The Official Newsletter of Gregory-Portland Middle School: Home of the World’s Greatest Students!

Academic

UIL

winners:

Brodie

Mitchel,

Diego

Aguillon,

Adrian

Galvan,

Natalie

DeLeon,

Emma

Denton &

Erin

Ebers.

More

details

inside!

Photo by

Brooke

Moreno

GPMS Gazette March, 2019

Brought to you by students

in the GPMS Press Corps!

Jonathon Martinez

Executive Editor

Visit www.g-pisd.org/gpms/community to view,

download, and/or print your own copies in…

March “color” by Jessie Riojas

GPMS NEWS News Editor: Faith Pitts (with help from Toonie, the Press Corps Broonie)

Math Counts

By Melany Castillo

Photos provided by Collen Johnson

3rd-place winners (left-to-right, above) Lleyton

Davidson, Elisabeth Miller, Eli Gerick and Elena Miller

represented GPMS at the February 2, 2019 Math Counts

meet. The team was selected by Mrs. Biediger, and

some volunteered. The team can only have 4 students.

Mrs. Biediger selected them from her UIL team. There

were additional students who went to the November

practice round. Eight students participated in the

practice meet last fall.

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(Math Counts, continued from previous page)

The Nueces Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers and some local companies

sponsor the event each year to challenge 6th-8th grade students with engineering-type problem

solving. The competition consists of several different tests and a team test, like the UIL Math

competitions. Currently they provide a stipend of up to $500 each competition year to up to two

teachers per school for attendance at a free workshop in the fall with continuing education credits

($100), the practice ($200) and the competition ($200). Mrs. Biediger will be at the meet as coach.

“If any teachers would like to help me at the competition, they would be eligible for a partial

stipend,” she said.

Members of the GPMS Math UIL team calculated in a MathCounts meet on Dec. 8, 2018

sponsored by Nueces Chapter of Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Events include

Sprint, Target, Team and Countdown - a buzzer beating live action contest. Quinn Smith, 8th

grade, placed 10th overall in the individual competition. Contestants (pictured above, left-to-

right) were Elena Miller, Lleyton Davidson, Peyton Felchak, Olivia Kohleffel, Luke Kohleffel,

Eli Gerick, Quinn Smith, and Austin Nguyen.

Cats Club

By Kendall Lopez

On Jan 11, students that were eligible to go on the Cats Club field trip went to Bowlero in

Corpus. Students were provided with a $7 arcade card, and most students brought extra money

for food, drinks, and Laser tag. Students had 2 hours to play and bowl. Students had their own

personal lane to bowl in with as many people as they want to bowl in the lane with them.

Students could also order food from their lanes, as well as order dessert, drinks, and appetizers.

In the arcade portion, there were games such as Flappy Birds, Angry Birds, and even a virtual

roller coaster ride. Students could go in the photo booth to remember the trip, and they can save

up tickets to get prizes in a machine. When the 2 hours was up, students and teachers loaded up

the buses to come back to school. After returning to school, students ate their ordered sack

lunches or their lunch brought from home. Then, students volunteered to

play rounds of volleyball.

The next Cat's Club will be March 21st for 6th grade, and March 22nd

for 7th & 8th grade. We will be going to Jumping World in Flour Bluff.

Attendance By: Zoey Lankford

January 31,2019-February 07,2019 95.49 %

February 08,2019-February 14,2019 96.30 %

February 15,2019-February 21,2019 94.55 %

February 22,2019-February 28,2019 94.12 %

Be sure to come to school whenever possible. Stay healthy!

Student of the Month - February Winners By: Rylee Martinez

Congratulations to these outstanding students: 6th grade Winners: Bella Reed & Paul Sellers

7th grade Winners: Bayleigh Reed, Davian Guevara, & Ruben Flores

8th grade Winners: Brooke Moreno & Vincent Nguyen

Library News

By Juan Hinojosa

During the month of

February, you could go

on a “mystery date” with

a book! People would

come by the library and

see the “Blind Date with

a Book” display. All

books were brand new

and wrapped. You would

simply select a book

based on the description

of it “Things went very

well, everybody was

respectful and treated the

books with care,” said

Mrs. Doty & Mrs.

Costilla.

“It pretty good,” said

Jesse Riojas.

Madysen Whitfield and

Braelin Cates (pictured

left) were the first to

select their books from

the “Blind Date with a

Book” display.

Box Tops for Education

Mr. Thomas, Room C112

Turn your trash into cash for our school! Please clip, collect and

bring your Box Tops coupons to school. Money raised will

support our school library! Box Tops collection bins are located

in the front office, the library, and several teachers’

classrooms. For more information about the program and/or to

register as a supporter of our school, please

visit www.boxtops4education.com

Spelling Bee

By Jaden Velasco

Pictures by Savannah Diaz-Korff & Faith Pitts

We had a spelling Bee in the auditorium on February 20th. Here is a list of contestants:

Madison Boomer

Connor Carr

Chloe Smith

Madison

Carmickle

Lindy Rodgerrs

Danish Niazi

Rufino Medado

Jenna Rodriguez

Brayden Garcia

Erica Estrada

Harlyn Falor

Lauren Spencer

Genesis Valdez

Ayden

Hernandez

Quinn Smith

Diego Aguillon

Taelor Fritz

Alyssa Shaffie

Eva Huckaby

Elena Miller

Reed Dooms

Giovanni Correa

Jordan Milam

Jazmin Jackson

Gabriella

Flores

Mallory Hendryz

Malerie Mendoza

Levi Welch

Hailey Rasmussen

Caitlyn Byrne

Reanna Aguirre

Carson

Guidry

Jacob Kohleffel

Angelina Ortiz

David Sanchez

Myles Holden

Benjamin Palacios

Sage Moss

Ruben Cuevas

Vince Esqueda

Kenneth Voyles

Cadence Phelphs

Eli Gerick

Madden Schoener

Victoria Garcia

Damien

Quesada

Estevan Martinez

Elisabeth Miller

Makayla

Rodriguez

(Results on next

page)

(Spelling Bee, continued from previous page)

2019 GPMS Spelling Bee Champions! It was a close win, but in the end, Quinn Smith (now

eligible for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.) won 1st place. The winning

word was “obsidian”. Hailey Rasmussen got 2nd place and Eli Gerick got 3rd (pictured above, in

that order).

