June 23, 2016 5 cents
Continuations 2
Pickle Bowl 4
Meet the Students 5
Moving Up Photos 6&7
Lip Sync Review 8
Did You Know? 11
Math Games 12
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Beth Ann Heppner Weishaupt, better known as
Nurse Beth is putting her medical kit away and taking all
of her ice packs out of the freezer. If you have a boo-boo
or a headache, you will have to find someone else to pro-
vide the tender, loving care. She is putting her combs,
band aids and thermometers in the cabinet and walking
away from Grant D. Morse school for the last time.
“I will miss everything about Morse school,” she
said. “I will miss the students and the staff. This has been
my home away from home for the past 16 years. It is my
other family.”
Nurse Beth, the sister-in-law of former Morse
principal Bruce Eymann, joined the staff in 2000, the same year
as Coach Constable. She has
been a Registered Profession-
al Nurse for 42 years. Before
coming to Morse, Nurse Beth
worked in the hospital doing
emergency room nursing and
working with doctors.
“I decided to be-
come a nurse in high school
because there were very lim-
ited choices for a young girl
in those days. I knew that I
did not want to remain at my
summer job on a full time
basis after graduation. I was
a long distance operator at
the New York Telephone Co.
and I absolutely hated it. I at-
tended John A. Coleman High
School and volunteering at the
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NO MORE SCRATCHES, NO
MORE TICKS:
Nurse Beth Retires Today Interviewed by Jenna Wormell
Sometimes finding a heart or a heart beat can
be a challenge for Nurse Beth, but she sees
the beauty in all creatures great and small.
The Grant D.
Morse Class of 2016 takes
its final walk through the
main lobby to their future
today as they embark on
the next step of their edu-
cational journey.
They hold the
unique distinction of be-
ing the first group of
students who were com-
pletely guided under the
direction of Morse Prin-
cipal, Mr. Dieckmann. Additionally, they carry
with them the honor of being the 50th graduating
class of Grant D. Morse Elementary School.
Both of these unique identifiers suggest
the special legacy they leave behind. Children of
parents and grandparents who attended this
school, as well as children who emigrated from
different parts of the country and world. They are
the children of plumbers, bakers, chefs, roofers,
linemen, athletes, engineers, carpenters, business
owners, doctors, lawyers,
inventors, artists, musi-
cians, writers, poets and
teachers. These children
carry with them the perma-
nent imprint of their Morse
experience. They will be
forever bound together by
this shared experience.
During the past
year, Just Print It has high-
lighted the achievements of
many former Morse stu-
dents and the principals who
kept the beacon of excel-
lence shining brightly. In
just a few short years, these students will be
filtering out into the world sharing their
talents and gifts with those far and near.
Go forth, Morse Class of 2016.
Shine your unique and important light as
brightly as you can. Do not let fears, doubts
or ignorance stop you. Remember, Grant D.
Morse school will always be supporting you
and proud of the person you are.
Class of 2016: Fabulous Fiftieth
Class of 2016 students Emma Hallion and Morgan
Bennett process out of the gymnasium after they
have been officially moved up to seventh grade.
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News Department Edited by Molly Reynolds
Publisher’s Note: Since 1991, students have created this news-
paper. Each year the paper takes on the personality of the
class that runs it. Students take great pride in this endeav-
or and we are proud to share our work with you.
Students perform all the tasks associated with
the creation of this publication. As the publisher of the
paper, I feel that its unique and indelible value lies in
student ownership of the publication. This is a student
paper run by students and read by students. Students are
involved in all areas of decision making, content selection,
writing, editing, proofreading and layout. Sometimes
mistakes are made, but it is these mistakes that many
valuable lessons are learned. My role as publisher is
facilitator, coach and mentor.
Publisher:
Mr. Defino
Editorial Advisory Board
Editor-in Chief
Kierstin Benson
Liam Curtis
Composition Editor
John Turk
Promotion Editor
RJ Paff Tyler Hommel
News Editors
Molly Reynolds
Sports Editor
Liam Curtis
Entertainment Editor
Spencer Flanagan
Nursing Home was a weekly
event. Unlike many of my friends, I en-
joyed visiting with the older residents. I
did not mind the smell and or how
the elderly patients looked. I realized that
with my limited options, nursing would
be best for me. I know now that I had a
calling for this profession.”
