The Panther Prophet By- Mrs.Kloepfer’s ELA 8A Class

December/002

8th Grade Winter Sports

The eighth grade junior high boys basketball team is currently 3-5. But they still have more games to play yet. The roster includes Logan Munoz, Logan McGill, JJ Weaver, Parker Downing, Blake Wittenmyer, Nick Bormuth, Bo Tooman, Chase Woodruff, Braxton Althauser, Christian Kline, and Mason Holman.
The eighth grade junior high girls basketball team is currently 2-7. But their season is not over yet. The roster includes Emma Downs, Miranda Wells, Mackenzie Schroeder, Vada Schorsch, Iris Schorsch, Chloe Kreinbrink, and Grace Hassan.
The junior high wrestling team currently has four wrestlers that are all in eight grade. They include Wilson Grubb (15-0), Jalen Swain (9-4), Owen DeWeese (9-2), and Brady Womack (7-3). They have been to three tournaments including Upper Sandusky, Allen East, and Fasset.

Upcoming Events
● The Herb Aldrich gymnasium is getting Panther
remodeled and the school is asking you to vote on the new design.
● Elementary students have a new leader in me habit, #3 put first things great
first.
● McComb middle school is having a spelling Panther

NJHS

The Senior Citizen Dinner was held on

November 20,2019. NJHS served the meal to many senior citizens in McComb. The NJHS members that served
were, Nick B., Aubrea

C., Parker D., Grace H., Emmy L., Grady S., Iris
S., Mackenzie S.,

Positive Panther Trip
For the first nine weeks Positive

Trip we went to the cube and it was pretty
fun, except for when you would fall. Ice
skating is fun for everyone and it is

exercise. If a student did not qualify to go on the Positive

bee on the tenth of january to
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Hannah S., Kianna T.,

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trip, the student has

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and the students who qualify will have a county spelling bee on January 30th
● Scheduled 2-hour delays, are on January 15, 2020, February 24,
2020, March 19, 2020, and May 8, 2020.

● At the end of the second nine weeks, the middle school will be going to Deshler lanes to bowl
● January 20 Monday Professional Development-No School Martin L. King Jr. Day – No School
● February 17 Monday President’s Day – No School

NJHS (cont.)

JJ W., Blake W., Bailey C., Emma D., Wilson G., Lola M., Vada S., Esmerelda S., Gavin S., and Bo T. The Senior Citizens enjoyed a meal of turkey, mashed potatoes ,stuffing, and fruit salad. Thank you to everyone in the kitchen who made the meal possible. Thank you Mrs. Rindi Schabulin and Mr. Fenstermaker for supervising.

Positive Panther Trip (cont.) stay at school and do extra work and tests. From the
teachers point of view, some teachers went along, while others missed out on the trip and stayed back with the students. For all the students that went on the Positive Panther trip, it was a great time for those that could and couldn't skate. If you couldn't skate, they had walkers and buckets to hold on to until you got the hang of it. Some people might even get a picture in the yearbook. The teachers and counselors did a really nice job setting it up, and the students thank you for it.

P.A.W.S.

The P.A.W.S members had the opportunity to go to H.Y.P.E., which is an overnight lock in event in which people learn about

mental health, drug abuse, and healthy activities and much more. (continued on page 3)

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H.Y.P.E. stands for Hancock Youth Prevention Education.One thing they did was an activity called True Colors. Participants used personality traits to answer things, and in the end, they find out if they were blue, gold, orange, or green. Another thing members had the option to do was learn about girl empowerment. At the end of the night, they had a party with food and music where you could just hang out with whoever or whatever. They also had a guest speaker. Cam Justice talked about how your how and what starts now. Meaning what you want to be known for starts now, and it’s about how you go about achieving it. He also talked about how he did not go in there to change their lives. Other things P.A.W.S. has worked on is selling candy canes to raise more money for the group, in addition to Red Ribbon Week.

Weather and Almanac

For the month of January, the weather will fluctuate from warmer to colder temperatures. With the mild temperatures, there will be rain in the forecast. As the month of January comes to a close, we will have colder temperatures and snowy periods. The average temperature for January will be around 32 degrees. For the month of February, the weather will be close to the same as January with temperatures fluctuating week to week. We will have some cold days with snow and then back to warmer temperatures with periods of rain. February will close out mild with some rain and snow. The average temperature will be around 28 degrees.

