2022-23 The Hawk's Eye 1st Edition November 2022

Clubs & Activities

Written by: Lilah Dugas & Emma Tilton

There are many interesting clubs at Cawley Middle School. The clubs are Builder's Club, Animal Keeping Club, Chess Club, Heart of the Hawk, Hawkapella, Chorus, Band, Jazz Band, NJHS, Unified Sports, Hawkbots, Student Council, and Newspaper Club!

In Band and Chorus you learn how to read sheet music, and learn how to sing or play certain notes and pitches. Some of the new clubs are the Animal Keeping Club where you work to keep animals safe and share your knowledge about them with others. The other new club is Heart of the Hawk! In Heart of the Hawk, you create a stronger Cawley Community. Chess Club is all about improving your skills and learning basic skills about the game.

In Builders Club you help to build a better community and volunteer in community service events! In Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Club (STEM Club), two teams are currently competing to launch a rocket and seeing who can make it go the highest. If you join the Student Council you can help plan events you and your peers can take part in. All of the clubs are very fun and cool to join.

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The Sport Report

Written by: Blake Merrow

Girls Field Hockey Team

Girls & Boys Cross Country

Cawley kicked off the fall season with another exciting year of Boys & Girls Soccer, Boys & Girls Cross Country, and Girls Field Hockey. The most important part of a team sport is the ability to work together toward a common goal, and that was evident with the Cawley fall teams.

Captain Jacoby Jordan explained the success of the Boys Soccer team, "This year was very successful. The team may have started off rough with the loss at South Meadow, but after that, we brought it together and went undefeated going 6-0 for the rest of the regular season. Then the playoffs arrived, and we were ready. We beat Litchfield 2-1 and went to the championship for the third year in a row. The team was more ready than ever and we were playing the only team that had beat us in three years. We worked together and overcame them, defeating them 2-0 and winning the championship three years in a row. This year's team was special because we all worked together very well."

The girls soccer team was 5-5 in the regular season, placing 4th overall. In the playoffs, they won the quarterfinal game and lost in the semifinals. Captain Courtney Russell shared, "We worked together and when we combined all the talents of each player we made a great team."

Cross Country teams pushed hard and competed in the Tri-county Championship. The Girls Cross Country team finished 5th place, while the Boys Cross Country teamed came in 2nd place overall. Coach Swiderski shared the reason for the team's success, "This season there was a lot of teamwork, encouragement of each other, and older athletes guiding and leading the newer team members."

The girls field hockey team had 4 wins, 1 tie, and 3 losses. They also made it to the semifinals against Bow. Captains, Cayden Madeiros and Madi Couture shared, "A team means working together as a group, while each player puts the team's needs above their own."

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Girls Soccer Team

Boys Champion Soccer Team

What's Happening

Written by: Lilah Dugas & Maggie McAuliffe

Firefighters Challenge

Clothing Drive

Written by: Alaina Spencer and Sierra Nicholls

The Firefighters Challenge is when each 7th grade homeroom takes a color drawn from a hat and creates a mascot, door decoration, and

The winning team - Mrs. Tanguay's class!

a banner that incorporates that color. They are also tasked to create a song and a chant that has to do with the firefighters' challenge, their color, and/or their mascot. Then each homeroom chooses two boy and girl runners who have to run through a course that the firefighters set up on the Cawley sports field. The boy runners and girl runners who complete the course in the shortest time each get a certificate that shows they won. Then the overall winning homeroom gets a certificate as well. It involves a lot of spirit, cheering, and effort!

Three Cawley Hawks, Emily Liadis, Ella Liadis, and Alaina Spencer organized a clothing drive from October 17th-31st. All of the bags they received went to the Kids Closet located in the Hooksett Town Hall. They received multiple bags filled with shirts, shorts, pants, and even lunch boxes! They all hope that these generous donations make people who don't have a lot of money to buy clothes very happy.

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Heart of the Hawk

Written by: Maggie McAuliffe

Hawks of the Month

Heart of the Hawk is a group of 7th and 8th graders whose goal over the year is raising school spirit and reminding everyone that we are Hawks! We make our mark and make a difference. Our amazing Officer Bergeron has made stickers for this club to give away to peers who go out of their way to help someone.