Working with old people and
young people has been a common love of
Nurse Beth’s. “I have so many beautiful
memories of Morse it is hard for me to
pick just one. I loved when I was invited
to attend the 4th grade field trip with an
ill student to Howe Caverns. He said that
it was the best field trip he had ever been
on.”
Nurse Beth will not be resting
on her accomplishment's in retirement.
She will be busy bringing smiles to all
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who meet her and possibly stopping
back in from time-to-time.
“I am thinking about doing
some part time work back in the hospi-
tal perhaps the emergency room or in
wound care. I do intend to be on the
substitute nursing list for the Sauger-
ties Schools. I also plan to do some
volunteer work with The Office of the
Aging,” she said.
No matter what she will be
doing in the future, one can be sure she
will be brighten the days of those she is
doing it with. Hopefully, in her time at
Morse she has inspired others to be-
come nurses like her, or better yet,
shown us all how to heal the soul of
one another with a simple smile and a
warm greeting.
Even checking for nits on a nitwit bring a
smile to this retired nurse’s face.
Summer Plans By Spencer Flanagan
Maggie Wade is in 6th grade in Mrs. Brott class. Wade’s plans are going to
North Carolina to go to her beach house. Wade said ‘’I am going to my beach house
over the summer because my parents have work and that’s is the only time we can
go.’’ Wade also said ‘’ we are going to an island to get seashells.’’ Wade and her
family are going to her mom’s sister house. Wade’s extra plans are going swimming.
Morgan Bennett is in Mrs. Tucker’s class Bennett is going to work, and
camping and swimming and Great Escape and Zoom Flume over the summer. Ben-
nett and her family are going to six flags. Bennett’s dad is driving to Great Escape
and camping. Bennett’s mom is driving to Zoom Flume. Bennett is excited for the
summer.
Left:
Katie Zicot , Josie Ryan,
Regann Kavanagh, and
Charlotte Bowers proudly
display their trophies in
recognition of their respec-
tive pickle ball prowess.
The Pickle Bowl, a school-
wide pickle ball tourna-
ment ran from June 1 to
June 22. Over 140 stu-
dents participated in this
activity.
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Today is Nurse Beth’s last day as school nurse at the Morse School. Though she is retiring from the position of school nurse, a nurse never retires from their vocation. Not only does she plan on working with old people, de-spite their odiferous qualities, she will be assisting young peo-ple who emit a different scent. She has several grand children and has expressed a desire to open a daycare, as she has ex-tensive experience with young children. She is going to have a day care to service the elderly, as well. With a little Fabreze and a few loaves of Arnold bread, Nurse Beth will continue to keep the cranky old and the crankt young smelling fresh as a ba-by’s bottom or an old person’s breath. Nurse Beth will surely be serving up smiles for many years.
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Super Mario Bros. 30th
Anniversary
with Irena Cranston
by Aiden Zarcone Last year in 2015 was the 30th an-
niversary of the Super Mario Bros. game.
Former Morse student Irena Cranston works
for Nintendo USA and is very familiar with
the Super Mario franchise.
Super Mario has gone through
many changes as the franchise got older. The
series has been going on for a long time al-
ready. “Super Mario has definitely changed
over the years. The jump from 2D to 3D was
definitely one of the biggest changes! I think
the changes have been good though. At its
core, it’s still the same solid platformer game with fun secrets everywhere.” The first
Super Mario 3D platformer was Super Mario 64, it was released in 1996 on to the Nin-
tendo 64 and the last one we had was Super Mario 3D World, that game was released
in 2013 on to the Nintendo Wii U.
Irena Cranston was playing her all-time favorite Super Mario game when she
was little “My Favorite Super Mario game was Super Mario World for the Super Nin-
tendo. I played it with my best friend all the time. I was always excited to play because
I never knew what secrets the next level
would hold. There were so many hidden
paths and things to find. It was really ex-
citing when I got a different colored Yo-
shi for the first time.” Super Mario World
got released in 1991 for the Super Ninten-
do, the abbreviation is SNES.