Mark Your Calendar!

There are a lot of exciting events happening at GPMS; to see what

they are when they will happen, visit the school’s website, or click

the link below!

https://www.g-pisd.org/gpms/calendar/happening-now-event-calendar

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Got News? If you have information or pictures for the GPMS Gazette’s

News section, please contact our News Editor, Faith Pitts!

Pe ple Section

Editor, Madison Snody

Meet Mrs. San Juanita

Perez

By Ginny Carey, Photo by, Eagle Imaging

What do you do at GPMS? I teach 6th grade

Science. I try to inspire my students to

appreciate and respect the world around

them and understand how it works.

Education/experience: Bachelor’s Degree

from University of Texas at San Antonio in

2006, I have been a teacher at G-PISD since

spring 2007. For 12 years I was a member of the Texas Regional

Collaborative for Excellence in Science Education: this organization

allowed me to grow as an educator. TRC has given me some valuable

experience that I have been able to bring back to my classroom. For 2

years I worked with the UT STEM Center to expand my knowledge in

technology and Computer Science. I am always ready to learn more

and find resources to use in my classroom!

Hobbies: I love spending time with my family! I also love to travel. This

past summer I was able to travel to Canada; while there, I visited

Niagara Falls and it was amazing! It is my goal to visit every National

park in the U.S.; I have already been to most of the parks in the west.

Favorite Book(s): I also love to read. I currently have two favorites:

Fish in a Tree by Lynda Hunt and What If? By Randall Munroe (I often

refer to this book during class if the content is relevant). I have many

students that like to ask “WHAT IF questions, and I will not ever

answer a “what if” question because there are usually too many

variable to consider to come up with a precise answer.

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Mrs. San Juanita Perez (continued from previous page.)

Favorite Game(s): Monopoly, Risk, Scrabble and Words with Friends.

Family game night occurs at least once a month in my home and we are

competitive. Thanks to my son, I recently started playing a card game

called “Magic the Gathering” and it is my goal to beat him every time we

play.

Favorite music, artist or genre: I enjoy listening to all kinds of music.

some of my favorite bands that are in my playlist at the moment include:

Rush, The Eagle, Green Day, John Mayer, Post Modern Jukebox,

Metallica, Blink 182, Chicken Foot, Queen, Paramore, Pink Floyd, Van

Halen, George Strait, Joe Satriani and Fleetwood Mac.

Something about me that might surprise people: When I was in 7th grade

I missed half the school year! It is not as fun as it sounds…… I was

homeschooled because I broke my ankle into really bad and was not

allowed to go to school. I had to have two surgeries to fix it and was

in a cast for almost 5 months.

Meet Coach Christopher Kasner

By: Bella Rodriguez

What do you do at GPMS? Boys athletic

coordinator, head 7th-grade football,

basketball, assistant track, 7th grade Science

experience: it's my 19th year at GPMS

Hobbies: Family time, fishing, snow skiing

Favorite Book: The Bible

Favorite Game: Any game I play with my daughters

Favorite music: Christian music- favorites are Crowder, Skillet,

Switchfoot, and any Bethel Music

Something about me that might surprise people: I love snow skiing! I

have been to numerous places in Colorado and New Mexico snow skiing

over the past 28 years. I also used to be the lead singer in a Christian

rock.

Meet: Coach Lori Wilson

By: Maddy Gross

What do you do at GPMS? I teach PE, Adapted PE,

girls athletics and I coach 7th grade girls

basketball and track and serve as the Middle

School girls athletic coordinator

Education/experience: I have been teaching for 29

years and 25 here at GP

Hobbies: I enjoy kickboxing and spending time with

family and friends

Favorite Book: I like reading anything mindless with a happy ending

during the summer when I have time

Favorite Game(s): I like basketball, softball and track

Favorite music: I like country music and motivational sports music

Something about me that might surprise people: I started the GP High

School varsity girls’ softball program 25 years ago.

Meet: Mrs. Lucia Mendez

By Zoey Lankford, photo by Eagle Imaging

What do you do at GPMS? I am the Registrar at

GPMS.

Education/experience: I graduated from Del

Mar College with a certificate in General

Office and a certificate as a Medical Secretary.

I have worked in education over 10 years. This is

my 4th year at GPMS. I worked at Del Mar

College as a records clerk in the Registrar

Office and the Counseling and Testing offices for 5 years. I subbed

and worked as a paraprofessional at Sinton ISD for 7 years. Prior to

that I subbed for one year at Calallen ISD and Odem-Edroy ISD.

Hobbies: My hobbies are going to the movies and spending as much

quality time with my 5 grandbabies and working on all kinds of crafts.

Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Twilight and

Fantastic Beast series. continued on next page.)

Mrs. Lucia Mendez (continued from previous page.)

Favorite Game(s): My favorite games are Mahjong, Sequence, Checkers,

Solitaire, Mancala, Monopoly and Backgammon.

Favorite music, artist or genre: All kinds of music

Something about me that might surprise people: I swam with sharks in

the Gulf of Mexico, summer of 1987, while on vacation in Tampico,

Tamaulipas. What a scary experience that was! never again.

Meet Lorraine Ramirez

By: Marky Trevino, Photo by Eagle Imaging

What do you do at GPMS? I am the Secretary

for Special Programs Dept/Asst. Principal

Vaseliades

Education/experience: I have over 12 years

experience working with school districts. I

possess an Associate's Degree.

Hobbies: My hobbies are Home Improvements. I

love helping people to renovate their homes. I

enjoy demolishing old kitchens and baths and laying the Ground work

for the new kitchen and baths. I love decorating. I also enjoy fishing

and crabbing.

Favorite Book: I don’t really have a favorite book, but I do enjoy

reading about real estate investing quite a bit.

Favorite Games: Any favorite games… no not really. I’m not much into

video games but if I had to choose a video game, I would say PACMAN. I

enjoy most games, so I really do not hold a favorite. I won’t play

baseball or football but I will play basketball and volleyball…..

