Bulletin Board by Regan

The 7th hour techsperts are very close to finishing our bulletin board. The bulletin board had 
to be reading related and motivativational. We are doing a J.K. Rowling quote, the quote is “I 
do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.” We have fireworks 
shooting out of an open book with different characters too.  Our characters are Harry Potter, 
Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and the Mocking Jay from The Hunger Games. Thank you for 
reading about our bulletin board.

Book Recommendation by Lundyn

Took recommend 

By: Lundyn

I recommend the book Took by Mary downing haw it’s about how Daniel and her sister 
move into a new house and Daniel not to sure about is it seams unusual and spooky. Then 
Erica Daniels sister went missing and nights before left her doll in the woods and so Daniel 
thinks that’s why she goes missing and ghost Auntie is keeping her as her house serpent. And 
when Erica goes to anties house a girl Erica’s age that has been missing for 50 years comes 
out of the woods. I also recommend this book because she is a great writer her words are not all 
over the place it makes sense all the way through the book and you’ll really like it if you like 
mysteries because each chapter leaves you at a cliff hanger and it’s scary so you’ll like it for that 
if you like scary too it’s not all about deaths or stuff like that scary it’s more like a ghost scary.

Passing Periods by Lundyn

I think that we have to short of passing periods and 
we need a longer one. We should get a longer passing 
period because sometimes we get out of class late so 
it's extra short. Another reason is that we don't have time 
to go to the bathroom. We have to go through a jammed 
packed hallway and sometimes we can get through quick 
enough. If we have to put in our combo to get something, 
that takes time and sometimes doesn't open then we can’t 
get our stuff that we need for the next class so we don't 
have time for anything else like the bathroom. This is why 
I think we need more that just than 3 minutes for a passing 
period maybe even a minute may help.

October 2 InService Day by Addi

On october second there will be an In-service day where the students don’t 
have school but teachers still have work. As a TK/PK ( Teacher kid or Principal kid ) 
I have a disadvantage, because I sometimes have to come to school anyways. 
This year though my little sister started kindergarten so I'll probably get to stay 
home and take care of her. Parent teacher conferences are coming up I also 
hate those because my teachers talking to my mom about me in front of me, is 
nerve wracking.   

Learning Commons by Jocelyn

 This year there is new stuff getting  added to the learning commons, and 
everything that is being added to it is really cool. Some stuff we have been 
adding so far is tiger curtains and new lights, paintings on the wall. 

          The Techsperts are working on bulletin boards to decorate the learning 
commons. The art student teacher is making a painting to decorate the learning 
commons some more to. Mrs. Travis is also hanging up some more quotes and 
pictures on the walls to. This year we are not adding any more furniture because 
the learning commons are already has lots of comfy chairs and bean bags. People 
should come to the learning commons more often this year to see all the new stuff 
thats coming into the LC.

Book Recommendation by Jocelyn

Book Recommendations

Series Of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket. I recommend this book because it’s so eventful 
throughout the whole story, and it cuts right to the chase. I recommend this book to anyone who 
likes to read long series and stories that don’t end on the best note.

Book Recommendation by Lacy

Book recommendations

Some book recommendations I have are a wrinkle in time because this book is very fun to 
read and it has a good message. the message is all about the battle between good and 
evil every character in the book is identified as good or evil and many of the books 
massages are found in the life lessons and Meg must learn during the way. Another 
book I have is invisible emmy because this book has a great lesson and a good book 
to read.

Book Recommendation by Braylissa

Book recommendation

A book that I would like to recommend to everyone is the book called Since You’ve Been 
Gone. This book is by Morgan Matson. If you want to read this book, you can find the book 
in the realistic fiction book shelf, located at the back left of the Learning Commons

.

You should read this book if you like books that are not real but it feels real and brings you 
into the book. This book is about a teenager named Emily who hasn’t seen her best friend 
Sloane in a while and couldn’t figure out where she went. Everyone living with Sloane 
disappeared from her house only leaving a note for Emily. On the note was a list of things 
that she had to do. Big things like skinny dipping or hug a Jamie, crazy stuff like that. On her 
journey she met a boy named Frank Porter that she fell in love with and helped her through 
the journey and helped to find Sloane. So if you love romantic mystery, I would like to 
recommend this book.

