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Staying Strong on My Mexican Adventure
Noemi, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Environment, Family, Friendship, Girl, Goals, Happiness, I Remember, Persisting, Police, Quality Education, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Spring 2023, Striving for accuracy, Taking responsible risks, Thinking flexibly, Turning Point Narrative, Vignette, Mexico, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 0I found a new me on my trip to Mexico! August 12, 2020, my mom and I were in...
Betraying Native Americans in “There There”
Anneliese, , Crime, Family, Friendship, Gentrification, Goals, Guns, History, Oakland, Point of View, Raise Your Voice, Reduced Inequalities, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Spark Inquiry with Questions, Spring 2023, Stories, Student-Centered, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Thinking flexibly, This is America, Tracking the Themes, betrayal, P.U.L.S.E. High School, Powwow, There There, Tracking the Theme, 0“There There” by Tommy Orange might leave a reader feeling gut wrenched. The building of the characters stories and...
My divorce and break-up.
Nicolle, , Fall 2022, Friendship, Showcase, bestfriends, bsf4life, friendship, marriage, psc, 0Harmonee was my best friend and wife from middle school in Houston. I was in 8th grade when we...
My best friend is Jorge. He is my best friend because we are together all the time. Jorge is...
Book Review of Anna and the French Kiss
Caroline, , Character Traits and Relationships, Fall 2021, Family, Friendship, Quality Education, Showcase, # Anna and the french Kiss, # book review, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins is a fun book to read. The author of this book...
little me to old me
Jefferson P, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Friendship, Gathering data through all senses, Good Health and Well-Being, Journey Poems, Showcase, Sports, Park Slope Collegiate, train, 12I’m sitting alone on the train, kids are screaming, very loud.someone dancing for some money, and to make everyone’s...
why do people like cake
Caroline, , Fall 2021, Family, Friendship, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0Think that people love cake because it is a fun dessert to eat. Here are 2 reasons why I ...
School Media
Arlette, , Bullying, Fall 2021, Friendship, Quality Education, Remaining open to continuous learning, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Orange Cove High School, school, 2In the article, “School media free speech case” I learned that students upload thoughts in social media. This is...
Mental Health
Nyalok, , Fall 2021, Family, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Love, Sports, Stress, importance, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, mentalhealth, 3“Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also...
Letting Go Is Something Big
Jefferson P, , Bio ELL, Fall 2021, Family, Friendship, Showcase, Thinking interdependently, family, Park Slope Collegiate, 11My name is Jefferson, something very important about me is that I don’t like to play around with people...
Funny, Nice, Smart, and Friendly!
Victor P, , Bio ELL, Family, Finding Humor, Friendship, Persisting, Showcase, biking, Park Slope Collegiate, 1My name is Victor. Something important about me is that I’m really funny, nice, smart, and friendly. My family...
The Inquisitive Haircut
Ana, , Beauty, Friendship, #pandemic, friendship, Orange Cove High School, 4In the text, “The Dilemma: Cut It Out” (Upfront) I learned that friends have become more overbearing with the...
Home
Nicolle, , Family, Friendship, Happiness, I Could Be Worse, Love, Media and Message, This I Believe, Harvest Collegiate High School, home, nwpplaces, 1The stories behind these walls The memories of my childhood The good and bad Behind these closed walls is...
Is storytelling still the same today as it once was?
Kate, , Art, Arts & Entertainment, Friendship, History, Media, Poetry, Religion, Stories, Writing, Writing & Communication, Books, movies, oral presentation, poetry, storytelling, 0Storytelling (in a straightforward sense) was once important to humans. We used storytelling to connect, entertain and pass along...
Where is Margo
Nicolle, , Decision Making, Friendship, Spark Inquiry with Questions, Wonder, friends, Harvest Collegiate High School, where, wonder, 2“Paper Towns” by John Green has surprised me so many times from the beginning, to the adventure between Margo...
What Is Life Without Risk
Nicolle, , American Dream, Books or Plays, Character Archetypes, Fall 2020, Friendship, Listening with understanding and empathy, Showcase, Taking responsible risks, Tracking Characters, Adventure, fun, Harvest Collegiate High School, Mystery, 6The book “Paper Towns” by John Green is a really interesting and captivating book with things people have or...
