6th grade social
Mysha Moses, 11, Rochester
May 1, 2018
Our sixth grade social was a very fun summer night that started at 7:30pm. Everyone was so excited it was one of our first dances without the 7th graders. At this event, we had an ice cream truck and popcorn. Over in the gym, half was basketball and the other half is inflatables like a basketbal...
Review of Hero Hurricane Rescue
Kristina Fisher, 10, Webster
October 3, 2017
"Hero Hurricane Rescue," by Jennifer Li Shotz, is a very sad, breathtaking and adventurous book. If you like to read about friendship adventures and how dogs can help humans in many different ways, then this is definitely the book for you. This book reaches deep into the heart and takes you thro...
Adventures in Hawaii
Kristina Fisher, 10, Webster
August 29, 2017
To start off the summer this year I went to Maui Hawaii! In Hawaii we went on many adventures and saw some amazing things! And now I’m going to tell you some things about my awesome trip to Hawaii, because I think that even if not everybody can actually go and see Hawaii in person, everybody s...
Fun at the Rochester Lilac Festival
Kristina Fisher, 10, Webster
June 13, 2017
One of Rochester’s most fun festivals is the Lilac festival, which occurs every year in May! The Lilac festival is a festival that showcases A bunch of lilac bushes that are in a park called Highland Park! It is amazing to see so many lilacs in person. There are 1200 lilac bushes in Highland ...
Fidget Spinners
Megan Firnstein, 11, Rochester
May 16, 2017
Fidget Spinners- What’s your opinion? Fidget spinners have become the new “need.” Kids are pulling their parents from Wegmans to Target to Walmart just to get a fidget spinner. Fidget spinners were originally made to help kids who have a hard time focusing. Fidget spinners also help the need...
The best lunch story
Adriana Fedele, 11, Rochester
May 9, 2017
I think we can make the school cafeteria more like home buy talking about how people’s days were so far and what they’re going to do later. I think that we should make the noise level quieter I think we can still talk but lower the noise level. Similarity’s from home to school we eat lunch with a...
Foreign Language
Megan Firnstein, 11. Rochester
March 14, 2017
It's time to choose our foreign language!! All sixth graders of the Gates Chili Middle School went to a Foreign Language presentation. We listened to some 7th and 8th graders talk about the foreign languages. The four foreign languages offered at our school include: Spanish, Latin, French, and Italian....
I Am Malala
Alyssa Hackett, Rochester, 11
February 29, 2016
A lot of people know who Malala Yousafzai is because of her fight for girl’s education. Her autobiography, "“I am Malala," is about her life, her journey, and the path to recovery and success. It all starts with Malala as a little girl in Pakistan. All Malala wants to do is go to school and lea...
Challenger learning Center
Alyssa Hackett, 11, Rochester
February 2, 2016
Mars is nicknamed the Red Planet. It is the 4th planet from the sun. It is about 141.6 million miles from the sun. Mars also has two moons! A few months ago they found water on Mars! Not like river or lakes but it is a start to possibly having life on Mars. At the Challenger Learning Center, I...
The Dawn of The Fifth Wave
Mackenzie Aughenbaugh, 11, Rochester
January 29, 2016
“The 5th Wave” by Rick Yancey, is a survival story with horror. The deeper you get into the book, the more you can't stop reading. This book is about aliens who have invaded Earth. But before landing they tried their hardest to wipe out most of the human race. Cassie, a girl who survived the Wa...
A Sweet Treat for Winter
Karis Wynings, 11, Rochester
January 19, 2016
Karis Wynings Yummm! There is one recipe that is always satisfactory for my family in winter: cinnamon rolls. My grandma uses the Sweet Roll Dough and Cinnamon Roll recipe from the Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook. It was her first cookbook. The recipe is fairly easy but is very time consuming. It took...
I’m Eating What?? Chicken Farm Cruelty.
Ariana Rivers, 11, Gates
August 17, 2015
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