Volume II, Issue 3
June 2015
The Lunar New Year by Iris
New Year unit was really nice.
My favorite subject was the Lunar New
Year. We learned the zodiac calendar. I
am the year of the rooster. Kaitlin from
the North Room’s mother came in and
told us about praying in Chinese and she
brought us candies. We went to a
restaurant, it was lovely. We put on plays,
and I was in the first play. They made a
dragon and we went in it. The Lunar
Thematic Studies by Sophie
E.R.
My favorite part of the year was
the Earth Day fair and Halloween
day, and I thought the Lunar New
Year project was pretty fun
too. And I almost forgot about the
sheep unit at the end of the year!
My favorite part of the sheep unit
was going to the sheep farm. We
got to see really cute baby lambs.
The Study of Rocks by Phin P.
My favorite study this year was ROCKS! I learned that rocks are made out of
molecules and minerals. I also learned that there are three types of rocks,
Metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous. I will never forget writing every
category of rock in my journal. I loved this unit because I really like studying
geology. Ever since I was really little, I have wanted to be a paleontologist.
Rattlesnake Ridge by Max B.
One of my favorite units this year was our mountain study. My favorite part of the
mountain unit was our hike to Rattlesnake Ledge. It took an hour and a half to get
to the top. I was so excited when I got to the top. We had a great view from the
top. It only took an hour to get down. From the top I could see the river and the
rest of the mountains. We ate lunch at the top. At the beginning of the hike we had
cinnamon rolls that George’s family brought.
Op-Ed
ENDANGERED ANIMALS
by Lola
In this world some animals are safe, some animals are endangered.
Some people wonder-”Why sit around while their species die down?”
Here’s a list of 3 endangered animals that I know about:
1# The Red Wolf
These graceful wolves are being chased down by hunters for their fur
coats. Who would ever do such a thing?
2# The Polar Bear
This snow-bound animal is in trouble. 2 words: Global Warming.
And 3# The Lion
Everybody knows that this animal is in serious trouble. Trees are
disappearing from Africa!
We need as much help as we can get to save all these animals.
What can you do to save them?
Sacred Places Study by Emmett
The Ring of Fire by Thomas
I really liked when we blew up the fake mountains. The first time it didn't work
but it worked every other time. I really liked when we went to Rattlesnake Ledge.
It was awesome!!
My most memorable thing about this year
was religious studies when we split up into
groups. I was in the Buddhist group, and it
was really fun. We got to type on the
computer, which was my first experience
typing! I remember going to a Buddhist
temple it was cool, because of how sacred and
old it looked. My group made a diagram about
Buddhism, and we shared it in front of my class and the north room. We also wrote
stories about Buddhism. I really liked it. I think I would like to do it again, but a
different religion next time. I have had a good time at Lake and Park but I am moving
on to a different school, I really enjoyed this school and I would like to come back
some time and visit.
The Rattlesnake Hike by Griffin
My favorite field trip this year was the Rattlesnake hike. We got to go really high in
the mountains and be free for a day. Something that I will remember was Eli W. found
a rusty door hinge from Moncton. Moncton was a city that flooded in 1915. It flooded
because the dam created a glacial moraine under the ground. So, the city flooded. I
will always remember reaching the top of the mountain and breathing a sigh of relief
that I finally made it to the top!
The Earth Day Fair by Katie
During Earth Day we had a huge party at school. We had an oil
experiment and a bean bag toss. At the bean bag toss I won 3 animal
toys. I also got to make a bird feeder, then I planted baby bok choy.
Then when I went home I hung up my bird feeder and it was
REALLY FUN!!!! .
Learning About Coding by George
My favorite level was the angry birds one because it is easy. To begin for yourself, you
can go on code.org! I liked coding because my dad works at Microsoft. I feel when
I’m coding like someday I could work at Microsoft. I like watching my dad do real
coding. This unit was my favorite part of the year, because moving the blocks was
easy for me to understand.
Lunar New Year by Nadia
My favorite study was Lunar New Year. I liked our field
trip to the International District, and when we made
Chinese lanterns, and when we learned about the animals
of the zodiac
Year of the Sheep
Fiction
The Two Hiker's Journey
by Gavin
Once upon a time there where two people who wanted to climb Mt. Rainier. Their
names were Jim and James. Jim and James looked out their window and saw Mt.
