Inaugurational Writing

January 20th, noon o'clock eastern time thousands upon thousands of people flocked to D.C. to see the president sworn in. People read poetry in monotone, others sang songs about how great our country is and how free we are, and others led the people in prayer. It was so silent that you could actually hear the camera man mumbling to him self...

It was a day-no, more like a weekend- filled with inaugurationalness. Many schools are watching the inauguration on T.V. with their classes. Others are participating in assemblies, some are even hosting an inaugural ball. A few school have a group of students and teachers who had been fundraising the whole school year to send them to the inauguration.

If you watched the inauguration and saw Obama being sworn in you might have noticed that Obama messed up on his vows, but the real thing is that Chief Justice John Roberts messed up. He said the words wrong and Obama noticed, he than paused so Roberts could say the vows in the right way. So for those who said " See! Obama can't be president! He can't even recite a sentence!!!" you are wrong.

By Carly

walking alongside donkeys- my story of Santorini

Why did we choose to not experience the thrill of galloping [or whatever the term for a donkey moving is] up the mountain? Because these poor animals were dying, if I may be so blunt.


Every day donkeys "drag" tourists up the steep cliff side on the island of Santorini in Greece. Although Santorini is quite beautiful, the sound of wheezing donkeys does not bring pleasure to my ears. I over heard a quite young woman stating that the donkeys get no rest and are being treated " inhumane". I have no idea how this woman got the facts but they did seem to be true. I would not enjoy carrying sweaty tourists up a cliff in 90 degrees, would you?





At the seaport of Fria you have the choice of A. going up hill on donkeys, B. getting a lift on the sky tram or C. hiking the
1,000 feet to the top.
We, being lazy over-heated Americans took the sky tram. And it was amazing, it had great views and good photography opportunities. Once at the top we experienced great shopping , iced chocolates,
which were quite addicting, and beautiful views of
the ocean and the surrounding islands.


And guess what, we took the tram down too.

by:Carly

2008 Veterans Day

To kids like you and me Veterans Day is just a day where we get a day off of school, but to many others, like Mrs. Kizer, its so much more. Veterans Day is a day where we honor the people who have severed our country. We recently had an assembly to honor the people who did this.There is a memorial on the LMS grounds that states the names of several men who had gone to LMS back when it was a high school. When these men left it was a big loss to the community. There was only 85 students at this time so even five would be a big loss for the school. Mrs. Kizer explained that she wants to make sure our veterans are remembered because she thinks that the people who risked their lives to make sure that we have freedom is something that should be honored and remembered. To see the best clips from our interview check out the video below.

"Yes We Can"

Yesterday, November 4th, history was made. Millions came, some waited in 5 hour lines just to cast one vote, just so their voice could be heard. Thousands of people showed up at both candidates headquarters to hear their party leader speak. And one man stood triumphant. Barack Obama is our new President Elect for the United States of America. He is the first ever Africa-American President to be elected. In January Obama will take over the Presidents spot and lead our country.

For those of you who stayed up late, as I did, listened to both John McCain and Barack Obama give their speeches. John McCain gave a very wonderful speech saying that we are all Americans no matter what party, he also said that everyone who followed him in this campaign should now stand up and support Barack Obama as he heads into the White House.

Obama's speech was moving. He once again showed us why he was elected president. His speech reflected on hope, and how we are one nation. He pointed out that tonight was a historical night for America and he is proud to be serving as our head of government. He summed up his speech with something that we all can believe in, "Yes We Can". Here in America we can do anything that we put our minds to and now that we have an African-American in the Oval Office it really does prove the point that anything is possible in America.

For more info and to check up on the three states that are still labeled as "to close to call" check out the following website;

http://www.cnn.com/

By Carly

The 2008 Election

Today is November 3rd and we are one day away from the 2008 Presidential Election. Even if you think we are just kids, and that because we cant vote that we don't care or think about the election. But the truth is that we do care, and we do think about it. Many kids talk about who their families and themselves support. We talk about the election all through the school year last year and followed both parties as they started the primaries and began the process of choosing who their party nominee was going to be.

By Carly

Leadership

The leadership class is an Elective that 7th and 8th graders can take. This class deals with everything from dances, to school spirit to promoting a drug-free school. Their most recent projects were a big chain that had every kids name in the school on it. The idea of this chain or banner is that whenever someone does drugs the banner breaks. We currently had a little problem. The banner just suddenly fell down and it had to be repaired. They also had a problem when they were trying to move it so they wrapped it around Jake Sladky and carried it away. After it was re-fixed they hung it in the lunch room. Their other project was hanging posters [like the one in the picture ] all around the school. The leadership class also helps put on dances. They do every thing from decorating to fundraising every school dance. The leadership class is a great elective and you should take it if you love to set a good example and help our school.

