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WelcomeDear Readers:

This week, the Springfield Connection turns over its pages to theyouth and students of its communities.

We asked principals and teachers from local schools to encouragestudents to contribute their words, pictures and photos for our annualChildren’s Issue.

The response this year was tremendous. As a result, we were able topublish only a fraction of the submitted stories, poems, drawings, paint-ings, photographs and other works of art in this issue.

We will publish additional student writings and artwork on specialpages periodically throughout the new year. We appreciate the extraeffort made by school staff to gather the materials during their busytime leading up to the holidays.

The Children’s Issue is only part of our year-round commitment tocover education and our local schools. As always, The Connection wel-comes letters to the editor, story ideas, calendar listings and notices oflocal events from our readers. Photos and other submissions about spe-cial events at schools are especially welcome.

Send information to: The Springfield Connection, 1606 King St., Al-exandria, VA 22314, send e-mail messages [email protected]

— Michael O’Connell, Editor

Children’s Connection

Delonta J., Grade 11, PhillipsSchool

Monochromatic Self Portrait byPreet Kaur, Grade 8, Irving Middle

Monochromatic Self Portrait by Suzanne Sauter, Grade 8, Irving Middle Three Fancy Kings by Brendan Pagano, Grade 4, RavensworthElementary

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Holiday AcrosticBy Bianca Quispe

Grade 2, Hunt Valley Elementary

Happy Christmas, Santa! I’mOff from school today. Do youLike yams and cookies?I like yams and cookies!Did you get me presents?And for my sisters? Happy NewYear!

Holiday AcrosticBy Ellen Keil


Hanukkah isOld.Little kids don’t knowIt is so old.Dawn does not start Hanukkah.At night it starts.Yay yay yay!

My Friend TurkeyBy Santiago Morant


I want a turkey friend . . . and maybe theturkey wants a friend too. One day a redand brown turkey knocked on my door. Theturkey said, “Will you be my friend?”

“Yeah, sure! Let’s play!”The next day everyone laughed and they

said you can’t have a turkey friend. Maybehe will bite on your pants. Ha, ha! I criedbecause they were mean. Well, if you havea pet turkey he will bite on your arm! Ha!

Ha! Ha! I went back home crying. Momsaid, “Why are you crying?”

“Because everybody said I can’t have aturkey friend.”

Another day my turkey friend and Iplayed tag. We ate popsicles and popcorn.Later I called my turkey friend. “Hey, doyou want to come and have a sleepover?”

“Sure, but first I have to pack up, OK?”My other friends knocked on my door.

They said, “We are really sorry. Do you for-give us?”

“Yes, do you want to have a sleepover atmy house with my turkey friend?”

Now we are all friends.

Holiday AcrosticBy Norah Geary


Holidays make me happy.Off from school, ILike to do caroling but most of allI give gifts.Dresses are my favorite.An elf is singingYay! It is Christmas morning.

A Turkey Does NotMake A Good Pet

By Zack Dutke


A turkey does not make a good pet be-cause it would be a total waste of money.The feathers would be everywhere. And thenight would be noisy. And we’re not allowedto have a turkey in Springfield. Wherewould you keep it? Plus you would have tolive on a farm to have one.Mrs. Miner

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Grade 4, North Springfield Elementary

Mrs. Miner is our Reading Teacher,You really, really want to meet her!She wants to make us all good readers,Because great readers become intelligent

leaders.

Our Teacher, Mr.Lengel!

By Alondra Gonzalez


Mr. Lengel is our teacher and I’m glad he’sthe one I got.

Students like him quite a lot.Mr. Lengel is so much fun.I wouldn’t trade him for anyone.

My Trip To OrlandoBy Devin Gill

Grade 4, North Springfield

Elementary

January 9, 2009 at 3 A.M. At DullesAirport, I was walking to my waitingarea with my family. When we got toour stop we got on the plane, we got toour seats. I started to fall asleep. [3Hours later], we landed in Orlando; wepicked up our stuff and looked for mycousin’s fiancé. When we saw her wewent to her car and put in our stuff inthe trunk.º We got to my cousin’s house;we played Nerf guns all night long. [2Days later] my cousin got married. I hada sensational time in Orlando.


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When I WentTo Senegal!

