iStudents

100th Post!

2009-04-18T10:40:00.002-04:00

Well, this is the 100th post, guys. :]

Anyway, it's April: the month of field trips! :D

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the field trips are...

6th - April 22nd-April 24th
7th - April 25th-April 30th
8th - April 18th-May1st

Have fun, guys! :]

Updates

2009-04-01T15:42:00.001-04:00

Hey, everyone!

Yes, I know. iStudents... Well, it's basically dead.

I can see that many people still come and check the site to see if there're any updates, which means it still has some life in it.

Unfortunately, people are just... lazy, nowadays. Well. Maybe not everyone, but most of us. Me included.

So we're sorry for getting your hopes up when we passed it onto the next generation, but it seems like iStudents has breathed it's last breath.

I can try, but I won't guarantee or make any promises, to come back to the site every once in a while, and update.

-Silly

We're so awful.

2008-12-04T21:10:00.001-05:00

We haven't done nuffin.

I promise, I PINKY-PROMISE, that after Christmas vacation it will be fully up and running.

For now, here's our new banner.

Passing of the Torch

2008-11-10T17:07:00.002-05:00

It's official, iStudents has a new generation.

Let me introduce myself. My name is A, formally known by that and nothing else (I'm too smart to put my real name out here!). I'm a now-7th grader, and followed iStudents for quite some time last year... well, before it died down that is! I'm the new admin and I like to think that I'm the leader of the new generation.

The pages will be spiffed up but I won't take down the old stuff in legacy to the past team. To them, I congratulate you on running the school newspaper out of work and being such online geniuses.

Ciao for now (:

The Next Generation

2008-11-10T16:27:00.003-05:00

Now, I feel really bad about iStudents going to waste.

One year and 6 days ago, iStudents was created by McKenzie and I. We managed to keep it up and running for a little bit less than a year. And now look at it - deserted, neglected... So here was a's idea. Why not hand it over to some 7th graders? The next generation..

Which is what we're doing. If you're interested in being a part of the new team of iStudents, please, e-mail koalasrock@gmail.com

We need YOU to revive iStudents.

Hugs and kisses,
Sylvia

School!

2008-08-24T16:49:00.002-04:00

Hey guys it is school time again (woop! not) Any way, Im hoping that iStudents may get back up after this summer break! Maybe, Maybe not.

On other news I am looking forward to seeing every one again in what is now our 8th grade Hurricane team! (Yea the site should probably be updated for that now)My home room is Mrs. Allman, and yea. I am going to post my schedule on the comment board, and I am hoping you guys will to. So enjoy this new school year!!

get Gmail!!!!!!!!!

2008-06-25T13:13:00.002-04:00

well the last person wants me to past an artical so here i go.

ok i got gmail at the beginning of 6th grade, and boy dose it rock. it is free, fast, like almost unlimited memory, and chat. what is even better is that i have an aim, i can put them on the same chat list as my gmail chat friends. well go to www.gmail.com and enjoy!

Dying Again?

2008-06-13T14:39:00.001-04:00

Memorial Day Weekend!!!

2008-05-24T14:33:00.002-04:00

Oh em jayyy!!!

It's Memorial Day Weekenddd! So what are YOU doing this weekend? Are you planning to hit the pool with your BFF's? I can't wait to go to the pool - it's been really hott lately!

Did you go to the pool party yesterday? If you did, was it fun? Was the pool freezing? [[Yes!!]] Were your friends there?

Post a comment and let us know!

The Jonas Bros

2008-05-21T21:09:00.001-04:00

Well Silly is probably going crazy right night wit the Jonas Brothers on right now on American Idol.

HMS 7th grade band; 2nd song

2008-05-16T17:25:00.001-04:00

(Kensi or Silly, feel free to move this to the fun stuff, or school stuff page if necessary)

Friday Update

2008-05-09T17:03:00.002-04:00

Wow! I'm surprised - only ONE poster has been ripped up so far! [Jacob probably ate it...] Anyway, the posters apparently have been working! A bunch of people were crowding around someone's locker to look at the poster, and people have come up to me on ideas on how to revive iStudents! People have asked for posters and other stuff! I think it's awesome. If you're one of the people with a poster on your locker, we'd just like to issue a thanks to all of you! You readers are AMAZING!

Posters!

2008-05-07T21:57:00.001-04:00

This is my poster i made today, if you can get it to print feel free to use it.

Posters

2008-05-06T18:32:00.003-04:00

Hey, if anyone is making a poster for iStudents, please do us a favor. Write all the things about iStudents you know, and after that, write 'The Revival BEGINS' in huge block letters. Please make these posters; it would help the revival so, SO much!

Also try to advertise this on blogs, AIM profiles, etc.

Monday Update: the Revival Begins

2008-05-05T17:26:00.002-04:00

Hey, everyone! I am really sad to see iStudent wither away like this, so I am making it my OFFICIAL mission to revive iStudents, one page at a time! Here are some of my ideas to help bring iStudents Home page back to life again!

I am slowly... but surely... going to every page on iStudents to revive it! I need YOUR help if I want to do this, though! If you have any ideas... anything at all, feel free to email me at mmillican@triad.rr.com. We really need new articles, so we welcome anything! Visit around to see what YOU can do!

its dying

2008-05-04T12:58:00.002-04:00

well, istudents is dieing. but on the posotive side, only 12 more hours until the 6 motnth aniversary. If we get an article after that day, than istudents will have lasted over 6 months.

