9-11 by Betzy

Have you ever heard about 9-11? Well now you can read my post and learn about it.

When I was 3 years old my dad and I were walking by the Twin Towers on 9-11 all of sudden some planes came by.

I remember that I told my dad, "Look the planes!" and then, like a second later, the planes crash into the Twin Towers. Then there's another plane that comes through the other side. All I saw was that people were running like crazies and then my dad was crying.

I said to him, "What's wrong?" He told me that one of the greatest towers fell down and later on, when I was five years old, they started talking about Twin Towers in schoool. I told my teacher that I was there when it happened. Later on in life, my teachers told me it is like a scar that will stay there forever.

But when I started looking at images about the Twin Towers, I could still see the towers, but now inside my heart, I only see dust.

Fallen. in silence we pounder. Momentarly, years fail to wash away memories will still stain. Heart will be broken etes with tears will remain. Indelible is the pain. Yet greater is the courage of those who gave the incaculable bequest. In perpetunity remain forever. But the 9-11 will always remain. ( by: unknown poem)

Abused Dogs by A

Skateboards and Skating by Joseph

I just started to skate and I love it, I think you should try it too.

I love to skate I have a shortys skateboard and I always use it when I go to school, when I go to the library, the store, and even when I go visit my dad.

Skateboards are CURADAS! and there are a lot of decks like shortys, Plan B, Baker, Exepition Real, and Element those are just a bit of all of them.

There are different types of boards like Longboards, Shortboards, and Skateboards.One of the things I like about skating is that I can go where ever I want with it.

So I reccomend you to skate if you haven't tried it. Try something new, it's very fun and you do exercise when you push yourself.

Transformers (Revenge of the Fallen)

Have you ever seen Transformers Part 2 (Revenge of the Fallen) its a good movie.

Well it continues from the first movie. Sam, the main character, is still in it but he goes to college.

Before he goes to college he gets the cube spark and it turns everything in his house to robots. They try to attack him but he calls bee and he saves him. Since Sam touched the spark (the Fallen) woke up and is planning to get revenge and blow up the sun. But Optomus Prime kills him and the deceptocons run away.

I recomend most teenagers watch this movie if you like sci fic.

The Hunger Games: by Josh

Being scared of someone killing you or you killing them,is a horrific thought. Imagine waiting for someone to kill you. That's how Katniss (the main character) feels about The Hunger Games.

The Hunger Games is about the future, but it's not what you think . There's no flying cars or anything. It's about 12 districts that have to send two kids from each district to kill each other in the hunger games. There is only one person that can survive the hunger games.

The Hunger Games is one of the best books made. It was really exiting and fantastic. The book is so good that they're making a movie. That's what The Hunger Games is about.

Soccer is Awesome by: Alejandro

Have you ever played soccer or like to play it?

Well soccer is a super cool sport. If you play soccer you are one of almost everyone who has played. Soccer is the world's most played game. So if you didn't knew that great you just learned something new. When you play soccer you get a good exercise. So if you play soccer it's good for you because it's fun and you exercise.

If you have an XBOX 360, a PS3, or a PS2 you can get cool soccer games such as Fifa 05-12 and Fifa street. I've played them all with my friends and are really cool. So if you have a soccer ball get along with your friends and play soccer. You can play over the weekends or afterschool.

The Things I gone Through By Edith

When I was three years old, I came to California. I was with my mom and my sister. My sister was five and a half years old. I cross through the line and my sister did, too, but my mom had to go through the hillside. When I got home, my grandparents took care of us. For the next day my mom got home she was ok, but she was frightened. Then in the next month my mom gave birth. It was a boy so I had a little brother. I was three years older than him. Then when my brother was two years old my mom met a guy. My mom,my sister, my brother and me went to live with him.

A year passed and problems began to come. My stepfather always got home drunk and wouldn't worry if we were there. He didn't care about how we felt. One night, my mom came home from work. She got home at 5:30 in the evening. She was tired so she went to sleep. Then my stepfather came home and he was hungry. He told my mom to make him some food, but my mom was tired and she didn't want to get up. So my stepfather got mad and started to throw everything in the room to the ground. My big sister got scared and my little brother and me we all started to crying because we heard our mom crying and screaming of sadness. My mom was really scared. Then my mom fainted so my big sister called the cops because my mom was bleeding. So then an ambulance came and they took her to the hospital. The police took us and left us with some social workers.