Gaming Club

Last year, Gaming Club was a get together and hang out place to be after school with many people ranging in age from (continued on page 4)
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Gaming Club (cont.) (continued)
7th grade to even a few high schoolers. Last year at Gaming Club every Wednesday, we would have someone bring in a game for everyone else to play. It was run by Mr. Bergman, who we thought was one of the best teachers there. When the end of the school year came around, Mr. Bergman showed everybody in the room that he had joined a county esports team (electronic sports) and that the 8th-12th graders could join and start training for the tournaments, if they won the tournament, they would get scholarships to colleges in the area and prize money. On the final meeting of Gaming Club, Mr. Bergman announced that he would be going to another school and that he might have found someone to run Gaming Club the next school year. This came as a surprise to everyone, but we would try to keep it going in the coming year.
When the school year started, the previous Gaming Club members were waiting for any mention of Gaming Club and when it would start again, but we didn’t get any information at first. The discussion about Gaming Club started about a week or two into school when two of the members went to Mrs. Kern to talk about ideas for what we could do, who would run it, where it would be held, and how many people were interested in it. After this meeting, we continued to raise awareness about it and waited for more information. After a few weeks, we finally found out that Mrs. Kern would run Gaming Club for now, and that it would in Mrs. Goodrich’s room, which used to be Mr. Bergman’s room. Soon after, we finally got word that the first meeting would be on November 15th. We have had three meetings since then and everyone is having an amazing time hanging out with each other doing something they all enjoy.

Since the first three meetings we have all had our own opinions about it and how we think it is going. In a conversation (continued on page 3)
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with Mrs. Kern, she said this about Gaming Club “I wanted to bring the opportunity to students to have Gaming Club again this year because I felt it was important. Students get to decompress after the school day with their friends doing a hobby they really enjoy. So far this year we have had three meetings and each one has been well attended, ranging from 7-14 students each time. While I don't know much about gaming, I ask the students questions and learn something with each game they introduce to me. As long as students are still interested, I will continue to monitor gaming club”.

Band/Choir/Drama

For students thinking about joining McComb school band, choir, or drama, I think that you should because the entertainment section of education has actually proven to improve people from being better with others to getting a well paying job. Through band, it helps students learn different instruments through full concert band, marching band, and even jazz band. In choir, you can learn to sing. Maybe you would like to move on and get into a job or something small like social media for music, then choir can help you improve your voice so that you don't have to get an expensive voice trainer. Last of all, drama is a great thing if you would like to have fun in a nice, friendly environment and possibly get better chances if you plan on getting into an acting career. Concluding, if you're looking for a way to improve or get a new

talent, a way to make new friends, or even see if one of these are for you and put it into something for your future, then it is highly (continued on page 6)

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highly recommended that you join one of these musical/acting groups next time that you want a new hobby to do in your free time.

Builders Club

The Builders Club members had raked leaves for citizens of McComb on a couple days in December during 1st and 2nd period of school. They had to do 2 different groups of junior high students. The weather was cold, and there were lots and lots of leaves as well. It was fun and I enjoyed it and I also think others enjoyed it as well. We were short on rakes, so we had to make rotations when we were tired. We had to finish raking in a limited amount of time, and once we did, we could leave earlier than we expected.

All A
7th Grade: Haiden Ebright Hailey Ebright Donavin Hepperly
Cameron Jackson Stateler Catalina Jimenez Kacey Like

A/B Honor Roll

Logan Martin Marissa Pitz Laney Rader Sarah Rider

Talon Siether
Dakota Shellenberger

Hannah Sherick McKenzy Siferd Jasmine Smith Peyton

8th Grade:

Nick Bormuth Parker Downing Wilson Grubb Emmy Lora
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Mackenzie Schroeder Thalia Shabnow Gavin Stevens
Kianna Thomas

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A/B Honor Roll (cont.) (continued)
Grady Schaublin	Erika Voigt Iris Schorsch	Jacob Weaver

A-BHonor Roll 7th Grade: Benton Adkins Landon Bankley Elijah Gibbs
Octavian Gonzales Kelsey Jenkins Brad Miehls

Jeff Miehls
Christian Montgomery Rylee Scheff
Michele Velasques

8th Grade Xander Adkins
Braxton Althauser Aubrea Cotterill Bailey Crouse Owen DeWeese Emma Downs

Lillie Fitzgerald Grace Hassan Mason Holman Chloe Kreinbrink Isabella Mansfield Loralye Miller

Logan Munoz Vada Schorsch Hannah Smith
Bo Tooman
Blake Wittenmyer

Feastival

The Panther School House festival was held in the gym. It was a great experience for 8th graders to get to know each other based on Panther Houses. On the menu teachers brought food. Mrs.Kloepfer prepared turkey, gravy, sweet potato casserole, and deviled eggs. Mrs.Spaeth brought in veggie and relish trays, Mrs.Goodrich with green bean casserole, Mrs.Kaufman baked corn casserole and dinner rolls, Mrs.Brown brought in the mashed potatoes, and Mrs.Kern brought dressing. The Prefects were asked to bring desserts, dinner rolls, or drinks. Hannah brought Texas

sheet cake, Mason brought oreo pudding, Emmy bought two cakes, Grace brought cupcakes, and Mackenzie brought strawberry dessert. The people that bought dinner rolls were Emma, Vada, and Bo. Drinks were brought by Nick, Kianna, and Parker. Thank you to everyone that contributed to the lunch!

