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The Great Wall of China: an Ancient Wonder

  • 17 August 2025
Matthew Yang
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The Great Wall of China: an Ancient Wonder

The Great Wall of China: an Ancient Wonder My most beautiful memory is when I visited the Great Wall this...

June’s Tune, Spring has Arrived, Blizzard Wizards

  • 17 August 2025
June Jin
  • Creative Writing, Poems

June’s Tune, Spring has Arrived, Blizzard Wizards

A poem in which each line rhymes with my name (June) Sing a soothing tune In the late afternoon, And...

Birds Fly High

  • 17 August 2025
Elsa Li
  • Creative Writing, Poems

Birds Fly High

Poem 1: Sonnet Tweet tweet, there is a bird at my window its fluttering wings, going up and down, the...

Three Poems of Love, Support, and Goodbye

  • 17 August 2025
Orianna Gallia
  • Creative Writing, Poems

Three Poems of Love, Support, and Goodbye

Poem 1: You’ve brought me joy in my most dreadful times, Light in my darkest days. My best memories, Companions,...

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  • 17 August 2025
Ava Zhang
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The Shapeshifter

The Shapeshifter August 13th, 2014. I'm Christine, I'm 11, but in 9th grade. I moved from Beijing to California for...
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The Shapeshifter

  • 17 August 2025
Ava Zhang
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The Shapeshifter

The Shapeshifter August 13th, 2014. I'm Christine, I'm 11, but in 9th grade. I moved from Beijing to California for...

Love and Ashes

  • 17 August 2025
Hannah Zhang
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Love and Ashes

On a cold morning in December, I opened my eyes to the light of dawn in the hospital bed, and...

Shadows in the Snow

  • 17 August 2025
Austin Tsao
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Shadows in the Snow

Jagged, cruel flakes of snow drifted down from above, enveloping the landscape with an unrelenting sheet of white. Llioti watched...

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  • 17 August 2025
Olivia Zhao
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The Creature in the Lab

I looked back at the clock—it was 2:30. My next class was science with Dr. Silas Hollis, the biology teacher....

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My Last Day of Winter Break

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The Winter Wish

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Harvey Shen
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Nathan Tse
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June’s Tune, Spring has Arrived, Blizzard Wizards

  • 17 August 2025
June Jin
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June’s Tune, Spring has Arrived, Blizzard Wizards

A poem in which each line rhymes with my name (June) Sing a soothing tune In the late afternoon, And...

Birds Fly High

  • 17 August 2025
Elsa Li
  • Creative Writing, Poems

Birds Fly High

Poem 1: Sonnet Tweet tweet, there is a bird at my window its fluttering wings, going up and down, the...

Three Poems of Love, Support, and Goodbye

  • 17 August 2025
Orianna Gallia
  • Creative Writing, Poems

Three Poems of Love, Support, and Goodbye

Poem 1: You’ve brought me joy in my most dreadful times, Light in my darkest days. My best memories, Companions,...

The Ocean

  • 16 August 2025
Melissa Zhao
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The Ocean

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