Many Fruita MIddle School students are eagerly awaiting the transition from winter to spring. The new season offers a sense of renewal and hope as the school year winds down and summer approaches. How can students best embrace this seasonal shift? Here are the top 7 spring activities for our upcoming break.

1. Backyard Barbeque

Nothing shouts spring more than the smell of a freshly grilled hamburger, and the delighted sounds of a toddler who found a soda on the table. Get some friends together and make it the best barbecue ever!

2. Swimming at the Rec Center

Hot temperatures are coming our way for the summer, but a good way to cool off is a dip in the pool. The Fruita Rec Center is a very busy place, though, so make sure you plan your trip accordingly.

3. Sleep in

One of the best ways to spend your spring break is sleeping. Catching Zs during spring break is an amazing way to spend your time off!

4. Plant a Garden

Spring is for plants and flowers, and isn't there a better way to show your spring spirit more? Although it can be difficult to start the preparation, once you are finished, it can be very helpful.

5. Mountain Biking

Fast or slow, bumpy or straight, there are beautiful trails for everybody, beginners and professionals. If you don’t have a bike, however, this can be difficult, but the chances that one of your close friends or neighbors will have a bike for you to borrow are almost a 100%.

6. Water Balloon fight

Although this can be dangerous and slightly terrifying, if you are on the right side of the war, it can be fun! This, however, comes with lots of clean-up, which is not a way to spend your spring break.

7. Picnic at a park

Grab a buffalo plaid blanket and spread it across green grass, while silently hoping bugs won't crawl onto the blanket. The food can be simple or elegant; it's really up to you.

Spring introduces many new opportunities we have forgotten about over the dark, cold, jagged winter. Though there are many, many, many things to do during spring, these were a few of my favorite activities!

Spring Break is almost here! With March just rounding the corner, and Saint Patrick's Day coming up, students are thinking about what they are going to do over Spring Break. I interviewed 7th grader Lyncoln Morris to get an idea of what students are doing over Spring Break.

 On 2/23/26, I met Lyncoln in the library to host the interview. The first question I asked him was basic; Can you tell me about yourself? He told me, "My name is Lyncoln Morris, I'm in Mr. Carrol's 9th hour, I'm 13, and I game a lot." Then I asked him, "Do you play any sports?" He then told me, "I play football mainly, I do baseball and wrestling on the side." I then asked him; What do you like to do in your free time? He told me, "I like to mainly play video games, or go to the mall. I like to go to the park too." Morris said.

I then started to ask him about spring break. I asked him; What do you think about spring break? He then told me, "I think it's pretty good. I like to have a lot of breaks; some people don't have any breaks. I like to have it." I then asked him; What are you going to do over spring break? He told me, "I think I'm going to Reno, Nevada, to see my dad." I then asked him; What do you think about middle school? He said, "I mean, it’s some of the toughest years a kid can go through, it changes a lot of stuff, it changes how you act and how you feel. It just changed a lot about life," I then asked him; Are you worried about anything in school? And he told me, "I am mainly worried about grades, like that can impact a lot of things, such as wrestling or other stuff, it can also affect you in life."

Whether you are stuck at home doing cleaning or going somewhere fun during spring break, there's one thing for certain: We will be able to get sleep.

Written by Adalyn TenEyck, a reporter for the Fruita Feed. 

You may know green as the color that makes up everything from the grass to the Statue of Liberty. However, the color green, as we know it, is much more powerful and fundamental to our world than we realize. 

To start, it's important to note that green has been around for ages. Like most colors, green has a very long story, ranging from its origin to how it has been manufactured and used over time. In ancient Egypt, a copper mineral, malachite, was used to paint tombs, as green was known as a symbol for regeneration and rebirth. Ancient Romans used verdigris, which is a green pigment that occurs after metal has been weathered for mosaics, frescoes, and stained glass. In addition, during the Middle Ages in particular, green was used in fashion as a sign of social status and wealth. Over time, many famous artists used green to create emotion, depth, and contrast in their paintings. These paintings include many Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci pieces, such as the Mona Lisa and Green Wheat Fields. 

Furthermore, the color green is also important to many holidays like Christmas and Easter. However, green is most associated with Saint Patrick's Day. Ireland, along with its popular Irish holiday, became closely associated with the color green largely due to political events. Green rose as a nationalist color during the 17th century Irish Rebellion and resurfaced in the 1790s with the republican Society of United Irishmen. By the 19th century, Irish immigrants in the U.S., especially after the Great Famine, popularized wearing green and displaying Irish flags as expressions of national pride. To this day, people still continue to celebrate this holiday and the overall Irish spirit by dressing in festive green clothes and eating traditional Irish delicacies.

From ancient tombs to modern-day holiday celebrations, the color green has carried powerful meaning across centuries and cultures. Its continued presence in art, culture, and celebration shows how deeply it is connected to human history. Even today, green continues to represent life and pride in many celebrations around the world. Overall, green is far more than just a color. It is a lasting symbol that connects the past and the present.

Sources used for research: 

https://www.history.com/articles/why-we-wear-green-on-st-patricks-day

https://mymodernmet.com/history-of-the-color-green/

Some people say the moon landing was fake, some say that it's cheese. But there is one thing for certain; the moon is coming back into view.

As of February 2026, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Announced that they will be flying humans back to the moon. However they will not land on the moon, NASA states that "Artemis II, targeting a launch no earlier than March 2026, is the first crewed mission of NASA's Artemis program, sending four astronauts on a 10-day flyby around the Moon. It will test the Orion spacecraft's life-support systems and the SLS rocket with humans aboard, venturing over 230,000 miles from Earth without landing, paving the way for future lunar surface missions." (nasa.gov) This means that Artemis II will not have humans on the moon, but they will be paving a path for humans to go to the moon later in the 2020's

"Over the course of about 30 days, the Artemis III astronauts will travel to lunar orbit, where two crew members will descend to the surface and spend approximately a week near the South Pole of the Moon conducting new science before returning to lunar orbit to join their crew for the journey back to Earth." (nasa.gov) Artemis III will be the one to land on the moon instead of Artemis II, but Artemis II is still curcial to the Artemis III Mission. WIthout the path of the Artemis II mission, the Artemis III rocket will not be able to caculate the correct path to take to the moon. Therefore making the Artemis II mission manditory. 

This isn't the only space breakthrough that is happening, NASA is working on trying to send humans to mars, along with SpaceX. And the ISS is supposed to come down in 2030, we just need to wait.