Coffee House

Written by: Lydia Raymond & Avery Phillips

On the night of Wednesday, October 26th, 2022, the band and chorus students of Cawley performed in the cafeteria of Cawley Middle School for a fundraising event to raise money for the music department. Students who chose to participate played or sang a song for the audience. The performers brought in food for everyone to enjoy including coffee and hot chocolate. Many students performed including Jamie Godbout, Jon Grana, Amélie Vigneau, Alaina Spencer, William Mackey, Reid Hamilton, Abigail Brown, Abby Marcotte, Liz Rodriguez, Jackie Orr, Ceril Wakim, Maggie McAuliffe, and Michael Cheung.

September Hawks of the Month "Productive"

If you missed this one, luckily there is going to be another one this February. Congratulations to all the brave students who did perform! This opportunity was a chance to show off all the amazing talents that our school has and was a great opportunity for the performers to increase their confidence.

October Hawk of the Month "Proud"

What's Happening - 3

Written by: Maxine Ryan-Jacobson

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Spirit Week

The Cawley community celebrated Red Ribbon Week on October 24th - 28th. Red Ribbon week is a nationally recognized event remembering a Drug Enforcement Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena who was killed in Mexico in 1985. Since October is also Bullying Prevention Month, students who are caught by staff, exhibiting positive interactions with their peers and school community, were awarded a red ticket. Those students were eligible to win Red Ribbon Week themed prizes donated by the Hooksett Police Department.

The red ribbon breakfast was a chance for schools to talk about what they are doing to help kids not get involved in substance abuse. Many different schools around the Manchester area including law enforcement came together to talk about substance abuse. The student speakers talked about all the different programs their schools offer to help with drug prevention.

Representative Chris Pappas with Cawley students Tim Dodd, Zach Greenberg, Josie Trippiedi, & Ava Sampson

Red Ribbon Week is also a spirit week at Cawley. Each day had a specific dress up theme.

Monday - "Proud to be Drug Free" - Students wore red to show their support for a drug free life.
Tuesday - "Peace Out to Drugs" - Students wore Tie-Dye.
Wednesday - "Team Up Against Drugs" - Students wore their favorite sports team gear.
Thursday - "Too Bright For Drugs" - Students wore neon.
Friday - "Our School Chooses to Be Drug Free" - Each grade level wore a Cawley color: Grade 6 - white, Grade 7 - yellow, Grade 8 - green.

What's Happening - 4

Written by: Abby Brown

Veterans Day Assembly

National Junior Honor
Society Induction

We had our Veterans Day Assembly on Thursday, November 10th. The assembly started with Boy Scout Troop 292 presenting our flag. Mr. Benson introduced the Veterans that came and the Founder of Honor Flight New England spoke about his inspiration for the organization. He showed a video of Veterans' reactions to the Honor Flights. The band and chorus did a great job with the chorus singing God Bless the U.S.A. and the National Anthem. The band played Grand Old Flag.

Written by: Lilah Dugas & Maggie McAuliffe

Cawley Chorus & Band Performed

The NJHS Induction Ceremony was held on Monday, November 7th, after school at 6:30. These 7th and 8th graders were chosen to be in NJHS by demonstrating, scholarship, service, citizenship, and character. These students are chosen to help out the community. The amazing students inducted into NJHS are Lilah Dugas, Kaileigh-Ana Mitchell, Tyler Elliott, Isabella Polyukhovich, Isabella Fleming, Maxine Ryan-Jacobson, Jamie Godbout, Emma Tilton, Rachel Griffin, Sebastian Uribe, Ella Harnisch, Matthew VanWagner, Travis Harressey, Thomas VanWagner, Lily Hoang, Jackson Waddington, Akash Kadariya, Madison Ward, Cara Mahn, Alexander Welch, Maggie McAuliffe, and Nicholas Zagaria.

Book Review

It's good to keep up on reading even outside of school. Here are some books from our library to get you started.