Gamers usually start out by playing one
game from a series that came out when
they were young, than they start liking the
game and get more of the modern series.
Playing Super Mario World took Irena
from the classic Super Mario world to the
modern Super Mario world. “Most recently I’ve played Super Mario Galaxy. It’s fun
dealing with the crazy gravity on the different planets and I love feeding star bits to the
lumas in between levels.” Super Mario Galaxy was released in 2007 for the Nintendo
Wii. It was announced Game of the Year in 2008 by IGN. In 2010, they released Super
Mario Galaxy 2, still on the Nintendo
Wii.
Not so long ago, Nintendo re-
leased a Super Mario game in honor of its
30th anniversary in 2015 for the Nintendo
Wii U. They created it with the influences
of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990, NES),
Super Mario World, New Super Mario
Bros. U (2012, Wii U) and (most im-
portantly) Super Mario Bros. (1985,
NES). They released Super Mario Maker
to celebrate the 30 years of the series.
You could select any four game styles
and make your own levels.
Former Morse student Irena Cranston works for Nintendo USA and she is
making the Super Mario games fun to play for everyone.
Happy 30th anniversary.
The Fastest
Growing Sport in
the Nation By Emily Schlosser
Pickle ball is a game that has
a funny name. It is a very fun sport.
Morse has a Pickle Bowl which is a
pickle ball tournament which begins in
June.
Fourth graders are very excit-
ed about the tournament. Jason Martin,
a member of the famous Martin Pickle
Ball family, feels he is excited and
ready to compete. Natalie Tucker, a
great player in her own right, is excited
and predicts she will make the champi-
onships again. Nick Stinemire says it
is a good alternative when he can’t
play tennis. Theresa Bautista is excited
and ready to play. Brady Reynolds is
also excited and ready to go.
It seems those who sign up to
play don’t regret it!
Sports Department Edited By Liam Curtis
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Pickle Bowl By Liam Turk
Three Pickle Bowl players named Owen Gal-
lagher, Jack Farrell, and Aero Ferrendino are playing in
the Pickle Bowl this year.
Owen, Jack and Aero all have played in the
Pickle Bowl before.
Owen said he has been playing for 4 years.
Jack said the same. Aero said he has been playing for
two years.
Jack said he is really excited. Owen said he
was pumped. Aero said he is really excited two.
Aero said he likes Pickle Bowl because it is a
good experience. Owen said it is a good experience.
Jack said it is fun to play.
Jack’s favorite memory was second grade
championship. Owen said his favorite memory was dou-
bles last year. Aero said I don’t have a favorite memory.
Jack’s doubles partner is Aero. Owens doubles
partner is Liam. Aero’s doubles partner is Jack.
Jack chose Aero because he wanted to. Aero
chose Jack because he is good. Owen chose me because
I’m friends with him.
Jack said he wanted to win the championship.
Owen said he wanted to win the championship. Aero
said the same as Owen and Jack said.
These three 4th graders Owen, Jack and Aero
are looking to make their mark in varsity Pickle Bowl.
Field Day Liam Turk a fifth grader in Mr. Reynolds
class. Liam Turk loved the annual Morse Field Day.
His favorite activity was the throw and catch.
Turk said, I liked Field Day because I got
drenched in water. Turk liked the water activities best. He said the wa-
ter ones were his favorites.
Turk also said he didn’t like the indoor activities because they
were boring. He had a favorite inside though and that was Fireball.
Fireball is like everybody’s it tag with balls. Once again Field Day was
a success.
Pickle Bowl Madness
Each year, the Morse Pickle Bowl championship pickle ball
tournament gets bigger and more exciting. 147 students participated in
the tournament featuring singles and doubles in a JV and Varsity divi-
sion.
The JV division was for boys and girls in grades 1-3 and the
Varsity division was for 4-6th graders. The tournament started on
June 1 and nearly 350 games later, it ended on June 22.
In between, there were major upsets and shockers, perhaps
none bigger than the first round knockout of Varsity singles top seed
Jack Quinlan by fourth grader Nick Stinemire. The shock and awe
continued as fourth graders, one year away from the JV division re-
peatedly best older, more seasoned players. Jack Farrell, Eli Bowers,
Randall Richers, Jason Martin, Brady Reynolds and Andrew Mulford
were nearly unbeatable as they repeated the actions of Stinemire.
