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Uniforms: Good or not?
Uniforms: Good or not?
Water Pollution Awareness
Recite it! Reciting the pledge, students apart of the National Junior Honor Society recite the pledge for the program. They are reciting the pledge after the advisor repeats line after line. "NJHS made me realize there are more than just important grades," 8th grader Jordan Wright said.
NJHS, You Should Probably Write This Down
Do It! The feeling of doing things for the school Mallory Morgan 8th grade president of the student council. Photo by Emma Mangels
The Road to Greatness
Stay loose! 8th grader Vivian Beeby stretches out before a meet. Beeby placed 12th in her category, breaking her previous record. “I like the sense of accomplishment after I run,” Beeby said.
Chasing your goals
As the last game making sure to win she spikes the ball. As a result of them winning I'd say that that was a great hit.
Ending The Season Off Great!
Let's go Bearcats! In a earlier game this season, B team beat Brewer 36-0. The second game against Brewer for B team was also successful, as B team won 30-0
Bearcats finish season strong!
Just starting out the race the runners are pacing themselves for the long 2 mile run.
Running Beyond Limits
Stay loose! 8th grader Vivian Beeby stretches out before a meet. Beeby placed 12th in her category, breaking her previous record. “I like the sense of accomplishment after I run,” Beeby said.
Chasing your goals
On your marks. Placing her foot behind the starting line, 8th grader XC runner, Avery Jeter takes a deep breath. Her first ever XC meet of the season, a 2 mile-long run held at Azle.  "When I put my foot on the starting line that's when it hit me that this was my first meet of the season and I wanted to do great." Said 8th grader, Avery Jeter. "I needed to be confident in myself in order to do good."
Running for success
Arthur the King Movie Review
Arthur the King Movie Review
Brawl Stars is a Good Game: Here's Why
Brawl Stars is a Good Game: Here’s Why
Nikon is the Best Camera Brand
Nikon is the Best Camera Brand
Traveling
Traveling
Ideal Outfit
Ideal Outfit
Read It! The bookshelves of the McAnally Middle School library are full of books. The two books that have been read by the book club so far are both among the many books in the library.
Book Club: What’cha Reading?
Fall Break Travels
Fall Break Travels
Lighten Up!
Lighten Up!
Officer boltwood siting in his chair
Improvements to IDs Coming Soon
The Daily Quote
The Daily Quote
Brawl Stars is a Good Game: Here's Why
Brawl Stars is a Good Game: Here’s Why
Watching Out. Leighton Estrada and Kaylie Shaffer are watching the Football Game for any injuries. The game was the 2023 Aledo vs McAnally 8th grade Football game.
Sports Safety
ExtravaBANDza. Band students just finished playing their 3 tunes and started to watch the marching band play "Havanna Nights" The band students spent about a week practicing their songs for this performance "Stick with it," 8th grader Kip Cotten said "it (band) gets way more fun."
ExtravaBANDza concert
Teach! In her classroom, 8th grade math teacher, Kathy Newell, helps students. She has wanted to be a teacher since kindergarten. "Seeing students succeed, when kids tell me that they could go with me to high school, it tells me I'm doing something right.”
Recognizing Amazing Teachers: Mrs. Newell
New Creations. Angelica Arreguin was creating a toy for a kid with disabilities in design and modeling. She had been recently designing a toy that would be shapes that you can put through and match. "I believe there should be toys made for kids with disabilities".
Friends Come and Go
Catch! 8th Grader Rayne Wiley passes the ball to his teammate for a open layup. Rayne is a 5'2 Point Guard for the Mcanally Bearcats 8th Grade B team Basketball. "Basketball is one of my favorite sports because of the atmosphere it gives."
Look Out!
Spooky Season. Tuesday night Millie Coppinger cheers for the boys last football game. To make this night special the cheer girls did scary make-up looks to go with their cheer dance. "It was fun, but it took away my time to trick or treat," Coppinger said.
Spooky season
James Boltwood loves singing in choir with his friends. Boltwood is preparing for his upcoming Christmas show by singing "The Grinch". "I enjoy singing The Grinch since it means a lot to many people." Boltwood said.
You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch
Cheer away. 7 and 8 grade students doing a cheer routine at a weekly middle school home game. That night Aledo took the win with the support of our cheerleaders. " That night was a successful game, we had so much fun cheering!" says Holland Fay.
Cheer away
Remember the Alamo! 7th grade Addisyn Hogue and Emily Garcia are working on the Alamo Project in Mr Landrum's social studies class. In the background was 80s music to give them more of a fun experince with such a diflicult topic!
Remember The Alamo!

