“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” Dumbledore says this in the third Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Adults in this series often talk in metaphors, especially Dumbledore, but I think this quote is the clearest of many […]
I admire Ms Cameron for many reasons, and here are some reason I aspire to be like her. My first reason is her resilience. Sometimes, mean students stress Ms. Cameron really upset and she cries, but she bounces back because she’s gotta put on a strong face, and she has to keep everything going good. […]
My word of intention for 2024 is bagel! A word of intention is a word that you intend to try and follow, and it can be anything that means something special to you. I’m striving to complete my word, bagel. Bagels are my favorite food EVER, and I just got braces, which makes it difficult […]
This month I read Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon. In this book, a girl with a rare disease has been confined to her home for 17 years. Her disease makes her severely allergic to everything and she has to have everything sanitized and her house is completely white, because colors are aggravating. She then meets […]
This month I read Keeper of the Lost Cities Flashback by Shannon Messenger, the seventh book in a so far ten-book series. In this book, Sophie Foster is attacked at the beginning of the book, and has a very long recovery. The attack from her enemies, the Neverseen, inspires Sophie and all her friends to […]
Ms. Tanikawa is out sick, and the students have elected me to be principal for the day. I use the school’s money to order 25 large pizzas from Wise Guys from lunch, and lunch lasts for an hour because everybody hates 6th period. There’s a surprise assembly after lunch. I excuse all the teachers to […]
Jerry the bird woke up to the rushing of the water like every day. He blinked the sleepiness out of his big round eyes, and looked out of his nest expecting to see a sunrise. Instead he had woken up to a sun high in the sky. He swore in his chirpy language, knowing that […]
I thought that was a pretty creative title. Thanksgiving is coming up, and I’m going to be pretty honest with you, I don’t really like Thanksgiving. My mom would host a dinner for my family, and she would make me skin the potatoes, but I ended up just skinning my own skin. If your fingers […]
“I have only three rules for you.” The genie says to Kaulana. This must be a dream, they thinks, I’m going to wake up. But I don’t. “No wishing for someone to die. No making people fall in love, I can’t interfere with matters of the heart. Lastly, the most important one, is that you […]
This is probably just me, but I’ve always wondered what fish say to their moms. I will now journal in the first person of a young fish who has a diary somehow and his mom reads it. Dear Diary, Hi, I’m Jeffles. Today I saw my first real human! They’re honestly kind of ugly with […]