What We Loved About This School Year

By Brianna             

School is over now it’s summer

Well , at first  school  was boring and dull

But  now I realize  school  can be cool

Sometimes  I  don’t like going to  school

But I have  friends to help me out  like

Jalyn  and Sanaya

Teachers can be fun 

I love school and doing art

But more importantly summer is  fun

I’m going to miss my friends

But  I’ll see them next year

So school is out so let’s  get the party starting

So take off those school uniforms and get some regular

Clothes on because school is out

Five Things I Love About This School Year

By Negus

Going to the Sixers game.

Listen to Kairi lie about what he did.

Meeting new librarians.

Beating Kairi up.

Learning words like ostentatious; lackadaisical; and gregarious. 

10 things I loved over the school year


1.       Going to Brandy Wine Picnic Park.
2.       Bringing cheesecakes to school for the school.
3.       Watching movies in class.
4.       Meeting my old teacher before she left.
5.       Getting no homework after class.
6.       Walking to the Wissahickon Creek.
7.       Playing board games while being inside for recess.
8.       Celebrating the teacher’s birthday.
9.       Making animal cracker magnets.
10.     Playing games in physical education.

Ten ThingsI Did this year

by Gueladio

1. I had a lot of fun at Library this year.
2. First I Met Mrs. Jane.
3. When I Met Mrs. Jane She Introduced Me to Ms. Alani, Zana and Mr.Kairi.
4. I like Mrs. Jane.
5. I like Mrs. Alani.
6.  I like Mrs. Zana.
7.  I like Mr. Kairi.
8.  All My friends are Ms. Hayes.
9.  Mrs. Jane.
10. And Mr. Kairi.by David

Ten Things I Loved About the Library this Year

By Ms. Jane

1.       Arts and crafts day, especially when we get to write poetry!

2.       Writing blog posts, of course!

3.       Reading poems in the fashion show!

4.       Emceeing the fashion show!

5.       Playing Apples to Apples every Friday, and singing Gueladio’s “Did everybody put out a card?” song!

6.       Any time we got to sit around and doodle!

7.       When Ms. Barbara came in and taught us dance and poetry!

8.       Recording a song with Coda!

9.       Doing our science projects!

10.   Getting to know all of the kids, teens, and especially Ms. Audrey.

Five Things I Enjoyed about this School Year

By Ms. Zana
1.       Prom was fantastic
2.       The senior luncheon
3.       Class trip to Dorney Park
4.       Graduating from high school
5.       Receiving my high school diploma

                       
5 things I liked about the school year at the Library.

By Kairi
            
1.     Seeing all my favorite library children which are all of them.
2.     Beating everyone in the Wii games especially Negus in Mario go-carts and boxing.
3.     Hanging with Ms. Jane and enjoying her enlightening poetic nature.
4.     Messing with my Zana and Lonnie while playing board games.
5.     Conceiving Ms. Rolls brilliant humor and insightful knowledge.
(Editor's note: AWWWWWWWW)

Ten things I really like about my school year

By Jalyn

First, one thing  I like about school is having fun At the  end of the school year I watch movies with my friends and June.16,2011 8th grade has their graduation I like art about school and some teachers Teachers can be fun and mean I really like about my school year is having my friends having to help me when Im not well  June.22,2011 im getting out of school but instead of June.27,2011 I get out early I really will miss my friends like my bff Brianna.

Cut Up Pop Song Poems!

This week for arts and crafts, we made our own songs by cutting and pasting the words to Whip My Hair by Willow Smith, Baby  by Justin Bieber, and Moment 4 Life by Nicki Minaj.(Without the Drake part, which has a lot of cursing.)

By Gueladio
Yeah soon as I hit the stage applause I’m hearing it
I whip my hair back and forth (whip it real good)
I’m gonna get more shine  in a little bit
when I was thirteen, I had my first love
am down and I feel like giving up
I whip it real hard, real hard, I whip it real hard
Keep my head up and know I’ll be fine
I whip my hair back and forth back

I Believe That Life is a Prize

By Monet

Life is my desire. Keep my head up I’ll be
fine, but no other do it like I do it. I fly until

I reach the stars.

