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Oak Hill HerndonBy Mahi Nair, grade 7, Rachel Carson Middle School.Children s Connection 2014Children’sDecember 31, 2014 - Januarywww.ConnectionNewspapers.com6, 2015online at www.connectionnewspapers.comOak Hill/Herndon Connection Children’s Connection 2014 - 2015 1
Children’s ConnectionWhen IGrow Up.Hello! Today I am going to talkabout what I want to be when I growup. I want to be an artist because Iget inspired by art like the Leonardoda Vinci painting of Mona Lisa. DaVinci tried to get Mona Lisa to smile.It was a lot of work, but he never gaveup. Finally he got Mona Lisa to smile.Pablo Picasso’s art is unique. He saidlovely things like . You can dreamand it can come true. I like art!— Aanya Soni,Grade 2,Floris Elementary SchoolBy Madeline, Floris Elementary School.By Larissa, Floris Elementary School.By Dipa, FlorisElementary School.By Nicole Liu,grade 2,Oak HillElementary School.2 Oak Hill/Herndon Connection Children’s Connection 2014 - 2015When I grow up, I want to be arocket engineer. I love engineeringand my mom is one. At home I lovefixing and making things. I am making a radio circuit. When a toy breaksI try to fix it. I never give up. When Igrow up, I am going to watch myrocket launch.I am going to work hard like a madscientist! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! My favorite fairy in Disney Land is TinkerBell.Tinker means builder. I hope I willbe a good engineer!— Meha Mishrai,Grade 2,Floris Elementary SchoolI want to be a singer when I growup. I want to be a singer because Idon’t have stage fright.Also I love to be in front of peopleand I like to have attention. I havebeen singing since I was two!! Myfavorite song is, Shake It Off. Theartist of that song is Taylor Swift. Ialways ask my mom to turn on Hits1 or Z100 because Shake It Off is always on there. I love to sing!!— Kayleigh Bursch,Grade 2,Floris Elementary SchoolWhen I grow up I want to be a petdoctor. I am going to check animalsand if the animals are hot or have afever, I will send them straight to theanimal hospital.I will watch the animal if it getssurgery to make sure everything goesright. I will think of different ideasto make my animals feel better.Maybe if I give it rest and medicineit will get better.Or maybe animal hot chocolate willmake it feel good.— Amulya Karur,Grade 2,Floris Elementary Schoolwww.ConnectionNewspapers.com
Children’s ConnectionBy Annie Zhu, grade 8, Rachel Carson Middle School.Welcomeear Readers: This week, theOak Hill/Herndon Connectionturns over its pages to theyouth and students.We asked principals and teachers fromarea schools to encourage students to contribute their words, pictures and photos forour annual Children’s Issue.The response as always was enormous.While we were unable to publish everypiece we received, we did our best to puttogether a paper with a fair sampling ofthe submitted stories, poems, drawings,paintings, photographs and other works ofart.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 schoolsand parents to mark their 2015 calendarsfor early December, the deadline for submissions for next year’s Children’s Connec-Dtion. Please keep us in mind as your children continue to create spectacular worksof art and inspiring pieces of writing in thecoming year.The children’s issue is only a part of ouryear-round commitment to cover educationand our local schools.As always, the Connection welcomes letters to the editor, story ideas, calendar listings and notices of local events from ourreaders.Photos and other submissions about special events at schools are especially welcomefor our weekly school pages.Our preferred method for material is email, which should be sent tonorth@connectionnewspapers.com, butyou can reach us by mail at 1606 KingStreet, Alexandria, VA 22314 or call 703778-9414 with any questions.Herndon Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic703-778-9414 or herndon@connectionnewspapers.comBy IrinaSimonenko,Langston HughesMiddle School.By RachelCooper, grade 8,Rachel CarsonMiddle School.Editor Kemal KurspahicBy Emilia, FlorisElementary School.By Kayla Gault, grade 6, Dranesville Elementary.www.ConnectionNewspapers.comOak Hill/Herndon Connection Children’s Connection 2014 - 2015 3
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Children’s ConnectionBy Nicholas Lin Carson, grade 8, RachelCarson Middle School.By Katelynn Wang, grade 3, Sunrise ValleyElementary School.By Jocelyn Li, grade 7, Rachel CarsonMiddle School.By Marieli Urbana, grade 7, Rachel CarsonMiddle School.By Anna PaciaCarson, grade 7,Rachel CarsonMiddle School.www.ConnectionNewspapers.comOak Hill/Herndon Connection Children’s Connection 2014 - 2015 5
