1. By Phoenix LaVigne By Phoenix LaVigne
By Hailey Betz
“This year’s season went very well,” says Mrs. Russell, the 7th Mr. Hammond, 6th grade Social Studies
The new student teacher is here! Mrs. grade B-team coach. “We could’ve done better but I think the off days teacher, returned to CCMS after a one month
Hulet is originally from Kaycee. She has really got to us. However, we started playing as a team towards the and 18 day break to care for his newly adopted
a degree in English from the University end and played wonderful in state, winning third.” There were four baby, Reeves Douglas Kirubel Hammond;
of Wyoming. Now she is getting a teach- teams at state but B-team only played two of them, Twin Spruce and Kirubel means angel. Reeves was adopted
ing certificate in Secondary English from Sheridan. They really improved over the year, beating Twin after a from Ethiopia on October 18th and was
Rio Salado College in Arizona. Mrs. loss earlier in the year. brought home on his birthday, November 26th.
Hulet is hoping to gain the knowledge of Mr. Edgcomb, the 7th grade A-team coach thinks that
Mrs. Hulet He has adjusted very well and the Hammonds
how to help students achieve at their the girls did pretty well, winning 8 games are happy to have him in their family.
highest academic level, as well as to be confident in in the season and taking 3rd at Districts. Reeves is 13 months old
themselves. It is also her goal to become skilled at get- There were 4 teams at Districts. Buffalo and has an appetite for Ital-
ting students to take ownership in their education. She played a game against Sheridan, losing it ian foods, his favorites being
also hopes to not only be inspired by her cooperating and getting sent to the 3rd place game lasagna and spaghetti. He
teachers but learn from their learning techniques so that where they beat Twin Spruce. Mr. Edg- sleeps a lot, hiding his
she can someday make her own classroom a safe, invit- comb says that now the real work begins. brown eyes. Although his
ing, challenging and creative environment. To be a good player they will have to put time in to middle name may mean an-
Most of all, she wants to learn what interests her stu- practice during the off season. That’s the way many gel, he can still get annoying
dents, what excites them, and what really makes them good players become as good as they are. enough to get locked in a
tick. She is looking forward to covering great material
backroom by his big brother, Will.
with students including poetry, short stories, grammar
and narrative writing. Mrs. Hulet thinks that this experi-
ence has been amazing so far. Her first two days were
terrific, and she is looking forward to having the rest of By Tiffanie Shreve and Hailey Betz
this year like this. Her experience is full of opportunities Imagine being five thousand miles away from home and going to high school for your second
to help grow as she reaches her goal of becoming a suc- senior year. Pierrick Bultot is a foreign exchange student from Belgium. He will be here in Buf-
cessful educator. falo for about a year and plans to bring his family back in June. He decided to come to the United
She is focused on middle school because she loves States for a couple different reasons. For one, both of his brothers, Jean-Philippe and Maxime,
the students in these grades. She enjoys their blossoming came to the states as foreign exchange students in the past. Pierrick also said that the United
minds and their intellectual growth as they search for States sounds fun, very relaxed, and it’s a chance to experience new things as well as new people.
their identity and purpose in life. Each class she is teach- In Belgium, Pierrick enjoyed hanging out with friends, going to the movies and skiing. As an exchange student he
ing is equally enjoyable. Because she is a big reader and likes to participate on the Bison swim team and to watch the high school football games because they are just like
lover of all kinds of great literature, she is most excited what he has seen in movies. His favorite parts of being an exchange student here in Buffalo as well at Buffalo High
to share this with students. And because she lives in Buf- School include the following: the amazing school spirit, the YELLOW school buses, and the surprising fact that other
falo and knows how wonderful and supportive the com- students as well as the people of Buffalo are kinder than the students and community people of Belgium. Being an ex-
munity and school are, she knew it would be a great change student has its down sides too. In the first month it’s hard to be alone and it’s very hard to understand. The
learning opportunity to teach at Clear Creek Middle sense of humor here in the United States is different then the sense of humor in Belgium.
School. She enjoys the students and the staff, particularly It is not easy to become an exchange student. First you have to apply years in advance. You then have to fill out
the teachers who have all been so welcoming to her. She tons of paper work, and once that is finished and you’ve been accepted, you have to be interviewed.
is enjoying her time here. One of the biggest challenges I personally think being an exchange student would be very fun. After interviewing Pierrick it’s made me want to
for her is getting used to the school schedule. go to a foreign country. I would love to learn new things and be in a new place.