Broken Pencils

 GRANT Grant Who is interesting, funny, and outgoing Who is the son Carrie and Patrick Who loves pizza, video games,and Youtube Who feels loved and blessed Who needs a nap, brain cells, and  Who gives love

THIS I BELIEVE By: Grant I believe Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, the Life. This is my story. I was born into a very Christian family. I grew up in the same church all my life. 

DEAR PAST SELF By: Ethan  I'm writing this to my past self which I miss so much. You had so much to learn, grow, and explore that was wasted on “video games”. What a waste of life, but don't be worried because we will start back on track with “life” and make friends, graduating freshman year and a job at McDonalds which I don't want to talk about right now but it will be great-ish.one other thing.A certain Mom and Mike are just as selfish as they have ever been and boring too. Though you think this is sad, it has forced you to grow as a person and I hope you would understand that, but it is our parents' faults lol.                               Just know you are not perfect and that is fine. Love you past self!

 ETHAN Ethan Who is passionate,creative,stubborn, and full of kindness. Who is the son of Levi fox and Jennifer lomas.  Who love art,videogames, and volleyball. Who feels love, sadness, and failure. Who needs coffee, friends, and sketchbooks. Who gives time, resources, and smiles. Who fears failure, karens, and myself. Who would like to see Alaska, Yellowstone, and Ireland. Who shares money, food, and a hand.  Who is imperfect, gay, and artsy Who is a resident of bridgeport, IL

HOW TO IMPROVE BASEBALL By: Jadelyn Some changes I would make about baseball would be that there should be shorter innings and not have all 7. Another thing that might help it get back to being so popular would be letting girls play on the baseball team and not just having all boys on the team. Some ideas from other sports would be to let them use other things to hit with whatever they want to hit with. So they could use a hockey or lacrosse stick.To change the field we could either make the field smaller with larger space between the bases or bigger with smaller space between the bases.To add new players we could add famous people to a baseball team to also make it more interesting. Some of the new positions that could be added would be left and right center field if it was bigger but if it was smaller there could be less people on the field so not many people would get injured in a collision.Having the players either wear stuff to protect them at their own risk but if they don’t want...

The Harry Potter Book  By: Heather The book that I am reading right now is an adventurous book that makes your imagination go wild . thinking about how it would be like to jump right into the book and see and feeling how it is like to be a wizard or witch on there way to hogwarty on the train swinging and swaying the kids to school happily awaiting the candy lady to come around and the anticipation of the the new kinds of treats and taste you would get from the candy and seeing a frog flipping and flopping out the train with only one jump and is now blowing and flapping in the wind but you don't care because there is a card awaiting you wondering what famous witch or wizard you would get hounts you and yelling at you to pick up the card to see what you got on the card .then you finally get of the train and you take a kiac to the school  waiting a anticipation builds up because you don't know witch house you are going to be put in. When you finally arrive at Hogwarts you would ...

EMOTION POETRY By: Heather Anger  Angeris the color of fire  Flaring around and creating sparks making other mad to The the smoke that contaminates the air It feels like i'm going to explode and spread the sparks Fear Fear is the color green It smells like the dreams that turned bad It taste like beets The screams in a scary story It feels like a jolt that makes someone run It looks like a balloon popped ing ing the movie it

BALLAD By: Ricki (I trusted you and you turned your back on me) (Your insane, your a liar ) (And i hope someday you'll change) (If only you were who you pretended to be) (I trusted you because i loved you why would you lie) (But i realized you're just as naive as i am) (I might deserve what you have or worse) (I don't need your money or anything from you) (So when i talk you know my words are true) (I know the game) (I took the help and the cash i would have kept your last name) (You promised you'd be a father but your just another version of mom) (Because a father would care for more then the next cig)

 EPITAPH By: Ricki  In memory's embrace,   Here lies a soul of grace,   Gone but not forgotten,   In hearts, forever woven.   A life well-lived, now at rest,   In eternal peace, forever blessed.

Epitaph By: Jayden To all that may take the time to read this: Shall music forever live in you heart, Flow through your veins, And be carried within you, As music is and always will be, The very heartbeat of the world itself.

 EMOTION POETRY By: Isla Sadness  The Blue of the arctic sea is the color of Sadness Is feels like a bubble of poison bursting inside your mind It smells like salty tears and rain It tastes like a least favorite soup It sounds like soft crying from their room Sadness Trust The color of a bright black eyed susie Its happens like a soft ray of light on your heart It sounds like you are jamming to your favorite songs. It smells like a fresh breakfast served hot. Trust

Pride and Fear By: Isla The tale of pride and fear  A tale full of love and hate People run and flee But all is futile for fear is forever Thought the fear there is love And in that love there's  family As Well as fear but like fear, love is everlasting But both change like the seasons Prideful, boastful yet insecure and fearful  Of themselves and others  Repping the peace that they had When they realize they were wrong it is to late

  Dear past self, I hope you're still well, I know you’re not but a man can only hope and dream about the past. I know it’s hard that you always feel different, unliked, unaware of the silly rules set in place by life. Freshman year is finally over. I know you love going to school now so cherish that for all its worth. You know our cousin, Chase? He said something that wasn't in ancient Egyptian for once and spouted off something that really stuck with me. “Life is a lot better when you do your homework.” We really learn that the hard way… be prepared to spend your 6th grade year with the library teacher in detention. I know, we actually get detention. It’s not the end of the world though, as I've never gotten violent… kinda.  I never really ‘fixed’ what was wrong with us, I still never fixed why we don’t understand how talking really works, why we’re awkward and clunky and loud. I know the problem and it requires medicine that I cannot afford, (Plus I don't really wa...

