Welcome to the home of all things creative! This section of the website is where you will find artwork, reviews, puzzles, comics, lists, poems, stories, and more created by the students of Wilson Area Intermediate School. These posts were originally published in March 2021.

Moxie Review

March 26, 2021

By Jazaiyah W. & Alexandria R.

Moxie is a Netflix original movie about a young girl in high school named Vivian who is in a fight to change the sexist ways of her high school. By creating an anonymous magazine to inspire other girls at her school to speak up and fight back.

Jazaiyah rates "Moxie'' a 8/10. This movie was very good and inspiring and something that I would definitely watch again!

Alex rates this movie a

Overall Moxie is a great movie and I recommend everyone to watch this!

S'MORES Cookies

These chewy, gooey S'mores cookies filled with marshmallows, chocolate and Graham crackers are beyond delicious and there's no campfire required!

Ingredients

• Graham Crackers

• Marshmallows

• Hershey Bar

• Salt

• Sugar

• Brown Sugar

• Chocolate chips

• 1 Egg

• Corn Starch

• Butter

• Baking Powder

• Baking Soda

• Vanilla Extract

• All-Purpose Flour

Steps

1. Roughly chop the Graham crackers, break the Hershey’s bar apart and tear the mini marshmallows in half.

2. Sift the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cornstarch into a bowl then whisk together and set aside.

3. Cream the room temperature butter in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a large bowl if using an electric hand mixer. Add the granulated and brown sugar and beat until well-combined. Drop in the egg and vanilla then mix, scrape the bowl down and mix once more until homogenous.

4. Add the dry mixture and mix on low until just combined then scrape the bowl down one last time.

5. Reserve a handful of the torn marshmallows then add the remaining marshmallows, Graham cracker pieces, and chocolate chips to the dough and mix on low until just distributed. Cover and chill for at least an hour.

6. Preheat the oven to 350F, roll the chilled dough into two tablespoon sized balls then place on a parchment paper or silicone lined baking sheet.

And that's how you make S’mores Cookies!

Strawberry Shortcake

March 26, 2021

By Emily M.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 pounds strawberries, stemmed and quartered

• 5 tablespoons sugar

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• 2 teaspoons baking powder

• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• 3/4 teaspoon salt

• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream

• Whipped Cream, recipe follows

Directions:

1. Mix strawberries with 3 tablespoons sugar and refrigerate while juices develop, at least 30 minutes.

2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

3. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. Add heavy cream and mix until just combined. Place mixture in an ungreased 8-inch square pan and bake until golden, 18 to 20 minutes.

4. Remove shortcake from the pan and place on a rack to cool slightly. Cut into 6 pieces and split each piece in half horizontally.

5. Spoon some of the strawberries with their juice onto each shortcake bottom. Top with a generous dollop of whipped cream and then the shortcake top. Spoon more strawberries over the top and serve.

Whipped Cream:

• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, chilled

• 3 tablespoons sugar

• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

• 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest

Using a mixer, beat the heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, and lemon zest until soft peaks form, about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.

The Bismuth Necklace

March 12, 2021

By Emily D.

Lelia sighs and walks down another cold, empty hall of the abandoned castle, “Do you think this was a bad idea Maria?”

“Come on, It’ll be fine. I’ll protect you if anything goes wrong.”

“I know, but this is where we got stuck together in the first place.”

“Am I that bad?”

“No, it’s just know it’s dangerous.”

“It’s fine here. Just don’t put on random bracelets you find on the floor.”

“I thought it was cool, and I thought I could get it off after.”

Maria sighs, “I know… Let’s see if I still know my way around this place.”

They turn down another hall to find a staircase.

“Where do these lead, Maria?”

“The bedrooms. Want to see mine?”

Lelia nods and they head to the upstairs bedroom area. After a bit of looking, they enter a large, pastel room with expensive curtains, gold traced furniture, and porcelain dolls in fancy dresses. Well, it would be like that if the curtains weren’t torn, the windows broken, furniture falling apart, and the dolls smashed to pieces with their dresses torn and muddy. Maria lays on the bed, an action Lelia wouldn’t dare do after only looking at it for a second.

