Student Voices Project 2021

Our eighth annual Student Voices Project brought in writing from 123 middle and high school students representing eight U.S. Friends schools, two international schools, and four monthly meetings. We selected 20 honorees whose submissions are featured below. Find a full list of all 123 participants here.

Student Voices Project 2021

The Hard-won Wisdom I Have Earned

The class of 2027 gathered anxiously in the 5B homeroom. Awaliyat Oyenuga
Student Voices Project 2021

Small Acts of Kindness

It sure feels different doing it from home. Isabel Merideth
Student Voices Project 2021

My Virtual Bar Mitzvah

I had expected that my bar mitzvah (Jewish coming of age ceremony) would be awesome but normal. Chance Biehn
Student Voices Project 2021

Parents Are People Too

It’s a strange statement, as it seems so obvious. But throughout this pandemic, I’ve learned what it actually means. Anna Weinberg
Student Voices Project 2021

Always Trust in Him

I never thought that the start to my senior year of high school would include my mother being taken to… Janae Canty
Student Voices Project 2021

Be

The months, each a different flavor, a different emotion. Paulette Dela Cadena
Student Voices Project 2021

Adjusting to the New Normal

2020 has been a life-changing year. Alex Garrett
Student Voices Project 2021

A Piece of a Much Larger Beginning

On a weekend in early February, I attended the Quaker Youth Leadership Conference (QYLC) for the third time. Livingston Zug
Student Voices Project 2021

A Year of Protest

It doesn’t exactly have positive connotations, yet 2020 most definitely was full of protest, and it is hard to say… Robert Rayner
Student Voices Project 2021

We Would Still Be Here

The following is an expanded version of Madison’s poem that appeared in the May 2021 print edition. Madison Rose Maas
Student Voices Project 2021

Plants Are Like People

In 2020 I learned how to garden. Jake Snow
Student Voices Project 2021

A COVID Hanukkah

This past December, I celebrated Hanukkah in a way I never imagined. Eli Harris
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