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By Josie Dickerson,3rd Grade,Charles Barrett Elementary School

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Dear Readers:This week, the Gazette Packet turns

over its pages to the youth and students.We asked principals and teachers from

area schools to encourage students tocontribute their words, pictures and pho-tos for our annual Children’s Issue.

The response, as always, was enor-mous. While we were unable to publishevery piece we received, we did our bestto put together a paper with a fair sam-pling of the submitted stories, poems,drawings, paintings, photographs andother works of art. Because of the re-sponse, we will continue to publish more

artwork and writings in January.We appreciate the extra effort made by

school staff to gather the materials duringtheir busy time leading up to the holidays.We’d also like to encourage both schools andparents to mark their 2018 calendars forearly December, the deadline for submis-sions for next year’s Children’s GazettePacket. Please keep us in mind as your chil-dren continue to create spectacular worksof art and inspiring pieces of writing in thecoming year.

The children’s issue is only a part of ouryear-round commitment to cover educationand our local schools.

As always, the Gazette Packet wel-comes letters to the editor, story ideas,calendar listings and notices of localevents from our readers. Photos andother submissions about special eventsat schools are especially welcome for ourschools pages.

Our preferred method for material ise-mail, which should be sent [email protected],but you can reach us by mail at 1606 KingSt., Alexandria, VA 22314 or call 703-778-9415 with any questions.

— Editor Steven Mauren

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Children’s & Teens’ Gazette Packet

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Patrick Henry Elementary

Eagle by Jason Harry, 5th Grade

Fish by Morgan Riley, 5th Grade

Bird by Steven Gonzalez, 3rd Grade

Blue Flowers by EldanaShanka, 5th Grade

Toy Still Life by Franco Berrios, 3rd GradeToy Still Life by Daniel Lafarger, 3rd Grade

Toy Still Life by Sophie Gregory, 3rd GradeToy Still Life by Brandon Fores, 3rd Grade


Matthew Maury Elementary SchoolSubmitted by

Art Teacher Luisa Tio

By Camilla Hooff, Kindergarten

By William Jones, 2nd GradeBy Micah Gura, 5th Grade

By Harper Wayland, KindergartenBy Kayden Smith, 4th Grade

By Julien Sommers, 5th Grade

By Phoebe Smallman, 2nd GradeBy Luke Clark, 4th Grade

By Eloise Schlieter, 3rd Grade

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By Sophia Coleman, 1st Grade By Vivian Scott, 3rd Grade


Bishop Ireton High SchoolFrom students in Victoria Eichler’s class.

“Emblu” byGrace Chang

“Macaroons”by AnnieMildrew

“Crew” by Elyse Holmes


Charles Barrett Elementary School From students of Art Teacher Ellen Pattisall

By Katherine Connelly, 4th Grade By Reese Waterhouse, 3rd Grade By Xavier Gibbons, 1st Grade

By Millie Snipe, 2nd Grade By Ammar Arriaza, 1st Grade

By Ayden Hoganson, 2nd Grade By William Vineys, 1st Grade

By Ellie Kotuby,5th Grade

By Cecily Boyle,5th Grade

By Elodie Anderson,5th Grade

By Ella Kennard, Kindergarten

By Olivia Needham, 1st grade

By Finn Green, 1st grade

By TheodoreMarvin,Kindergarten

By JillianDundon,Kindergarten

By AlexCisnado,Kindergarten By Harris

McCart,Kindergarten

WinterIcy and coldWhite flakes boldShining in the hazy lightGlimmering brightly all nightSnowmen, angels, sledding tooSnowballs catapulting at you!Jack Frost — Look he came!Sheets of ice sliding off your window

paneFrozen toes near the fireDancing flames you might admireHot cocoa, with a bit of flavorMarshmallows sweet, you might want

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groundEyes closing, it’s bedtime nowChasing dreams with fading lightAs this little town says, “Goodnight.”

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By Lupita Baten-Lopez, 3rd Grade By Lara Colon, 2nd Grade

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By Grace Carter, 2nd Grade By Claire Crumbley, 4th Grade


T.C. Williams High School Submitted by William Holt, graphic design instructor

The Apartment created by Emma Goeas, 12th Grade The Eagle created by William (Beck) Moniz, 11th Grade

Font Face created by PhoebeTomsu, 11th Grade

Carlos Villarroel Cordova, age 17, 12th Grade The Fightin’ Titans by Dejah Foxx, an editor of T.C. Williams’ yearbook.

