Here’s my Christmas wishlist & for the video games I’m including the system in (), like (Nintendo 3DS) for example.

1. Nintendo 2DS- Scarlet red w/ New Super Mario Bros 2 (Nintendo 2DS bundle, & New Super Mario Bros 2 is preinstalled).

2. Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moom official Alola Regiom stragedy guide.

3. Kirby: Battle Royals (Nintendo 3DS, doesn’t come out until January 19,2018 in the US).

4. Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon (Nintendo 3DS).

5. Mario Party: The Top 100 (Nintendo 3DS).

6. Super Mario Marker for 3DS (Nintendo 3DS).

7. Ultimate NES Remix (Nintendo 3DS).

8. Houston Astros lunchbag.

9. Astronomy books.

10. Gameboy heat change coffee mug.

11. Telescope.

12. An iPhone 8 (gold, 64GB of storage).

13. 3yr subscription to Astronomy magazine.

14. Alan Walker hoodie (black, size= XL).

15. A new Sidney Crosby jersey (size= XL).

Once every year is New Years, and there are millions of people that think of ways they want to improve themselves. Many people say they are going to go on a diet, lose weight, quit an addicting habit, or give something up. However, the ugly truth is that only 8% of people actually complete their resolution. After about two to three weeks, more than half of the resolutions have already been broken, or discontinued. The best tips to keeping your New Year’s resolution is to keep it simple, and make it realistic. Professionals say that most people try to overdo it the first few days, and lose motivation. Slow and steady wins the race, and as long as you aren’t trying to set a world record with your resolution, then you should keep your goal short, simple and obtainable. Will you be one of the 8% that succeed with their resolution?

In today’s society, text messaging and social media are more popular than ever. In high school students specifically, the effects of these technology devices could be weighing heavy on our minds.

Texting is the most convenient way of communicating, but is it the best for the growing and learning brains of teenagers? Texting among teens has increased from an average of 50 texts a day in 2009 to an average of 60-100 texts a day in 2011. In today’s world, about 75% of teens communicate using text messages. This rise in texting has mostly occurred in teens aging from 14 to 17. Even still, older teenage girls remain the most enthusiastic about their texting. About 63% of teenagers claim to be exchanging text messages every day to communicate with people in their lives, more than phone calling (39% do it every day), face-to-face communication (35% do it every day), and social media messaging (29% do it every day).

While text messaging is obviously consuming most of the average teenager’s time, how is it affecting their school work? In a Rutgers study published in the Journal of Child Neurology, nighttime messaging is linked to the sleep, health, and academic performance of teenagers. Students who turned their devices off or messaged for less than 30 minutes after they have turned the lights out for the night performed significantly better in school than those who messaged for more than 30 minutes after lights out. Students who texted longer in the dark also slept fewer hours and were, therefore, more tired during their day than those who quit messaging when they settled down for bed. Even though females reported more frequent texting and more daytime sleepiness overall, they also had better academic performance than males in this study. This study concluded with a suggestion that educators recognize the sleep needs of teenagers and students, and to make these dreadful sleep habits an educative tool in their curriculum.

Here at Beaver Local, I believe that technology is a very useful tool for everyday life during the school day; however, we should take the time to teach students about the effects their texting actions can have on their bodies and their need for a well-rested brain.

Second grade compared and contrasted gingerbread stories, and as a culminating activity they baked cookies. Mrs. Agnew’s classes helped the elementary students shape the cookies into gingerbread boy, girl and even gingerbread baby cookies. The activity allowed the students to express creativity with guidance from their high school helpers. The high school classes baked the cookies for the elementary students, and later in the week the high school classes helped the elementary students decorate their cookies. The second graders enjoyed baking cookies, and admired working with the high school students. “The high school students were very helpful, and very supportive; they were great role models for my students,” said Mrs. Wolski, a second grade teacher. 

Beaver Local has been constructing a new baseball and softball field for our baseball and softball teams to play on. The field construction started in spring 2016, and will be ready to play for the 2018 baseball/softball season. The Beaver Local community helped work on the field during construction, which sped up the process. The baseball field has dugouts with a metal roof, grass infield, a special mix of materials for the infield, and a scoreboard in right field. 

Beaver Local took on East Liverpool Friday, December 15th. The Beavers’ were away, facing our rivals at their court. Beaver Local’s JV basketball team won against the Potters, 48-40.  Beaver Local’s Varsity basketball team played after the JV team, unfortunately the Beavers lost 96-69, as the Potters take the win. The Varsity was led by Luke Chetock, who had nineteen points, and the JV was led by Nathan Barber who had twenty points.

Net Neutrality
By: Todd Stewart

 

It is a very sad day as we have just lost net neutrality yesterday. Net neutrality was where the FCC had everything on the internet equal and everyone had an equal opportunity to put whatever they wanted on the internet. However the FCC chairman Ajit Pai and the FCC voted that this equality was unnecessary. However it is a tad bit strange that the chairman had a say when he worked for Verizon as a lawyer. Since we lost net neutrality big companies will monopolize the industry and no one will have a fair chance to put their content out on the internet. Companies like Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and multiple others can decide who gets fast and slow internet speeds. What commercials will go in and basically what can be put on your phone and tv. They can put up ads and commercials to the highest bidder. But when we had net neutrality everyone could have a fair shot. Also without net neutrality most likely we will have to buy social media, texting and calling, etc on top of our data which is ridiculous. Basically without net neutrality the internet will forever be changed.

 

Pittsburgh: 16-14-3 35pts

Vegas: 20-9-2 42pts

Pittsburgh (league): 19th

Vegas (league): 5th

Pittsburgh (Metropolitan Division): 6th

Vegas (Pacific Division): 2nd

Wild Card: Pittsburgh

Note: This is as of December 15,2017 at 11:32am EST.

BEAVER LOCAL ROCKS!

Since the first day of school, students in grades K-12 have had the chance to discover one of these colorful rocks. At the back to school bash before school started, students were able to design and color their own rock that would be hidden throughout the school. The rule is that once you find a rock, you have to re hide it somewhere in the school so someone else can have fun looking for it. Many of the younger students jump for joy when finding a rock because they know it’s their turn to hide it. This rock project has been an exciting bonus here at Beaver Local and is enjoyed by kids of all ages. So keep your eyes peeled as you venture around the school; you might be the next one to find a Beaver Local rock!