Catamount Times
April, 2016
Book Review: The
Time Machine
“The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells
is a wonderful book of fantasy, wonder and tension. The main character
(referred to only as the Time Traveler)
discovers how to build a time machine, shows if off to his friends, then
travels into the future – only to get it
taken away by some mysterious creature.
The book is really strange, but it is
one of the better mystery books I have
read. I would give it 5 stars! I really
love all of H.G. Wells’ books, especially “The War of the Worlds,” but this
one definitely ranks right up there.
One of my favorite aspects of the
book is the showing of man’s progression, humans getting weaker and living in a perfect paradise.
I recommend this book to people
who like mystery, slight horror or science fiction.
By Tristan M.
Catamount Staff Reporter
Friday the 13th is
Coming in May!
Are you one of those superpanicked people that, whenever Friday the 13th comes around, you know
that something bad is going to happen?
Well then, you are suffering from
Triskaidekaphobia. (Yeah, I can’t pronounce it, either.) Advice to those who
are suffering from this: don’t walk under ladders or let a black cat cross
your path, and make sure to cover up
all your mirrors and keep the cutlery
straight. Also, invite 12 or 14 people to
dinner, not that unnerving number in
between.
There is only one Friday the 13th
this year, in May. You might not believe this, but Friday is viewed as an
unlucky day of the week. Why, you
ask? Because Friday is the day that
people party and have dates and
scream “TGIF!”
I really wouldn’t worry, though, because it’s all just superstition and folklore. Don’t you wish I would’ve said
that before you went to all the trouble
of reading this?
By Isidora D.
Catamount Staff Reporter
‘Zootopia’ is a Must-See Disney Movie
Do you remember the “Star Wars” She gets assigned to … writing parkthe police team that is not already
ad with all those sloths? That’s the ing tickets in a dopey little car in a
working on a missing mammal case.
new Disney movie, “Zootopia,” in a meter maid uniform.
Mrs. Otterton begs her to help find her
nutshell.
On her way writing parking tickets,
missing husband, and Judy blackBut it’s more
mails Nick into
than just funny,
helping her.
slow sloths. It’s the
The plot is
story of a bunny
very complicatnamed
Judy
ed and thickens
Hopps, who wants
with a fake
to be more than
ending
that
just a typical carrot
seems to end
farmer - she wants
sadly. But don’t
to be a big-city cop.
worry, it ends
She joins the
happily just like
police
academy
every animated
and is at the botDisney movie
tom of the class.
ever.
But not for long –
I really liked
Judy gets sick of
this movie bebeing
called
cause it was
“bunny”
and
different
than
“carrots” by the
most
Disney
instructor,
and
movies.
You
You might have heard that ‘Zootopia’ is better than
soon
bounces
might
have
‘Frozen.’ Well, whoever said that is totally right!
ahead of all the
heard
that
other animals in
“Zootopia”
is
the training school even though she’s she meets a sly fox named Nick
better than “Frozen.” Well, whoever
the smallest of them all.
Wilde. He guilt-trips her into giving
said that is totally right! “Zootopia” is a
On her first day of work, all the oth- him and his business partner a giant
must-see movie!”
er members of the police force are lollipop for their scheme.
By Isidora D.
assigned to a super special mission.
Later, Judy is the last member of
Catamount Staff Reporter
The cast of the spring musical, ‘Into the Woods,’ delivered knockout performances on
April 6 and 7 at the school auditorium. Click the above image to view more photos
from the performances. Click here to view a video of the performance.
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