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Children’s Connection

Reshmi Balakrishnan, 10, Fairfax, Greenbriar West Elementary, grade 5,Mrs. French, “A Day in Nature”

Katherine Hogan, Mantua Elementary, grade 5, Ms. Nathalie Shirley

Welcome

Dear Readers: This week, theFairfax Connection turns overits pages to the youth and stu-dents. We asked principals and

teachers from area schools to encourage stu-dents to contribute their words, pictures andphotos for our annual Children’s Issue.

The response as always was enormous.While we were unable to publish every piecewe received, we did our best to put togethera paper with a fair sampling of the submit-ted stories, poems, drawings, paintings,photographs and other works of art.

We appreciate the extra effort made byschool 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 2016 calendars forearly December, the deadline for submis-sions for next year’s Children’s Connection.

Please keep us in mind as your childrencontinue to create spectacular works of artand inspiring pieces of writing in the com-ing year.

The children’s issue is only a part of ouryear-round commitment to cover educationand our local schools. As always, the Con-nection welcomes letters to the editor, storyideas, calendar listings and notices of localevents from our readers. Photos and othersubmissions about special events at schoolsare especially welcome for our weeklyschools pages.

Our preferred method for material is e-mail, which should be sent [email protected], butyou can reach us by mail at 1606 KingStreet, Alexandria, VA 22314 or call 703-778-9414 with any questions.

Editor Kemal Kurspahic

Third Grade Cultural Collage, Mosby Woods Elementary, grade 3

Sophia Wang, 6, Chantilly, Lees Corner Elementary, kindergarten, Mrs.Hellman

Anna Kim,Mantua

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When I grow up, I will be a vet-erinarian because I will get a lotof money and I like pets.

My favorite one is the cat be-cause cats are cute and cuddly andI also like them because they arevery furry and warm.

My second favorite pet is a ham-ster because they are fun to watchand they are very cute.

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The KissIf I could give my parents a

present that did not cost money, itwould be a kiss and a simple “Ilove you!” I would give them thesweetest, most meaningful hugever.

I would tell them how I am sothankful for having good, kind,and caring parents and how theyalways put a smile on my face. Myparents are the most importantthing in my life.

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Nora Lee, Greenbriar West Elementary ,grade 6, Ms. Tammy French

Nicole Koko, Greenbriar West Elementary ,grade 6, Ms. Tammy French

Yashaswin Macheria, 9, Fairfax, Greenbriar West Elemen-tary, grade 4, Mrs. Filler, “Skiing in Winter Wonderland”

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A good friend is kind, loving, and chari-table. I have many good friends in my schooland I am very lucky. A friend helps you whenyou need it. When you’re sad, mad, or needto just scream you can always go to a goodfriend and express your feelings. Goodfriends tell the truth even if it’s not an easything to hear. When a friend teases or an-noys you for fun it doesn’t bother you. Thatis what I look for in a good friend.

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Alexandria, Angelus Academy,

grade 6, Ms. Osella

When I grow up I want to become a nurseand a mom. I also want to be a kindergar-ten teacher. I want to become a nurse be-cause I like the smell of the doctor’s officeand I think it would be fun. I want to be amom so I can have kids, and a kindergar-ten teacher because kindergarteners areusually adorable and the things I would beteaching would be easy.

—Maria Hurley, 12,

Annandale, Angelus Academy,

grade 6, Ms. Osella

I want to be an architect or a doctor when

I grow up. I think it would be cool to be anarchitect because I could design all kindsof cool buildings. My dream is to design myown house. It would also be cool to be adoctor, especially a pediatrician. I have al-ways wanted to be a pediatrician. I think Igot the idea from my doctor, who has thesame birthday as me. It would be pretty coolto be able to work with kids AND be able touse cool medical instruments, such as astethoscope.

—Riley LeBon, 11, Reston,

Angelus Academy, grade 6,

Ms. Osella

The thing I am looking forward to nextyear is Easter. I am looking forward to Eas-ter break because we are going hiking fromWashington D.C. to Harper’s Ferry on theAppalachian trail with my grandpa andcousins. My grandpa and I love hiking. Wewill spend the night in tents on the trail andhike all day. I am also looking forward toseeing my cousin who is a tiny bit older thanme. We like to do the same stuff and al-most never get mad at each other. I am re-ally looking forward to Easter break thisyear.

—Sebastian Lyons, 12,


grade 6, Ms. Osella

A good friend is kind to you. If you arenot kind to one another how can you evenbe friends with them. A good friend backsyou up and always knows what to say ifyou are really sad or mad. I have a lot ofgood friends who always cheer me up andalways have my back. You want to have afriend that you can tell what you’re feelingand they will understand. And even if theydon’t understand, they will cheer you up.This is what a good friend is to me.

—Payton Hurley, 11,

Woodbridge, Angelus Academy,

grade 6, Ms. Osella

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