Rainier. They packed their bags and set off for their long journey.
Then they started to hike up the mountain. At 8:00 they were half way up the
mountain. Finally they found a camp they went inside and went to bed.
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The next morning they ate breakfast and they packed up started to hike up again. Two
hours later at 10:36 they were three quarters up Mt Rainier. They were very happy and
talked about their feelings.
He gave most of his money to all the poor people in town. They thanked him so
much for all that money. So he went back home and made one more beautiful rug for
himself.
Five in a half hours later at 3:06 they found one more camp. They had not eaten lunch
yet so they had some. Once they had finished their lunch they talked about what they
had. Jim had a burger and James had a slice cheese pizza.
When the rug was finished he hung it up. It was beautiful.
Fortunately, the Nice Zombie Sheep by Ardin
At dinner they were so full that they skipped it. Then they had fell asleep for a very
long time. The hours ticked by and they were still fast asleep.
I am a boy named Ardin. I have long hair. The color of
my eyes are all different types. I like traveling. I’m going
to travel to a farm.
The next morning they were hiking up Mt Rainier again. They reached the top at 10:43
pm. They were very happy and went back down
I got to the farm by night. I went straight to bed.(while
far elsewhere something was hungry.) The next day I went
for a little walk, well not a little one. I went back to the
farm and then I went to the sheep. They were nice zombie
sheep.
Two days later they were at the bottom of the mountain when the mountain started
to erupt. First they didn't realize it then they got so frightened that they ran as fast as
they could go until they got to their house. They were so tired they went and took a
nap at 4:31 pm. They napped so long until 8:56 am they woke up and made their
breakfast and got their drink and started to eat their breakfast, it took them about 12
minutes to eat.
That night I woke up. I went outside and far away. I saw
a terrible thing with eight legs. I woke the sheep up. By
the time I got them up the thing was so close. There was
a manhole. Quickly we jumped down the manhole. We
landed in a canon and got shot back up. We flew into the
spider’s mouth, it was mad. Then we effected the spider.
The spider exploded.
The time they had finish was at 9:12. They were very bored so they watched television.
They watched until 10:11. This time they wanted to go outside and look at nature.
They were out until 11:45 so they ran inside and prepared lunch. At 12:00 it was ready.
They were ready to eat their lunch. At 12:21 they finished. They wanted to draw. This
time they drew a chair, a bird, an apple, a clock, a table, a window, and a five story
house. When they finished all the drawing they had done it was 5:43. It was time for
dinner. They made their dinner and they ate their dinner. When they finished eating
it was 6:00. They got on their PJs and went to bed. The next morning they woke up
so early. They woke up at 5:00. They tried to go back to sleep but they couldn't go to
bed so they got on the couch and watched their favorite cooking show on television.
they watched until 6;30. So they got up and made their breakfast. They both had a
bagel with a fried egg in the middle. They had two servings of it and when they
finished at 7:23 they were so stuffed that they couldn't have one more bite full. So
they took a nap... the minutes ticked by and hours passed...but they were still asleep.
When they awoke it was 3:45 they were surprised how long they had been sleeping
for.
They awoke after noon and where starving. So... they made lunch. After they finished
they checked to see how long it took them. James took 38 minutes long. And Jim
took 23 minutes long.
They normally do the same things every day. They look at their list of things to do
every day so they can remember what they do. And this is what they normally do each
day.
Wake Up
Go Downstairs
Make Breakfast
Eat Breakfast
Brush Teeth
Take Nap
Wake Up
Make Lunch
Eat Lunch
Watch Television
Take Nap
Wake Up
Make Dinner
Eat Dinner
Take Shower
Brush Teeth
Get In Pajamas
Go To Bed
Julian with his study group in front of the Vendanta
Society, Seattle.
Religious Studies by Julian
What I will remember was Religious
Studies. I loved how the Big Room and the
North Room combined into seven groups.
I, for instance, was in the Hinduism group.
All the groups went on a field trip
according to each group. In my opinion,
you can’t beat that unit. –Julian
Lunar New Year by Olivia
I really liked doing Lunar New Year we went to a fancy restaurant. I forgot the
name but I will never forget the foods! My friends and I got our picture on a metal
camel structure in a park. Part of learning about Lunar New Year was the zodiac
signs. I learned that I was the year of the pig. Everything about Lunar New Year
was fun!