Ben

Readers

2008-04-12T22:27:00.001-04:00

It seems as though iStudents readers have been slowly decreasing. Please help us prevent this from happening! Tell your friends about iStudents and get them to come here!

Articles

2008-04-09T20:28:00.001-04:00

New articles have been put up! Look around and see what's new!

Note: Vocabulary will be put up again starting next week. I'll try to do them but if there's an author that would like to be in charge of this particular job, please contact me.

April Fools

2008-04-02T20:43:00.002-04:00

Darn!

We missed April Fool's Day! We could've done some pretty good pranks on iStudents, though. Oh, well. Maybe next year!

So what did YOU do on April Fool's Day? Did you prank anyone?

Unfortunately, the closest I got to pranking was throwing a pillow at my sister and Sarah. Too bad..

Articles

2008-03-27T15:05:00.002-04:00

Not everyone will be here during Spring Break, so please don't stop reading iStudents just because we don't have anything new. I'm leaving for Ohio tomorrow and won't be back until Wednesday, so I'm probably not going to have time to check up on iStudents. Please do not expect as many articles during that time.

Also, the 7th graders are currently in our Marine Biology unit. This means quizzes almost every day, so most of us have to study really hard. Because of this, most of the authors can't post on iStudents. This lasts until May 2nd, when we come back from Florida. As before, please don't stop reading iStudents just because we don't have anything new.

Thank you!

-Silly

!!REMINDER!!

2008-03-27T15:03:00.004-04:00

Alright, readers.

Some of you have been calling teachers names, and we would like to remind you that some teachers DO look at iStudents. Please consider this when posting comments.

Thank you.

iStudents Admins

Easter

2008-03-24T15:28:00.002-04:00

What did you do over break?

Also, we are in need of new articles and authors. If you'd like to write an article, but don't have a gmail account, you're welcome to email me an article and I'll put your name at the bottom of it.

Pinched

2008-03-18T20:02:00.001-04:00

How many times did YOU get pinched on St. Patrick's Day? I got pinched once - I haven't remembered about St. Patrick's Day since 3rd grade! I always borrow something green from a friend! =)

St. Patricks day

2008-03-17T15:42:00.000-04:00

Happy St. Patrick's day!!!!!!

Missing In Action

2008-03-12T16:14:00.001-04:00

Hey, guys.

I just wanted to say that there is a possibility that I will be MIA over the next few days. My parents are going on a vacation and I'm going to be spending the nights at people's houses. I don't know if I'll have access to a computer or not, so hopefully, our authors can post lots of interesting stuff.

I might not be able to post until Tuesday, but that won't stop the authors from posting!

-Silly

Newsflash

2008-03-09T13:04:00.002-04:00

Check the 'More on the Contest' article on the fashion page and the 'Drawing Contest' and 'Contest Changed' articles on the Page of the Arts.

New Things

2008-03-08T18:20:00.004-05:00

Hey, people!

We've added some new posts and things to iStudents. Check out the...

Gossip Page - A new contest.
Life - A new article and widget.
Page of the Arts - A new contest.
School Stuff/Homework Help - A new article and poll.
We the Students - A new debate.

Fun Stuff Disagreement

2008-03-02T21:15:00.002-05:00

ok. I don't know if this topic has been discussed by Kenzi, Silly or Ben, but I find the recent changes to the fun stuff page by Nerd genius, horribly inconvenient. Because he added a music feature, which force all of the side bar features to the bottom of the page. Please voice your opinions here.

iStudents - Fun Stuff Background

2008-03-02T14:39:00.002-05:00

Hey, readers!

We need your help in picking a new background for the Fun Stuff page! Normally, we'd choose ourself, but there are wayy too many cool choices to choose from. So we want to have a vote! Each of you can choose three to five different backgrounds, and then we'll narrow it down and have a final voting. Choose from the following backgrounds:

Stars and Stripes [Pink]

Stars and Stripes [Purple]

Stars and Stripes [Teal]

Our favorite background is Teal Bloom, but we still want to know what you think! Please leave the backgrounds in your comment in the order from greatest to least.

Thanks!

-Silly + Kenzi

[Please leave a comment if any of the backgrounds aren't coming up or working, and we'll fix it ASAP!]

iStudents Stats

2008-02-29T20:17:00.002-05:00

Number of Comments

iStudents: 274
iStudents - Fun Stuff: 209
iStudents - Girls: 162
iStudents - Gossip/Fashion: 313
iStudents - Guys: 35
iStudents - Life: 130
iStudents - News: 70
iStudents - Page of the Arts: 34
iStudents - School Stuff/Homework Help: 100
iStudents - We the Students: 110
Total: 1437

Number of Posts

iStudents: 69
iStudents - Fun Stuff: 44
iStudents - Girls: 17
iStudents - Gossip/Fashion: 52
iStudents - Guys: 12
iStudents - Life: 34
iStudents - News: 18
iStudents - Page of the Arts: 10
iStudents - School Stuff/Homework Help: 31
iStudents - We the Students: 11
Total: 298

Changes, Changes, Changes!

2008-02-29T17:49:00.004-05:00

Hey, people!

As you may have noticed, there have been a few changes made to iStudents. If you haven't noticed yet, this is what we have changed.

Gossip Galore is now Gossip/Fashion and has a new background.

We the Students now has a new background.

