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Thanksgiving
Yesterday was Thanksgiving. My family and I don’t celebrate this holiday with turkeys and family speeches, but that makes me wonder, how do others celebrate Thanksgiving? I did some research on the topic and asked some of my close friends. Thanksgiving started with early harvest celebrations in North America. The event often called the “first…
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FAMILY WEEKEND! & HOMECOMING!
Welcome to family weekend and Dana Hall homecoming, where we defeat our rival Newton Country Day School!!! Starting off the day by giving a speech to the whole school and their parents, Whitley and I, as the elected Middle School Co-Presidents talked about the inclusivity, kindness, and empowerment at our school. We talked about our…
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Struggle and Solution during PA Summer
Hello everyone, this is Grace, and I am now in the second week of PA (Philips Academy Andover) Summer. If you’d ask me to rate it out of ten, I would give you a solid 8 right now, but that number used to be somewhere near 2. Let me explain. I had signed up for…
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From Exclusion to Leadership: My Journey in Middle School
On the first day of school in sixth grade, I remember telling the head of the middle school that I would like to join the student council and help make my school become a better place. I generated a speech that I thought was pretty decent, but with plain ideas such as having more socials…
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My Journey with AI: Art, Music, and Storytelling
Last summer, I went to a camp called AI and Creative Arts for a week. In the camp, I learned about the basics of AI and generated pictures by giving prompts. Now that AI is getting more and more attention, I would like to elaborate about what I know. AI stands for Artificial Intelligence. It…
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Exploring the Wonders of New York’s Museum of Natural History
This Wednesday and Thursday, I went to New York with my school. We visited many places such as the 9/11 Memorial, the Central Park, the Irish Hunger Memorial, the Anne Frank Exhibition, and my favorite part: the New York Museum of Natural History. There are so many exhibits in the New York Museum of Natural…
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Reflections on 9/11: Acts of Kindness Amidst Tragedy
Today in Social Studies Social Studies, I start crying, moved to tears by the goodness of people’s heart. We were watching a video on boat-lifting and the conscience of people when facing danger during the 9/11 attack. If you haven’t heard of the 9/11 attack, it was a terrorist attack on September 11th, 2001, when…
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