I remember what I sawed when the police took my stepfather. We got foster parents and the social workers said that we were going to be ok and safe their with two persons that we did not know, but I felt like we were not. The lady that was our foster mom was so mean with my big sister and me.Then in the next day our foster mom said if the social workers told us if we like living with them we had to say yes. So then a couple of hours later the social workers came and told us if we were ok and if we had been good and healthy.

We had to say yes because if we didn't our foster mom would hit us. We asked the social workers if we could see our real mom and they said yes. The next day the social workers let us see our mom and we told her every thing and she didn't believe us so we showed the marks that we had and she believed in us. We also told her that our foster parent made us take a shower with cold water then made us go to sleep without eating and put a big fan in the room.

When the social workers let us see our mom, we told her every thing that we couldn't tell the social workers any thing or our foster parents would hit my sister and me. We were stuck and we didn't know what to do. Then when my mom came to visit us every third Saturday we told her the things she did to us and my mom got mad and upset and she told us "I wish I done better when I had you two" My mom told the social worker what we told he but the social worker did not believe her because we always said that we were ok and that everything was ok.

One morning on Wednesday in the afternoon my foster mom told me and my sister to take a nap but I wasn't sleepy. I didn't want to sleep so my foster mom told me to go outside and take off my shoes and stand out side on the cement when it was really hot. When I came in a hour my feet were burnt in the bottom. Then I had to take a shower that was really cold and I had to go to sleep without a blanket.

My foster mom turned on the fan and put it straight at me and i was shivering cold. That's all I remember and I just felt stuck because I didn't know who to talk to. Now I have lots of help. I have therapy. I am proud of myself being with my real mom now not with mean people. I even have a great teacher that has taught me so much and is good-hearted.

My Favorite Animal! by:Ricki R.

Guess what my favorite animal is! Can't guess ok I'll tell you. my favorite animal is an orangutan!

I love orangutans there so cute,orange, and fuzzy,even funny. I want an orangutans as pet. One time while I was at the San Diego Zoo one of the orangutans was making art in the dirt. She was an artist at the Zoo.

And another time when i was at the Zoo a little boy threw his chewed gum over the glass, and it landed on the other side of the glass. Then a boy orangutan came over and put it in his mouth it was nasty. Orangutans are my favorite animal because there so cute in movies and I like when their in movies they hang on people's back.

Here are some facts about Orangutans. The word orangutan means " person of the forest." They are only found in Sumatra and Borneo, and are highly intelligent.

An orangutans arm span is very long , male orangutans arm span can stretch to 7 feet long. They sleep in nest made of leafs that they make. They use huge leafs as umbrellas and shelters. They look for food all day, they eat fruit and leafs, even tree bark and insects.But they rarely eat meat. Male orangutans are loners, they howl to tell other apes to stay out of their way.

Mother and thier young stay together. A female only gives birth every eight years. Orangutans might go into extinction.

So now you know what my favorite animal in the whole wide world is ORANGUTANS!!!

Art by: Veronica

Drawing makes me really happy, It's one of the reason why I like it.

I draw almost everyday. I go to quiet places to do my art. Sometimes I'll do it at home, in the park, at the beach or at the library.

I do art because it's fun and I do it sometimes to express my feelings. I would draw mostly anything. When I draw, I either paint, color or just leave the drawing without color.

I've never ever taken an art class before. Sometimes I dream that one day I will build a gigantic sculpture in a giant water fountain in a park. I'll paint it and everything. I don't know what it'll be, but it will be awesome!.

In most of my pictures i always use torquoise because that's my favorite color. (I like any color for art I even do random things.) I put all my art in a special red folder.

Art means everything to me!.

What I Think Love Means by Alyssa

What love means to me

Love is a feeling that really can’t be described. It’s something you can only feel. Love is a small word with a lot of meanings. Love is a connection between two hearts. Love is when someone is willing to be truthful to someone special in their life. Love is an emotional feeling that you have for someone.