Writing

Pun MasterI was four years old when Michael Phillips, or as he is known to

the rest of the world, Michael Phelps, swam in the Athens Olym-pics. As I shouted, “Go Michael Screwdriver!” at my family’s tele-vision, I quickly realized my knack for puns. Since then, it hasbecome one of the defining aspects of my humor and personality.If my own testimony is not enough, my physics teacher, who deemedme “pun master,” would surely lend some gravity to this claim.Though my wordplay accelerated in Physics, I was a force to bereckoned with in English with a stack of well-written essaysamassed by the end of the year.

I’ll be the first to admit that my puns are far from top notch.Although I have my moments, they tend to be more of mentalexercises, forcing my audience to listen to a five-minute build-upto an underwhelming punchline. However, once the groaning sub-sides, there tends to be a good bit of laughter at the absurdity ofthe joke or the effort put into the set-up. This, for me, is the bestpart about making puns. While nine times out of 10, the joke fallsflat, I always find some satisfaction brightening someone’s day.Through my puns, I find my own way of communicating with peopleand expressing my creativity. Although if you were to ask someonehow many of my jokes landed, they would probably say that nopun in 10 did.

By Stefanos Psaltis-Ivanis, 12th GradePhotography

The Dog created by William Jones,11th Grade


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Lyles-Crouch Traditional AcademySubmitted by Marisa St. Louis.

“Snoopy in Hero Mode” byEleanor Bright, 4th grade,Mrs. Hoeflich’s class.

“Rosa” by Gabrielle Knight,Kindergarten, Mrs. Hribar’sclass.

“My Dad” by Remi Grimes,3rd Grade, Mrs. Gross’ class.

“Snowman” by Alex West, Kindergarten,Mrs. McVeigh’s class.

“3 Wishes” by Colette Townes, 3rd grade,Mrs. Zybrick’s class.

“Mountains” by Ethan Stone, 5th grade-Mr. Cave’s class.

“Rainbow Tree” by Leo Palavicino, Kinder-garten, Ms. Allen’s class.

“Be Brave” by Giuseppe Boglione, 4th

grade- Mrs. Hoeflich’s class.“Mountain Time” by Malia Cozier, 5th

grade, Ms. Freeland’s class.

“My GreatWave” byRakaebSolomon,2nd grade,Mrs.Corbi’sclass.

“Winky”by ReikaBoyce,1st grade,Mrs.White’sclass.


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Loose Parts Self Portraits (class)

Leaf Art — LucLeaf Art — Pat

By Julia Choi, age 8,3rd Grade,Bonnie Porter’s class.

By Mason Choi, age 7,1st Grade,Kate Chelak’s class.


Samuel W. Tucker Elementary Submitted by Sean Murphy

Sad Self Portrait: Inspiredby Pablo Picasso by AndreaMarquez-Blancas, Kinder-garten; color constructionpaper, crayon, and paint.

Sad Self Portrait: Inspiredby Pablo Picasso by ArezuAmiri, Kindergarten; colorconstruction paper, crayon,and paint.

Cubist Self Portrait: In-spired by Pablo Picasso byCarlos Romero-Umana, 3rdGrade; pencil and marker.

Sad Self Portrait: Inspiredby Pablo Picasso by EmmaLehmann, Kindergarten;color construction paper,crayon, and paint.

Fall Tree by JulanarRamadan, 1st Grade,crayon and paint.

Cubist Self Portrait: In-spired by Pablo Picasso byMinah Morrison, 3rd Grade,pencil and color pencil.

Cubist Self Portrait:Inspired by Pablo

Picasso by SamSirak, 3rd Grade,

pencil and marker.

My Starry Night: Inspired by Vincent VanGogh by Camryn Rossi, 3rd Grade; penciland oil pastel.

2pt Perspective Lego Store by DanielRivera, 4th Grade; pencil, color pencil,and marker.

In My Room: Inspired by Vincent Van Goghby Evie Shiesel, 1st Grade, pencil andcolor pencil.

2 pt Perspective Arty Shop by HannahAbed, 4th Grade, pencil and color pencil.

In My Room: Inspired by Vincent Van Goghby Isabella, 1st Grade, pencil and colorpencil.

In My Room: Inspired by Vincent Van Goghby LaKiya Hall, 1st Grade, pencil and colorpencil.