“You never told me what happened?”

“Didn’t you pay attention in class?”

“Um…”

Maria sighs, “My dad made a dumb mistake which caused a revolution.”

“Oh? What was it?”

“He wasn’t listening to the people, he was greedy for more wealth, but what pushed it over the edge,” She takes a deep breath and shows a scar across her neck, “was beheading his daughter for treason. I helped plan the revolution...”

“I’m sorry...”

“It’s in the past now. Long in the past,” she pauses a moment, “I wanted to look for something. Follow me.”

Maria enters another bedroom at the end of the hall with Lelia right behind her. This one is covered in vines and jewels. After a moment of looking, Maria opens a small jewelry box and takes out a silver necklace with beautiful bismuth on it.

“It’s so pretty.”

“It’s my mother’s. I always wanted it, but she said she’d give it on my 18th birthday.” “So you got it?”

“You think I’m 18? I died at 16. I never got it.”

“Oh… Are you going to take it now?”

“I… I don’t know. I could,” she lifts the necklace to her neck, but puts it down again. “What’s wrong?”

“I don’t want to steal from my mother.”

“Is she still here?”

“Is she alive? No she died in-”

“No, no, no. Is she here like you were, as a ghost?”

“I don’t think so. I wandered around for years and never saw her.”

Maria lifts the necklace up to her neck again, “Maybe we should take it. Before someone else does I mean.”

“It’s up to you. I can’t really stop you.”

Maria puts it on and floats to the door, “I know. Let’s get out of here.”

“Good idea.”

TOP SIX BEST CEREALS

By Jazaiyah W.

March 12, 2021

1. Cookie Crisp

2. Froot Loops

3. Lucky Charms

4. Apple Jacks

5. Captain Crunch

6. Frosted Flakes

Creative Writing Challenge PART TWO

March 5, 2021

We challenged the members of Scribbler to create a story based on a random roll of a story spinner. The second prompt was:

A Brilliant physicist has a rollercoaster breakdown on a volcano three months from now.

Here's our take on that random story by Emily M.

The Glooberry Disaster

March 12, 2021

By Emily M.

Let me tell you about a friend. Her name was Lindsay. She was a physicist that tested roller coasters in unique places with her coworker Daniel.

One place that they will be testing is a roller coaster near a volcano on Glooberry Island. The volcano was called Mt. Sticky Raspberry. Every 500,000 years the volcano exploded sticky, toxic raspberry jam. An amusement park company thought that it would be completely safe to build a rollercoaster there, but they were wrong.

She and Daniel would be testing the Berryland roller coaster three months from now. The natives around the island, who were strawberry rabbits, tried to warn the company to stay away from the volcano, but the company didn’t listen.

Lindsay and Daniel were excited to test out the coaster when they heard from a team of expert volcanologists suggesting that they heed the signs of Mt. Sticky Raspberry exploding in a short amount of time. While testing the rollercoaster, they smelled a horrid rotten raspberry smell that was coming from a volcano. Could this be a sign of an eruption?

Anyway, the company opened up the park to the natives. They also decided to pay no attention to the natives’ warnings about Mt. Sticky Raspberry. The next day there were streams of the oozing, toxic jam coming from the crater of the volcano.

In the process of all of that happening, Lindsay and Daniel were on the volcano testing the coaster. It was a good thing for a little while when they were testing the coaster because they were temporarily safe from the volcano when all of a sudden, Mt. Sticky Raspberry exploded!

Then, things got worse, the roller coaster had a breakdown right at the base of the great volcano. The lava was flowing at the speed of light. They were trapped! They started to get light headed because of the toxic gases.

But then a miracle happened, the roller coaster started to work again. They were out of the way of the lava in no time. Lindsay and Daniel decided after the incident that they were going to quit their job as roller coaster testers. And that they would not be getting close to any volcano anytime soon.

Creative Writing Challenge

March 5, 2021

We challenged the members of Scribbler to create a story based on a random roll of a story spinner. The first prompt was:

A small child is afraid of snakes in a school hallway during the Renaisssance.

Rachel K., Emily D., Peyton H., Ash N. and Sa'Vannah S. rose to the challenge, creating these stories and the accompanying artwork. Great job, Scribbler staff!

