1st place, Elementary School: Kaelin
Finalist: Julie
Finalist: Skye
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Special Report: All Wired Up
By The Cougar Times StaffNearly all of the 36 students in the Garrison School's eighth-grade class have their own cell phones, according to a survey by the Cougar Times. Many students in lower grades also carry cell phones.
Here are some of the types of cell phones and plans that students are using:
A Motorola Razr with unlimited texting and 500 minutes shared with siblings.
A Verizon LG Dare with unlimited texting and 500 calling minutes.
A yellow Verizon Chocolate with no texting and 500 minutes.
A Verizon EnV2 with unlimited texting and E-Z tip calculator.
A Verizon Venus with unlimited texting and camera.
A Samsung Verizon phone with unlimited texting to all Verizon phones and advanced Bluetooth.
A Verizon Venus phone with unlimited texting and calling and calculator feature.
An LG Dare Verizon phone with texting and web.
A Verizon enV2 with unlimited texting that can send more than 500 texts an hour.
A Chocolate Verizon with texting and web.
A Sony Ericsson w350i, AT&T phone with unlimited talk and unlimited texting.
The survey also found confusion over the rules governing cell phone usage at school. To help clear this up, we provide below the section on "Electronic Devices" found in the "Garrison Union Free School District Middle School Student/Parent Handbook:"
"Students are strongly discouraged from bringing cell phones, radios, beepers, CD players, laptops, cassette players, MP3 players (iPods), headphones, electronic games, laser pens/pointers, and other electronic devices as they are a distraction. Once students have arrived at school, all these devices must be put in students' lockers. Students, however, may use Walkman-type devices (with headphones) on the school bus on the way to and from school and during their own recess times. If students are using any of the other devices during the school day, they will be taken away and returned at the end of the school day. Students are responsible for any or all electronic devices. The school is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged items."
Here are some of the types of cell phones and plans that students are using:
A Motorola Razr with unlimited texting and 500 minutes shared with siblings.
A Verizon LG Dare with unlimited texting and 500 calling minutes.
A yellow Verizon Chocolate with no texting and 500 minutes.
A Verizon EnV2 with unlimited texting and E-Z tip calculator.
A Verizon Venus with unlimited texting and camera.
A Samsung Verizon phone with unlimited texting to all Verizon phones and advanced Bluetooth.
A Verizon Venus phone with unlimited texting and calling and calculator feature.
An LG Dare Verizon phone with texting and web.
A Verizon enV2 with unlimited texting that can send more than 500 texts an hour.
A Chocolate Verizon with texting and web.
A Sony Ericsson w350i, AT&T phone with unlimited talk and unlimited texting.
The survey also found confusion over the rules governing cell phone usage at school. To help clear this up, we provide below the section on "Electronic Devices" found in the "Garrison Union Free School District Middle School Student/Parent Handbook:"
"Students are strongly discouraged from bringing cell phones, radios, beepers, CD players, laptops, cassette players, MP3 players (iPods), headphones, electronic games, laser pens/pointers, and other electronic devices as they are a distraction. Once students have arrived at school, all these devices must be put in students' lockers. Students, however, may use Walkman-type devices (with headphones) on the school bus on the way to and from school and during their own recess times. If students are using any of the other devices during the school day, they will be taken away and returned at the end of the school day. Students are responsible for any or all electronic devices. The school is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged items."
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
It's High School Decision Time!
By The Cougar Times Staff
Eighth-graders have a big decision to make in the coming weeks about which high school they want to attend.
Hear from eighth-graders about their choices:
For more information on the public high school choices, please click on the links below:
Haldane High School, Cold Spring
http://hs.haldaneschool.org/home.aspx
James I. O'Neill High School, Highland Falls
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Attention Artists: Cougar Contest!
The Cougar Times Student Newsblog wants a new look for its website banner. We're looking for someone to draw a face of a cougar, the Garrison School's mascot, to serve as the website's main symbol. The winner will have his or her drawing used prominently on the newsblog with credit and will also receive a giftcard from iTunes or Starbucks. The contest is open to all Garrison School students. Drawings should be completed on an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper in pencil in black-and-white or color. Please hand in submissions to Art Teacher Mrs. Forrest by Friday, Feb. 13. The winning drawing will be selected by the Cougar Times staff. If you have any questions, please post below or come talk to me. Thanks, and good luck! -Nicklas, art & design director
Friday, January 9, 2009
What's your New Year's resolution?
Compiled by Chloe and Lianna"Get better grades and improve study habits." -Kady, 8
"Recycle more." -Jake, 8
"Build gardens." -Nick, 8
"Get taller. A lot taller." -Simon, 8
"Less cursing and talking in general." -Libby, 8
"Be more environment-conscious." -Eryn, 8
"Be less crabby and agressive when I wake up." -Richard, 8
"Wear less makeup." -Tucker, 6
"Eat more chocolate." -Graydon, 8
"Read lots of poetry." -Jaswant, 7
"My New Year's resolution is not to have a New Year's Resolution." -Gus, 3
"Give up candy." -Sophia, 3
"Whiten my teeth." -Chloe, 8
"Make my hair less poofy." -Phillip, 8
"Get a girlfriend." -Matthew, 4
"Snag a babe." -Brianna, 7
Photo by Mrs. Rowe
Entertainment Center
By Simon
Must Read
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
Here's a fairly entertaining book for anyone who enjoys a good, action-filled, plot-twisting, sci-fi story. The book takes place in Satellite City, "The City of The Future," which, not surprisingly, takes place in the future. The story revolves around an orphan boy who was found as a baby on Cosmonaut Hill and sent to the Clarissa Frayne Institute For the Parentally Challenged where he was named, imaginatively enough, Cosmo Hill. At age 14, he realizes he has to get out or he will die soon from all the tests and experiments the staff puts him through at the institute. He finally makes it out and joins a group that fights supernatural creatures that only he and they can see. The book is a bit far-fetched at parts but is overall an interesting and fun story.
