Galileo test

Why does the Galileo Test affect our grades?
We asked a teacher about how she feel about the Galileo
Test and it being 60% of are final grades. Her answers were this. Ms. Farley said the way she feels about the test is impartial meaning it has both pros and cons. 1 pro was: it gives a good over view of the student. 1 con was: it might be a bad testing day for the student therefore the students grade will be affected by the actual grade in their class on the report card.






By: Adrianna Sanchez,Dejonna Quinney,Diana Perez

The Jerks

Do you ever wonder how the ‘jerks’ jerk? They each have their own style and way to do different moves in their dance ‘jerking’. Some jump before they drop and some twist before they drop, as you see there are many different ways to express this dance. January 15, 2010 there was a dancing contest held in the gym for both 7th and 8th graders. They battled each other to see who came out as the best ‘jerk’, and I’m sure it was a very hard decision to make. Though, everyone did his or her best and I’m sure if you try you could come out as the best jerk in Castro Middle School.

Ismenia V., Genesis A., Ashlee G.

Free Dress Day!!

Friday January 15, 2010 was free dress day at Castro Middle School.
A lot of people were wearing regular clothes, not school uniforms.
We could also wear jerseys. This gave us a chance to wear our favorite team jersey. Our teachers also brought jerseys to school. It was nice to get out of our school uniforms and bring the clothes we would like to bring!!


By: Angel B.

The style these days

Now in these days there is things that are in style that were in style back then but not all things . Like when girls tease there hair and skinny jeans ,nerdy glasses were in style back then too . Some of the things that are in style right now some people think they are weird like zebra type skinny jeans and retro clothes . Like converse have always been in style but for a while they weren’t and now they are in style again .Now the shoes that are in style are VANS,BLAZERS,CONVERSE and JORDANS . Another thing that is cool right now are checkered shirts or clothes and JANSPORTS or DICKIES backpacks . One of the color’s that is in style right now is purple . The other style of skinny jeans is the colored skinny jeans and the guys are now wearing like vests and some of there vests are checkered , shorts that are khaki and caps too. Now that’s the style that’s OFF THE WALL.

BY:ESTEFANIA

School dress code

I think that it's cool that we can wear jeans to school. I think its cool because in other middle schools, students can’t wear jeans. They have to wear a uniform. Last year we could of weared different color shirts but now we can’t we can only wear gray ,white and maroon, But I still think its nice. That we can wear only those two colors. Also the thing I like about Castro is that we can wear jeans. They have to be dark blue, light blue or gray I found out that we can wear gray jeans back then we couldn’t wear gray jeans only dark blue, light blue, But now we can wear gray jeans. That’s one of my other favorite things about this school that we can WEAR GRAY JEANS. I hope that students at Castro like the code that we have!... The other thing that a lot of people like its when we can wear regular clothes.

BY: Yarixa

Gum

Here at Castro we are having issues with gum. Students put there gum everywhere which makes Mr. Piña upset. Mr. Piña does not want students in his office just for chewing gum. We would rather want to be in his office for a better excuses like fighting or something serious. We should be able to chew gum once in a while but we shouldn’t leave our gum everywhere. We should be able to chew gum. We should be able to chew gum because we can handle where to put out gum and that’s in the trashcan. We’re smart students and we should be treated like that. We are smart and we will work on the gum issue. Mr. Piña should allow students to chew gum.

Monica and Erika

Castro is the best school

Castro is a brand new school. I enjoy coming and walking the halls at Castro middle school. We have good teachers. Teachers here at Castro try to make us not want to drop out of school and that’s why we have jerking contests and free dress days. The walls, cafeteria rooms, library and gym are so nice here at Castro. One of the reasons I come to school is to have fun while I’m learning. This school is not like others. It is the coolest school a kid can come to. When there are fights or problems the teachers fix it. Especially the principal Mr. Pina.

Citlali

Skinnys

A lot of boys wear skinny jeans but why? In my option I think boys wear skinny jeans because some know how to jerk. And others because they look good. And also other boys don’t like their pants loose, so they wear skinnies. And others because they’re skaters and when they skate normal pants disturb them. But everybody has their own style, right?

Gonzalo

Free Dress Day

Today is free dress day! You could also represent your favorite team by wearing a jersey. A lot of people that aren’t wearing jerseys look nice. Everybody that’s not wearing a jersey look nice, they all have their own style.

Andrea

Why Are Some Students Picked on by Teachers? Part 1

Sometimes the noisiest kids in class actually don’t talk. When the rest of the kids are noisy there’re not! Then sometimes they get blamed for it! Why do the teachers automatically think it’s them even though it might not be them? Why do the teachers relate them to their past experiences? Why can’t they judge them for how they act now? It’s like they think nobody can change. It makes no sense.