Love also means something more than words can describe, when you feel something special between two people, two people who care about each other, it’s a special thing two people have, it’s hard to describe but love is something you can’t live without, you can’t describe love to someone you have to show them love, love is a beautiful feeling. It’s something you care about and you’re willing to do anything for the person you love.

People say love is an awesome feeling but it’s not so awesome when one person says I don’t love you anymore---<\3 it really hurts. Love is a good and bad thing. Love can break your heart but also make your heart great.

That’s what love means to me.

Tijuana, B.C., Mexico by Joseph

Tijuana is the best city that I have been to in my life.

I was raised in Tijuana since I was 2 years old. Tijuana is a good city to visit because of the art pieces that they sell.

It's a big city. One of the parts of Tijuana is "El CECUT"-- it's a big circular theatre--like the one at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center here--where there's a movie theater and art stores, you will see it in one of the pictures.

Another part of Tijuana that many tourists visit is "La Revolucion, El Centro"(Downtown).There you will find a lot of art pieces that people create with their own hands without using machines and they are cheap.

There's also a huge Mexican flag that you can see from San Diego, CA, and there's thousands of things more you will see in the pictures above. Almost at every street signal you will see people doing funny things, throwing flame from their mouth and they clean the dust from your car. All of those things so they can earn money.

So if you go to TJ(Tijuana) be sure you visit La Revolucion. One of my favorites parts there is El Arco you will se it in one of the pictures and do not forget "El CECUT".

Mood Rings By: Veronica

I love mood rings, they are very cool.

Mood rings are rings that tell you what your mood is by color. I have a lot of mood rings in this torquoise box that I had since I was 11. I have maybe more than 80 mood rings. sometimes when I wear the mood ring it turns up to be a Brownish-Blackish that I can't discribe and i've never seen before.

My mom doesn't belive that mood rings can tell your mood, but I do. If the ring turns blue it means you're calm or sad. If it turns red, orange or black it means you're it means your upset or angry. my favorite mood color is yellow, yellow means happy. There are more colors but I don't know what they mean.

You should get a mood ring, they're cool.

Juan Delgadillo.Talent Show

My class at Monarch is going to participate in a talent show. We don't know where yet, but I'm really excited about it.

I am going to do it with some freinds and with some classmates. My friends and I are going to be in the show and so is the rest of the classroom.

When I heard the news I was astonished that everybody in classroom is going to particpate. I thought most people would be too shy to participate.

I already want to do it .We are about to get to practice.

I can't wait till we do it. I am going to rap with some freinds and have lots of fun.

We are doing the talent show becuase of the holiday party and we are going lots of fun.

I really don't know were is going to be at.

I think they said it is going to be a surprise.Before the talent show the middle schoolers and high schoolers are going to dance on the floor.

OH,YEAH I can't wait till the talent show.

Monkeys are Ugly, by:Julianna

I think monkeys are weird because they pick eachothers lice and eat it.

Vans (OFF THE WALL) By Elia

Vans are beast shoes; they are really good for skating and I jerk in them.

I think that Vans are really good shoes because they are really durable. They can last in the rain and when they get wet they don't soak. Well, it depends what type you have.

I have Vans (half calf) and Vans (Dollin) I really like them both. When I was playing Skate It--it is a video game where you can actually skateboard-- I made this tight trick and then I got sponsored (on the game, not in reality) and I had to choose if I wanted (Baker) or (Vans) and I chose Vans.

Ever since then, I haven't picked any other brand of shoes.

I like Vans, you should too!

FUN 4 ALL by Juan D.

We are going on a field trip to Fun 4 All. It's in Chula Vista right by the freeway.

It doesn't look fun becuase the place is very small.

There's going to be racing cars and boats in a pool and I am going to try to jump in the pool to stay fresh.

Then we are going to have pizza at Fun4 aAll and Mr. Wright is going to buy it for us. He is our etiquette teacher.

I think it is going to be boring becuase it is small and the things you can do don't look like that much fun.

Instead of walking there we will take the trolley and walk 8 blocks instead,

Modeling - Noelley'(:

Modeling is really harsh on you and your body. I love modeling most of the time, but sometimes I don't because it is harsh on your body. Or you are told to lose wieght and watch what you eat. That's really hard to do. I tried to do it a little -- they asked me to lose an inch but I have only been able to lose half an inch frm my hips and chest. It's alot harder than I thought it would be.

