Mysteries Beyond the Blue Sky

by Nedda B.

Author’s Note: This poem is following the style of a sonnet poem, but it has a little twist on it. Instead of going ABABCDCDEFEF... This poem will go AABCCDEEF… I want you to figure out what the setting is to the poem, so your mind can focus on some of the deep meanings hidden within the poem. Have a blast!

Beyond the blue sky
there up high.
Is a mysterious place.
Objects flying around.
Some even coming down,
to crash into our beautiful planet.

The atmosphere, black as ink
makes you think.
What is this place?
The things you are about to see
mixed like objects in the sea
Are grand, spherical, celestial bodies.
Some made up of gas.
Some you can touch when you pass.
Being thousands of miles apart,
the climate can change.
Leaving Earth estranged.
To have different species roaming around until they fall down.

There is no air
accumulating there
So it sounds as quiet as being
ten feet under water.
Below the yachter.
With the orbs spinning
1,040 miles per hour.
Might make you feel sweet and sour.
Plus, remember…
There is no oxygen
Which gives you no option
To breathe.

Without a big, white suit,
You could be the same as a pruned fruit,
that no one desires to be.
No gravity to let you stand
Upon the land
While Earth is safe and secure, to allow you to walk around and be pure.

(posted by Mrs. Whelan)

Morning Music

Asa Clark Jazz Band plays for students before Thanksgiving break.

Nouchi's Quote of the Month

"Perhaps we are afraid to reflect because we must confront 

our faults and our flaws." - Nouchi W. (submitted by Mrs. Whelan)

Art Class Turned Upside Down

Art Exploration students experience the work of Renaissance artist Michelangelo  in a whole new way. After learning about the Sistine Chapel, students get the chance to create artwork just like Michelangelo. They taped a piece of paper on the underside of tables, counters, etc., and drew while lying on their backs. (posted by Ms. Gruepink)

Yearbook Field Trip

On Tuesday, October 25th, the Yearbook class attended a field trip at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee hosted by Josten's Yearbook Company. Students participated in various workshops including Yearbook Basics, Design Trends, Photography and Photo Selection, and much more. More than 12 different schools from Wisconsin also participated in the workshop. Overall students learned many new skills and generated great ideas to incorporate into our school's yearbook. (posted by Ms. Gruepink)

Original Student Quotes

2 Shadows by Thomas Leuthard

Featured Author: Nouchi W. 

(posted by Mrs. Whelan)

"A shadow is known by its owner, for a face is all many look to see.

I know not what I want to be, but what I shouldn't become."

Nature Sketches

2D Art spent several classes outside to create sketches for a landscape painting. They analyzed the way objects overlap, as well as depicted a sense space by creating strong foreground, middle ground, and background. They also created detail sketches of the tree trunks, leaves, and branches.

I am... (A Social Experiment)

I am strong.  I am physically, mentally and emotionally strong. There are important things that comprehend with being strong. I am strong to know what is the right decision but I am also strong to deal with the consequences if I make the wrong decision. Being strong could bring out the happy side of you, the mad side of you and even the sad side of you. Strength has many different meanings and different people interpret strength in many different ways. Some people think it means how many sports you play and how much muscle you have, others think it means pain and how you deal with pain. For me, it’s the second one.

I am willing.  Willing to take risks, willing to fail. Willing to take the longer path on the twistier road rather than the short, smooth ride. This is important because everybody makes mistakes and we should all learn from our mistakes that we may make down the twisty road. I can build by not only doing what is right, but also by failing.

I am lost.  Although we must take the longer road at times, sometimes that road is a couple miles too long. We get lost along the path, most of us don’t find our way back. When we get lost, the only thing we can do to be found, is fix ourselves. Fix the problems, fix the pain. Fix the tough times we have brewing inside us, fix what we didn’t know were problems.

I am caring.  Deep down I care about what people say to me and I care about how I react to them. I care about people and most of the time the “people” is only me. I care about myself. I care about what I look like, I care about what I wear to school everyday and how I do my hair and how I do my makeup because I care about what people say behind my back that I don’t know about. People say “You can’t let those words tear you down.” But what they should be saying is, “I know how you feel.” Everyone goes through this and everyone cares about what other people say about them. The only thing is, the people talking about others just don’t CARE.

I am emotional.  I cry, I laugh, I fall but I also get back up. I find the hope within myself and I pick myself back up when I fall. Times get tough, I know, but there is always, no matter what, still that spark in you to start your fire back up, even when the wood is wet.

I am determined.  I find the path of life and I take it. Sometimes the path isn’t always lying in front of you, but takes you on a different journey to find it. That’s where determination comes into play. Most do not succeed when finding the path of life, but I work hard to get there. I fall, I lose, I get lost but I find my way back through determination. With determination comes struggle, comes heartbreak for various reasons and most importantly comes the path and finding the path makes all the struggle and heartbreak worth it.

I am knowing.  I know what is right and what is wrong. I know that ‘doing something just because your friend does it’ is most of the time wrong. I know I am loud, I know I get excited too easily. But, I also know that sometimes the only path of life is going to be long and twisty and I know that life will never be perfect. I know I am not perfect, but I also know that I am strong, willing, lost, caring, emotional, determined and knowing. These things that I know that I am make me who I am and I am okay with not being a perfect child living in a perfect world. I know.