OHHH! Wait…I truly enjoy playing poker and 21!

Favorite music, artist or genre: I truly enjoy country music. George

Strait and Garth Brooks are some of my classic favs. I’ve got to admit

Dolly Parton’s songs can bring a smile to my face as well. Tejano

music is a close 2nd.

Something about me that might surprise people: Hmmm… I’m not sure, I

guess I’d have to say I love horror movies. I’m a real screamer! If you’re

ever at the movies and you happen to be watching a horror flick and

you hear a deathly scream, chances are that would be me …. Lol. And

not on purpose either.

A&E SectionEditor: Isabella Baietto

Bull with a Red ApronBy: Cadence PhelpsLife may want to bring you down, don’t let it. Lift yourself from the restraints holding you away from it all. Reality hits like a bull, it will knock you down over and over again. Sometimes you may feel as if you’re in a rodeo, keep going and don’t let go. Fight it with a red apron, as if to say, “Come at me, I’m willing to take the hit.” Sometimes when you take the hit, it hurts. Don’t let that stop you, heal from it and keep going. Sometimes others will put on their red aprons and run with you. In some situations, more than one bull will come at you and you have to fight alone. Keep fighting until you beat them. Never give up and fight for what you will.

A&E (Arts & Entertainment) MascotBy: Isabella Baietto

Introducing the new A&E Mascot!! This is Renzo! Every month, Renzo will appear on a random page of the A&E Section. The first person to find him and e-mail me (Isabella Baietto) what page you found him on, will be featured in the A&E section of the Gazette for the issue after that. Make sure you’re looking for him, Renzo will start appearing in this section starting next month! Sometimes you will spot Renzo with Bob and Rob or sometimes he’ll be flying solo.

Renzo

Crossword Puzzle made by: Isabella Baietto

Renzo & Friends

Collected Dad Jokes?From http://pun.me/pages/dad-jokes.php

“One time I had a dream that I was a muffler, and I woke up exhausted!”

- Isabella B.

“Did you hear about the restaurant on the moon? Great food, no atmosphere”

“Why are teddy bears never hungry? Because they’re stuffed!”

- Isabella B.

“What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta!”

-Isabella B.

“What do you call cheese that’s not yours? Nacho Cheese!”

-Rylee M.

“How many apples grew on the tree? All of them…DUH!”

“What’s brown and sticky? A stick!”

- Madison S.

“Want to hear a joke about paper? Never mind, it’s TEARable.”

“Why did the coffee file a police report? It got mugged!”

“Want to hear a joke about construction? I'm still working on it.”

“What do you call a guy with rubber toes? Roberto.”

- Isabella B.

A&E Themes “A&E Themes” was suggested by Skyla Martini

“A&E Themes” is where a theme will be selected and posted in (A&E

section) the Gazette. The theme will be for the following month, anyone who would like to write a story/article, draw/paint something that has to do with the theme. (Ex. If the theme is “Heroes” then you can write a story about a hero, or draw your own hero) If you’d like to request a theme, email Isabella Baietto.

Next month’s Art/Writing theme will be… “Best of Books”

“Best of Books” means you can write a short alternate ending to a story/book that you’ve read, or draw what you think one of the characters from the book would look like.

Choir FundraiserBy: Bella Rodriguez

In February, the GPMS choir kicked off their Simply Sheets spring fundraiser. This year, the money the fundraiser makes will be added to the choir budget, but, most importantly, so choir students can earn money toward their spring trip. I know buying sheets sounds weird, but if you tell your parents, they will understand. Right now is the perfect time to buy sheets.There were two ways to buy your very own set. Customers could choose to buy on-paper or online.Student-collected paper orders were turned in byWednesday, March 6th.If you missed out, you may still be able to order online, with a credit or debit card. The company will send the sheets directly to your shipping address within 3–5 business days. Here’s the link:https://shop.simplysheetsfundraising.com/campaign/5c646896524043001ff8407e

**Answers will appear in next month’s A&E Section**

**Answers will appear in next month’s A&E Section**

Do You Wish To Be

Entertained?

Theatre News By: Victoria Smith

According to Mrs. Leisher’s teacher page, “in addition to

building humorous and dramatic characters and scenes,

students will collaborate to create choreography, write

and play music and sound effects, design unique lighting

and effects, and design and build costuming that all help

build the theme and mood of the world of the play.”

Cast includes: Jackson Blasy, Madison Carmickle, Serina

Colley, Tyler Dobbs, Cole Dowell, Emma Faughts, Zoe

Garza, Sami Gregory, Megan Griffith, Eva Huckaby,

Toni Joskiewich, Camryn Kahl, Abby Krisl, Jade Lucero,

Madelyn Makar, Mia Munoz, Kylee Powers, Brita Rhodes,

Lindy Rodgers, Alyssa Shaffie, Kori Simmons, Lauren

Spencer, Nina Steele, Austin Watts, and William Watts.

Thank you for all of those who attended the GPMS Asylum

play on February 22!

Down

1. The Wizard (Include the

“. 2. Needs revenge on

Thanos

”)

3. Bruce Banner

5. "Wankanda Forever!"

6. The red witch

12. Our most iconic

patriotic boy

13. Intergalactic space

pirate

14. Man Metal Man

Across

4. Thanos's #2 adopted

blue kid

5. Metal armed toy soldier

7. Red haired goddess 8.

The God of Mischief 9.

Big purple man with

gauntlet

10. The bus driver

11. Tree Boy

13. "Mr. Stark, I don't feel

so good"

15. The man with a

hammer

16. Holder of the Mind

Stone

17. Thanos's #1 adopted

kid

18. Groot's Best Friend

“(Some Of) Marvel's Infinity War Characters”By: Victoria Smith

With Cheeto dust on his hands and down his triple chin, Juan plays “Fortnit” in his room across the cheese puff covered table...

“This is an accurate representation of me.” -Juan 2019

“What is this, Jesse!?” -everyone 2019

“Send this to me!” -Rylee & (Superior) Isabella 2019

And now, a quote from who made this eye cleansing art...

