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Poetry
Some Days
Some days I want to tell the newscasters I don’t want to know about the brown-eyed little girl missing from…
Colette Tennant
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
Poetry
The Second Million Miles
"Sometimes you need / to learn to travel in the quiet."
Bill Jolliff
Student Voices Project 2020
Stronger Together
From his pink cheeks and the way he walked with his head down, I could tell he was ashamed of…
Coco Campbell
Student Voices Project 2020
Teaching about Africa
I was seated directly in front of the TV in my living room. My concentration was unbreakable as I watched…
Graciana Kabwe
Margaret Shirley Holmes Fritchoff
Fritchoff—Margaret Shirley Holmes Fritchoff, 97, on November 17, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz., after a brief illness. Shirley was born on…
Gracia Elizabeth Hobson Hiatt
Hiatt—Gracia Elizabeth Hobson Hiatt, 76, on October 13, 2018, in Jefferson City, Mo., of complications from acute myeloid leukemia, surrounded…
Student Voices Project
Community of Numeric Competitors
I came home, excited after a day full of learning, to find my mother waiting for me at the door…
Ilaria Luna
Student Voices Project
Competition Who?
There was a girl named Kesha. She was 13 years old, and she was exceptionally good at running. She had…
Taleah Dixon
Features
The Invisible Damage of Competition
Welcoming a new narrative in which we all are gifted.
Mary Jo Klingel
Student Voice Project 2018
To Build Is to Love
The stairs to the vast, rustic house creaked as I lugged my teal trunk up the steps. The bright sunlight…
Quinn Daugherty
Student Voice Project 2018
All Teammates Deserve Respect
Five years ago, I tried out for a new hockey team. When I walked through the glass doors of the…
William Reardon
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