Sports has been changed to iStudents Page of the Arts - iPA for short - and now has a new background. Whoot! The link is now http://istudents-hms-pageofthearts.blogspot.com.

Enjoy the changes!

-Silly

Nerd Genius' Quest Clue #1

2008-02-29T16:02:00.002-05:00

First clue.

How many times must the cannonballs fly, before they're forever banned?

DONT POST ANSWERS/HINTS/GUESSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nerd Genius' Quest

2008-02-29T15:42:00.003-05:00

Ok, I love Kenzi's riddles so much I am going to do my own quest, too. Dont expect it to rhyme, though. As in Kenzi's Google(TM)(C)(P),(ETC.) will be imperative.

Sports Page = ?

2008-02-28T20:10:00.001-05:00

Alright, we've officially talked to Dempar, and he is backing down from the sports page. That means that there's noone to do anything for it. Therefore, I propose that we change the sports page into something else.

That means ideas, people! We want YOUR opinion!

-Silly

This is Wierd!!!!

2008-02-28T15:25:00.003-05:00

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Hint #4

2008-02-27T15:11:00.003-05:00

This hint isn’t very difficult,
Just know your letters and some math.
We’ll use some substitution now,
Instead of last time’s Atbash.

The clue I’m giving you today,
Is eleven letters long.
Just follow each step one at a time,
And you won’t get it wrong.

The first one’s more than 2 squared
Yet less than 6 times 1.
Your answer’s seven and one combined,
But you’re nowhere near being done…

The next two spaces are both the same,
And the same as ten plus ten.
Keep filling in the numbers now,
And you are sure to win.

In Algebra we’re learning about
Square roots and factors, too.
This hint is the same as
Two squared plus ten and two.

The fifth is getting tricky,
We’ve moved from grammar to math.
Two dots upon eachother
You’re on the right path…

Six and seven are also symbols,
And both the same in a row.
Look for a question on your keyboard,
The symbol you want is right below.

Hint eight, nine and ten
Are all the exact same.
Thirteen and ten added
And you’ve found your aim.

The last is very simple,
Just a matter of thought.
At the end of each sentence:
Just a simple dot.

Take all the numbers,
And fill them all in.
Use simple substitution…
The beginning’s within.

DON’T TRY TO TRANSLATE THE SYMBOLS.
THEY ARE TO BE LEFT ALONE.

Celebration Hint #2 AND #3

2008-02-26T15:55:00.001-05:00

Something old,
Something new.
Something borrowed,
Something blue.

This hint isn’t taken,
Nor the shade of the sky.
This hint isn’t ancient,
And the knot you shan’t tie.

This one is tougher,
It may take you a while.
Use elimination,
Keep on trying; it’s worthwhile.

You must have some knowledge
Of sayings and stuff.
Of older traditions,
You can’t use Google enough.

Keep on with thinking,
Make a list of you thoughts.
Believe me when I tell you,
This won’t be for naught.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Flipping and turning,
Yet dancing I’m not.
I can be joyous or frightful,
Or with peril I’m fraught.

I don’t open and close,
Though my shields often do.
Alas, I’m being replaced,
With technology new.

The Egyptian my master,
And the Sumerians my ally,
I call out to many,
But I never reply.

There’s a new type of me,
And this you should find.
Think Atbash and kzvt.
Use Google and your mind.

Celebration - Hint #1

2008-02-25T16:32:00.002-05:00

You’re beginning on the quest,
To find every single clue.
To start to find your brand new prize,
I have a hint for you.

Born in 1943,
And still alive today,
Vinton Cerf was an American scientist,
What was he famous for, you say?

Google is your friend right here,
The first link is usually best.
The answer you find will give you a start
To begin this worthwhile quest.

Don't post the answers, those who know

Or understand my clues.

Just think about or write it down,

These hints are just for you.

USE GOOGLE.

DON'T POST THE ANSWERS.

EMAIL ME IF YOU DON'T GET IT.

Comments

2008-02-25T15:13:00.004-05:00

WE'VE REACHED OUR GOAL!

Come on, readers!

We only need a few - well, actually 27 - more comments for the celebration!! And I think I have an idea, thanks to your comments. If you have any ideas of your own, please leave a comment! It'll help us reach our goal!

We also would like help with this: we are searching for a counter that counts the number of visits to iStudents. Yes, it would be three or four months late, but still. We want to know how many people visit us! If you know where to get one, please contact me or Kenzi. Or leave a comment - that might be better.

Silly ♥

1,000 Comments!!!

2008-02-23T10:50:00.003-05:00

Hey, guys!

Exciting news - about 921 comments have been made - well, emailed to me - since the beginning of iStudents! And that's not even counting the Guy's Page! [Those comments do NOT get emailed to me.] We want to try to get 1,000 comments before Spring Break, then maybe have a little celebration. Cool? Hope so! Keep commenting!

-Silly

Posts...

2008-02-19T19:37:00.003-05:00

Sorry, I won't really be posting these next few days. I'm not sure I have the energy to. I've been sick since Thursday, so I don't really go on iStudents that much.

