Music of the Night

By: Shannon Chu

On Monday, Oct. 30, the night before Halloween, the Music of the Night concert will take place at Andover High School at 7 p.m. At the concert, all three middle schools and the high school’s choruses will be singing. Middle school chorus members will sing “The Raven Watches Me” and “And the Night Shall Be Filled With Music.” The high school will feature additional songs.

Joke of the Week!!

Joke of the Week!

Baby Werewolf was eating dinner. He asked Mama Werewolf, "Mama, can I eat my vegetables with my fingers?" Mama Werewolf replied, "No. You eat your vegetables. Then you can eat the fingers."

New Guinea Pig in Ms. Fargeorge's Classroom

By Pritha Yalakkishettar

There’s been a new member added to the 7 West family! She is really small, with black and white fur, long nails and a cute button nose, can you guess what animal she is? Well if you guessed guinea pig, (or just looked at the title) then you’re correct! Her name is Panda! Yup, Panda the guinea pig. (check out the pictures below)

Did you know that baby guinea pigs or ‘pups’ are born with fur and their eyes open? Also male guinea pigs are called boars and females are referred to as sows. The oldest age of a guinea pig was 15 years old and it has been recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. The 7 West guinea pig has brought lots of excitement and is a great addition to the team!

SCREAMFEST

By: Madison Dutily

BOO! Did I scare you? Well that's what happened to some of our Wood Hill students on October 13. Mr. Defusco took some kids from our school on an Outing Club trip to Canobie Lake Park for Screamfest. We arrived at 6 p.m. As soon as the gates open students fled into the park. Mr. Defusco told attendees our meeting spot and what time we needed to be there. And just like that we were off to the haunted houses as one big group. The first haunted house we did was the haunted hotel. After walking through the dark maze of ghouls and goblins, we went to the circus clown house. There were bright flashing lights, spinning rooms, and spooky clowns. As soon as the kids saw the exit from the haunted house they ran in terror. After a few haunts it was time for some rides. We split up into small groups and spread around the park. There were calming rides, rushing rollercoasters, tricky games, and more! After a few hours of frights and fun we went on the ferris wheel as a calm end to our fun night. And just like that we were on the bus ride home, ready to sleep in on the long weekend.

A Missing Trophy?

Dear Professor Fix-It,

What I need fixed is, the trophy for the middle school race isn't at Wood Hill. How can we make sure it is?

From,

Missing Trophy

Dear Missing Trophy,

The best way to get the trophy here is to make sure that you run in the middle school race. You also need to get a bunch of other kids signed up. I’m sure Mr. Saalfrank has told you that the reason we always lose to Doherty is because we never have a ton of kids. Doherty always show up with at least 50 kids, us on the other hand we show up with 10-15. If you get kids interested, we are bound to win.

Good Luck,

Professor Fix-It  

Madagascar the Musical!!

AYS - Madagascar

By Tessa Barcelo and Abinaya Ganesh

I like to move it, move it! I like to move it, move it! Everybody knows the classic movie Madagascar, but did you know it’s a musical? Madagascar is a fun, family-friendly, and hilarious show!

AYS Theatreworks is performing Madagascar in November, and if you want to move it, you should come see it! Julia Kole, an eighth grader at Doherty who plays Marty the Zebra, says, “It’s an upbeat show that will make everyone in the audience want to be crack-a-lackin’ it with us.”

Imagine living your whole life caged up, you’d want to be wild and free too. Marty the Zebra, Alex the Lion, Gloria the Hippo, Melman the Giraffe, and Mason the Monkey are living it up in the Central Park Zoo. They have adoring fans, and tons of attention. But Marty wants more. Marty wants to be able to graze on grass all day, be able to hop, leap, and jump in the endless fields of green. So when he gets a chance to escape the zoo, he takes it. Marty runs away, and all his friends go after him. Then, when a zoo transfer goes wrong, the animals end up in Madagascar! To find out the rest, come see the show for yourself.

AYS Theatreworks’ production of Madagascar features a wide range of cast members, from third to eighth graders. In fact, you may know some of them! Wood Hill sixth graders Mia D’Avolio, Nate Allen, Abinaya Ganesh, and Cole Gervais and eighth graders Jack Mohr, Alex Worthley, and Tessa Barcelo are all in the show. Jack plays Alex the Lion, the King of New York City, Tessa plays Gloria the “Hip Hip Hippo”, Alex plays Mason the surly Monkey, Cole plays King Julien of the lemurs, Nate plays Kowalski, a penguin, Mia plays the Subway Announcer, and Abinaya is a “steak soloist”.

Anthony Morgante, a seventh grader at West Middle who plays Maurice, says, “Hooray everybody,” which is one of his lines. Sadie Rooney, also in seventh at West plays a lioness and Lee the Lemur, and she says, “Meet the king! -Lee, and Eat me. -Steak,” which are also lines from the show. On a more sentimental hand, Anthony chimes in again with, “I love being in the show with all of these people. We truly do become one big family.”

If you can’t wait to see more, go see Madagascar. Performances are at the Doherty Middle School Auditorium the first weekend in November. Tickets are $10, available at the Youth Center and at Learning Express.

Chinchillas

By: Madison Dutily

Not many people have heard about this furry little rodent -- the chinchilla, the world's softest animal. These little rodents live in South America with their colonies called herds. Chinchillas are so tiny, they're smaller than ground squirrels. These animals are popular pets, but, you should only purchase one if you are an experienced pet owner. Chinchillas are herbivores, which means they only eat plants. If you travel to South America you can find chinchillas in Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, and Chile. Personally chinchillas are my favorite animal, do some research on them! You might just find a new favorite animal.