Anup Vatti by Vanessa Tang
Anup Vatti is a normal 13-year old, who has lived all his life in Sacramento, with parents who are a civil engineer and a doctor and an older brother who’s now at college. In his free time, he watches movies and TV. Sci-fi is his favorite genre, which includes movies like Inception. In a toss up between Star Trek and Star War, he’d pick the latter. The scariest movie he’s ever seen is Disturbia, but he wants to see The Orphan. Anup doesn’t play much video games anymore since his brother took their Xbox to college and broke it. As for TV, he watches A Thousand Ways to Die and Criminal Minds. Other than watching movies and shows, he listens to alternative rock music.
At school, Anup takes Spanish 2 and Yearbook, along with his regular IB classes. He chose Yearbook as his elective because of all the photography we‘d be doing, but didn’t know that the newspaper came along with it. Math is an okay subject for him, but likes the minimum days where all classes are shortened.
As for food, his favorite dish is Fettuccini Alfredo, and he likes to have olives on his cheese pizza. Other favorite food/drinks are Cherry Pepsi, Barbeque Lays, and pancakes, along with a healthier snack, strawberries.
Finally, Anup is a bit of an animal person since he has two parakeets, Mojo and Coco. He prefers dogs over cats, and believes that mosquitoes are one of the most peskiest animals ever. “There are so many in India, because of heat and humidity,” he says.
Duncan’s Profile
Duncan DeCaire is a 12-year-old boy, who loves to fence and to listen to heavy metal bands such as: “Disturbed”, “Megadeth”, “Iron Maiden”, and “Mastodon”. Duncan was born in California, and lives in Arden Park with no pets, and his parents, because he is an only child. Duncan loves to read, and his favorite book is The King Must Die by Mary Renault. The King Must Die is in the historical fiction genre, in which Duncan thoroughly enjoys. He went to Winston Churchill Middle School last year, as he is this school year and the next, and before that, went to Mary A. Deterding Elementary school. Duncan’s favorite subject in school overall is history, and his favorite movie is the Star Wars series. Duncan is Korean and Welch, and went to Korea this summer. For three weeks he visited his relatives that live there, and took tours of the great country.
Celine Beddard By: Krista Yang
Celine Beddard was born on Feb. 19, 1998 in Sacramento, CA. Her siblings, two brothers and three sisters, are all older than her. She has four cats, three dogs, and three goldfish. Outside of school, Celine plays volleyball, swims, and ice skates. She also enjoys acting and singing. She can speak Spanish, as well as some French. Her favorite color is purple.
This will be Celine’s second year here, at Churchill. Overall, she likes being in the IB program, though she feels that there is too much homework and finds it stressful at times. She is excited to work on the yearbook, but is not as thrilled to be working on the newspaper. Before coming to Churchill, Celine attended Cambridge Heights. Next year, she will be going to Mira Loma, and later, she hopes to go to Stanford.
Daniel Rubinstein
Daniel Rubinstein is a seventh grade I.B. (international baccalaureate) student here at Churchill. He is 12 years old as of today, September 8th. He was born here in Sacramento at Mercy Hospital. Daniel is any only child and he likes it that way! He enjoys being in the I.B. program because of the advanced classes, but he believes that out homework should be more enjoyable. Before coming to Churchill he attended school at Starr King, Billy Mitchell, and Kenneth. Daniel likes to read fiction and realistic-fiction books outside of school in his free time. Although he is an avid reader he doesn’t have a favorite book. I believe Daniel Rubinstein is a great addition to the Newspaper/Yearbook team!!
Solomiya Gumenyuk, As Told by Krista Keplinger
After looking at my green cast on my lower leg, Solomiya told me about how she broke her arm by riding into a fence, and had a lime green cast just like mine.
“Yeah. I have to have my cast for ZERO days now!” I said enthusiastically, “But how did you ride into a fence of all things?”
She beams a smile with metallic braces.