Book Fairs by Braylissa

This year we will have two book fairs. The first book fair is going to be sometime in December. 
The theme of this book fair is going to be “the winner is…” the book fair will be held in the 
learning commons. We will have all types of different books at the bookfair and gadgets just 
like last year. If you are new to the district or is a sixth grader, the book fair will be up for two 
weeks, on a certain day, your ELA teacher will send the class to the learning commons to 
buy books, if you don’t have your ,obey that day you can still do it any other day.

The second book fair will be held in April, this book fair will be a “buy one get one free” book fair. 
This book fair will be the same as the one in December but a different theme. A but one get 
one free book fair is just as it sounds. You buy one book and get the other one free. Try to 
remember to bring your money.

Bulletin Board by Braylissa

Last week we have been working on the big board in the back of the learning commons. 
If you have been in the learning commons lately and the left side with all the chairs you would 
notice a blue board with #NewTrendingBooks and #StaffPicks. If you are wondering what that
 is on the bottom corner there will be a little slip with paper in it. The paper is a bookmark, and
 if you like your book then you could write a recommendation about it on the bookmark. On the 
bookmark it will ask the title, author, why you recommend it, favorite part, and recommended by.
 If you write 3 of those slips in 1 quarter then you will get a prize.

The #StaffPicks are for the teachers. There will be book covers that they will write on. They 
will have the same thing on the book cover. If you are interested in winning a prize, you should 
really go and take one. All you have to do is read 3 books book or have 3 books that yup already 
read and recommend them.

Book Recommendation by Izzy

~ 09-27-19 ~ The book I chose to recommend is Gone. This book has a series, and it is located 
in the Paranormal section. The book Gone is about a small city which experiences a weird, 
unexplainable phenomenon. A barrier is formed around the city, and all the people that are over 
the age of eighteen disappear. The kids are forced to survive with no service, low food, and no way 
of communicating with the outside. Some of the kids even have powers. They have to fight off 
monsters to survive. This is a great book to read when you want to read a mysterious series of 
books. The Gone series is just explaining how they survive, and I rate it five out of five stars.

This year by Brody

I really like excel this year, which is kinda surprising. Usually in the last few 

years of school it was my least favorite. Mainly the fact that it was mostly busy work and
50 minutes long. This year though, it’s not nearly as bad. First thing is that it’s only 30 minutes long. 
This is cause of the addition of home room. Which is just a way to wake yourself up before your 
electives. It also is 20 minutes long which takes the 50 minute period excel used to be, now 
being only 30 min. 

Secondly, we don’t do as much busy work. Sure, there are many days in 

which their is some work Assignments. But they also let us work on unfinished work. Letting 
me(and I’m sure many another) get a lot more work done. Causing me(and just like before many 
others) to get a better grade in most of my classes

Book Recommendation by Jaylenn

Book Recommendations

9/27/19- The book that I am recommending is “Deep Dark Dangerous”.  
My 4th grade teacher read our class the book. It’s about a girl and her 
mom going to a lake house her mom went to as a child. The girl thought 
the place was a little off. She was watching her niece all summer. It rains 
there all the time. The girls niece met another girl her age. The girl was 
really mean. There is a big surprise about the little girl her niece makes 
friends with. I guess you will just have to read to find out.

Book Recommendation by Tanya

Book recommendations

9/27/19- The book I’m recommending is Abduction 
by Peg Kehret. When I was in fourth grade my teacher 
read this book to us. I still remember it because I love 
this book. Abduction gives mystery and suspense. Would
you do anything to save your little brother? That’s what 
the main character Bonnie does. She realizes her brother 
is not lost, but missing. Read to find out what happens.

Techsperts by Tanya

Mrs. Travis asked us to make a poster to promote 
positive reading. I thought of different ideas of what 
the poster should look like. We ended up doing a quote 
from Harry Truman. The quote was,”not all readers are 
leaders but all leaders are readers.'' We painted it and 
now we are almost done. All we have to do now is to hang 
it up.

