The Trailblazing Times “Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” - Ralph Waldo Emerson VOL. 2, NO. 1 OCTOBER 2019 Junior High News Let’s get this started! The school year is in full swing. Homecoming has come and gone, and football, volleyball, and cross country have all finished. Though the leaves are falling and sports seasons are finishing, there’s no way that this junior high’s electric energy will be falling anytime soon. Who do you say that I am? A school year is full of questions and answers—inside and outside of the classroom. Our motto for this year is probably the most important question ever asked: “Who do you say that I am?” Jesus posed it to the apostles and now he is asking us. Our answer to this question quite literally has eternal ramifications. How do you respond? (McGrane, 2019). Above, Gabrielle Kielkucki provided an artistic display of Beckman’s motto for the 2019-2020 school year: “Who do you say I am?” (Mark 8:29). Preview: INDEX Q&As…………….........2 Outdoors……………....4 Advice Column............6 This Day in History.…..7 What Matters?.............9 Beckman Sports..........11 Current Events…...…..13 Reviews……………….12 Brain Teasers…………15
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The Trailblazing Times“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
VOL. 2, NO. 1 OCTOBER 2019Junior High NewsLet’s get this started!The school year is in full swing. Homecoming has come and gone, and football, volleyball, and cross country have all finished. Though the leaves are falling and sports seasons are finishing, there’s no way that this junior high’s electric energy will be falling anytime soon.
Who do you say that I am?A school year is full of questions and answers—inside and outside of the classroom. Our motto for this year is probably the most important question ever asked: “Who do you say that I am?” Jesus posed it to the apostles and now he is asking us. Our answer to this question quite literally has eternal ramifications. How do you respond? (McGrane, 2019).
Above, Gabrielle Kielkucki provided an artistic display of Beckman’s motto for the 2019-2020 school year: “Who do you say I am?” (Mark 8:29).
Preview:
INDEX Q&As…………….........2 Outdoors……………....4 Advice Column............6 This Day in History.…..7 What Matters?.............9 Beckman Sports..........11 Current Events…...…..13 Reviews……………….12 Brain Teasers…………15
Q: What class do you struggle with the most?
A:Luke Wessels: Writing
Griffin Davis: Science
Anna Sperfslage: Writing
Benton Boge: Algebra
Alyssa Goerdt: Math
Hope Naber: All
Q: How many Instagram followers do you have?
A:Alec Bagge @baggefarms11.2k
Griffin Davis852
Anna Sperfslage304
Q&As: 2
Q: Favorite Tik Tok Dance?
A: Alli Scherbring: Heathers
Isaac Burlage: 223s
Betsy Halligan: 223s
Benton Boge: Clock
Q:Favorite Show?
A:Alexie Hogan-Grey’s Anatomy
Claire Heinrich-Forever My Girl
Laura McGrane-NCIS
Eli Kluesner-QB1
Q&As
It is now youth season and many people in Junior High are going outdoors ready to come back with a buck. We interviewed four Junior High students and this is what they said about hunting.
Questions-
1. How many years have you been hunting in your lifetime?
2. What is your favorite animal to hunt throughout the year?
3. What is your favorite place to go hunting?
Students asked-
Luke Wessel- 7thClaire Heinrichs- 7thCael Wolfe- 7thMax Oberbroeckling- 8th
The Great Outdoors! Outdoors: 4
AnswersLuke-
1. 3 years2. Turkey3. In our pasture on our property
CLaire-1. 1 year
2. Deer3. Guttenberg
Cael-1. 2 years
2. Deer3. By our pond so when the deer are hurt they go to the water
and it’s easier to shoot them
Max-
1. 4 years2. Turkey3. My grandpa’s timber
Why should you get involved in activities?You need to do something at school and have more fun, get involved, and try new things. -Joe EnglerYou should because you can meet new people and you might enjoy them. -Izzy Lutgen
Have you ever felt regret not being involved?No because I get involved in stuff and I enjoy doing it. - Shawn BrunsmanI don’t know something FFA because even though your not a farmer you can learn about agriculture. -Noah Gaul
What is some advice for someone who is not fully confident in themselves and needs a boost of confidence to go out for activities?Just do it! Live with no regrets and do it if you actually enjoy it. -Tanner OstwinkleTry new things and do it if you want. - Tony Friedmann
Advice Column: 6
How was Halloween started? Halloween is a fun holiday celebrated each year on October 31. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints. Soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, wearing costumes and eating sweet treats.
Many events happen in October around the world one of which is Halloween. Halloween is celebrated in many countries other than the United States. In other countries, Halloween is celebrated a lot like it is in the United States with Trick or Treating, parties, games, and pranks. In Mexico they celebrate a different version of Halloween on November 1 and they call it Day of the Dead.
