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“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. Its not.” — Dr. Seuss

November 2016 Bradley Middle School

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A STUDENT NEWSLETTER CREATED FOR STUDENTS BY STUDENTS...

Q: What smells the best at Thanksgiving dinner? A: Your nose!

Q: What comes at the beginning of a parade? A: The Letter “P”

Jokes By: Destiny H. and Joey M.

Top 10 Thanksgiving Desserts

By. Brad H. (In no particular order)

10. Pumpkin Pie 9. Pecan Pie 8. Sweet Potato Cheesecake 7. Pumpkin Mousse 6. Cranberry Gingerbread 5. Chocolate Pumpkin Layer Cake 4. Banana Pudding 3. Butter Cookies 2. Roasted Coconut Butterscotch Pears

1. Carrot Cake

The Presidential Election

By: Avian

Finally, after a hard year of work on November 8th we got our answers. Donald Trump is our 45th president! Hillary Clinton received more of the population vote, but Donald Trump received more electoral votes. After the news there has been many protests going on around and more & more people are insisting to move to Canada! Barack Obama continues to talk about spreading happiness. Hillary Clinton’s speech after the election talked about working with her campaign and how we all have to look towards the bright side. Let’s hope that the next four years are a success!!!!

Here are 10 Facts on Trump: •He was married three times.

•67, 000 new followers per month on Twitter.

•He loves golf.

•He is officially a Hollywood Star.

•A Board Game was named after him.

•His Election Was Supposed To Be A Joke!

•He was born in New York.

•He was sent to military school at the age of 13.

•He has ran for president prior.

•He is a Germaphobe.

Here are 10 Facts about Hillary: By: Joshua T And Jasmine M

•She was a republican.

•She worked in a fishery canning factory.

•Being in politics wasn't one of her career goals.

•Bill and Hillary were teachers at the same school.

•She was an active 1st lady.

•Hillary’s favorite baseball team is the Cubs.

•She’s the most traveled Secretary of State, ever!

•She is the most successful women presidential candidate.

•Hillary Clinton won a Grammy Award!

•She ran for President in the democratic primary of 2008.

The Turkey Bowl By: Joey M.

What is the Turkey Bowl ? The Turkey Bowl is where you can miss four days of electives, and play against your classmates in a game of your choice. It is also a group activity, where you can choose your team, like a group of friends and compete with other teams to win. You can play Volleyball, Flag Football, Soccer or even walk the track while watching others play. You have to pay five dollars for your team to miss class. Sign up’s are over on the 10th of November. Mr. Cherry and Mr. Bourque are in charge of sign up’s this year. The days of the Turkey Bowl start on the 17th and end on the 22nd of November.

College Football By: Cameron K

• Mississippi State beat the #4 ranked Texas A&M as the Aggies will drop in the CFP rankings.

• Washington lost their first game of the 2016 season as they lost in a tough matchup against USC.

• Alabama wins, still #1 in the CFP rankings now favor to win the national title. • Michigan lost their first game of the 2016 season as they lost to Iowa in a game

winning field goal by the Hawkeyes. • Clemson lost their first game of the 2016 season as they lost to Pitt in a game win-

ning field goal by Pitt. • Boise State lost their first game of the season when they lost to Wyoming. • 2 teams are still undefeated, Western Michigan and Alabama. • Marshall football celebrate the anniversary of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75

players on the plane and wore cool helmets to honor the players. • Thanks to Georgia beating Auburn, Alabama is in the SEC championship game

and Alabama clinch the west division of the SEC. • Texas A&M Quarterback Trevor Knight is out for the season and he is done for col-

lege because he is senior and it is heartbreaking for the Aggies fans and players. • Ole Miss Quarterback Chad Kelly is out for the season and he is a senior and he is

done with college football. • Baylor Quarterback Seth Russell is out for the season and he is done playing. Rus-

sell, recovered from a season ending neck injury in 2015 and now he has a season ending ankle injury. Seth Russell is also a senior.

• Michigan Quarterback Wilton Speight could miss the rest of the season with a bro-ken collarbone injury. Speight, a freshman did good at Michigan and he got hurt at Iowa. Speight now could be game time decision when Michigan will play against Indiana.

