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Grandma’s Story, By Hannah Cloyd, 8th Grade, DeColores Montessori School
“Hurray Mawma, hurry! I’m all ready for bed. I’m in bed. I’m ready to
go to sleep,” I called from the extra bedroom in my grandmother’s
house. This typically isn’t the cheering you hear from a four year old
girl, but this was no ordinary night. Tonight I would get to hear my
grandma’s story, but not just any story tonight! Tonight my grandmother
would tell me my favorite story, The Tar Baby. “Are you ready... read
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I am a
Lucky Girl, By Morgan Kelch, 7th Grade, Versailles
Exemplified Village Schools
I am a lucky girl. I have a great-grandma. Not just any great-grandma,
mine is special. I know what you are thinking; everyone thinks that
their grandma is special. Mine really is. Everything she does is for
others. One of the many things she does is make homemade applesauce,
angel food cakes, and noodles to pass out to family and friends. When
someone in the community passes away, she is happy... read
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Memory
Filled Shore, By Olivia Wysong, 8th Grade, DeColores
Montessori School
Tiring and out of breath I climbed to the top of the towering sand
dune. I holler back down to Grandpa who was only about half way up. I
leaped down to him and my feet sunk just enough to allow the fine sand
to creep around my toes. I grabbed his rough hand and used all my
weight to help him up. He pretended that I was strong enough to pull
him, and allowed himself to be drug to the top of the hill. When we
reached the... read
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Grandpa
on a Boat!!!, By Christopher Force, 7th Grade, DeColores
Montessori School
Splash! As my grandpa let down his blue striped boat into the crystal
clear lake, I could fee a soft breeze blow across the water. It was
going to be a great sailing day. We were in the boat waiting to start
out my grandpa turned the key but the motor replied with no response.
My grandpa had forgotten one thing – to get gas for the boat. So, we
headed to the gas station. On our way there a crazy thing happened... read
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My first
speech before NPC group, By Elizabeth Horner
I was going through strong emotions as I travelled to Des Plaines , IL
memorizing my speech at the back seat of the van --- the speech that I
was going to deliver the following day, May 28, 2011 at Café La Cave
before National Press Club Phil-USA members. I wondered how they
would receive an 11th grade student discourse. Upon arrival at the
event, I was greeted by the President and... read
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My
Thoughts On Stelvideo Christian Church Memorial Day Service
May 29, 2011 - By Christy Riley - If you do not remember the past, you
are doomed to repeat it. So let us all never forget those who died and
the past wars America fought. May we always remember the mistakes made
lest we repeat the same mistakes twice. Point is, go out and thank a
veteran, for because of him/her you have freedom. I arrived twenty
minutes early. It took me awhile... read
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Teen
Summer... Looking forward
Summer is almost here and four Teen Scribes think ahead to summer
days... even the coming school year. Some of them will be entering high
school. It can be scary or it can be an exciting challenge... or both.
Want to know what some of these young people are thinking? Here are the
thoughts of Sammy Lobenstein, Moe Donthnier, Leslie Logan and Elizabeth
Horner... read
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College
Bound 2012, by Elizabeth Horner
The end of this school year is almost here. I feel honored to be
asked to be the flag bearer in this year’s GSH commencement.
Somehow, at this time of the year, I find the after effect of stopping
and reflecting on the things that have happened during the school year
soothing, especially after my mind is content with the plan I have for
the next leg of my academic journey. Next year, I will know for
certain which... read
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Happy
Mother’s Day, By Elizabeth Horner
At three years old, you coaxed me to sleep, Reading stories that became
part of my dreams, “Cinderella”, “Mike and Tony Best Friends”, By five,
I flipped through books on my own, I traveled the world from inside our
home, Always disappointed when I came to “the end”... read
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Preempting
the New Year’s Resolution Madness, #4 Having a Helping Heart
By Kayla Lemar, Teen Scribe - Volunteerism is officially defined as
working without payment. But just as patience is not just
waiting, but waiting with a good attitude, so volunteerism is not just
having helping hands, but having a helping heart that extends them. For
a long time, volunteering was my duty. In fact, one of the
reasons I didn’t keep a job during High School because I preferred... read
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The Royal
Wedding and the Monarchy, By Elizabeth Horner, Teen Scribe
The international press descended in London to cover what the media is
reporting to be the most watched television event in history, the
wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. The television
stations crammed the airwaves as I woke up early Friday morning
April 29. Who designed Kate’s dress? How much did the affair
cost? Will the prince and princess live happily ever after? People... read
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An
invitation to all
peers
Teenage years are a time for self-expression--- learning how the world
works and then finding our place in it. It is important to build our
skills, learn our lessons, establish friendships, be allowed to make
mistakes and make amends. It is also important that our voices
are heard too! This is where Teen Scribes comes in. It’s a forum where
young people can share their thoughts and feelings safely... read
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Relief,
By Leslie Logan, Grade 8, Teen Scribe
As calm as a lady bug, as quiet as the snow drops, it is the serenity
of how I feel. I bend down to re-tie the laces on my Chuck Taylor’s
shoes when my cell phone rings. “Austyn, oh my God, you have to
hurry!!!”. My twin sister Catalina is hysteric on the other end.
“Cat, where are you!? What’s wrong??! “It’s Jake! He got hit by a
car at papw’s, go to Fifth Street Medical Center, he is in the ER”... read
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Congratulations,
Christal!
