We’re Halfway There! By. Mr. Hool

It feels like just yesterday that I was meeting my brand new 6th graders on the first day of school...and then I blinked...and it’s February. Semester two is up-on us! That means we are less than five months away from summer warmth and well-deserved freedom! But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves! We still have one full semester to go. Enjoy these little bits of advice to get you through the second half of the school year: 1) Don’t abandon ship: If you hop overboard, the ship will be lost! You’re the captain of your own edu-cational ship! Bring it safely back into harbor on June 11th and you’ll safely move on to the next grade! 2) Avoid the winter blues: Often times, winter can be a dull and boring time of year due to endless cold and slushiness! This causes people to become lackadaisical and complacent! When this happens people stop working as hard as they used to! 3) Do something that you enjoy: Let’s be real for a minute: you can’t be all work all the time! In order to mentally prepare to focus on schoolwork, you have to spend some time at play! Whatever that hobby may be, play hard and enjoy! Five months may feel like a lifetime, but when June arrives, you’ll be singing a different tune! Just like any race, you’re not done until you cross the finish line. The finish line is June 11. Keep running!

FALCON FLYER

Double Issue 1 &2 February 1, 2015

Student Editor: Zeinab Alhashemi

Inside this Issue

Pg. 2 Learn about

Mrs. Nameth!

Pg. 5 Guess Who?

Internet Trends

Pg. 3 MMMMM….

Caramel apples!

Pg. 4 Five Nights at

Freddies!

Pg. 6 Ronaldo!

Pg. 7 Boys Basketball

Pg. 8 Bullying

Pg. 9 Avenger profile:

Black Widow

Pg. 10 Mrs. Cizek

Q &A

Pg. 11 Pancakes or

Waffles

Pg. 12 Interesting

words

All about Mrs.Nameth By: Zeinab Hamadi

Besides Mrs. Nameth’s obsession with frogs, hats and puppets, she has a

lot of more interests that you probably don’t know of.

When asked Mrs. Nameth, said her most valuable gift was creativity and

appreciation for the arts. She likes face painting and making crafts for her

church.

The best part of Mrs. Nameth’s job is, “when a

student has that ‘a-ha’ moment.” I also asked her

about her current favorite food, she replied saying

ice-cream, cookie dough flavored, and don’t forget

the healthy food and chicken. She prefers healthy

food so her favorite breakfast cereal is Cherry Al-

mond Oats because it’s low fat.

Even though Mrs. Nameth teaches language

arts, her favorite subject surprisingly is math be-

cause it is not challenging for her.

From experience if you ask Mrs. Nameth U of M

or Michigan State she will say U of M because her children became successful

from going there.

Later in the interview I asked her what her favorite television show is she

said “Blue bloods” because Tom Sellek is in it and she likes him.

Mrs. Nameth’s favorite sport is SWIMMING because it’s not invasive.

Mrs. Nameth rocks her look for a teacher! Her style is comfortable and

the brand she loves to wear is St. John’s bay. She says it’s her favorite because

it is soft quality and is comfortable.

How To: Make Caramel Apples! By: Sarah Beydoun

It’s fall! That means it’s time

for a very special treat. . .

CARAMEL APPLES! So, let’s get

started.

Step 1: First, get caramel cu-

bes out and heat those babies

up. Next, you want to put

sticks in the tops of the apples

to hold them.

Step 2: Then, put your delicious apples in the heat-

ed caramel and leave it to drip. Then coat one apple

at a time with chocolate chips, sprinkles, peanuts,

(etc.)

Step 3: After that you put them in the fridge to cool

for 20 minutes.

After that you

are ready to

DIG IN and en-

joy your yummy

caramel apples.

Hope this

helped you!

Good Luck!

Five Nights At Freddies! By: Nada Abdalla

Five Nights at Freddy’s A.K.A F.N.A.F.,

Known as the scariest game of 2014. This game

has brought so much terror from ages 10 to 30. I

have to be honest; I’m not going to Chucky

Cheese’s again. So many people on the internet

have gotten so popular from just playing it.

The game starts out simple. You just

got a job at Freddy- Fazbear’s Pizza (I’m pretty sure this might remind you of Chucky

cheeses). Your shift is from 12 am to 6 am, and it’s your job to survive and make sure

Freddy and his friends don’t shove you in their animatronic body. You sit in a monitor-

ing room and look at the animatronics through many cameras. You have to watch every

one of them. There will probably be at least 4 of them coming after you, so keep your

eyes open. If one of the animatronics are really close to you, there probably isn’t any-

thing you can do but hide behind the Freddy mask or close the doors.