“Heisman” Watch

Jalen Hurts- QB Alabama

Christian McCaffrey- RB Stanford

Dalvin Cook- RB Florida State

D’Onta Foreman- RB Texas

Jake Browning- QB Washington

Mavericks Volleyball: As of 11/7/16

By: Chelsea W. Last week was the end of the 2016-2017 season for the Mavericks volleyball team. Their last game was Wednesday, November 2nd against Ridge Road Middle school. Their ending record was 12 wins, 2 losses, throughout the season. The vol-leyball, softball, and golf banquet honors the players and their family as they cele-brate the season together. Every family brings food and everyone eats dinner to-gether and the coaches present players with certificates and select players get awarded special medals and trophies.

Bradley Football By: William R

The Bradley Mavericks had an encouraging season after all the injuries and defeats. We came out with a better record of 2 and 5. We won against J.M Alexander and Ranson Middle School. We have enjoyed the fantastic fans that have supported us since the start of the season. We had nearly half the school come out and see us play, they were awesome! Bradley was coached by head coach Herbert Williams, assistant coach Brian Bourque, and defensive coordinator Coach Gil Parker. These people have helped us to have our best season. Also thanks to Power. E for being our lead scorer. Good job Mavericks! We will do even better next season in 2017!

Recipes For Thanksgiving

By: Lily Rickard These are some really good recipes for Thanksgiving. These are ones that you should try and that you will really love on your Thanksgiving dinner. Hope you try it!!!! Side Dishes

Roasted garlic mashed potatoes: russet potatoes are blended with roasted garlic buttermilk. Sweet potato casserole: a mashed potato casserole with a crunchy pecan topping. Bake for only 30 minutes. Green bean casserole: creamy green bean casserole that doesn't use canned soap all natural stuff. Make it for Thanksgiving or any festival in fall time. Pumpkin bread: three full sized bread loaves with cinnamon cloves of nut-meg. Also make sure you use pumpkin and add all the spices to your bat-ter. Main Dishes

Butternut squash soup: squash, potatoes, carrots, celery, and onions put in a quick soap in about an hour. Slow cooker turkey: You only use two ingredients but the hard part is wait-ing. Rosemary roasted turkey: garlic and rosemary is rubbed between the skin the meat of the bird before roasted. Deserts

Pumpkin pie: this pumpkin pie is just a quick and easy way to make your thanksgiving extra delicious. Apple squares: apples, nuts and cinnamon to make the bar really good. Chocolate pumpkin bread: spicy pumpkin bread with chocolate chips in the middle. Pumpkin cheesecake: This has a gingersnap crust which makes the cheesecake even better. These are some really good recipes for Thanksgiving for you to try. Here is the link to the website I found all this food from. So, you can get more in detail just in case you want to try these recipes.

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/198/holidays-and-events/

Top 5 Things To Buy For Black Friday

By: Ta’Asia & Alexandria

1. Best Buy ( Samsung Galaxy S7, MacBook Air ) 2. Walmart ( Tablets, IPhone 5s, Toys ) 3. Target ( Beats Headphones, Apple TV, Battle-field 1 ) 4. GameStop ( 2k17, Madden NFL 17 , Call of Du-ty: Black Ops ) 5. PINK ( Shirts, Duffel Bags, Perfume, Yoga Pants )

Edible Matter For Thanksgiving

By: Joshua K.

November, 24th is Thanksgiving, and along with that comes the food and here I have put together the most popular foods eaten on Thanksgiving, so this Thanksgiving see if you are eating any of this food and if you are I told you!

Turkey Pumpkin pie

Cranberries Squash

Turkey Stuffing

Mashed Potatoes Cornbread

Mushroom Soup

Stew

CHEESECAKE

Softball By: Laylah M.

This softball season has been great! A lot of friendships were made and a lot of games were won. The team only lost three

games the whole season, and won their other games by a long shot. The last game they won 19 to 4 and Olivia pitched beautifully. Many points were scored this season and I hope the team for 2017 will be even better!! Congrats Mavericks. (Olivia, pitcher)( Ani-ya, catcher) (Allie, 1st base) (Mya, second base)( Emma, shortstop)( Kennedy, third base) (Laylah, right field) (Destiny, Nia, center field) (Alivia, left field).

Top 5 Things Students are Most

Thankful: By: Alexzia J.

1. Most kids are thankful for their family and

friends.