Congratulations to Christal Smith in winning the Regional Power of the
Pen Tournament and welcome to Teen Scribes!... read
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The value
of writing,
by Elizabeth Horner
Thank you to the Early Bird Newspaper and County News Online for
welcoming the Teen Scribes of Darke County and giving us a forum for
our voices to be heard. Teen Scribes wants to welcome students
who want to try their hands in creative writing and journalism. Teen
Scribes hopes that as a group, we can promote writing as a form of self
expression, to become more familiar with our own thoughts, feelings... read
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Preempting
the New Year’s
Resolution Madness - #3
Stick to a Budget, By Kayla Lemar, Teen Scribe
So it’s month number three in our journey to preempt the New Year’s
Resolution madness. What’s up next? How to stick to a
budget. There’s really no good reason not to live on a budget—not for
anybody, no matter what age, unless you’re Donald Trump. Why?
Because unless you found gold while diving in the South Pacific,
everyone has a limited amount of money, and has to live within... read
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Computer
on the Fritz,
By Elizabeth Horner, Teen Scribe
Recently, I suffered a great loss, or at least it felt that way. Our
home computer with internet access protracted the electronic version of
severe stomach-flu virus that just won’t go away. I am without e-mail…
fanfiction… and even plain old Google. We need to call the electronic
doctor again, only after 3 days of what appeared to me to be a full
recovery! It reminds me of the old saying that sometimes you... read
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Empowerment,
Notes on a Horner speech to “Circle of Empowered Women”
Skokie, Ill. - March 4, 2011 - “Recently, we witnessed people power at
play in the streets of Cairo. I hope that with the changes in
government in Egypt comes increased respect for basic human rights
including those of women,” Elizabeth Horner commented. This eleventh
grade student of Greenville Senior High was one of four guest speakers
and the only youth to speak at the celebration of “International
Women... read
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World
Changers,
By Christy L. Riley, Teen Scribe
A world-changer is someone who makes a difference in the world. To be a
world-changer, one does not need to be wealthy, born great, talented,
famous, or anything else. All you truly need is to be yourself because
you can be a world changer by making a difference in the smallest of
things. Have you ever wanted to be a teacher yet learn at the same
time? As a volunteer at the Darke County YMCA, I am able... read
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Preempting
the New Year’s Resolution Madness - #8 Fall In Love - By Kayla
Lemar, Teen Scribe
It’s month two on our journey of Preempting the New Year’s Resolution
Madness, and I know you must be heartbroken because I skipped six of
the top 12 New Year’s Resolutions, but how many of us can honestly say
weight loss and budgeting are on our minds when it’s almost Valentine’s
Day? They aren’t on this girl’s mind (That’s for sure.), because
this is my first Valentine’s Day with a... read
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Power of
the Pen,
by Elizabeth Horner
Greenville Junior High hosted this year’s “District Power of the Pen
Competition”. Thanks to the Greenville City School’s Board,
Superintendent Susie Riegal and Principal David Peltz for their support
and for allowing this event to take place in Greenville this year. Many
thanks to: Mrs. Elaine Bailey for her tireless effort to support this
program and coordinating this event; the Best of Round judges... read
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Key Club
- By
Abby Kindley,
Teen Scribe
High school is said to hold the key to opportunity. As I entered my
first year in high school, I discovered that statement can be true in
more ways than one. I found this out when I joined Greenville High
School’s Key Club. Ever since the first Key Club started at Sacramento
High School in Sacramento, California there have been wide outpourings
of students signing up to join... read
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Preempting
the New
Year’s Resolution Madness - #1 Quit Smoking, Before You Start
By Kayla Lemar, Teen Scribe
It's 2011. And with it has come the long list of New Year's
Resolutions each of us drafted during December. While drudging up a
list of my own I did a little research on what everyone else in the
world wanted to do with their 2011. I found twelve priority
resolutions that year after year people post on the web, write in their
diaries... read
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Alice in
Wonderland:
Child Fable or Secretly Sublime? By Dorothy Gilbert, Teen Scribe
Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgen published The Adventures of Alice in
Wonderland in 1865. This children's book, thought notorious through the
years, seems oddly sublime to some. Many assumptions have been made
about Dodgen, presuming he was high or in a drunken stupor when writing
the fable. Perhaps, with it being the 1800's, he was simply blind with
ignorance and innocence... read
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Mississinawa Valley Experiments with E-Days By
Dorothy Gilbert, Teen Scribe
With Darke County schools only being
allowed three
calamity days this
year, Mississinawa Valley has decided to excel with the technological
advancements and allow students two e-days. An e-day would be when
students miss a fourth school day, they are able
to go online to the school's website and complete an online lesson
teachers have prepared. A survey was conducted and most MV students
have internet access. To accommodate for those who don’t... read
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Christmas
Time by Elizabeth
Horner, Teen
Scribe
It is almost certain that by the time I wake up in the morning of
December 12, 2010 I will be looking out at frozen surroundings.
It will be deceptively calm as I peep through my bedroom window.
Our yard will be beautifully landscaped with white fluffy stuff as the
snow storm moves through our area. It is also going to be just a little
over a week when I will be let out of school for the holidays... read
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Living by
the clock by Elizabeth
Horner, Teen
Scribe
What significance does the tick of the clock or the sand trickling
through an hourglass have for anyone? It is us humans that have
created the concept of time. Our advanced brains have given us
the ability to affect nature--- to farm, to build, to invent
machines--- and from that came our desire to structure our days... read
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