Robin Hood: Literature Groups and a play at Seattle
Children’s Theatre by Lise & Sofia B.
This year we learned about Robin Hood, he is a very good person to the poor. If
you are rich in the olden times you probably don’t like him. Robin Hood is his
nickname his real name is Robert Fitz William. He used to be a count but the
sheriff robbed him to nothing and now his hideout is in Sherwood Forest. After
we read the book we saw a play. It was my favorite unit!!! -Lise
Robin stole from the rich and gave to the poor. He lived in Nottingham, England.
His hideout was in Sherwood Forest. He was the best archer in the village. The
real question is, is he good or bad? Think about it, he stole from the rich and gave
to the poor. Sofia
Beginning Room Students Remember the School Year
When we sat down together during the
second to the last week of school, we came
up with this list of things we remembered
doing during this 2014-2015 school year:
The next morning they did exactly what their list said. First they woke up, went
downstairs, made their breakfast, ate their breakfast, and brushed their teeth. Took
their nap, woke up made their lunch. Ate their lunch watched television. Took their
nap. Woke up, made dinner, ate their dinner, took their shower, and brushed their
teeth. Got into their pajamas and then last of all went to bed.
The next morning they wanted to do something different today so first they changed
their list. So they made their breakfast ate their breakfast and watched television at
the same time. After that they wanted to read so they did. At 11:51 they started to
make lunch. They wanted to see how long it would take to make lunch. When they
were finished they told each other their time. James's time was 30 minutes and Jim's
time was 35 minutes long.
Singing songs--Walk, Shepherd,
Walk. Freeze Tag. Gun Tag. Gus
I remember shearing sheep--Caleb
Playing "Charlie Over the Ocean"--Leah and
Caleb
Learning about salmon--Caleb
The Space and Air Museum--Leah
The Rug Story by Jordi
The Sheep Farm, the Alpaca Farm--Leah
Once upon a time in an old old sheep farm that was surrounded by flowers an old
man with 6 little black and brown sheep lived. One day he sheered two of his sheep.
He used that wool to make yarn and that yarn to make a rug and so he did. He made
more rugs and sold them at the market.
I remember reading books: George's Secret Key to the Universe by Stephen and Lucy
Hawking--Sofia
He got a lot of money from it. But then he ran out of rugs to sell and sheep with
wool. He went back to his home and counted his sparkling gold. He had a lot of shiny
money. He counted again and again to make sure that he had a lot of money.
("My mom has the book of Stephen Hawking." River)
I remember learning about the North Star and the reading the story, "The Seven Brothers".
The Monkey King play. Going to the Chinese restaurant. I used up a whole bottle of sauce.-Gus
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Petting a baby lamb. Learning about Monkey King.--William
I remember the art studio.--Boden
Chapter Books We All Remember: Twig, The Railway of the Forest, Charlotte's Web, The
Little Prince
Afternoon Groups: the garden, planting the seeds, weeding with Eileen; me and Rhea and
Lola and Zoe played detectives. Tillie
When I first visited, Andy was downstairs.--Oliver
I remember singing "The Earth Turns Round". -- Boden
I remember when I first met Rhea (She was the first person I met.) --River
cat and that is why they are sworn enemies. Also we read a book by Grace Lin
called Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, it is about a girl named Minli, and she
lives in a very poor village. And
after dinner her father tells her
stories, so one day she goes
looking for the Old Man of the
Moon from one of her father's
stories. Along the way she
meets lots of friends even a
dragon! which is her best friend
for her journey. Those were my
favorite things to do this year
When we learned about the sun being a star..--Boden
MY TIME AT LAKE AND PARK SCHOOL THIS YEAR!!!
Learning about firetrucks--Teague (This was the first unit we did in 2013-2014.)
By Roham
I’ve been at Lake and Park School for three years and in those three long years
I’ve had some great times. This year went to many places. Once we went to a
cathedral and it was amazing for all of us, well, most of us liked it there. I for one
loved it there but the cathedral did get boring after an hour or so.
