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| Features November 2001, Volume 5, No. 3 |
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By Mari D.
Over 200 students attended Peacock Middle School's first dance of the year on Friday, October 19, 2001. This was a very high turnout. The Music Boosters sponsored the dance, which was held in the gym.
Brian L., sixth grade, who enjoyed himself, said the dance, "was cool." "The D.J was O.K. and the food was fine," he added.
His classmate, Nick P., thought the dance was "creative" and he also enjoyed himself. He thought the D.J. was "fun" and he would add more black lights. He was dancing a lot because it was fun.
Ryan G., also in sixth grade, thought the dance was "good". He enjoyed himself and also thought the D.J. was good. He didn't dance as much because he was talking to his friends.
Seventh grader, Angela W., thought the dance was "fun." She enjoyed herself. She said the D.J. was "awesome". If it were up to her she would make the dance longer. She likes to dance and danced all night.
Her friend and classmate, Kelly B., said the dance was "O.K". She had a good time. She thought the D.J. was "fine" and the food was good. The only change she would make is to have the glow sticks free.
Keith M., seventh grade, and Lee A., eighth grade, both said the dance was "fine." They had an O.K. time. The D.J. was "O.K., but, played too much 70s music." They said the food was "really good." They would like to change the D.J. and get rid of the glow sticks. They did not dance a lot because they didn't like the music. They would like to add candy and a younger D.J.
The D.J., Tim Hicks, thought the dance went really well. He enjoyed himself. He thought the kids were having fun and he said the food was good. He would like more colored lights.
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Hang with virtual pets at Neopets.com
By Alexandra B.
If you go to www.neopets.com you will find that it is a very cool website. It revolves around creatures called Neopets.
The Neopets come in around thirty different species and it is your job to take care of them.
You can also play a variety of over eighty games and compete in the BattleDome with your pet.
People in England created BattleDome. It is a very interesting game to play.
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Peacock's first dance is prize winning
By Rena W.
The dance on Friday, October 19, 2001 was great. The DJ was kind of good. Everyone liked the glow sticks. At the dance, there was a raffle and two people won $50 gift certificates to Woodfield Mall and one person won a free pizza.
Seventh grader, Paul P., and sixth grader, Peter A., won the gift certificates and seventh grader, Marina L., won the free pizza.
The dance was fun and, all the people who were there enjoyed it.
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The Halloween Chainsaw!
By Karina D.
It's Halloween night and like all Halloweens, it is dark and creepy. I am dressed as a goblin and my friend Becky is dressed as a freak.
We have been walking for about two hours now and at all the houses we have stopped at no one has been home, but we are going to keep walking because what's the point of Halloween if you don't get some candy.
Suddenly there is a strange noise behind us. It sounds sort of like a quiet chain saw. Turning at the same time in the same direction we hit heads.
Becky yells, "Ouch, that hurt watch where you're going."
It wasn't my fault, but I don't have the courage to say it out loud because Becky sometimes has a temper. There was nothing behind us, so we are going to keep walking in the direction we are going.
We are now starting to enter a wooded area on a secluded road. As we hear an owl hoot Becky jumps and I can't help but laugh.
As we walk I notice that this road is really desolate, there is no one on it but us. Then there is that chain saw noise again except this time it's...
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Interesting new students flock to Peacock
By Jessica L.
Many new students have come to Peacock this year. Some of them moved here from out of state and others have moved here from different towns in the Chicago area. Some have even come to Peacock from different Itasca schools.
I interviewed sixth grader Elizabeth H. to get a glimpse of what some of these new students are like.
Elizabeth moved to Itasca at the end of this past summer from Berwyn, Illinois, where she attended Havlicek Middle School. She says the teachers and students here are more exciting than those at her old school, but she still misses her old teachers and friends a lot.
Since arriving in Itasca, Liz has made many new friends that live near her house. One of her new friends is Megan Ludwisiak.
Out of all the subjects she has, she likes gym with Ms. Krisik and Mr. Anderson the best. She thinks they are both really cool and they think up fun games and sports.
Even though she doesn't like it when she has homework, Elizabeth thinks students don't really get enough homework each night.
Elizabeth is a cross-country runner, and a member of both the Leo Club and Band. In her free time she likes to do gymnastics, as well as play soccer and basketball.
Her favorite singer is Janet Jackson and her favorite store to shop in is JC Penney. She says at JC Penney you get good deals on great clothes. The last book she read Elizabeth I, about the famous English queen from the seventeenth century.
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