The Harlem Renaissance By: Veronica Chambers
Drew, , Argument, Arts & Entertainment, Black Lives Matter, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2020, Family, Friendship, Literary Essay, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Point of View, Politics, Race Relations, Read/Write Poems, Research Help, Rights, Showcase, Slavery, Stories, Youth Activism, African American History, book, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, Harvest Collegiate High School, history, life changing, Veronica Chambers, 1(Since this story doesn’t revolve around one person, I thought I would create the protagonist as a whole. Basically...
What Does it Mean to be American?
George, , American Creed, Fall 2020, Family, Friendship, Media, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Writing, Okemos High School, 1What does it mean to be American? Whenever someone asks me this question, I instantly think back to the...
The Mystery Of Margo
Nicolle, , Books or Plays, Fall 2020, Friendship, Questioning and posing problems, Questioning and Speculating., Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Wonder, Harvest Collegiate High School, Mystery, wonder, 1Quentin and Margo used to be really close best friends, one day when they were younger they were on...
The hidden truth, Twilight
Drew, , Arts & Entertainment, Fall 2020, Family, Friendship, Getting Started, Love, Showcase, Edward and Bella, Harvest Collegiate High School, Twilight books, Twilight movies, Vampires, 0So far, the story starts with Bella and how she’s fitting into a new “world” , That’s when she...
Could there be a cure soon?
Diana, , Coronavirus, Fall 2020, Family, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Showcase, coronavirus, Covid 19, cure, Orange Cove High School, vaccine, 4It has been about 7 months that many of us have gone into quarantine mandated by the government, due...
An Oral History with my friend Kensuze
Chelsie, , COVID Around the World, Friendship, June 2020, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2020, covid oral history, Park Slope Collegiate, United States of America, 1My friends are one of the important things in my life, which means Kensuse is one of the important...
Diplomacy Is the Key to American Success
Han, , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Fall 2019, Family, Friendship, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Love, Partnerships for the Goals, Politics, Showcase, This is America, Violence, War, 1At a time when the United States is under development and facing corrupt relations, global public opinion started to...
Forgotten Dreams
Annika, , Beauty, Creative Writing, Decision Making, Friendship, Happiness, Nature, Poetry, Showcase, Stories, Summer 2018, Wonder, Writing, 0So many dreams, forgotten This one comes true I open my eyes and feel minuscule before the towering force...
Rock Climbing Experience
Daniel, , Art, Friendship, Goals, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, comfort zone, fear, heights, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, rock climbing, 1During my rocking climbing week day I was able to get amazing climbs in. I never knew I had...
My Fairy tale Remix of The Princess and the Pea
Lihie A., , Friendship, Happiness, Love, Scratch, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2018, Stories, Writing, #scripts, Animation, Decision Making, DigitalStorytelling, Fairy Tales, history, marriage, scratch, Scratch Animation, storyboard, Storyboard that, 0In order to make this animation work click the green flag. Intro to my fairy tale...
The Ugly Duckling Animation- Kindness and Reality
Tasmia, , Beauty, Bullying, Friendship, Happiness, Life on Land, Love, Nature, Scratch, Showcase, Spring 2018, #Don't Judge, #struggles, Animals, ducks, Fairytales, family, farms, friendship, happiness, HappyButSad, kindness, 0Do you like ducks going in adventures? Well, you’re in for a ride! My animation is based off the...
The Most Amazing Version of, “Little Red Riding Hood” Ever Told- With Alternate Ending
Daniella L., , Decision Making, Friendship, Scratch, Showcase, Spring 2018, Stories, Writing, #moral decisions, #writingcreatively, Alternate ending, Animation, Digital Storytelling, Fairytales, scratch, 0Intro- Almost everyone knows the public fairy tale of “Little Red Riding Hood” made by the Brothers Grimm. Until...
When I wanted to quit what made me keep going?
Nataliya, , Decision Making, Friendship, Getting Started, Showcase, Sports, Spring 2018, 0Sometimes quitting could get in the best of you. I have been there so many times. I’m a 15-year-old...
Animation Project: Scratch It!
Jade T., , Friendship, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Quality Education, Scratch, Showcase, Spring 2018, Stories, Student-Centered, Technology, Animation, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, DigitalStorytelling, scratch, Tech, 0Project Submission and Self-Evaluation Hi! My story is called “ Me and the Flawless Blind Boy.” The story is...