We have this thing called lit groups it’s where we split up into groups, and
we read a book and each group reads a different book my favorite was The Old
Man and the Moon. We have read-alouds, my favorite the Tripods books. The
Tripods were kind of cool.
Our play Typo was fun. I
loved the part where we were
voting on different names. My
name won! I got to play the role
of Jack. Jack was afraid of heights.
It wasn’t very smart of him if he
was afraid of heights to climb the
beanstalk.
I like the place where we
play Capture the Flag a.k.a CTF. I
like the terrain. It’s very hilly, and
there are trees and bushes and
bamboo and a creek. These are
good places to hide.
We go outside A LOT
which I LOVE. Our school is
awesome.
Doing the bean bag toss at Earth Day.--Rowan
What we all remember from Earth Day: making bird feeders, picking up garbage, bean bags.
Field Trip to Churches and Synagogues and Cathedrals:
*visiting this church
*Temple de Hirsch
Some things our dramatic play space turned into this year: art studio, Goodnight, Moon
Room, spaceship, dress up area, crow's nest, kitchen, market.
When we had a Chinese kitchen in the classroom.—Everybody
Things We Remember Doing On Our Own (Not suggested by a teacher) :
making our own plays, making a play of Rumpelstiltskin, making a play of Robin Hood, the
dance: The Indian Princess Chief and Her Cat and Baby
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
by August
I remember reading the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. We read the story because we were
going to go and see the play at the Seattle children’s Theatre. One of the characters
in the story is a mongoose. I studied mongooses. I learned that mongooses eat snakes
like the King Cobra. I like going to plays. When the lights go down it gets really super
quiet and then the story begins. It was very fun seeing the play Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
The End of this Year
by
Delphine
This year has been amazing ☺ but
all good things must come to an
end☹ I have learned a lot over the
past few months and I hope I
remember it all.㋛ When I look
back to this year I know that my
favorite part of the year was when
we worked on the play Typo.
Being Sleeping Beauty was really
fun and my favorite line was “To
rescue me. Sweet. What makes you
think I was in trouble? Just because I’m a female? Why does that make me less capable
of getting myself out of any problems that I may have gotten into? How did you know
I wasn't just napping?” It's really fun to say. Another of my favorite things was
capture the flag, it's so fun. When I move on to another school I will miss Lake
and Park☹ but I will always remember my time here.
Reflections by Kaitlin
Lake and Park is an amazing school full of kind people and teachers. Looking
through all of my notebooks and journals I see what I have accomplished and
what needs work. At the beginning of the school year we made journals. In it, the
first writing assignments are hopes and dreams for the school year, mine where to
get better at my 6 7 and 8 multiplication facts and to spell better. Now I know all
of my 6 7 and 8 multiplication facts and can spell a little bit better.
Our school goes on amazing field trips, like on the Lunar New Year we went
to a Chinese restaurant, we went to NOAA, the Museum of Flight, St. James
Cathedral, llama, sheep, and alpaca farms, the Pacific Science Center, the Burke
Museum, Rattlesnake Ridge and so much more.
This year summer has come quicker than most, and I will be sad to leave
this wonderful school and all these wonderful people but I will be back to explore
this experience!
China by: Harriet
The China study was a lot of fun for me. Because we got to watch Wild China,
which is about different animals all over China in all different climates like the
Pandas, in the bamboo forests or a certain snow monkey that lives in the
mountains. All of the animals are interesting because of all the different climates
and the certain animals that live in those certain places in China. Also I enjoyed
making crafts like Fans and paper Dragons. Also on the Lunar New Year we went
to a Chinese restaurant, and got about three courses. And the food was really really
really good. And we learned about the Chinese zodiac’s, about how rat betrayed
My First Year at Lake
and Park School by Rees
My name is Rees. This year is my
first, at the Lake and Park school.
I feel like I can learn more. Here I
learned how to divide and
measure, multiply more numbers,
more addition, and more
subtraction.
I remember the first unit. World
Religion. It was fun to study Islam. When we were studying Islam, my grandma was
in Turkey, and brought back a picture of a blue mosque. Learning what Muslims
believe was also fun.
I remember the first Capture The Flag game. We made up rules, and I remember
actually going out into the hilly landscape past the tennis courts. Back there is sort of
a swampy area with lots of places to hide. The other area is hilly and doesn’t have very
many places to hide, but if you hide the flag way up at the top it can tire people out if
they don’t use the path.
