Cole S. 5G

Diamond

My mother is a diamond

She is the jewel that keeps our family together and close as one

She is the glimmer that stays clean and has unlimited value

She’s the most precious crystal that is desired by many

She is the sparkle that constantly shines

My mother is a diamond.

Jaffir W. 5G

My Mother is an Angel

Flying high above the clouds,

Halo on her head.

Her Halo is her shiny gold crown where she stores her amazing knowledge.

Her snow white wings help her to watch over her family from the air.

Her moonlight silver dress is her protection and armor.

Her golden bow is to defend her family and to ward off evil. 

She is the best mom anyone could ever dream of!

My Mother is an Angel

Olivia P. 5Cl

Spring

Ruby red tulips in the harsh wind.

Sweet fragrances coming from the flower bud.

Soft velvet flower petals blooming out of the tiny flower.

Spring is in the air.

Ben M. 5Cl

ICE

Strong, silent, white, and amazingly cold.

Ice is so pure, ice is so bold.

Morgan W. 5Cl

The Courtyard

Swaying tulips dancing in the breeze

On going silence triumphant and still

Blistering wind howling at the world

Dancing grass beneath my skin

Sunlight streaming down from above

Blissfulness is extravagant

Kyle M. 5Cl

Toy Army Men

Light, dark, darker

Dark, darker, standing

Darker, standing, kneeling

Standing, kneeling, aiming

Kneeling, aiming, firing

Firing, falling, yelling,

Falling, yelling, rushing

Yelling, rushing, medic man

Rushing, medic man, better

Medic man, better, fighting

Better, fighting, tank

Fighting, tank, tan

Tank, tan, down

Tan, down, win

Down, win, happy

Win, happy, green

Happy, green, army

Green, army, men

Army, men, just

Men, just, a

Just, a, dream.

Grace H. 5Cl

Sleepovers

Board games and sleeping bags spread out on the floor

Cupcakes being baked fresh in the oven for dessert

Squeals and laughter of friends sharing secrets

A big, soft, fluffy blanket covers my friends and me

Excitement lingering in the air

It will be an exciting and memorable night

Bradley H. 5Cl

Jones Farm

There were so many pumpkins at Jones Farm. I went with Mom. I saw pink pigs. I saw a pig face on a pumpkin. I put gourds and pumpkins in a brown wheel barrel.

I went back to Jones Farm with Dad, Caroline and Henry. I saw pink pigs. I went through a corn maze. I got little and big pumpkins. I will carve the pumpkins I picked. Going to Jones is exciting!

Cooper N. 5C

Oh My Calculator

Oh my calculator

You solve all my math problems

You give me answers

You do math homework

I love to play with you lots

There’s one on my phone

I love you so much

I want to make another

Oh my calculator

Gwen K. 5S

Shadow Man

A man is following me

I don’t know who, I don’t know why.

I was walking, he walked.

I ran, he ran.

 I stopped, he stopped.

 I played hop scotch, he copied me!

I walked inside to get some water. Yes!

He is gone!

I walked back out, he was waiting for me!

I put my hands on my hips and yelled at that man.

”Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

Go away, stop following me!

I’ve had enough, as you can see.”

My mom came out to see the fuss,

And I noticed a cloud pass by the sun.

My mom told me “stop hollering!”

“The man made me!”

I pointed down and when she looked there was only dirt.

Derek W. 5S

My Dad

My dad is a cheeseburger.

He is the buns, keeping the pieces of the family together.

He is the lettuce, tomato, and onions, adding flavor, fun, and color to the mix.

He is the cheesy patty, the main part of the household, helping me and my siblings.

He is the ketchup, adding zest to all of the fun activities we do.

He is the side of fries, always there when you need him and adding a little something extra.

My dad is a cheeseburger!

Leyli G. 5S

Sugar Cookies

 The silvery whisk felt smooth on the palm of my hand. Its metal almost felt as though it had been frozen. The glossy outer shell shone, reflecting the glimmer of the lights overhead. Without thinking, I poked my finger into the thick pale yellow dough. My finger traveled towards my mouth, my eyes glancing sideways at my mother every two or three seconds.

She was digging through a neat pile of cooking materials. My eyes stared at her, two hazel green circles, unblinking. I sucked on my finger, my eyes never leaving my mother, following her fast movements. Gripping a large steel tray, my mother turned. I had (luckily) finished licking the soft sugariness. Mom smiled, obviously not noticing my sneaky act. She shuffled towards me, then halted. “Leyli?” she questioned “can you get the oven mitts?” “Strange” I thought “she usually gets them…” I ran to the wooden brown drawer, grabbing the flowered oven mitts. The blossoms were sunflower yellow with a black stems, black as night with no moon. I handed the oversized mittens, to my mother. To my surprise, she handed the mitts back to me. “Huh?” I grunted, with a puzzled look on my face. “Come on!” she exclaimed “put them on!”