People have trust issues because they took the time out to open up and to let people get to...
Departure
Luis, , Friendship, Goals, Happiness, Showcase, Spring 2018, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, LRNG, Memoir, Oakland, 0On my way to Costa Rica I was super nervous I was also excited to meet my group members...
Mental Health Stigmas
Caleigh, , Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Psychology, Showcase, Spring 2018, Surveys, What do I stand for?, 5According to MentalHealth.gov, “If you have, or believe you may have, a mental health problem, it is helpful to...
More then just education
PJ, , A Day in My Life, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Decision Making, Family, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Point of View, Politics, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, aplang18, career, education, thegoodlife, 2In one of my earlier post “Why memorization doesn’t work” I addressed the issue that in the US education system...
Fitting in.
Judge Thomas, , Argument, Fall 2017, Friendship, Happiness, Showcase, Spring 2018, discoveringyourownperson, fittingin, flaws, society, 2In many stages of our lives, we may either see a person or a group of individuals as attractive...
A Thousand Word Face
Zoe, , Beauty, Fall 2017, Family, Friendship, Gender Equity (Women), Love, Photography, Showcase, #photography, friendship, 1She is beauty. She is grace. However, she will actually punch you in the face. Beneath this gorgeous exterior...
Should the United States decriminalize Drugs?
Oliver, , 2nextprez, Biases, Debt, Decision Making, Drugs, Fall 2017, Family, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Incarceration, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Prison, Protest, Research Help, Science, Showcase, Violence, Voting, War, 0The United States does not tolerate drugs at all, since Ronald Reagan started the war on drugs. If someone...
Being Vulnerable is a Good Thing?
Averi, , Fall 2017, Friendship, Happiness, Showcase, emotions, human nature, 6“Showing emotion is a sign of weakness”- this stigma has made us think sharing our feelings is something that we...
what does it mean to value something
McKenzi, , Friendship, Happiness, No Poverty (Economy), Raise Your Voice, Showcase, What do I stand for?, American values, happiness, 0Throughout life we are faced with the word value. What it means to value things, what it does, how...
What defines someone as good person?
Cheryl, , Fall 2017, Friendship, Getting Started, Happiness, Showcase, goodpeople, 7Many of us throughout our lives ask this question and wonder to ourselves if we are that good person....
Do communities define us?
PJ, , Community, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Psychology, #Trump, belonging, community, presidenttrump, trump2017, 1Communities such as salt lake city are made up of distinct people; students, businessmen, workers, artists, religious figures are...
I would like to find out how being an identical twin has shaped me, versus if I was a...
To be able to answer this question, you first have to define what the definition of friend is. A...
The Tortoise and the Hare Remixed
Lidia, , Friendship, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Life on Land, Quality Education, Scratch, Spring 2017, Technology, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, folk tale, Scratch Animation, 0My remix of the Tortoise and the Hare show how there can be different endings of a moral story...
The Selfish Horse Remixed
Farah, , Friendship, Happiness, Life on Land, Nature, Scratch, Showcase, Spring 2017, Stories, Animals, donkey, farm, helping, Horse, lesson, Morals, 0In the Story “The Selfish Horse”, the horse learns that helping someone is always better because something is much easier...
Androcles and the Lion Remixed
Aarush, , Friendship, Scratch, Showcase, Spring 2017, Stories, Androcles and The LIon, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, scratch, Scratch Animation, script, StoryboardThat, 0In the story “Androcles and the Lion” Androcles is a run-away slave. He runs into the forest only...
The Dragon and his Grandmother remix
Matthew, , Creative Writing, Friendship, Life on Land, Scratch, Spring 2017, Stories, Dragons, ghost grandmas, golden whip, obese knight with rabies, three knights, 0In my animation, I remade the old fairy tale “The Dragon and his Grandmother.”I liked this story because it...
HUMUJAMA
Shantanu, , Family, Friendship, Getting Started, Quality Education, Spring 2017, cows, fun, Group Work, humujama, instagram, smart students, Social Media, students, 6WHAT IS HUMUJAMA If you are wondering what in the world is humujama when you saw this post. Then...
Friendship is Key
Thomas, , Friendship, Showcase, Sports, Spring 2017, This I Believe, friendship, Okemos High School, This I Believe, TIB, 7I believe that people need friendship in order to succeed, to accomplish goals, jump obstacles in life, and overall...
allison has a widow’s peak always shown never mentioned it sits a frame for her face ...