However, at the end of the tournament only fifth grader Liam Turk and
sixth grader Mitch Hart remained. Hart took the title in a well-played
championship match.
In the Varsity girls’ division, defending champion and two-
time grand slam winner Ginger Defino looked for her record increas-
ing third Grand Slam against Emma Hallion in a repeat of last year’s
finals. Hallion proved too strong and took the match and ended the
streak. Ginger and partner Caroline Johansen outlasted Mady Dodig
and Natalie Vail in the varsity girl’s doubles match-up.
Seemingly the biggest upset of the tournament came in the
Varsity Boy’s doubles championship where sixth graders Hart and
Quinlan took on fourth graders Reynolds and Mulford (Mulford and
Son). In a battle for the ages, power against poise, the fourth graders
outlasted the big boys for sweet victory.
The JV division saw plenty of action as well. However, in
the end it was just a matter of a whole lotta Josie and Daggett compa-
ny. Josie Ryan became the fourth member of the coveted Grand Slam
club joining Ginger, her brother Kieran and Ty Gallagher to win din-
gles and doubles in one year. Soon after Josie’s big moment, Leo
Daggett became the fifth member of the elite group. Daggett’s partner
was brother Artie who he also defested for the singles title. Josie’s
doubles partner was Katie Zicot.
Like Grant D. Morse
School, pickle ball is celebrat-
ing its fiftieth birthday. Hope-
fully, it will be a Morse School
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Liam Curtis & Kierstin Benson
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Morse!” First Grade Dreams
By Ashly Pitt
Kindergarteners Mady Dragula and Liam Nelson
are excited to go to 1st grade.
Mady and Liam want Mrs. Detweiler as their
teacher. They will miss their teacher Mrs. McCaig because
she is nice. They will even visit her next year.
Mady wants her friend Liv and Liam wants Da-
mien in their next class.
Mady and Liam think 1st grade will be hard. Dra-
gula thinks, “First grade will be hard because the home-
work will get harder. Nelson agrees “First grade will be
hard because the homework will be harder because of the
counting.”
They will enjoy the last moment of kindergarten,
though. Dragula and Nelson are going outside on the last
day of school.
Moving up
(Croce Style) By R.J. Paff and John
Turk
The sixth grade class
is moving on to bigger and bet-
ter experiences at the Junior
High School. At the end of the
school year the sixth graders
graduated and will go to the
high school.
Paul Croce is a former
sixth grader in Mrs. Brott’s
class. Paul will miss a few
things from the Morse School.
He loved to play in the Mus-
tang Bowl. His favorite teacher
was his fifth grade teacher, Mr.
Reynolds. He does not know
anyone in the high school but
he is sure he will make new friends. His favorite thing in the school
was Mustang Bowl. He says he may join a club. Sixth grade is the
final stage of elementary school. After that all of the sixth grade
goes to the high school including Paul. The end of the school year
is coming are you ready to move up.
How?
By Olivia Cafaldo
I often ask, how? Sometimes for nothing I am
asking a question. But most of the time we don’t even
know what how means. How has a million meanings, and
it all depends who you are. If you have a firm belief that
words are nothing but the sounds you mumble for the pur-
pose of communication, you may describe the word how
as hard and smooth like a marble. Yet, hollow to serve
only purpose.
But if you are a dreamer, you might say that the
word how is soft like a cloud and transparent to show that
the word how has many meanings that can stretch to infin-
ity.
Yet for me, I describe how as a person. It choos-
es what context to be put in and what emotion the writer
will use when writing. Then quick as a flash a word is
born.
H….O….W.
Right: Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Brott and Mr. Dieckmann congratulate the
sixth grade class on their accomplishments through the school year.
The sixth grade class of 2016 is a special class with historic distinction.
Paul with one of many awards he re-
ceived at the Moving Up Ceremony.
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One great excitement
finished in early March. This
great excitement was the Lip
Sync. Hannah Mills, Nicole
Moorhus, Brynn Fisher and
Arianna Catalinotto were four
of the sixth grade performers.