2. Having a roof over their head.

3. Having an education and a school to attend.

4. Thankful to be in this world.

5. Some kids are thankful for their freedom.

A Day in a the Life of a Teacher By: Jamie S. and Katie T.

On Monday October 17, 2016 we interviewed two teachers that are new to this school. The first teacher we interviewed was Mr. Kolod; an 8th grade history teacher. Mr. Kolod has been teaching a total of five years. Two of those years were part time. The other three years were full time. His favorite thing about teaching is work-ing with students and continuing to study history. Mr. Kolod was in-spired to be a teacher from his previous teachers. We asked Mr. Kolod how long he works on school related items: his answer was two to four hours everyday. Mr. Kolod wakes up every morning at six o’clock.

The second teacher we interviewed was Mr. Ives; a 7th grade history teacher. We asked Mr. Ives a series of questions. This is Mr. Ives first year ever teaching he has been teaching for two months. His favorite thing about teaching is seeing the students. His former teachers inspired him to be a teacher. Mr. Ives spends at least ten hours a week outside of school working on school items. Mr. Ives wakes up every day at 5:45 to get ready for work. He gets up this early because he lives forty minutes away from school.

MLB World Series Cubs vs Indians

By: Jacob G. Game 1: 6-0 Indians win- The winning pitcher is Corey Kluber

Game 2: 5-1 Cubs win- The winning pitcher is Jake Arrieta

Game 3: 1-0 Indians win- The winning pitcher is Andrew Miller

Game 4: 7-2 Indians win- The winning pitcher is Corey Kluber

Game 5: 3-2 Cubs win- The winning pitcher is John Lester

Game 6: 9-3 Cubs win- The winning pitcher is Jake Arrieta

Game 7: 8-7 Cubs win- The winning pitcher is Aroldis Chapman

November Fun Facts

By: Julia T.

In Old English, November was “Windmonath” or “Blotmonath,”which means blood or sacrifice month

November is National Pomegranate Month.

The birth flower for November is the chrysanthemum.

People participate in something in the month of Novem-ber called “No Shave November.”

American football is the main watched sport in the Unit-ed States during November.

The Scorpio (Astrology of the Month) By: Erica M.

October has passed and it is now time for the eighth astrological sign to shine, the Scorpio! It’s dates range from Octo-ber 23rd through the 21st of November and it’s symbol is a scor-pion. They are a water sign and rule the planet Pluto. Their lucky number is nine (and it’s multiples,) along with their lucky day be-ing Tuesday. Scorpios are known to hate dishonesty, be very secretive and sometimes violent. Scorpios are very suspicious and careful of the people they know and often have trust issues. They tend to seek for others that value integrity and fairness. They never let work interfere with friendship.

By: Alison Farley

Shoe Game

By: Dryden B.

Top 10 Shoe Brands

1) Nike

2) Adidas

3) Jordan's

4) Converse

5) Reebok

6) Vans

7) Under Armor

8) Puma

9) DC

10) New Balance

Top Shoes of Each Brand

- Nike Air Max 1

- Adidas Superstars

- Jordan 111 Black/Cement

- Converse Chuck Taylors Suede Zip -Reebok Question

- Checkerboard Vans

- UA Curry Ones

- Puma Suede/Clyde

- DC Cabs Vans

- New balance C-Note

2016 World Series

By: Cameron K. Well, it came down to 2 teams, the defending N.L. Champs — the Chicago Cubs and the defending A.L. Champs — the Cleveland Indians. In game 1, Indians pitcher Corey Kluber did great as the Tribe win game 1. Game 2 the Cubs did good as the Cubs ace Jake Arrieta had a no-hitter when Jason Kipnis of the Indians end his no hit as the Cubs win game 2 and they are heading back to Wrigley. This is the first World Series at Wrigley Field at night. Kyle Hendricks did ok, but the game went scoreless until Coco Crisp got a base hit and Michael Martinez scored. The Indians lead the Se-ries 2-1. Game 4, Indians ace pitcher, Corey Kluber, got his second win as the Indians are one game away for winning their first title since 1948. Carlos Santana hit a homerun in the third inning and Cubs could not win at Wrigley. Game 5, the final game at Wrigley for the 2016 season! The Cubs did good when Kris Bryant hit a homerun in the fourth inning and the Cubs win game 5 to force a game 6. Back in Cleveland, the Indians did not do so good in game 6. Kris Bryant hit a homerun and Addison Russell hit a grand slam allowing the series to become tied 3-3. Game 7, the historical game is on, two teams with a championship drought who will win? Well, in the first inning, Dexter Fowler hit a homerun in the first inning and the Cubs kept scoring while the Indians were fighting back. Rajai Davis hit a homerun in the eighth and the Indians tied the game sending it to extra innings. Just then, the rain started and there was 17 minute delay in the top of the tenth. Ben Zobrist hit a base hit and Miguel Montero scored to advance the Cubs lead 8 to 7. In the bottom of the tenth, Mike Montgomery pitched and Michael Martinez hit a groundout to Kris Bryant who threw the ball to Anthony Rizzo and gain the Cubs win ending the 108 year curse! Your World Series MVP: Ben Zobrist, for the Cubs.

