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Harvest Collegiate High School offers a rich and challenging intellectual education that engages students in the natural process of experience, questioning, the pursuit of precision, and reflection-how people really learn. We believe in cultivating students’ power to produce and reflect, rather than simply consume, as a fundamental way of being in the world. We aspire to being and contributing creatively to, a ‘sane society,’ one of peace, growth, and joy.
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A Neighborhood by the George Washington Bridge
Mario, , Poetry, Where I'm From, Spring 2021, Where I'm from, Harvest Collegiate High School, 4I am from xboxes, Axe shampoo, and black fans that stand on the floor. I am from the parks,...
The art of letting go
Amra, , Showcase, Psychology, Books or Plays, Spring 2021, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 15Recently, I read The Art Of Letting Go by Rania Naim. I appreciated this book. I came across parts...
What would Baldwin Say?
Heather, , Showcase, Argument, Spring 2021, World Connections, Harvest Collegiate High School, James Baldwin, 0In the first photo the Trump Supporter is happy and waving to the camera’s. He seems calm and fine....
Drew’s PORTFOLIO
Drew, , Writing, Writing & Communication, showcase, portfolio, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Drew’s PORTFOLIO
BLM protesters vs Trump supporters: How would James Baldwin react?
Drew, , Showcase, Creative Writing, Writing, Spring 2021, World Connections, Harvest Collegiate High School, Baldwin, 0As you can see, these people are aggressively pushing, shoving and grabbing at the police, trying to make their...
Black Lives Matter Protesters vs. Terrorists Attacking Capitol?!
AlexR, , Writing, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, Black Lives Matter, 0The police officers in the first image are letting the white supremacists jump on cars and do other nasty...
BLM vs Trump Supporters
Leo, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, If Beale Street Could Talk, 4People on the right are storming the capitol and people on the left are getting attacked by the police....
Where I’m From
AlexR, , Poetry, Where I'm From, Where I'm from, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I’m from New York, from the park next to the deli on the corner where almost everybody knows each...
What Would Baldwin Say? Black Lives Matter Protesters vs. Trump Supporters
Ian, , March 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2016, Black Lives Matter, Writing, James Baldwin, Black Lives Matter, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0The people on the left are standing with their hands above their heads. The people on the right are...
Police
Hai-Cheng, , Showcase, Black Lives Matter, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Spring 2021, Black Lives Matter, Harvest Collegiate High School, If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin, 3In this slide, the people on the left are peacefully standing outside while the people on the right are...
A New York Love Story
Anderson, , Showcase, Spring 2021, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0With the girl I love who loves me lots We went on a trip and learned to love. We...
Where I’m From
Anderson, , Poetry, Where I'm From, Harvest Collegiate High School, Where I'm from, showcase, 0I am from tiny tetras swimming in their tank. I am from the swings and shooting baskets at the...
“Meeting at Night” by Robert Browning, read by Anderson
Anderson, , Poetry, Writing, Spring 2021, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, "SHOWCASE”, 0I chose this poem. Or, rather, it chose me. Because the poem title sounded like a calm poem and...
Where I’m From
AlexR, , Poetry, Where I'm From, Harvest Collegiate High School, Where I'm from, showcase, 0I’m from New York where almost everybody knows each other I’m from a Dominican family Where we love to...
When strings became keys
Angie, , I Remember, Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, music, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I remember my first guitar I remember the feeling of sliding my fingers up and down the fretboard which...
I Remember Walking down the street, the police seriens on repeat I Remember coming home smelling the Puerto Rican...
“Old Men Playing Basketball,” by B.H Fairchild, Read by Matthew
Matthew, , Showcase, Poetry, Media, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, oral reading, 0The heavy bodies lunge, the broken language of fake and drive, glamorous jump shot slowed to a stutter. Their...
NYC … my home
Emmanuel, , Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Showcase, Poetry, Places We Love: Photos, Places We Love, writeout, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 3Going out in the city is important to me,Hearing the traffic as the cars rush by you is thrilling,The...
What Do I Remember?
Emmanuel, , Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, Spring 2021, Mexico, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1I remember enjoying life as a kid and not having to worry about being the odd one out I remember...
I remember
Angie, , Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, Spring 2021, childhood, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1I remember sitting in class and watching a movie since there was nothing else to do that day and...
Here are some things about me
Angie, , Spring 2021, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Harvest Collegiate High School, Haiti, 0I am from eyeglasses, old cassette tapes and Febreeze. I am from the red monkey bars that were once...