“How much longer do you have to have your braces?” I questioned.
“Oh, another 1 to 2 years. I eat pretty much everything that you’re not supposed to, so probably 2 years.”
Her glasses slip down her nose while she’s laughing and she pushes them back up. I just notice then that she has a combination of blue, green, and a gold/hazel color all in her large irises. We chat about Bones, our favorite TV show for the both of us (sort of), and how we will only take beets in the form of borscht.
I tell her about my favorite books, which she’s never heard of, and Solomiya tells me about her favorite movie, “The Brothers Bloom,” which I’ve never heard of.
“Are you a Pepsi or Coke fan?”
“Neither. I looooove Doctor Pepper! And Converse!” Solomiya exclaims definitively. She tells me about her four siblings (yes, FOUR) and how her parents emigrated from the Ukraine to America. Three of her siblings are older than her but one sister is younger.
Solomiya also enjoys some privacy and a good book, along with mango and the Ukrainian version of tortellini.
All in all, I learned the Solomiya is a girl with plenty of spunk to go around and likes to talk a lot once you break the ice with her. AND she is very nice. She prefers milk chocolate over dark chocolate because she thinks it’s less bitter and has no idea where she wants to go to college but wants to live in San Diego.
Brittany Hoang by Manu Prakasam
The unlikely combination of ice-skating and reading makes up Brittany Hoang’s life. Born on March 20, 1998 at Sutter Memorial Hospital to a Vietnamese family, Brittany loves her family of 5 and her life.
Brittany, a self-proclaimed perfectionist, is currently in her second year of the I.B. program. She likes I.B. for its people, curriculum, and wide array of class choices. Her favorite classes this year are Journalism, since she loves to write, and Japanese. Although those are her two favorite classes, she feels she is doing the best in science.
Her other favorites include Yu-na Kim as her favorite athlete, turquoise as her favorite color and mint chocolate chip as an ice cream. Brittany doesn’t have a favorite band though, or a favorite food.
Outside of school, as I stated before, Brittany is a phenomenal skater (she can even jerk on ice!). Her friends call her the next Kristi Yamaguchi, which she rejects immediately. She goes to San Francisco every Saturday at 4 AM (!). This just shows her amazing dedication. This hard work has paid off as she has won so many skating competitions that she has lost count.
Brittany, in her little free time, also loves to read. If you see her at any given time, she will probably be reading, skating, or doing homework. Brittany has a number of favorite books and cannot name all of them without a lot of time and thought.
Even though she has an organized, structured life, Brittany hasn’t mapped out her future and isn’t sure where she wants to go to college or what she wants to do later on. For now though, Brittany will stick with reading and ice-skating.
Emily Grichuhin
Thirteen-year-old Emily Grichuhin enjoys playing soccer, riding her bike, and swimming in the hot summer. She used to play the piano as well and likes the Internet. Emily is 5’6’’ and enjoys eating pasta, as well as shopping at American Eagle for her clothes. When it comes to books, she enjoys sitting down and reading a good fiction novel. When she’s not reading a book or playing sports, she likes listening to Justin Bieber’s music. Apart from that, she has blue eyes and her favorite color is purple. She prefers mechanical pencils to wooden pencils and has a mother, a father, and two brothers. Like many people, she dislikes random advertisements popping up on websites and thinks they are annoying and ruin your experience on the Internet. Another thing she does not like is the smell of farms. She thinks the farm animals, like the cows and pigs, smell horrible.
Srilekha Bonala
Srilekha Bonala, a determined 7th grader at Churchill Middle School, and aspiring writer heads for room 38, her yearbook class . Apart of the newspaper and yearbook staff, she considers herself a leader . For her, education is very important because she wants to succeed and get far in life. She sits down and listens to Mr. Unmack, the coordinator’s, instructions and receiving her assignment, begins diligently working. When asked about college, Shrileka eagerly nods her head and adds which school she is looking into, Harvard. Why has she chosen Harvard? Because its one of the best lawschools and she hopes to become a lawyer.