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Holiday Traditions Around the World There are many countries in the world, but only about 75
celebrate Christmas. I will be describing how the US, Mexico, Spain, Russia, and Italy celebrate Christmas very similarly, but also very differently at the same time.
US--People in America like to decorate the outside of their houses with lights and sometimes even statues of Santa Claus, Snowmen and Reindeer. Some cookies and a glass of milk are often left out as a snack for Santa on Christmas Eve! Towns and cities often decorate the streets with lights to celebrate Christmas, and people attend church since Christmas is the day that Jesus was born.
Mexico--In Mexico, Christmas is celebrated from December 12th to January 6th. From December 16th to Christmas Eve, children often perform 'Posada' processions or Posadas. Posada is Spanish for Inn or Lodging. There are nine Posadas. These celebrate the part of the Christmas story where Joseph and Mary looked for somewhere to stay. For the Posadas, the outside of houses are decorated with evergreens, moss and paper lanterns.
Spain--Most people in Spain go to Midnight Mass or 'La Misa Del Gallo' (The Mass of the Rooster). It is called this because a rooster is supposed to have crowned the night that Jesus was born. Christmas Eve is known as Nochebuena. In the days before Nochebuena, children might take part in 'Piden El Aguinaldo' where they go and sing carols around their neighbors hoping to get some money!
Russia--In the days of the Soviet Union, Christmas was not celebrated very much. New Year was made into the important time. Following the revolution in 1917, Christmas was banned as a religious holiday in 1929, and Christmas Trees were banned until 1935 when they turned into 'New Year' Trees. If people did want to celebrate Christmas, they had to do it in secret, just in their families.

Italy--One of the most important ways of celebrating Christmas in Italy is the Nativity crib scene. Using a crib to help tell the Christmas story was made very popular by St. Francis of Assisi in 1223 (Assisi is in mid-Italy). The previous year he had (continued on page 9)

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visited Bethlehem and saw where it was thought that Jesus was born. A lot of Italian families have a Nativity crib in their homes.The city of Naples in Italy is world famous for its cribs and crib making. These are known as 'Presepe Napoletano' (meaning Neapolitan Cribs). The first crib scene in Naples is thought to go back to 1025 and was in the Church of St. Maria del presepe (Saint Mary of the Crib). This was even before St. Francis of Assisi had made cribs very popular. Having cribs in your own home became popular in the 16th century and it's still popular today. Before that, only churches and monasteries had cribs. Cribs are traditionally put out on the 8th December, but the figure of the baby Jesus isn't put into the crib until the evening/night of December 24th!

Dia de Los Muertos

Dia de los Muertos is a Spanish holiday. It is celebrated from October 31st- November 2nd. Dia de los Muertos is celebrated by remembering their ancestors who have passed. Dia de los Muertos means Day of the Dead. Day of the Dead is celebrated by making an ofrenda (altar) for loved ones who have passed. Some items placed on ofrendas are marigolds, photos, food, toys, handmade objects, and lit candles. Most of the items on ofrendas are items that remind you of your loved ones who have passed. Some of the foods people who celebrate this holiday make and eat are mole poblano, escamoles, sugar skulls, moles, tamales, and champurrado. Dia de los Muertos is NOT the Spanish equivalent of Halloween.

Vocabulary that has to do with this holiday are Pan de Muertos which means bread of the dead, cempasuchil are marigolds, calavera de azúcar are sugar skulls, and escamoles are ant eggs. Dia de los Muertos is a widely celebrated holiday, even some Americans celebrate it.
9 Madden Mobile
Madden Mobile is a football game on your phone where you can play against each other, it is available on all platforms. (Ex. IOS, Android, etc)
League Name: McComb League Requirements
HAVE TO BE FROM MCCOMB, LEVEL 10 MINIMUM, MINIMUM OF AN 80 OVERALL
Members of the league

Member Name
	
Level
	
Overall

Parker Downing
	
78
	
91

JJ Weaver
	
79
	
96

Mason Holman
	
69
	
92

Blake Wittenmyer
	
72
	
94

Nick Bormuth
	
72
	
93

Grady Schaublin
	
28
	
85

Christain Kline
	
39
	
85

Logan Mcgill
	
44
	
89

LEAGUE RANK NATIONWIDE: 732 RECORD: 97-0

This league is owned by JJ Weaver. A league is like a team or clan. You can play friendly matches against each other within a

league, or competitive games against an opposing league. JJ’s league is currently ranked 732 in the world. Their record is based off of their wins and loses against other leagues. They are currently 97-0 as shown in the graph. In order to be in this (continued on page 11)
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Madden Mobile (con.) (continued)
league you need to meet certain requirements, shown above the graph. In order to meet these standards you need to complete tasks listed on the “Daily Challenges” tab. These tasks help you level up. In order to meet the minimum overall requirement you can click on the tab “Solo”, then go to “Programs”, and select any program to get players, or once you become level 5, you can go to the auctions and bid on players. The highest overall you can get is a 99 overall. The higher the overall your players are, the higher overall you team is going to be. CONTACT A MEMBER OF THIS LEAGUE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

Jokes of the Month

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Newspaper Created By-Mrs.Kloepfers 8th grade 6-7 period

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