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Well, this is it. Our last week of school before Christmas break. I know a lot of students, me included, are excited to take some time and enjoy the holiday season with their families. It can be difficult to stay focused during the last week before break but luckily we had some fun spirit days to help you end on a positive note. On Monday we had Ugly Sweater Day. This is a classic. Many students already had sweaters from previous years but if you are anything like me you still end up buying a new one. One Tuesday it was Dress as a Present Day. I saw many cute hair ribbons, bows, and wrapping paper. I decided to wear a literal present and wrapped a box with wrapping paper and put it over my head. I had a lot of fun doing it, even if a couple people gave me some weird stares. It was also a rainy day so many of us were shivering and rushing to get to our next class. I want to know if you prefer our warmer weather, or this cold rainy weather we get once and a while? We then had Dress as A Winter Character on Wednesday. I saw many fun characters. My favorites were definitely the Grinch and the characters. Which was your favorite? Thursday was Matching with Friends or wearing flannel and finally Friday we had Free Dress Day or Pajamas. I am definitely going with pajamas! I hope everyone enjoyed our Spirit Week and had fun dressing up. Remember to take time to yourself, enjoy waking up late, being at home, and spending time with family. I hope everyone has an amazing break!
Xoxo Stephanie
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Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa!
Or if you don’t celebrate, Happy Winter Break! Woo hoo! Three weeks of relaxation and chilling. We all need it. Despite the fact that our last break was only three weeks ago, I still need a brain break. I’m also really excited for this upcoming New Year as well, 2022! Yes! I’m not a ‘big goal oriented’ person, I may seem like it but I certainly am not able to keep track of those goals. I do try but the whole ‘Resolutions’ thing just doesn’t suit me, I’m pretty sure plenty of Middle Schoolers get what I mean. (Yeah, I see you.) But this year has certainly been eventful, not as eventful as 2020 but it was still eventful. We got a new president, there’s a new variant happening in the UK currently and kids ages 5-11 are able to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. So some ups and downs but we made it! I don’t have much to say about the upcoming year, I don’t want to get my hopes up too high. I’ve learned about having too high expectations in 2020 and I will not repeat that mistake again. I’ll simply just wish for the best. As well as hope and pray for a better year, who knows, maybe in 2022 will have its unforgettable memories as well. As always, take care and have a splendid Winter Break! Be sure to keep up with your Spirit Day Calendars, only two more days until break!
This Wednesday, 8th grade had their first park day of the year! It was a time to relax and celebrate all the hard work done this past trimester with friends and teachers. It was a nice day to be out in the park and everyone seemed to have a good time. There were rumors of a fight, but thankfully nothing happened. Personally, my favorite part was being able to forget about the stress of school and play volleyball with my friends. I wanted to know what you guys thought of park day and here is what you said. Camila Gonzalez said, ”My favorite part was seeing everyone being nice to each other, and everyone coming together to play Football and Volleyball.” Leila Ku said, ”I liked eating yummy food and being outside.” Now I want to know what your favorite part of park day was, and what you did?
Xoxo Stephanie Okay, so like… Middle School sucks. Sure, you get to see your friends and hang out with them but other than that… It sucks. Like it genuinely does.
The food, assignments, teachers (no offense) and drama… Everything about Middle School just screams torture. So this week (and in the following weeks ahead), I’ve decided to create a short series of guides on how to Survive Middle School. There were multiple requests to write about the food and water in our school. In which I’ve agreed to write about. Many people have complained about the water and currently, Mrs Avina's Ecology class is working to see if the water is purified and clean. I haven’t used fountain water often due to the hypothesis that the water here may not be clean. Most of the time I’ll bring my own bottled water. As for the cafeteria food I haven’t even gone in the lunch line at ALL this year because of my trauma from the past years. In my opinion, I’ve never enjoyed the cafeteria food. Sometimes the food isn’t fully warmed up, leaving cold icy parts in the food. Other times my macaroni would be hard and I wouldn’t be able to eat it without my teeth aching. I think many of you students would agree with my experiences. It’s a difficult topic to side on though, if I’m being honest. The topic seems way too far-fetched considering the fact that it’s hard to believe that our school would give unclean water and uncooked food. Our school is considered a ‘top school’ or a well-known one for having a great reputation. But it’s not healthy for students to be given horrid food and learn as well. If students can’t have food that is healthy or pleasing, how do you expect us to learn and do well in our studies? How do they expect us to be on top if we can’t even have simple needs? What do you think about this topic and what is your opinion on it? Take care! -Kirsten G <3 Welcome back! I hope everyone had an exciting Thanksgiving break and got to spend time with their family. While enjoying my Thanksgiving break I continued to see different interesting instagrams made by CVC students. Some include a ships account, feet account, and a couple other ones. The students behind those pages had to talk to the principal this morning and receive a punishment. In my personal opinion, I thought the pages were funny and didn’t harm anyone. At the same time I understand why the school would not be a fan of these pages. So I want to know, do you think the Instagram pages are harmful, and what type of consequences should they face? Have a great weekend!