“I was inspired by my good friend Juan... and boredom.” -Jesse 2019

“Every time I look at this at night, a tear sheds from my cleansed eye...” -Juan 2019

“I pray to this every night, it brings me joy.” -The Legend, Rylee 2019

“Accurate representation of Juan” By: Jesse Riojas

Foreign Music A Gazette A&E Exclusive

By: Ginny Carey

Have you ever heard of KPOP? Korean Pop is a music genre that has become very popular worldwide. BTS, Bigbang, Blackpink, Momoland, Stray kids, (g)-idle, gfriend, sistar, ikon, Monsta-X, 2ne1, 4Minute, Exo, Nct U, Nct 127, and Nct Dream, Vixx, WannaOne, EXID, Triple H, Kard, CLC, Pentagon, Iz*one, Weki Meki, 24k, Red Velevt, Loona,, Ladies Code, Twice, IOI, AOA, and Girls Generation. Are some of the groups I’m going to be introducing you to, along with the soloists, Hyuna, Minzy, Amber Liu, and Sunmi. and if you already like these groups, then you rock!

BigBang-BigBang is a five member group Including T.O.P, G-Dragon, Taeyang, Daesung, and Seungri. BigBang is signed with YG Entertainment. Their group debuted in 2006 some of their most famous songs are Sober, Fantastic Baby, Bang Bang Bang, and Loser. G-Dragon, and Taeyang both have released solos, crooked and ringa linga. They have also released their duet good boy.

Momoland-

Momoland is a female Kpop group who debuted in 2016

with MLD. They have 9 members named Hyebin,

Yeonwoo, Jane, Daisy, Taeha Nayun, JooE, Ahin, and

Nancy(she personally is my favorite member of

momoland) They received more attention when

Yeonwoo, JooE, and Nancy appeared on Hello

Counselor, A program in Korea that brings in celebrity’s

and people with concerns and solve the problems people

may be facing. Momoland has received more recognition

since their newest album, Fun to The World.

BTS-BTS is considered the most popular K-POP group. They are signed with BigHit Entertainment. They debuted in 2013 with 7 members. Kim Seokjin, Min Yoongi(my personal favorite), Jung Hoseok, Kim Namjoon, Park Jimin, Kim Taehyung, and Jeon Jungkook. Their song No More Dreams quickly took off and won serval awards with their songs Anpanman, DNA, Fake Love, Idol, and Waste It On Me.

Blackpink is a female K-POP group signed with YG Entertainment. They are YG’s only girl group, they debuted on August 6, 2016 with 4 members, Kim Jisoo, Kim Jennie, Park Chaeyoung, and Lalisa Manoban. Their latest songs, Ddu du Ddu du and Forever Young have gained a lot of popularity.

Stray Kids-Stray Kids is a male k-pop group who debuted in 2018 with 9 members, Bang Chan, Woojin, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and I.N. They are signed with JYP Entertainment and have been gaining a lot of popularity with their songs Akward Silence, My Pace, and District 9.

G-(Idle) -

G-(Idle) is a female K-Pop G-(Idle) signed

with Cube Entertainment. They debuted with

6 members. Miyeon, Minnie, Soojin, Soyeon,

Yuqi, and Shuhua. The group debuted on

May 2, 2018 with their song Latata. They

later released Hann.

GFRIEND-

GFRIEND has 6 members, Sowon, Yerin, EunHa, Yuju, SinBand Umji. They made their debut with the EP Season of Glass on January 16, 2015. They have won multiple awards since.

Sistar-Sistar is a female K-Pop formed with Starship Entertainment. They debuted in 2010 with 4 members, Hyolyn, Bora, Soyou, and Dasom. They disbanded in 2016.

Ikon-Ikon is a South Korean boy band with

6 members B.I, Bobby, Jinhwan, Ju-

ne, Yunhyeong, Donghyuk and

Chanwoo. They debuted in 2015 with

YG Entertainmenrt and gained much

popularity with their songs Killing Me,

Bling Bling, and Rhythm Ta.

Monsta X-Monsta X is a 7 member boy band signed with Starship Entertainment. They debuted in 2015 with 7 members Wonho, Minhyuk, Hyungwon, Jooheon, Kihyun, Shownu, and I.M. Their song Hero, Dramarama, and Shoot Out pulled a lot of popularity for them.

2NE1-2NE1 is a female girl group formed in 2009.

They debuted with four members Bom, CL,

Dara, and Minzy. They were quickly

considered the best female kpop groups with

their release of “I Am The Best” and “Come

Back Home” but alas all good things must

come to an end. Fans started calling Minzy

plastic surgery monster. Minzy left so the

other girls could keep going but the group

disbanded later in November of 2015

4Minute-4Minute is a 5 member formed in 2009 by Cube

Entertainment. Nam Ji-hyun, Heo Ga-yoon, Jeon

Ji-yoon, Kim Hyun-a, and Kwon So-hyun were

the members of the band. They released their

most popular songs Whatcha Doin’ Today,

Crazy and Hate. They were quickly gaining

popularity. In 2016 4Minute disbanded and only

Hyuna renewed her contract.

EXO-EXO is a 6-member male group formed by SM Entertainment in 2012. The members are Suho, Baekhyun, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai, Sehun, Xiumin, Lay and Chen. Their songs Call Me Baby, KoKo Bop, Tempo, Power, and Growlquickly drew in popularity for them.

NCT U-NCT U is one of the three NCT units. NCT’s members Taeil, Taeyong, Kun, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun, Winwin, Jungwoo, Lucas, and Mark Debuted on one April 4th, 2016. Becoming the first unit of NCT.

VIXX-The six members of VIXX are N, Leo,

Ken, Ravi, Hongbin and Hyuk debuted in

2012 with Jellyfish Entertainment. They

have released many songs and have

been getting more fans every day.

NCT 127-NCT 127 was debuted as the 2nd

NCT unit on July 1st, 2016 with

nine members Taeyong, Taeil,

Johnny, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun,

Winwin, Jungwoo, Mark, and

Haechan.

NCT Dream-NCT Dream debuted As the 3rd unit of NCT on August 24th. The unit consisted of 7 members Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Chenle, and Jisung. NCT fans are still waiting for the release of the 4th and final unit, NCT China.

