Hi Creative Corner! I hope you all are welcoming spring in a flourishing way! This week, I threw on my most springy outfit to celebrate the beautiful weather we are having. My top, cardigan and jeans are all from Old Navy, and I particularly love the embroidered roses on the jeans. Pink and green are my favorite colors, and I love to not only see them around on the blooming flowers, but also together in this outfit.

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Taken by Kamal Stephens Life is futile Struggling against the waves But in futility is beauty Such is the shore

Taken by Kira Rodriguez

By Kamal Stephens Contrary to what you may think, I think after reading this, there lies creativity, true creativity, within restriction. There are so many forms of restrictive art, none of which I wish to denounce or claim superiority over. I have much respect for it. However, the creative range I search for is not found within these bounds, nor the paper, the pencil, nor the words themselves. A range so wide in scope that its corners smash against the bounds of our own perc

By Ria Minhas I haven't eaten tomato slices with salt and pepper in years 7-year-old me would be appalled. Her favorite snack, forgotten. What else would shock her? Under the hair dye and boys and clothes and kisses, How much of her is still left? The candles on her birthday cake burned out long ago, but I still look for flickering flames to blow out. I water the plants outside and cold droplets hit my feet. I can hear children playing outside next door, the cool summer nig

By Kira Rodriguez Lesson six: Know what criteria warrant a report to the SCR. He came in again, talking about the fight mommy and daddy had. Grandma had dropped him off. That's when Ms. Mandy knew it was bad. He didn't care, though. Grandma was in town for a few days. His shirt was too short, his shoes too tight, and his hair was glistening with grease that hadn’t come from a bottle. Grandma said goodbye and he ran off to play with his friends. Ms. Mandy asked another teacher

Mikalya Boyd, the Editor in Chief, and Kira Rodriguez, the Creative Corner Editor, twining in green to manifest the growth of green spring leaves.

By Kira Rodriguez Lesson four: Conduct a daily health check on every child entering the classroom during drop-off. Ms. Mandy was scheduled to work that morning at 7 a.m., just like most mornings. She flicked on the light, tossing her bag and jacket onto the hook outside the door. A few toys weren’t in the right place, but the last few kids left in the daycare at closing time were moved into her room like every night. It is easier for one teacher to keep track of them that wa

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Stark, a seven-month-old German Shepherd mix, dressed in light blue and white plaid to celebrate the arrival of warm blue skies. Sent in by Caitlyn-Rose Bompart-Libert

By: Mikayla Boyd, Editor-in-Chief Before I embarked on a plane for the first time, headed to the other side of the country, I could never have anticipated the impact that it would have on my life. I felt like the world suddenly opened up to me through my experience, and the way I viewed change had, well, changed. The growth of my world didn’t take away from the beauty of my familiar places, as I worried it would. Instead, it enriched who I am. As soon as I took off, an odd se

By Kayla Gajewski My sister Isla has always believed that if you say something sweetly enough, it will become so sweet it has the potential to undo all the wrong in the world. I think this as she smooths the sleeve of her blue and pink floral dress as if it’s offended her. The fabric catches under her evenly manicured pastel purple fingernails as she presses it flat, smiling to herself when it quietly obeys. Across the room, a man clears his throat too loudly. Somewhere beh