A photographer's daily day
Ka-chick, Ka-chick
Was what they heard as they
Took a picture of a sunset stretching across the valley,
Their breath coming out in fog in the cool, winter air.
Crunch, Crunch, Crunch
Was what they heard when they walked across the 
Snow to get in position for another shot.
Ka-chick, Ka-chick
Another picture.
It came out a little blurry but 
They tried out a different angle.
It came out a lot better than the last one.
They turned the camera off and the shutter closed.
They walked off into the sunset
Ready to take more wondrous pictures
And to enjoy the little specks of life 
That are always surrounding us
If we look for them.

By I. Amos, age 12, Killington Elementary School
 

A girl walks down the street at night
haunted by the ghosts of her past.
She can hear the wind calling her name.
She knows what she needs to do 
but can't bring herself to do it.
In the town of her childhood
she feels lost.
She misses somebody,
but isn't sure who.
Maybe it's just a feeling or memory
she can't find.
She knows she's not alone
in the dark, empty street.
She hears a baby cry in the distance.
There are no babies outside at this hour.
The tinkle of windchimes float by her ears.
They are gone before she notices they were there.
Her mind fixated on one thing alone,
but she can't say what it is.
She looks like an open book,
but you don't know her.
She knows things you don't need to know.
She doesn't remember if she has somewhere to be.
Maybe that is why she walks down the street at night.

What is gom?

A gum bomb?

A cat toy?

A food?

A bug?

A kind of tree?

A name for a grandparent?


Chris Evans
Age 11
Killington Elementary School

 The biggest conflict I faced this season was personal. I have been told my whole life by even my closest family that “Some people just aren’t that good at sports. You need to be more aggressive when you play sports and we just aren’t very aggressive people”. When someone says something limiting to me, I am quickly encouraged to prove them wrong. In my life, I have tried soccer, softball, tennis, basketball, volleyball, lacrosse, field hockey and more. In all of these sports I felt the weight of just not being good enough and aggressive enough. I always feel that I am one of the worst and maybe I’m not a sports person. But, the thing is, I love to play sports. I don’t love being pushed or hit, but I enjoy competition and the way sports are played. Many of these other sports I eventually quit. I never thought that I would still be playing two sports in highschool. Recently, I have grown up a lot and gained a lot of confidence. I realized that when pushed, you just need to push back.