The Monarch, Issue #1 February 2015

Posted by ivan_m on January 31, 2015 in Uncategorized |

Welcome to The Monarch, Madison Middle School’s on-line monthly magazine. The purpose of The Monarch is to give students a place to publish their perfect, and not so perfect, pieces of writing.  Writers write in order to be read.  When students are able to expand the audience for whom they are writing, beyond that of their teachers, they evaluate their writing as readers would.  Different students are at different stages as writers.  It’s not our intention to publish only the best writing of a select group of students, but to provide a space for all students to share their writing.  Thank you, dear reader.

Melissa Ivan

Publisher

Snow

by Anonymous

 Snow drifted softly down and coated the landscape

in a blanket of white

The sun shined off the snow so brightly

From the mountaintop it was so cold

Going on a small hike

The beautiful sunrise

Everything was an amazing yellow and orange

With the sun light on the snow

It felt like heaven

 

 

Zombies

by Zeke M.

One day I woke up and I didn’t know where I was. It looked like I was in the hospital. I sat there for a while and started to wake up then all of a sudden I heard something trying to break in and it stopped. By the time I got up I looked through the peep hole and nothing was there so I opened the door and I took a left. As I was walking heard a sort of grounding sound and when I got to the end of the hall way I followed the sound and I took a right for about twenty five feet. I came to a dead end, literally a dead end. There was something written on the door with blood the door was all chained up and the same sound that I heard about an hour ago was behind the door. When I got up close to it something reached for me gladly it didn’t grab me. As I turned around there was that same sound to the left. But instead of going the way the sound was coming from I go down the emergency EXIT and find a door. When I’m opening the door I hear one of those things trying to open the door. As I kick the door down it falls and breaks it’s scull. as I see the sun it blinds me with shear brittleness. As I’m getting my site back the stench of rotting bodies gets me light on my feet and I almost faint. I walk down the wheelchair ramp and I get out of the back parking lot and go up a hill. There I see even more bodies than before. I see a helicopter it has about six full gas tanks. I find a key and start it up to see if it is ok to fly. Before I head out I fill it up and I’m on my way.

P.S. Sadly he dies as soon as he makes it to the border of Mexico and California. And his name was John bullet.

 

The National Championship

by Riley F.

My favorite team the Oregon Ducks made it into the national Championship to play the Ohio state Buckeyes. The game started at 6:30pm the game started off with the ducks scoring first. After first quarter, Ohio state was up 14 to 7 . During the second quarter,Ohio state scored one more touchdown. The Ducks just got a field goal. After the first half was over,the score was 21 to 10 with Ohio state winning. At the beginning of the third quarter, the ducks scored the first touchdown to make the score 17 to 21. Then the Ducks made a field goal to make the score 20 to 21. Then Ohio state scored two more touchdowns to make the score 20 to 35. At the beginning of the forth quarter they both didn’t score at all. Close to the end of the game, Ohio State made a touchdown to make the ending score 42 to 20. The Ohio State Buckeyes were the national champions.

 

Madison Middle School’s New Train Club

by Sam L.

Join the new model train club at Madison.

We welcome anyone interested in model railroading, regardless of scale, time period orcountry. Module ownership is not required. We will be meeting in Mr. Callahan’s room, Room 801. No fees are required for the club. What we will be doing in the club is we will be working on your model train (if you have one) and we will be talk about how to make layouts and trains and much more.

For more information see Sam L.

We hope to see you there. 🙂

 

The Kidnapping

by Anonymous

Hi, my name is J.J and I’m a Junior in high school. Here is my story. Let me set the scene before the incident. It was a hot Friday afternoon. It was two minutes until school was out. I was jumping out of my seat because it was going to be summer. Ding the school bell went off. I ran out of my class to my locker. A lot of people filled the hall. My friend Jason and his little sister Janet were waiting outside for me.

Janet was a freshman and she was quiet and always following us around like when we went to the skate park. She just sits there for a long time just drawing. We started to ride home on our skate boards. I saw a weird man dragging a bag. I thought it was garbage. Then when I got home there was a missing girl report on the news. It was about a girl that goes to my school .It was Janet friend Ruby she was a tall girl who has long red hair. She was the only one Janet will speak to. Than I thought back to the man dragging the bag. I went to my room and I stared to freak out and thinking that was Ruby. I call Jason and I told him everything.

Later that day went to Jason house and his sister Janet open the door. She let me in. I went to Jason’s room Janet all so went inside .I started to tell her all of it. When I was done she started to cry I felt so sorry of her. She said “We have to tell the police.” I respond “We can’t the person might get us and we will go missing too.” “So what should we do” Jason ask. ” I didn’t know what to do” I respond. Janet said “we should look for the person who did this.” “So like a detective,” Jason said. I was so happy I all was wanted to be a detective. It was the first day of the detective group.

We went met at the old tree house we always play in it when we were little.We set a map of the whole town and we pin up all the places she could be. I said “There is only three spots Ruby can be. She can be at the old abandon house the cemetery and the ally I saw the man in.” the first place we went to was the ally it was a narrow ally. It had a lot of tracks of both and no sign of her. Janet yelled, ” J.J, Jason come look.” It was a thread of Ruby’s red hair. We were all shocked. I said that, ” she was here.” After that we when back to the tree house. The next spot we look was the cemetery one of the weirdest spot in town. When we got there it was it was getting dark. We look around I found I paper of a book it look like it was nothing but we took it. When we got to the tree house I drop the paper by the neon light it was invisible ink came out and it was the direction to wear Ruby was.