I remember writing Christmas poems also. It was fun getting to write them about the
snow and Santa Claus. And around that time we saw A Christmas Carol by Charles
Dickens. I remember how scary it was. The part that was super scary was the part
where Scrooge came home and found a ghost. I remember how scary it was when he
came through the bed. His costume was scary. I remember feeling that my life had
just ended.
I also remember water testing which was also fun, getting to test Lake Washington
and Mt Baker Creek, which is in our Capture The Flag area. I remember the water
temperature at 57 and the air temperature at 54 which seemed really weird.
I remember starting the weaving unit and going to see the alpacas on Vashon Island.
I remember feeding one of the boy alpacas pellets on a leaf.
I also loved both plays we did this year, Typo and The Phantom Tollbooth. In
Tollbooth, I remember having to memorize the most lines and how nervous I was. It
was the best play I’ve ever done. I was the main character, Milo. Being Milo made me
a little nervous because I was on stage the entire play except for The Spelling Bee’s
monologue. In Typo I remember being a stagehand with Dutch and moving the scene
for the witches hut. It was only one scene but it was fun.
It’s been a great year and I look forward to next year.
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Jonah
Luke
My three years at Lake and Park school were really fun.
I learned a lot about our unit studies, my favorite unit
was Greek mythology because it was interesting. I
remember making up stories about fake gods and
goddesses. It was exciting because we got to use our
imagination. I’ll remember studying Greek mythology.
I’ve been at Lake and Park for three years. I was
looking back at my journal the other day
remembering all the stuff I wrote, all the friends I
made, all the things we studied. It’s amazing to think
that all the stuff we did happened over three years!
It seems like just yesterday that I walked into a
classroom for the first time, just yesterday that we
studied the human body, just yesterday that we went
to the Burke Museum, just yesterday that we had our
first Capture the Flag game. I remember one day as I was walking in to school
there was a parent walking beside me. As we walked in, she said, “Wow it’s like
Magic Land in here!” And it was. There were Christmas lights and paper birds
hanging from the ceiling and the entrance had a hanging castle suspended from
the ceiling. It was amazing to see all these things hanging.
I will be really sad to leave this school and move on. I’m
sure my next school will be almost as fun as this one. I
will miss all my friends and I hope they go to good
schools too. My favorite thing about Lake and Park is
doing plays. I still have my script from Typo. I remember practicing and performing
it. For every one that will be here next year I recommend you do a play, I really hope
you have a good summer and I’ll miss you all.
Some of my favorite parts of the year were when we did our plays. Our first play
was Typo. In Typo I played the Wolf. The Wolf always carried around maps and
never knew where he was. He wasn’t sure if he was here or there. And he didn’t
know whether he was supposed to be doing something, or nothing. In the
Phantom Tollbooth I played a Minister and a Lethargarain. There were five ministers.
Each would say things in turn, one after another. A Lethargarian is a lazy, lethargic
person who lives in the Doldrums. None of these characters are like me at all, but
they were fun to play.
I’ve been here for just 2 short years, but the 2 best years
of my life. I wouldn't trade them for anything. I have so
many wonderful memories that I will remember my
whole life.
Lake and Park is a wonderful community. It’s a
comforting, loving, learning community. The teachers
and students are wonderful unique people.
My favorite part about Lake and Park school is
all the experiences I have had. My favorite experience at
Lake and Park was releasing the salmon. I loved learning
about them and their environment, taking care of them,
watching them grow and best of all releasing them with
Franklin
This school has been most of my life. I've been here
since kindergarten. My first play was in kindergarten,
I was a cardboard police car. I remember being
nervous and I’m still nervous but now the roles get
harder and I enjoy them more.
I think that all the kids that come after me should go
to Winterim. You get to play in the snow for hours
and you get the best hot chocolate and pancakes. I
had never skied before and it was super easy to learn.
It was fun to learn to ski and slide in the snow I’ve
always had fun with the school staff. They’re fun, and
good at their jobs. I’ll always remember them.
I’ve had fun these last few years at Lake and Park, it’s probably the best school I’ve
ever been to and probably the best school I’ll ever go to. I will miss all the nice
teachers and students. And I’m sure I will never forget this school for the rest of my
life.