I’ve been reading Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. The book starts off in the bus on the way...
Opinions about Two Badges The Live of Mona Ruiz.
Maria, , Books or Plays, Friendship, Latino Power, 1So far I have read 6 chapters of the novel Two Badges. I really like this book because it’s...
Listening to music * Talking to my mom and sister Listening to dubstep Drawing * loyalty* Stock market The...
Im reading the hunger games and this book so far is the best i’ve ever read!! it has all...
I think that katniss is a good person and very intelligence and creative. Peeta is very stuck up and...
(I’m)Perfect
Malia, , Beauty, Family, Friendship, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Happiness, Media, Psychology, Showcase, Spring 2017, 2Using Gale to find information on what I was studying was somewhat difficult. At first, I wasn’t specific enough,...
If you were in Mona’s position, how would your path be different? Cristian said,” I probably wouldn’t even join...
What We Can Do To Stop Gangs?
Darriven, , Fall 2016, Family, Friendship, Inquiry, Showcase, Violence, Adolescents, Gangs, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Streets, United States, 4Gangs in the United States “Criminals gang membership increased as much as 40% in the United States during...
Summary of “The Fault in our Stars” by John Green
Breanna, , Books or Plays, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Love, Stories, #ohmygosh #PeterVanHouten #favoriteauthor #thisisn'treal, 1This week I have continued reading “The Fault in our Stars” by John Green. As I’ve said on my...
The Fault in our Stars
Breanna, , Fall 2016, Family, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Showcase, #cancer #suppor #family #friends #loveatfirstsight, 0These past days I have been reading the book “The Fault in our Stars” by john Green. On what...
Rumpelstiltskin (remixed)
Shantanu, , Fall 2016, Friendship, Happiness, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Nature, Point of View, Scratch, Technology, geed, gold, Rumpelstiltskin, 0(As you can tell from this title), I made an animation based on the folktale “Rumpelstiltskin”. Rumpelstiltskin is about...
The Emperor’s New Clothes (Remixed)
Isabel, , Art, Fall 2016, Friendship, Happiness, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Scratch, Stories, Technology, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, 0This is my version of the long told tale of The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson. it describes such a...
Brother and Sister (remix)
Shantanu, , Art, Call to Action, Debt, Fall 2016, Family, Friendship, Happiness, Point of View, Privacy, Scratch, Stories, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, change, Digital Storytelling, friendship, happiness, lying, punishment, reward, scratch, truth, 0This story talks about how two siblings (brother and sister) that live in poverty. One day three old women...
Alyssa P.~~~ My story is about a merchant who is a widower and also the father of six....
The Fox and the Wolf (Remixed)
Shantanu, , Crime, Death Penalty, Fall 2016, Friendship, Happiness, History, Inquiry, Love, Nature, Quality Education, Stories, Violence, BrothersGrimm, lessons of life, Make the World a Better Place, Morals, the fox and the wolf, 0This project is based on a moral “The Fox and the Wolf” by the Brothers Grimm which was adapted...
The Boy and the Wolf Remixed
Shantanu, , Art, Fall 2016, Friendship, Life on Land, Scratch, Showcase, Stories, Animals, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, change, Digital Storytelling, effort, family, Free Education, hard work, Hunger, prgramming, scratch, stories, Web Design, 0Original Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nD40W_z33adwxX3gIlBVtlfgu9VW-a0-2A8Eqeuy15c/edit?usp=sharing Took about 2 days to do. Sorry it’s too short. Here are some storyboards to show...
Being present
Miguel, , Family, Friendship, Showcase, 6We are in the season of being with family and friends, to share stories about our past and...
I have and I have a lot to talk about, like even stories that I don’t want to talk...
Let that be a reminder that people notice when you aren’t there that people care more than you know...
You ripped my heart out of my chest, and tossed it around, tore it open and walked away to...
Posion Love
Olivia, , Fall 2016, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Love, Poetry, Psychology, Showcase, Stress, 1Love is supposed to feel warm, not feel rejected/poisoned I loved someone… but he didn’t feel the same way...