1pt Perspective Hallway by MariamMasjidi, 3rd Grade, pencil and colorpencil.

1pt Perspective Hallway by Nyjia Moussaif,3rd Grade, pencil and color pencil.

1pt Perspective Hallway by Riley Gallion,3rd Grade, pencil and color pencil.

In My Room: Inspired by Vincent Van Goghby Woranga FNU, 1st Grade, pencil andcolor pencil.


Samuel Tucker Elementary SchoolSubmitted by Laura Wollman

By Lenin Garcia, age 6,1st Grade

By Jonah Caldwell, age 6,1st Grade

By Hayden Podolsky, age 6,1st Grade

By Molly Anne Myers, age5, Kindergarten By Sebastian Zunga, age 10, 4th Grade

By Kiara Sanchez, age 10, 4th GradeBy Tai’a Nache’-Elise, age 5,Kindergarten

By Arjun Rao Kumar, age 5,Kindergarten

By Reily Kyler, age 10, 4th Grade


Hokusai Wave by Sammie Weinstein, age 9,3rd Grade, Alexandria.

Paul Klee by Abigail Taylor, age 9, 4th Grade,Alexandria.

Block Print by Alexander North, age 11, 6thGrade, Alexandria.

Hokusai Wave by Nadia Chebinou, age 9,3rd Grade, Alexandria.

Tessellations by Hugh Sullivan, age 11,5th Grade, Alexandria.

Tessellations by Maya Soares, age 10,5th Grade, Alexandria.

Tessellations by Abby Zadareky,age 11, 5th Grade, Alexandria.

Tessellations by Chelsey Ko,age 10, 5th Grade, Alexandria.

Tessellations by Sylvia Locatelli,age 10, 5th Grade, Alexandria.

Hokusai Wave by Vanda Horejsova,age 8, 3rd Grade, Alexandria.

Plaster Arm Cast with CulturalSymbols by Bryanna Bonner, age14, 8th Grade, from Alexandria.

Plaster Arm Cast with CulturalSymbols by Allie O’Keeffe, age 13 ,8th Grade, Alexandria.

Plaster Arm Cast with CulturalSymbols by Hannah Shiblaq ,age 14, 8th Grade, Alexandria.

Plaster Arm Cast with CulturalSymbols by Olivia Barsa, age 14,8th Grade, Alexandria.

Special Place Drawing by Prokop Horejs,age 11, 6th Grade, Alexandria.

Special Place Drawing by Ahlam Idris,age 11, 6th Grade, Alexandria.

Matisse Goldfish by JayShah, age 6, 1st Grade,Alexandria.

Peacock by Ilaria Locatelli,age 7, 2nd Grade, Alexandria.

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George Washington Middle SchoolFrom the art classes of Janice Rollins and Laura Dickey.

More GWMS artwork on pages 25-26.

By Rafael, 7th Grade By Tristin, 8th Grade“Inside Out: My Wild Imagination” by SarahMcBurney, age 11, 6th Grade, Mr. Vega’s class.

By Bryan, 7th Grade By Estefany, 6th GradeBy Taylor, yth Grade

By Madison, 8th GradeBy Kim-Anh, 7th Grade By Lily, 7th GradeBy Catelyn, 7th Grade

By Claudia M., 8th Grade By Deirdra, 8th GradeBy Karelyn, 6th Grade

By Catherine, 7th Grade

By Tom, 8th Grade By Yessica, 8th Grade

By Dylan R., 7th Grade


James K. Polk Elementary School Submitted by Abigail Dillingham

Fairy Home: Inspired by AndyGoldsworthy, a photograph of sticks,rocks and leaves, by Chloe Bixler,4th Grade

A mixed media, school-wide collaborative piece called“What Lifts You?” inspired by Kelsey Montague, Grades 1-5

Nature Temple: Inspired by AndyGoldsworthy, a photograph of sticks,rocks and leaves, by Ethan Corazza,4th Grade

Leaf Flowers: Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy, photographof rocks, leaves and sticks by Naomi Samuel, 4th Grade

Autumn Leaf Drawing byKyle Schmauder, age 7,2nd Grade

Autumn Leaf Drawing byKatherine Torres, age 8,2nd Grade

Submitted by Art Teacher Susan Cerrone

Submitted by Julie Koz Calvo, M.Ed., talented and gifted teacher

The DoorI walk slowly to the door,If I open it, I take a chanceIf I don’t, I’m stuck with the thoughtOf what good is behind it.I step three steps closer.My hand rests on the handle.I twist the knob slowlyDaring whatever was inside to come

outThe door moves slowly, creaking.I’m going to look, I tell myself.But then yawn, my eyes slowly open,Suddenly the door is gone and I’m

back at homeSitting on my bed.

