The new frontier: charter schools
February 13, 2012 • Savannah Buckley, Staff Writer
The question remains: what in the world is a charter school? A charter school is schools where a group of five or so teachers come together and apply for state funding and start their own school. A charter school is a form of a public school, but with nowhere near the amount of controversial things going... Read more »
WEB
February 13, 2012 • Racheal Pomietlo, Staff Writer
WEB, where everybody belongs. Web is a program where 8th graders help welcome and help a group of 6th graders throughout the year! In WEB you get to have a small group and hangout with 6th graders! The 8th graders have meetings where they plan fun things to do with their WEB groups. People are questioning... Read more »
WEB: Is it necessary?
February 13, 2012 • Mitchel McGillis, Staff Writer
Ever heard of WEB? No, not like a spider web. WEB stands for Where Everybody Belongs, and it includes all 6th graders and only a select group of 8th graders. I am a WEB leader, a person who helps a small group of new coming 6th graders. There are two web leaders per group, and that group has six... Read more »
The eighth grade
February 13, 2012 • Brooklyn Hauge, Staff Writer
Do teachers give you enough freedom in 8th grade? Yes, they give you freedom if you have respect for the teachers. Sometimes students think it’s not necessary to have respect towards teachers. As a result you will not have very much freedom in 8th grade. Most teachers try to make your last middle school... Read more »
A dress code at CFMS
February 13, 2012 • Ashely Altmann, Staff Writer
So you roll out of bed every morning. How would you like to know that you have to wear the same things as everyone else, every single day? This is a big question here at CFMS. Should we have a dress code, or shouldn’t we? Brooke Rooney thought that she would dislike a dress code because she would like... Read more »
The new sixth grade
February 13, 2012 • Angel Hasselink, Staff Writer
How did you feel as you entered middle school? New friends. New teachers. New school. What if you happened to come to Wisconsin’s third largest school? During the 6th grade lunch period, I went up to some of the students and asked them their opinions on the middle school. “What do you... Read more »
Backpack use at CFMS
February 10, 2012 • Shannon Diederichs, Staff Writer
Backpacks- the handy carrier of all books, folders, pencils, etc., but here at CFMS, backpacks are not allowed in classes or in the halls during the school periods. The students I have recently interviewed would prefer carrying backpacks instead of books in their arms, to be more efficient. However,... Read more »
Mr. Zabrowski Exposed
April 14, 2011 • Brady S., Writer
Everyone at the Chippewa Falls Middle School has had or heard about Mr. Zabrowski one time or another. Everyone knows about the plethora of knowledge that he exhibits to his students every single day. But then I got thinking, did he always want to be a teacher? How did he get so smart? So I decided to... Read more »
Random Questions for Random People
January 26, 2011 • Kourtney, Writer
What do chickens think we taste like? Tyana: bad, nasty. Anonymous: chicken. Adriana: salt, gooey, nasty Sam: salty. Cooler than you: cow poop. Smarter than you: chicken When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it? Tyana: dogs. Anonymous: cats Adriana: people Sam: people who make it Cooler... Read more »
WKCE Testing
January 25, 2011 • Emma, Writer
That time of year had come again. WKCE testing. The statewide tests for kids in 3rd-8th grade and 10th grade I had my own opinion of the tests, but I wanted to know other people’s opinion on WKCE testing. I asked Kenzi S, Brooke N, Hadyn H, Haley M, and Claire M. Here was their opinion on a few of... Read more »