By Abdullah Diop


Last summer, a few days before schoolended, my aunt came from Africa for mysister’s Graduation. My mom said, “Do youwant to go to Senegal?” I said “YES!” A weeklater I was in Senegal! I met a lot of myaunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. Iwas treated like the President! I went to anisland called, Goree, (The House of Sla-very). I had a BLAST! I wish I could goagain. Now I am a better speaker of myparent’s native language (Wolof).

When I WentTo Florida

By Michelle Chhim


When I went to Florida, It was the mostfantastic time of my life! I dove in a car. Ittook two days to get there. We had to getgas a few times. We ate at McDonald’s, itwas fabulous to me. I ate breakfast in themorning. Also one of our neighbors camewith us to Florida. Finally I got there. Werented a motel. It was called super 8. It wasnext to a gigantic miniature golfing place.One game was called fun spot, and it wasfun! It was the best time of my life!

This SummerBy Tyler Sok


My trip to California was exciting. It wasa fun adventure. We went to the park, itwas a large. It had a lot of places to getfood. I saw lots of animals in the Zoo. Mycousin, my mom, and my dad saw a hugelion, it was eating its big lunch. Afterwards,I bought a game system for $300.000 dol-lars, After that, I saw lots of trees and grass.It was the most exciting vacation ever.º

My Gift To MyParents!

By Alondra Gonzalez


If I gave my parents a gift that didn’t costmoney … I would give them what they gaveme: love and care.

I would give them that gift because theydo so much for me.

They gave me a home, love, and care.That is why I would give them that gift.I really love my parents and I would re-

ally love to do something for them.It is why I chose that gift.For this reason this is what I would give

my parents as a gift from me.

What I Will Be WhenI Grow Up

By Holly Weber


Oh my, look at those beautiful mountains.Those mountains inspire me to go live inMaryland. Whenever I go to my aunt’shouse I see beautiful mountains. When I goto Maryland on a farm I will have threehorses, a white one, a brown one and ablack one with a black lab dog. The whitehorse’s name will be Chico, the brownhorse’s name will be brownie and the blackhorse’s name will be Cosmic. I will be a vetbecause I love animals.

Writing

The best gift I’ve evergotten!

By Sarah Shamdeen


The gift that I got was from my dad andbrothers. I got it when my mom and I cameback from Iraq last summer. When we gothome there was this big, brown box in theliving room. My dad said, “Hey Sarah, Canyou go open that box over there?” I said,“Sure!” So I went to open the box and I sawthe cutest bunny ever! The bunny was whitewith brown spots on its back. He is ador-able!

The Day I Went On the CruiseBy Danny Lam


This summer went on a cruise with my family. We were so happy that we aregoing on a cruise. When I got on the cruise, we went to our room to get un-packed. We ran to the arcade and played all kinds of games. It was really fun.Then I went to the waterslide. When we went down we yelled,” Ahh”! It wasreally fun. When we got back to our room, there was towel that looks like amonkey, whoa! Then we had to go to sleep. When I woke up we had to gohome. It was really fun to be on a cruise. It took us about two hours to gohome.


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One Sunday morning, I got out of my bedgrabbed my DS turned it on and clickedon… LEGO BATTLES! Then I clicked on anew map that I have never done before. Ichose my team, the knights! I chose the pi-rates to VS. At first I thought it would beeasy. Boy, I was wrong.

They attacked me from all sides and theydestroyed everything but my king and abuilder and a ship. Then I built a wholebunch of buildings so I could build troops.I had 20 troops and 6 canon and dragons. Ibeat them so badly.

My vacation!By Tammy Aquino


I went to church yesterday, because mybrothers and I ºwere sick. So when weprayed, we were quiet.º Then a lot of peoplewere standing up to receive the bread, so Ilined up too.º When I saw the priest, he said“The body of Christ.” I said “amen” and hegave me the bread to eat.º Then I prayedfor my brothers and I to feel better.º Whenthe mass was finished , I saw my old musicteacher. So I said, hi and went back to mymom and gave me a present! A cross fromthe angel was there!

HaikuBy Darwin Khay


I love basketball.And I am a good player.So I can play games.

Amazing Florida TripBy Sami Elouassi


It was August the first. We first packedall we could pack. I went with my dad torent a car. My cousins were going to Florida,too. So my uncle got a Dodge and my dadgot a Silverado. It felt like we were in aFerrari 500. That car is grand. It has restfulseats. We headed to Florida at nine. Mycousin Mehdy went with us to Florida, butmy other cousin went with my uncle andaunt. It took hours to get to Florida. It wasthe best trip ever.

