The Newspaper of Bradley Beach Elementary School
Pictured Above: Environmental Club
By Sophia Li, Jordan Barraud, and Angelina Cortina
To start the Club Corner off, let’s see what our clubs have in store for us! Let us tell you some things that our school clubs have been doing so far. Especially about the Environmental and Drama Club have something exciting going on right now.
(Photo by Tides staff)
Dear Raul,
Sometimes I wonder what my friends think of me, and whether they think of me as a person they enjoy having around. Like, if I wasn’t there, and someone asked them their opinion of me, would they say stuff about me that I wouldn’t like? Or would it be stuff that is positive? I can’t help but feel insecure about what other people may be saying about me.
Sincerely,
Concerned
By Raul Gregory, Student Life Editor
The lights dim, the MCs enter the stage, and everyone is watching. This year’s talent show was amazing, and I’m sure many would agree. It had everything from art being made live to amazing dance performances. In this article I will discuss some notable things in this year’s talent show and some of my favorite performances that caught my eye. Each two- minute performance was simple and enjoyable
A comic by Kyel Guerrero
Above: Seventh grader Audra Lowe reads a short story she wrote during the final meeting of the Seniors of the Ascension Church. Photo courtesy of Kirsty Sucato.
By Lucas Davis, News Editor
The year of 2018 marks the ending of the Church of the Ascension Seniors Club. The group was a chance for the elderly of Bradley Beach to meet and socialize. The club was started ten years ago by the Joe Crowley, the parishioner at that time. In order to attend, a ten dollar fee was put in place for the club’s survival. After one year, he left, and the role of leader fell upon the shoulders of Ms. Crouse, who gladly accepted the position. Due to the lack of leadership in the form of the loss of Ms.Crouse, the club will be closing.
(Photos courtesy of Lenore Cooperman)
By Arely Rubio and Kevin Hernandez Perez, Sports Editors, with Heidi Ruiz-Otero, Reporter
For the first time in 10 years, the Bradley Beach boys soccer team won the Monmouth County Athletic League’s (MCAL) “National” Division this year with an impressive record of one loss and 13 wins.
”Our teamwork, speed, and aggression is definitely one of our strengths,” said Harry Cruz Galindo, a defensive player on the team. “Quick playing and positioning is helping us the most.”
(Photos courtesy of Amy Roth)
By Brian Ramon-Miron, Reporter
If you see kids in line with a familiar teacher, Mrs. Laurel Degnan, you might think that the kindergartners are looking younger every year. But actually, you’re looking at the new preschool class that has doubled in size because of a grant that our school won in September. Read more
(Photos courtesy of Ms. Acerra)
By Lucas Davis, News Editor
Bradley Beach is a crime-free, perfect, town by the sea. Or so you once believed. On September 21, in our small pearl of a town, a serial shooting began. A man, wielding a BB gun, shot the windows of two of the eighth grade teachers’ cars. The first victim, Ms. Heather Ross, reported from her classroom by the entrance of the school.
“The first thing I thought was, Oh my gosh, How am I going to afford this?!” she said, taking a drink from her thermos. The bullet struck her car in the passenger front side of her window. The first attack occurred during the school day, and her car was parked in the front of the school, where a late student might enter.
The perpetrator was thought to be shooting at squirrels when a BB went astray, and hit her car. When she mentioned the bit about the incapacitation of squirrels, she gave a disdainful nod, as if to say, “I would like to see him in the place of those squirrels.” Read more
The winners of this issue’s Poetry contest are:
Cameron Caruso, 2A, for his poem “Hailstorm” and John Stevenson Medwin, 2Z, for “I Hear.”
By Arely Rubio, Sports Editor
(Photo courtesy of Alisyn Morder)
This year’s cheerleading team is the biggest team in five years, consisting of 19 students, with five captains!
The team is doing an outstanding job of spreading the school spirit. They were invited to the Monmouth County Athletic League’s exhibition at Manasquan High School for the fifth consecutive year on February 27.
With a big team comes great cheers, and even a new one: “The Welcome Cheer” is a new cheer revamped to make it more relevant, said Mrs. Alisyn Morder, the cheerleading coach. Read more
The Tides 