-Silly

Chinese New Year Festival

2008-02-15T20:37:00.001-05:00

Who: Anyone, but hosted by Chinese people!
What: Chinese New Year Celebration
When: February 16th, 2008 from 12:00 to 3:00
Where: Reynolds Gym - I think, it's just the gym at WFU - WFU
Why: To celebrate Chinese New Year
How: Performances, food, games, and more!
My Chinese Dance group will be performing at 2:00. Afterwards, I'm just gonna hang out. Hope to see you there!
-Silly

Wax Museum

2008-02-14T18:01:00.002-05:00

Yea, we still have our wax museum on Friday. We will have to bring our props, and dress up tomorrow. If any of you readers are like me, then you may have waited till last minute to memorize your speech, lol. Well just print a copy of your speech out and black out a sentence at a time. This probably should have gone on home work help, but it may have been urgent 4 some of u 2 know.

NO SCHOOL

2008-02-14T07:06:00.003-05:00

yes, it is valentines day...bummer(bummer that we're out of school). but we're out of school, so try to make the best of it, and you can get your gram and give presents or w/e tommorow!

Snowing

2008-02-13T20:08:00.004-05:00

It's SNOWING!

Dress Code

2008-02-12T18:19:00.001-05:00

http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/education/components/album/default.php?sectiondetailid=54921&PHPSESSID=68382bedf6ec42bfaef2e8f708fc32ce

That is a link to the site of the New Hanes dress code this year. Please write a letter of protest to Mr. Childers.

Keep The Wording civilized, get other people (adults, relatives) to write to!

BEN!

Poll Results

2008-02-08T19:42:00.001-05:00

iStudents.
13 (39%)

CWC.
6 (18%)

Niether.
3 (9%)

Don't care.
2 (6%)

Both.
9 (27%)

Votes so far: 33 Poll closed

[Looks like iStudents may have won the CWC over!! Haha, that probably isn't true, though.]

-Silly :)

Breaking Dawn

2008-02-08T18:15:00.000-05:00

OHH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! I was on Stepheniemeyer.com when I stumbled across the most amazing thing ever!!!!!!! The next installment in the Twilight Saga, by Stephenie Meyer, finally has a release date! That's right, folks, Breaking Dawn is coming out on August 2nd, 2008!!!!!!!! There will also be a special edition version of Eclipse coming out in May, with the first chapter of Breaking Dawn in the back!!!!!

I'm totally freaking out, like, more than I did when I found out the release date of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!!!!!!

:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Chinese New Year Celebration

2008-02-08T16:46:00.001-05:00

Who: Anyone, but hosted by Chinese people!

What: Chinese New Year Celebration

When: February 16th, 2008 at 12:00

Where: Reynolds Gym - I think, it's just the gym at WFU - WFU

Why: To celebrate Chinese New Year

How: Performances, food, games, and more!

My Chinese Dance group will be performing at 2:00. Afterwards, I'm just gonna hang out. Hope to see you there!

-Silly

New articles? No wai!

2008-02-07T15:28:00.001-05:00

Yes wai!

Kenzi is in a good mood and will be mass-updating! More articles!

Lookie around and see what you can see!

((Kk...

I did Funstuff, Girls Page, News, homepage, ...))

Guys and Girls Page

2008-02-06T17:20:00.001-05:00

Just so you know, there is NO NEED to worry about privacy on the guys' and girls' pages. Kenzi and I WILL NOT go on the Guy's page, unless we are told to by a Guy's Page Admin. Neither will any other girls. Reminder: the pages are controlled by email. If you were invited by email to look at iStudents - Guys or iStudents - Girls, that will be the only way you can read it.

This is just to ensure you.

-Silly

Admin For Guys section

2008-02-04T18:54:00.000-05:00

If you haven't read some of the below articles, Istudents has 2 new pages, A guy and a girl page. I am the new admin for the guy page. To view it, you will need to e-mail me for permission. leave your name and address in a comment, or e-mail me at bncowgill@gmail.com. Put your name, and e-mail address on the e-mail. It will work best with a Google/blog account, although it might work with yahoo, AOL/aim, or others. Please e-mail or comment if you have any questions or want access to the guys page.

Ben

Difficulty...

2008-02-04T16:43:00.000-05:00

I can allow only girls and guys to the pages, but... you have to have a google/GMail account. You can sign in as a guest for about a month, though. Until then, I guess we'll just have to see how it all works out.

If you'd like to see/read the blog, please let me have your e-mail address. I'm not sure about this, but some people have logged on through AOL and YahooMail!. If you'd like to try this, feel free to.

-Silly

New Pages - Definitely!

2008-02-04T16:36:00.000-05:00

Hey, guys!

So Kenzi and I talked at lunch... and we both agreed that it would be pretty cool to have those types of pages! It may seem sexist - but it's not. Guys and girls need places to talk about things so that the other gender won't find out! I'm still trying to see how the permissions thing would work, but I'm creating the pages now!

-Silly

New Page(s)?

2008-02-03T19:08:00.000-05:00

Hey, people!

How would it sound if we got a GuY's PaGe and a GiRl's PaGe? Let us know! On the guy page can be... well, I don't know.. guy stuff? The administrators would be... guys and McKenzie and I. On the girls page: fashion, dance, girl talk, etc. I can make it so that only girls are allowed to see the page: just give me your e-mail addresses, girls! Same for guys, except that doesn't change any rules. Kenzi and I still have to make sure its MS-appropriate.

Let us know what you think!

Interesting...!

2008-02-03T10:51:00.001-05:00

Hey, guys, I'm sorry I haven't been doing any updating lately. I've been busy lately, juggling cheerleading, homework, balloon poppers, dance, and Chinese New Year Preperations.

Anyways, the Chinese New Year Celebration is coming up soon! It will be on the 16th, from... 12:00 to something or another. There will be activities, food - yumm, performances, etc. Please tell friends about this! It'll be held at WFU.