The UltimateBirthday Ever!

By Darwin Khay


It was a fine morning, until I had to wakeup at 6:00 A.M. in the morning! But I can’tbelieve that I was 9 years old!! It was alsomy brother’s birthday. I think my dad wasthe one who chose to go to New York onmy birthday. My mom, brother, dad, and myuncle were coming to New York with me.My mom packed lunch for me and otherfamily members. We started to go at around6:30 A.M. My dad drove first for about 2hours. My dad and uncle would switch forabout 3 hours. It took maybe 5 hours to getto New York. We got stops on the way toNew York. When we got there my dadparked in an underground garage. We atedinner at a restaurant when my dad wasfinished parking. The restaurant didn’t havedesert there. They said desert is next door.So I ate fantastic ice cream there. My dadsaid we had to go home so we did. I missNew York.

My Favorite PetBy Ashley Banaga


What’s your favorite pet? Mine is a puppy.I like puppies because they have soft fur andpaws. Sometimes when puppies are asleep,I like to pet them and rub their paws. Mycousin has a puppy, “Milo”, Milo has softfur and paws. My other cousin in Las Vegashas a puppy too, he is very fluffy! So, when-ever I see a puppy I like to pet it.

I also like how they are cute! SometimesI go to a pet store and look at the puppies.So when I get older I want a puppy.

My Boring Trip toTexas

By Sandra Aracely Benitez Diaz


In 2005, I went to Texas to go to mycousin’s birthday party. I did not like thesecond day.º It was boring!º I was so ex-cited to go to Texas the day we left.º Howbad could it be by car? In the morning itwas not so bad but by afternoon, my babybrother that was two years old cried a lot.He had a fever and was sick. The worst partwas it took us 32 hours by car without stop-ping only for restroom, water, and food atgas stations all that boring time.

Writing

The Dark IslandBy Kyle Dalsimer


In 672 B.C, a native warrior named ApolloAsteroid Invaded Greece! The Greek armywas outnumbered by about 11,000 war-riors! The war lasted about a year until theGreek Sergeant saw an Island in the middleof the lake. The Sergeant told the Generaland they made it their new base. A monthlater the final battle in the war was in theGreek base, the Sergeant knocked the only2 warriors into the dark pit and won thewar with about 100 men left alive. If yougo to the Dark Island you can still hear thescreams of the 2 warriors still falling.


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Writing & Art

An October’s NightBy Samantha S.

Grade 11, Phillips School

I sit on the bench, facing the little lake by myhouse, it is so beautiful. It is a perfect mirrorof the building next to it. The lights reflect offit and I get the feeling of a Christmas tree, but

the lights are shimmering slightly on the water, al-most hypnotically. I can feel the breeze on my faceon my arm, I focus on it, and it feels so nice.

Summer has just ended and the cool weather is awelcome relief. It is a nice winter’s breeze, cool tothe touch, the air smells like rain and I can’t help butsmile, I love rain but more then that I love the smellof it in the air, to me at least, it smells like a promise,a promise of new life a promise for a future I know itsounds silly but there it is.

I listen to hear the sound of crickets chirping andbugs buzzing and it sounds peaceful to me, comfort-ing, like the tick tock of an old clock when you haveno were to be or the soft purring of a cat asleep atyour side, it sounds like home. I look around in awe

at the beauty of the trees dancing in the breeze andlisten to the sound of the critters that sound so happyand free in there simplicity. It makes me want to sing,to be a part of the beauty but I dare not speak forfear of shattering the magic that surrounds this night,I dare not break the spell.

So I sit and listen and watch and love. I sit theretill I see the sun break the horizon I had thoughtthere was nothing more beautiful then that night,but I was wrong, to see the sun break the horizonand paint the sky in its amazing light so full of color,orange, red, pink, yellow and a light blue that is sosoft I could cry, the sky is so beautiful that it seemsto be shouting at the earth.

The wind blow’s harder and the trees dance andthe leaves on the tree explode with light and the redand orange glow make it seem as if the tree were onfire shouting back at the sky. I laugh to myself “It is aflight of beauty” I can’t remember where I heard thatbut I quite like it and think that it fits perfectly inthis moment, I hope that this moment never has toend.


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Writing

My lifeTai Vaughn M.