By Marisa Vidal,

5th Grade

Encore Funding for the Encore ProgramWhen I think of Encore, it is where

kids go to have fun and be creative.Encore at James K Polk includes art, PE,library, and music. Each one of thesesubjects is very interesting. Unlike thenormal subjects in school we exploredifferent things and learn about newtopics every time were there. Kids learnabout many topics from how to keepyour body in shape to how to read noteson a sheet of music. Kids from kinder-garten to 5th grade love Encore and areexcited to go every day.

Unfortunately, as great as the pro-gram is it is not as great as it could be.Encore has a small budget. In Encores atACPS they give a budget of $1000 eachyear for each subject. We have about850 kids at James K Polk. That is $3.40for each child.

This is not enough money to cover thefunds that Encore teachers need for sup-plies. Most of the materials are worndown and broken by the end of theschool year. This now means the Encoreteachers have to go out and spend theirown money on new supplies for theclass. For example, the PE teacherneeded new noodles for the class. Theycost $2 apiece at the dollar store whereshe needed to buy 40 noodles. Not onlydid she spend $80, she took time out ofher afternoon.

I think that ACPS should raise theBudget for the Encore program so wecan have better supplies and we canhave more fun.

By Noah Sedehi,

5th Grade

Autumn Dusk by LilyBowers, 5th Grade


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In order to continue offering unparalleled views of our

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We welcome the City re-considering their decision

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I Am Thankful for ...I’m thankful for life itself. Why? Be-

cause life gives us great things like abirthday, food and even parents. Lifesometimes gives us a cat and or dog, ateacher, school, friends, clothes andtoys. Life is nice and gives us wonderfulthings and I love it that way.By Caroline C., 3rd grade

There are many things I’m thankfulfor and this is one of them, sports. I liketo watch baseball and football and playall sports. Sports also is a fun way to getexercise. I make friends and see oldfriends. I’m grateful for sports.

By Emmet S., 3rd grade

I am thankful for friends, friends whoare kind to me. When I am sad or feel-ing lonely they are there for me. If I needhelp they support me. We have laughsthat make me feel so good inside. If Ifeel left out, or I don’t have someone toplay with at that moment they will stopwhat they are playing and include me inthat game. They always make sure thatI have someone to play with, I feel sogood that I have friends to keep me com-pany! I sometimes feel hurt inside andthey will come over and care for me. Iam so lucky that I have friends that carefor me. If I need to tell someone some-thing I have forgotten, they won’t judgeme and I know I can trust them not togo running to somebody and tell thenews to them or start laughing at me.When I need to be away from one whohas just been mean to me, my friendswill talk to me, they will say nice thingslike, “It has happened to me.” I feel bet-ter that I know that someone else hasbeen in the same situation. I am thank-ful for my friends.

By Juliet B., 3rd grade

I am thankful for nature. I can walkand have fun! When I am sad I sit andlook at the beauty of nature. I can findpeace in nature. I like to make modelswith things from nature. I appreciatenature.

By Nicholas W.,

3rd grade

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Tommy C., 3rd Grade


Alexandria Country Day School

Alexander Kocsis, 2ndGrade

Andrew Talay, 3rd Grade

Ava Lyubinsky, 2nd Grade

Libby Maglaughlin,Kindergarten

Chloe Campbell, 3rd Grade Olivia Cushman, 4th Grade

SeanCampbell,2nd Grade

Payton Rizzeri, 1st Grade DJ Heiber, 5th Grade

Alban Erdle, 7th Grade Emmy Bobadilla, Kindergarten Sadia Hussain, Kindergarten Ellie Harris, Kindergarten


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MacArthur Elementary SchoolSubmitted by Art Teacher Susan Cerrone