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Children’s ConnectionGifts that Money Can’t Buywould like to give my mom apresent that doesn’t cost anymoney. This would be fantastic because I’m just a kid and Idon’t have a lot of money to buyher something. I’m thinking evena little thing like cooking andcleaning for her would be helpful.I think I should help clean because there is very little time formy mom to relax. She deservesthis gift because she does so muchfor me and I do so little for her. IfI do this we will finally have timeto relax together.— Cesar RamosIyou.” I love my mom and dad morethan people can imagine!— Yair Sosa SerranoIf I could give a gift to my parents, it would be breakfast in bed.I would do this because it wouldmake them happy and they alsodeserve it. They deserve it becausethey always work so hard. I wouldmake them a card to go with thebreakfast. This card would havesomething nice and somethingthat comes from the heart. Theyalso should have a chance to havea break from all the fighting thatgoes on around the house betweenmy sister and me. This is why Iwant to give my parents a gift.— Ashley KnollPresents I would give my parentsthat wouldn’t cost any moneywould be something for my mom.I would give her a colorful homemade necklace. I would give it toher because she likes necklacesand she deserves it because shealways takes care of me.For my dad I would give him abook that I made. The book wouldbe about how much I care abouthim and how much he helps me.My dad likes to read and he deserves it because he’s always thereto help me.— Nick AvelarA present I could give my parents that doesn’t cost any moneywould be a break from cookingdinner and helping them clean. Myparents deserve this help becausethey do a lot of hard work to giveus what we want. I love my momand dad a lot.I would play soccer with my dadbecause he likes to play soccer.Then I would draw my mom a picture of a heart that says “I loveI would love to give my mom agift. It would be to help her withmy baby sister. I could entertainher by playing with her. I wouldgive my mom this gift because shedoes so much for my family.My mom cooks every day for us.So if I help her take care of mybaby sister, she’ll have more timeto do things she likes to do. Thisis the gift I would give my momSee Giving, Page 9Adopt/Donate/VolunteerA present I could give to my parents could be to clean the house.First of all, my parents are great.They’ve been there for me when Iwas sad or sick. So I want to givethem something to remember thisChristmas.I know I’m going to help aroundthe house more because they always need a hand to help clean.I’m going to cut out coupons forthem to use. I’m also going to dothe laundry and clean the tables.These are the gifts I will give tomy parents to show them I care.— Anthony Maldonado8 Oak Hill/Herndon Connection Children’s Connection 2014 - 2015www.lostdogandcatrescue.orgBy 5th graders atDranesville Elementarywww.ConnectionNewspapers.com
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And so for me toexpect smooth sailing at any time duringthis process is totally and entirely unreasonable – and mostly, I haven’t. I’m just luckyto be in a boat with a few provisions stillleft in it. Ergo, this column is not a complaint, just an update, as the previous fewcolumns had sort of led you regular readerson a bit of a walk in my shoes, althoughone likely without the neuropathy nearlysix years of non-stop chemotherapy canexact. Still, I am mostly upright, up andabout and able to handle any and all activities, especially those relating to daily living.However, right now I worry that after twoconsecutive three-week-interval, pre-chemotherapy lab results specifically measuring my cretanine levels (which reflects kidney function), and a second retest as well,all indicated too high/abnormal (a first-timeoccurrence), thereby preventing my regularly scheduled Alimta infusions – twice – ifI have indeed crossed the Rubicon, so tospeak. Obviously, it serves no particularpurpose for me to invoke history, especiallyhistory with which I have very little familiarity. However, if some of what I’ve read concerning this historical event is true – theevent’s significance notwithstanding, it haspartially led to the creation-and-thenacceptance of a word’s/phrase’s figurativemeaning – then I sure hope my die has notbeen cast.But who knows, really? And eventhough this cancer stuff is all very personal– and my circumstances are unique to meas a cancer patient – I try not to take it personally, if that makes any sense? Somehow,I try to minimize the negative effect of anyof it, mentally, that is. As concerns me andmy treatments (starts, stops and fits), it hasalways been about what happens next.Until there’s no more next, there’s alwayswhat’s next. Now I have a third round oflab work next week and a 24-hour creatinine clearance collection in the interim tomeasure my levels as accurately as possibleto help determine what happens next.Hopefully, levels will reduce, and more ofthe same treatment which has resulted inmy unexpectedly long life expectancy andmost recent “shrinkage,” can continue. Butof course, there are no guarantees either.Oh, there is one: this process isexcruciating.Nevertheless, somehow the patient (orat least this patient) has to be patient andlife has to be lived. Otherwise the cancerwins. 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