People are always wondering how we put together the school yearbook. Some think it’s done on the computer. Others may think that we send it to a company with all the pictures and they put it together for us. If only it was that easy. The truth is that it is actually done by hand. […]

On Wednesday, March 4, all seventh and eighth grade students at Tripp Middle School were all ready for a day of M.E.A.’s (Maine Educational Assessments.) The students at Tripp were going to have a mixed up day; each team had numerous teachers flipping pancakes for the seventh and eighth graders on the three teams. The […]

Editors note: The story “Sunday Night” was written by Stephen Gregg.Ever think you had a nightmare, but it turns out to be real? Do you like a little fantasy? Well, then this is your kind of play! Travel with us to an alternate universe where foreign diseases appear as creatures that you have to outwit, […]

So I have now shared with you many of my adventures and experiences, but what does it all mean? That was the question I asked myself on the plane ride back and during my unnecessarily long layover in Iceland. After reflecting a bit, I came up with a few answers.First: Although I had seen diversity […]

Jr. high, an excellent time to start after school activities such as sports, or even clubs, but there’s one thing some students overlook. School plays.Sure, they’re no Broadway productions, especially if you consider the low budgets schools have now. They do the best they can to get us props and other necessary items needed to […]

Recently in Elm Street School, the eighth graders had quite the assignment. They had to raise little babies. Don’t worry, they weren’t real, just robotic, though they had some of the same features. The babies cried, had diapers, needed to be fed and then cried some more.When the babies cried, the students were wearing a […]

“I try to say one thing with my work: A book is a wonderful place to be. A book is a package, a gift package, a surprise package – and within the wrapping is a whole new world and beyond,” is a quote by the writer, Ellen Raskin. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on […]

“Wherever you go on land, there are signs and people telling you what to do and when to do it, but as soon as you leave level ground, it’s a whole new world; there are no rules or regulations to be holding you back,” shares Kody Priddle, one of three profound aviation fanatics that are […]

It is a known fact a lot of people look forward to becoming a teenager. Once one becomes a teenager, you can have all the “cool” things in life, like being able to drive, or have a cell phone with texting, and all the other “cool” things you’ve looked forward to getting for a long […]

As the third quarter slowly rolls to an end, and the fourth quarter train sets off once again, we enter Crunch Time. Crunch Time is a time when students, as well as adults, attempt to pass in as much late stuff as they can before the end of the fourth quarter. In some cases, students […]