Mostly they want you to be skinny but not very skinny and they like tall pretty young ladies.

I didn't want to do it until I got the scholarship to do it. That means they pay for everything--pedicures, manicures, pictures or anything else I need to model.

The head of the agency asked me to stop waxing my eyebrow's, dying my hair and lose weight.

I'm not sure I want to do that but I have to do all of this before December 20th to get into the right shape. If I don't, I lose the scholarship. I'm not sure I want to this, if it means I have to change myself so much.

It's a lot different then I thought it would be. It's not fun and it's a lot of work.

TRASH by: Jacob

Trash is good and bad. Trash is good because when you recycle you get money.

You can also make art with trash to entertain people.

Trash is bad because when you don't recycle you create a problem: what to do with all the garbage? You kill the world. Another reason why trash is bad? It stinks.

Please don't litter. Litter kills!!!!

TRASH by: Jacob

Santa Claus By: Alexus.(:

People love Santa Claus, but to me he is just weird and I'll tell you why.

First it's weird how he comes in through your chimney in the middle of the night and gives you presents. Or if you've been bad, all you get is coal in your stocking.

I wonder how a man his size can fit through a small little chimney. Also he gives children gifts, and in return all he wants is milk and cookies. I know that when I was a little kid the thought of a man going down my chimney and giving gifts under my tree scared me. And that song where it goes like "he sees you when your sleeping, he knows when your awake" was just a little strange, and definitley strange.

But if this Santa guy really is real, than it is very kind and thoughtful of him and his elves to make gifts for kids all over the world. So maybe this Santa Claus isn't so bad after all. (:

Why are Toms a fashion craze? by:Ricki

Do you know who Tom is? Just kidding their shoes called Toms, but mostly every teen is bananas about them,but why?

Personally I say they look like ninja shoes,just to be funny.But everyone wants them. The only colors I've seen are black, red, navy blue and sparkle ones in black and red.

Why are they so crazy about them? I can't answer that beause I don't like the shoes. They are dumb. But I like how they give pair of Toms to kids in Africa. That's the only thing I like about the shoes.

I just don't like them and they are also expensive. What's so special about them?

Well, anyway, Toms, the fashion craze, is one of the dumbest things ever. Why are they a fashion craze?

Pitbulls by: Joseph

Pitbulls are one of the strongest and beautiful dogs.

There's a lot of kind of Pitbulls, like red nose pitbulls, blue nose pitbulls and bully pitbulls.

Many people use Pitbulls to fight. Look in the photos and you will see they are after a fight with other Pitbulls and dogs to win money.

A lot of other people think they are dangerous because of that. I have had all the kinds of Pitbulls and I know a lot about them, and if you treat them badly they will be bad. If you treat them well they will be good. They will always act the way you treat them.

So if you have a Pitbull please treat him good, give him food and please don't fight them.

Going Ice Skating By Edith

When I was in sixth grade, there was a field trip we had to pay thirteen dollars for--to go ice skating. I forgot the money at home and my mom was at work and no one was home to help me.

So my teacher was so nice that she payed for me. We went and we had to wait a long time in line.

Then when it was our turn to go, we went inside and had to get our shoes in the right size and the shoes looked like boots and the blade looked gray and sharp.

So then when we went in the ice skating rink we started to skate and every one had so much fun. I was skating and it was my first time ice skating and I fell but it was ok I had so much fun.

Why I like Tigger from the Movie Winnie the Pooh by Alyssa

I love Tigger because he is one of the best characters in the children’s movie Winnie the Pooh.

Tigger is a stuffed tiger that loves to bounce on his tail. Tigger is Winnie the Pooh’s best friend on the Walt Disney children’s movie Winnie the Pooh. I like Tigger because I used to watch the movie millions of times and I just thought Tigger was the cutest thing ever.

People started calling me Tigger as a child because I was always energetic. When I was a kid I would always jump on things so my best friend gave me the nickname Tigger. Even to this same day my friends still call me tigger.

