Cst Prep

Cst prep is a class that gets you ready for the Cst tests. Cst prep is during first period, sixth period, and after school. It provides help for areas in math and science, and are taught by teachers that care for students, teachers like Mr. Flaxenburg and Mr. Dam. Some students are chosen to have Cst prep, some just sign in for it. The extra help is available to both seventh and eighth graders.
-Erika D.

Mesa Winners

Nightingale students took on Southern California in the MESA competition in March 26, 2011. MESA (math and science engineering) is an afterschool program where students train for competitive events of intellect. Students have been training since the early beginning of the school year. MESA students have competed for medals and other awards. They were coached by our own Mr. Meyerhof.
There were many categories in MESA. In the math categories, there are self exams for geometry, algebra, and pre-algebra. In the science engineering categories, there are mouse traps, gliders, bridges, windmills, and the egg drop. Nightingale students walked out of the MESA building with over 30 medals. They will have a beach trip later this year.
As a school, we are very proud to have these students represent Nightingale Middle School in such high-class. We hope for next year that MESA will succeed the older members and follow similar results.
-Jonathan Quach

Charter School

We have gotten news that there’s going to be a charter school in Nightingale! If you don’t know what a charter school is, they are primary schools that can receive public or private funds. They are not allowed to pay tuition. Charter schools don’t have the rules that regular schools have. When too many students are on the waiting list, they use a lottery method. Some people don’t think they’re a good idea. Look at our video to find out more.
-Dalia

Waste School Lunches

There have been reports of uneaten food in the trashcans at Nightingale Middle School. It costs the school lots of money to provide every student food. Many students take their food for granted because they think the lunches are free, but it isn’t. Every year students waste about thousands of dollars in food by throwing it away. We shouldn’t waste our food even though you don’t eat it. There is a reason for that green basket on the trashcans. It requires no work to save the food. Save the food instead of disposing it. All you need to do is put the food into the green basket. It cost about $3.00 or $3.50 for each lunch. The leftover lunches is thrown into the trash. They can’t even save them. Don’t just get your food and throw it away without even taking a bite of it. The school works hard to provide us our food so we should be thankful we have food to eat.
-Victor R.

April Fools Day

April fools day is when friends and families have a chance to prank each other. Also people get to make any type of joke whether it is good or bad. Here at Nightingale the school is being closed during April Fools Day. Usually the school has been open but this year it is not going to be open.
-Jennifer

Easter

Easter is where Adults hide eggs for kids and the kids go hunt for the eggs, the eggs may contain candy or money inside them. Easter Is April 24th 2011 This year. Every year Easter changes It’s dates about 20 days forward. The Easter bunny is the symbol for Easter. Easter, the principal festival of the Christian church year, celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion. When Christians wanted other Christians to accept Christianity they used Easter to celebrate their Christianity. To solve this problem the emperor Constantine called the Council of Nicaea in 325. The question of the date of Easter was one of its main concerns. The council decided that Easter should fall on Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox. But fixing up the date of the Equinox was still a problem. The Alexandrians, noted for their rich knowledge in astronomy calculations were given the task. And March 21 was made out to be the perfect date for spring equinox.
-Angie S.

Teacher Layoffs

Have you heard of teacher layoffs? Well on March 15 they’re going to tell the teachers who are going to be laid off. There are about 2,300 teachers laid off in L.A. . The teachers wanted to go on strikes. Some teachers are sad about getting laid off their job. Also students like their teacher that they have but there getting laid off. It is unfair to the teacher that worked at a school for a long time. There also would be fewer students because there are fewer teachers. One of our questions are why should teachers get laid off? There was one statement that the government said, "The last one that was hired should get laid off."
-Kevin C.