Newsletter Team

Hawk News Team/Production Team
Sponsors: Michelle Medlin and Karen Brock
 
8th Grade Team
Rayson Funderburk, Editor (CO), Production Team
Jeffrey Buice, Editor (CO), Production Team
Alyssa Brock, Service Learning Manager, Yearbook Editor
Savannah Collins, Treasurer, Yearbook Asst. Editor
McKenna Lowery, Reporter, Webmaster, Production Team
 
7th Grade Team
Adrianna Lockhart, Reporter, Production Team
Emma Freeman, Webmaster, Reporter, Production Team
Kiersten Carnes, Reporter
The Presidential Election
By: Jeffrey Buice, Editor
 
 

The Presidential Election is by far the most important election in the United States of America. It is very important that everyone who is registered to vote actually votes in the election because if everyone doesn’t vote then the numbers wouldn’t actually be everyone’s opinion being shown.


There are many issues with voting in the new day and age. One example of this is forging votes online and on the ballots. I’m not trying to be political or anything but it was proved that that’s how the Trump v. Biden election was won by Biden but yea. People do this by taking the ID of someone else or forging an ID and voting twice which, obviously, isn’t fair.


Besides all of the ways people can cheat the vote, the vote has been pretty fair ever since we elected out first president. All of the presidential elections have been a vote by the people of the United States of America with the person with the most votes by the people being the president for 4 years. People can vote them in for a second term (4 years) but a president can only serve 2 terms.


The only part that confuses me dealing with the election is that the president can’t run back to back, as far as it has been, every president that has served 2 terms has not run back to back because there has been a president to serve a term in-between a president that ran again for a second term.


I hope you enjoyed this article on the presidential election and all of the pros and cons of voting in the new day and age.

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   Should kids play football

                     Rayson Funderburk, Editor

 

 

 

Some parents are fully against football. Others are all for it. I believe that all kids should play football. One reason is,  it builds character. Character is good because it will help kids make friends. It also teaches leadership. It is good for kids to learn leadership because it will help them later in life. Finally it helps with hand eye coordination. This helps kids with skills when doing multiple tasks in life. 

 

According to the article, “Should Kids Play Football?,”  teamwork and accountability both help to build character. Teamwork helps skills like making friends, working with others. Accountability helps with being trustworthy and dependable. It will also help when kids need jobs. 

 

From my research, demonstrating integrity, hard work, and commitment to the game all teach leadership. Integrity helps with being honest and having strong moral principles. Hard work teaches you that you can’t always have things handed to you. You have to work for it. Finally, commitment to the game helps you in life to stay committed to what you love. 

 

The article “Should Kids Play Football?,” states that drills and practice help to improve hand eye coordination. Drills are a mixture of visible and physical maneuvers that will improve hand eye coordination. Practice is basically a simulation of a real game which also helps to improve hand eye coordination.

 

Building character, learning leadership, and hand eye coordination are the selling points on why kids play football. I play football and it is the best thing that is why I think kids should play football. So these are my reasons why kids should play football, and parents should allow it.

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   Sea turtles and the ocean!!!

McKenna Lowery


I really love lots of animals but mostly sea animals. My favorite animal is definitely the sea turtle. I really love how chill sea turtles are,they seem like if they were a human they would seem like a really chill person. I love how cool they look, they look super pretty because all of the green and brown that they have on their body just makes the colors look super cool. 

But something bad is happening to their population and it's very bad. The people are ruining the oceans because a lot of plastic is in the ocean from people littering.There is a bunch of plastic that is getting hung around sea turtles neck and killing them. Their population is getting lower and lower because people don’t know how to throw away their trash the right way. It is also very sad because sometimes when people ride their boats in the ocean they come around a floating sea turtle and just leave them alone even though they know that they are supposed to be helping them because they are dying. 

Another way to prevent the turtles from dying is helping the babies after they hatch out of their eggs. Most baby turtles die because they are too slow to get to the water before a bird or an animal and then get up without making it. It is really sad because this is another reason why the sea turtle population is going down slowly. But there are some ways that we can save them! You can make sure that people know that there are eggs near and that they don't damage them and also make sure that people know that it is time for eggs to hatch. We can also make sure that people don't leave trash on the beach because it can get washed into the water from the waves and get out to where the sea turtles live.

This is also very bad for the ocean because it can harm other animals and the coral.These oceans need to be protected because if they aren’t then we won’t have half the animals that we have now because of the amount of trash that is killing these animals. There is so much plastic in the ocean, I know we have not discovered it. That means there is more of the tion ocean that has more trash in it. I think that is is crazy how the oceans are dying because of inconsiderate humans who don’t understand that this is dangerous for the animals in the ocean. 

In conclusion I think that knowing about the amount of trash that is in the ocean and people are still living with it without a problem. I think that we need to start programs that help save the ocean from all this water pollution because of the amount of trash that is getting deeper and deeper into the water and causing more animals to die and go extinct.

Hey y'all my name is Emma Freeman.  I am on the Hawks News Team. I'm going to be talking about our school. At New Heights Middle School we have wonderful teachers and staff. On our news team we do a lot of things like sponsor dress down days , sell water bottles , and we also help with sports events too. This year we have these things called intersection weeks. It's where we get a week off during the school year but we also have a shorter summer. Personally, I don't like them. Our school is a uniform school and this year we are trying to get where we don't have to wear them any more. We also have a really big beta team. Every year we have to go to this big convention. Last year it was at the beach. We have a lot of things to sign up for like scrapbooking, apparel, wood working , trading pins ,and a bunch of other things . We also can’t wear crocs, flats, or slippers.  On dress down days we have to pay 2 dollars. But sometimes we have free dress down days. We also have I-ready is where we take a test at the beginning , middle , and the end of the year. But this is all about our school and here at New Heights Middle School . Hawks Soar With Pride And you take pride In yourself, your family and your school.