Wanna1-

Wanna1 is a South Korean boy band formed through the survival show Produce 101 Season 2 by the company CJ E&M. They debuted with eleven members in 2017 with Kang Daniel, Park Ji-hoon, Lee Dae-hwi, Kim Jae-hwan, Ong Seong-wu, Park Woo-jin, Lai Kuan-lin, Yoon Ji-sung, Hwang Min-hyun, Bae Jin-young and Ha Sung-woon.

Short for Exceed in Dreaming, these five beautiful girls have been burning the stage since February 2012. The girls Solji, LE, Hani, Hyelin and Jeonghwahave released many songs. Up & Down, Hey Boy, and their most recent releaser I Love You has greatly grown their fandom.

Hui, Hyuna, an E’dawn are the three members of Triple H. Hui and E’dawn are members of the kpop group Pentagon andHyuna, the world wide famous soloist, were put in this group together and gaining a lot of love and attention. When Hyuna and E’dawn came out and said they were dating, they were removed from Cube and Triple H disbanded.

Kard is one of the very few groups that have men and women in it. Kard was formed by DSP Media. J.seph, B.M, Somin and Jiwoo are the four members that make up Kard. Their songs Hola Hola and Oh Na Na have gained a lot of popularity for them.

EXID-

Triple H-

Kard-

CLC-

CLC is a 6 member group signed

with Cube Entertainment. They

debuted in 2016, Yujin, Seungyeon,

Sorn, Yeeun, Elkie, and Eunbin.

Their songs Black Dress, and have

been very popular and have gained

a lot of popularity for the group.

Pentagon-

Jinho, Hui, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo One, Yan An, Yuto, Kino and Wooseok are the nine members that make up Pentagon. The former band member E’Dawn was removed from the group after it was released that he was dating soloist Hyuna.

Iz*One debuted on October 29th, 2018 with their song Color*Iz. They have 9 members Kwon Eun-bi, Sakura Miyawaki, Kang Hye-won, Choi Ye-na, Lee Chae-yeon, Kim Chae-won, Kim Min-joo, Nako Yabuki, Hitomi Honda, Jo Yu-ri, Ahn Yu-jin and Jang Won-young. There most popular song is La Via En Rose. Interesting fact: the age range is from 14 to 23.

Weki Meki-Weki Meki has become a very popular girl group with here songs Crush, and I don’t Like Your Boyfriend. They debuted on August 7th, 2017. They have 8 members Ji Suyeon, Elly, Choi Yoo-jung, Kim Do-yeon, Sei, Lua, Rina, and Lucy.

24K-

On September 6, 2012 24K debuted with there song Hurry Up. They debuted with 8 members Cory, Kisu, Sungoh, Jeonguk, Jinhong, Changsun, Hongseob, Kiyong. Their popular songs Bingo, Super Fly, and Still 24K.

Red Velvet-

Red Velvet is a quickly growing female Kpop group. There debut song Happiness gained a lot of popularity. The original group consisted of Wendy, Irene, Seulgi, and Joy. The youngest member Yeri joined the group later on. The girls latest songs Power Up and Really Bad Boy have become very popular.

Loona-

Loona is a 12 member girl group. They debuted in 2018 with there song Hi High. The twelve members are HeeJin, HyunJin, HaSeul, YeoJin, ViVi, Kim Lip, JinSoul, Choerry, Yves, Chuu, Go Won, Olivia Hye. They form the three sub units Loona 1/3, Loona Odd Eye Circle, and Loona yyxy.

Ladies Code-Ladies Code is a female group, they are on the list of groups that may disband due to two of their members passing away in a car crash. The original line consisted of Ashley, EunB, Sojung, Zuny and RiSe. The group debuted in 2013 and lost EunB and RiSe due to a fatal car crash in 2014. The group Came back in 2016 and their latest song ‘The Last Holiday’ has gotten fans worried that the disbandment rumors might actually be true.

Twice-

Twice is a female Kpop group that

has been getting bigger and

bigger everyday. They have

become very popular with their

songs being released multiple

times. What Is Love, BDZ, Dance

The Night Away, Likey, andYes or

Yes have been very successful.

Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo,

Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun,

Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu are the

nine members of Twice.

IOI-

IOI is a female group with 11 members Lim Na-young, Kim Chung-ha, Kim Se-jeong, Jung Chae-yeon, Zhou Jieqiong, Kim So-hye, Yoo Yeon-jung, Choi Yoo-jung, Kang Mi-na, Kim Do-yeon and Jeon So-mi. They debuted on May 4, 2016 with the EP Chrysalis and actively promoted as a whole and as a sub-unit for less than a year.

AOA-

AOA is seven member

kpop group with the

original line up with 9

members but went to

seven after 2 left. Choa,

Jimin, Yuna, Youkyung,

Chanmi, Hyejeong,

Seolhyun, and Mina make

up AOA.

Girls Generation-

Girls Generation (also known as SNSD) is one of the most loved female Kpop groups. There song Gee and I Got A Boy are very popular. Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun are the eight members of SNSD the original line up consisted of one more member Jessica.

Hyuna-

Hyuna was an Idol for ten years with Cube Entertainment. She is loved by many people and her songs are very popular. Red, Roll Deep, and How’s This are very famous songs. In 2018 it was revealed that Hyuna and Pentagon member E’dawn were dating for 2 years. Both Idols were removed from the company and have been happily dating in the public eye since.

Minzy-

Minzy, the former 2NE1 member, is starting to begin her solo career. Leaving 2NE1 for being called names like plastic surgery monster for the way she looks. She is getting back into the and trying to start releasing her own songs.

Amber Liu-Amber Liu is a part of the kpop group F(x) but she releases her own songs as well. Her song Borders is a very popular song. The song is about how people see her as a celebrity and don’t realize she is still a human with feelings and trying to tell people not to be afraid to be who they are.

Sunmi-Sunmi is very well know and loved soloists. As a former member of Wonder Girls she had gained a lot of popularity before she began releasing her own songs. Her songs Heroine, Siren, and Gashina are very popular.

March Features Madelynn Gross, Features Editor

(with help from Toonie, the Press Corps Broonie)

GT Field Trip By Marky Trevino

On January 29, GT (Gifted & Talented) students went on a field trip to Early Scholars

Academy in Corpus Christi. The theme of the trip was communication and careers.

