McCloskey Messenger

McCloskey Messenger
Newspaper
Participants:
Ms.Roche
Kevin Alves
Ainsley Ayers
Ethan Borjeson-Troupe
Aaron Burke
Vini Cunha
Ben Fox
K.K.
Madison Hey
Ava Lawyer
Jake Lutton
Evan Maietta
Jonathan Morgan
Zoey Retamoza
Connor Rielly
Jacob Robbins
Matthew Robertson
Kayte Rooney
Abby Stratton
Nathaniel Thompson
Grace Turgeon
Savannah Schreiber
Issue 5 / May Edition
Q: Do you like the
classes you’ve had so
far?
A: Yes, I loved them all!
Q: Why’d you take the
job?
A: I took it because I
wanted to work with
middle schoolers again,
plus it’s close to where
I live.
Mr. (Funny) Hicks
By Kevin Alves and Connor Rielly
Q: What’s your favorite
grade to teach?
A: I love all the grades!
Q: What’s your favorite
type of music?
A: Well, let’s just say
that I don’t cruise
down the street
listening to Beethoven.
I like all types!
As you can probably
tell this is one of the
funniest and coolest
teachers around! If
you’ve hadn’t had
Mr. Hicks yet, you’re
in for a treat!

Q. What inspired you to become
a police officer?
A. Growing up I had a lot of
exposure to it. I had two uncles
who were police officers. I was
attracted to the job because it
looked exciting. I grew up in
Uxbridge, and I am happy to
work here.
Q. What is your favorite part
about being a police officer in
Uxbridge?
A. My favorite part about
working in Uxbridge would be
being able to work in the
schools. I like going in and
seeing and talking to the kids.
My Kangaroo Pet
My kangaroo pet smells my hair.
My kangaroo pet is every where.
My kangaroo pet can slap a fish.
My kangaroo pet can clean a dish.
My kangaroo pet will kick your caboose.
My kangaroo pet is a silly goose.
By Ethan Borjeson-Troupe
Officer Deveau Interview
By Ainsley Ayers
Q. How did you become
involved Uxbridge Public
Schools?
A. About 3 years ago the
police chief wanted to add a
job. I wrote a letter saying why
I wanted to be the school
resource officer, and what I
wanted to do with it.
Q. What is your job as the
schools’ resource officer?
A. As the school resource
officer, I go into the schools and
talk to the kids about safety,
bullying, the internet, and more.
Sometimes, staff calls me in for
a certain reason. I go into all of
the Uxbridge Public Schools.
Q. Have you ever been
involved in solving any
crimes?
A. Yes, I have solved crimes
before. I am not usually the
only one on the case though. I
usually work with a team.
Q. What is the GREAT
program, and how do you
help them?
A. The GREAT program is a
course that kids take. GREAT
stands for Gang, Resistance,
Education, And, Training. I
am a teacher; I teach kids
about relationships, positive
reactions, bullying, and dangers
of gangs.
Book Review
By Ben Fox
The book I am going to be reviewing this
issue is the Septimus Heap series. It is a
contender with the Harry Potter series and
filled with plot twists, magyk (how spelled
in book), and ghosts, among other things. I
am thoroughly enjoying this series and
advise you to go get it from the library.
Page 2

By Owen Lopes-Gassett
By Abby Stratton
Ask Me
Dear Ask Me,
Every time I take a test,
I study forever and then fail. I
don’t know what to do. I get
so nervous and forget the
answer.
From Scared
Dear Scared,
Don’t stress out too
much. In between studying, try
to take breaks like listening to
music, going outside, or doing
other homework. While you
are taking the test and you
forget, try to remember the
teacher teaching it. Do not
worry too much. YOU WILL
DO GREAT!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Ask Me,
I have stage fright!
Every time I have to recite
something in class , I stutter…
BAD!!!! What should I do I
really need help.
From, embarrassed
Dear Embarrassed,
What I do is look at the
wall across the room. Don’t
look at your classmates they
will stare at you which will
make you even more nervous.
If none of this works, just look
at your teacher and speak
clearly.
Page 3