When Hannah was on
stage, “It felt like I was going to
faint. It was really nerve-
wracking,” she said. Before she
got on stage, she felt really nerv-
ous, but excited. She practiced
every Tuesday in February and the
first week in March. Mills and her
group wanted to do an 80’s song.
There choices were “We Got the
Beat”, or “I Wanna Dance with
Somebody.” They chose “I Wan-
na Dance with Somebody.” “We
chose this song because it was not
too slow. It was an upbeat song,”
Hannah said.
Hannah had a lot of fun. When she
was done with her song she felt relieved. She
liked how the show went because it ran
smoothly. Hannah had other performances she
liked. She liked “Blank Space,” “Better When
I’m Dancing” and “Hit Me with Your Best
Shot.” All of these videos can be seen online at
vimeo/joedefino.
Nicole Moorhus was also in the Lip
Sync. She did “I Wanna Dance with Some-
body.” Moorhus said, “I was not nervous, but I
was very excited.” Nicole had a fun time and
was not nervous before she went on stage.
When she was done with her act she felt really
good because it was fun. Moorhus liked how
the show went because “It didn’t mess up my
part.” Also, she thought everyone in her group
did great. Moorhus likes other acts such as
“Twist and Shout”, “Waka,Waka”’ and her
own act.
Brynn Fisher was also
in Nicole and Hannah’s act,
along with Arianna. When she
was on stage she felt a little
nervous. “I felt a tad bit scared,
but confident to be with my
friends,” she said. Before Fish-
er got on stage, she was very
nervous for the day perfor-
mance because that was her
first time in front of a big
crowd. Fisher had fun at the
Lip Sync. When she was done
with her song she felt happy.
She liked how the show went
because it was fun and some-
thing you don’t do everyday.
Brynn liked all the acts.
Arianna Catalinotto
performed the role of Whitney
Houston in the act. “I felt great
and had a lot of confidence in
the group,” she said. While on stage, she
felt nervouos but not as much as the day
performance. “I had a fun time. It was a
blast.” She is definitely going to remember
this forever. When she was done with her
song she felt great. She thought the group
did very well. Arianna liked the song
choices. She love the teachers' act.
Thought the Lip sync is over, the
memories will remain forever.
After the Lip Sync
By Gillian Mills
In Mr. Defino’s class we learned about D-Day. D-Day was June 6 1944. The
6th was a dy that the US invaded the shores of Southern England and France to push
back the German Army who had been taking over countries like England France, Italy,
and Austria.
The D-Day invasion took place on the Atlantic shores of England and France.
It took over 6 months to prepare for this. The second world war lasted four years. For the beginning part of the war, the United
States mainly fought Japan. After they defeated Japan, the US fought Germany.
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked a US military base on Hawaii called Pearl Harbor. The attack pu the US into
war, this began WWII.
The D-Day invasion on the beaches of southern England and norther France forced the Germans back to Germany. Over
25,00 American, Canadian and British soldiers were involved in this battle. Thousands of men were killed and thousands were
injured.
If we were not successful in this invasion on D-Day, our lives would be very different.
D-Day Revisited By Samantha Tubby
This School Year By Lily Richards
This school year was
amazing. Grant D. Morse School
is the best school ever. We love
this school.
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End of Year
Review
By Hannah Mills
A lot of fun and exciting things have
come and gone. Such a s the Mustang bowl,
the Mustangs lost 32-22 to the Patriots. Tha
annual Halloween Parade, this year the entire
staff dressed up as minions following their
master Gru, our one and only Mr.
Dieckmann, Veterans Day, a day to honor
and remember all of our vets who are here
and those who have passed.
And of course the winter and spring
concerts. Mrs. McMann and Mr. Spirig did a
great job getting the students ready.
Our PARP program, “books are
Magic” was a huge hit.
The Earth Day Assembly with the
“Junk Man” was fantastic. He visited and
played music on a rack of old used things
such as pots and other interesting objects.
Morse also celebrated its 50th year.
From the first day of school until the last, 50
years has been a main theme. The original
principal Mr. Patrick Buonfiglio built a mag-
nificent school where learning is sacred.
