your vision, your voice
A hero doesn’t have to be
someone with powers.
Anyone that you believe in,
anyone that is an influence in someone’s life.
Everyone can be a hero.
All you have to do is believe,
believe in yourself,
believe in others.
Everyone deserves a hero
maybe it’s your mom or your dad.
Or maybe you can be your own.
Make an impact in your life.
Ridgetop Elementary
4th
I am from art paper and markers
from Myers cleaning day soap and baby wipes
I am from toys and messy
I am from the bright and happy home
from the lilies and dandelions
and big trees
I am from the neighborhood with the quiet street
I’m from donuts in the morning
and home cooked family dinners
I am from Krista and Jordan Hoffman and
Evie and Grey
I’m from big backyards with swimming pools
and riding bikes
I’m from “Move it or lose it!” and
“I love you to infinity and back!”
I am from eyeglasses and contacts
I am from Hawaii and Portland and Oakland and Boston and Austin
I am Italian and German and English and Mexican
from homemade muffins and chicken pot pie and
homemade tortillas
I am from Nani Fa and Nona Papa
from pictures in the halls and in books and bedrooms
I come from family pictures
I am from moving and road trips!
Baranoff
3
I am from ice cream and gummy bears
I`m from Clorox and Legos
I am from messiness and disorganized
I come from a cool house and an awesome home
I am from pear trees
I am from a long road that leads to a park
I’m from a neighborhood of boys
I’m from going to grandma’s house and
Three people dinners
I am from Mike and Amy
and Lucy and Maggie
I’m from Shady Hollow and an awesome neighborhood
I am from “Be still! Be quiet!” and “Close your eyes!”
and “Be easier to get along with!”
I’m from not going to church.
I’m from Texas and
I’m Scottish or maybe Irish
I am from mexican food and tamales
I’m from loving parents
I’m from pictures in the hallway and long road trips and
I’m from birthmarks!
Baranoff
3
I’m from tortilla soup and
From Legos and Discovery
I’m from the house of video games
I’m from the medium house and booksy house
I’m from rosemary and roses and pomegranate plants
I’m from fig trees and watermelon vine
I come from making bunuelos on New Year’s Eve and
dinners with mom and being weird
I’m from Anthony and Kasey and Granny and Grandpa Joseph Roger LeClair
I’m from the dog neighborhood
and neighborhood of few kids
I’m from “Get your butt back in bed!’’
and “Magic is not real”
I’m from Texas and California
I’m French and Canadian and American
I’m from tortilla soup and bunuelos
I’m from my parents and grandparents and cousins
I’m from the pictures on the family stairs
I am from happiness and joyfulness
I am two homes – Texas and California!
Baranoff
3
The Day That Changed Our Lives
146, Christmas they will never see
Behind locked bars and doors
They will forever be
Once singing and dancing through the day
Not enough windows to get away
Because of this act, it is true
Things are much safer for me and you
A few people right from the start
Took this tragedy
Straight to their hearts
They fought for us in court
And they’ve made some laws
They’ve helped us at work
And when we get old
We’ve them to thank for being so bold.
Bailey Middle School
7
Deep down in the sea
I’ll hear the wind roaring
very faintly you see.
Know why I’m here?
I put myself there, but I’m so very calm
I don’t care.
Deep Down in the sea
I’ll hear the wind roaring
very faintly you see.
Deep Down in the sea.
Kiker Elementary
2
World
Beautiful but harmed
Moving wondering changing
Animals Parks City’s Oceans
Running walking never stopping
Crazy and calm
Our Home
Doss Elementary
4
The boy takes pictures
Of the waterfall
The trail with his father
The grass that sways
Like a tilted kayak
On the creek’s flowing water
The boy’s first time climbing
Up the moderate hill
Gradually getting steeper
Steeper
Steeper
They stop for water
Back up the bumpy slope
Returning, he thinks to himself
Of the amazing scenery
He will undoubtedly come back
To the breathtaking greenbelt
Brentwood Elementary
5th
Out from the blue sky,
Blooms a cloud that cries.
Oh! So very sad,
I cannot be mad.
Your life is with me,
You see.
So why you cry
So deep.
Take it easy
When you feel queasy.
Don’t get cranky,
Which no one likes.
The crying cloud suddenly stops,
It sees,
all the people filled with happiness.
The cloud smile’s,
It’s heart opens wide.
And from a cloud,
It’s a Sun.
Shining bright with joy.
It’s a merryful way,
To start your day.
And keep this in your heart!!!
Patton Elementary, Austin- TX
3 rd Grade
Oh Calvin Cat
You are so fat
You are so lazy
But sometimes crazy
You are the fattest feline
And we have such a good time
You don’t get off the chair
When it moves do you even care
You look like a cow
And you have a weird meow
You are so fat
My dear Calvin Cat
Gorzycki Middle School
6