The Rewind

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Brawl Stars is a Good Game: Here's Why

Brawl Stars is a Good Game: Here’s Why

JT Toscano, Reporter
April 26, 2024
Watching Out. Leighton Estrada and Kaylie Shaffer are watching the Football Game for any injuries. The game was the 2023 Aledo vs McAnally 8th grade Football game.

Sports Safety

Garrett Wheeler, Reporter
December 6, 2023
ExtravaBANDza. Band students just finished playing their 3 tunes and started to watch the marching band play "Havanna Nights" The band students spent about a week practicing their songs for this performance "Stick with it," 8th grader Kip Cotten said "it (band) gets way more fun."

ExtravaBANDza concert

Emma Boaz, Reporter
December 6, 2023
Teach! In her classroom, 8th grade math teacher, Kathy Newell, helps students. She has wanted to be a teacher since kindergarten. "Seeing students succeed, when kids tell me that they could go with me to high school, it tells me I'm doing something right.”

Recognizing Amazing Teachers: Mrs. Newell

Brandt Whiteside
November 14, 2023
New Creations. Angelica Arreguin was creating a toy for a kid with disabilities in design and modeling. She had been recently designing a toy that would be shapes that you can put through and match. "I believe there should be toys made for kids with disabilities".

Friends Come and Go

Amelia Jepsen, Reporter
November 3, 2023
Uh oh! During the fall play, Mrs. Benoit is lecturing her actors. After 2 hours of practing, the actors backstage won’t stop talking at almost every rehearsal, and it gets on Mrs.Benoit’s nerves. “Mrs. Benoit’s lectures were mostly about us talking too much backstage,” said 8th grader Scout Newman.

Teaching Theater

Renee Sorrell, Reporter
October 30, 2023
Working on it! Sitting on the floor and working on science is 8th grader Paige Flanagan. She is working on galaxies and star scavenger hunts, outside of classrooms. "Science is my favorite subject, it always has been." Flanagan says.

Moving Schools

Scarlett Hall
October 30, 2023
Fear Cheer. Cheering for mms cheer, eighth grader Parker West is cheering on the football players to get a win. "I love cheering because when I am out on the field, everything goes away," said West.

Fly High

Laila Estrada, Reporter
October 30, 2023
5, 6, 7, 8! Dancing for Coach Kathryn Reeves, 8th graders Ruby Wilson and Destiny Deason lifts Selah Rabalais. During class students learned their routine for the fall show. "Being lifted Is kinda scary, but also its also really fun," Said Rabalais.

Dancing for Spirit

Leighton Estrada, Reporter
October 27, 2023
Morning Routine. Spending her morning in the 8th-grade hallway, 8th-grader Alexa Elmore scrolls through her phone. Elmore normally gets to school around 8:15 and hangs out with her friends. "We should be allowed to be in other places than the hallway," Alexa said, "if we could be in the cafeteria, we would have plenty of space and not have to be clumped into one tiny hallway."

Calming the Chaos

Emma Hankins, Managing Editor
October 26, 2023
New things, anyone? This is the sixth graders second cycle of wearing IDs, something new to them. Students work while wearing their IDs daily. "It's new," sixth grader Caleb Lancaster said, "We're not used to it."

Sixth graders opinions on new IDs

Phebe Miller, Copy Editor
October 23, 2023
Officer boltwood siting in his chair

Improvements to IDs Coming Soon

Owen Brentlinger, Marketing Editor
March 2, 2023
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