Some of our other techsperts are doing interviews of 
teachers. We are going to ask them questions like, where 
did you go to school? and how long have you been teaching? 
We are doing this for Facebook. We have to write about 
a different teacher each week. It’s supposed to tell 
people who are teachers are and what they do. So the 
community can know more about ESMS teachers. That’s 
just some of the things we are working on.

Blog by Alayna

Blog

By: Alayna

     We are a few months into school! I hope everyone dressed up for spirit week and had fun. 
In the learning commons Ms. Travis hung up some curtains and lights so make sure you come 
by and check them out. Make sure you fill out a book recommendation form on the back wall of the 
library. 

     In 8th grade we are reading and writing and we are going to be writing a personal narrative in 
ELA. In social studies we are learning about Christopher Columbus and how native people survived 
in America. In math we are learning about triangles angles and finding unknown angles of shapes. 
Finally in science We are learning about the moon phases and what causes them. That’s what we 
are learning about in 8th grade.

Blog #3

Caroline

Hello everyone! How have you all been? Hopefully great! Spirit Week just 
ended with Hippogriffs, Dragons, & Phoenixs getting the Spirit Stick! Way to 
go! Science Olympiad sign ups start this week (I believe)! If you love anything that 
goes with science, then you should join! Every Tuesday is practice, & meets are on 
a Saturday, chosen whenever there is a meet available. Yearbook has started as well! 
If you signed up, don’t forget it is every Monday from this point! Finally, have fun, get 
good grades, & stay awesome!

Book Recommendation by Caroline

Book Recommendation #1

Caroline

The book I’m recommending today is The Guardians of Ga’Hoole series. This series 
follows a young Barn Owl, or Tyto Alba throughout his adventures. The series starts 
when Soren is still a nestling & hasn’t grown flight feathers yet. He gets to watch his 
younger sister Eglantine hatch. Soren also has a mum, dad, & Kludd, his older brother. 
Soren has a perfect life until he falls out of the nest! Soren is snatched up by a terrible 
group of owls who go by the name St. Aggie’s. From there he is out in St. Aggie’s Academy 
where he meets Gylfie, a young Elf Owl. Together they must survive St. Aggie’s Academy & 
escape to the inly place they’ll be safe. The Great Ga’Hoole tree. This is a place of learning, 
where St. Aggie’s is a place of subduing. Will they survive? What will happen when they get 
there? Start reading The Capture to find out!

Family by Mia

Do you know what a family is? I mean 
you probably do but, do you know what 
it means, family means a group consisting 
of parents and children living together in a 
household. Like you have two parents and 
how ever many kids you want to have. You 
could have a mom and a dad or a dad and 
a dad or a mom and a mom. You could have 
a sister a brother or even both!

Social Studies by Mia

Today in Social Studies we are learning 
about Rome. Rome is so cool to learn, you 
get to learn about gladiator fights in the 
Circus Maximus, chariot racing in the coliseum. 
Rome is located on the Italian peninsula and 
reaches out into the Mediterranean Sea, also 
did you know that the first Romans were called 
Latins. Also the Estruscans modifying the 
Greek alphabet and then the Romans borrowing 
and altering the Etruscan alphabet. The Rome 
government is a little different than our 
government today like in Rome they have 2 
consuls but today we only have one president 
and a similarity is we both have senates.

Book Recommendation by Gaige

Book review 

I think people who like mythology should read the book Lightning Thief because it is a very 
good book and also it can teach you about mythology and it can teach and Zeus,Poseidon,
Hades,and other gods and goddesses.

It is about a person named percy and hey is a demigod and that means half god half 
human and he has a friend that is part goat and part human,There are even more people 
but there is also a girl named annabeth and half goat person his name is Grover and they are 
the three main characters. I don't want to give out too much information but there are also a 
lot of monsters in the book series too and they are kinda weird monsters like some have three 
heads some are giants and there are many many more. And I think it is a very entertaining 
book