With that, I nearly fainted with surprise. “Mom! You really don’t mean it, right?” I whispered, almost speechless. “Yes I mean it!” she confirmed, grinning. You could tell by the way she laughed, she was proud of herself for surprising me. I smiled weakly (but happily) and slowly reached out and grabbed the oven mitts, slipping them on to my shaking hands easily. They were warm and soft on the yellow inside, like a quilt. I rubbed the smooth outside on my cold face, warming myself up. I gripped the hard steel tray and picked it up. The cookies ended up being surprisingly light. I had expected them to be rock hard, considering the effort it took to mix the thick dough. As my mom opened the oven door, I cautiously pulled out one of two racks and carefully placed the tray onto the rack. As my glasses began to get foggy, I pushed in the ovens rack and closed the oven door with care, taking the oven mitts off.

Dan Tencic 5S

St. John

I was looking out the window of the plane. It was a cold, stormy day at JFK Airport. I couldn’t feel the breeze anymore because I was boarding the plane to St. John.

I had been to St. John three times before. I knew that the food was great there and the beaches were amazing.

My dad was working for the Jim Simons’ foundation. Jim Simons was a multi-billionaire and that was the only reason we were going on this trip for the 4^th time.

Once we got there me and my brother got on our swimsuits and jumped in the super crystal clear warm water. The water was so warm it felt like being in a hot tub on a warm sunny day. The clearness of the water was like looking at glass. The sun was beating on me so hard I thought I was going to get sunburned. There was a floating dock that has been in the water the past two years. It was about fifty yards away from shore. The sky was cloudless and it was the color of pink and orange. The sun was just barely hovering over the horizon.

My mom called me and my brother to come over so we could get changed and go to dinner. My stomach was lurching as me and my brother walked back to the cabin.

Then we walked to the diner to grab and amazing dinner. We met our dad and sister and sat down. We ordered quickly and talked about our day. After our food came we started eating like crazy because, like I’ve told you, the food is amazing. I had a huge dinner and the food was great and once everyone finished we headed back to the cabin.

As we were getting closer to the cabin we spotted a donkey happily eating grass. Our family went over to get a closer look and we all ended up touching him and petting his mane. Then we spotted a mongoose sitting in the corner of the field stalking us. At first I was scared because earlier that year my dad said that mongooses killed king cobras, but my dad told me they were afraid of us. So when I walked closer the mongoose acted like a squirrel and ran away. Then we finished our walk back to the cabin and continued talking about our day again. We finally we reached the cabin. Then we got changed, brushed our teeth and we all went to sleep instantly. My time on St. John was an amazing experience filled with family, fun and adventure.

Jack K. 5 G

The Kelly Chronicles

April 16, 1912

DISASTER IN THE ATLANTIC – 1,500 DEAD!!!

 Tragically, just before midnight on Sunday, April 14^th the British passenger liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and less than three hours later sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Early reports indicate only 705 of the 2,228 people on board survived this terrible disaster. The ship was on its maiden voyage from Ireland to New York but sadly never reached its destination.  

   While the official cause of the accident is still unknown, some are speculating the Titanic sank because J Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the White Star Line, wanted to make headlines by arriving in New York ahead of schedule and thus ordered the boat to proceed at unsafe speeds.   The ship was unable to fully maneuver out of the way of the unexpected huge iceberg and was raked below the waterline on the starboard side. Quickly, the forward compartments flooded filling the boat with water as the bow started sinking. 

 The Titanic reportedly did not carry enough lifeboats for everybody on board as the builders thought it was unsinkable and did not want to ruin the view of the First Class passengers. As the ship began descending to the bottom of the ocean, the crew frantically loaded women and children into lifeboats, while those left behind were stranded in the freezing water screaming for help that unfortunately arrived too late.  

   The nearest boat, the Carpathia, received Titanic’s SOS signal but was 58 miles away and thus could not reach the doomed vessel for almost 4 hours.  Only 1 lifeboat from the Titanic returned to search the waters for survivors but sadly by then, all but 4 people had either frozen or drowned to death.  Among the 1,505 victims was John Jacob Astor, the richest man in the world, who perished on board while his wife Madeline survived in a lifeboat.  The Waldorf Astoria hotel, that he owned, flew its flag at half-mast as soon as they heard of the death of their founder.  President Taft issued a statement sending his condolences to all those affected by this horrible tragedy.      