Sergio O.

The best photo journalism class. 6th hour< 33

Wow! Well my first semester in photo journalism was awesome. I loved it. I had a lot of fun. I learned lot of new things. I also learned how to use the computers a lot more. I think my teacher was really patient with me through out the semester. I’d wish I could of stayed in this class. I really enjoyed this class but sadly I had to move to a different class. Im going to miss having this class especially Evelin. 6th hour was the best!!!


-Rocy Cruz< 33

Things about Photojournalism

Things we did in the beginning: In the beginning we were all over the place and were clueless about what to do. We were also in a big empty class next to the lockers, but Mr. Spencer let us use the computer lab so we got to experience more of Photojournalism.

Things we did at the end: In the end, we got to use the cameras, take pictures and interview people about their opinion on stuff they were writing about. We also got a person from Channel 12 news to come and talk to us about how we could improve our work and what other things we should include.

Things we wish we had done: One thing we wish we could have done is gone on a field trip take pictures, and video to write about them on our blog. That would have been a really cool thing to do especially for Photojournalism.

Raul

Backpacks Update

The backpacks have not changed at Castro. People still forget their homework. And students still get in trouble by the teachers. Students have even had issues with their parents and even with the principals. The students don’t like the backpacks because they don’t match with their clothes. And girls aren’t even allowed to bring big purses. I don’t understand why girls aren’t allowed to express colors and style. It’s not like girl would do something bad.

By Antonio

Fun Class

Photojournalism is a very fun class. It’s a very fun class because we do a lot of fun stuff but the best project that I like was when we went and took pictures. That was my favorite part because we took a lot of pictures of the whole school even the teachers. My favorite part was when we went to assemblies to take pictures but this class is a very fun class to come in. You will like it.

By Patricia

Photojournalism

Photojournalism

Things we did in the beginning: Some of the things we did in the beginnings were all right. I would’ve expected it to be hard but it wasn’t. It was pretty easy but it was challenging. But once u get the hang of it is not hard at all. Mr. Uttech is a very good teacher and is very easy to understand. Just don’t play games!! Everything is either easy or just a little challenging.

Things we did at the end: At the end we had fun. It was a piece of cake. Really it was. Once you were done with your assigned work you would get free time. The procedures are easy just easily go on the Internet to the Castro copy website and look what you had to do.

Things we wish we had done: We wish we could’ve had more free time. At least thirty minutes every Friday. We wish we shouldn’t have had to do so much work. Everything else was good at the beginning and the end. Thank you.

Justo And Benny

Raul H. Castro School assembly

Here at Castro middle school Mr. Pina set up all of his students a school assembly to get us prepared for Galileo testing. He got two pro basketball players to come and talk to us about how important it is to really try in school and how you act now has a big affect when you are older. The assembly was so much fun because they did a lot of really good tricks. They were also pulling out students from the stands and helping them do their good tricks. At the end they gave us pens, notebooks, candy and school shirts and we got to see the cougar. Some of us got to get their autographs. This assembly happened on a Friday the Friday before Galileo testing.

by Vanessa

Three-on-Three Update

On September 18, in the gym at 1:30pm, students were playing a game. Coach Dustin was the referee and Coach Hernandez was choosing people that were raising their hand. A girl shot the ball and it went in. They were playing a version of the playoffs.

The playoffs are when you play against a lot of different teams. They are playing because they want to show off their basketball skills. In the end the team that loses goes back to the bench and the Coach Dustin chooses 3 more players to take on the winners.

When they choose you, you will find a position and guard someone. Then coach will look out for any fouls and blow her whistle. The fun part is that everyone gets to shoot the ball. They all battle to reach for the ball when it is in the air.

The coach set up a tournament so that the students can learn how to play basketball and so they can have fun playing basketball with each other. Coach Dustin also gives the students the right to choose their own team. Many students pick the best players in basketball. Some students pick their best friends so they can have fun. The coach was nice enough to let us use the gym to play basketball. Many coaches don’t do that. They make us play in the sun. The students who win by the end of that period get commented on how they played. The fun part is that you get to hang out with your friends.

By: Paul.C

Welcome to Photo Journalism! This class is really fun. We basically write articles, take pictures, and make videos. But the point of this class is to inform the students at Castro about what is going on in their school.

I’ve learned so much about taking pictures & how you can cut parts of a video and where you mess up and simply continue it by adding different parts. Most of the time on Thursdays we do “Current Events” which is when we answer questions about events that are going on worldwide. This would make me aware of the things that would go on in the world.

This class is actually helpful. I hope you enjoy this class because Mr. Uttech is a very rad and patient teacher. It’ll be surprising to know that you don’t enjoy his class. Enjoy!

By: Dianerz

Graffiti: Is it Art?

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