When I was in summer camp we always would go to the beach and play in the sand
and swim, sadly it was only up our waist. We also got to play on phones and tablets
for an hour to a half hour and then we would play with Legos and marbles and go
outside and play on the patio. My favorite game was where we all would have a bunch
of balls on the patio and we would try to get them all onto the other side.
People say seven is a lucky number and that’s how long I’ve been here. I feel lucky to
have been at Lake and Park for seven years. But 1 is my lucky number.
Walker
It’s been such a long journey but also such a short one.
It’s been a long one because I’ve been here for four
years and I really love this school, so here goes my
speech. Memories are a beautiful thing. They bring
love, and fun, and friends.
My first memory was meeting my first best friend,
Mac, at Lake and Park School. I remember meeting
Sonia, who is still my friend. One of the things I will
never forget is meeting Grant and Quynh. Some of my
favorite things I did at school was releasing the
salmon. The plays we did made me happy. Meeting
new friends, I was really happy about that. And also I
liked going on the Light Rail with Lake and Park to go on field trips. I like this about
Lake and Park, going on field trips.
My favorite study was studying dinosaur bones with Kim. That was so fun! Kim
brought us a bunch of bones to identify and write about them. What I learned was
that bones are actually pretty cool. I first thought bones were a scary thing, now I
think of them as cool things.
My advice to this whole school and the new kids coming is that there is a bunch
of love in this school. When I think of leaving I am sad, excited, and nervous. Why
I’m sad is because I’m leaving a group of wonderful kids and grownups. I’m excited
and nervous at the same time because I’m moving on to another wonderful school
and it probably has a bunch of wonderful teachers and kids, too. I’m nervous because
it’s a new community for me.
Memories are beautiful when you really dig into them. I will feel love, friends, and
being outside at recess when I look back at my 4 years at Lake and Park. I want to
thank this whole organization for letting me be a part of this beautiful community. I
will miss you guys. And the chain of family and friends never ends. Beautiful
memories, beautiful memories.
Anna
hope.
I really love how we go deep into the units we study. For example when we
studied the nutcracker we saw the play, read the book, watched the movie and had a
feast.
I remember my first day. I was so shy. I didn’t know anyone or anything
about the school. After a couple days I realized there was nothing to be afraid of.
Everyone was welcoming sweet and kind, including the teachers.
My favorite thing I did at Lake and Park is when we participated in the
National Geographic Engineering Challenge. Jonah, Tate and I worked on it together.
The challenge we choose was: Create one watt of energy without using a battery or a
power outlet. There were 5 student winners out of about 150 schools. My group was
one of them. We created a potato clock belt. We got to go live on YouTube and lots
of people were watching. It was a great thing to experience that I will remember all
my life.
One thing I will always remember are the plays we did. The Phantom
Tollbooth and Typo. All the collaboration we had to have to get it together. We put
in so much work for a great turnout. It was so fun. All the nervousness and excitement
everyone had.
Lake and Park has taught me so much. To love, help, and appreciate what
you have. Lake and Park is such a great community. I am so glad I had the chance to
be a part of it.
Andersen
I have been going to this school for 2 and a ½
years.
Here are some highlights:
At L&P I did two plays, Typo and The
Phantom Tollbooth. I really liked doing
lighting for Typo and I liked doing the acting in
Tollbooth. Tollbooth didn’t have as much
joking around. I wish that it had more
funniness.
Rattlesnake Lake. The hiking was extremely
fun. The view at lunch time was great we were
1.6 miles high the view was spectacular.
A Christmas Carol play was really good. I’ll go to ACT theater again. It was
very cool when Marley’s Ghost came out of the bed. It was quite a hilarious
play.
This school has a lot less worksheets. That’s a good thing because when I
had those worksheets at my other school, we didn’t have time for fun.
School is about work but it’s also about fun. Joking around is important. If
you don’t enjoy school, you don’t want to be there. If you don’t want to be
there, then you won’t be as productive or focus as well.
I have quite a few friends here. Most of them I’ll be able to still see when I’m
in Middle School.
I’ll miss my friends and my teachers, they were nice. I hope my new school is
fantastic.
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