I am from Brooklyn
issy, , Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, I Remember, Spring 2021, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Harvest Collegiate High School, brooklyn, 0I am from diapers, from pampers and huggies I’m from sidewalks and swings I am from the trees and...
The experience of who I am
Emmanuel, , Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Spring 2021, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Harvest Collegiate High School, Washington Heights, 0I am from my shirts in my drawer from the Dior Sauvage cologne I have on my desk. I...
I Remember (Childhood)
Jaylene, , Writing & Communication, I Remember, Showcase, Poetry, Creative Writing, Writing, Harvest Collegiate High School, I Remember, poetry, showcase, 1I remember playing near a fire hydrant on a hot beaming sunny day. I remember my mom telling me...
Talking to the Sun
Bethzy, , Writing & Communication, I Remember, Showcase, Poetry, Creative Writing, Writing, Harvest Collegiate High School, I Remember, poetry, 5I remember the first day of my new school I remember the tears in my eyes streaming down like...
I remember being so excited to grow up
Iyanna, , Writing, Writing & Communication, I Remember, Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, Creative Writing, Harvest Collegiate High School, I Remember, poetry, 0I remember occasional trips to Catskills to see my grandpa and grandma from my dad’s side. I remember the...
I Remember
Douglas, , Showcase, Poetry, Creative Writing, I Remember, Harvest Collegiate High School, I Remember, 0I remember being at school with worksheets and a pencil. I remember being able to go for lunch running...
Childhood
Isabell, , Poetry, I Remember, Spring 2021, Showcase, childhood, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I remember when i was an only child. I remember when playing in the snow while my parents laughed...
This is me
Alex, , Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Mexico, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I am from ajax, from clorox and febreze I am from riverside park, cold and windy i am from...
My childhood
Heather, , I Remember, Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, I Remember, 1I remember the paper cuts that I received from composition notebooks I remember the big 64 pack of Crayola...
“TODAY” by Billy Collins – Read by Kaimea
Kaimea, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, oral reading, 2If ever there were a spring day so perfect,so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze that it made you...
“The Kiss” by Robert Graves, Read by Laila
Laila, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, oral reading, 0Are you shaken, are you stirred By a whisper of love,Spellbound to a word Does Time cease to move,Till...
A Walk Around The Heights
Kenny, , Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Showcase, Poetry, Places We Love: Photos, writeout, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 1Feel the bass of the beatCars rolling up the street Spanish music is all around you. Every block is...
“To have without holding” by Marge Piercy, Read by Alexis
Alexis, , Poetry, Spring 2021, Showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, oral reading, 0Learning to love differently is hard,love with the hands wide open, lovewith the doors banging on their hinges,the cupboard...
“Always Something More Beautiful” by Stephen Dunn
Amra, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I chose this poem because it talks about how trying different things out doesn’t hurt. In my life I...
I Remember
Lena, , I Remember, Coronavirus, Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, 2020, 0February-I remember seeing it in a DOE school newsletter.I remember not thinking it was a big deal.I remember leaving...
I am from
Heather, , Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Spring 2021, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, New York City, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I am from Morning to Night the city that never sleeps I am from the MTA 6 line I...
“14-Love-Songs” by Elizabeth Jacobson, read by Nicolle
Nicolle, , Media, Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, Love, Harvest Collegiate High School, wonder, 0. Above a pond, I sit on a wooden bench and throw pebbles into the willows. A rush of...
“Self-Inquiry before the Job Interview”
AlexR, , Showcase, Poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, oral reading, 0By Gary Soto, Read by Alex Did you sneeze? Yes, I rid myself of the imposter inside me....
By Russell Edson, Read by Hai Cheng Li A little girl made of sugar and spice and everything nice...
Those Winter Sundays By Robert Hayden, Read By Drew H.
Drew, , Poetry, Writing & Communication, Harvest Collegiate High School, poetry, showcase, 4I chose this poem. Or, rather, it chose me, because of how much I could relate to it...
“Gods Secretary” by R.S Gwynn, Read by Leo
Leo, , Poetry, Spring 2021, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Her e-mail inbox always overflows. Her outbox doesn’t get much use at all. She puts on hold the umpteen-billionth...
“TODAY” by Billy Collins -Read by Kaimea
Kaimea, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2021, oral reading, Harvest Collegiate High School, 2If ever there were a spring day so perfect, so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze that it made...
“Nocturne” by Louise Gluck, Read by Douglas
Douglas, , Poetry, Spring 2021, Showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, oral reading, 1By Louise Glück Mother died last night,Mother who never dies. Winter was in the air,many months awaybut in the...
