Before we go...Who's ready for Summer?The school year is coming to an end, and summer is right around the corner. Five days left and we are out. Are you ready? I am Harrison and this my partner Trevor. We are going to be talking about the end of the school and what some of our plans are for summer. We had an awesome school year. We made a few new friends along the way too. A few came from different parts of the world. Khoa came from Vietnam, Cheyenne and Caitlin also came in the middle of the year from the Philippines. Meeting new friends is always a joy. The school year had many fun activities for the 7th grade Hilo Trip, Boat Trip, and the Banquet. The Banquet was the most recent event. Masquerade was the theme of the banquet. We all helped set up with the tables, scrubbing the walls, bring materials, and more! Most of the middle schoolers came to the banquet and had a lot of fun. We had a dessert bar and pizza for food! The seniors played some awesome music and more than 75% of us danced. We had awards where their classmates voted on who gets what award. Overall the banquet was fun! The other activity we did was the boat trip to Molokini and Makena to snorkel. All of the middle school went on the “Ocean Discovery” which was the name of the boat. They gave us breakfast which was pineapples, oranges, and apple scones! It took us about an hour to get to Molokini and took us like 10 minutes for the boat to taxi into the area. When we were given the “go” to jump into the water everyone started having a lot of fun! People did backflips and frontflips off the side of the boat near the jump spot and other people snorkeled under the water to see all of the fish. There was a stingray and I dove under the water to swim with it. It was a lot of fun until I ran out of breath. When we were done they started cooking lunch while heading to Makena. Before we went to Makena we went behind Molokini and it was a rough and fun ride. It was like a mini rollercoaster! When we arrived we anchored down and went in. It was a lot deeper this time. It was 20 feet deep or more because when we jumped into the water the sea floor was really far down. The funniest part about this was when we were trying to find a turtle and the turtle accidently bumped into Jonathon, and he didn’t know what it was. We all yelled, “There’s a turtle there’s a turtle!” He replied “Where?! Where?!” Everyone started laughing at what happened (check out our comic this week) . This was probably the best trip we had in the middle school. Another trip that occurred this year was the 7th grade Hilo trip. The whole 7th went to Hilo to do lots of exploring and learning of the island of Hawaii. We got to go to the Kilauea Caldera at night and look at the lava glow from a distance. We went at night, so it was very cold. We even got to go to the Hilo zoo and we saw an albino tiger, along with many other cool animals. We slept in a military camp, and there were many activities to do there, like bowling, play games at the arcade, and more! We went on many hikes, and we even got to go on a hike in a lava tube. We went to Mauna Loa and saw all the people who made the chocolate covered macadamia nuts, and how the process is done. My favorite personal part of the trip was seeing the waterfall. The school year was very fun for all of us and we wish everyone who is leaving the middle school and joining the middle school a very fun time. There will be times where we will suffer from too much homework or boring class lectures, but if we do good we will be rewarded with fun activities. On behalf of the middle school, I wish you all a very awesome time in summer! Interviews:Do you have anything special planned for the summer? Lei Ana B.: I am going to do Paddling. Ari L.: I am mostly just going to hangout with Brody and Jayla. Mrs. R: I'm going to Australia How did you like this year at St. Anthony? Explain? LB: I liked it, all the teachers and students were so kind. Ari: Yes, it was very different then the grade school. Change is always good. R: I think the thing I liked about St. Anthony this year was the Boat trip. What did you do last summer? LB: I enjoyed going to California in the summer to meet up with my Grandparents. Ari: I went to California to meet up with family. R: I don't know but I'm sure it was fun. What is your favorite thing about summer? LB: No School Ari: Going to the beach with my Friends R: Having no agenda Are you excited for next year? LB: Yes, I am excited to see my friends again. Ari: Yes R: I will once July rolls around . What's your favorite thing about this semester? LB: Competing in track Ari: Brody Reformina R:The Boat Trip Are you going to continue to play sports in summer? LB: Yes, volley ball Ari: Yes, volleyball R: Run and swim Are you coming back next year? LB: Yes Ari: yes R: Yes What was your favorite thing about this year? LB: Spending time with my friends Ari: Spirit week R: The boat trip Comic
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The highlights of the year! My name is Kali S. and I’m the reporter for this week. I will be covering some of the most exciting and fun events for this school year. Many students went to outer island trips like the STEM conference and Hilo trip for the seventh graders. We also had many on island events such as the Morey Challenge, homecoming, Song Fest, Lipsync, Halloween carnival, Mr. AJ’s middle school guidance entrepreneurship days, and numerous field trips. We also have many events coming up like our Masquerade Middle School Banquet, Molokini Trip, Band concert, and the step up ceremony for eighth graders. This year the seventh graders went to Hilo and learned about Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Hilo was very fun and action packed for everyone. Just very recently, many students went to the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) conference on Oahu. It was very, very fun and we got many new opportunities and experiences. Mr.C, Mr.AJ, and many parents accompanied many sixth, seventh, and eighth graders on this trip. This year the sixth and eighth graders went to the courtroom, eighth grade went on a whale watch, and everyone participated in spirit and homecoming week. It was very interesting to learn about many different cases in the courtroom and a very fun trip on the whale watch. Spirit week and homecoming was absolutely crazy and so was our Halloween carnival. Mr.AJ’s students did amazing on their entrepreneurship days and many students enjoyed their delicious food and creative ideas. Many new things are coming our way and we are all excited about what's to come for us all. what are your thoughts?
Haylee: We did better than I thought! Mya: It was fun, and something new. Toa: I didn’t enjoy losing during Songfest, but we did very well in Lip Sync. Max: Songfest was kind of cringe to me. Devon: They were both very fun. Josh: I thought it was fun and I am excited to do it again next year. SpotlightJaden (8th grade)
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