Council advisor who had a main

role in organizing this event.

Story cont’d on pg. 3 under Re-

spect

Week of Respect is a time in

school when the whole campus

takes time to think and talk about

safety and nonviolence. This cele-

bration was started to support anti-

bullying and is a week filled with

honor and kindness to others.

Week of Respect started on Octo-

ber 1st and ended on October 5th.

When the students celebrated this,

the school had some activities

planned for each day. Monday was

Kickoff Day. To honor the im-

portance of school safety, students

wore white or purple.

Tuesday was Respect Yourself

Day, when students were encour-

aged to dress professionally.

Twin Day allowed students and

their friends to wear identical

clothing, as if they were twins.

Teachers were also able to wear

identical clothes with a student or

fellow teacher. Thursday was Re-

spect Your School Day, and every-

one dressed in the school colors.

For the last day of Week of Re-

spect, Friday, the theme was Get

Your Blue On, where students and

staff were to wear blue to commit

to being an Upstander.

¨Week of Respect was thought to

be a time to come together to cele-

brate the differences in the world,

while also building a safe and

respectful school environment,¨

stated Ms. Salcido, the Student

Robison Celebrates Week of Respect

Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Frailey

“She is Superwoman!” said Robi-

son Middle School Principal, Ms.

Ravalo.

This teacher is a hard working

woman and would do anything for

her kids. She is an amazing and

dedicated educator who works

diligently. And the name of this

marvelous teacher? 6th grade

English Language Arts teacher,

Ms. Frailey!

Frailey became an educator be-

cause she wanted to be a better

teacher than the ones she had

growing up. This has made her a

very unique teacher. In college, her

advisor suggested she should look

into education.

“My advisor said I would be a

great educator,” said Frailey.

Frailey has been teaching for 18

years. But, she has been teaching

at Robison for four years. She

loves interacting with her students

because she loves getting to know

them. Her least favorite part,

though? Grading.

Story cont’d on pg. 3 under Frailey

Dell H. Robison

December, 2018

Angel Journal

Highlights;

Learn all about one

of Robison’s favor-

ite teachers!

Fortnite or PUBG–

which side are you

on?

Get creative with

Improv Club!

Learn some new

jokes that will have

all your friends

laughing!

Inside this issue:

Week of Respect 1

Teacher Spotlight 1

Improv Club 2

Game Room 2

Fortnite vs. PUBG 2

Robison Football 3

Jokes and Pranks 4

Robison students and faculty

members celebrate Twin Day for

Week of Respect.

By Julissa Araiza, Shaunese Elliott, Justyn Elizarraras, & Chester Porter

By Katrina Salcedo, Jaselle Flores, Antonio Hernandez, Robert Rivera &

Adolfo Rodriguez

The club is a place where every-

one is silly, so Improv Club can

help many people with their

shyness.

So what are the other benefits of

Improv? Improv can help stu-

dents gain comfort in social

settings, help brainstorming

abilities, improve listening and

observation skills, and enhance

creative-thinking abilities, ac-

cording to club advisors.

“It helps [students] sharpen act-

ing skills, make friends, have

fun, gain confidence, and make

others laugh,” Improv advisor,

Ms. Malen explained. Many

members of improvisation are

“talented, funny, smart, and a

ball of laughs,” she added.

Improv isn’t the same as acting.

Improvisation is a form of live

theatre where everything is made

up in the moment, it’s like acting

from the top of your head. Often,

improvisers will take a sugges-

tion from the audience, or draw

on some other source of inspira-

tion to get started.

”It can improve confidence and

can give students a chance to

have a [creative] outlet,” states

Mr. Kelly, Robison’s drama

teacher.

The Improv Club meets every

Thursday in room 500 with Ms.

Malen.

one hand PUBG is more realis-

tic, while Fortnite has a cartoon

look, to be more family friendly.

Derek, a Robison seventh grader

who asked for his last name to

be left out, prefers Fortnite over

PUBG.

“Fortnite is fun for everyone and

Fortnite and PUBG are two pop-

ular games that have been a part

of an ongoing debate since they

were introduced to Robison stu-

dents.