Will H. 5 S

Wills Taco Dinner

I just finished homework and around dinner I smelled something strange around our yellow house.  I smelled something spicy, almost too spicy for my mouth to handle.  I thought nothing was too spicy.  I call myself FE for iron stomach (FE is iron on the periodic table of elements). 

I followed the smell to the kitchen and found my mom making tacos.  They were set up nice on the table.  I went to the table to try one. I thought it seemed gross; the way the food looked, but it looked so good.  I said no, but my stomach said yes.  I took a big bite until I went to heaven.  One taco after another; I felt like there was one Mexican thing missing.  It was peppers! I grabbed some pep’s, which is my nickname for hot pepper, put on my sixth taco and bit it. That’s when my mouth was screaming with pain, but I was silent. 

I see a nice of glass of milk my mom is pouring into my little sisters cup.  I race over and grab the cup and five seconds later there is nothing left in the cup.  My mom asked me why I did that and I said, in my breath, spicy”!

After the food I thought to myself that it is good to try new food, especially Mexican food.  Now I have a new favorite food.J

Senem A. 5 S

Lost Dog

            One Friday we were heading to New York in the Bronx to go to my grandma’s house.

            It was an hour drive to get to New York. My two younger sisters were sleeping while my older sister was reading a Percy Jackson book.  I was sitting in the back of the car with my dog, Maya.  We always bring her to New York.  She is a Chihuahua. She is light brown, her paws and the tip of her tail are white.  Maya is small. She likes to be carried. She also licks people a lot. We got stuck in traffic and I was so bored. I could hear cars honking like a siren.

            Soon we were in New York.

            Then, in a few minutes, we were in the Bronx. We were heading up my grandmas street. Her street has a lot of buildings and sidewalks. Next to my grandma’s house there is an empty lot where a house burned down. We arrived at my grandma’s house. Since she lives in the city she has a tiny lawn in the front of her house. She made a garden there. She has lots of different kinds of flowers. She has roses, tulips, sunflowers and more. With all her flowers her garden looks like a rainbow. She also has a porch.

            Next, we went inside grandma’s house to relax. When we were inside we began watching T.V.

            After we watched T.V. we went outside to ride our bikes. After we rode our bikes we went inside. We noticed we left the front door open, so, we closed it. Suddenly, I noticed that Maya was gone. We all thought Maya was sleeping with Leyla on the couch. Leyla is my oldest sister. She has long brown hair, glasses and brown eyes. We all looked around my grandma’s house for Maya. Here are some places we looked: under the bed, kitchen, living room, dining room and closet. Maya was not in the house. So we decided to look outside. I looked in the tiny lawn and the back of the house.  My mom searched the sidewalks. Maya was not anywhere to be found.  I soon got worried. My two younger sisters got worried, too, It was about 11 or 12 o’clock at night.  We started to think.

            “How did Maya get outside?” we wondered. Then I remember we had left the door open for 3 minutes. “That’s when Maya got out!” I said. It was too late to keep on looking. So then we went inside to go to bed. Soon it was morning. We were still looking for Maya.

            “Can we make posters?” I asked.

            We did. It helped, too.  People started to look for her. Eventually, we had to go home and go to school. But at least my grandma still looked for Maya.

            As soon as we got home to our own house we called our grandma. “I did not find Maya,” she said.

            When I was at school the next day I was thinking of Maya the whole time.  Once I got home I asked if anyone had found Maya. No one had at that point.

            At about 7:00 my grandma called and said that a lady and five kids had found Maya and gave her back.  I was so happy!

Sariah H. 5 S

My Mom

My mom is a hot dog.

She is the ketchup and mustard that puts the fun into everything.

She is the buns, keeping us warm and safe.

She is the wonderful flavor, always putting excitement into all we do.

My mom is a hot dog and I love her.

Mia P. 5 S

Summer

Swimming in the pool, dive in!!

Sitting down, sipping sour lemonade.

The sun shining bright, the heat on the beach.

Relaxing in a beach chair.

Riding in boats and jet skis on the ocean.

Having an ice cold popsicle!

The 4^th of July, fireworks!

Summer is the best season of them all!!

Maddie O. 5 S

My Mom

My mom is the sun.

She is the sunshine, always brightening the day after a dark gloomy night.

She is the guiding light, helping us when we are confused or having trouble

She is the warmth, comforting my family when we are sad or scared.

She is the height, watching over me, our family and friends.

She is the sparkle, the shining smile and bright personality.

My mom is the sun.

Lilly K. 5 S

Bliss

Bliss,

The world just being simple,

No bills, no hunger, no unhappiness,

No homework, no stress, freedom for all,

No bad things, not a need to stall,

If all of the world could be like this,

Everything would be pure bliss.