Would You Rather??

Teachers and students at KMS were asked some "Would you rather..." questions. The questions were:

Would you rather date a vampire or werewolf? 14 people out of 34 said “vampire” and 20 out of 34 said “werewolf.”

Would you rather change genders every time you sneeze or shave your head and get a tattoo all over your head? 26 people out of 34 said “change genders every time they sneezed” and 8 out of 34 said “shave their head and get a tattoo all over.”

Would you rather live in a house with someone you hate for the rest of your life or live in a house alone for the rest of your life? 12 people out of 34 said they would rather live in a house with someone they hate and 22 people out of 34 said they would rather live alone.

By: Deanna Cheatum, Bobbi Fairchild, and Cady Zoeller

Teacher Appreciation Week

Last week was teacher appreciation week!  We appreciate our teachers for teaching us and helping us become contributing members of society.  Teachers play a huge part in life. Our parents are teachers, because they teach us to be respectful.  It is important to thank all teachers for their work and patience.  Many people don’t appreciate their teachers, but they should.  Sometimes students give teachers a lot of stress and grief. Teachers have to stay calm set a good example for their students. They have to maintain their composure and self-control.

BY: ALEXANDER BENNETT

Brownies or Cookies?? Yum!!

Brownies or cookies, which one is your favorite?

Brownies: Konner Thornton, Cole Mies, & Tori Williams.

Cookies: Bailey Beck, Deanna Cheatum, Taij McClaflin , Cady Zoeller,  Regan LaRue, Megan Kostner, Naomi Spaulding & Kelly Krehbiel.

The top 10 selling commercial cookies in the U.S. are Nabisco Oreo, Nabisco Chips Ahoy, Nabisco oreo double stuffed, Pepperidge farm Milano, Private label chocolate chip, & Little Debbie Nutty bars, Little Debbie oatmeal cream, Nabisco Chips Ahoy Chewy, Nabisco Nilla Vanilla Wafers & Private Label Sandwich Cookies.

Top 10 selling brownie mixes are Betty Crocker Chocolate Supreme, Betty Crocker Triple Chunk, Pillsbury Chocolate Extreme, Duncan Hines Double Fudge, Pillsbury Chocolate Fudge, Ghirardelli Double Chocolate, Ghirardelli Chocolate Supreme, Arrowhead Mills, Jiffy, Duncan Hines Dark Fudge Chunk.

by Noah Smith

Summer Vacation!

Summer time is coming soon and a lot of people will be travelling. Travel is full of good times and bad times and usually people focus on the good times. Students and staff at Kingman Middle School were asked about what things they don’t like about travelling. Two people said that what they don’t like about travelling is that they get bored. Many people get bored while on a vacation, either over time or instantly. Two more people said that the worst thing about their vacation is not being able to see friends. Unless you are lucky enough to bring a friend on your vacation, you are usually not going to see your friends for the whole time of the vacation. One person said that the thing they hate about vacations is that they don’t have a pay check. Wherever your vacation takes you, it will have its good times and bad. But no matter what, you’re still on vacation!

By Ian Rottering

Word of the Week

WORD OF THE WEEK!

The word of the week is “Apricity.” Which means “The warmth of the sun during the winter.”

KES/KMS school students and a couple teachers were asked what they thought the word “APRICITY” meant. Here are their answers:

Bobbi Fairchild- The sunshine

Taij McClaflin- Warm air

Mrs. Austin- Humidity

Bailey Beck- Something simple

Nathan Myrick- Old word for orange

Noah Smith- Excited or excitement

Cady Zoeller- Appreciative

Mrs. Huelskamp- Lightness

Cole Mies- Something to do with feelings

Tori Williams- Stuck up people

Megan Kostner- Apologizing

Konner Thornton- Appreciating something

Mrs. Clover- The act of apprising somebody

Mrs. Dixon- Many different ways of looking at things

By Deanna Cheatum

My Favorite Word

Have you ever had a favorite word? Well, I’m pretty sure everyone has come across a word that has piqued their interest sometime. The question “What is your favorite word?” was asked to some KMS students. Megan Kostner said her favorite word was simply “cheese,” and when asked why she chose it, she said, “It’s the first word that came to my mind.” Konnor Thornton said his favorite word was “Calibunstreouse,” which probably isn’t a word. Bailey Beck said his favorite word was “pristine.” Taji McClafflin said her favorite was the word “dizzy,” which she answered while she was spinning in circles. Mrs. Dixon said her favorite word was “love,” and she also said it was her most frequently used word. Mrs. Roe said her favorite word was “really?” which she said was followed by rolling her eyes at her children. Deanna Cheatum said her favorite was in two words connected together, which are “Yeahman.” She said that she frequently used that word when she talks to people.

by Nathan Myrick

Conspiracy or Not???