For more check out the Amazon page at http://www.amazon.com/Supernaturalist-Eoin-Colfer/dp/078685149X.
Must Watch
Flight of the Conchords, HBO
Must ReadThe Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
Here's a fairly entertaining book for anyone who enjoys a good, action-filled, plot-twisting, sci-fi story. The book takes place in Satellite City, "The City of The Future," which, not surprisingly, takes place in the future. The story revolves around an orphan boy who was found as a baby on Cosmonaut Hill and sent to the Clarissa Frayne Institute For the Parentally Challenged where he was named, imaginatively enough, Cosmo Hill. At age 14, he realizes he has to get out or he will die soon from all the tests and experiments the staff puts him through at the institute. He finally makes it out and joins a group that fights supernatural creatures that only he and they can see. The book is a bit far-fetched at parts but is overall an interesting and fun story.
For more check out the Amazon page at http://www.amazon.com/Supernaturalist-Eoin-Colfer/dp/078685149X.
Must WatchFlight of the Conchords, HBO
Yes, finally, the new season of Flight of the Conchords will be premiering on January 18. For those who don't watch the show (which is probably many), and for those who just want to touch up on their Conchords' knowledge, the show is about New Zealand's former fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo who move to New York City to become rich and famous. Although they struggle with their primary mission, they succeed in making friends (and enemies) and much more in the Big Apple. The show (obviously fiction) is more for those age 13 and older.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Horses Help Kids
By Julie
Last year for guidance class, I volunteered for a program called SPARC.
In the SPARC program, children with disabilities can ride horses and get a 30-60 minute lesson where they are lead around by helpers and have side walkers for support. The program is often used for physical therapy because when you ride a horse you strengthen your balance.
SPARC runs year-round at different barns all around the country but is most popular in the spring and fall when the weather is most favorable. The program relies on volunteers to donate their time and expertise with horses. Volunteers teach the lesson, tack the horses, feed the horses, groom the horses, help the children attending the program mount the horse, watch the children who aren't riding at that time, lead the horse around, clear the riding area of anything that could scare the horses, clear the waiting area of hazards to the children, and more.
The instructor of the group has the children do other activities that will also help them make progress in their therapy, such as holding onto cups and having a walking race on the horse to see who can cross the finish line first while holding the cup. The children are challenged while riding but being on the horse makes their therapy more fun.
Last year for guidance class, I volunteered for a program called SPARC.
In the SPARC program, children with disabilities can ride horses and get a 30-60 minute lesson where they are lead around by helpers and have side walkers for support. The program is often used for physical therapy because when you ride a horse you strengthen your balance.
SPARC runs year-round at different barns all around the country but is most popular in the spring and fall when the weather is most favorable. The program relies on volunteers to donate their time and expertise with horses. Volunteers teach the lesson, tack the horses, feed the horses, groom the horses, help the children attending the program mount the horse, watch the children who aren't riding at that time, lead the horse around, clear the riding area of anything that could scare the horses, clear the waiting area of hazards to the children, and more.
The instructor of the group has the children do other activities that will also help them make progress in their therapy, such as holding onto cups and having a walking race on the horse to see who can cross the finish line first while holding the cup. The children are challenged while riding but being on the horse makes their therapy more fun.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
What's on your holiday wishlist?
Compiled by Chloe and Lianna
"A hammock for my room." -Graydon, grade 8
"A remote-controlled, red firetruck with a hose that squirts water." -Casey, grade 8
"Clothes, books and facial cleansers." -Kady, grade 8
"A new dog." -Sarah, grade 8
"A giant microbe." -Russell, grade 7
"An art set." -Isabella, grade 3
"A new digital camera." -Sophia, grade 3
"A Nintendo DS!" -Hudson, grade 3
"A Nintendo DS and a new Obi Wan Kenobi costume." -William, grade 1
"A Nintendo DS and a Wii." -Anna, grade 1
"A new iPod." -Kailyn, grade 1"A Gameboy, a scooter-horse, and a computer screen with a dog and a horse. -Athena, grade 1
"A Polly Pocket." -Ruby, grade 1
"A Nerf longshot blaster." -Hayden, grade 1
"My own Barbie house." -Madison, grade 1
"A baby doll." -Solana, grade 1
"A remote-controlled car." -Benjamin, kindergarten
"A cat that has a holly dress and holly in its ears." -Emma, kindergarten
"A dog that rolls and over and is named Tumbles." -Fallon, kindergarten
"My own new sunglasses." -Luke, kindergarten
"Sunglasses too." -Autumn, kindergarten
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