CINQUAIN By: Jayden The Homely planet Earth Always moving Rotates on axis Revolving around the Sun Planet The Stunning Sky The sky Never the same Always so beautiful Moving like an endless ocean So calm The Beautiful Ocean Ocean Vast, restless Moving, swaying, unnerving The Ebb and Flow of water Sea

 CINQUAIN By: Anna Solitaire  Shuffling cards All in rows 4 neat piles Together Snake Gather apples Running into walls Green checkered grass expands Longest snake Minesweeper Euphoric, stressful Exhilarating, testing, surprising Exploding with joy Bombs  

 EMOTION POETRY By: Isabella Anxiety Is the orange of blaring alarms It happens when waiting for the results from a test It sounds like the rapid tapping of a foot on the floor And smells like broken wood as you snap your pencil Anxiety Happiness It smells like a perfectly warm summer day It tastes like the exact snack you were craving It sounds like laughing with friends It feels like the soft touch of grass It looks like the sun shining perfectly through the blinds Happiness is contagious fun

 PANTOUM By: Isabella To love Love and chares  And to care for them And alway love them  Love and chares  To find someone important  And to care for them Letting them be apart of your life  To find someone important  To love them  And alway love them A person who stand out to you Letting them be apart of your life  And letting them break down your walls To love them  To love

This I Believe By: Molly  I believe that life is too short to get stuck up on the little things. Somewhere between the age of 5 to now I have developed this belief. As far back as I can remember I've always had it or at least had it in some way shape or form. When I was very young, probably around the age of 5 I started to notice the significance of age. Around the age of 5 I noticed that the older I got the more people started aging. Of course I've known what aging is since I could understand English but it started to become more meaningful and life started to get more precious. My grandparents started to do things they had never done before, and my parents couldn't play with me like they used to. I used to get really sad over this fact but as I aged I found that it was not sad. This idea really helped me with kindness and just being nice to people because you never really know when they will die and you do not want to end off on bad terms. I know this sounds sad but I s...

This I Believe By: Colten  I believe that helping the needy is one of the greatest things one can do. When I was a kid, I had always wanted to help people, yet when I had chances too, I couldn’t help. So my mother decided to start having us volunteer at the food banks of our local church. And every time, I always felt good afterwards. I started to do this more and it rubbed off on my youngest sister. Every time we went to church she would donate money, toys, and sometimes even food. I still do this and help people as much as I can. My mom always told me that “good people are blessed by God”. To me, this means that good people are treated kindly and are more fortunate for being helpful. Yet I don’t help because I may get a reward, I help because it makes me feel good and I always just want to be helpful. I’ve donated, volunteered, and even once started a lemonade stand, to give money to charities in our hometown. Helping has always been a big thing in my family. So at the end of the...

EPITAPH By- Jadelyn   To all that may take the time to read this: Shall music forever live in you heart, Flow through your veins, And be carried within you, As music is and always will be, The very heartbeat of the world itself.

EPITAPH By: Colten   “Good fellow remember me, For my time has come to no longer be. Do not place flowers among dead weeds, Simply honor my past deeds.”

  In Loving Memory By: Molly A loving daughter, sister, and friend. I will wait for you, should we meet again in another life, and if I fall behind, I hope you’ll wait for me as I'd do for you.

Tranquility By: Joshua Surrounded by trees A serene silent forest Leaves cover the ground

 HAIKU By: Jadelyn Rain whispers to earth, Leaves dance with the wind's soft breath, Nature's calm embrace.

Nature By: Isabella The beautiful sights Beautiful sounds of nature Ruined by traffic

  The New Kid By: Joshua Kai wakes up to the sound of his alarm. A decently tall kid, with brown hair, picks up his phone, his blue eyes reflecting back at him, turns off the alarm, and throws it back down on his nightstand. Today is his first day of Sophomore year. After a couple more minutes he decides he better get ready for school before his mom comes and makes him. He gets out of bed and heads to the bathroom to get ready. He walks back to his room, and gets dressed. After he gets dressed, he heads downstairs and makes some eggs and toast. He sits down and starts eating as his mom walks in looking surprised. “You made breakfast already!” his mom says. “Yeah, what about it,” Kai says.  “Normally I have to drag you out of bed and then it's still about 10 minutes before you get ready.”  “Not today.” “I’m proud of you” Kai rolls his eyes and continues to eat his breakfast as his mom walks past him. Once he is done eating his breakfast, he throws his plate in the sink....