The students had to escape 9 different themed escape rooms. The students learned

about different careers associated with the themes. The themes include a rainforest,

the polar region, submarine and ocean, a greenhouse studying plants and insects, an

animal room studying wild and domestic animals, healthy living, space, a community

cityscape, and Earth’s elements. The escape rooms help develop collaboration,

problem solving, and critical thinking for the students. The students spent the time

after the trip at the Portland fire station and learned about being a firefighter.

Hopefully they all learned a lot and had a

good time.

Above: Aaron Lowry, Dylan Mauch, Aiden

Aguinaldo, Chloe Smith, Sabrina De la Fuente,

Elena Miller, Olivia Kohleffel

Above Right: Engineer Swarek, Bella Rizo, Alayna Villerreal, Braelin Cates, Farah

Standley, Camden Woodall, Matthew Rush

6th-grade Science ProjectsPhoto story by Savannah Diaz-Korff

The projects above were created by Kaden Diaz-Korff, Dulcemaria Perez, Jeneva Tagaloa, Jalysa Alvarado

& Sabrina Delacruz, and on display in the upstairs D wing!

Scavenger Hunt By: Marky Trevino

The GPMS Gazette has created a new idea. We are creating a

super scavenger hunt. We will have questions that come from

previous Gazettes, and you could answer them for the chance to

win a prize of... who knows?

* When was the first pep rally this school year?

* Who wrote “The Sun Shines” poem?

* When does the chess club meet?

* Who wrote the comic about the little duck?

* Who is the GPMS Gazette’s Executive Editor?

* Where are the student printers?

* When was the Halloween Dance?

* When was the first picture day?

* When was the Favorites Dance?

* Where was the first Cats Club supposed to have taken place?

If you have all the answers, use your GP student e-mail account

to contact Marky Trevino for your reward.

Mrs. McClary’s ELA Students Plot

the Elements of Plot in Literature A photo story by Rylee Martinez (with help from Toonie, the Press Corps Broonie)

In February, Mrs. McClary’s ELA students worked together to graph the elements of a story. Below are the work and workings of: Ian Ward, Jase Hartung, Riley Laws, Elena Miller, Sabrina De La Fuente, Reagan Rodrigue, Megan Griffith, Lleyton Davidson, Austin Nguyen, Chloe Smith, Leilani Deleon, Jalysa Alvarado, and Santiago Sanchez

Teachers: Do you have pictures of students doing great things in your

classroom? Please send them (with the names of all students pictured)

to your subject’s beat reporter or Madelynn Gross, our Features Editor!

Honor-Roll & Attendance Awards for the 2nd Nine Weeks

Photos by: Rylee Martinez

Captions & layout by: Madison Snody & Toonie

On February 1st, first-period teachers presented students with awards for “A/B Honor Roll”, “A

Honor Roll”, and “Perfect Attendance” for the 2nd nine weeks. Many of those teachers were kind

enough to send their award recipients to the GPMS Newsroom, where Press Corps photographer

Rylee Martinez took their pictures. Congratulations, students & thank you, teachers!

Honor-Roll & Attendance Awards for the 2nd Nine Weeks(Continued from previous page)

(Continued on next page)

Abigayle Nunez, Meenakshi Nair, Marissa Valenzuela, Victoria Grant,

Tyler Dobbs, Gavin Busam, Devan Escalante & Olivia Berger.

Honor-Roll & Attendance Awards for the 2nd Nine Weeks(Continued from previous page)

THE Unknown Winner

Honor-Roll & Attendance Awards for the 2nd Nine Weeks(Continued from previous page)

Opinions Jayden Campbell, Editor Welcome to the Opinions section of the March Gazette; let's get started!

Today we are starting with something new: Letters to the

Gazette’s editors!

To start off the letters, let's begin with Style! Dear Style Editor,

To start off with, the pictures that you take are unique. They’re always pictures of something

happy and with color and pop. Whenever you take pictures of someone or

something you can tell that they have meaning, and they make the Gazette

more fun to read and look at. But even though you’re an awesome

photographer and you have beautiful style, you can always make it even better

by adding different stuff and thinking of new ideas to add to the Gazette.

Maybe you can do different colors for each theme or different types of pictures

for each section of the Gazette. Honestly, other than that, I think that you’re

doing a fantastic job! You’d be a great photographer when you get older,

because you take great pictures, they always look perfect.

Sincerely, Cheyenne Rounds

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Now, let's go to A&E!

Dear A&E Editor,

I’m a big fan of your section of the Gazette! I personally love the comics and art pieces that you feature,

like in the December 2018 edition, for example. But of course, there’s always room for improvement!

For one, what's with the crazy borders? In the January 2019 edition, the snowflake design is a little large

for the page and overlaps some of the text. Then, in the February 2019 edition,

the border is, to put it simply, of terrible quality. Maybe you can keep them a

little tamer in future editions? Of course, there’s also the obvious shortage of

content, which really can’t be blamed on you. Something you can do to fix it,

however, is to respectfully encourage artists, whether they act, draw, or write, to

create and submit work for you to publish! It’s no guarantee, but it’s better than

nothing.

Sincerely, Diego Aguillon.

Dear A&E editor,

I’m writing about the band news page in the February Gazette. I loved the format

you used by putting the 1st chair people all the way to the right. It’s organized and I can

see the information easily. The only problem I have is that you should have put what

chair every person got. This would have shown which sections dominated. For example,

the saxophones dominated and got the top three chairs: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. You could have

also put the grade they’re in so people know if a 7th grader beat an 8th grader. These

things are super impressive, so you should show these things next time. Thank you.

-Vincent Nguyen

Dear Isabella Baietto,

I really enjoy your section of the Gazette! Don’t get me wrong, it’s amazing, but there are a few things I

wish you would add. I love that you put up pictures and comics, but I wish there were more. I think you

would benefit from more comics like on a Sunday newspaper. Also, more

drawings! Maybe you could do what you missed of drawings from past Gazettes

or maybe go through Gazettes from last year.