I asked Haily Arfan some questions about the game, and one of her answers where

“I can only say the game was really scary.” I also asked Amber Beneteau some ques-

tions and one of her answers for what was the most thrilling part of the game was “I

would probably say, seeing Foxy the Pirate running down the hall, I really freaked out.”

I recommend this game to game geeks, if you like scary games this is the only

thing that’s for you. Five Nights at Freddie’s is rated 9.5, The game was very interest-

ing and made me want to keep playing and when I got to the last day I was so upset

that it was over. The game deserves a 10 but I think it needed more story and charac-

ters. The game had details and unlike any other scary movie, or game that I’ve seen,

FNAF is the only game that made me never want it to end.

Guess Who:

By: Samiah Aljahmi

Directions: If you know the answers write it down

on a piece of paper with your name, grade, and

A.A class. Turn it in at lunch in the blue box that

says Guess Who. The prize is an extra-large Snick-

ers bag. It will be randomly picked. Good Luck!!!

The mystery person:

-Went to Seitz Middle School

-Eye color is blue

-Hair color is blonde

-Person had two dachshunds when younger.

Internet Trends 2014 By: Hailey Arfan & Yasmeen Elassal The internet is a crazy place, the weirdest things start to

trend like who remembers the fox song? Like really. REAL-

LY. I really wonder sometimes about what blows up on the

internet but, then again who am I to talk, my life is on the inter-

net. #IHaveNoLife

#AlexFromTarget

Yea I realize that he isn’t that popular an-

ymore but I mean he was, so, this still counts

But I mean shouldn’t the girl who posted the

picture be famous as well, like c’mon she’s

the one who started it all.

Cristiano Ronaldo by- Mohammad Atwi

Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985. He is a famous soccer player from Portugal. He has amaz-ing speed and skill. He is 29 years old. He has a 4 year old son from his ex-girlfriend Irina Shayk.

One of his best soccer moves is the Incredible Rain-bow, he has used it in many soccer championships. He has also won the famous Golden shoe of Europe many times. In his early childhood Cristiano Ronaldo was really into soccer, or, as known for him “futbol”. Ronaldo was so into soccer he would diso-bey his parents to play a game of soccer or even practice. His mom worked as a cleaner and a cook. Cristiano Ronaldo‘s father on the other hand was a municipal gardener, his name was Jose Dini’s Aveiro. Cristiano Ronaldo is a very interesting person.

The source of the information was from www.boomsbeat.com

Boys Basketball 2014 By: Batool Altamimi

Basketball.

Something that many people love and are passionate

about. A sport that has brought happiness to many people.

People have earned billions of dollars by doing this and

made a living by playing this sport. I can predict that a lot of

the boys on the Stout Middle School Basketball Team will

be professional basketball players. I got a chance to talk to

them and to catch up on what they’re doing. Here’s what I

found out.

From what I’ve heard, Omar Saeed is one of the most valuable players on the

team. “Omar is just completely and utterly amazing. I look up to him,” Sam Ergonis

says. “He’s really good at everything that we do.”

I got to speak to Omar himself. I asked what team he thinks would be hardest to

beat and he responded by saying, “If we really work hard enough, then no team is

hard to beat.” He, along with Brandon Bacon Jr, is really excited to get into the

championships. Sam says that Bryant would most likely be the hardest team to de-

feat, but they need to beat them because they had a price to pay for beating them

in football. Sam also thinks that Nick Diebolt and Zein Bazzoun are great players.

Nick because he’s a great shooter and has great handling and Zein because he’s

fast and aggressive. Ali Albdair says that Mohammed Saad is good because he

makes all of the layups and is very tall, which is an advantage to the team.

Hassan Alkhudair is the power forward and thinks that Zein Bazzoun is the

best player. I asked Sam if it was hard to make it onto the team and he replied with,

“If you put hard work and dedication into it, then it’s really easy to make the team. I

felt relieved and excited to support and represent my school.”

I myself have witnessed the boys practice and I can tell that they are dedicated

about what they do. They are honestly amazing and I know that they will be winning

a lot of games this season. They have lots of teamwork and they put their heart and

soul into playing. They always cheer each other on whether it’s just practice or an

actual game. They encourage themselves and each other to do better. Mr. Haddad

really does his best to make sure these boys are giving their best effort and improv-

ing their skills.

Now the season has come to an end! Congrats team!

