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Nova Southeastern University NSUWorks Wishes and Dreams: Literary Magazine of the NSU Digital Collections Lower School 1-2006 Treasures and Dreams_2006-1-5 Nova Southeastern University Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/uschool_magazine Recommended Citation Nova Southeastern University, "Treasures and Dreams_2006-1-5" (2006). Wishes and Dreams: Literary Magazine of the Lower School. 35. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/uschool_magazine/35 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the NSU Digital Collections at NSUWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wishes and Dreams: Literary Magazine of the Lower School by an authorized administrator of NSUWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Over the past few years, the Lower School has been involved in an intensive review of our writing program. Teachers and administrators, working together in a committee format, collected data, analyzed the results, researched best practices, made recommendations, and initiated changes to an already strong writing curriculum. To me, this issue of Treasures and Dreams represents the fruits of their labors. I believe the writing contained within these pages is the best I have encountered in the ten years I have been editing this magazine. Congratulations to all! Inside you will find beautiful, creative expressions of our students' thoughts and dreams. Through the guidance of their skilled classroom teachers, our students are learning to express themselves creatively, and to appreciate and value the written word. ( Many grades studied poetry during this part of the year, and the words and images \ represented here will astound you. ' , , My thanks go out to the classroom teachers from Kindergarten through Fifth Grade for their strong support of this magazine. A special thank you to Dr. Brennan, for her vision, guidance, and leadership. I wish her the best ofluck in her new endeavor. A special thank you to the wonderful students who served on the staff for this issue. They arrived early to school each Wednesday, and were very hard working, enthusiastic, and courteous throughout our session. You will find their photo on the back cover. I (I7·:-...../, jI. I Just as a tennis player needs to practice serving, a pianist needs to work on scales, / / and an actor needs to rehearse, writers also need to practice their craft. Students of the , ·o/ Lower School, I encourage you to continue writing this summer. Keep a writer's notebook or journal nearby, to observe and record the world around you. Wishing you a relaxing, enjoyable summer! Sincerely, Nancy Cantor, Editor )~ l; . I _..,..."-.., .L.•. Front cover designed by Austin Rosenthal. (J;~I / I "'~ _·\- ·-4J \t . • .) All illustrations by Treasures and Dreams staff !1,. "''- --L,.:, l . Ii..:! . \\ - ..., ..__.,....... _1 _) Exciting Events February Chinese New Year February is a month to rememb:-gr, \ Red is good luck for the Chinese It's got more holidays people. Dragons always are walking on the than June or September. streets. Dragons scare the evil tiger away. The groundhog pokes its head up, Dragons love firecrackers. to predict an early spring, While Cupid flies with arrows C.J. Fam Grade Kg to randomly make hearts sing. People shower each other with love and kindness, Happy Birthday! Our country remembers Lincoln and Washington, Today is the thirty first VThey were America's finest. I think I'm gonna burst! I wanted to play, Jesse Chiarolanzio Grade 5 but I had to say "Nay!" I made Mom some toast, it was crisp and roast. Valentine's Day Poem I threw in some coffee c Next thing I had toffee! Our love's like the wind, What a marvelous day! strong when blowing. ~ Our love's like a river, forever flowing. Tia Blais-Billie Grade 4 Our love's like the sun that shines so bright. Our love's like the moon with its gentle light. Our love is rare, our love is true, 0 PlaneFlight ~ It's a bond that grows between me and you. Our love is strong, our love won't fade, I gaze up at the crystal clear, blue The love we share won't go away. sky. It's a perfect day for flying. I walk It rings through the hilltops . ~7 down the aisle. I hear the sound of whining. and pierces the sky, \tv I see tears all over my brother's face. My This feeling we share won't ever die. mom picks him up. This is going to be a Our love is so special in so many ways, long trip. It's something so magical I sit in my seat. I lay back and close I just can't explain my eyes. The plane takes off into the sky. It tells us our future by making us decide The plane soars through the puffy, white what is to come of what was behind. ~ blanket-like clouds. I feel I'm floating It's an ever gentle song V through mid-air. Suddenly I look down. I that soothes us inside ( ~ see brown and gold canyons of all sorts. I It's a tradition that's performed \y have butterflies in my stomach in a good f by all of mankind. way. Excitement goes through my body in Our love is so beautiful, vibrant and strong. all directions. The moment ends when I Hopefully our love will last a lifetime long. hear it's time for landing. Megan Shindler Grade 5 Elysa Zebersky Grade 3 Family Fun My Hero 5(g Visiting My Cousins My hero is my dad because he helps me whenever I need him. I love my dad. In the mist of the morning I lay in I'm really happy to have a hero like my dad. my bed waiting for my mom to tell me it My dad likes to play with me. I'm always was time to get dressed. I was very excited. lucky because I have a hero. I am also lucky I was going to New Jersey to visit my to have my mom as my hero. cousins. I got up and put on my warm winter shirt and my heavy jeans. Mitchell Grade 1 and I ate our breakfast quickly. As my dad pulled up in his shiny new car, I ran down the stairs screaming, "He's here, he's here!" Bike Riding I grabbed my bag and jumped into the car. We finally boarded the plane, found In the heat of the day I try but can't our seats, and immediately fell asleep. Two balance myself. I keep on trying and trying hours later I was awakened by the but still can't manage to stay up. I fall every stewardess. As I got off the plane the frigid time I try and pick up my bike every time. I wind rolled down my spine and sent shivers have big red cuts and purple bruises all over. throughout my body. Picking up our My brother stands right next to me giving luggage and finding my grandpa seemed to me advice and cheering me on. We both take hours. Thirty minutes later we were in ~ decide to take a break and go inside. I run the car driving towards my cousins' house. back outside to give it one more try. I take I was filled with excitement. We pulled into my brother's bike, grab the handlebars, sit the driveway and there waiting for us was @ ~ on the seat and put my feet on the pedals. I my cousin. My cousin and I were finally , t start to pedal and the bike wobbles and together again. '-- zigzags. Suddenly the wind gets me on Matthew Fox track and I ride down the road and back. I run inside as quickly as possible and scream, "I rode my bike!" I showed my mom and In the Darkness brother. They were as proud of me as I was of myself. My palms are sweating, it is pitch black. A chill in the air makes the hair on Alex Hren-Boulis Grade 5 the back of my neck stand up. The crickets buzz and hum. My feet crunch the dead o brown grass. The moo·n gives off an eerie __/ My Hero glow. The crickets calm my racing heart to @@J0 a small steady beat. I creep closer toward . My hero is my Grandpa because he the tall shapeless figure. The wind rustles was m World War II. He showed me his my hair. I ponder, trying to figure out what guns and he was very brave. He is very is happening. Everybody is asleep except special. My Grandpa jokes around with me me and the mysterious figure in front of me. and he plays with me. I chase silently after the figure. When I can jog no further, I come to a halt. The figure Manuel Gulke ~ Gradel whirls around and there stands my brother. Emily Mirabelli Grade 3 Ama2ing Animals The Very Hungry Spider Eagle The Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the Across the mysterious sky it soars spout. He forgot his food so he went down Through the milky white clouds ~ the spout. He went all over the place. He Beyond the colorful horizon 0~ ~ could not find any food. But he went to the It returns to the nest ~ t ~ farm. He saw some cabbage. He tried some. of the bickering babies H He liked it. He ate it on the way home. Then takes off \ Under an enormous bridge Lies its prey Olivia Bass ~ ~ Drew Stone Grade 4 ~ My Discovery The "Big Pound" ~·Squish! Squash! The leaves were soft and wet under each step.