We had field trips, special events
and closed it up with the Moving Up Cere-
mony for 6th graders and kindergarteners.
Also the Pickle Bowl.
2015-16 was a great time to be a
student at Morse school.
Entertainment Department
Edited by: Spencer Flanagan
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This spot is usually re-
served to highlight a “lesser known”
fact about a sixth grader. However
in this column today, the tradition
will change.
The sixth grade class has
a very special distinction among the
50 graduating classes of the Morse
School. Being number 50 is an
honor in itself , but they are to be
remembered for more, much more.
As a sixth grader, stu-
dents earn special privileges associ-
ated with their maturity and ad-
vanced growth. One privilege this
class earned that no other predeces-
sor had was the privilege of going
naturasavor. Naturasavor is a term
not widely known as it is very rare
to find an individual who fits the
criteria.
Not only was there one
individual, but a class full of indi-
viduals deserving of this identifica-
tion. Naturasavor is the pleasant
odor emanating from the body of an
adolescent whereby no artificial
scents or perfumes are needed to
create an palatable odor.
In each previous year, a
special presentation would be made
to the deserving class regarding
personal fragrance. Yet, this year,
due to the naturasavoressence of the
sixth grade class, this lesson in self-
aromatic management was not
needed.
Obviously, to have one
human being possessing this quality
is rare, but to have a group of fifty
located in the same geographical
region and peer group, is unheard
of.
Scientists have been look-
ing into this, while the makers of
AXE, Right Guard, Old Spice, and
others are scrambling to recoup
profits.
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Morse Rocks The Catskill Mountains
I want to express my gratitude to all those who supported the Morse Rocks Music and Arts Festival
over this past weekend. Whether as a contributing artist,
volunteer or patron, your participation allowed young
people to aspire to something beyond their self-imposed
potential.
The excitement, enthusiasm and preparation these young artists and volunteers brought to the festival
continues to highlight the necessity for more events such
as this. As educators, you know the power of dreams can only be fueled by opportunity. When opportunities
are provided, the results are unlimited
Morse Rocks serves to provide this "stage." The event, though extremely costly to produce, is intend-
ed to be significant in terms of profile and scale. Au-
thentic audiences are a critical part of self-discovery and motivation. Music and art lovers do not have to come
to this event, but more and more, they are choosing to
come because of the quality of talent selected as headlin-
ers. Our young people are preparing themselves to meet
this lofty challenge of exceptionality.
Special thanks to the student volunteers who worked to provide a great festival experience for the
patrons and artists. I would like to particularly highlight
the job completed by Josh McCormick and Jacob Johan-sen. For the week leading up to the festival, they spent
9-10 hours a day on site doing all the necessary tasks involved in transforming the Smokin' Pony BBQ into a
full-scale festival venue. They worked tirelessly, enthu-
siastically and incredibly capably. The organizers could not have completed this transformation without their
assistance. They were with us from the time the tent
went up on Monday morning until the final cable was picked up in the wee hours of Sunday morning. There
were many other student volunteers who dedicated their
entire weekend to the festival, as well. Whether working back stage or among the population, they discovered
talents and skills they never knew they possessed.
Someday it is hoped this festival will meet expenses and turn a profit in order to start construction
on a permanent 3- season performing arts amphitheater
at the Morse School. In the meantime, the we will con-tinue to focus on the objective of providing opportunities
for the students and young adults whose gifts lie outside
the 3-Rs and athletics. Putting them alongside profes-sionals in their area of talent to inspire, develop and
collaborate is ultimately what we define as success.
Judging by the increasing quality of their respective art forms, we are achieving this goal.
On the outside of our educational realm,
success is determined by the quality of the product in relation to the price they paid for their ticket. Every
ticket buyer, every last one, was blown away with the
product they received and were thrilled to spend their weekend with us.
Thank you for being part of this success.
Joe Defino
Coordinator
Morse Rocks Music and Arts Festival Publisher– Just Print It
The Great Bow Thayer
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Did You Know?
In the United States public schools have very strict guide-lines regarding length of school
day and school year.