I remember poem
Rojo, , Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, school, Harvest Collegiate High School, 3I remember going to Isham Park as a little kid. I remember me and my friends playing soccer. I...
“God’s Secretary” by R. S. Gwynn, Read by Nico
Nico, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, oral reading, 2Her e-mail inbox always overflows. Her outbox doesn’t get much use at all. She puts on hold the umpteen-billionth call As music...
By Linda Gregerson When love was a question, the message arrivedin the beak of a wire and plaster bird....
Hedgehog, by Paul Muldoon, read by Ocean
Ocean, , Showcase, Poetry, Writing & Communication, Harvest Collegiate High School, Hedgehogs, 1The snail moves like aHovercraft, held up by aRubber cushion of itself,Sharing its secret With the hedgehog. The hedgehogShares...
My Brother the Artist, at Seven by Philip Levine, read by Rojo
Rojo, , Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I chose this poem. Or, rather, it chose me. My first impression of this poem was that it was...
“Cartoon Physics, part 1” by Nick Flynn, Read by Karim Mansour
Karim, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2021, oral reading, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1Children under, say, ten, shouldn’t knowthat the universe is ever-expanding, inexorably pushing into the vacuum, galaxies swallowed by galaxies, whole solar...
“The World in the Evening” by Rachel Sherwood, Read by Ian
Ian, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, oral reading, 3As this suburban summer wanders toward darkcats watch from their driveways — they are boredand await miracles. The houses...
I Remember
Nicolle, , Poetry, Wonder, I Remember, Spring 2021, Showcase, wonder, community, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I remember waking up for school really early to get the first train.I remember rushing because I woke up...
months of quarantine
Sara, , Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, Coronavirus, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, quarantine, 7I remember the realization that I might not be seeing my friends for a while. I remember Tuesday and...
I Remember…
Kaimea, , I Remember, Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, childhood, 5I remember waking up early to watch PBS kids with my sister on the weekends. I remember accidentally swallowing...
Pandemic
Kiran, , Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, Coronavirus, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, brooklyn, 3I remember the ambulance sirens wailing down DeKalb Avenue on their way to Brooklyn Hospital. I remember between classes,...
Life in the past
Saniya, , Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, Pandemic, 2I remember painting, getting my hands messy, and not caring.I remember staying up late.I remember watching anime and being...
I Remember
Tasneem, , Poetry, I Remember, Spring 2021, Showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, covid, 0I remember forgetting to put on a mask before putting on my hijab I remember there were only 2 people...
NY Deli
AlexR, , Showcase, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Spring 2021, New York, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I would ride the trains of new yorkAt night tired,Walk the grey gloomy neighborhood Of Bushwick,Bright neon light of the...
I remember
AlexR, , Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, Spring 2021, basketball, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I remember picking up my first basketballI remember playing with my cousin’s outsideI remember playing my first pick up...
I remember
Lexie, , I Remember, Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, Pandemic, 2020, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I remember my last day of school in March. Lemme fix that. Normal school before this virus. All...
I Remember (Quarantine)
Jaylene, , Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, Harvest Collegiate High School, quarantine, 0I remember the first lockdown and how the “two-week break” quickly turned into months and then a year. I...
learning it all
Anderson, , Sports, Poetry, I Remember, Spring 2021, Showcase, baseball, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1I remember playing on the playstation 3 for the first time I remember my dad when he said he...
I remember
Hai-Cheng, , Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, 2020, 0I remember when everybody was in school doing worksheets. I remember when everybody was excited about a 2-week break....
I Remember……
Alexis, , I Remember, Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, childhood, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I remember How little I was I remember the white girl phase those good old days (i wanted to...
I remember
Jaiden, , Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, Asymptomatic, 0I remember when they closed all the basketball courts it made me sad I couldn’t play ball with all...
I remember
Leo, , Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, 2020, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0March /April I remember hearing that the schools were closing and being happy. I remember thinking it would only...
I Remember
Luisa, , Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, COVID-19, 0I remember this past year has been a year of reflection and discovering new things about myself. Being alone...
Amra Remembers
Amra, , Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, I Remember, childhood, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I remember when I was shy. I remember when I went to Disneyland in Florida.I remember going go karting...
I remember waking up everyday to use the bathroom first out of my siblings. I remember coming home from...
I remember waking up to the fresh smell of Pancakes I remember tumbling and scraping my knee outside ...
I Remember
Ocean, , Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, Writing & Communication, I Remember, I Remember, childhood, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1I remember when I used to dress up as my favorite fictional characters, Naruto, Rengoku from Demon Slayer, and...