Grade 8, Phillips School

My lifeWonderful birthBut tragic child hoodMama died when I was five

This is my life it aint no-jive

A lot on my shouldersmy nanny stressed out.The devil tryna steal my soulI say no ima be a god fearin man till I get

old.And I know why cuz im a straight A stu-

dent

This my life every thing that glitter aintgold

Don’t get me wrong I love life.But sometimes it don’t feel right.Nanny say walk the straight and narrow.Sometime I feel its just out of sight.

This is my world put my guards up cuzim ready to fight.

Smile like im happy but its worse than itseems.

This life is so cruel and mean.And the bad part about it is im only 13.

Birthday/Reunion

By Muaid Fidail

Grade 5, Rolling Valley

Elementary

NowYou are 46May youHaveASpecialWishFrom theFirstBirth ofYour sonTillThe dayYou become47,48,49,50,Remember theDay youMet myMother,Now you love her and hug herI dedicate this poem to you, to

you, to you,And I know you love me too,

Happy birthday dad and a HappyReunion too.

Christmas TimeBy Peri Bloss

Grade 3, Rolling Valley Elementary

Christmas time is almost here, momsmaking cookies, dad is putting up theChristmas tree. I’m reading a Christmasstory with my sister and giving so much fun!Listening to the bells and making my wishlist. I am inviting my friends to a Christ-mas party. I love Christmas.

The Best Snow DayBy Iman Khalid


When I wake-up I look outside. It’s cloudybut, I also see something falling from thesky. I go downstairs in my robe. I open thedoor and I look and guess what I saw?Snow!!! I yelled, my mom and dad rushdownstairs. “What’s wrong, honey” mymom says, “snow” I say! “What about snow”my dad says? “It is snowing” I say. I rushupstairs to wake up my sisters and makethem get ready with their hat, scarf, glovesand boots. We go outside and makesnowmen, snow forts, snow angels and bestof all we had snowball fights. When wecome back inside my sisters and I drinkwarm hot cocoa with marshmallows. It wasthe best snow day ever!

What I would GiveMy Parents

By Nadia Pablo


Something I would give my parents wouldbe a homemade, “Thank you” card.

My dad is in then Navy. My mom is veryhard working. Because my dad is in theNavy, I would give him a “Thank you” cardand tell him I’m proud of him because I’mthankful for him. I know my dad will lovemy present. He loves anything I give him.My dad is currently deployed in Afghani-stan. He is out there to support our troopsto protect me and my family and the USAincluding you! I would give my mom thisgift because she’s loving. She loves my fam-ily. She will do anything to keep us safe.She has a very strong heart.

I know my parents will love my Christ-mas gift. Don’t’ tell them what it is. It is asecret. Shhhhhh …

My FriendBy Zohal Tokhi


I have a cool friend, she is the best friendto me. Her name is Peri, she is funny andnice.

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Letters to VeteransDear any Veteran who might read this,

I would like to thank you for all that youhave been through just to protect us. Iwould also like to thank my dad, who is inthe Air Force. He’s a lawyer and I know thathe does his job in the Air Force to protectme, his family, and all the other citizens ofAmerica. I would like to give thanks to allthe other veterans who are deployed to chal-lenging places like Vietnam, Korea, Iraq,and Afghanistan, risking their lives to pro-tect America. I would also like to thank thepeople in Arlington Cemetery; thank youfor risking your lives to protect the greatU.S. of A.

Sincerely,Patrick Gentry

Grade 4, Sangster Elementary

A veteran is someone who served orserves in the United States military. Theword veteran means to me “very importantperson,” someone who put his/her life atrisk to save others. I know four veterans:my great uncles, and my mom and dad.They are important to me because they areall in my family. Veterans are important tome because they have served my nation andmade it possible for me to be here right now.I’m Justin Dahl and I am proud to be anAmerican.

Justin DahlGrade 4, Sangster Elementary

A veteran is a person who served in theArmy, Navy, Marines, Air Force, or CoastGuard. I think veterans are very important.Without them we would never have wonwars. Veterans are a part of our great na-tion. I also think we should give our big-gest gratitude to all veterans. They put theirlives on the line for people they don’t evenknow. They also should get more respectfrom all of us. With that, I hope you knowwhat veterans are.

Brian LornGrade 4, Sangster Elementary

Veteran’s Day means so much to me be-cause without veterans we wouldn’t be freeand we would be following different rules.

Veterans also mean a lot to me because theyare fighting for freedom and risking theirlives for us.

