Enrichment Academy is Coming!

Enrichment Academy
By Aitana Chavez

If you have nothing to do after school and you enjoyed the Power Program last year, then you should come to Enrichment Academy!

Enrichment Academy is the new name for the after school program this year. Enrichment Academy has plenty of activities to do, like in the mornings there will be open gym and a study hall. In the afternoons there will be lots of clubs to join, a teen center and more!

The name changed this year to Enrichment Academy because our school applied for a grant from the City of Salem and we got it, so it’s a bigger deal this year.

Some new things this year are the morning activities, there combining with Avid and some new clubs.

The activities are open to all students at Waldo.
Some of the teachers that will be participating are:
Mr.Bovee – "Fun" science Class
Ms.Saski – Islander Club
Ms. Murdoch – open gym (mornings)
Ms. Jonson – Scrapbook Club

There will also be volunteers doing some other clubs and activities.
The times in the morning will be from
7:00 – 7:45am
The times after school are
2:35 – 3:30 and 3:30 – 4:30pm

If you want to participate but you can’t find a way home, you can sign up for a free buss pass!

Just go to the office to get a form if you don’t have one already have one your parents fill it out and you bring it back to school. As long as you don’t lose it you will have a ride all year! (:

Volleyball starts today!

Volleyball
By Destiny Magana
and Angelina Vital Torres

Volleyball is one of the main sports for girls at Waldo. Angie and Destiny investigated what happens.

To get our information we interviewed Coach Ferdig and a volleyball player, Gaby Rubio.

This is what Coach Ferdig had to say when we asked her some questions. We asked her why she liked to coach volleyball and what she likes about it. She said, "I like teamwork and hanging out with the girls." Then we asked her what she expects from her team this year? She said, "I expect for the girls to have fun and work hard." Our last question to her was how many teams will there be for volleyball. She said, "There are four 8th grade teams and four 7th grade teams for volleyball.’’

Then we had interviewed Gaby Rubio a.k.a. Tall Gaby, a volleyball player this year and last. We had asked her what she likes about playing volleyball she answered with, "I love playing volleyball because it’s really fun and I love spiking the ball." Then we asked if she thinks they’re going to win a bunch of games. "I want to win but it depends on how good we are," she said. Our last question to her was what she expects for volleyball this year she gladly answered, "I expect for everyone to have fun and for everyone to try they’re hardest."

So as all of you can see volleyball is a very fun sport and the players and coaches are much excited about this year. They hope to win a lot of games and to meet all new people when they play.

A note from our resident poet, Anna Garcia...

Please go to www.mmpoems.webs.com where new poems will be added this weekend.

Poetry submission #1

Poetry column - Written by Anna Garcia

The Beginning

In the beginning I was happy,
Smiles all around,
I thought the beginning was great,
New friends,
New people,
It’s going to be fine,
Just make the beginning your dreams.

School

The stare of the crowd,
The points,
The laughs,
The names that they thrown,
But they aren’t stronger,
Because they are wrong,
It’s not your fault,
They are just mad that you are yourself,
You’re smarter and better in every way,
They are just jealous.


Fallen Rock

Sharp,
Jagged,
Broken souls,
Lost forever in a sea of despair,
Never to be let go,
Their minds shattered like glass,
Scattered to the ends,
With their endless battles of tearing guilt,
Revival is vital,
But they go down hard,
A crack in a fallen rock.
Impressions
Don’t try to impress,
He’s not worth it,
Don’t try to deny it,
It won’t work,
Don’t try to trust,
He’ll just let you fall,
And you should know,
He doesn’t care at all.


Stormy run

I crashed through the final branches,
surrounded by trees dancing to the wind,
running as fast as I can,
dogding every stone in my way,
suddenly I stop.
I look into the skies and let the rain wash away my worries.

the time is near...

It's September! Let's get ready to rock n' roll!