I Remember
Ian, , Writing, I Remember, Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, Percy Jackson, 0I remember when I used to weep over the smallest thingsI remember when I didn’t eat the crust of...
Origin of Home
Jaylene, , Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Read/Write Poems, Spring 2021, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, New York, Harvest Collegiate High School, Puerto Rico, 0I am from candles that make every corner of the apartment smell like cinnamon and photos of family members...
From Fall To Winter
Angie, , Poetry, Gathering data through all senses, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, writeout, 1The smoke dances out of the grill Waltzing into the charcoal colored sky Decorated with diamonds that are forever...
The red room in my old after school Up the stairs and down the hall Hidden in between walls...
Where I’m from
Genesis, , Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Read/Write Poems, Spring 2021, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Harvest Collegiate High School, bronx, Greensboro, 0I’m from space heaters and tiny teddy bears, and giant ones, too.I’m from a down-South spacious backyard with a...
Where I’m from
Amra, , Spring 2021, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Read/Write Poems, Islam, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I am from Land O Lakes butter.I am from a small playground with backyard sprinklers.I’m from rice and hotdogs and...
Where I’m From
Lexie, , Poetry, Where I'm From, Spring 2021, Showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, Where Im From, 0. I am from adobo and cans of red beans, and from Mistolin, Dawn and Windex . I am...
My story
Luisa, , Read/Write Poems, Spring 2021, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Harvest Collegiate High School, el salvador, Dominican Republic, 1I am from the locket my mother gave me.From mirrors and white tulips and a guitar.I am from the...
I’m Not Where I Am From
Nicolle, , Poetry, Where I'm From, Spring 2021, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Discrimination, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I am from music and laughterWhere I am from we get discriminated and killedwhere I am from we work...
where I’m from…
Kaimea, , Where I'm From, Read/Write Poems, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Showcase, Poetry, Harlem, Harvest Collegiate High School, Fujian, 0I’m from dove ice cream, from Nong shim ramenI am from snow in the backyard and the swing set...
A Journey Through
Drew, , Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Read/Write Poems, Spring 2021, Harlem, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I am from alarm clocks blaring, chargers hanging and water spraying.I am from the garden and both sides of...
I Am From Brooklyn and Haiti
Alexis, , Spring 2021, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Read/Write Poems, Harvest Collegiate High School, brooklyn, 2I am from two-sided sinks, from Roku Tv’s and domestic eventual, endless sickening, I am from the dirty playground with...
Where I’m From
Karim, , Poetry, Read/Write Poems, poetry, Where I'm from, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I am from a religious rug from dolls everywhere in the house I am from the plaza from where...
Where I’m From
Ian, , Spring 2021, Writing Like George Ella Lyon, Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Creative Writing, Read/Write Poems, Writing, Taiwan, Harvest Collegiate High School, brooklyn, 0I am from TI-30XS Multiview Calculator, from Dixon Ticonderoga Pencils, and Tv-RemoteI am from the backyard, basketball courts, and...
Where I’m From
Ocean, , Read/Write Poems, Writing & Communication, Poetry, Where I'm From, Harvest Collegiate High School, poetry, Where I'm from, showcase, 1I am from Ticonderoga Pencils, from Downy and Coat-Hangers I am From Battery Park, and the Blacktops in Central...
HomeA place to call your ownA place you share with the people you loveA place to create memories inBut...
Washington Square
Sara, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, writeout, 0The trees are stripped and twisted. They look old but wise.The cold cutting wind chilling my face and hair.The...
A Happy Place
Juan, , Showcase, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Writing & Communication, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 5“Mom I want to go to my room, Instead of sitting out here. Out here I can feel the...
My Bathroom
Genesis, , Read/Write Poems, Writing & Communication, Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 2Children, I hope you have a place that’s peaceful like mine once wasMy bathroom, the only place where I...
A Place Like Haiti
Alexis, , Showcase, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, writeout, 1With its luxurious Mountains, its oceans that’s 620 mi long.It’s voodoo king and Queen papa legba, Marie LaveauIt’s tasteful...
The Nick
Mekhi, , Poetry, Semester Published, Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, writeout, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 0I’II tell u why I really love living in New York/ Harlem, I like to see the nice green...
Montenegro
Amra, , Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, writeout, 1iGo to lakes and only put my feet inWater is cold so I do not Swimhear the Water stillas if it were glassPlayvolleyball...
High Up in the Heights
Mario, , Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Poetry, writeout, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 1High up, a hop up Manhattan, is the heights, It’s where all the Spanish people live. I like it,...
