Writer’s note: Each seminar at ARTech [Northfield School of Arts and Technology] this year will be based on a quarterly theme. This quarter’s theme is based on the upcoming election. I took a seminar called Political Satire. Satire is a literary manner which blends a critical attitude with humor and wit to the end that […]
Concordia Creative Learning Academy’s third and fourth grade has something very unique in their class. It is a job called the Teacher Helper. What the teacher helper does is they help the teacher with jobs such as correcting papers, putting homework in Friday folders and much more. If you are the teacher helper you get […]
On Thursday September 30, 2004, a tragedy struck Lakes Area Charter School. Six students were on their way home from school and had a one car roll-over accident. Erica Johns, 13, died at the site. At the time this was rap was written Michael “Micky” Kaplor, 16, was in Hennepin County Medical Center in critical […]
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Editors’ note: This article was written by Naomi at Schoolcraft Learning Community, a K-8 charter school in Bemidji, MN in their fourth year of operation. To see what other crews are doing, you can visit the website www.schoolcraft.org. Melanie’s crew is learning about the Rainforest. Rainforests can be in Australia, Central and South America, and […]
5th grade band is a lot of fun. I play trombone along with Anthony, Tony, and Nicholas. We all like 5th grade band because we finally get to slide our notes. I love to play trombone because it has loud, deep sounds, and is just plain fun to play. Every trombonist agrees with that. Some […]
How much is a million dollars? Well, all the 5th graders at our school [Nerstrand Elementary] had to spend $1,000,000 for a project. Almost all of the 5th graders said that it is hard to spend that much money, but very fun to try. For my million-dollar project I chose to start up a homeless […]
One of the main themes of the book “My Antonia” deals with the relationship between the friendships and events of our childhood and who we become later in life. This is reflected in the style of the book. In the novel’s original introduction we meet the protagonist Jim Burden as he travels with a friend. […]
It appears that you are back on your yearly visit; however, this year there will be a new set of ground rules. Stay on the ceiling where I can see you. I really don’t mind if you’re there as long as you’re up high and I don’t have to deal with you. Please don’t move […]
My dream, My reality, My way, Will I have anytime to play? I will work hard everyday… To be a dancer in every way, Hip Hop, Jazz, Modern, Tap, Hmm, I bet nobody can top that! Or maybe I’ll be an actress or judge, And when people think they’re better, They’ll think twice to budge. […]