PARKER RUTHERFORD, Staff Writer

November 23, 2019

Wouldn't it be awesome if Harvest spiced it up a bit, maybe if they added a few things to their line of construction plans in 2019-2020? Harvest is undergoing some major changes halfway through the 2019-2020 school year, with River Charter Middle School leaving, new construction plans for Harvest and River campuses for when they become one, and the district is investing over 24 million dollars for the construction of this project. Also coming this summer, Harvest will remodel the quad to make it more modern and have a less plain feeling. Students propose changes they would like to see at...

Karina Alvarez, Jocelyn Gonzalez, Daniela Lopez, and Alina Ceja-Delgado

November 23, 2019

After a long day of school, when students and teachers finally get to leave school and go home,  what do they do? Do they watch TV, do homework (classwork), or do they go out with friends? What do we do normally after a long day of school that other people also do in common?  "I mostly just use my phone or hang out with my friends, but I also do Karate," said Jennifer Jimenez a 7th-grade student at HMS. "I like to use my phone and will to go to Starbucks sometimes after school,” Andres Anguiano another 7th-grade student at HMS. "I like to go home and hang out with one of my friends,''...

NYA LOPEZ and TAYLOR STOPPELLO

October 27, 2019

 Recently, bins have been strategically grouped in the Harvest quad with posters.  Steps are being taken to educate staff and students regarding sorting waste into trash, compost, and recycle. Why it’s important to pick up trash? People think it’s important to pick up trash because they want to help the world and keep the school clean. It is also important to pick up trash around the community because if we don't take care of our earth it won't be here anymore. Why do people litter? People litter because they don’t care about the earth and the community. Other people try...

BRYAN SANCHEZ GARCIA and MANUEL ROSALES GONZALEZ

December 10, 2019

 So most people know about the Champions League, but do you know who will win? The teams more likely to win are Ajax, Tottenham,...

EMMA AGUILAR and HUNTER ANDERSEN

November 20, 2019

       Most kids have trouble being a good friend. Kids are either very rude or they are shy. Some people even think that ending a friendship is harder than ending a romantic relationship. To keep a good friendship you need to learn how to have trust and good communication skills.      8th grader Carlos Navarro said, “To make a good friend you need to have loyalty, and to make a bad friend...

NICKI HAUBOLD, Staff Writer

October 28, 2019

The Zombie Run is coming back to Harvest Middle School this Friday, October 25. The Zombie Run is a fairly new fundraising activity at Harvest that was started by Lorraine Richardson, Carrie Gallagher, Art Ochoa, Mike Richardson, and the Parent Faculty Club last year (2018). The intent of the run is to give kids a fun reason to run and get money for the school. Each student has a belt and...

ALINA CEJA-DELGADO, DANIELA LOPEZ, JOCELYN GONZALEZ, and KARINA ALVAREZ

October 27, 2019

     What is an e-cigarette? An e-cigarette is a handheld battery powered vaporizer that simulates smoking. Vaping is a health issue now affecting our society, these days people don’t realize that vaping is not a game people actually die because of vaping. When people vape they are worsening their respiratory system, and risking the chance of getting type 2 diabetes. Vaping  gets worse...

ALYSSA COBURN, Staff Writer

October 20, 2019

We all have social media, right? Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and more. Social media is a group of online communication channels dedicated to community-based input, cooperation, content-sharing, and collaboration. Like all things, social media has negative and positive effects. It just depends on how you view it. Some people view social media as a good thing, like Parker Rutherford, an 8th grader...

PARKER RUTHERFORD, Staff Writer

October 4, 2019

You begin the night by climbing in your nice warm bed, under the blankets, and you at once go through your social media. Afterward, you go to YouTube to check out a few hilarious and relaxing videos. Then you realize it’s 2 am. So how does this occur? Blue Light screens, those screens we have on all of our phones. It is known that artificial Blue Light leads to eyestrain, laziness, headaches,...

ALINA CEJA-DELGADO, ADAM DROZDOWICZ, HUNTER ANDERSEN, and VALERIA DOMINGUEZ

September 22, 2019

Dress codes have been around for a while, they have been used to tell students, employees, waiters, and more what the requirements are for what they have to wear going into the workplace.  In schools, it sometimes seems that dress codes have been more specifically focused on what girls have to wear to meet school standards; they have included things like the length of shorts, skirts, dresses, showing...

TAYLOR STOPPELLO and NYA LOPEZ

September 18, 2019

Kids at Harvest Middle School should be able to have after school clubs.     Students should have something to do after school, whether it's doing something they enjoy or something to entertain them while waiting for their parents to pick them up. This benefits the staff because they don't have to wait for all the kids to leave to go home, they will be supervised.   Would you want...

QUINLIN GALLAGHER, Editor

October 5, 2019

Going to Fox Landing is an unforgettable experience that I will cherish for the rest of my life. After spending hours traveling from Napa to Long Beach, finally making it to camp is something you'll never forget. However, before we arrived at Fox Landing, we spent a night at the Queen Mary. We had...

ALYSSA COBURN, Staff Writer

September 22, 2019

Are the kids at Harvest Middle School too old for toys?  “I don’t think so,” says Quinlin Gallagher, an 8th grader here at Harvest.  “There are many toys targeted at middle schools. You could consider a gaming system a toy.” That’s true. Big toy companies like Sony and Nintendo try to sell their products for all ages, including...

PARKER RUTHERFORD, Staff Writer

November 23, 2019

Wouldn't it be awesome if Harvest spiced it up a bit, maybe if they added a few things to their line of construction plans in 2019-2020? Harvest is undergoing some major changes halfway through the 2019-2020 school year, with River Charter Middle School leaving, new construction plans for Harvest and River campuses for when they become one, and the district is investing over 24 million dollars for the construction of this project. Also coming this summer, Harvest will remodel the quad to make...

GRACE EXUM and CHARLOTTE FLUKEY

September 25, 2019

Around 9:40 this morning September 25th, Students at Harvest middle school walked out of their first period and smelled a familiar scent to us all: smoke.  This brought back memories of the fires in fall 2018  that destroyed many homes and caused a panic in the bay area.   The cause of the most recent fire was caused by a man who set out to steal copper from the inside of power poles on mare island. The fire was reported from what we could find at 3:07 a.m and was contained at 8:48 and...

JOCELYN GONZALEZ BARRAGAN, KARINA ALVAREZ LOPEZ, and DANIELA LOPEZ

September 19, 2019

 This year’s bell schedule has changed again! And this time most people hope the schedule will stay as it is. The schedule has changed four times in the last four years. Asked if the schedule will change again next year, Mrs. Franco stated, “I can’t say yes but there will be a possibility it will change." What makes this year’s schedule different is the fact that we now have seven periods instead of eight. The reason why we have one less period is because of budget problems that...