San Miguel de Allende Plaza
Nico, , Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Showcase, Poetry, writeout, showcase, Mexico, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 2San Miguel de Allende Plaza As you walkyour feet thud on the stonebirds sing in the trees,you won’t...
Midnight Books
Tasneem, , Poetry, Spring 2021, Showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 0“Books!” Chuckled I, “yes books”I woke up and flung the hold“Books!” Said I, “thing of pound”Once I sat engaged...
life in New York
Kaimea, , Poetry, Writing & Communication, Gathering data through all senses, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, writeout, 0I Would Eat A quick chicken bowl at chipotle Dance Along with the music made in subway stations Shop ...
A Night/Gloomy Morning In NYC
Drew, , Showcase, Poetry, Nature, Read/Write Poems, Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, writeout, 1Darkness spreads as the sun is ready to sleep. Lights increase, crowds start to flee. The moonlight bounces off the empty...
Home
Nicolle, , Happiness, Friendship, Love, This I Believe, Media and Message, I Could Be Worse, Family, home, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 1The stories behind these walls The memories of my childhood The good and bad Behind these closed walls is...
Central Park
Ocean, , Writing & Communication, Gathering data through all senses, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, writeout, 3Central Park, a park where a variety of birds can be found. A park where joggers jog around. The...
The Street We Walk
Luisa, , Gathering data through all senses, Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2021, writeout, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 10I heard them and I still hear themHearing mother calling for their kids To come home before it gets darkHearing...
New York City
Hai-Cheng, , Showcase, Poetry, Places We Love: Photos, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 3Five puzzle piecesEach one having many detailsBut they all have one similarityWhich is uniquenessStars of musicComedy prodigiesA compact melting...
Harlem
Lexie, , Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Showcase, Poetry, nwpplaces, writeout, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0I’ve lived here in Harlem my whole life I wouldn’t be the person I am today without Harlem Now...
A New York love story
Anderson, , Showcase, Spring 2021, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0With the girl I love who loves me lots We went on a trip and learned to love. We...
Along Manhattan Avenue
Mbathio, , Gathering data through all senses, Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2021, writeout, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 10I can still see itabove the yelling and screaming above the locked doors and heavy breathing above the beatings and blood above...
Adirondacks
Leo, , Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Showcase, Poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, writeout, Nature, 0IWould LoveTo go backTo the AdirondacksSwimFishAnd ride on boatsEat good at nightAnd sleep inI want to go backTo my favorite...
Home
Ian, , Showcase, Family, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Writing, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 1My home is the most important place to meI don’t ever want to leave it no matter how old...
Union Square 2020
Karim, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, writeout, 0There was a boy skating on the stairs with a group of friendsThere was a group of people watchingThere...
If I Stay–What would you do if you had to choose?
Tasneem, , Books or Plays, Fall 2020, Harvest Collegiate High School, family, 0Spoil Alert If I stay by Gayle Forman is about a seventeen-year-old female who lives with her Mom, Dad,...
Dana, from Kindred, is determined, forgiving, and resourceful
Kaimea, , Showcase, History, Books or Plays, Slavery, Fall 2020, Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Harvest Collegiate High School, Kindred, 0Dana, the protagonist in Kindred, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. Dana tries to do...
Rise and Fall of Warriors #1
Dehao, , Books or Plays, Fall 2020, Plot Analysis, Harvest Collegiate High School, #showcase, 0Recently, I read Warriors Into The Wild by Erin Hunter. I appreciated this book. I felt that way because...
If Beale Street Could Talk
Drew, , Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Rights, Getting Started, Call to Action, Writing, Harvest Collegiate High School, If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin, 0Tish, the protagonist in If Beale Street Could Talk, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others....
Soft Thorns
Drew, , Poetry, Beauty, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, Soft Thorns, bridgett devoue, 0I think this is my favorite out of the many poetry books I’ve read, mainly because of how so...
Milk And Honey
Drew, , This I Believe, Room with a View, Harvest Collegiate High School, Milk and honey, Rupi Kaur, 0I appreciate the way this book makes you imagine things. If there are multiple ways of seeing something and...
Inside Out and Back Again
Hai-Cheng, , Fall 2020, Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Showcase, Books or Plays, Harvest Collegiate High School, character traits, bullying, 0Kim Ha, the protagonist in Inside Out and Back Again, has a few traits that influence her relationships with...
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before
Drew, , Argument, Fall 2020, Plot Analysis, Showcase, Beauty, History, Books or Plays, Love, Harvest Collegiate High School, Jenny Han, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, 2Recently, I read To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han. I relished the fake love/real love aspects...