Since your part of the Gazette is art AND entertainment, you could not only put

pictures, drawings, and comics, but you could also add short stories, writing

prompts, and monthly jokes that will leave people laughing all month! I hope to

see some of these in the future Gazette articles.

Sincerely, Skyla Martini

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On to News!

News Editor,

Your article (about Communities in Schools) was very informing, yet it didn’t catch my attention. It lacks

vivid colors. It looks like you were just rushing and trying to get it done in time. That’s something I would

do LOL. Mostly all the pages have borders around them but not yours. The headings were in a simple

format. I think that adding borders and different type of lettering would make it

better. Everything looks the same through the page, so I think that’s what makes

it not worthy of catching my attention. Maybe spending more time on it would

help? I don’t know, man. I wouldn’t know how long it took you, but the

information is really good; you should keep that on there. Also, not a lot of people

know who Mrs.Abby is, so it would help if you added a picture of her. That way

the readers know who to donate Ziploc bags to. Sincerely, Angela Lumbreras

Now on to sports!

Dear Sports Editor,

In my opinion your work is very good, but I believe you could use some extra help to make it even

better. You could start off with some extra information about the coaches; for

example: list someone background information on them or winning streaks

they had in the past. For athletes, I think you could talk about all the practices

and work they put into this school. As an athlete myself it takes lots of hard

work and rules you have to follow; it’s a big task and we set examples for all, so

talking about some of these rules and examples we set could give someone

thinking about becoming an athlete information before they go into it. Thank

you for reading this and hearing my opinions.

Sincerley, Brynn German

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On to the People section!

Dear People Editor,

I find your section about the staff here at G-P Middle School very

interesting. If you were to include students in your section it would be

even more interesting. There are some very talented kids at GPMS. Why

not include students as well as teachers? Instead of asking “what is your

education or experience?” you could instead ask “what extra-curricular

activities do you participate in?” Another question you might ask students

is “what is your favorite part of GPMS?” Including students as well as

staff members in the People Section would allow the students of GPMS to

shine.

-Laura Bennett

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Thank you to all the kind students and their opinions!

Thank you for reading the opinions section!

This is a sampling of great letters and ideas from great students! If you have some

thoughts you want to share, please use your student e-mail account to contact our

Opinions Editor, Jayden Campbell.

Sp rts (March) Editor, Lauren Spencer

Ladycats “B” Team District game 7th-

grade (Alice)

By, Madi Snody, Information From, Coach Lyssy

The 7th-grade “B” Team Ladycats remain undefeated after beating Alice

in their last home district game. Scoring for the Ladycats was Leila Carpenter

with 8 points, Kathleen Miller with 7 points, & Kensley Shirley, Hailey Bustos,

and Sami Gregory with 2 points each. A great defensive job by the Ladycats

held Alice at 12 points. The Ladycats defeated Alice 21-12, and are now 7 and 0

in district play, and 10 and 0 overall, with one more game to go! Great job

Ladycats!

Ladycats “A” Team District game 7th-grade (Alice)

By, Madi Snody, Information From, Coach Lyssy

The 7th-grade “A” Team Ladycats fell short in a tough district matchup

27 to 29 to the Lady Coyotes of Alice. The Ladycats led at halftime by 1 and it

was a lead change up until the end. Rachelle Powell was high point with 14

points. Also scoring for the Ladycats was Madison Snody with 5 points,

Madison Kilgore with 4, and Madison Tietze and Brenna Meier with 2 each. A

great team effort by all.

Photo by Savannah Diaz-Korff.

Tennis

By Brandon Castilleja, Information From, Coach Esquivel

First Place Doubles 7th-Grade Boys: Revel Wicks and Ruben Flores.

Third Place Doubles 8th-Grade Boys: Kaiden Johnson and Ian Longoria.

First Place Doubles 8th-grade Girls: Abigail Molone and Anyssa Castillo.

Second place 8th-grade Singles Boys: Kadon Howard.

Group Picture: (left to right) Kaden Howard,

Blake Farr, Ian Longoria, Dale Loveland,

Braeden Gonzalez, Ethan Brymer, Kaiden

Johnson.

(top right) Ethan Brymer &Dale Loveland.

(bottom left) Revel Wicks & Rueben Flores.

Pictures provided by Coach Esquivel.

Technology Hailey Rasmussen, Editor

Keyboarding Class

Photos by Micheal Messer

Touch System Data Entry (Keyboarding) is a course for high school credit. This course prepares students to operate the

keyboard by touch and begin development of acceptable speed and accuracy levels.

Destiny Ramirez Micheal Rodriguez Desiray Ayala

Career Cruising

By Hailey Rasmussen

Career Cruising is a website that assists students in finding out what careers they might

consider studying in college. Once logged into the website, there

is a test where people can answer questions about things they

like. When the test is complete, the students will see a list of 40

possible careers that they should look into. Some careers may

include an accountant or lawyer. Students use this program

throughout middle and high school as they find out more and more about what they enjoy

most.

Here’s the website: https://public.careercruising.com/en

Robotics News By Bella Rodriguez

On February 2, the Gregory Portland Robotics team

went to competition. They started off strong. After

time had passed the Robotics team began to fall

behind, but they still had core values and the project

portion left. When the Robotics team had believed

they lost, they came in top five. Now the Robotics

team is working hard with determination for their

next competition. The competition is on March 23 in

San Antonio. See the April gazette for the results.

Did you know that you can help

the planet and the robotics team at the

same time?

Simply bring your printer’s empty inkjet cartridges to C108 and the

robotics team will recycle them for you.

Remember: inkjet cartridges will fit in the palm of your hand. We cannot

recycle larger cartridges.

Please e-mail ideas for technology-related content to our Technology

Editor, Hailey Rasmussen (me)!

Robotics winners Bella Rodriguez,

Damien Quesada, Dante Quesada,

Avery Hayward, and Diego Aguillon.