Story One: Ophidiophobia

By Rachel K.

A young girl who was about eight walked through a hallway in her school. Tons of other kids and students were rushing through the hallway along with her, their skirts and jackets swinging. The young girl's name was Bridget, who looked around with dread and fear.

The walls were filled with snake paintings, green and black banners, and everything snake related. Today was the Super Snake celebration. The day was all about respect for snakes. People dressing in snake clothing, snake activities, and being very respectful and kind to a real live Cobra. The whole celebration took place in this hallway. That was why Bridget hated the day. She had an enormous fear of snakes.

Bridget's face went very pale. She had to get out of here. Bridget slowly began to make her way to the exit when she saw a huge snake, with a flickering tongue and green and yellow skin. The snake was blocking the exit. Bridget schreached and jumped away, holding her hands over her head. Please don't hurt me, she thought. Go away.

Bridget then she noticed that it was not a real snake. It was an older girl dressed in green and gold snake skin with a matching mask. She sighed with relief and lowered her hands from her face and head. Suddenly, More people began to come through the hallway with snake clothing, chatting away with their friend's as they passed Bridget. Her best friend, Aeolus, was in the crowd and made his way over to Bridget when he saw her. Aeolus was the same age as Bridget with messy brown hair and a snakeskin outfit.

"Why do you look so scared, Bridget?" Her friend asked. "Snakes are awesome."

"What?" Bridget said.

She was no longer paying attention to Aeolus. She was trying to find a way to escape the celebration. But she knew she wouldn't be able to.

"You look very scared Bridget." Aeolus repeated. "What for?"

Bridget was still not paying attention. As she stared around she almost felt her heart stop beating. In the hallway farther down was a huge stage. It was covered in so many snake things as well as the same things that decorated the hallway walls. An older man was on the stage, holding a microphone. In his other hand was a small see-through box that held a Cobra. A Cobra.

Bridget stumbled. "A s-s-snake!" She yelled, covering her eyes.

"Yeah. The snake's name is Leus." Aeolus answered, nodding. "He is very cool."

Bridget uncovered her eyes as Aeolus grabbed her hand and dragged her toward the stage, which all around was crowded with people. The older man was still speaking. "...This will be the best celebration of all of them. Leus is very happy to be here." The man, whose name was actually John, put the microphone down and stared at the snake. While doing that the cage shattered that held Leus.

Immediately the whole room began to erupt into chaos. People were running around to catch the snake before it strayed too far. In the midst of it all was Bridget who just stood there in shock, her hands and body shaking like a leaf. I am okay, she thought to herself. The snake will not bother me. The snake will not bother me.

But Bridget didn't seem to see the huge Cobra, Leus, crawl across the ground, right by her feet. When she did notice it she screamed so loud that she literally almost jumped from her skin. Her eyes were now locked with Leus and there was only one thing that Bridget could do. Pass out.

After Bridget woke up she noticed that she wasn't at the school but she was in her bed. The whole thing she went through was all a dream. Or was it?

Story Two: The Snake

By Ash N.

The scales scraping and rubbing against the canvas. A sound she’d heard many times before. A sound that struck fear into her heart. So she stood there. Frozen. Hoping it wouldn’t touch her. The anxiety flooded her body like a river to the town. The waves crashing against her lungs. Her breath running away trying to escape the tsunami of dread that grew within her. She stumbled back a few steps. The hallway seemed to extend without end.

Story 3: Little Lorenzo

By Peyton H.

In the time of the Renaissance, a young lad named Lorenzo was a knight's son. He thought he was tough, he thought he was all that and more. But he was only 3. So he had to stay home with his Mother.

One day his mother found Lorenzo’s fathers helmet. So she just gave it to Lorenzo, and he went off to his father. While he was going down the path a snake came along and was in the middle of the path. Lorenzo shrieked with fright. He fainted with a clunk when he hit the ground. When he woke up another shriek came out because the snake was wrapped around him. It was big, yellow, and had teeth. Lorenzo was losing his breath. The snake kept tightening his grip, Lorenzo was scared for his dear life.