We were so happy but the only time we can get there is when the moon was high. Which was at midnight. So that night we sneaked out and we went to the place where the map took us. It was the old abandon house. It was old an old house. No one want to destroy the house because some people the thought it was haunted. Squeaky the door opened we walked in it was so strange. When we walked in all you can hear was the skinning of the floor borders under your feet. We flick on our flash light and counted down the hall. We walked down the hall to the last room . There was Ruby weeping in the middle of the room. I walked to the the center of the room she began to get up. She was wearing rags and she was covered in mud and bust.

Then two goes walk in to the room and one man ask, “Ruby are these your friends.” she whispered “yes.” One strong man came up behind us a grab Janet and Jason . I was so scared I could not move he tied us all up. I was so handy I brought my pocketknife and started to cut the rope. Janet screamed “Let us go you mad man.” He yelled “Be quiet” it was die silent. Ruby said in a soft quiet voice “i’m so scared it all my fault.” One of the men slapped her. Snap the rope fell. I got up and said “you can’t hit her.” one of the men came up to me and said “How is going to stop me” I whispered “me” He swung is large fist at me and I bogged it. When I was fighting one of the guys Janet and Jason ran a way with Ruby. With all the noise the house began to crumble. Crash have the house fell I started to run. The three men fell through the floor. I got out of the house before the house fell. With all the noise the how block came to the house with police.

When we got out all four of us were standing in front of the old house that was on the floor. The policeman came up to us and helped Jason and Janet with Ruby. The police officer ask me, Jason and Janet a lot of questions. I told then everything that happened to us. In the being they did not believe us but at the end they did. Then one policeman came up to us and said, “They are not there.” we were all shocked. The ambulance came and help us with all of worse we had. I still have sum scared of that day. A couple days later Jason, Janet and I went go see Ruby. She was find she had a cast on her leg. She was going to get out in a couple of days. It was coming to the end of summer. I saw some thing weird when they wear the old house was. It look like a ghost but that is a different story.

 

Hunting trip at Halfway Oregon

by Alec S.

One day I went to school to get all of my home work for when I go on my hunting trip so I would not have bad grades when I come back are homework.so when I left I pack all of my warm clothes because it is going to be cold like in 6 decreasing out side. After I pack all of that I got my iPod my knife my gun and and all of that stuff. So then I was on the road it took 9 hours to get there it was boring but when we got there we found a spot.

we took the camper of of the truck and took out all the stuff we need to have after that we walk to see where we are. So then my dad and I admy brotherwent to sleep hoping that it would not snow bad.so when we woke up and went out side and it was like 3 feet deep . We where like crap. Are cover was broken.we pack up Then we found a new better spot.

So then we got on the 4 willer and went up in the woods that was a bad idea. We got up and the snow was like deep so my dad Said That it could bern up the belt that how hi the snow was up. So we went back to are camping spot. And we got are gun and starting walking I was with my stepmom and my brother was with my dad. And then I heard something it was a bull calling for a girl elk Man I tell you it was a cool sound.

So we went that way and it led us to are camping spot. Then I herd a water fall that was where the elk was. But I did not go back there I should of but I was scared . After that I made a big hole to put are sewer In. Then the next day me and my dad got lost we ware following a trail.we were at the bottom.

Then the next day we saw a guy with his friends they had like 5 elk so then we went. up to the canyon and we saw nothing on the way back we talk to these guys that had all of the elk. And they told us where there spot was. we went there and saw nothing. So then we went back and we ask if they could help us and they Said yes so the next day they all went into their.

spots and push them up but they saw nothing . We would talk on the radio and so me and my dad were sitting down on a log. My brother was in a different spot.
And then the we went back the next day and we saw a 4 rack deer it was nice but we where hunting for elk. Then we went out to eat and we meet a guy there that we talk to and he got a elk and he told us where that’s where we went it was a rocky road we got on are 4 Wheeler and went there. And went up there and we saw a pack of deer like 20 of them. I wish they were elk. We meet this guy and we talk to him for a long time.

So then we went back to the camp and went to sleep. And the next day we went to the same spot and saw nothing and then we pack up and went home. That was the best hunting trip I ever had.

 

Sword Art Online

by Orion G.

Sword art online is my favorite anime. Sword art online is an anime that takes place in a virtual world. The main character is a 17 year old boy named kirito.
In sword art online if you die you die in real life. Kirito beat sword art online and alphime online. My favorite character is kirito.  If you watch anime I think you should watch Sao.

 

A Box of Donuts

by Alec s.

A guy stole my donuts when I walked out side. I could not stop him so I got in my car drove as fast as I can. And I hit him and he went flying.i said, ” That’s for taking my donuts. I love my donuts. No one messes with my donuts haha.” I Said. He got back up and started running. Then I was thinking why was he stilling my donuts Maybe there was something I did not no about it so I went to the store where I got them. “There is a millions of dollars you can win look under the donuts so I did and there was a number to call. they told me that I won 4 million dollars I was happy. I did not believe them! and they said that I have a to go to California to get the money.

on the way to California there where people trying to steal the magic donut box. I hid the box where the spare tire was so they would not find it. So then we got there and they where people in the front of they building. they where trying to steal it from us. then we drove out of the parking lot. Then we took the car to a donut shop And got the same donut box .and with the fake box my friend, he is going to run with the box and say “crap”. And they flowed him. And I walk in with the right box and they said I won 4 million dollars. And then I went out to save my friend. and told him the a we won. they will give it to us I side . Now I said what are we going to with four million dollars?

 

Letter to Administration

by Kobie M.

Dear Administration,

I am a 6th grader at Madison Middle School.  I think that we should be allowed to ride bikes and skateboard on school grounds.  And we can hang out right by the bike rack.  But if someone  is wearing a helmet you should be ABLE to ride bikes on school ground.  Maybe if you wear everything like pads to ride a bikes and skateboard because we do not want to get yelled at and so we are not late to school.

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