Although Shrileka focuses on her acedemics, she still saves room for fun. You might find her watching Glee on the Fox network, eating orange chicken, her favorite, or playing tennis. Recently taking rrivate lessons, tennis is her favorite sport. Another thing she cares about? Animals. “ I love pigs because they are cute and fat.”Shrileka says cracking a smile. When asked if she is more of a cat person, she shakes her head and says dogs are more her type of animal. What else does Shrileka enjoy? Hanging out with her friends who say she’s unique and individual. If you ever see Srilekha Bonala walking in the halls, be sure to tell this bubbly 7th grader “Hi.”
Saabhir Gill
Saabhir Gil is one of the students in the yearbook staff of 2010-2011 in Churchill. He is 12 years old and born in Folsom, CA. But his mother was born in India while his dad was born in Thailand. He though, has never been to India his whole life. He has two siblings, a 19-year old stepbrother and a 9-year old sister. He plays board games, videogames, and plays outside with his stepbrother and sister.
When Saabhir has some free time he usually plays videogames or goes on the computer. Saabhir told me “ I am a technology nerd, I work well with computers. I have a website call www.saabhirgil.com. It has games, music, and other things.” He doesn’t play any sports now, but he learned karate when he was younger. Saabhir even earned his black belt in karate. He enjoys school very much. His favorite subject in school is math because it’s easy. This year he is taking geometry, which in Churchill that is a 8th grade course! He loves to read books, especially big books like “Eragon”. When he is not at school or doing homework, he likes to watch action movies like “The Dark Knight” and movies from India. Rap, Hip-Hop, and 90’s and 80’s rock are kinds of music he listens to everyday. He wants to be a lawyer or an engineer when he grows-up because they are both easy jobs that make lots of money. Well I think Saabhir is going to have s bright future ahead of him, don’t you think so?
Alexander Mellerski
Alex Mellerskri was born in Long Beach, California at the Long Beach Hospital. He and his family lived in Long Beach for a year before moving to the Sacramento area. An eighth grader at Churchill Middle School, he has been here since sixth grade. Austin, Alex’s younger brother, was born after they moved to the Sacramento area, and they also have four pets: two dogs and two cats. His mother is Japanese, and his dad is polish, which makes him half-and-half. Once every two years, his dad’s side of the family holds a family reunion in Oklahoma. Other than those far and few between family reunions, his family generally doesn’t travel much. Alex likes all sorts of food, but Japanese food is by far his favorite. Classic rock is his favorite type of music, but he watches all kinds of movies just for the sake of watching them.
An IB student, he describes Churchill as a school where we mostly focus mainly on academics, also he says that the Churchill staff is one of the best staff out of all the middle schools in the area. His favorite subject is science, although Math is his best. Science is his favorite because he likes to learn about physical science, like the weather. He absolutely despises history because he thinks that what died in the past should stay in the past.
Nicola Lewis
Nicola Lewis is an 8th grader here at Churchill. She was born on September 2 in Orange County. Nicola Lewis is the youngest of three and has three stepsiblings. As well as living in Orange County Nicola has lived in Newport Beach and Alaska. Nicola relatives live in Massachusetts where she goes on most family vacations. The other vacations are in Montana.
Nicola’s favorite activities are soccer playing violin and hanging out with friends. She doesn’t have a favorite food but she doesn’t eat meat because she is a vegetarian. Soccer and baseball are Nicola’s favorite sports.
In conclusion Nicola describes herself as a hyper person who like to hang out with friends.
Naomi Kisel
John Carter
His friends say he’s small and humorous, but John Carter is a very interesting person.
John Carter is an eleven year old Sevie, born December 2nd. He lives with his Mom, dogs, cats and, horses. His Father lives in Arizona where john carter was born. He visits his Dad a lot, but he also goes to Missouri.