November DIY’s

By: Caroline H. & Kara W.

Thanksgiving break is coming up! Spend the break making fun November DIYs!

Pumpkin Tic-Tac-Toe

You will need wooden edged square board, black & white paint, a paint brush, & white and orange tiny plastic pumpkins. 1.Paint the board black and let it dry

2.Take a smaller paintbrush and use it to paint white lines on the bottom of the board. You should! 3.Paint the board like a tic-tac toe board. 4.Take the pumpkins and play tic-tac toe! Turkey Oreo Pops

You will need milk chocolate candy melts ,Oreo cook-ies ,candy corn, a cookie sheet, parchment paper, and icing for the eyes. 1. Melt your milk chocolate candy melts in the microwave at 20 second intervals. Then let it cool for a few minutes. 2. Dip your Oreo cookies in the melted chocolate. 3. Push your candy corn in on top of the Oreo cookie while the chocolate is still wet. 4. Place your Oreo cookies on a tray with parchment paper and put in the fridge to set for 10 - 30 minutes. 5. After your Oreo cookies have set you can use decorating icing to make a cute little face on your thanksgiving turkeys. You now have a DIY treat that you can serve at your thanksgiving dinner!

MYTH FACT

1)The pilgrims ate turkey 1) It has never been proven they actual-ly have eaten turkey, but we do know for sure they ate deer.

2)The original thanksgiving feast took place on the fourth Thursday in November

2) The original feast in 1621 occurred sometime between September 21st and November 11th. Unlike our modern holiday, it was three days long.

3)Native Americans and Pilgrims Came Together to Give Thanks and Celebrate

3) When the Pilgrims were celebrating a successful harvest, they were shooting guns and cannons into the air. The Wampanoag chief and 90 warriors made their way to the settlement in full war mode. But it is still undecided if they were welcome or if they “crashed the party.”

Myths About Thanksgiving

By: Celeste F.

A Day in the Life... By: Jamie S. and Kaitie T.

On Monday October 17, 2016 we had the chance to interview two teachers. The first teacher we interviewed was Mrs. Hippensteel “Mrs. Hipp.” She is the dance teacher located in the gym. She has been teaching for ten years before coming to this school. This is Mrs. Hipp’s first year teaching at this school. Her favorite thing about teaching is seeing her students joyful and happy while learning to dance. Mrs. Hipp was inspired to be a teacher from her former teachers. We asked Ms. Hipp how long she works on school related items outside of school: her answer was a couple hours. Ms. Hipp wakes up everyday at five o’clock. The second teacher we were able to interview was Ms. Hall; the school's art teacher. She has been teaching here at Bradley for one (1) year. Her favorite thing about teaching is helping the stu-dents. Ms. Hall was inspired by her first grade teacher (they have the same last name). Ms. Hall works on school related items 3-4 hours a week. We asked Ms. Hall what time she gets up in the morning; her answer was 6:30. ShhO She hits the snooze button until 7:00 though.

Thanksgiving Fun Facts

By. Areanna H.

Did you know that the first Thanksgiv-ing didn’t even serve Turkey!

Only male turkeys , called toms, gobble.

There are four places in the U.S. named Turkey.

Ben Washington wanted the turkey to be our national bird, because he thought the Bald Eagle was a bad moral character.

The heaviest turkey on record was 86 pounds & the average turkey weighs 15 pounds!

A wild turkey can run 20 miles per hour when scared!