Fortnite and PUBG are both

battle royale games. Both games

are very similar, yet people still

argue which game is better. On

it’s more in the lines of kid

friendly, and all of your family

can play it because it’s free.”

So there's one person for Fort-

nite.

Kevin, another student at Robi-

son who did not want his last

name revealed, said, “I like

PUBG because it's very open

and it’s not as strict as Fortnite.

The One And Only Improv Club

New Games for the Game Room?

We also spoke with Mr. Johnson,

the game room supervisor, to get a

closer perspective of the topic. He

thinks there are valuable reasons to

have a student game room.

He said, “keeping kids motivated,

being good and earning Halo

Bucks,” are some of the most im-

portant benefits to adding games to

the game room.

Prentice is also a big fan of the

video games. She discussed the

games that are currently in the

game room. At the moment there

are two PS4’s that have NBA

2k16, Need for Speed, Lego

Marvel, Wii Sports, and FIFA

‘16. However, the biggest chal-

lenge to adding games to the

game room is cost.

“Currently, we don't have money

for new games,” stated Prentice.

But, this doesn’t mean that she

doesn’t think games aren’t help-

ful. She believes that games are

a good way to relax and enjoys

video games herself.

reaction time,” said an article

from public news organization,

KQED.

Another article from the Huff-

ington Post stated, “a number of

recent studies have indicated that

video games, even violent ones,

can help kids develop essential

emotional and intellectual skills

that support academic achieve-

ment.” So you can see that play-

ing games can help students gain

a lot of different skills.

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Angel Journal

Improv Club is different and unique

from other clubs here at Robison. It

takes unique, creative minds and

creates amazing ideas. Improv Club

is a great place to be yourself and

have a great laugh. The cool thing

about Improv is there are no mis-

takes and only opportunities.

Many students join Improv Club to

improve creativity and gain confi-

dence, so they can be able to face a

big crowd.

Are you tired of the same old

games in the game room? Add-

ing new games can be really

beneficial. Recently, a group of

students interviewed the counse-

lor, Ms. Prentice, and the game

room supervisor, Mr. Johnson, to

see if we can get new games.

First, video games can be really

beneficial, even though it might

not seem like it at first.

“Gameplay has cognitive bene-

fits because games have shown

to improve attention, focus and

If you get caught doing a

glitch or a simple tiny

cheat, they will give you a

warning, which is what I

like.”

You can have your own

opinion on these two

games. If you like Fortnite

or PUBG - or maybe even

both - you can decide for

yourself which game is

better.

By Gladys Rojas, Valeria Bortolotti, Daniel Rosales, Montserrat Garcia, & Nyla White

By Flor Gonzalez, Said Santana Lopez, Izaiah Sanchez Mendoza, & Giselle Vasquez

Fortnite Vs. PUBG By Daniel Ramirez Sanchez, Emily Figueroa, Miguel Maldonado Gomez, Fabiola Tolentino, & Tysean

Wilmot

Week of Respect is a state-wide

event. This is a week worth cele-

brating because it is all about

community, coming together for

safety, inclusion, acceptance,

and respect. This week is a

chance to correct behavior.

“Week of Respect means that we

should all treat each other well,”

Ms. Ravalo, principal of Dell H.

Robison Middle School, said “...

even if we’re having a bad day.”

Even though Week of Respect

has ended, we should not forget

the lessons that it taught us; les-

sons like supporting good and

realizing how bad violence and

bullying are. These lessons can

help us through life and we

should not forget these important

things.

“I hope that kids remember

Week of Respect and the posi-

tive relationships between every-

one,” Ravalo added.

“It does not just start and end

with this one week. Take all the

chances given to express our

respect and kindness towards

others and ourselves,” Salcido

said. “This is an ongoing effort

to correct negative behavior and

start a positive change.”

When we asked the opinion of

Amber Viramontes, a student at

Robison Middle School, she

said, “I think that a football team

at Robison is a great idea, but I

would like to see girls play as

well.” What many students don’t

know, however, is that the foot-

ball team is co-ed.