The House of Hades
Ian, , Books or Plays, Stories, Writing, Plot Analysis, Books, greekmyth, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Recently, I read The House of Hades, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because...
The Princess Saves Herself in This One
Drew, , History, Happiness, Community, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Harvest Collegiate High School, The princess saves herself in this one, Amanda Lovelace, 0This poetry book for me provides a sense of comfort and growth, because it makes you start thinking of...
Brian from the Hatchets character transformation
Leo, , Fall 2020, Character Archetypes, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Brian is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
March: Book One
Ocean, , Showcase, Politics, Books or Plays, Protest, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2020, Literature Guides, World Connections, Guides, Harvest Collegiate High School, John Lewis, 0The first sections of March: Book One by John Lewis might leave a reader feeling happy because it’s about...
No Crystal Stair, part 2
Hai-Cheng, , Books or Plays, Writing & Communication, Fall 2020, Plot Analysis, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Recently, I read No Crystal Stair, by Vuanda Micheaux Nelson. I enjoyed reading this book. I liked this book...
The Mark of Athena
Ian, , Writing, Plot Analysis, Books or Plays, Stories, Harvest Collegiate High School, rome, greekmyth, 0Recently, I read The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because...
And Still I Rise
Drew, , Books or Plays, Room with a View, Women in Action, Fall 2020, Showcase, Black Lives Matter, Gender, Poetry, Gender Equity (Women), Harvest Collegiate High School, January, Maya Angelou, And Still I Rise, 0This poetry book makes me feel confident and inspired from the way it can grab your “insecurities” or lack...
Selected Poems Of Langston Hughes
Drew, , Community, Room with a View, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Black Lives Matter, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), History, American Dream, Argument, Harvest Collegiate High School, Langston Hughes, 2021, poems, 0Selected poems by langston hughes The Selected Poems Of Langston Hughes makes me feel “educated” (in a sense) because...
Facing the Lion- Simone
Kaimea, , Memoir Photos, Plot Analysis, Books or Plays, Harvest Collegiate High School, showcase, 0Recently, I read Facing the Lion, by Simone Arnold Liebster. I enjoyed and appreciated this book. The author, Simone...
A Dog’s Purpose
Drew, , Beauty, Life on Land, Police, Love, Girl, Good Health and Well-Being, Homelessness, Family, Harvest Collegiate High School, #2021, January, life, 0The protagonist is playing the story of a dog who goes through four reincarnations, and comes back every time...
The Son of Neptune
Ian, , Books or Plays, Stories, Writing, Fall 2020, Plot Analysis, Showcase, Books, greekmyth, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Recently, I read The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because...
Point of view of March Vol 3
Ocean, , Books or Plays, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Writing & Communication, Harvest Collegiate High School, March, 0The first chapters of March vol 3 by John Lewis might leave a reader feeling Hurt because Black people’s...
The Lost Hero
Ian, , Writing, Plot Analysis, Books or Plays, Stories, greekmyth, Harvest Collegiate High School, Books, 0Recently, I read The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because we...
Jealousy: Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
Emmanuel, , Books or Plays, Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Harry Potter, the protagonist in Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, has a few traits that influence his...
Friendship: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
Emmanuel, , Books or Plays, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Newt Scamander is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the play. At the beginning of...
Dangers: Cryer’s Cross
Emmanuel, , Character Traits and Relationships, Books or Plays, Literature Guides, Guides, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Kendall, the protagonist in Cryer’s Cross, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she is...
Change: Miguel Street
Emmanuel, , Books or Plays, Plot Analysis, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Recently, I read Miguel Street, by V.S. Naipaul. I learn to appreciate this book. In the beginning, I was...
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Ian, , Plot Analysis, Books or Plays, Stories, Writing, Harvest Collegiate High School, greekmyth, 0Recently, I read The Battle of the Labyrinth, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. Out of...
Kindness in Freak The Mighty
Emmanuel, , Fall 2020, Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Showcase, Books or Plays, Harvest Collegiate High School, character traits, 0Maxwell Kane, the protagonist in Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick has a few traits that influence his relationships...
The Last Olympian
Ian, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Stories, Writing, Fall 2020, Plot Analysis, Books, greekmyth, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Recently, I read The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because there...
Why people are protesting and getting mad at the death of innocent Black people
Matthew, , Books or Plays, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Black Lives Matter At School, Showcase, Fall 2020, Race Relations, Black Lives Matter, Plot Analysis, Police Brutality, #BLM, Harvest Collegiate High School, #9thgraders, #onlineschool, 3Recently, I read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. I appreciated this book. I say this because it...
Who Did It?