Maria EuripidesGrade 4, Sangster Elementary

I think that veterans made big sacrificesto us to let us be free. My dad is a veteran,so they mean a lot to me. Some even gaveup their lives to let us live. I feel bad for theveterans that died and never saw thechange. I really honor veterans. I can’t tellyou how much they mean to me!!!

Fergus BurnsGrade 4, Sangster Elementary

I think Veteran’s Day is a very importantholiday because people in the military orretired from the military are honored forwhat they have done to protect our coun-try. My dad is retired from the Air Force.He served for 21 years. I recently moved toVirginia because my dad retired from theAir Force. I think it is really cool to have aveteran in my family. Happy Veteran’s Day!

Simone TottenGrade 4, Sangster Elementary

Happy Veteran’s Day. I think veterans areimportant because they fight for us so wedon’t have to, even though they fight anddie. They are important because they fight.My father is in the military. He’s my father,but I think he is important because I knowhe’s been trained and he wants to make adifference in the world.

Morgan YortonGrade 4, Sangster Elementary

I respect veterans for fighting for mycountry. I respect veterans for going to warsand protecting our country. I’m proud of theUnited States because it protected its citi-zens. I think veterans are important becausethey sacrifice themselves to help in wars. Alot of people respect veterans from WorldWar I and World War II. I think that veter-ans are the most important defenders in theworld. I think veterans are great.

Dang ToGrade 4, Sangster Elementary

Writing & Art

Veterans, you have always been there forme and the United States of America, sowe have a day for you. I think it should bea month. I have four people that I know inmy family who were in the Army and theAir Force. One died in war. The bravery youshow is amazing. There are two wars goingon and you’re still fighting. You’re my hero!

Greg McIntyreGrade 4, Sangster Elementary

Veteran’s Day is all about the soldiers orpeople who served. Veteran’s Day startedafter World War I and it started as Armi-stice Day. At exactly 11:11 a.m. we stayquiet until 11:12 a.m.

How many veterans do you know? Do youhave a parent that is a veteran? Veteransfight for our country and fight in wars andsome even die. Veteran’s Day is a very im-portant day. All veterans fight hard for ourcountry.

Brison EdomGrade 4, Sangster Elementary

On November 11, we honor all the peoplewho served our country in many horriblewars. World War1, World War II and theVietnam War are some of them. We thankthem for all they have done for us. Thankyou for protecting us and letting Americalive another day.

Connor StuartGrade 4, Sangster Elementary

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I’m telling you about my kitty.He’s very cute and pretty,The colors of him are orange and white,His eyes are also bright.But be careful, he nips!

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When I first moved to Virginia it wasso snowy. A few weeks later it snowedmore, it was about 3 feet high! I made asled run that was awesome! We had a lotof snowball fights. It was awesome! Wealso made snow caves. We had a rockinwinter.

Nia and AlylaynaBy Alayna Dvalidze


I have a friend. Her name is Nia. I met her in firstgrade. In second grade we brought our Zhu Zhupets to school. “Nia did you bring your Zhu Zhupets?”, I asked. “I did bring my Zhu Zhu pets”, saidNia. We played Zhu Zhu pet race during the wholerecess. The next day I sat next to her at lunch. Thenw talked about trading silly bandz. Then the dayended, so we all went home. That is the story of meand Nia.

Let It SnowBy Maja Marcich


I always like doing things with my friends and fam-ily. I usually go sledding. It is fun because it’s withyour friends. My friends names are: Peril, Genna,Leah and Grace. My family names are: Nika, Luka,mom and dad. I love going sledding. When I thinkof this I say, “ Let it snow, let is snow, let it snow.”

Winter BreakBy Fabian Ariscain


My winter break was a blast. I played with a friend,we had a snowball fight and my team won. I built asnowball fort. Because it made a hole they didn’tfind me. I scare them, they jumped and looked be-hind them and then smiled. We then started sled-ding down hills and I sledded down a big hill and itwas really fast and fun. We went to a slide that Imade and everyone said it was awesome. Then wewent inside our houses and stayed inside and hadhot cocoa.

Gift To My ParentsBy Oouri Budhwar


If I had to give my parents something that didn’tcost any money, I would show them how respon-sible I am. Being responsible is a big thing. I wouldshow my parents how much they can trust me. Iwould give them all the love. I would be friendlyand anything I possible can. I love my parents.