The practices were held Tuesday

through Friday after

school. Practice starts by warm-

Finally! After many requests for

Robison’s own flag football

team, it is finally here!

“Football is a highly requested

team among the students,” Mr.

Melendez, one of the coaches for

the football team, said. “As soon

as we heard the opportunity for a

club or possible team, Mr. Rus-

sell and I jumped at the oppor-

tunity.”

ing up and doing some stretches.

Then, they set up the defense

and offense and the football

team starts doing some drills.

This means that the offense will

try to get past the defense.

After that, players run routes

while Coach Russell passes the

ball to them. When the football

team gets in trouble in class they

usually do push-ups or suicides,

two different types of difficult

Respect, cont’d. from Page 1

Finally! A Football Team At Robison!

Frailey, cont’d. from Page 1

too! One of Frailey’s ELA 6

students, Katrina Salcedo, loves

being in her class.

“Ms. Frailey inspires me to work

hard,” said Salcedo

Frailey is adored by many. She

tells her students not to give up

and to keep working hard. She is

an inspiring teacher, and her

students look up to her.

Frailey is astounding! Wouldn’t

you think that someone who gets

into a car accident and breaks

two ankles would want to take

some time to rest? Not Frailey!

She bounced back two months

after the accident. She recovered

quickly for her students.

“Ms. Frailey is a rockstar!’’ said

Ravalo.

Frailey’s students all love her,

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December, 2018

7th grader, Conner Condon

gets his blue on for Week of

Respect by wearing a blue

shirt and dying his hair.

workouts

Dishon Lewis is a 7th grader

that is on the Robison Football

Team. Lewis is excited about

being on Robison’s first foot-

ball team.

“Our goal for us is to… make

history,” Lewis said.

By Frida Viramontes, Ray Duran, Oscar Perdomo, and Jasmine Verdugo

ELA teacher, Ms.

Frailey does anything

she can to help her

students!

Dell H. Robison

the other cat? You are purrrfect!

He also likes playing pranks. One day, Acu-

na’s mother was in the laundry room. The

light switch is right by the door, so he reached

his hand in and turned the light off. His moth-

er turned it back on. This happened many

times over. She soon came out to see who it

was and Acuna jumped out!

“She was so scared I could barely hold on,”

he said.

Daniel Ramirez is another 7th grader with

jokes.

Pranks, pranks, pranks! Good ol’ pranks.

Pranks are a good source of giggles, laughter,

or just plain enjoyment. They can make you

fall out of your seat and die of laughter.

Pranks have benefits and are a good way to

have fun. They are a way to make your life

more exciting and can also bring people to-

gether by giving them the giggles. Keep read-

ing and you’ll hear some good pranks to plan

on your friends, or jokes to make your friends

laugh really hard.

Christian Acuna, a 7th grader, has a lot of

good jokes and pranks

One joke he told was: What did the cat say to

When Ramirez was young, he cut his fore-

head and had to get stitches. He made it look

like the stitches were ripped open and showed

his mother. When his mother figured out that

the stitches were fake, she was really upset.

But, the person whose face was priceless was

his father’s.

“He said, ‘my only son is going to die!” said

Ramirez

Here are a few more ideas for jokes and

pranks you may like:

Just Kidding!

Jokes Pranks

What did the ruler say to the rock? You rock!

What did the rock say to the ruler? You rule!

When you drop your pencil or pen, look at it and hold your hand out Hum the theme song of Star W ars until someone picks it up for you. When they do, say, “I totally just used the force.”

Put a sticker on your friend’s mouse. When they ask for help, tell them to go get an adult. When they leave, re-move the sticker.

When your friend falls asleep, paint their nails their least favorite color.

Grab cardboard and put liquid glue all over it. When it dries, cut it out to make it look like a spill. If you put it on someone’s computer, it’ll look like spilled milk!

Remember! Even though pranks may be funny with your friends, they shouldn’t be done at school!

By Emmalee-Kate Dodge, Sergio Medina, Yamilet Medina, Ilde Reyes, & Keven Romero

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