By Carly

Football

Okay, so this is my third post about football, but what can I say? We are amazing!! We are currently the 43rd best middle school in the NATION when it comes to division 2A football. Nick French won the Cascade MVP for 7th grade, and Patrick Monel won the MVP for the 8th graders. JV and V won the division championships! GO COUGS!! We are all so proud of you guys and girl! You guys had an amazing season and we hope that the 7th graders will go undefeated next year and make it three years in a row!

By Carly

Congrats Football!

UPDATE: Coupeville's varsity team didn't have enough players, there is NO varsity game.

We need to cheer on our LMS Cougar football players as they head into their last game on Wednesday. The Varsity team has gone undefeated this year [ WOOT WOOT!!!] and if we win this game we are the league champs!!

We are all excited about this upcoming game for both teams. Now don't think our last game is gonna go perfectly, we may have some problems. The latest news is that Coupeville, the scheduled team we are to play, doesn't want to play us and might forfeit [ I wonder why..... :-D ] so Kings would like to play us. We would most definitely like to play Kings, they would be a challenge, they are considered the toughest team out there[ besides us of course! ]. We interviewed Taylor Simmons, who was the leading wide receiver for the 8th grade team. He broke his finger two games ago and was out for the rest of the season. Taylor Morley interviewed him the day before their last game.

Morley- Would you rather play Coupeville or Kings in the next game?
Simmons- If I could play I would rather play Kings.

Morley-How has the team improved since last year?
Simmons- Camden, our quarterback, has got a lot better at throwing, Aaron and Patrick can run the ball a lot better, and our lineman have gotten a lot better at blocking.

Morley- How do you feel about the season closing?
Simmons- Its just school sports so its not that important, but being undefeated would be great.

The Coug's still don't know who they're playing but who ever they are, we will be sure to DOMINATE!

By:Carly

Pep Assembly

[Mr. Berquist and Taylor Morley] Go Mr. Berquist!
This year our pep assembly featured a Volleyball game between the 8th grade varsity team against the teachers. Sadly, the lady cougs lost the game. But this did give the teachers some pride to finally show that they still got it! Even our publications teacher, Mr. Snelling, participated!




We have these assemblys every year to kick off the school year and show of the members of the school sport teams. The football team preformed theirbefore- game- pumping- up- ritual [as Lennox puts it] that gets them all pumped up for their tough games. The Cross Country runners said their "Money In the Bank" slogan which is saying that every time you run the mile or run the graveyard you are adding money to your personal fitness bank account. The assembles also features Carly and Calvin our Cougar school mascots and the two sides of the gym battling it out in screaming; we've got spirit, yes we do, we've got spirit, how bout you?! The 8th grade and 7th grade side won this time :D

By Carly

Football

LMS football is back!

Our first 8th grade game was last Wednesday and we OWNED! The final score was 36 to 6. The game was an exciting first match for the Cougs. Camden Buchanan was the lead quarterback and led his team to victory.

Another player named Aaron C. also helped his team by scoring an amazing touchdown and tackling one of Coupville's players at the 5 yard line.

Elli interviewed Aaron and this is what he had to say :

Elli- " What are your feelings going into your first game?"
Aaron- " I feel excited , we've worked so hard for this first game."

Elli -"What d

s furtho you think your chances of winning are?"
Aaron- "I think chances are really high because last year we beat Coupville and I think we can do it again."

Elli- "How do you feel about the new 7th graders?"
Aaron- "I think the new 7th graders are looking really good, but I think they need to work on a few things to be perfect."
Elli-"How do you feel about having a girl on the team?"
Aaron- "I think having a girl on the team is awesome because it shows that they're brave and open to new things."

Elli -"What expectations do you have of the team?"

Aaron- "Expectations? I expect our team to do well and hopefully progres

er than last year."

Elli -"How do you like your position on the team?"

Aaron- "Offensive wise I love playing fullback because you get to run with the ball and you also get to hit people, and in defense I play linebacker and that's really fun too."

Elli-"Do you think you can go undefeated this year?"

Aaron- " Well that's a hard question, I mean I know we can go

undefeated if we try really hard and become a team."

Elli-"Are there any teams that might beat you?"

Aaron- "I don't think anyone can beat us but I think our toughest team is Kings cause they almost scored one us last year."

Elli-" Is there a lot of pressure to win your game?"

Aaron- " Not a whole lot of pressure , but you know, we have to do what we have to do and if there's pressure there's pressure."

We will keep you posted on our school sports!

Cougar Pride RAWR!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Carly

The Full Interview