The Seventh Grade World History Project
By: Dallyne Gardner 

The students in Stephanie Collie’s seventh grade class recently did a project on world religion. 

Students were in groups and covered major religions, including Taoism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam.

Some of the presentations were done on poster board and some were on the computer. 

“All of these world religion presentations were very good. Keep up the good work guys,” said Collie in praise of her students.

I smell chicken
By Haley Jean Dupree

I smell chicken!  

On Tuesday, September 10, at Chick-fil-A in Smithfield, the Neuse Charter Chick-fil-A fundraiser was held.  

The fundraiser was to raise money for the middle school cheerleading team.  

“Chick-fil-A supports the community, has good food, and we personally know the cow,” said cheerleading coach Jessica Brank.

“The fundraiser was fun and the princess cow was my favorite,"  said junior Freddy Bonillo.

The event raised 350 dollars. 

Chick-fil-A started in 1946. To this day, it is still known as a family run and family loved restaurant.

Incoming sixth graders are welcomed to middle school
By Angelica Cortes 

This school year, Neuse Charter has received many new middle school students. In order to get them prepared and to rid them of some of their nerves, the sixth grade teachers hosted a transition night.

“We had more than 100 people show up,” Marjorie Harris, a sixth grade teacher, said. She also mentioned that the cafeteria was completely full. 

Sixth grade student Mayson Blake said that middle school so far is “really good. … We’ve been doing a lot of hands on projects, which makes it interesting.”

Blake didn’t come here last year, and she said that she likes Neuse Charter much better than she liked her old school. 

Ian Davidson, sixth grade student, he said that this school year so far is pretty exciting and that he is glad he has more than one elective. He has been coming to this school since third grade, and he is happy that he now doesn’t have to follow a specific dress code like he did in elementary school. 

Davidson said that one exciting thing that has happened so far this year is that a fight that broke out. He said he is almost sure that he started it. 

Harris said that the question that was most commonly asked by parents at the transition night was what the changes would be in transitioning from fifth to sixth grade.