That Girl at Floyd
By Carly Cashen
Brianna Rose McCormick is in 6th grade and is 11 years old. She is in Ms. Gifford, Mr. Mercer, Mr. Capito, and Ms. Capobianco’s classes on the Super Sonic Sixes. She loves to hang out with friends. Her favorite food is lumpiu. Lumpiu is Filipino egg rolls. She loves language arts. What she likes best about being at Floyd Dryden is being with all her friends. She describes middle school as, “awesome!”
Falling on Your Face
By Carly Cashen
On January 20th and January 21st 2011, the Super Sonic Sixes went up to Eaglecrest to ski and snowboard. In the beginning of the day you had to take a lesson. The ski boots felt weird because they were so stiff; it made you waddle like a penguin. I watched so many people do face plants and fall. The chair lift kept stopping which made us freak out. At the end of the day, everyone had fun.
Dryden Wrestling
By Brickie Durand
5,4,3,2,1 pin! On January 28, 2011, Floyd Dryden competed against Dzantik'i Heeni. Both teams did a great job! All together there were 50 matches. Sam Nolan did a great job because he pinned all of his opponents. Katherine Fergusson is the only girl on the FDMS wrestling team. She also won all of her matches! Overall, Dryden did an excellent job!
The 2011 Dryden wrestlers are : JC Fisher, Edwin Meyers, Bryan Conrad, Wyatt Nicholson, Ron Hanson, Cole Moniz, Devin Williams, Jason McDonald, Austin Gonzales, John Williams, Chris Toetuu, Jestoni Ramirez, Riley Moser, Gilleon Fowlkes, Bradley Giles, Kiko Iona, Bryson Morris, Evan Mauk, Dante Taylor, Katherine Fergusson, Shane Brown, Mason Killander, Lianno Vejar, Paul Latu , Tevita Maaka.
The Floyd Bee
By Ben Parson
On January 18, 2011, the Floyd Dryden spelling bee had thirty-eight contestants. All grades were represented. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders were competing to win. Finally, the top three people made it to the final round, including one fortunate sixth grader! (The finalists were-8th grader Henry Cummins, 8th grader Thane Reishus- O'Brien, and 6th grader Gabe Crawford) Henry Cummins finally won after an exhausting spelling period. Next year, if you’re in middle school, you should try it!.
Editor's Note: Thane Reishus-O'Brien went on to win the Juneau School District bee and will represent Juneau in the Alaska State bee. Also noteworthy is 2nd place district winner Henry Cummins!
All About Mr. Mercer
By Brickie Durand
Have you ever wanted to learn all about Mr. Mercer? Well here is the article about him. Mercer’s favorite sport is WRESTLING!!! In fact, in 1982, Mercer won a medal for best wrestling.
The perfect present for him is a Ford Mustang. In his free time, he likes to play with his dogs, Gus and Dock. Also in his free time in the winter, he likes to go skiing at Eaglecrest and in the summer time he likes to go out and fish. Mercer’s life sounds fun!
(Don’t forget to get Mercer a present on August 22 for his birthday!)
What You Don’t Know About Mr. Milliron!!
By Meagan Janicek
Do you know what Mr. Milliron’s favorite things about Floyd Dryden are? As principal of Floyd Dryden Middle School, some of his favorite things are to hang out with kids, the 8th grade dance, and the 8th grade promotion. He also likes to work with the staff.
Mr. Milliron loves and is always looking forward to the 5th grade visit. He plans to improve the learning in the children who attend Floyd Dryden. Most importantly, Mr. Milliron’s #1 priority is to keep Floyd Dryden safe!!
You Said What?
By Mierra Maleski
Carissa Armstrong, my best friend, is a 6th grader at Floyd Dryden Middle School. She was born in Nevada and only lived there for a couple of months. She has been living in Juneau for 10 years and her birthday is on March 25. Here are a few questions I asked of Carissa and her responses.
Question 1: What would you do if you were buried alive in a coffin, had fifteen minutes of air, and fifteen minutes for your phone?
Carissa: “I will call the graveyard people.”
Question 2:If there were no parents on the planet, what would you do for fun?
Carissa: “I’d go buy a dog and go shopping for anything I want.”
Question 3: If you had three wishes, what would they be?
Carissa: “To have all the clothes I want, to have another dog, and to get all A’s in grades.
Question 4: What do you like to do for fun?
Carissa: I like to hang out with my friend’s and my dad.
Question 5: What is your favorite dish to eat?
Carissa: I like pizza and salad!
Ms. Gifford, The World Traveler
By Keegan Branum
Ms. Gifford was born in 1978, in Michigan. She attended Linfield University in Oregon. In middle school she had to do, a project on teaching and since then she’s wanted to be a teacher because she loves to help people learn and because she liked her middle school teachers.
Later she moved to Juneau and she’s been here for 8 years. Four years later, she began working for Floyd Dryden. She states, ”I love working for Floyd Dryden because the students are enthusiastic and I get a lot of staff support”.
This year she visited one of her favorite continents-Antarctica. She also traveled to Chile and Argentina. Ms. Gifford’s favorite class to teach is history because she likes the subject. She has to teach 74 students every day. She likes all of her classes because they are all filled with excitement and questions.
Mr. Malaby
By Ben Parson
Mr.Malaby is one of Floyd Dryden's guidance counselors. He has worked at Floyd Dryden for 28 years. Impressive! According to Mr.Malaby, the student behavior at Floyd Dryden has pretty much stayed the same over the years.
What about drugs some may ask? Mr. Malaby describes it as mostly being under ground or hidden. When asked how we can stop bullying, Mr Malaby replied, "if the target knows his/her options and knows who to go to, it can be a solution for us all."
!!!!Ms. Smyth!!!
By Dominic Carella
Ms. Smyth is the orchestra and choir teacher at Floyd Dryden middle school. She was born in New Zealand, lived in Juneau for 20 years, and wants to visit Greece. Ms. Smyth thinks that Floyd Dryden Middle School has lots of good energy around the school and her favorite class to teach is choir. Ms. Smyth’s favorite sport is volleyball. She does have kids. She does not have a cat (she’s not a cat person); she would rather have a dog. Finally, in her free time, she likes to sleep and read.
Dryden Weekenders
By Montana Earl
On at least one Friday each month, Dryden has weekenders. You’re probably thinking, “What the heck is a weekender?” Weekenders are after school activities where you can hang out with your friends and play fun games. To play the games you must have tickets. Tickets? Yes, tickets! Tickets are just like carnival tickets you and you can buy them at the weekender.
In the commons, they have some fun games, but that’s not all. There’s more! There’s also FOOD!!!!!! There is the best thing in the world like pizza, soda, cookies, and more. Just come to the next weekender and you’ll find out.