Do you believe the government hides secrets from the public?  100% of all the people asked in this survey said “Yes.” The people asked were Regan LaRue, Megan Kostner, Nathan Myrick, Naomi Spalding, Mrs. Dixon, Kellie Krabel, and Cameron Boyston.  Other than the above people, others also believe that the government hides things from the public.  Some people believe that the government faked the moon landing.  Some also believe that the government is hiding aliens in area 51.  Area 51 is an air force facility that is used as a testing facility. Some people believe that the moon isn’t real and is actually a hologram put in the sky.  The last conspiracy theory is spy sharks, which some people took seriously.  The Egyptian government took this somewhat seriously, but said that it needed to be confirmed.

by Bailey Beck

School's Almost Out for Summer!!

Summertime is approaching for Kingman, and a lot of schools all over the United States, but have you ever wondered when schools in other countries are ending. Here schools starts around the 20th of August, and ends about the 20th of May.  In Chelmsford, England, the Boswells School starts the 3rd of September and ends the 22nd of July. That means their school starts fourteen days later and ends 31 days later. Most schools in the Province of Ontario in Canada start on September 1st and end on June 30th. This means they start twelve days later, and end forty days later. Moscow School District #281 starts school on the 1st of September, and ends school on the 5th of July. That means they start school twelve days later, and end school 48 days later. Though a lot of these schools have more school time, they usually have more days off. This gives you a comparison of our school system with those of other countries.

By Ian Rottering

Simple Question

The KMS students were asked the following question:  “If you were famous, what would you be famous for?”  There were a lot of diverse answers to this question.  Two people who answered the question said “I want to be known for being a kind person.” Of course, these are kind people at our school.  Two other people said “I want to be known around the world for being good at sports.” This tells you these two people are active and love sports.  Therefore, there is kind of a lesson in this question. You can sometimes know a little bit about someone, simply from their response to this simple question.

By: Alexander Bennett

Dream Job!!

 What is your dream job?  At least once in our lives we have thought what our dream jobs would be.  Students from KMS/KES were asked the following question: “What is your dream job?”  Kaleb Mark said his dream job was to join the military, but he never specified what branch he would like to join. Caitlyn Myrick and Hailey Neises said their dream jobs were become veterinarians. Vets are basically animal doctors, so they do whatever doctors do, but for animals. Wyatt Smith said his dream job is to become a drummer in a well-known band. Laythan Martin wanted to become a cop, but he didn’t know what kind of cop yet. Logan Webb said he wanted to become a rockstar for a band that he wanted to make in the future; he wants to play guitar in the band. Finally, Abigail Clover said she wanted to become a scientist and create and find new things.

By: Nathan Myrick and Alex Bennett

Getting to Know You

Getting to Know the Middle School Students

The middle school students were asked these questions:

What was the first thing you learned to cook?

Cady Zoeller: macaroni

Deanna Cheatum: pancakes

Bobbi Fairchild: eggs

Karli Packard: spaghetti

Bailey Taylor: macaroni

Logan Buhler: macaroni

Dakota Hansard: I don’t know

Owen Pearce: macaroni

What was your first concert?

Cady: Hannah Montana

Deanna: Styx/Kansas

Bobbi: Jackyl

Karli: Eric Church

Bailey: This Weekend

Logan: Taylor Swift

Dakota: None

Owen: None

Who was your first boyfriend/girlfriend?

Cady: Peter

Deanna: Owen

Bobbi: Austin

Karli: Cameron

Bailey: Riley

Logan: Destinee

Dakota: Bailey

Owen: Makayla

What’s Your favorite holiday:

Cady: Halloween

Deanna: Halloween

Bobbi: Christmas

Karli: Christmas

Bailey: Christmas

Logan: Christmas

Dakota: Thanksgiving

Owen: Christmas

by Taij McClaflin

Summer Plans!

Kingman Middle School students and staff were asked if they had any plans for the summer. Some of the students and staff are having just a laid back summer, while others are going out of state and whatever else!

Cady Zoeller- Swimming & hanging out with friends

Bobbi Fairchild- Working

Dakota Hansard- Going to Kansas City

Logan Buehler- Going to his dad’s

Bailey Taylor- Going to Texas

Karli Packard- Playing Sports

Madelyn Huhman- Hanging with friends and going to the swimming pool

John Molitor- Go swimming

Owen Pearce- Ride Bikes & Race with friends

Abby Wells- Playing softball and hanging with friends

Noah Smith- Go up to Wilson Lake

Mr. Wilmott- Going to St. Louis and going fishing

Caleb Mark- Going swimming

Payton Willert- Go swimming

Anna Livingston- Going to Colorado

Allison Knoblauch- Sports and swimming

Andrew Reed- MAYB and sleeping a lot

Mrs. Knoblauch- Teaching summer school and chasing my children around with their activities

Mrs. Austin- Taking the FBLA kids to Chicago, Illinois

 by Deanna Cheatum

Get Some Rest!!!

Kingman Middle/Elementary School has a late start on Monday the 27. What will they be doing on the 27? Riley Johnson will be riding his BMX bike in the morning.  Bailey Taylor, Josie Albin, Abby Wells, Cady Zoeller, Deanna Cheatum and Nate Myrick will be all sleeping in. Taij McClaflin will be staying up so she will sleep.