More information later..

...

2008-01-28T18:03:00.000-05:00

Hey...

Should we get anything new for iStudents?

Gadgets, widgets, etc?

Please let us know!

Ice Skating

2008-01-18T17:14:00.000-05:00

I'm going ice skating on Monday, January 21st at 2:00 PM. Wanna come with? Show up at the Joel collisseum! [You don't have to be able to skate. You can just go to hang out with friends! Invite anyone from Hanes in the 7th grade.]

Hope to see you there!

XOXOX,

-Silly♥♥♥

Just Wanted to Say...

2008-01-12T12:40:00.000-05:00

OMG, thank you guys so much for supporting iStudents! Since the creation of iStudents only about two months ago, we have definitely improved the site - by a lot! Thanks to your help, we decided whether or not we would have seperate pages, what our next page would be, and more! Please continue telling all of your friends about iStudents! I love reading your comments and the shoutboxes, and it makes me really happy when I see comments like this:

NGMD me too
Details
2008-01-11 6:04 PM
#
talkiewalkie003 i like istudents
Details
2008-01-11 5:46 PM
#

Don't forget to do the polls and leave yuor comments!

♥♥♥♥♥ all of you!

-Silly♥♥♥♥♥

Question for You

2008-01-07T16:44:00.001-05:00

Would YOU like a new page for iStudents?
If so, what type of page?

Fashion, Celebrity Stuff, Music, etc.?

Let us know!

New Features

2008-01-07T16:27:00.000-05:00

Hey, everyone!

I hope y'all are enjoying all of our new features! Are there any more you want to see on iStudents? If there's one that you think we should have, please tell us in a comment!

-Silly♥♥♥

Chat Room

2008-01-04T17:17:00.001-05:00

Get in the chat room if you are reading this. There's a link provided.

Life Section

2008-01-04T17:06:00.000-05:00

Hey some new things have been added to the life section and there aren't many people visiting so go check it out.

Visitors at the Same Time Record So Far

2008-01-04T16:48:00.000-05:00

11 people!!!!!!

Happy Weekend!

2008-01-04T16:47:00.001-05:00

Just wanted to say, have a nice weekend!

-Silly♥

Wierd Things

2007-12-31T20:43:00.001-05:00

Just wanted to let you know something. If you're ever on iStudents and you see something new on it and it does something wierd, that means I'm trying it out. I'm always looking for things I could put on iStudents, so that's the answer. There may be times when you see something on it and then it's gone the next day. That means I'm not satisfied with the results of it. Just FYI.

-Silly

Happy New Year!!

2007-12-31T19:59:00.000-05:00

Hey, everyone!

I hope you all have a happy new year! Are you staying up for it? I know I am! Enjoy the last few days of your winter break!

-Silly

Sports Section - Failing?

2007-12-28T20:01:00.000-05:00

Hey, everyone.

I'm not so sure that the sports section is working so well... Any comments? Here's the question: should we keep the sports section or not? I'm sort of leaning towards the 'not' way. It's not that I don't want that section, just that there isn't anyone actually writing in that section. Also, we hadn't wanted that section in the first place. If we do cancel that section, what do we replace it with? We need your help, readers!

-Silly

Winter Break..

2007-12-22T17:50:00.000-05:00

Hey, readers!

Here's something to keep you occupied during winter break. You can share what you're doing over winter break!

I'm going to go to Ohio after Christmas, and my family is having a Christmas party for chinese people on Monday night. Yeah, I know. BORING! Ahh, well.

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-22T11:17:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas all! Most people who write for iStudents are not able to work on it over Christmas break but I can! So... have a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

News!

2007-12-19T18:59:00.001-05:00

iStudents is going off-line over winter break, because unfortunately, no one is available to update it. Sorry, readers!

-Kenzi and Silly

Exciting...

2007-12-16T11:06:00.000-05:00

If you look up iStudents - HMS on Google... Guess what comes up? A few sites relating to iStudents come up, including Aaron S.'s article from the Cry Wolf Chronicles. Cool, huh?

-Silly

New Commenting Priviledges

2007-12-15T16:51:00.001-05:00

Hey, readers!

Some good news! If you want to leave a comment, you can sign in with your AOL/AIM account! There should be a drop-down menu where you can choose what network to sign in with. This can prevent impersonators on iStudents now! Well, hope it works out for you!

-Silly

Nothing New to Say

2007-12-09T10:56:00.000-05:00

As you may have noticed, iStudents hasn't been getting many new posts lately. Maybe because everyone's been so busy! We'd really like some new things on our blogs, so please, send some things in! We'll post them under your name. Remember to keep articles CLEAN and appropriate. By clean, we mean NO PROFANITY! Thanks!

-Silly and Kenzi

Month Anniversary!

2007-12-04T16:31:00.000-05:00

Hey, everyone!

We're celebrating iStudents today, because it's been one month since it's creation! If you ever saw the original site, you'd be able to tell that iStudents has improved very much. So, time for celebration!!

-Silly

Poll - Over

2007-12-02T10:01:00.002-05:00

The poll about the new iStudents site is over.. However, we aren't adding a new site YET. Before we do that, we wish to have more people look at this blog. When we DO add a new site, it will be for quizzes. The quiz page came in first with 14 votes. Second place was fashion with 12 votes, and third place was A Page of Our Own with 10 votes. Thanks for voting!

