The New Devil Press

                               By: Hassana O. & Lasharrifia S.

The annual athletic award ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 29, at 6:00 pm in the RMS cafeteria. The athletic award ceremony is a place where we recognize the athletic achievement of students. To get an award you must successfully complete the sports season.
If it’s your first year of being on the sports team you will be awarded an “R” as a trophy. If it’s your second year of being on the team you’ll be awarded an “M” as a trophy. Finally, if it’s your third year of being on the sports team you’ll be awarded an “S” as a trophy.

                          By: Hassana O., Rodjhaun Lindo

The eighth grade fourth nine weeks exams are quickly approaching, at Roosevelt Middle. The exams will be on May 20, through May 23. Students will be tested on what they learned this nine weeks. Ms. Mitchell, one of our administrators said “the eighth grade exams are early these nine weeks because the exams have to be done before eighth grade week and the eight grade promotional ceremony.”

                                     By: Hassana O’Connor
The track meet scheduled for Tuesday April 30, was cancelled. The track meet was against Watson B Duncan Middle, and John F Kennedy Middle. The track meet was rescheduled for Thursday, May 2nd but it was cancelled. Both cancellations were for weather purposes. Listen to the announcements to know when the track meet will be scheduled again.

                             By: Hassana O. & Lasharrifia S.

 On Tuesday, April 16, Ms. Wright announced to the eighth graders, that their Gradventure shirts were here. The shirts were distributed on Thursday, April 18, and Friday, April 19 during third lunch. The eighth graders had to have their ID to receive their shirt and all their obligations must be cleared.

                                    By: Hassana O. & Deondre G.

Mrs. Smykla is the media specialist, who has shown honor to the school for almost 13 years. Mrs. Smykla always loved read and to be in the library. Her inspiration to read and an open position as a media specialist caused her to be what she is today, which is a Dwyer award finalist.

Mrs. Smykla makes sure that technology is included in every unit she does. She feels that technology is very important to learning.

Mrs. Smykla connects what she does in the library with classroom curriculum by collaborating with teachers to make units that fit into their curriculum. She develops and maintains a library collection that will meet the needs of our students, parents, and staff by following her collection development policy using the database analysis of our collection.

Mrs. Smykla said “My philosophy is that every kid should be able to learn and deserves the ability to have a good education; I believe that all kids should be able to access any information and the media center is the best place to do that.”

By: Llesica O. & Julia V.

Auditions for the RMS news next year are on Wednesday May 15th. The forms for the auditions are due on Wednesday May 1st. The applications include a teacher recommendation, you have to know what job you want on the news team, and you have to say why you want to be on the news.

Also you have to include whether or not you have used either a MacBook or an iPad to create a video, plus on the back of the application you have to write a script for the video you will be doing at the audition. You must have a parent or guardian signature on the application.

We interviewed some former RMS news members and this is what they had to say:

We asked Hafsa H. What advice do you have for people going into the RMS news? This is what she had to say “It’s not all fun and games. It’s serious business. Always keep calm and be organized, responsible, and enthusiastic.”

We also asked Angela B. What was it like during the audition? This is what she said “Speak loudly, and look at the camera. Act natural, there is nothing to worry about. Improvising is sometimes a key aspect, so don’t memorize your script. Don’t be afraid to change some things.”

For any information and questions ask Ms. Smykla in the Media Center in room 1-201 and application forms are also available.

          A couple weeks ago Roosevelt’s middle schools very own math counts team lead by Ms. Varnadore went on a competition in Orlando Florida.
          Some of the challenges involved in this competition were some of the other contestants were quicker than our Roosevelt competitors says Ms.Varnadore.
          R.M.S came in 23 place out of 46 schools total in the competition. Roosevelt’s very own Rohan S. one of our competitors said that “those kids were very smart and fast, they are going to be very successful people when they grow up.”
          For being in the competition Roosevelt students received a T-shirt, goodie bag.

by: Rodjhaun lindo

By: Hassana O. &  Deondre G.

Mr. Stern is an eighth grade world history teacher who has shown respect and honor to his students. In Mr. Stern’s first year of working at RMS he won favorite male teacher in the eighth grade superlatives.

 Mr. Stern is famous for his sense of humor while teaching, which is a technique he uses to help troubled students achieve their full potentials, along with letting his students know that anyone can achieve success.

 Some might think that Mr. Stern won favorite male teacher because of his rewards, but Mr. Stern tries to instill that life’s reward is earned through hard work, so he doesn’t give rewards.

Mr. Stern who has been teaching for over 10 years said “I was inspired to become a teacher by my wife, who has been teaching all her life; and my mother, who has always been an inspiration to me.”

Llesica O. & Tonea H.

The high school acceptance letters will be sent to the student houses starting the week of April 1^st through April 7^th.The students are shrieking with excitement waiting for their letters.

“I applied for John I. Leonard for the game design program.” Jordan V. stated. “If I do not get accepted my 2^nd choice is Suncoast High School.” He says.

“I applied for Suncoast for the interactive technology program.” David E. says. “If I am not accepted I want to go to Spanish River High School.” He stated.

For any questions and information on the high school acceptance letters please ask Ms. Hollifield in room 2-110

Llesica O. & Julia V.

Ms. Rogers is hosting the 1^st annual Spring fest. It will take place on Friday, March 22, 2013. This applies to all 6^th -8^th graders who are invited.

            You can only go if you have:

             1. Good Grades

             2. Good Attendence

             3. No Referrals

              4. You Cannot Be On The Knock List

Springfest is about having fun towards FCAT testing. There are all sorts of activities to enjoy. There are outdoor activities and indoor activities for everyone to enjoy. There will also be a concession stand at spring fest.