Nicolle, , Point of View, Decision Making, Fall 2020, Showcase, Plot Analysis, Crime, Wonder, Books or Plays, questions, #Who's Next, Harvest Collegiate High School, wonder, 1Recently, I read The Outsider by Stephen King. I found myself captivated by this book. The way Stephen King...
The Brave: Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
Emmanuel, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Fall 2020, Character Archetypes, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1Harry Potter is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of...
The Unknown
Nicolle, , Fall 2020, Showcase, Family, History, Wonder, Books or Plays, Decision Making, curiosity, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Milly, the protagonist in Finding Miracles has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she is...
The End of Her
Tasneem, , Fall 2020, Showcase, Books or Plays, Harvest Collegiate High School, Shari Lapena, 0In the book The End of Her by Shari Lapena many emotions occurred during the time I was reading...
How much Sharon cares for Tish and Fonny and even the baby that’s in Tish!
Ocean, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Writing & Communication, Fall 2020, Harvest Collegiate High School, Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk, 0The middle sections of If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin might leave a reader feeling in disbelief...
The Shining
Oliver, , Character Traits and Relationships, Showcase, Books or Plays, Fall 2020, Literature Guides, Guides, Harvest Collegiate High School, The Shining, 0Jack Torrance, the protagonist in The Shining, has a few traits that influence his relationships with others. One, he...
Ready Player One: Winning the Egg
Leo, , Fall 2020, Plot Analysis, Showcase, Books or Plays, Harvest Collegiate High School, Winning Player One, 1Recently, I read Ready Player 1 by Ernest Cline. I really enjoyed this book. I liked how it talked...
The Titan’s Curse
Ian, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Stories, Writing, Fall 2020, Plot Analysis, Books, greekmyth, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1Recently, I read The Titan’s Curse, by Rick Riordan. I enjoyed reading this book. I liked reading this book...
The Sea of Monsters
Ian, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Stories, Writing & Communication, Fall 2020, Plot Analysis, Books, Greek Myth, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1Recently, I read The Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan. I enjoyed reading this book. I enjoyed reading this...
The Dangerous Diary: Harry Potter and The Chambers of Secrets
Emmanuel, , Plot Analysis, Showcase, Books or Plays, Fall 2020, Harvest Collegiate High School, Harry Potter, 1Recently, I read Harry Potter And The Chambers of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling. I loved this book. After having...
The Fault in Our Stars: Living Life
Emmanuel, , Fall 2020, Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Showcase, Books or Plays, Harvest Collegiate High School, The Fault In Our Stars, 2Hazel Grace Lancaster, the protagonist in The Fault in Our Stars, has a few traits that influence her relationships...
If Beale Street Could Talk
Ocean, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Writing & Communication, Fall 2020, Harvest Collegiate High School, Baldwin, 0If Beale Street Could Talk is about systemic racism and how Black men and women are constantly being profiled...
Fitting In: Wonder
Emmanuel, , Fall 2020, Plot Analysis, Showcase, Books or Plays, wonder, Harvest Collegiate High School, 3Recently, I read Wonder by R.J. Palacio. I enjoyed this book. This story was touching and sad to read...
Lord of the Flies: The Realities of Having Power
Emmanuel, , Fall 2020, Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Showcase, Books or Plays, Harvest Collegiate High School, Lord of the Flies, power, 2Ralph, one of the main characters in Lord of The Flies, has a few traits that influence his relationships...
Harry Potter: The Brave 11-Year-Old
Emmanuel, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Fall 2020, Harvest Collegiate High School, Harry Potter, 0Harry Potter is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of...
New Bodies: Every Day
Emmanuel, , Fall 2020, Plot Analysis, Showcase, Books or Plays, comparing book and movie, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Recently, I read Every Day, by David Levithan. I loved this book. This book was like no other book;...
The Scary Story of Goosebumps Horrorland: Creep From The Deep
Emmanuel, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Fall 2020, Harvest Collegiate High School, Goosebumpa, 0The fourth and fifth chapters of x by R. L. Stine might leave a reader feeling nervous and scared...
“Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods” kept me hooked through the whole story
Matthew, , Plot Analysis, Showcase, Books or Plays, Writing & Communication, Fall 2020, NowComment, #plot, #greekgods, Harvest Collegiate High School, #9thgrader, 1Recently, I read Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan. I feel pleased with this book. I say this...
The opposites
Saniya, , Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Showcase, Books or Plays, Fall 2020, Harvest Collegiate High School, character traits, 0Bo, the protagonist in the book “Run” has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she...