We now have a new poll, replacing this one. The new poll is about the iStudents sites. Which is your favorite? You can only choose one answer, but you can alwas go back and change your vote.

There're also polls on every iStudent page except for Life, Reviews, and Fun Stuff. We hope that you vote on these polls!

-Silly

Movie Time - Cancelled

2007-11-29T17:40:00.000-05:00

We're sorry for those of you who enthusiastically said you could attend the movies, but unfortunately, the movie group has been cancelled. Why? Hardly anyone can make it, because of the timing. Well, I guess we'll just have to wait a little while longer...

-Silly

Changes, Changes, Changes

2007-11-28T17:09:00.000-05:00

I don't know if you've noticed yet or not, but some of our pages have changed! We have new templates [backgrounds] for a few of them, and different colors!

Hope you like them!

-Silly

Movie Time!!

2007-11-27T17:30:00.001-05:00

Hey, everyone! We're planning a movie group for this Saturday, around 3:00 PM. We're going to see Enchanted, and it doesn't really matter how many people come! If you want to come, please leave a comment. It'd also be really great if you told your friends about this!

Hope to see you there!

-Silly

[Note: We will be seeing it at the Grand.]

New Poll!!!

2007-11-24T17:24:00.000-05:00

As most of you have noticed, we have a new poll! Our last poll ended up with 45 votes! That's great! Well, now our poll is about new pages! There are quite a few choices. Now, just because we have a poll for it, it doesn't mean that we are going to have a new page. It all depends on the results! So if you want a new page, get all of your friends to vote! The new page choices -chosen by select students - are shown below. The page it could also go in is in italics, at the end of the description.

Guess Who - You all know this one. We recommend not picking this option, for the readers of this blog aren't all in this grade. Fun Stuff
Food - Apparently, this is a page where you share things about.. food.. Life
News - World news, school news, just news! This is a place where you can be more environmentally aware. N/A
Music/Videos - The latest music, awesome videos, what else? Fun Stuff
Fashion - Duh! It's fashion! Learn what to and what not to wear, or what the styles are! Gossip Galore
Favorites - Um... I guess you can share favorite things here? Fun stuff
Quizzes - Quiz time! Create a quiz about yourself! Or about something else! Fun Stuff
Dance(Not Included) - Share things about dance, or teach people how to dance! Fun Stuff/Life
A Page of Our Own - A place where we, as teenagers or almost teenagers, can express ourselves. Life
Other - If this option is chosen, please email me your idea to me or Kenzi.

Happy voting! [We hope that everyone votes.]

-Silly

Imposter!

2007-11-21T14:24:00.001-05:00

All of you that decide to use another person's name, don't. I have found out people have been using my name and when I know who they are, they will be in trouble. Coping someone's name is really serious. It is the same as coping someone's work. There are some comments that are so outrageous that most people know the real person would never say anything like it but some really gullible people might think that it is true. Next time you decide you want to copy someone's name, think how you would feel if someone stole the name that you use and wrote something horrible about you. Also, these people might cause it so that iStudents will have to take pre-caution, and we'll be forced to set it so that only Authors can read the Blog. I am pulling for that, but it seems unlikely. Keep that in mind. If these imposters persist on doing what they are doing we might have to take a drastic step like the one I am pulling for.

¿Dempar?

[Note from Silly: We worked really hard on iStudents, and Kenzi and I would hate to have to keep it so that only certain people are allowed on the blog, but that seems to be the step we will end up taking. We want to prevent this, so we'll try as many ways as possible before taking that step.]

Congratulations!

2007-11-21T11:15:00.000-05:00

Thanks to everyone who participated in the logo contest! It's officially ended, but if you still want to design some more things, then you an email them to me! After a certain period of time, I will put yours up, too! I know that you guys are all anticipating the winners, so here they are!

1st place - Amanda N.

2nd place - Rioghnach R.

3rd place - Maggie B./Lauren K.

Honorable Mentions - Amanda N., Maggie B., Maggie B., Ben C., Ben C., Ben C., Patrick M., Sara M., Silly, Kenzi, and Amber

Sports - Chris H.

Good job to all of you! They were all wonderful, but in the end, it was very hard to choose. Thanks again!

-Silly

Caution

2007-11-19T20:06:00.000-05:00

Apparently, some of you have forgotten that profanity and anything else that's innappropriate is deleted. Everything on this site - comment or article - is emailed to me directly after it's posted. Reminder: this is to be kept appropriate for all ages.

Contest Results

2007-11-18T09:28:00.000-05:00

Hey, guys! The contest is over! [Except for those of you handing it in on Monday.] There are so many cool designs that instead of choosing ONE logo, we'll have a different logo every month! The winner of December hasn't been chosen YET, but he/she will be soon! The prizes will be as below.

1st place: Girl - 2 pairs earrings or something else; Guy - ...NA
2nd place: Girl - 1 pair earrings or something else; Guy - ...NA
3rd place: Girl - an awesome pen thingy; Guy - same thing
Honorable Mention - certificate

There will be certificates for ALL of you.
Thanks for participating!

Contest Deadline

2007-11-16T14:46:00.000-05:00

Hey, guys! Because of low participation in the contest lately, we're moving the contest deadline to Saturday! That's right, this Saturday. Any entries recieved after Saturday, November 17th will be considered, but most likely be spurned. If you're handmaking yours, I would advise you not to, and if you have to, please scan it onto your computer and email it to me. We will either post the pictures on the website and have YOU vote, or Kenzi and I will choose ourselves. It's your choice.