The End
Shantanu, , Friendship, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Scratch, Space, Stories, Technology, Digital Storytelling, Scratch Animation, The End, 0Here is a link to my project page: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/127933284/#player Welcome to The End! I worked on this 2-6 minute animation...
The Reunion
Artemis, , Friendship, Stories, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, Digital Storytelling, friendship, Misunderstanding, 0While creating this animation, I went through a series of steps that helped make it as good as possible....
The Story of Clive and Ollie
Amy, , Family, Friendship, Life on Land, Stories, Digital Storytelling, 0When I was asked to make this project, I wanted my characters to be completely random. So, I paired...
Welcome to my story animation. You are now entered into the world of drum rolls. I used the help...
Hard work beats talent!
Monce, , Books or Plays, Friendship, Latino Power, Showcase, Sports, El Gato, hard work, soccer, success, 7I have started a new book by the name of Keeper by Mal Peet. From what I have read,...
Welcomed
Hailey, , Fall 2016, Family, Friendship, Happiness, Poetry, Repentino., Showcase, Where I'm From, 4I am from documents and lawyers. From genes I do not know. As a newborn introduced to a family,...
The friend-o-nater, the gadget that gives a friend
Allie, , Fall 2016, Friendship, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Psychology, Showcase, Social Media, Technology, 0It looks like a FitBit, or maybe one of those Apple watches, but it’s a ring. The screen that...
The Boy of the Painted Cave by Justin Denzel is a book about a boy named Tao and his amazing...
I read parts of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hard Luck . Reading this book led me to think...
So recently I started reading the book, The Outsiders. Ponyboy (who is the main character) is classified as a...
Can something simple turn into something horrible?
Yuliana, , Books or Plays, Bullying, Fall 2016, Friendship, Showcase, Violence, 0I’m currently halfway through the book That was then, this is now by S.E. Hinton. From what I have...
New beginnings
Ethan, , Books or Plays, Fall 2016, Friendship, Gender, Quality Education, Showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0In the book Stand Tall , Tree is at school. He isn’t really the social type so he sits in...
So far I found The Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. Going to be interesting in how it talks about a...
What Goes Around, Comes Back Around
Maria, , Books or Plays, Fall 2016, Friendship, Happiness, Love, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Humble, 0The Ch’i-lin Purse is a collection of ancient Chinese Stories, retold by Linda Fang. One of the stories...
We Need Changes in Poverty, Income Inequality, and Health Care
Gabriel, , 2nextprez, Fall 2016, Family, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Housing, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Showcase, #2nextprez #policebrutality, 2Dear Next President: I am a high school student that goes to Fremont High in Oakland California named Gabriel...
Next, in my book Paper Towns, Margo sneaks into Quintin’s room at night while he was sleeping so that she...
Does gowing apart have to mean losing connection?
Yuliana, , Books or Plays, Fall 2016, Family, Friendship, Psychology, Showcase, 2The book That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton is about to boys who are really close...
The book That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton is about to boys who are really close...
To All the Boys I’ve Ever Loved
Jenessa, , Books or Plays, Fall 2016, Friendship, Gender Equity (Women), Happiness, Love, Psychology, Showcase, 0To All the Boys I’ve Ever Loved written by Jenny Han, a good girl gets letters that are supposed...
In the book I am reading, called Paper Towns, a boy meets a girl (his neighbor) that has recently...
Why do siblings stop talking to one another after being so close?
Monica, , Books or Plays, Family, Friendship, family, friendship, 3In I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson, there are twins-Jude and Noah-that used to be super close...
I am from Oakland The place I have lived all my life A city unlike any other Where everyone...
Trying to find the right path
Alexandra, , Family, Friendship, Poetry, Repentino., Violence, Where I'm From, high school, Oakland, Poem, poetry, skyline, 7I am from a city where people hide their feelings where people don’t believe in self-pity where people...
The Weeping Willow
Taylor, , Beauty, Fall 2016, Family, Friendship, Love, Nature, Poetry, Psychology, Showcase, Okemos High School, 1Why does the weeping willow weep? so gentle and so tender so slight and slender it’s frail branches sway...
Prejudice and Judgement
April, , Books or Plays, Family, Friendship, Gender, Happiness, Race Relations, family, happiness, judgement, Love, prejudice, 0The book From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun consists about a young boy who is 13 years old, ever...
I really struggled when I first received this assignment. I was over thinking it way too much and just...