This story is based on the video game Call of Duty. This will explain the story of the game mode, Nazi zombies. Enjoy
In the beginning of WWII, The Nazis were in power of Germany. They were in control of the Axis party. The Allies were
brought into the world war and were ready to fight. The Nazi party was aware of the current threat, and was not prepared to fight the
Allies, so they turned to a super genius named, Dr. Maxis. They asked him to create a super-human soldier for their fight. He accepted,
expecting to make a soldier that was super strong and not killed easily. Instead, he would create the world’s undoing and fall
to his own creation, the zombie.
He was given a small group of soldiers, ready to be tested on. The group was made up of 21 Nazis, and three prisoners of
war. One was an America marine named Tank Dempsey. He was a blood thirsty killer and was ready to kill anyone who tried to kill
him. A second one was a Japanese soldier that went rouge named Takeo. He was a high ranking officer in the beginning, but then
went to a peaceful state of mind. He was warned many times to go back to a cold hard killer, but never did. He was arrested, and sent
to Dr. Maxis for the testing. The third and final POW was a Russian called Nikoli. He was a regular soldier, who was on a mission to
assassinate a German commander, but was caught and sent to Maxis.
Maxis were not alone for the tests however. He had an assistant whose name is Dr. Rictofen. Rictofen was a germen Nazi
who had served under the Third Rich for a very long time. He was sent over to assist Dr. Maxis and has done a spectacular job. That
is, until the invention of The Wonder-Waff DG2. Dr. Maxis was not only working on the super-soldier, but was also working on a
super weapon called the Wonder-Waff DG2, and teleportation. He had made multiple prototypes. All of which, for all attempts, had
failed. Maxis gave up on the super weapon, and focused only on teleportation, forgetting about the super-soldier. After many many
tries, he gave up. But on the last attempt, he sent his daughters German Sheppard, fluffy, through the teleporter. Never before had a
living creature been sent through the device. After a bright blue flash, the dog had been transformed. It was flaming and growling.
Samantha, Maxis’s daughter, was crying in fear. A guard came up, and shot the dog. Maxis threw away the blueprints for the teleporter,
but soon enough, Rictofen would find them and make it successful.
On the day of the first test with dead corpses, Rictofen stumbled upon the blueprints of the Wonder-Waff DG2 and the teleporter.
He went straight to work, and was able to complete what Maxis was never able to do. Maxis caught wind of this information
and became jealous of Rictofen. He was determined to create the Super-Soldier the Nazis wanted, so he became obsessed with it. So
much that it was to the point of it being unhealthy. In the mean time, Rictofen was testing the teleporter. He was working 24/7 on it
and kept putting inanimate objects through it. The items kept getting burnt to a crisp. The first true working product was an apple. He
placed the apple in the center of the teleporter, and pulled the switch. It created a bright blue flash, and the smoke cleared. The apple
was gone. Rictofen, excited with this success, was ready to try it himself.
Meanwhile, Maxis was working on the super-soldier. He would inject a virus he created into test subjects. After many failed
attempts, he would eject it into himself. It had no effect other than dizziness. He took multiple dead bodies from the morgue and injected
them. After every failed attempt, he would adjust the virus a little bit. One day, it worked.
“Stand up.” Maxis said. The dead body rose up, and turned to him. “grrrrrr.” It groaned. “Stand up!” He yelled, wanting it to
be straight.” “Grrrrrrrrrrrr.” It replied. “Good, now walk, forward.” It began walking backwards. “Over here!” He yelled at it. It
walked towards him. “Good, no-“He was cut off by it beginning to run. “Stop, Sto-“It swung at him. “Kill it!” The guard that was
watching shot it twice. Maxis was very pleased with this. He was able to bring back the dead. “Bring me another.” And the guard ran
to grab another body.
Rictofen was ready to be teleported. He looked at his good friend, his assistant, Dr. Gumbler. The Dr. began to cry, know the
risk. Rictofen looked at another assistant named peter. He gave the thumbs up and put on blacked out goggles. Peter pushed the lever
down, and a bright blue-purple flash appeared. He pushed it back up, and his arm was stuck. He was being electrocuted by the electricity.
He grabbed his pocket knife and cut off his right arm. They tried to remove the severed arm from the switch, but it was
melted to it. Dr. Gumbler prayed for Rictofen to be okay.
Four months later, Dr. Gumbler gave up all hope. He was ready to destroy the teleporter. He went to retrieve the demolition
team. Once the teleporter was surrounded by any and all explosives, except for bouncing Betties, they were ready to destroy it. They
opened the red button to detonate, and right when they were going to press it, a bright blue-purple flash appeared. Dr. Gumby ran up
and kissed the floor in front of Rictofen. He asked where he had been, and Rictofen told of a place called Shangri-La and a place on
the moon with a black pyramid. They knew what must be done.
Maxis was going to show his daughter, Samantha, what he has been doing. He showed her a gun called the Ray Gun and
showed her the zombie he had created. He was leaving the room with here when Rictofen stood in front of them. He told them to get
back into the chamber and help a luger to them. They backed up and the door was locked. Rictofen shot cleanly through a window
that lead into the chamber, and broke the chains that held the zombie. The zombie ate part of Maxis, and then was killed by Rictofen.
He then brought Sam and Maxis to the area on the moon by the use of the teleporter. Sam ran away the second they got there, and
tripped into the black pyramid. The sides closed, and she was trapped in it. She then died, and was resurrected. She was forced to
stay there for eternity, or until someone took her spot. Maxis were dragged to her, and was given a last word to her. “Sam, avenge
me, kill all of them.” And he was shot. Sam, furious with the group members of 935, teleported all dead bodies from the facility back
on earth, to the moon, and created them into evil zombies. The three other POWs that were on Earth, went to the moon through the
teleporter, and were forced to fight for their lives.
They fought off a horde of zombies and then some. Rictofen was sick of fighting, so he transformed himself into matter, and
pushed himself into the pyramid. He killed Sam, and was now in control of the zombies. The three other members were never to be
heard from again.
~ Jacob Robbins