This year is his second year at Churchill. He gets pretty good grades, and when he grows up he wants to be an Electronic Engineer. He comes to school to see his friends, but he likes math class too. When he’s not in school he enjoys playing basketball, swimming, and playing video games. His favorite video game is Super Mario Bro’s.
He loves movies, especially comedy and action, and he says his favorite movie is “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. When watching a movie, he likes to eat popcorn, or his favorite candy, Snickers. A few of his other favorite things are food, tigers, the Percy Jackson book series, basketball, The Hornets, Chris Paul, and archery. John Carter generally likes all music. His favorite bands are The Black Eyed Peas and Sting. Old or new, he likes cars. His favorite classic car is the Camero, and his favorite modern car is the “Pagani Zonda F Roadster”.
John Carter is a great addition to the yearbook staff.
Jessica Ran
Jessica Ran, age 13, is a movie lover whose favorite movies are Salt, The Other Guys, and White Chicks. She likes The Other Guys because it’s funny, like White Chicks, and it has actor Will Ferrell. She likes action movies like Salt because they’re not too happy and she likes the stunts the stunt actor’s act. She has no pets and lives in her one story house with a twin sister and little brother. Jessica’s favorite T.V. show is Glee because she likes the songs the actors’ sing.
Her favorite pastime is listening to music because she doesn’t have to think about anything else when listening to it. Her favorite band is Green day and her favorite genres are rock, alternative, pop, and some likes of rap.
Her favorite book of all time is This Lullaby because it is very well written and she likes the characters and how it turned out in the end. She likes candy such as Jolly Ranchers and Twix bars. In about 10 years Jessica sees herself being a dentist or a lawyer. Jessica’s favorite holiday is New Years. Her favorite sport is volleyball. Both Jessica and her parents originate from China.
Izaiah Woodfy
Izaiah Woodfy describes himself as boring but he can be described in many other ways. A good brother, a dedicated worker, a musician, a pet owner, an inventor, and much more.
Izaiah is 12 years old and was born on December 12th. He’s mainly American but has always wished he had a British accent. This is his first year at Churchill, he really likes it so far and his favorite teacher is Mr. Unmack. Izaiah is super into school, gets good grades, and enjoys educational T.V. shows. He’s planning on finishing the I.B. program and hopes to go to Harvard.
In his free time Izaiah likes to play video games, participate in sports, watch T.V. (especially game shows), and listen to music. He likes to jam to the Beatles and most old rock, he’s been playing the saxophone for three years and just started learning acoustic guitar.
Even though he’s so focused on music, Izaiah aspires to be an inventor when he grows up. He currently has an idea for a trash can that safely lights its contents on fire so you only have ashes; that means less thrash in the world and more space in your can.
Overall Izaiah Woodfy is a well-rounded student and a good addition to the Newspaper/Yearbook team.
Hannah Little
13 year old, eighth grade Hannah Little describes herself as a weird, creative, person. She wants to be a biologist when she gets older because she loves animals. Her favorite animal is a hedgehog because they are “little, spiky, and cute”. Although her favorite animal is a hedgehog she has two dogs, Stewart Little and Twinkie. Stewart Little is a four-year-old pug, and Twinkie is a six-year-old Chihuahua dachshund mix.
Hannah’s favorite thing to do is draw, but when she is not doing that she is watching the Sci-Fi channel, an action movie, or listening to music. Her favorite movie is Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Her favorite band is either Never Shout Never or Escape the Fate, and her favorite song is Cheatercheaterbestfriendeater.
Hannah was born in Idaho on November second and went to Bryan Elementary she then moved to Los Angeles where she went to Walnut Elementary. Later she moved to northern California and attended Star King elementary she then transferred to Del Dayo elementary, and finally she came to Churchill.
