Using a rolling

pin, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Refrigerate again for 5-10 min-

utes to make it easier to cut out the cookies. Use either a

cookie cutter or place a stencil over the dough and use a knife

to cut into desired shapes. Press raisins, chocolate chips, or

candy pieces in the center of each cookie if desired for

"buttons".

4 Transfer to ungreased baking sheets. Bake until crisp but not

darkened, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Let sit a few

minutes and then use a metal spatula to transfer cookies to a

wire rack to cool completely. Decorate as desired.

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes ginger-bread_man_cookies/ Found by: Marzena

C A N Y O U D O I T

Poll: Worst Christmas Present • Embarrassing Handmade Santa Sweater 0 • Fruitcake 2 • Getting Nothing 18 • Socks 5 Out of 25 people getting nothing would be the worst Christmas present for them. By: Paulina

Christmas Riddle I am round and white, with a mouth,

eyes and nose, and I'm always cold. What am I? Answer: A Snowman!

By: Paulina Kot

Cinnamon Christmas Ornaments

Ingredients:½ cup ground cinnamon, 1/3 cup apple sauce, 1 tbs. tacky glue 1. In a bowl mix the cinnamon, applesauce, and Glue. 2. Work dough in hands for about 3 minutes or until you feel it’s nice and workable. (If the dough is too dry add a little bit of apple sauce, if the dough is too wet add more cinnamon.) 3. Sprinkle cinnamon on a dry clean surface and kneed the ball until it holds together. 4. Flatten the dough and use cookie cutters for shapes. 5. Use a straw end to cut a hole into the dough shape for the holding hole. 6. Once you have finished your ornaments put them on a oven safe pan or cookie sheet. 7. You can either air dry the ornaments for 24-48 hours or bake them in a slow oven. 8. (If use with the oven) flip over many times to harden both sides. 9. When dry, put a string through the hole you made. And then hang your ornament on your tree, your tree will smell like cinnamon, but do not eat them. By: Jocelyne

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Fun Facts, Games, and Activities Tokio Hotel By Alejandra

Tokio Hotel is German band. The word “Tokio” is German for Tokyo, the capital of Japan. They loved the city when they went there and “Hotel” due their constant living in hotels. The

band was founded in Magdeburg, Germany in 2001. The members are Bill Kaulitz as singer, Tom Kaulitz as guitarist, Gustav Schäfer as drummer and Georg Listing as bassist. The 3 types of music they play are emo, rock and pop. They made 4 albums so far. The albums are “Shrei,” “Zimmer 483,” “Scream” and their newest album “Humanoid.” They got 41 awards so far! Their biggest hit is “Automatic.” One cool fact about this band is that Bill and Tom Kaul-itz are identical twins :D Once you hear Tokio Hotel’s great music, you’re going to love them! *information and photos from tokioho-tel.com

Top Ten Christmas Movies This Year: 10. The Santa Claus A Man accidentally kills a Man in a Big Red Suit; He has to take on his job. He Brings Christmas back to his son who was told there was no such thing as Santa Claus. A Funny and good movie

9. Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer Rudolf is made fun of because he is different then the other reindeer. He runs away and tries to find somewhere he belongs. 8. The Nightmare before Christmas Jack the skeleton, the pumpkin king, prepares

and celebrates Halloween every year, One Day he finds a strange part of the forest with doors to other realms, and he ends up in Christmas town. 7. How the Grinch stole Christmas The Grinch really hates Christmas, one year he decides to ruin Christmas for the whole town. Then he somehow gets a change in heart and has to fix Christmas before it’s too late. 6. Miracle on 34th Street At a Macy's Department store Thanksgiving Parade the Santa Claus is found drunk by a whiskered old man. The old man gets in trouble and has to fill in as Santa Claus 5. Home Alone A young boy with his family are going on a vacation for Christmas, he really doesn't want to go on this “fun” trip. He ends up getting left behind at the airport and spends his Christmas alone. A fun movie filled with his mischievous plans. 4. It's a Wonderful Life George Bailey is a Selfless man in turmoil. He loses $8000 he thinks it’s the end of his life. His Guardian Angel shows him how the town would've been if he wasn't around. He reconsiders 3. How the Grinch stole Christmas The Grinch really hates Christmas, one year he decides to ruin Christmas for the whole town. Then he somehow gets a change in heart and has to fix Christmas before it’s too late.

2. Elf A movie about an elf that was born human but grows up as an elf, later in his older life he finds out he isn’t an elf. He starts of in a journey to find his birth father in New York. 1. The Polar Express This movie is about a young boy who starts to be-lieve Santa Claus is not real. In the middle of the

night on Christmas Eve a large train came out of no where on his neighborhoods street. He goes on the train and meets many other kids going to the North Pole! By: Jovanie

Holiday Dreams By: Brittany M

Why can holidays seem bad? Why do holidays seem to get worse?

Everyone has reasons. Personally I love this winter, holiday season.

Even if you feel like something’s missing, Just hold your head up high,

Because everything will be alright. Make the best of what you have.

Don’t dwell on what you don’t have. Holidays are meant to be fun.

As long as you spend it with everyone. Even if you want to just scream,

Aries This month you will be confronted by one of your peers and they will tell you off about your faults. You’re having the worst month.

Cancer This month you feel less competitive and ambitious about practical matters. You will be mellow and relaxed for the holi-days.

Libra Your intuition is very sharp at this time. You can better understand what moti-vates others and what their needs are.

Capricorn This month your mind is on bigger is-sues and long-range plans. You are opti-mistic and enthusiastic about your ideas.

Taurus This month you will re-ceive a large amount of money. The Holiday Sea-son will be very generous to you.

Leo This month you will moti-vated to work-out any family issues that are on going, but be aware that messing with family ties can come with consequences.

Scorpio At this time you are more sensitive to beauty and also to the feelings and needs of oth-ers. Friends will be very grateful for you feeling this way.

Aquarius This month your positive feelings and high self-confidence make this a good time to go out, and meet with people.

Gemini This month you will have an over-whelming feeling of ex-citement around the holidays. This may be be-cause you are waiting for a special gift to get.

Virgo Confidence and inner har-mony prevail. You can move forward with creative pro-jects and ex-press yourself more easily and comforta-bly now.

Sagittarius Your vitality and personal impact on others is higher now and you're likely to draw attention to yourself with-out trying or to receive some special recognition.

Pisces Intense, irra-tionally strong or compelling feelings emerge now and friend-ships are deeply emo-tional. You're apt to overre-act. By: Gianna

Quote of the Month Never let go of what you have. Never forget what you’ve had.

Memories last a life time, never forget them. From: Brittany

Weezer Crashes On December 6th 2009 the tour bus that con-tained the members of Weezer, and other pas-sengers, slid on a patch of ice when they were on their way to a concert. Their front man, Rivers Cuomo was hurt in the accident but is recuperat-ing. All their December concert dates are can-celled until further notice. It had snowed about two inches overnight. The roads were generally wet Sunday morning, but not covered in snow. The driver said the back end of the bus slid on ice, then went into the median and hit some reflective posts before crossing back over the highway, go-ing over the guardrail and landing in a ditch. We give them our hopes that they will get well. By: Gianna Dicintio