So don’t tell me nothing, I’m just tryna have fun
So keep the party jumping

Shake your haters off even how hard you
try.

I whip my hair back and forth
I whip my hair back and forth I keep the party
going. And I walk over and just whip it real hard.

I wish I could have this moment 'til the end
of time. Life is my goal doing everything I could possibly do.

Life!!

To Justin Bieber
By Laila

Baby whip your hair let it shine
more than a little bit my eyes shine
when you turn your swag on
Don’t let haters keep you off your grind.
So keep the party jumping
Gr-Gr-Greatness is what you’re on the brink of.

Love

By  Symphony

My mother cares and she love me and she
will be there. She treats me like baby, but I
don’t care. My mom told me to whip my hair ‘cause
a woman’s beauty is a woman’s hair. But I really
care when things get hard I just
shake them off. When my mom says she’s
going to do something she might not
do it now but later.

Heart to Heart

By Monet

my heart will not give up.
I feel like greatness has sprung through me.
So don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine.
Just shout whenever, I’ll spring up like a frog.
I’m here to let you know I’m here
with you through it all. I will not stop
my heart stops as long as love stops
then I won’t stop. So don’t think you
got rid of me. We are 
heart to heart like we’re connected.
I’m just here to let you know this is
someone I won’t let go. You’re my number
one I’ll never stop thinking about you.

To My Father

By Ronnell

Nobody can come between us
You know I love you whenever I need anything
I can count on you
And we will never, ever, ever be apart
In this very moment, you’re a king
I’m not lucky I’m blessed to have
you as my father clap for the champ, you.
I couldn’t do anything without you
I wish I could have this moment 4 ever.
I love you father.

Dear Japan: 2011 Tsunami

Dear Japan:

We are so sorry for what you are going through. We hope you'll be successful in rebuilding. We wish you could come here so we could help you. We hope we can do a lot of things about it, like ship food and supplies and medicine. We should send money and help to the scientists. We can also bring doctors over and help find safe homes for adults and children. We support you by bringing fresh food and water. I hope your cities will be better by the water stopping. We are sorry that ships crashed into homes and I hope you the best. We hope you are safe.

Your friends in Philadelphia, PA,

Gueladio, Nazir, Angel, Deandre, Dasean, Anifah, Zoria, Samira, and Anthony

Color Poem Inspired by Daniel McGinn!

Our poem is inspired by Daniel McGinn's Performance of "The Color of Cody"! http://www.viddler.com/explore/pauldevlinproduction/videos/54/

 

Our Color Poem

by Jabari, KC, MC, and GDog

Red is for our blood that runs through us like perfect sense.
 

Green is for our land, our community and our feet that we use to stand and to smell the freshness of our energy.
 

Blue is fresh water that we drink that travels through our blood system and makes us all a beautiful family.
 

Pink is for the beautiful ladies out there. Every woman, lady, girl is beautiful. All men are beautiful and handsome.

Light-skinned people and dark-skinned people are beautiful no matter what.

It is the love and compassion for our people.
Yellow is the shineful light to guide our way so we can follow it.

People are the sun.

Turquoise is for all the workers who give us our money for our living.
 

Violet is for all the roses and plants and for the environment.

Brown is is for the black and white people not to separate from each other, for integrated love and life.

Orange is a word nothing rhymes with.

It's for the food we eat that makes us live for the rest of our lives and get strong like Barack Obama.

Black is passion for the present and the past.

It's for Martin Luther King, Jr, who helped us get together.

Fashion Club Interviews By Gueladio!

Gueladio: "Do you like the fashion club?"

Ms. Jane: "Yes, because it's a good chance to be creative.

Negus: "Yes, because it's a good chance for children to learn to work on a long term goal."

Ms. Diamonique: "Yes, because people are coming together having a great time."

Gueladio: "Do you think it's a great team?"

Ms. Jane: "Everyone does seem to be doing a great job working together."

Negus: "Yes, because they are working together."

Ms. Diamonique: "Yes, because people are cooperating."

Gueladio: "What is your favorite thing about the fashion club?"

Ms. Jane: "I like everyone's beautiful portfolios."

Negus: "When people model."

Ms. Diamonique: "It's way entertaining!"