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Self-Portrait by Jackie Furches, Grade 4, Nottingham Elementary

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What If I Had Animal Eyes?I wish I had night owls eyesI think having night owls eyes would be great because ÉThey can see in the dark. And they are the smartest bird. They live in all different habitats on every

continent except Antarctica. Owls are most active at night.— Lily Porter, Grade 2

What If I Had Animal Eyes?I wish I had osprey eyesI think having osprey eyes would be great because ÉIf I was fishing I could cut down the glare of the sun and spot a fish and lure it in with a rod.

— Joshua Friend, Grade 2

The artwork/writing for the assignment was inspired by reading the non-fiction book“What if You Had Animal Eyes!?” by Sandra Markle.

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WelcomeDear Readers:

This week, the Arlington Connectionturns over its pages to the youth and stu-dents.

We asked principals and teachers fromarea 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 moreartwork and writings in January.

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 2019 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 education

and our local schools. As always, the Con-nection welcomes letters to the editor,story ideas, calendar listings and noticesof local events from our readers. Photosand other submissions about specialevents at schools are especially welcomefor our schools 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

Nottingham

Elementary

Cloudscape byMarlon Watt,

Grade 4

Landscape byElyse Richards,Grade 3

Fall Leaves byVivian Helinski,

Grade 3

Still-life byDylanPutchakayala,Grade 4

Landscape bySam Varona,

Grade 3

Fall Leaves byRohan Sikotra,Grade 3


See Glebe, Page 7

Submitted by students of Chris-tine Williams, 2nd grade Science,Social Studies and Writing Teacher.

The Witch who wasAfraid of Ghosts

Screams! Booooo! and Eeeeks!Have you heard of the witch whowas afraid of ghosts? She sawsomething crawling around, butshe didn’t know what it was. Atfirst, she thought it was a bat. Itlooked like a bat when it flappedits wings. It looked like it was onits side. It flew off the ceiling land-ing in a basket. The witch turnedon the light and saw a ghost! Shescreamed!

— Aaliyah Harrod, 8,

Creative Writing

The Pizza PlaceDo you love pizza? I love going

to the Pizza Place with my dad. Itis fun to eat pepperoni and cheesepizza and wings. Yum! It smellslike brownies there. I ate tenpieces! My stomach was not full.We went to the park next door. Iplayed tag with my Dad. I lovepizza!

— Zorayah Ford, 7,

Opinion

What’s a WereWolfScared of?

One foggy night, a werewolf waswalking down the street duringHalloween. Everyone was scaredand they all ran off to their homes.One house had the werewolf ’snightmare spider web. Thewerewolf was scared away and ev-eryone got to go trick or treating.

— Everett Grindall, 7,

Creative Writing

Scaring My SisterI hid in my house. I jumped out

of the closet. Boo! I scared my sis-ter it was fun. Hours later we wentto a party. At the party, I scaredmy sister again. Boo!

— Ryan Donahue, 7,

Personal Narrative

Creepy HalloweenOn a spooky Halloween Night,

we walked to houses. We gotchocolatey candy. I smelled Hal-loween Night. I saw a creature. Itwas a skeleton. I heard the howlof a werewolf. A ghost ran into me.It was a spooky Halloween Night.Boo! That was a great Halloween!

— Jake Collins, 8,

Personal Narrative

Halloween Party!Last Halloween was amazing! I

went to my friend’s house. We hadcookies. It was epic! Then, wewent trick or treating. I saw a scarycostume. I ran to my dad. After-wards, we got candy. I can’t waituntil the next time.

— Greyson Bowlin, 8,

Personal Narrative

The SpookyHalloween

On Halloween night, there wasa guy trick or treating in a scarysuit! He was stomping down theroad. He was a ghost! “Boo!” Hescared the people who gave himdelicious candy. He had so muchcandy that nobody had any more.He took all of the candy!

— Jack Mohler, 8, Cre-

ative Writing

The Vampire BatOne night, I heard a strange

sound on the window sill. It was ascreechy bat. I opened the window.The bat was a vampire! I ran tothe light switch. I turned on thelights. Oh! it was just my toy bat.