-Silly

More Stuffs

2007-11-08T15:30:00.000-05:00

More About the Contest
Deadline: November 27th, 2007
Formatting: Doesn't matter

Please make it so that it is not handwritten, because then we'll have to scan it, and I don't have a scanner. If you do make it handwritten, you can scan it yourself and e-mail it to me, or I'll do something on paint that's similar. example --->>

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Administrators

Please don't ask to be an administrator. Just do your best on each the sections. If we think that you're doing really good, then we'll contact you and ask if you'd like to be an administrator.

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Advertisement

I'd like to thank Dempar for his great idea: making flyers. Our plan is to make as many flyers as possible, and hand them out to students to put on their own lockers, because according to Mr. C, we can't put them up around the school. If you can help, please contact me! I also have fliers desined already, if you could print them out, that'd be a big help! You can email me for the already done ones. Please give any flyers to me.

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-Silly

P.S: I'm going to be in Ohio this weekend, and won't have internet access. :'( I'll be able to check my mail on Monday, but this is just a heads up.

CONTEST!!

2007-11-07T17:41:00.000-05:00

Hey, guys!

We're having a contest to design a logo for iStudents. The logo will be credited to the winner, and will be placed at the bottom of each iStudents page. Another logo will be for the actual site/section itself. You can enter this contest as many times as you want.

Here are the rules for the regular iStudents logo:

There must be iStudents somewhere on the logo. We prefer that iStudents is written like it is now.
The logo must be APPROPRIATE! [No profanity, etc.]
The entry must be either emailed to me AND Kenzi OR printed out, and given to me AND Kenzi.

The rules for the site/section logos are:

There must be iStudents somewhere on the logo. We prefer that iStudents is written like it is now.
There must be mention of one of the sites. [Gossip, News, Home, Sports, etc.]
The logo must be APPROPRIATE! [No profanity, etc.]
The entry must be either emailed to me AND Kenzi, OR printed out and given to me AND Kenzi.

Winners may get prizes.

Any more questions? E-Mail me or Kenzi!

-Silly

For an example of a logo, email me! [I couldn't get the picture to load onto this article.]

Shoutboxes

2007-11-07T16:42:00.000-05:00

As of November 7, 2007 at 4:43 PM, there are three shoutboxes. There's one located on the Gossip, Sports, and this page.
Thank you, and enjoy!

-Silly

Construction has ENDED!! [For now, anyways...]

You Can Help!

2007-11-06T21:00:00.001-05:00

Hey, readers! Right now, we need YOUR help. We need some people to be authors in the We the People and Reviews sections. Right now, they are article-less. Except for a welcome article in the Reviews section. Anyways, if you'd like to author that section, email me or Kenzi! [Preferably both.]

Also, we would like to know what YOU want to see on the site. Do you want more shoutboxes? One on each page? Or do you want more polls? Help us out!

We also would like more administrators. Preferably 3 for a section. Kenzi and I are always the administrators, but if you think you want to be one, show us your best! Kenzi and I will decide whether or not you're up to the task, and you may get your chance! But if you use your administrator powers wrongly, we will revoke your position.

The last thing: We aren't getting the preferred amount of readers. So we ask you to tell friends about this site! It would be nice to have about... 30-40 readers, but right now, we think that it's around 20 readers. Oh! So close, yet so far!

Reminder: iStudents is still undergoing construction.

Thanks!

-Kenzi and Silly

New Sites

2007-11-06T17:56:00.000-05:00

Before, we had the posts all on this page. Now, we have a blog site for each different category. To view them, click on the links below.

iStudents...

If you have already been invited to be an author for this page, the main page, and wish to be an author for other pages, contact me, and I will invite you to be an author for the page you asked to be an author for.

Also, iStudents has not finished construction yet.

Thank you.

Silly

A Whole New Makeover

2007-11-06T17:39:00.000-05:00

Starting November 6th, 2007 at 5:30 PM will be construction work on the website/blog. We will now have many more pages to go to, and we will have more features. You can still come onto the blog, but we encourage you to visit this page as frequently as possible. Thanks!

-Silly and Kenzi

News; Even More on iStudents

2007-11-05T17:27:00.000-05:00

Yes, yes, I know. You are all SO tired of hearing things about iStudents. I apologize for this, but because this was created only yesterday, it's hard to organize various parts of the website. After the first few days, we hope that more people will come and view iStudents, but until then, we are still trying to get people to come here. We still wish for you to tell all of your friends about iStudents. I hope to get as many as 25 viewers, maybe even more! As of November 5th, 2007 at 5:32 PM, we have had maybe twelve people volunteer to be an author of posts. As you may have noticed, we now have some new features. We have the oh, so popular shoutbox, and we have the site links. We hope that you take the poll when you come to this page, too.

Because there are some articles written that don't quite seem to fit into any of the sections that we have now, there is twp new categories. These categories are Life and School Stuff. Under the Life section, you can place daily horoscopes, life interests, and more. Under School Stuff, there may be announcements about school, things that happenned in school, etc.

On the webpage, there will be 4 articles at a time, and the rest will be on the next page(s). Wherever you post, in an article, comment, or shoutbox, the comment needs to be appropriate. This means suitable for middle-school students, parents, and teachers. Remember, students of all age from HMS may read your articles.