 This week was the end of our CVC Football and Volleyball Intramurals. I wanted to know what the students' favorite part was and what they learned. Trisha Ynalvez, an Eighth Grader is a talented player on the Football team. She said,”My favorite part of football is being able to be part of a team and something I learned is you need to talk to your teammates for something to actually work.” Camila Gonzalez was a part of the Volleyball team and she said,”My favorite part of volleyball was interacting with everyone. When we would play games I would feel everyone's connection. I also love the shirts and free gatorade. And something I learned was how to do proper rotations and positions.” On November 13, 2021 we had our Football and Volleyball teams participate in the Turkey Bowl at Nellie N. Coffman. Volleyball won both of their games and Football’s Team A is going to the Championships. Team B did their best. As someone who was a part of Volleyball I can say that I have learned a lot and improved my overall skills. I loved being a part of the team and feeling the support from my teammates and coaches. I would like to say thank you to Coach Flo, Coach Natalia, Starlah Gutierrez, Mr Amrine, and Mr Estrada for dedicating your time to making us better athletes and creating a positive environment for us to grow. This has been an amazing opportunity and highly encourage everyone to participate next time!
Xoxo Stephanie As a middle schooler, I need this week off. I feel like each and everyone of us does need this upcoming week to recollect and get themselves together before the next trimester begins.
My family aren’t big celebrators of Thanksgiving but we do celebrate. Most of the time, we have a Thanksgiving Dinner and have family members over, the rest of the week is just mainly chilling and catching up on some work for my classes. Even for those who don’t celebrate, this coming week will be a great time for you and your family to get together and relax. My question is though, What do you guys do for Thanksgiving or if you don’t celebrate, what are you thankful for this year? Whatever you decide to do this upcoming week, enjoy yourselves because you guys deserve it, take care! -Kirsten G~  One of the most popular movies this year is, Dune. If I’m being honest I think it attracted a lot of people for the actors in the film. Not only does it have Zendaya, Jason Mamoa, but also everyone's favorite Timothee Chalamet. They are some of my favorite actors so it was no surprise that I enjoyed Dune immensely. If you didn’t know already, Dune takes place in an intergalactic feudal society and follows Paul Atreicles, a gifted young man, who must travel to dangerous planets in the universe to protect his and his people's future. Dune is only one out of two parts so this movie consists mostly of world building, introduction to the politics, and characters. Some of the things I enjoyed were the amazing cinematography, foreshadowing, buildup, and the relationships the characters have. It is one of those types of films where you sympathize with the characters and root for them. If you enjoy sci-fi movies like Interstellar or Star Wars I recommend you give this movie a watch. I rate it a 9/10. What do you think? Xoxo Stephanie
 This Friday we had the first dance of the year! The theme was Erie Carnival. I had the opportunity of being part of the setup because I’m in Student Council so I gotta see it all before everyone arrived. We had games, a photo booth, a dj, pizza, chips, and drinks. A fun fact is we actually ordered 70 pizzas for the dance and there were a bunch of full pizza boxes left over. So if you liked the pizza maybe next time you would be able to take a full box home. While dancing in the middle with my friends there were people throwing water but if I’m being honest that might have added to the fun. I also saw some throwing money early into the dance and others picking it up! I mean who would be desperate enough to pick up the money…. Anyways, overall I think the dance went pretty well. Everyone seemed to have a good time and there was no unnecessary drama. And I say that because there were rumors of something happening between two very well known girls and a boy in the middle of it all. But that was all that it was, a rumor. Now I want to know. What was your favorite part of the dance, and what do you want to see at the next one?
Xoxo Stephanie Okay, so let’s get this straight...the Middle School Dance will be happening on Friday this week. Many middle students around school continuously bring up the topic of, ‘Who's going to the dance?, ‘Who are you taking to the dance? And, ‘What even is the dance?’
This week's I, Kirsten will be interviewing some students on their opinion about the dance this upcoming week. 7th grader, Jacob Macias shares his point of view about the dance, “I think that this year’s dance is gonna be fun. It’ll be cool as my first dance, at least I HOPE that it’ll be fun and cool.” Another 7th grader, Daniella M. Reynose explains what the dance means to her, “Uh, I think this coming dance is [going to be] well because it’s the first time all the Middle Schoolers can get together and do stuff. Also we can dance and hang out with friends.” Daniella then shares more throughout the interview as well. One final 7th Grader, Daniel Munoz has a different opinion on the dance, “I think it’s gonna be a bit awkward ‘cause a lot of people ask each other out. And it’s gonna be awkward because we’re in 7th grade and I don’t think there’s gonna be any music anyone’s gonna be dancing to.” There are many opinions about the upcoming dance but only a few will know what it’s like if they do attend it! As a reminder, today is the last day to purchase tickets and hope to see you go! |
AuthorsStephanie and Kirsten are both amazing CVC students who belong to our Student Council Leadership team and have stepped up to share their voices with their peers. 
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