— Kellan Reddan, 7,

Personal Narrative

HalloweenOne night, on Halloween a fog

path appeared! A creature said,“You are doomed!” King Vanpiersaid, “The Queen has been cap-tured! Save her!” A good froggyvoice, which belonged to Edmundthe Evil Sorcerer, croaked “I haveyour wife!” Give her back! “No! Weneed you both!” The king traveledto the Sover andÉThe king tookout his wand casting a spell! Hesaved his queen. They lived hap-pily ever after.

— Valerie Wisniewski, 8,

Creative Writing

HalloweenA Spooky Day

I am going to have a wickedHalloween at 3:40 pm on Wednes-day. We will play spooky gamesand have a costume contest! Wewill eat candy and cupcakes withcandy bats on them. The Hallow-een Party will be spooky!

— Ogi Uhegwu, 7,

Personal Narrative

Disney WorldWhen I went to Disney World, I

saw Princess Anna. She said sheliked my shoes and my hair. Then,

I saw Queen Elsa. She was amaz-ing!

— Lila McLean, 7,

Personal Narrative

BubblesGuess what? Last year, I got my

guinea pig! Her name is Bubbles.She’s white with brown spots. Iadopted her from a family thatcouldn’t take care of her anymore.She is the best pet ever!

— Sadie Barish, 7,

Personal Narrative

My Best HalloweenOne Halloween, I went to a

house and boo! She didn’t havecandy! She didn’t have cake.

She had toys. I got a light upbracelet and vampire teeth. Lilagot vampire teeth, too. I had aHappy Halloween!

— Adelena Warner, 7,

Personal Narrative

LangstonHalloween

This Halloween, I can’t wait un-til I go to Langston! I’m spendingHalloween there! All night! I’mgoing to walk and get so muchyummy, yummy candy. I’ll get themost gigantic candy bar ever!

— Elias Reddy, 7,

Personal Narrative

The Football GameI saw Kellan and Jack at a foot-

ball game. Guess who won thegame? The Cowboys did. How didthey win? They played as a team.It wasn’t a close game. They wonby 28 points. It was awesome towatch!

— Jeremiah Ramos, 7,

Personal Narrative

HappyBirthday Party

It was my Birthday Party! We atepepperoni pizza. Then, we haddessert. The cupcakes were purpleand blue. The cake was vanilla. Iopened some presents and clothes.The stuffed dog was my favorite.She was soft and grey. Her collarwas pink. I named her Bella. Dogsare my favorite animal. ChhayEur’s favorite animal is a fish.What is your favorite animal?

— Adriana Gonzalez-

Castro, 7, Personal

Narrative

My FriendsI went to the playground with

my friends. It was sunny outside.We ran races and played games.

Glebe Elementary


Nottingham Elementary

Self-Portrait byLuc Penella, Grade 4

Self-Portrait byCate Lawler, Grade 4

Self-Portrait byEthan Lin, Grade 4

Still-life by Jossie Faraon, Grade 4

Cloudscape by Alex Randisi, Grade 4


Kenmore Middle School Submitted by students of Art Teacher Jeff Wilson.

Light Box Sculpture, Grades 7 and 8

By Alina Bao, Grade 7By Samantha Spence, Grade 8

By Reynaldo Maradiaga, Grade 8

By LilliaTabassum,Grade 7

By Caroline Aramendia, Grade 8


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Pretending the ground ishot lava is my favorite! Iplay with Asher, Grey, Mackand Jesse. It was fun! WhenI am with my friends, I feelsuper. They are good to me.

— Chhay Eur Heng,

7, Short Answer

Jimmy’s Spooktacular Halloween!Once upon a boo, there was a Ghost Family. The family loved Halloween.

Their names were Jimmy, Emily and little brother. Little brother was a pump-kin for Halloween and Emily was a princess, but not Jimmy. At G.H.O.S.Tschool Jimmy said, “I’ll have a haunted house at my party!” but what cos-tume? Jimmy thought and them he realized he’s a Ghost! So, he went homeand said nothing. He decided to dress as a ghost. At the party, he put up asign that said “This is a Ghost Party”

— Sebastian Rosada, 7, Creative Writing


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