There're also other questions in mind: What type of articles do you want to see on iStudents? What else should we add to the page? Who do you think will read the articles? Do you want to write for iStudents?

A reminder to all: Anyone can write for iStudents. Well, as long as you're a student. You can either email me your articles for me to post under your name, or get a gmail account. If you wish to be an official author on gmail, notify me of your gmail address, and I will invite you to become an author. When posting an article, you can use anything available for use in the posting section. That includes colors. (duh)

Last of all, here are some contacts/people to email if you want to send us anything. Don't send us junk email, or you will be blocked from our contact lists.

Silly - sylviaachen@yahoo.com or koalasrock@gmail.com. AIM screenname is sillyvia1077 or sylvia1995. Locker number 192, outside of Mr. C's classroom.
Kenzi - mmillican@triad.rr.com. Locker number 191, outside of Mr. C's classroom.

Thank you, and enjoy iStudents!

-Silly

Advice Corner; Same Guy

2007-11-05T17:14:00.000-05:00

This article has been moved to the new iStudents - Gossip Galore site. To view this article, go to http://istudents-hms-gossip.blogspot.com/. Thank you, and enjoy iStudents!

-Silly and Kenzi

Sports; Quarterbacks in History!

2007-11-05T16:16:00.000-05:00

This post has been moved to the new iStudents - Sports page, http://istudents-hms-sports-section.blogspot.com/. From now on, if you want to see sports, go to this site to view articles. Thank you.

-Silly

Life; Hobbies

2007-11-05T16:00:00.000-05:00

This post has been moved to the new iStudents - Life page. To view that page, visit http://istudents-hms-life.blogspot.com/. Thank you, and enjoy iStudents!

-Silly and Kenzi

News: iStudents - New Features

2007-11-05T15:36:00.000-05:00

iStudents now has links and a shoutbox! Yay! Hope you enjoy this page!

[iStudents was started yesterday, and as we get more and more readers, there will be more and more special features.]

-Silly

Another thing: We need more authors! Right now we only have 8! You do not have to have a gmail account to be an author, just email me an article, and I'll post it for you!

News; More About iStudents

2007-11-04T18:39:00.000-05:00

As you already know, iStudents is a newsletter based on the Cry Wolf Chronicles. But here's some more about this site.

Commenting

We ask that you keep your comments... appropriate. This means no curse words, nothing that can put other students down, etc. If any of these comments are found, your comment will be deleted. If this continues to happen, you will get an email giving you a warning. If this still happens after the email has been sent, you will be blocked from this site. If your comment are just used to waste space, there will be the same consequences.

Sections

If you read the Cry Wolf Chronicles, you will already know what most of the sections are. But for those who don't go to that online newspaper, here are brief descriptions about the different sections.

News

In this section, there will be things that may be happening at school, and/or current events. Things like that.

Rants and Raves

In this section, there will be peoples feelings about certain things, i.e. the student dress code. In the comment section, there will most likely be a debate on the topic/subject.

Ask Gabby

This will be like the Ask Abby section in the Cry Wolf Chronicles. Students can post their problems under this section, and other students will try to help them.

Advice Corner

This will be an area where people can give other people advice. Maybe give a list of things to do when you're bored, or what to do if you like someone.

Reviews

Under this section, there will be reviews. Obviously. These can be about movies, TV shows, books, concerts, etc.

Jokes, Riddles

Well.. there'll be jokes and riddles... What more can I say?

Short Stories

Students may have short stories that they felt like writing, and they can post theirs here.

Journal Entry

If you've had a tough day, and you want to tell somebody, write it out in a 'journal entry'. You can post it, and see if people can help you.

Authors

A select few have been invited to write for this newsletter already. If you wish to be invited, simply email me. The only problem is that you have to set up a GMail account in order to write for iStudents.If you can't get an account, email the article you want to post to me, and I'll post it for you.

Administrators

Administrators are like authors, only they can do much more. They can help customize the page, and change around the color fonts. However, you have to have posted many good articles in order to be made an administrator, and Kenzi and I must agree to make you one.

Names

We ask that you not use your real name. Personally, I do not mind if anyone uses an anonymous name, as long as you respect the website and your classmates. It's better to stick with a nickname, though, when posting a comment. This ensures more safety. You may use your real names if you think that it will be no problem, but if anything happens, we warned you and you cannot put any blame on use.

Good names to use are:

Katherine
Kat
Katherine B.
Kitty KAT

Names like those often tend to be safer. [If your name IS Katherine and I have offended you by using your name as an example, I'm sorry. I chose a name at random.]

Readers
We ask for you to tell all of your friends about this site, but we ask that they are from HMS. 6th, 7th, AND 8th graders can be admitted onto this site. Teachers are also welcome to visit iStudents.

Hope you enjoy iStudents!

-Silly

News; About iStudents

2007-11-04T14:09:00.000-05:00

iStudents was created on Nov. 4th by Kenzi and Silly, basing it off of a school newspaper. This newspaper is just for students, without any adults helping. There will be several 'sections', and titles of posts will have the section name, and the post name. [For example: Section; Post name] The author's name will be located on the bottom. Many students from our middle school have been invited to contribute to this newsletter.

The sections will include:

News
Rants & Raves
Ask Gabby
Advice Corner
Reviews
Jokes/Riddles
Short Stories
Journal Entry

Others may be added as this newsletter progresses.

Real names will not be used in this newsletter, for privacy.

-Silly and Kenzi