Video and reflection by Emily K (submitted by Ms. Pinzl)

March Madness

by Eric T.

The tournament has started

Teams have been battling to the end

To see who has came to play

And who was just for pretend

When the game's start

Each team will have a chance

To get the team's goal

To advance in the big dance

One by one teams will fall

Only the strong will survive

And in the end

Only one will be alive

The favorites will squander 

Upsets will be on the verge

When the road comes to an end

New stars will emerge

The mascots will dance 

The players will sweat

But it’s all worth it

For a chance to cut down the net

There emerges the Cinderella stories

Fighting with all the strength they can muster

For a moment of glory 

That’s why they call them bracket busters   

  

When the tournament's over

You will see happiness and sadness

But that's the reason why

They call it March Madness

(posted by Mrs. Whelan)

Artistically Expressing Your Identity

Advanced Art has had a fast pace semester, having extremely detailed and well done pieces. Students in this class have had to move at a fairly faster pace than the normal artist would in other art classes offered here at the middle school. In the beginning of Term 5, they were assigned to somehow create a piece showing who they were. Paige and Morgan have done outstanding pieces that feature their personalities.

Paige has done a piece that shows her artistic ability, featuring her hands. She has used warm colors and the technique of positive and negative space to create the hands standing out. On the posed, white hands there are different drawings that identify who she is and how she brings art to her own life.

Morgan has done an art piece that is very provoking. In one of her favorite songs, "Kitchen Sink" by 21 Pilots, she has taken the lyrics to heart. Her piece that shows what she thinks the lyrics are trying to tell her. Using Sharpies and colored pencils, she’s created a scene of herself looking into a bathroom mirror, pointing out what she believes are her flaws. It also features the quote, “Are you searching for a purpose?”

Both of these pieces are extremely strong but they aren’t the only pieces to view. Check out some of the other identity pieces in the art hallway! Good job to Paige, Morgan, Advanced Art students, and Mrs. Senner for creating amazing artwork this semester. (posted by Tea G.)

Prize-winning Poet

Congratulations to Sara K. for winning 

FIRST PLACE in the poetry category 

of the Pewaukee Women's Club Student Writing Contest! 

The poem she composed reflects her interpretation 

of the Edgar Allen Poe short story, The Masque of the Red Death.

(posted by Mrs. Whelan)

I Had to Go Back

The clock in the corner

the walls painted black.

The moments I’d had there; 

I had to go back.

Red panes of the windows,

not even a crack.

The things that I’d seen there;

I had to go back.

The undisturbed flooring,

no signs of attack.

The things that I’d touched there;

I had to go back.

That happy room feeling,

of that it did lack.

The things that I'd felt there,

I had to go back. 

The wraiths in the corners,

all blacker than black.

The things that I’d feared there;

I had to go back.

The screams that I’d heard there,

a painful soundtrack.

The things that I’d heard there

I had to go back.

There I see you

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper; collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

There I see you 

Through the glass.

You’re blurry but clear, 

Like us.

You think of me as a friend,

I think of you like the world. 

You’re so vast, 

I’m so tiny.

I’m always in the dark, 

And you’re in the light.

Your popular,

I’m not.

This world is filled with people,

But this small town isn’t.

You’d never notice me,

But yet you notice others.

Your extraordinary,

With a touch of inspiration.

The world would be different,

Without you.

I don’t understand why,

Why I don’t have confidence.

When you don’t have to worry,

Worry about anything.

You’ve got alot,

Alot more than you know. 

One thing you’re missing,

Is me.

(Anonymous poem posted by Mrs. Whelan)

Welcome to our blog!

by Patrick, Tea, and Mrs. Larson-Horne

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

Harvard University Innovation Education Fellow, Tony Wagner, conducted a study on the positive effects of creativity on people's physical and emotional wellness as well as their productivity. He concluded that innovative and creative projects should be life-long endeavors that help people focus and improve self-confidence. With each new iteration, you continue to grow by experimenting and learning from your successes as well as your failures. Ultimately, you must believe in your own ability to achieve the vision of your creations. Wagner affirms Einstein's assertion that "creativity is intelligence having fun." While it is easy to focus on the end result of innovation, it is important to enjoy the creative process. Take time to imagine, to explore, to experiment.  [Source: CNN "A Creative Life is a Healthy Life"]

Nearly three years ago, I resolved to take one photo each day -- a photo of something beautiful, interesting, intriguing, something that causes me to stop and take a closer look. My Project 365 has taught me to slow down, to be present, to pay attention, to rejoice in the unexpected. Technically, I learned about angles, focus, composition, and light. In addition to the visual components, I began to write again, to express my creativity in words as well as images on my own blog. I have felt inspired, dedicated, and encouraged by the feedback of everyone who has followed my progress.

What inspires you? What is your creative outlet? - by Mrs. Larson-Horne

Tile A Mile is Coming!

Come to "Tile A Mile"
Saturday, February 6, 2016, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in the Pewaukee High School cafeteria.

Create original works of art or a tile to be installed in PHS or participate in a silent auction & more. Free entry and nominal fees for activities to benefit the Visual Art Dept. Scholarships and Programs.

Click here for more information.



(posted by Mrs. Senner & Mrs. Bjork)