Book reviews by Maggie McAuliffe and Abigail Brown

The Unteachables by Gordon Korman

No Place For Monsters
by Kory Merrit

Who Was Frederick Douglass
by April Prince

The Unteachables is a fantastic book about a class called SCS-8, also known as the Unteachables. They are the outcasts of the school who are impossible to teach, or are they? When it comes to saving Mr. Kermit’s job, maybe they aren’t so unteachable…

Suburbia appears to be a normal town. A normal town with a normal school, normal people, normal houses, and No Place for Monsters. Levi and Kat, some of the many normal people in the town are seemingly opposite kids with one thing in common. They are the only ones in their town who realize children are disappearing.

Who Was Frederick Douglass is about Frederick Douglass who was a man of change. He helped end slavery and was against inequality for black people and women. He created a newspaper and wrote several autobiographies. Frederick Douglass was definitely a huge part of American history.

Healthy Tips

Written by: Alaina Spencer & Sierra Nicholls

It's always smart to keep good health. We have gathered great tips from Mrs. McCarron, the Cawley nurse, to improve our daily lives and health. We'd like to show you Mrs. McCarron's tips.

Mrs. McCarron's Q&A:

Q: What would you like to tell kids to limit injury?
A: "Make sure you wear the right gear, make sure you warm up or cool down, use proper techniques, follow the rules of the game, and take breaks as needed."

Q: What is the best way to heal an illness?
A: "Rest. Our bodies need rest to heal, stay hydrated, and take medicine as needed."

Q: What is the best way to prevent illnesses?
A: "Hand washing!! Stay away from sick people, cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze, don’t touch your eyes, keep your home and school area clean."

Q: How much water should kids drink a day?
A: "7-10 8 ounce glasses. Bring your water to school!!!"

Tech Tip

Remove.bg

Written by: Robert Tremblay

Ever wanted to have a green screen for photos? Want to upload a picture of someone or something that takes up too much space? Do you want a different background for one of your photos? Try Removebg! You can customize backgrounds or remove the background completely, leaving it transparent. First you go to https://www.remove.bg/. This is what comes up when you Google the website. When you go to this link you’ll see a before-after image of a woman with a hat. To the right you’ll see a section that says “Upload image or drop a file”. If you click that, you’ll go to https://www.remove.bg/upload. A window with a list of all your files will pop up. Click the image you want to upload, then it will remove the background. On the top right it will say “edit.” Click it, then you can edit the image in cool ways! To edit the background, click the “background” tab. You can pick from a list of backgrounds or upload your own custom background. If part of the background didn’t get removed, or part of the intended image gets removed, go to the “Erase/Restore,” and you can erase or restore part of the original image. Just make sure you’re using fair use images!

1: Hawk’s Eye journalist Robert Tremblay stands in a room.
2: This is the image of Robert but without the background.
3: This is image 2 but with a custom background from Removebg’s background library. In this one Robert is standing in front of a galaxy. This whole process was done by using Removebg (except for taking the photo).

Trivia & Comic

Recipe of the Month

Snickerdoodle Cookies

Created by: Robert Tremblay

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Trivia from Reid Hamilton

1. What do you call the start of fall?

a) Fall Solstice
b) Autumn Equinox
c) When the leaves start falling
d) 70° and below

2. What are the 3 months of fall in the Northern Hemisphere?

a) August, September, October
b) June, July, August
c) October, November, December
d) September, October, November

3. In what direction do birds begin to migrate in autumn?

a) North
b) West
c) South
d) East

Answers: 1. b, 2. d, 3. c

Dough
½ cup shortening
½ cup butter
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
2 ¾ cups all purpose flour
2 tsp. Cream of tartar
1 tsp. Baking soda
¼ tsp. Salt

Cinnamon sugar mix
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350℉. Beat the shortening, butter, sugar, and eggs together in a large bowl. In separate medium bowl whisk together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Then slowly beat the flour mixture into the wet mixture. When dough is done, roll into small one inch balls then dip the top of it in the cinnamon sugar mixture and place them at least one inch apart on a baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes in a preheated oven.

Serve warm and enjoy!