Darya Eslamian
Darya Eslamian has one older sister and is the youngest in her family. Her favorite color is purple and her least favorite color is orange. She likes the movie Final Destination 3, but she hates The Runaways. She loves music by Justin Bieber but hates music by Screamo. Sushi is her favorite food and broccoli is her least favorite food.
She watches Disney channel on T.V. Her favorite celebrity and career idol is Justin Bieber. She has one hundred eighteen posters of Justin Bieber and ten posters of Selena Gomez. Her favorite book series are the Twilight saga and the Shadow Children series. She has one dog named Monty. She is twelve years old.
Her parents were born in Iran. Her mom is an engineer and her dad is an auditor. Her favorite subject is English because she is good at it. Her least favorite subject is history.
Sana Alsamman
Sana Alsamman, an eighth grader with Syrian parents, loves hanging with friends, swims and enjoys watching T.V, “The Middle.” She was born in Los Angeles, California, but moved to Sacramento when she was two years old, along with her younger brother and older sister. Once every two years Sana, her brother, sister, engineer dad and mother visit Syria. As Sana says, “…I’m really fond of visiting Syria. I get to meet my family that I haven’t seen in a while. [Along with that] I have tons of fun.”
Apart from her family and social life Sana loves listening to music. “…I adore listening to music including Syrian music. [But] my favorite English artist is Taylor Swift.” Apart from music she stills enjoys like school, but like any other kid she hates homework. Sana’s favorite foods include orange chicken, other types of chicken and Syrian food. Her favorite fruit and vegetable are watermelon and cucumber. Like most middle school girls Sana prefer Vans over Converse because they’re nicer and more comfortable.
All in all, Sana Samman really enjoys newspaper/yearbook as an elective. “… I prefer writing over technology because in writing you get to express your thoughts.” By the end of the year Sana hopes to become a better writer.
Ayan Chowdhury
Ayan Chowdhury, age 12, is a seventh grader at Churchill. He’s excited and eager to continue his second year here. He likes his teachers and classes, but he is most happy about seeing his friends and lunchtime, during which he plays sports outside. However, Ayan is not sure whether he wants to join a Churchill team this year. His favorite subject has always been math because he likes solving problems.
Last July he deeply enjoyed a ten-day vacation in Philadelphia, Manhatttan, and Toronto. He went with his family and they had an amazing time at those places. He’ll never forget visiting the Empire State Building for the first time.
Before coming to Sacramento, he lived in two other places. Born in Connecticut, he spent his first two years there. Then his family moved to Anaheim and lived there for eight months.
Whenever he has spare time, you can easily find Ayan on the soccer field scoring a goal alongside his brother, or dribbling a basketball on the court. He also enjoys reading, playing video games, and watching action movies and his favorite TV shows, which are MythBusters and Modern Marvels. He says, “Action movies are very exciting. My favorite one is Vantage Point.” Other things he loves to do are playing with the family dog, a golden retriever named Blaze, listening to B.o.B and Big Time Rush’s music, and eating at Hometown Buffet. Right now he is reading Deeper by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, on which he comments, “ I love it because it’s humorous and action-packed.”
Alex Marion
Alex Marion
Alex Mario is a twelve –year- old boy born on February 27, 1998 in Elk Grove. He has an eight- year-old brother that he usually doesn’t get along with, and two dogs named Tommy and Maya that are both basenjis. His mom was born in Palm Springs, and his dad was born in France.
Before he came to Churchill Middle School, Alex went to Marymount Elementary School, where he broke his left arm in first grade because he tripped. His best subject is math because he is more used to it, and his worst subject is science. His favorite books are the Alex Rider Series because the have action in them.
Alex has many hobbies like biking, watching T.V, and going on the computer. His favorite movie is 12 Rounds, and on the T.V. he likes to watch Cartoon Network because it’s funny, and it keeps him entertained.
Alex loves animals, and wants to be a veterinarian when he grows up. His favorite food is sushi, and his favorite color is red. When it comes to clothes, Alex likes to shop at Old Navy.
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