BULLYING Zeinab Hamadi, Sarah Beydoun, Fedek Aljawad, Jenna, Chris Adams

Being the victim of bullying can very traumatic and can

leave permanent scars on your physical, mental, and emotional

well-being. Here are some reasons why bullying is horrible. To

begin with, it’s evil. It is tormenting someone which is very

scary for that person to expe-

rience.

Next, this happens too

much, it has even happened to

celebrities. For example,

Sandra Bullock, Rihanna,

Justin Timberlake, Demi

Lovato, Jennifer Lawrence,

and MANY more.

Finally, people don’t take bullying seriously and “forget” it

hurts. Even though the bully doesn’t feel what they’re doing to

the victim, that doesn’t mean the victim feels good. They feel

very broken deep inside. Thus, you should ask yourself if you’re

bullying someone. If you can’t look into the mirror and be com-

pletely honest with yourself, it probably means you’re doing

something wrong. So, if you’re a bully you better STOP because

bullying is not a joke!

Black Widow By: Yasmeen Elassal

You may think you know everything about Black Widow but do you really? In this article I promise you that by the end of this article you will be a genius on Black

Widow. So sit back and read this article!

from 2015. A little fact of Marvel:

Their first ever Avenger superhero was

the one and only, Captain America. Yup

he was made in the 1920’s. Hope he

knows that the 20’s are a lot different

from 2015.

Black Widow: This little Russian Spy, whose real

name is Natasha Romanova, is always on her verge

to be on the edge of anything that has to do with a

shooting down. Her awesome shooting skills has

put her on The Avengers squad.

She was orphaned as a child when, she was

trapped in a bombed down building, an attack on

Stalingrad by enemy forces. Ivan Petrovitch Bezu-

khov found Natasha in the inferno and rescued her.

By the late 1930’s Natasha had attracted attention

of Soviet intelligence, which began her training. In

1941 she was almost brainwashed into serving the

ninja clan The Hand, but was saved by Ivan, Logan

(James Howlett, Wolverine), and Captain America. World War II, Natasha was

recruited to becoming a part of The Black Widow Program, a team of female

sleeper agents. Among all Natasha’s instructors was The Winter Soldier, for-

merly Captain America’s sidekick; Natasha studied as a ballerina to cover for

her real occupation. The Soviet state eventually arranged for Natasha to marry

Alexi Shostakov, a champion test pilot. After a few years of a happy marriage,

the KGB faked Shostakov’s death in a rocket test; grief for Shostakov drove

Natasha resolve deeper and she continued her education with The Red Room

Academy, finally she appointed herself in Black Widow. (from Marvel Wikia)

11 Questions with Mrs. Cizek By: Alex Cosenza

We asked Ms.Cizek a few questions and here is what she had to say.

1.The most challenging work Ms.Cizek does

is dealing with poor behavior.

2. Ms.Cizek worked as an assistant principle

at William B. Stout Middle School for four

years. Before coming to Stout, she held re-

sponsibilities at a various number of schools;

Fordson High School, Edsel Ford, and Clara

B. Ford. During he time spent at Fordson, she

held the job of assistant principal for 3 years.

She taught at Edsel Ford and Clara B. Ford for

a total of 9 years.

3. According to Ms.Cizek, what she likes the

most about Stout Middle School are the stu-

dents, teachers, and staff.

4. Ms.Cizek takes the greatest pleasure in see-

ing students smile.

5. In contradiction to the popular belief, one of the activities

Ms.Cizek enjoys the most is playing on her cell phone.

6. The most recent movie Ms.Cizek has seen is The Fault In Our

Stars.

7. Ms.Cizek’s favorite food is Chinese.

8. Ms.Cizek has 2 puppies, which she is very

fond of.

9. Mystery is Ms. Cizeks’s favorite genre in

books.

10. Ms.Cizek’s favorite animals horses.

11. Ms.Cizek said the craziest thing a student

has done is running into a pole.

By: Jana Achmar

Have you ever thought about your breakfast? Would you like

fluffy pancakes or crunchy waffles?

Pancakes are flat cakes,

often thin, and round.

Prepared with butter on

top of the mountain of

pancakes and maple syr-

up. Put any topping you

want like jam, fruit,

chocolate chip, etc.

Waffles are crunchy

and delicious pancake

but with texture.

There are many

shapes and sizes. Waf-

fles are eaten through-

out the world. There

are many toppings its

hard just to pick one.

So which one would you like to pick soft pancakes or crunchy

waffles.

Pancakes vs waffles

Source: Merriam-Webster Written By: Christopher Adams

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