Photo by Mrs. Hayward

~.*;Style Section ;*.~

Editor: Zoe Garza

Saturday February 9th

UIL Meet Winners

7th-grade

Art

1st

place - Brody Mitchell

2nd

place - Erin Ebers

4th

place - Adrian Galvan

8th-grade

Art

1st

place - Diego Aguillion

4th

place - Emma Denton

6th

place – Natalie Deleon

6th-grade

Calculator

5th

place - Elena Miller

6th

place - Luke Kohleffel

7th-grade

Calculator

4th

place - Gael Garza

5th

place - Eli Gerick

6th

place - Camden Winkler

8th-grade

Calculator

4th

place - Quinn Smith

5th

place - Elisabeth Miller

6th

place - Jens Quam

7th-grade

Chess

3rd

place – Tomas Pacheco

7th-grade

Dictionary skills

6th

place – Caroline Waldrop

8th-grade

Dictionary skills

2nd

place - Brooke Moreno

6th-grade

Editorial Writing

2nd

place - Madysen Whitfield

7th-grade

Editorial Writing

6th

place – Madalyn Makar

8th-grade

Editorial Writing

4th

place – Davian Guevara

8th-grade

Impromptu Speaking

4th

place – Jacob Kohleffel

8th-grade

Listening Skills

3rd

place – Brooke Moreno

6th-grade

Mathematics

4th

place – Elena miller

6th

place – Lleyton Davidson

7th-grade

Mathematics

5th

place – Austin Nguyen

8th-grade

Mathematics

1st

place – Quinn Smuth

5th

place – Elisabeth miller

6th-grade

Modern Oratory

3rd

place – Eva Huckaby

4th

place – Serena Colleg

7th-grade

Modern Oratory

4th

place – Cadence Lewis

8th-grade

Modern Oratory

2nd

place – Amber Clements

5th

place – Victoria Smith

(Continued on the next page!)

6th-grade

Number Sense

5th

place – Elena Miller

6th

place – Luke Kohleffel

7th-grade

Number Sense

5th

place - Jenns Quam

6th

place – Eli Gerick

8th-grade

Number Sense

3rd

place – Quinn Smith

5th

place – Elisabeth Miller

6th

place – Gael Garza

7th-grade

Oral Reading

5th

place – Jackson Blasy

8th-grade

Oral Reading

4th

place – Skyla Martini

5th

place – Brita Rhodes

6th-grade

Project Based Art

4th

place – Bella Reid

5th

place – Cali Gregory

7th-grade

Project Based Art

3rd

place (tie) – Adrian Galvan

3rd

place (tie) - Brody Mitchell

8th-grade

Project Based Art

2nd

place – Diego Aguillon

4th

place (tie) – Emma Denton

4th

place (tie) – Natalie Deleon

7th-grade

Writing

2nd

place – Savannah Aguilar

6th

place – Kendall Lopez

6th-grade

Science

3rd

place – Reese Roach

6th

place – Cole Dowell

8th-grade

Science

3rd

place – Diego Aguillon

7th-grade

Social Studies

3rd

place – Brody Mitchell

6th-grade

Spelling

1st

place – Nayah Macaambac

7th-grade

Spelling

2nd

place – Hailey Rasmussen

5th

place – Erica Estrada

8th-grade

Spelling

6th

place – Caitlyn Byrne

TEAM AWARDS

6th-grade

Calculator – 2nd

place

6th-grade

Science – 2nd

place

6th-grade

Number Sense – 3rd

place

6th-grade

Mathematics – 2nd

place

7th-grade

Number Sense – 2nd

place

7th-grade

Mathematics – 3rd

place

7th-grade

Art – 1st

place

7th-grade

Calculator – 2nd

place

7th-grade

Social Studies – 3rd

place

8th-grade

Art – 1st

place

8th-grade

Calculator – 2nd

place

8th-grade

Science – 2nd

place

8th-grade

Dictionary Skills – 2nd

place

8th-grade

Number Sense – 2nd

place

8th-grade

Mathematics – 2nd

place

Way to go,

Wildcats!

AcademicUIL

Elizabeth Miller and Victoria Smith

Photo By : Natalie Deleon

Mrs. Jasso

Photo By: Skyla Martini

Luke Kohieffel and Elena Miller

Photo By: Brooke Moreno

Mrs. Baker and Dr. Turner

Photo by: Brooke Moreno

Spring Dance

Spring Dance

Micheal Soto, and Monicka Sanches

Photo by: Mrs. Moon

The GPMS Gazette Editorial Staff: Executive Editor – Jonathon Martinez

News - Faith Pitts

People - Madi Snody

A & E (Arts & Entertainment) - Isabella Baietto

Features - Madelynn Gross

Opinions - Jayden (Sky) Campbell

Sports - Lauren Spencer

Technology - Hailey Rasmussen

Style - Zoe Garza

GPMS Gazette Beat Reporters: Academic Booster Club - Zoey Lankford

Art - Natalie DeLeon

Attendance - Zoey Lankford

Band - Colton Renfro

Basketball (Intramural) - Melany Castillo

Box Tops Brigade – Noelani Judd

Building Trades - Jonathon Martinez

Career Investigations – Rylee Martinez

Cats Club - Kendall Lopez

Cheerleaders - Ginny Carey

Choir - Bella Rodriguez

Clerical Practice - Isabella Baietto

Communities in Schools - Jesse Riojas

Destination Imagination - Jaden Velasco

GT (Gifted & Talented) - Marky Trevino

Health – Rylee Martinez

Keyboarding - Brandon Castilleja

Library - Juan Hinojosa

Lifeskills - Cadence Phelps

NJHS - Jesse Riojas

Pep Rallies - Faith Pitts

Robotics Club - Bella Rodriguez

School Board – Hailey Rasmussen

Spanish - Jayden (Sky) Campbell

Speech - Madysen Whitfield

Student of the Month Awards -

Rylee Martinez

Student Quotes/Words of Wisdom -

Savannah Diaz-Korrf

Tennis - Brandon Castilleja

Theatre - Victoria Smith

Track – Kendall Lopez

Please use your school e-mail to contact

editors & beat reporters if you have

questions, news tips, pictures, ideas, etc.

If you would like to join the GPMS Press

Corps, please e-mail or visit Mr. Thomas in

room C112. See you next month!

Covering the News for You!

Left to right: Jonathon Martinez, Jayden

Campbell, Ginny Carey, Colton Renfro &

Gabriel Palacios in the GPMS Newsroom.