Author: Shanpelle Bridges

December Issue

December Birthday’s
Xavier Journey 4th
William Journey 4th
Mario Rodriguez 6th
Breon Hurt 7th
Christen Hurt 7th
Raneisha Thompkins 7th
Shanteria Hudson 9th
Iyona Brooks 12th
Elizabeth Taylor 12th
Michael Pope 13th
Dayana Brown 16th
Kamari Baldwin 18th
Labraye Glass 18th
Deante’ Reynolds 19th
Dwayne Bullard 29th

News Letter Team:
Chyaunna White
Shakara Alceus
Nala Cody
Mekhi McCoy
Taniya Scott
Shanpelle Bridges
Kenel Jackson
Tempest Bailey
Iyona Brooks

Masterpiece done by Mekhi McCoy

Dear Students and Parents,
We are in the middle of school year and its time for 8th grade dues. The 8th grade Team has many things planned for the 8th graders. The dues include:
8th Grade T-shirt $12.00
Fun Day $10.00
Breakfast $10.00
Year Book $40.00
8th Grade Dance $20.00
Dues all together will be $52.00 and with the year it will total to $92.00.
Thank you parents and students,
8th Grade Team

The basketball teams at McNair Middle have a record of 1-3, losing three games and winning their very first game. The coach’s wish that both teams will show hard work in the upcoming games. The coach’s and players wish for a winning record. They want the title that they once had as great teams. The very next game will be, Wednesday, against Cedar Grove Middle School and on this, Saturday, against Columbia Middle School. Go Colts!

December 06,2014 Saturday Chapel Hill Home (@ McNair MS) 10:00 am
December 10, 2014 Wednesday Cedar Grove @ Cedar Grove 5:00 pm
December 13, 2014 Saturday Columbia Home (@ McNair MS) 10:00 am
January 07, 2015 Wednesday Columbia @ Columbia 10:00 am
January 10, 2015 Saturday Salem Home (@ McNair MS) 5:00 pm
January 21, 2015 Wednesday Chapel Hill @ Chapel Hill 5:00 pm
January 24, 2015 Saturday Bethune @ Bethune 5:00 pm

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Teacher Of The Month B-Team

Ms. Womack is a really cool and funny teacher, that is why she was voted Teacher of the Month. She has been teaching for 4 months, and thinks her job is hard, yet rewarding, knowing that kids make an impact and develop into men and women. She says her job is rewarding in ways that can’t be measured. She became a teacher to impact lives because she grew up in an area like this. She wanted to work at this school because her teacher helped her when she really needed assistance and guidance. She loves kids and really interacts with them and builds a relationship with them to know more. She is a hard working teacher! Did I mention she’s having a baby!

Teacher Of The Month A-Team

Mrs. Lisa Jack is the 8th grade Team A’s ELA Teacher. She has been teaching for 11 years and has always taught 8th grade ELA. Mrs. Jack is from Louisiana, probably one of the biggest Saint’s fan you’ll meet! Every day she comes to work with an awesome attitude believing that there will be someone to succeed. She, also, believes in all of her students and that everyone will be successful. Mrs. Jack is able to maintain her class because of her “militant act”. She lets students know there is a time and place for everything. She disagrees with the amount of freedom her 8th graders have, which is little. Mrs. Jack thinks some improvements can be made at her school like, less paperwork for the teachers, duty free lunch, and a time change– such as school should end at 3:50 p.m.

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Weird National Holidays
December 3rd – National Cotton Candy Day
· On this day eat cotton candy until you belly hurts.
December 8th – National Brownie Day
· Bake brownies and eat all you can.
December 23rd – Roots Day
· On this day you learn more about your family’s tree and culture.
December 24th – National Egg Nog Day
· Drink egg nog on this holiday.
December 25th – Christmas day
· Participate in all your Christmas traditions as such as open presents, eat a big supper, and many more.

By: Mekhi McCoy

Dates to Remember
December 19th— Last Day of 1st Semester
December 22– 31— Winter Holidays
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
January 5, 2015— Return to School
January 13, 2015—School-wide Science Fair
January 31, 2015—Dekalb County Reading Bowl
February 7, 2015—Regional Reading Bowl

Final
Exams
ARE
Next
Week!!
Are
YOU
READY?
OR
NAH?

You are cordially invited to McNair middle school 2nd annual holiday luncheon Thursday , December 11,2014
MMS cafeteria
Please come and enjoy lunch with your child
Our lunch times are as followed:
6th grade lunch: 11: 40-12:15
7th grade lunch :10:55-11:30
8th grade lunch :12:25-1:00
Adult lunch is $3.00
Student lunch is $2:25
Menu:
Baked chicken, gravy, rolls, holiday ham, cornbread dressing, sweet potatoes, green beans, mandarin oranges and fresh fruit or mixed cheese chef salad,
Holiday family portrait pictures will be taken on stage in the cafeteria .
Please see package prices

By: Mekhi McCoy

The History Of Christmas

Christmas changed over time. In the earlier years of Christianity, Christians didn’t celebrate Christmas at all. In fact, there was no mention of December 25th in the bible. Earlier Christians couldn’t even agree on which date Jesus was actually born. It wasn’t until the 3rd century they decided the holiday should be on the 25th of December. By the end of the 8th century Christmas was widely celebrated across Europe. For many centuries people marked the holidays with wild parties, much like Mardi Gras. This caused the puritan settlers of colonial America to oppose the celebration of Christmas. In the result of this, in 1644, the Massachusetts’ legislator fines anyone who celebrated Christmas. In fact Christmas as we know it didn’t start till the 1800s, when Germany’s Prince Albert brought his country’s tradition of decorating Evergreen trees England, after his marriage to Queen Victoria. When an image of the royal family with their 40 food Christmas tree, got published in the American magazine in 1848, the custom caught on in the United States. The tradition of sending Christmas cards started in England soon after. At first gift had religious significance to remind people of gifts give to baby Jesus by the 3 kings. Today kids celebrate with old Saint Nick. Santa Claus is based on Saint Nicholas of Myra, a Dutch saint famous for the gift giving, who is known as Sinter Khas. In earlier history Santa wore a variety of different colors , but after a coca – cola aid in the 1930s where they showed him wearing red and white image stock , that began to be his original colors.

Another Masterpiece done by
Mekhi McCoy

Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl

The Reading bowl is on a roll! Members have already joined the team and started reading fantastic books. The Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl is open to students in grades four to twelve. It was created seven years ago by Mrs. Helen Ruffin, a library Media Specialist in DeKalb County School District who wanted to use the nominee books from the Georgia Children’s Book Awards to encourage her students to read. The first competition will be held January 31, 2015, which is a Divisional Bowl, and the winners from there will enter the State Competition against students from all districts in the State of Georgia.