Most states require between 175 and 180 days of school and/or between 900 and 1,000 hours of
instructional time per year,
Korean high school students
have a 16 hour school day.
Most Japanese schools don’t have janitors. Instead children do the cleaning daily as part of a practice rooted in Buddhist traditions that associate clean-
ing with morality.
Schools that ditch schoolyard rules are actually seeing a drop in bullying, serious injuries and vandalism, while concentration levels in class are increasing. Turns out giving children too many rules hurts their develop-
ment.
In Armenia, all children aged 6 and up are taught chess at school, as it is a mandatory part
of their curriculum.
As recently as 2009, China had elementary schools wholly sponsored by big tobacco. One in Sichuan had a message at the front gate that said “Tobacco can help you become
an achiever”
Composition Editor
John Turk
Figure Skating
Monthly
(with a twist) By Nicole Moorhus
Since the first time I started
writing in JPI I was very excited when I
got this column. This was one of the
highlights of the year for me! Even
though next year I am not going to con-
tinue writing in the newspaper for 7th
grade I am still going to try to get these
stories in the newspaper for Morse.
Skating isn’t a thing I have been doing
lately. I haven’t skated since my last
story so today I am going to be talking
about softball. I am the pitcher for my
softball team. We only lost 3 games in
our regular season. Then we had the
playoffs and lost by one point. There
was only one game where I didn’t pitch!
That season was the best team that I
have ever had! I know we can win
against every team in the league! For
my final ending in JPI, This Is My Fig-
ure Skating Life!!!!!
Molly’s Foster Family By Addie Kotsul and Michelle
Loebakka
Fourth grader, Molly Napoli-
tano is in Mrs. Dudzic’s class. She is a
foster sister. “It is very enjoyable to be a
foster sister,” she said.
Molly is able to help her mom
with the younger children. “I help a lot
with the little kids,” she responded.
Sometimes when the children leave the
foster home to return with their families
it is sad for Molly. “I am sad, but I am
also happy because they have a forever
home.”
Molly is a very sweet sister.
Left: Sixth Grader Aiden Zarcone receives his
certificate of advancement for Morse principal,
Mr. Dieckmann. Zarcone, though considered to
be a student due to his age and stature, was
really the teacher as he taught kindness, compas-
sion, understanding and tolerance as well as any
professor, politician, minister or world leader. It
is not a coincidence that Aiden Zarcone chose to
come to Morse School during this, its most im-
portant year. Morse School is forever grateful to
the impact and imprint he had on these halls.
SEASONS By Liliana Richards
If I was snow
I would fall in WINTER.
If I was a leaf
I would fall in FALL.
If I was the hot sun
I would be with SUMMER and
SPRING
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I started out in sixth grade in the fall looking forward
to the Mustang
Bowl it was a fun
and exciting foot-
ball game to play
and be on the Pa-
triots team in sixth
grade.
The Lip
Sync was an in-
credible experience. It
took some practice and
setting up. The act I performed in was “Your Collision” by
Hudson’s Crew with Shaun Sussman, Spencer Flanagan, RJ
Paff , and Aiden Zarcone we really had fun and I had a blast.
JPI also known as Just Print It the schools newspa-
per has been amazing to be a part of for the past two years.
Hopefully this paper never ends. I’m looking forward to next
year to continue writing stories. It has been fun and reward-
ing to have a story published in each edition this year. It’s
been amazing. I feel that JPI has helped my writing skills.
I was looking forward to Graduation on June 21.
The night finally came, it was my time to shine.
I was surprised by receiving a Music Award.
On behalf of the 2016 Sixth Grade Class
we would like to thank the PTA for the gifts the
beautiful cake the individual cupcakes with each
student’s name on it and the other refreshments
that they provided that night.
I have mixed feeling about
leaving Grant D. Morse. It has giv-
en me security, but I am also look-
ing forward to starting Jr. High in
the fall with all the new exciting
possibilities it has to offer. At this
time I would like to thank all my
teachers for helping me throughout
the years.
As I conclude my last story from Morse I want to
wish Good
luck to my
fellow
classmates.
I’m look-
ing for-
ward to
seeing you
next year.
Class of 2016 Graduation
By Bob Moon