I have many stuffed Tigger dolls. My favorite of the Tigger movie is when Tigger sings his song and also when Tigger Winnie the Pooh to the ground and tells Pooh bear, “The name is Tigger, as T-I-Double G-ER!!”

Even though I’m a teenager I still watch the movie now and then.
If you like kids’ movies, I’m letting you know Winnie the Pooh is a great movie, especially if you have kids of your own.

Art With Mr. B: Joshua

Do you get mad but don't know what to release it on? Try to release it on paper, draw how you feel, instead of releasing it on someone in your family or friends.

Art is to release your emotions out on paper, it really helps you relax and cool down. My TA ( teacher's assistant ) teaches us how to draw, paint, and different stroke techniques.

With Mr. B we did paintings of Sankara's (cherry blossom trees). This week we are doing a project about recycling trash to do art, plus we are learning how to help the earth. You can use art to express your emotions. That's what I do with Mr. B.

My birthday Juan D.

Alexus mom is going to buy me a skateboard.

My birthday was yesterday on Nov 1.

I turned 13, and my dad gave money and I wasted it on candy and food. I wanted to get a motorcycle for my birthday and I think everyone deseves anything they want for their birthday.

For now, Im cool down that alexus mom is going to get me a skateboard.

I would like other stuff like a car , my own taco shop or a choclate factory , but I am not that picky so i relly don't care what I get.

I am happy my birthady past.That's awesome.

Blue Is My Favorite Color : BY JACOB

I like the color blue because there`s diferent kinds of blue.

I like blue because it gives me diferent kinds of feelings.

There are colors for everything. Most people think of blue as calm or sad but I think of it as crazy. When I close my eyes I think of blue as an Avatar, or the ocean. My favorite color to wear is blue

I like other colors, but my favorite is blue.

Going Racing at the Tracks,By Edith

When I went racing on a bike was the best thing I ever done in my life. I had to wear a helmet for proctection Then I had to wear tifht lothes and it was uncomfortablewearing it.

The program is the Veloyouth. We learned as a class how to pump a bicycle wheel,and change a tire, and how to balance without falling or tripping.

We also had to point at our partner and ride the bike with one hand. I wish other kids had that chance to go with us this year and race. After when were done with the racing of the year, we got our certificate of completion with our photograph.

My skater friends by Dinora

I like skaters, especially if those skaters are my friends,because they are my role models.Because of my friends doing all kinds of tricks,they can feel important.Where I used to live all my friends were skaters and I remember that I asked one of my friends:how did you become a skater?

Then he just told me: be yourself, so I started practicing all kinds of tricks and learned how to use a skateboard.All my friends told me something that was already inside of me,that I always had.

They always go skating because they were sad or maybe mad,they channel all their mad emotions by skating. At last I really became a skater.Any time I needed something I could always go and talk to them.

But years passed and I had to move to another house so now I am not a skater anymore but I really miss my friends. Now my brother is a skater and I really love that.That's why I like them as my role models.

Halloween By: Ricki

BOO! Did I scare you? Probaly not but I just want to talk about Halloween, One of my favorite holidays ever, because of candy.

I like Halloween Because of By that i mean the scary stuff, like The Haunted Hotel, The Haunted Trails, and Screan Zone. Even costumes and moives. I don'tknow what I'm going to be, do you know what your poing to be? My class is going to make a haunted house in our classroom for the little kids in our school. So it can't be scary too scary. We can make them a little scared but not to make them run and scream or wet thier pants. He he, it's just for them to have fun.

MWAH HA HA HA HA!!!

Anyways Halloween is one of my favorite holidays besides Christmas and my Birthday! Also BOO!!! Did I scare you? Man!

Mexican White Boy By: Joseph

Mexican White Boy is a book by Matt de la Peña.

This book is about a kid of 16 years old. His dad is Mexican and his mom is American. In the summer of that year the kid went to stay with his cousin from his dad's family. She lived in National City. What they did almost everyday was that they played baseball. He had never been in that neighborhood with his cousin. Not all of the teens liked him there. Like he was new, no one thought that he was cool. One of my favorite parts is that he gets to meet his dad that he hasn't seen for 10 years.

You should read this book. He has a lot of adventures. Just go to the library and ask for Mexican White Boy by Matt de la Peña. Recomended by me.