In love with the werewolf
Saniya, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Fall 2020, character development, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Grace is a dynamic character. Her archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
From a Nobody to a Savior
Saniya, , Fall 2020, Showcase, Books or Plays, character development, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Sam is a dynamic character. Her archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
The collective poems of Langston Hughes “Po Boy Blues”
Ocean, , Poetry, Writing & Communication, Harvest Collegiate High School, Langston Hughes, 1Recently, I read the collected poems by Langston Hughes . I appreciated the poems and was really engaged in...
“The south” by Langston Hughes
Ocean, , Writing & Communication, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Harvest Collegiate High School, Langston Hughes, 0In Langston Hughes poems, “The collected poems of Langston Hughes” the author writes poems of his life and all...
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
issy, , Literary Essay, Fall 2020, Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Showcase, Books or Plays, traits, Harvest Collegiate High School, Harry Potter, 8Harry Potter, the protagonist in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, has a few traits that influence his...
To Kill a Mockingbird
AlexR, , Race Relations, Books or Plays, Writing & Communication, Fall 2020, Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, To Kill a Mociingbird, 1Atticus Finch, one of the protagonists in To KIll A Mockingbird, has a few traits that influence his relationships...
Harry Potter
AlexR, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Writing & Communication, Fall 2020, Character Archetypes, Harvest Collegiate High School, Harry Potter, 5Harry Potter is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of...
The Elite: An Absorbing Book about Standing up for Those Mistreated and Overlooked
Jaylene, , Showcase, Plot Analysis, Politics, Books or Plays, Love, Social Class, Women in Action, Fall 2020, #romance, #monarchy, Harvest Collegiate High School, #book, 4Recently, I read The Elite, by Kiera Cass. I enjoyed and absorbed this book. This has become a favorite book...
Poems By Langston Hughes
Drew, , Showcase, Poetry, History, Books or Plays, Arts & Entertainment, Fall 2020, Harvest Collegiate High School, Writer, Langston Hughes, African Americans, 3Recently, I read Selected Poems, by Langston Hughes. I relished the thought of the ingeniousness Langston uses in his poems....
Recently, I read The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. I appreciated the shock this book gave. So much goes...
Developed response to The autobiography of Malcolm X,
Ocean, , Books or Plays, Writing & Communication, Harvest Collegiate High School, Malcolm X, 3In Malcolm X autobiography , the author talks about his life an as an activist, a criminal, and his...
1984 plot analysis
Leo, , Showcase, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Books or Plays, Fall 2020, Plot Analysis, Dystopia, Harvest Collegiate High School, 3Recently, I read 1984, by George Orwell. I appreciated this book. I thought that the way it described human nature...
Character archetypes of Malcolm X
Ocean, , Books or Plays, Writing & Communication, Character Archetypes, Harvest Collegiate High School, Malcom X, 0Malcolm X is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the story . At the beginning...
The Lightning Theif
Ian, , Writing, Fall 2020, Character Archetypes, Showcase, Books or Plays, Harvest Collegiate High School, Greek Myths, Hero, 8Percy is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
An Unwanted Guest
Ian, , Showcase, Books or Plays, Writing & Communication, Fall 2020, Mystery, murder, Harvest Collegiate High School, 2The book I am reading is called An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena. This story is about how when...
The confident, thoughtful and empathetic Scout Finch
Kaimea, , Character Traits and Relationships, Writing, To Kill A Mockingbird, Literature Guides, Guides, Harvest Collegiate High School, character traits, character relationships, 1Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, the protagonist in To Kill a Mockingbird, has a few traits that influence her relationships...
Where is Margo
Nicolle, , Decision Making, Spark Inquiry with Questions, Wonder, Friendship, where, Harvest Collegiate High School, wonder, friends, 2“Paper Towns” by John Green has surprised me so many times from the beginning, to the adventure between Margo...
Jean louise finch, or scout, is a dynamic character. Her archetype changes over the course of the book. At...
The twin
Jaylene, , Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Psychology, Crime, Books or Plays, #psychology, Harvest Collegiate High School, #book, 7Ivy, the protagonist in The Twin, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she is...
Cardcaptor Sakura by Clamp
Tasneem, , Fall 2020, Harvest Collegiate High School, independentreading, 0So far in the story there is a fourth grade girl named Sakura. The story takes place in the...
Plot analysis of 12 angry men
Matthew, , Writing & Communication, Plot Analysis, Books or Plays, Read/Write Poems, Harvest Collegiate High School, 9th grade, Plot, 4Recently, I read 12 Angry Men , by Reginald Rose. I was amazed by this plan, due to the...