Sky Tree Painting by Jazmin LopezMaldonado, age 7, 1st Grade

Autumn Tree Drawing by Greyson Partee,age 6, 1st Grade

Autumn Tree Painting byWhitaker Pollack, age 6,1st Grade

Painting Kandinsky by Hiyam Yassin, age 6, 1st Grade

Alexandria Country Day School

Griffin Loveng, 7th Grade Sophia Carr, 7th Grade Sylar Foley, 8th Grade


St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School

By Molly Dresser 9th Grade

By Lily Altree,9th Grade

By John Bucholz 9th Grade

By Theo Weiman 7th Grade

By Kate Swedlund 7th GradeBy Brendan Gray, 5th GradeBy Maddie Moore 5th Grade

By Ari Strauss,1st Grade

By Max Mallett9th Grade

By Vivica Lane, 1st Grade

By JackTrevisan 7thGrade

By AbbyMoon 6thGrade


Christmas-themed mural completed by the Kindergarten through fifth grade at GraceEpiscopal School.

Bumblebees & Apple Trees (class)

Washington Street UMC Preschool

George Washington Middle SchoolFrom the art classes of Janice Rollins and Laura Dickey.

By Kelly, 8th Grade By Sam, 6th Grade

Grace Episcopal School

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Though I want to treat the disease – andmy having been diagnosed with the disease,with respect, I don’t want to treat it with theutmost reverence. I mean, it’s not the Pope.

It’s an affliction, not an affection. Certainlynot one worth embracing anyway. But defi-nitely one which needs engaging.

Treating and living with lung cancershouldn’t be a vertical-type, up or down,either-or set of options. There should be moreintegration with non-Western, holistic andalternative approaches rather than, as hasbeen my experience: you’re on your own;and your oncologist, generally speaking – orpotentially legally-liable from speaking,knows/say less about it than you the patient.

I’ve tried to straddle this line going onnearly nine years now. Adhering to the con-ventional wisdom/treatment didn’t seem likeenough. Perhaps hearing the extremely grimprognosis that I received on Feb. 27, 2009 :“13 months to two years,” affected my think-ing. Perhaps hearing the equally grim likeli-hood – statistically referencing, of livingbeyond five years (low single digit percent-age); heck, even living beyond two years,might have given me pause as to what courseof treatment: chemotherapy, I was starting andwhy. But what did I know? I had just beenblindsided and then bewildered as to why andhow I was going to live the rest of my life.

Yet here I sit, nine-years old, so to speak.Some days I believe my amazing good fortunehas to do with the treatment and care I’vereceived from my oncologist and staff at theInfusion Center. Other days, I think it has todo with some of the alternatives I’ve assimi-lated into my life. Though I can’t honestlyinclude exercise in that life, I have modifiedmy diet somewhat and most definitely canmention vitamins, supplements, alkaline waterand apple cider vinegar, among a few others;along with a positive attitude with mostly goodhumor, as important elements. It hasn’t beeneasy, but it has been me. Meaning, I amproud of how I’ve managed a bad situationand so far, not made it worse.

Though I am somewhat unique, statisticallymeasuring, in how long I’ve survived (ho-wever, I’m not exactly 108-year old PaulEdgecomb/Tom Hanks from the movie “TheGreen Mile”), I don’t know that the variedsteps I’ve taken and the humor and attitudewith which I’ve put one foot in front of theother are likewise unique.

Of the many patients/survivors I’ve metalong this way, many, if not all, have exhibitedsimilar good humor and more of a can-do atti-tude quite frankly, than I. I’ve always beenhappy to make their acquaintance and eagerto hear their stories, as they have been inter-ested in hearing mine. Although cancer is notexactly catchy, I’ve found that, in speaking/sharing with fellow cancer survivors, what goesaround comes around. And what ‘that’ is thatis going around is, to invoke The Beach Boys:“Good Vibrations,” and that is catchy andhealthy too!

When I was first diagnosed – and caughtup in my own circumstances, I was not inter-ested – too much, in interacting with otherlung cancer patients/survivors. I was moreconcerned with my own fragile emotionalstate and was afraid that exposing myself tomore bad news: other “terminal” lung cancerpatients’ stories would weaken my resolve.

I don’t recall how many months or years itwas before I realized how wrong I had been.Weaken? My involvement with fellow lungcancer patient/survivors has only strengthenedmy resolve. Has that openness and apprecia-tion for my fellow lung cancer patientextended my life? I’d like to think it has.

But if it hasn’t, I guess the jokes on cancer.And that’s a laugh with which we can all live.

“Cansir”GWMS

By Ariana, 8th Grade

By Brendan, 8th Grade

By Ella, 8th Grade

By Evelyn, 6th Grade

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