Why is it good to get an extra hour of sleep? It’s good to get an extra hour of sleep because there have been around 33% of students reported falling asleep in school. Clearer thinking would be another reason because sleep loss affects how you think, it impairs your cognition, your attention and your decision-making. Studies have found that people who are sleep-deprived are substantially worse at solving logic or math problems than when you are well-rested.

Sooooo, get some rest!!

By: Noah Smith

Day Off!!

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY THE 3RD!!!

What are your plans for Friday the 3rd of April? We have no school! Some middle school students were asked the question “What are your plans on Good Friday?” The responses are down below.

Madelyn Huhman: Going to Great Wolf Lodge

Kelly Krehbiel: Doing whatever she feels like doing

Riley Krehbiel: Nothing

Riley Johnson: Going racing

Dakota Hansard: Racing with Riley

Jace Garrison: Going camping

Cady Zoeller: Hanging with friends

Taij McClaflin: Hanging with her boyfriend and her family

Bobbi Fairchild: Sleeping and then going to Wichita

Noah Smith: Grandfather is coming to visit

Bailey Beck: Watch Netflix all day

Alex Bennett: Play video games

Nathan Myrick: Possibly go outside

by Deanna Cheatum

Teacher Inservice Day

On April 13, Kingman Elementary/Middle School will be having no school. The day will be a teachers' in-service day, that means only teachers will go to the school. Teachers usually have an idea of what goes on at school on a in-service day, but the kids usually don’t. On the last late start day on March 30, the teachers talked about things going on in the school. One of the things they talked about was changes to tornado drills. Another thing they talked about is how they could increase school attendance, and they looked at the suggested schedule. They talked about the results of the Seminar survey in February. For the teacher in-service day on April 13, teachers will have to be in Mr. Conard’s Room by 7:45. There they will talk about a variety of things. A lot of the things will be about how to change the school, and feedback from the teachers about past changes. From around 8:15 - 9:15 teachers get into the PLC groups to discuss the topics that are given to them and discuss other topics as needed.

By Ian Rottering

Happy Easter!

Easter was on April 5, which was the first Sunday of the month.  Easter celebrates Christ’s resurrection.  Many Christians think that the bunny and the eggs are a distraction to people, and they don’t remember Jesus’ resurrection.  However, most Christian churches have the service and then afterwards they have an Easter egg hunt.  There were two questions asked to some students at Kingman Middle School.  The first question was, “What are you doing this Easter?”  Some answers were:  going to grandma's, Easter stuff, going to church, eating food, hanging with the family, going to grandparents, doing family stuff, church, and more family.  The second question was, “Have you seen the Easter bunny?”  Some answers were:  no, nah, yaaas, negatory, no, yes, yeh, no.  It appears not many people go to see the Easter bunny now.  Anyway, hope you had an amazing Easter!

By Alexander Bennett

Music Contest

On April 8th, the Kingman Middle School eighth grade choir and band are going to take part in the Music Contests. At the contest, they have chosen four different songs to sing. The songs they all sing together are Old Dan Tucker arranged by Neil Ginsberg, Come to Me, O My Love arranged by Allan Petker, Beautiful December arranged by Amy F. Bernon, and No More Sailor Songs arranged by John Parker. Two of the four songs that they sing, Come to Me, O My Love and Old Dan Tucker, the entire eighth grade sings together. While the other two are ensemble pieces, Beautiful December for the girls, and No More Sailor Songs for the guys. Some students that are participating in the contests were asked, "What is your favorite piece?"  Ian Rottering, Dylan Darling, and Adam Schwartz chose No More Sailor Songs as their favorite of the pieces. Wyatt Smith, Bailey Beck, and Alex Bennett chose Come to Me, O My Love as their favorite. Old Dan Tucker was the favorite to Noah Smith and Cady Zoeller. And lastly, Deanna Cheatum chose the female ensemble piece, Beautiful December as her favorite of the four.

By Nathan Myrick

Would You Rather??

The Kingman Middle School teachers and students where asked the following questions:

Coke or Pepsi?

21/40 people said coke and the other 19 people said Pepsi and 2 people said neither.

Would you rather ride an elephant or a giraffe?

12/41 people said elephant and the other 29 said giraffe.

Would you rather eat sardine or jellyfish pizza for the rest or your life?

16/41 people said sardine and the other 25 people said jellyfish.

Apples or bananas?

20/45 people said apple and the other 25 people said banana!

By Taij McClaflin

Who's You Role Model?

This week middle school students and teachers were asked "Who is your role model."

Hannah Pierce	Mom
Dallas Dent	Cousin Zach
Wyatt Smith	Parents
Bailey Taylor	Brother
Madelyn Huhman	Dawna
Riley Krehbiel	Troy Polamayn
Reece Lampe	Neil Armstrong
Garrett Willert	Sister
Kane Milford	Cady Zoeller
Lucas Streight	Cady Zoeller
Deanna Cheatum	Asia Ray
Mrs. Clover	Mom / Grandma
Mr. Wilmott	Parents
Mrs. Knoblauch	Parents
Mrs. Balakrishnan	Old Teacher
Ms. Hepburn	Mom

Seven out of fifteen people said their role model was one of their parents or both of their parents.

By Bobbi Fairchild and Cady Zoeller