Genre: 9th

ERIC HUANG

 Biology   Biology is not my favorite, Hard work, hard tests, extremely tedious Last minute studying in bed, candle lit, From ATP to bugs eating aphids. I read about trees, how large, how green, So tall, so bold, leaves blowing in the air, The bark has lenticels, in between, These autotrophs give us energy to Read more…

LARRY H

Oscar Wilde is known for his plays, his social criticism and poetry, as well as his fables.  One such fable, “The Happy Prince” was a particular favorite of Larry’s, and he decided to write his own version of the story.   The assignment required matching Wilde’s syntax exactly, as well as following the thematic arc of Read more…

HANNAH H

First Day of High School   My alarm clock went off at 6 o’ clock in the morning, the sky still pitch dark. While I got ready for school, the just-woke-up-drowsiness, like fog, faded away. The worries I had built up in my mind about entering a new school came back to me. For the past few Read more…