Student: | Grade Level: 8th Genre: Personal Essays | Date: December 1, 2012

OSCAR SHEN

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Ray Bradbury’s grandfather once taught him an important lesson on how one should live. There was no point in living unless the person left leaving something behind that he or she has changed or shaped forever. Then after you die and people look at that object, they will see you standing there as if you were still there. The difference between an architect and a construction worker is that the architect creates the design of a building while the construction worker actually builds it.

Student: | Grade Level: 7th Genre: Personal Essays | Date: November 20, 2012

JONATHAN JU

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Reading the book over again can allow you to understand it in a more in-depth perspective than you did before. You will be able to perceive new details you didn’t previously notice. Best of all, you get to relive the whole book again. A paper published in the Journal of Consumer Research found rereading offers mental health benefits because it allows more emotional connection and self-reflection instead of the first reading, which is more based and focused on the events and plot of the book.

Student: | Grade Level: 9th Genre: Eudora Welty | Date: November 19, 2012

LARRY HO

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A good heart is the support for, and the most important part of, a person. Possessions can be lost then replaced, while the heart cannot be replaced. After the prince and the swallow died, there was no one else in the city that was as selfless as them. Once they were gone no one else in the city could replace their kindness. This idea is demonstrated in a short story by Eudora Welty, which also proves that genuine goodness is the base of life.

Student: | Grade Level: 7th Genre: Biology | Date: November 10, 2012

OLIVIA SHEN

Chinchilla fur is extremely soft which led to extinction for one of the species. Though it is illegal to hunt wild chinchillas, people still continue hunt them because of the luxurious fur.

Student: | Grade Level: 8th Genre: Personal Essays | Date: October 23, 2012

DOMINIKA BRICE

Then all my emotions kicked in. First I was upset that I was only swimming one event. Then I felt scared, because this was my first time swimming at a championship swim meet. Finally I started crying, and once the tears started, I couldn’t stop crying.

Student: | Grade Level: 9th Genre: Poetry | Date: October 22, 2012

LARRY HO

All these questions, including the troubles Keats was facing, caused him to go in and out of depression. Keats, bombarded with all these difficulties in his life, as well as his doubts about whether he was doing the right thing, was still able to become one of the major poets of the Romantic period.

Student: | Grade Level: 7th Genre: Fiction | Date: October 11, 2012

SOPHIA GUO

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As Cody walked out of Bear’s den bravely, he saw a man. He was a hunter. He had a bow and arrow or some sort of weapon in his arms. Cody walked out of the den so the hunter could see him. As the hunter saw him, he took his rifle out and shot Cody right in the chest. Bear and Max were watching from a window and they were shocked – how could a hunter shoot a unicorn?

Student: | Grade Level: 7th Genre: Fiction | Date: October 9, 2012

SEBASTIAN B

  The Hijinks at the Petlympics e     “Kaploosh! Kapow! Boom!” went the fireworks of the Petlympics (Olympics for super powered pets). The Petlympics were held in lush Green Bay, Wisconsin, in a giant hamster cage the size of a house.   The rules were simple: No using super powers You’re paired in groups Read more…

Student: | Grade Level: 6th Genre: Non Fiction | Date: September 28, 2012

SOPHIA G

  The History of the Wolf One early spring day, an exhausted grey and white wolf with white paws and deep brown eyes, about three feet tall, was determined to find food. The father had left his mate and five pups in the den half a mile away. The pups were starving because they hadn’t eaten Read more…

Genre: | Date: September 12, 2012

Fall Semester

Students!   The fall semester will be an exciting time of learning, discussing, sharing work, reaching for new understandings, applying for college and prep schools, entering competitions, etc. Stay tuned to see the Homeroom used as it is meant to be used: as a bi-weekly check up, interactive and challenging. Settling into the new school Read more…