Student Writing Gallery

My Life

By Teodoro Kimbal-Directo, age 8

I am from fog in the morning, and roses as red as fire. I am from trees as green as a witch. I am from a car fixing shop next door, also from crossing the leafy neighborhood. I am from my mom rushing me in the morning. I am from a …

Hyper and Sleepy

By Katherine Gomez, age 8

I am hyper and sleepy. I wonder when my cousin is going to get married. I hear dollar bills crashing to the ground. I see a vampire on the roof. I want all the Monster High dolls. I am hyper and sleepy. I pretend to do the cartwhee…

My Passion

By Abigail Giron, age 8

I started since five, and I am eight now. Look, look at that now—that’s a talent! Do you think sing, sing is my passion? I cannot dance. You might laugh. I cannot rap. You might laugh, but I am eight, and I want my passion to l…

Fly, Eagle, Fly

By Ronald Sullivan, age 18

A young eagle was trapped in between two rocks due to a severe storm. This young eagle had fallen a great distance. Injured and tired, it stayed in one spot. After the storm cleared, a farmer had wandered onto the mountain in searc…

The In-Between

By Julieta Roll, age 13

In the afternoon she peeks over the wooden fence to see beyond it. Baby tiptoe on a legendary rock and she can just barely see the edge of a house. Tumble, tumble and the rocks in her hands hit the other stones with clicks. She hea…

The Warmest Winter

By Fernando Gutierrez, age 17

In Sequoia National Park, the cold winds of the winter evening grow more intense as the afternoon turns into dusk. The year 2029 is coming to an end, making treetops yellow and covering the grounds in snow and dead leaves. As trees…

Why Is the Sky Blue?

By Giselle Maldonado, age 8

The sky is made with secret ingredients. It had to be made so everyone could breathe. After it was made, people threw blue glitter at it. Maybe it was a girl or a boy, or maybe a grown-up who was throwing blue glitter. A crocodile …

Zach Glows

By David Campos, age 7

Zach is ten years old, and he is stuck in a glow stick. The glow stick has a mouth and eyes and can talk. Before he was in the glow stick, Zach had brown hair and brown eyes, but he drank the water inside the glow stick by accident…

Water

By Marco Dzib, age 10

Water is important, also you don’t need to waste water. If you waste it, you can’t drink water and you can die forever. Water can be used for everything, like watering plants, and you can make a fountain. Also, water can be use…

Plant

By Nour Bouhassoun, age 17

I was on this land when I felt that wanting turned into craving. I was on this land when I needed to stop for a moment, turn my shoulders, and look back, thinking that my country was somewhere behind me. The wistful longing I have …

Muslimah

By Hana Abdulla, age 16

I was in the first grade when I decided I didn’t want to go to school anymore. I can’t remember how or where, but just that I didn’t want to be in another class and face those mean little girls again. I was six and it was the…

Debris

By Melanie Harra, age 16

It was the absolute epitome of a pre-teen sleepover. Girls rolled up in fuzzy pajama pants, happily eating kettle corn, and separating movie discs into small piles while the latest pop noise droned through iPod speakers. I never re…

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