Indian Cultural Day By: Madison C

Indian culture day is an amazing day that Leading Edge celebrates. There’s food, henna, dances and so much more. It’s an amazing day. Indian culture is mostly for 6th graders but 8th graders and some parents come too. Each Expressions class competes in a competition to see which class dances the best to the music (Jai-Ho) and Mrs. Meindl thinks 5th period Expressions will win. She was right, the 5th period dance was awesome!!

People got their henna done when they came to me and my friends bazaar station. People got to look at stations while it was their classes turn. There were a lot of cool bazaars, chess, fashion, Divali lamps, jewelry, Indus Vally artifacts and more. Everyone did a good job on their bazaar projects.



We got to go outside and do chalk where we drew our top two Rangoli designs. Then we went and drew them on our concrete squares. Everyone’s chalk design looked amazing! I have a lot of fun doing this with my group!


Taiko! Taiko did so good they were outstanding! I really enjoyed watching taiko with my friends. People were dancing to the music taiko was playing. I really enjoyed the drumming, they always do their best. After watching the performance there was Food... and a lot of people went and got Indian food.



I really enjoyed Indian Cultural Day! It was so fun I really had a good time. I will remember this day for a long time.

India Day Bazaar by Manteg and Noah

On the day of the bazaar. people are going to make booths with projects. There will be one hands on activity and information. It will be on wednesday of next week. It is a school event. Anyone can come to the India Day Bazaar.During the Indian bazaar we will have a slide show that we are presenting with one item. The slide show will have a little information about the topic we are researching. For our bazaar, we are researching about ancient Indian chess.Because Alex me and meant it like to play chess a lot. Other groups might be doing stuff related to ancient India. Some groups might be cooking food for the Hands-On activity. It will be located in the Leading Edge area by the MPR.

World Problem Research Project by Zain and Tavio

Our world project research is a world wide project that 4th to 6th graders make . So kids in Science/tech decided on a topic, did research, and created a couple slides about a worldwide problem . If you get third place you get $1,000. And second place gets $5,000 and first place gets $10,000 and a trip to Washington D.C . And did I mention that the money prize is not split into the people in the group, it is each?

My world project research was about world hunger . I learned a lot about it and it was extremely sad . I learned that every one out of seven people are hungry . And that a person is pronounced dead of hunger every second. I hope I can help find a solution to end world hunger. I also hope that soon no child will ever be pronounced dead of hunger and will never go to bed hungry.

Expressions by Sanika

I really like my Expressions classes and the art projects we do. One of my favorites was the “Apples 4 Ways”. We used different art materials to finish each apple drawing. I loved using the hot tray that melted wax on the paper. The Modigliani self-portrait was also one of my favorites. I liked how we tilted the head on the long necks. I have 7th period Expressions and I like doing art at the end of the day. I love art because it gives me a chance to relax and to be creative. We are studying India right now and we did a silhouette project of Indian animals. I put in an elephant, a kangaroo, and a bear. We also are doing weaving projects.

Movie Monday? by Diego

There was a movie night that was supposed to happen on Monday, November 4th. Unfortunately, it was canceled due to a lack of people showing up. I think part of the problem was the soccer and basketball games that were happening at the same time, and there also may have been a lack of communication with the students and parents. My parents never got an email about the movie night, so they did not know where or when the movie was being held. Also, the email that I did get did not say that there would be a three dollars charge for the snacks.

The movie that we were supposed to watch was Coroline. The options were Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, Coraline, Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, and A Wrinkle In Time. I think the only reason Coraline won was that only a couple of people voted. I voted twice; once for Spiderman, and once for A Wrinkle In Time.

Brownies, cookies, soda, and popcorn were some of the foods that they were selling at the event. They ended up refunding my money and giving most of the food away. They said that they would try again after Thanksgiving break. Hopefully, the communication for the next movie night will be better, and more people can attend. I attended the previous movie night, and it was a lot of fun, so I would like to see the one for Leading Edge succeed.

GIRLS SOCCER TEAM BY EMMA

We have had a fantastic season and have one game left. We are undefeated and the team can’t wait to play in the soccer tournament in December. Our coach is Mrs. Perry who teaches at Star. The team is a mix of 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade girls.

On Tuesday, we won the game 9 to 0!




I am sad that the season is almost over. Soccer at LE is a great way to have fun and meet friends. Come out and watch our last game on Thursday against

Mummy's Tomb by Vallery

Note: Mummy's Tomb is an annual Leading Edge Sixth grade tradition spanning 21 years.

In Mrs. Bibayoff’s class, we had the mummification scene, king, queen, guards, glam girls (girls holding Canopic jars), the mummy, a priest, earthquake zombies, and Anubis the jackal.

In Mr. O’Brien’s class, we had the Hall of terror. They had Osiris, Ammut, Anubis, a soul, a sphinx, and many more scary stuff. 

In Ms. Meindl’s room, they had Bastet, mummy dancers, and many more. They played the song “Thriller” by Michael Jackson. The riddle of the sphinx was, “What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the noon, and three in the evening”. The answer was a man. My role was Anubis the jackal. I had to say only one line.

This event was really fun! I enjoyed it so much. In Mrs. Bibayoff’s class, it kind of looked like Christmas because of the warm white, cool white, and blue lights.