Instead of advising the cup stacking club, Technology Teacher Mr. Kevin Papke is now advising the magic club. The purpose of the magic club is to increase self esteem by performing in front of people and to improve communication skill. Magic club is learning, practice, and presenting magic tricks. Students will learn card, coins, the pads and other tricks.

When all the students came back from Winter Break, they were greeted by a new librarian, Ms. Christiany Edwards. Edwards was interviewed and hired to be the after-school librarian. She worked two library jobs before MacArthur, one of at a library in Anaheim and another at the Huntington Beach library.

On November 3, Math Teacher Mrs.Sherry Skipper’s honors Pre-Algebra, Algebra, and Geometry classes received the opportunity to participate in AMC-8 a national mathematics competition. The American Mathematics Competition, by the Mathematical Association of America, has been providing exams for participating students for over 60 years. Skipper’s honors students have been participating since 2010.

Organization can be difficult for students because it requires time and energy to keep all assignments in their place. On page 18 on the MacArthur Student Handbook it states, “The binder should be organized and cleaned out each day. All papers are to be 3 hole punched and placed in the appropriate section of the binder; no loose papers should be kept in the inside binder pocket.”