SnowBy Erike-Quynh Le


Snow is white,Snowflake is too,Through day and night,Sugar is so sweetYou are too.

Christmas TimeBy Katerin Batres


I went to my cousins house for Christmas. Mybaby cousin was jumping because he wanted to openhis gifts. It was time to open gifts and he was sohappy when he got a lot of toys. We left and wentto our friends house for a party. When we got therewe played with my little cousin and another littleboy. We played hide-in-seek and tag and othergames. We got to have balloons and we hit eachother with them for fun. We then went outside andlet all the balloons go, it looked like fireworks be-cause the balloons were different colors. We sawthe green, red, white and blue balloons go up inthe air. It was awesome. We came back inside fordinner. After dinner was over we went and playedsome more and then we left to go home. Once wegot home we had a big pillow fight.

DogBy Jayde Mayer


Dogs are so cute and they play a lot. I want toplay with my dog a lot!! She has the cutest dogeyes ever. She is the best dog ever. When m andmy friends play with her she is so cute.

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Hush, hush little fish!We are here to make a wish.We close our eyes and then we

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ArizonaBy Jonathan Assefa


Elementary

During Thanksgiving break Iwent to Arizona.

I did a lot of stuff and I saw a lotof stuff.

It was a brutal trip and I burnedmy hand.

Even thought I am in pain I willstill tell you

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Who’s in Charge?By Millena Yohannes

Rolling Valley Elemenary

We are!All the time, us kids say, “When I’m in

charge, I’ll do this for the world,” Who saidwe weren’t in charge? Who said we hadto be in charge to help our world? I forone, think small things make huge differ-ences.

At school, we should try to reuse as muchas possible. Recycling could be more en-forced. I know it can!

Helping our environment should be aneasy job everyone wants to do. Everyonesays, “It’s to hard,” what’s so hard? Recy-cling? Reusing? What’s so hard about put-ting a water bottle in a blue and green bin?You all have one, so USE it!!!!

Also, instead of using bottled water, usereusable water bottles. Believe it or not,reusing is MUCH better than recycling.

We should stop wasting water! Here aresome foolproof ways of conserving water:HANDWASH your dishes! Dishwashers arefor lazy people (not really)! Use your hoseonly in emergencies! Collect rainwater in abucket and use it to water your plants.

And now, I will give you the spiel every-one gives you. Turn off unneeded lights!Hence, small things make big differences.

Back to reusing. When you go to the gro-cery store, take along old plastic bags youhave or old tote bags to conserve plastic.

Why throw away things you don’t want/need anymore? Donate them to charity! Notonly are you helping the environment, butit’s helping kids (and adults) in need.

Now to the expected … Electricity! Turnit off when you’re done! If there is still ared light on, it’s still using electricity.

Turning up the heat wastes money, whichwastes trees (and oxygen), which wastespaper, therefore, it’s bad for the environ-ment! (you probably knew it was bad at thetree part)

You know what I would change at home?I will admit, my family doesn’t do as muchrecycling as I would like. Therefore, thethree R’s need to be enforced at my house.We could get recycling bins in some roomsat my house as a reminder.

I would also try to join in on environmentclean ups, like at ponds, lakes, and beaches.

Not only will it help the environment, butalso animal habitats. On the upside, I knowthat local nature centers have lots of pondclean ups.

Now something I haven’t talked about …reducing! (I don’t know much about it, butit rhymes with the other R’s) I know I canby trying to reduce the amount of plasticbags you use every time you go shoppingand try to decrease the amount ( unless youreuse them-that’s a different story.) then,the “always conserve paper!”

Here’s a fun fact: sea animals mistake alot for food. Especially sea turtles. So whenyou get a helium balloon, DON’T LET GOOF A HELIUM BALLOON OUTSIDE! Whenthe is all out of air, it will land in the waterand sea turtles and all other marine lifemight mistake it for food and eat it.

Speaking of beaches, help clean themwhen you go to there, I know that you seelots of trash. Why not be generous andthrow it away, or, at the very least, get itaway from the water! The beach will thankyou; for that piece of trash could have beenfound in Paris.

Oh, how could I forget? How we can pre-vent pollution, of course! Well, the earthwill be pretty thankful for that! But, we canall prevent it. There are some ways even inthe other paragraphs, too. There’s the, don’tlitter! and the, no smoking! If we all didthat, we could save the world one step at atime with everyone in unison.

Tamanna Kazi, Grade 7, Key Middle

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