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Girl with Daisies
Jane Wheeler, 13
Girl with Roses
“With all the emphasis on 21st-century skills, with the globalization of the economy and the world becoming smaller because of technology, we have so many opportunities out there, and I think we’re behind — really, we’re behind most nations — in teaching second languages.
An update from the twenty-eighth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett
A summary of the workshop held on Saturday February 19th, plus some of the output published below
"We are still living under the reign of logic... but dreaming is not inferior to reality as real human experience.
Growing up, I don’t think there was anything I enjoyed more than a classic fairy tale, and, of course, watching Disney Princess television shows and movies! There are a plethora of fairy tales for all ages, yet Cinderella’s folktale is known by almost everyone, begging the question: why? This rags to riches tale initially originated in Europe.
An update from our thirty-third book club meeting!
On February 26th, we discussed Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan. This uplifting and beautifully-written novel follows thirteen-year-old Esperanza Ortega. She has a charmed childhood as the daughter of a wealthy ranch-owner in Mexico, but a tragedy causes her to flee to the United States with her mother.
Take an abstract photo that shows a pattern in nature, like this one of a piece of coral from the October 2020 issue of Stone Soup.
A Tribute to Bobby Hutton
Emma, 9
I didn’t know much about Bobby Hutton until recently, when I read about the Black Panthers. It’s important to know the parts of history that are hidden from us. During Black History Month, we are taught about people like Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jordan. But we’re rarely taught about people like Bobby Hutton, Malcolm X, and Huey P. Newton.
What are five things you take for granted? I could start by assuming that you take your senses for granted. The ability to see, hear, touch, smell, and taste are so normal that they are often not appreciated until they are lost. If you have never lived in darkness, or silence, or in a world without touch, smell, or taste, you might not realize what a gift these abilities are.
Red and Blue
are the colors we built a country from,
Red like the blood we spilled for freedom
Blue like the clear skies we keep reaching for
but also
Red like the wounds of those we forced to plow our fields
Blue like the tears we spilled watering our fields
then Stars strewn across like the ones in our eyes
as we looked past our mistakes to the sky...
Take a photo of a wild animal in motion.