Meanwhile, at home, his Dad was home to get his helmet. His mom was so confused. She just sent Lorenzo to give it to him. At first he thought one of his enemies got him, but they all died. At that point they knew something was wrong. They rushed outside and went on all the possible ways that he could have gone. At this point Lorenzo was hanging onto his life by a thread. He was losing air fast. Using his last bit of air, he started screaming for someone to help him. His parents heard him immediately.

They ran to Lorenzo. When they got there, the snake was like a skyscraper. It was huge! Lorenzo's father took out his sword, and ripped the snake into shreds. Lorenzo came to them gasping for air. Once they were home Lorenzo’s father decided to teach him some fighting skills so this would never happen again.

Homemade Churros

March 5 , 2021

By Jazaiyah W.

Here's what you need…

• 1 cup. water

• 6 tbsp. butter

• 2 tbsp. granulated sugar

• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

• 1 cup. all-purpose flour

• 1 tsp. kosher salt

• 2 large eggs

• Vegetable oil, for frying

• Cinnamon sugar (You can use as much or as little as you want)

Directions…

In a large saucepan over medium heat, add water, butter, and sugar. Bring to a boil, then add vanilla extract.

Turn off heat and add flour and salt. Stir until thickened. Let the mixture cool for 10 minutes.

Beat in eggs one at a time and combine eggs with the mixture in step one. Transfer mixture to a piping bag fitted with a large open star tip.

In a large pot over medium heat, add enough oil to come halfway up the sides and heat to 375°.

Holding the piping bag a few inches above the oil, carefully pipe churros into 6" long ropes. You can use kitchen scissors to cut off dough from the piping bag, fry 4-5 minutes or until golden.

Remove churros from oil with a spoon or tongues. Immediately roll churros in cinnamon sugar! Place on a cooling rack and enjoy!

THREE WORST JOKES

March 5, 2021

By Jacob R.

What does a nosey pepper do?

It gets jalapeño business!

What does a zombie vegetarian eat?

“GRRRAAAIIINNNNS!”

What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?

Frostbite

Whoopie Pies

March 5, 2021

By Emily M.

Ingredients

3 cups sugar

1 cup butter

4 eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

6 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/2 tablespoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

3 cups milk

Filling, recipe follows

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, or preheat a convection oven to 315 degrees F.

2. In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar, butter, and eggs together until well combined. Add the oil and vanilla and beat again.

3. In a separate bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients. Add half of the dry mixture to the egg mixture and beat or stir to blend. Add 1 1/2 cups milk and beat again. Add the remaining dry mixture and beat until incorporated. Add the remaining 1 1/2 cups milk and beat until blended.

4. With a large spoon, scoop out 32 circles of batter onto a baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool.

5. Spread filling onto 16 circles and place remaining circles on top, to make 16 Whoopie Pies.

Filling:

1 1/2 cups shortening

3 cups confectioners' sugar

1 1/3 cups marshmallow topping

Dash salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 to 1/2 cup milk

1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine all ingredients except the milk and beat well. Add just enough milk to achieve a creamy consistency.

TOP TEn Best Anime Series

March 5, 2021

By Rachel K.

Are you interested in anime? Do you want to learn more about it? Well, here are my picks for the top ten anime series! These series will turn you into an anime fan.

1. One Piece

2. Sword Art Online

3. Hunter x Hunter

4. Attack on Titan

5. Death Note

6. Dragon Ball

7. Assasination Classroom

8. Tokyo Ghoul

9. Naruto

10. My Hero Academia

Vanilla cupcakes

March 5, 2021

By Quinn B.

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups all purpose flour

• 2 cups sugar

• 3 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 cup milk

• ½ cup vegetable oil

• 1 tbsp vanilla extract

• 2 large eggs

• 1 cup water

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.

2. Put the dry ingredients into a large mixer bowl and combine. Set aside.

3. Put the wet ingredients except the water into a medium sized bowl and combine.

4. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and beat until well combined

5. Slowly add the water to the batter and mix on low speed until well combined.( Your batter should be very thin).

6. Fill the cupcake liners and bake for 15-17 minutes

7. Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let them cool for at least two minutes.