8th Grade End of the Year Criteria
Riley C., Staff Writer
May 22, 2013
The 2012-2013 school year is coming to an end for 8th graders and its time to celebrate with end of the year activities. These activities include the 8th grade field trip to Fiesta Village, the dance, and promotion. In order to participate in these activities, students have to meet specific criterias.... Read more »
Pay Yo Fines
Roni P., Staff Writer
May 22, 2013
Take care of business! Library fines are due ASAP! If they fail to be attended to, several privileges for both seventh and eighth graders will be lost. For seventh graders, Field Day will not happen for you. Instead, you shall continue school on June 11 and not enjoy any of the fun activities that take... Read more »
CST Ready
Allison W., Staff Writer
April 25, 2013
From April 8 to the beginning of May, 8th grade science teachers are starting to prepare their students for the upcoming CST in May. Mrs. Zarate started off with her students writing a short essay to review what they know and inform her on what she needs to review with them. In Mr. Van’s class they... Read more »
Lollipop, Lollipop Oh Lolli Lolli Lolli Lollipop!
Amber R., staff writer
April 24, 2013
On Friday, April 19th, the PTSA started selling Farrell’s Ice Cream Lollipops. Students did not only get a lollipop, but they also received a coupon for 5 dollars off their next purchase at Farrell’s. Farrell’s is an old fashioned ice cream parlor. It’s made for family fun and delicious sweets.... Read more »
Exploring College Life
Liz R., Staff Writer
April 19, 2013
Eighth grade AVID students began a unit on college research on April 9 to write letters to six colleges, to then receive mail on information about the colleges that they are interested in attending in the future. This begins with a pre-writing of six questions such as: “Where would you prefer to attend... Read more »
RUSD Middle School Teacher of the Year!
Hayley M., Staff Writer
April 17, 2013
Mr. Randy Lester-Wilson, Gage’s Special Education teacher, was selected as the 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year for Matthew Gage Middle School and also the RUSD Middle School Teacher of the Year. It was his high school German teacher who was his inspiration for becoming a teacher. He decided somewhere... Read more »
Knotts Physics Day
Alina S., Staff Writer
April 17, 2013
On March 14, the eighth grade students at Matthew Gage Middle School went to Knotts Berry Farm for Physics Day. The eighth grade students left early on Thursday morning from school and rode a bus to Knotts. As they arrived thee teachers handed each student a booklet of questions that had to be filled... Read more »
A Sweet Opportunity
Himadri R.
April 15, 2013
On Monday March 25, Matthew Gage Middle School kicked off a fundraiser to help raise money for the traditional end-of-the-year events. Students will have the opportunity to sell Sweet Nick’s Island Snacks, 16 varieties of nutritional packages of nuts, trail mixes, and snacks that will sell for only... Read more »
PRIMEtime’s Science Club
Himadri R., Staff Writer
March 5, 2013
On January 22, Mr. Van, 8 grade science teacher, decides to join the after-school program PRIMEtime. He will be holding a Science club every Tues. and Thurs. from 2:30 to 5:00. “ I used to do it all the time. I didn’t do it in the beginning, because I was helping Ms. Zarate, said Mr. Van.” “We... Read more »
Saying Goodbye
Himadri R., Staff Writer
March 5, 2013
On Friday, February 22, PRIMEtime’s tutor Jason Roberts is retiring from his job here at Gage, and is moving on. He will be going to his new job working at a warehouse. It may not be fun as the job he has now, but at least he’s getting paid more. “ I’m broken up about it. I put four years... Read more »