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Hey, have you heard about everyone’s favorite math teacher? Ms. Sorrell teaches math on the Sharks and has been teaching here at MMS for over five years and has been doing an awesome job ever since she first came here, without further ado, I introduce you to the awesome Ms. Sorrell

1. Where were you born? Raleigh

2. Do you have any pets? Yes, a Chihuahua named Sophie.

3. Where did you go to college? Meredith, and I am currently attending ECU for my master’s degree.

4. What did you want to be when you grew up? A veterinarian, I loved animals, but I wasn’t capable of handling the blood.

5. What is your favorite soda? Coke

6. What college team do you root for? NC State Wolfpack because when I was in college I had a lot of friends who attended State and when I was on the Manta’s Mr. Hale was a State fanatic.

7. What are your favorite sports to watch or play? I like to watch basketball and I love to swim and play boxing on my Wii.

8. What is your favorite color? Purple

9. What is your favorite movie? The Blindside. It shows a positive side of humanity and it shows that coming from a different background doesn’t matter; you can succeed no matter what.

10. Who is your favorite singer? I like Kenny Chesney, and Lady Gaga’s Poker Face and Bad Romance.

11. What classes do you teach? I teach Math Art, Financial Finesse, Healthy Living, and Math Acceleration.

12. If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go? I would go to South America, I have never been there before and I don’t know much about it.

13. How many years have you been teaching? I student taught with Ms. Kay.Then I got a job teaching math on the Manta’s, overall, I have been teaching for five years.

Wow! Have you ever had a really cool teacher that taught you through middle school? Well I have and his name is Mr. Priest and he is a 7th grade science teacher on the Voyager’s team.

Mr. Priest is very nice in my opinion and I think he does his job very well, so I have chosen to do an interview on him.

1. What inspired you to become a teacher? His mother inspired him to become a teacher.

2. How long have you been teaching? Where have you taught? He has been teaching here for 10 years and has only taught here.

3. How did you end up at Martin middle School? Yes and only because he has a baby on the way.

4. Do you like the job or students better? Why? He was a student teacher.

5. If you had the opportunity to teach some where else would you leave Martin Middle School? Why? He likes the students better because he like watching them learns.

6. When you came to Marti Middle school was it like you expected it to be? He had no expectations because he was a student teacher here.

Pep Rally

The pep rally was probably the best for MMS out of all 50 years. When the teachers had to do the shoot-out Mr. Hale scored two shots and Mrs. Troxell scored one of the two shots. The cheerleaders got the crowd going with all of their cheers. The band played great music and the students and staff enjoyed every bit of it. The players on both mustang basketball teams were in the two types of basketball games. The girls beat the boys in both games. Nice job girls! The pep rally made a big crowd in the big game, but sadly we lost. Daniels next year will not beat us, I have no doubt!

vs. Daniels Game

The boy’s basketball game was the most crowded. Both teams played their hardest, but there can only be one winner. Sadly that winner was Daniels. All teams showed great sportsmanship and great effort. The final score was 49-60. We may have lost, but Daniels fouled more than we did. If we had a little bit more time we could have won. Martin’s student body showed great school spirit in the game. Maybe next year we will win.

Do you like the Martin dress code? I have heard people complain and praise the policies we have with student attire. I decided to interview people for their opinions on the restrictions in the dress code.

The students mainly disliked it; they wanted things like shorter shorts and skirts, and smaller straps on tee-shirts and camisoles. Not one student that I interviewed actually appreciated the dress code. It wasn’t even that they didn’t want a dress code they just wanted a little more freedom. Many said things about not being able to express themselves in a way they enjoyed because of these regulations. I know that students don’t like it but the adults and teachers have a totally different opinion.

When I asked the adults questions about the dress code they had strong opinions about what was appropriate attire for us middle schoolers. I interviewed a parent of a 6th grader and they said “In all honesty I believe that every student should have to wear a uniform.” Obviously this person didn’t even think that the dress code was good enough and should be even less revealing. Mr. Cox the 6th grade administrator said “This is a school environment and everything should have to do with the educational atmosphere, and clothing shouldn’t distract from that. So I think it is a totally reasonable code.”

Since adults and students disagree us kids will just have to stick to the dress code.

Woooah! I just came up with the best idea ever! I think we should be able to listen to our iPod`s while the teachers are not teaching and we as students are working. Why? Because in my opinion, most students listen to music to concentrate and their work gets done faster. There would also be less talking in the classroom! Therefore it could also be a big help to the teachers to get their work done when needed. To conclude, the music also gets the kids awake, which can help them be quiet. So when its time to learn, the students will be ready for the lesson to be taught. Of course I have gone above and beyond on this, because I think it should really be required. I interviewed students and teachers of MMS about if they think iPods should be allowed in classrooms:

- Corey (student): Yes because some like to listen to music because it is consternating.

- Kayla (student): Yes because students can concentrate better when they listen and it helps them get there mind off things.

-Justus (student): Yes and No because when the teachers are not teaching we should be able to listen to our iPods but no because when teacher is teaching we are not going to be paying attention and we are going to be failing all our classes.

- Gibson (8th grade science teacher) : Yes “but” you would have to have very strict orders like when the teacher is teaching and your listening to the iPod it has to get taken away.

- Zimmerman (8th math teacher): No because it is going to be too much distraction.

- Haran (BD teacher): No, because it can cause more trouble then its worth.