Halloween in other countriesHistory: 7
Halloween TodayHalloween is a holiday where kids dress up as monsters or sometimes their favorite characters and go door to door saying trick or treat hoping to get there bags full of candy. Families carve jack-o-lanterns and decorate the yard with decorations of ghosts, pumpkins, monsters, and lots more. Some people like to go to haunted houses or watch horror movies for the halloween spirit. Lots of families go to pumpkin patches of apple festivals to celebrate.
What Matters?: 9
No surprise, the most popular kids costume this year was superheros. Since Avengers: End Game came out in year 2019, a trend for superheros has increased. Spiderman was up to 7% in the United States since last year. Two years ago the new movie Spider-man Homecoming came out, making every young boy want to dress up as their favorite teenage hero. The most popular girls avengers
costume this year Valkyrie. In the same year as Spider-man Homecoming came out, Thor Ragnarok inspired young ladies to dress up as the superhero
Valkyrie, this starting a trend.
Slide by: Kennedy, Joe, Courtney, Eva, and Riley.
On the left is a picture of TessaThompson as a Valkyrie in Thor Ragnarok
From left to right Mal, Carlos, Jay, Evie. From the Descendants movies.
Fortnite came out in 2017, since then it been one of the most popular video game trend, So this year kids are getting costumes that have to do with fortnite. Some people are dressing up like llamas for halloween this year because they love Fortnite. Minecraft came
out 2009, and people are still dressing up as Minecraft characters. One of the most popular little
girls costumes is Descendants characters since Descendants 3 came out this past August. Halloween
has come along way since little girls dressing up as “damsels in distress” to strong independent woman.
Heads Up Halloween PollsThese are the polls that some of the Beckham kids from classes of 2024 and 2025 answered about their favorite candy.
We sent out a poll on who going trick or treating this year. 71.2% of said they were. 28.8% said they were not going.
JH Football coach << 7th grade
volleyball coach>> 8th grade
volleyball coach>>
Junior High students are very busy right now with fall sports including volleyball, football, and cross country!
We asked a couple of students from each grade and each sport some questions about the sports they are playing.
By: Alyssa G, Bre C, Mason D, Ben S, Drew T.
Sports: 11
1) How has the season gone so far?2) Do you enjoy playing this sport?3) What is your Position if you play in one.4) What is your favorite position?5) If you had to choose another position what would you choose?
Ali S. -3 years (7th grade)Going amazing!Yes of course.Outside hitter.Outside hitter.Right-side hitter.
Jonah R.- 1st year (7th grade)Enjoys running to improve his times.
Maria K.-2 years (8th grade)Enjoys the meets and running faster each time to improve.
Drew T.-4th year of tackle. (8th grade)Likes throwing touchdowns.Quarterback.Quarterback.Wide receiver.
Current Events: 13
This is Kepler-452b/ GJ-357d. This planet is very similar to earth and scientist think it may be habitable. See left for more details.
Kepler was discovered in 2019 by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite). This new planet is close to our own but not in our solar system and is six hundred light years away from earth. It orbits a dwarf star and is believed to be two times larger than earth.
The real question is if it is habitable. It may contain water and has a sun like star so the habitability of Kepler isn’t a sure thing but is an optimistic sample to choose from.
By: Vivian S, Alec B, Maria K , Hope.N and Noble H.
Interview-Mrs.Hogan-Q What do you think about the new planet and do you think it is habitable?A: “I don’t know much about the planet but I think that if we find another planet with life then it will be very different from ours.”
Reviews: 14Reviews
Thanos, the bad guy in Endgame, his
gauntlet on his hand makes him so
powerful, that it gives him many
powers.
By: Benton Boge, Eli Kluesner, Luke Sigwarth, and Jacob Schlarmann
Lover Questions- Rating, Old Taylor or New Taylor,
What age group.Taylor Swift released the
album Lover on August 23, 2019.
Maddie Schmitz-
8/10, Old Taylor,
Tennagers to
twenties.
Avengers Questions- Rating,What age group would you recommend this to, favorite character
Max
Oberbroeckling-
9.5/10, 10-50 years
old, Hawkeye
Hawkeye is to the right,is a character in avengers endgame.
What month do trees hate the most? -Michael Schilling
What did one leaf say to the other? -Benton Boge
What do you get when you smash a pumpkin?-Jacob Schlarmann
How do you fix a jack-o-lantern? -James Roberts
What did the priest say when there was bugs in the church.-Joe Kielkucki
1. Sep-Timber2. Im falling for You3. Squash4. A pumpkin Patch5. Let us spray.
By:James Laura and Michael
Brain Teasers: 15 Memes AND Jokes
Halloween Wordsearch and Crossword PuzzleBy:James Laura and Michael
Brain teasers A.
B.
C.
D.
A.Once ina blue moon.B.You’re under arrestC.Read between the
