Tell the Raven

My favorite type of dog is a German shepherd, but I have a Boston terrier and she is pretty cute. I like big dogs when I want to play and little dogs when I want to be calm. I guess I like dogs in general.

Cute right?

If I had 10 wishes they would be:

1. Have a mansion with everything

2. Have a viper

3. Be in a video game contest

4. Have a million dollars in my wallet

5. Be in a horror movie

6. World peace

7. Be a Eagle for a day

8. Play Dodgeball with my friends every day

9. My whole family going to California

10. Be in a Nerf war for 4 hours

Baseball has started two weeks ago. When you first start you have to go assessments. There is a comp coach there who sees how good you are. I am on the comp team. This is my third year in a row being on that team. It could be four years, but he only took the oldest players of the league.

When our class went to Creamers Field for a field trip I imagined it fun until my teacher said "Your buddies are coming with you." I was thinking the field trip was going to be fun because we could skip math but it wasn't. Out of the whole trip the bus ride was the funnest.

Ya I know, crazy right? That's how boring it was.
On the bus ride to Creamers Field there was 4 people sitting in my seat. It was Rabecca, Kristen and her buddy and me. Rabecca is my Buddy. On the seat across from us was Jaidin and his buddy.

So on the ride there Kristen was telling us stories, well not stories, her dreams that she had last night. She had like 20 dreams, she said. So it was enough to last the whole ride. She is so funny to everyone sometimes.

The last time we launched our model rockets one almost hit a plane. The plane was flying over and the rocket went higher than the plane. The kind of plane that flew over was a super cub. It is a very small plane that does not fly very high. It would have been bad to hit the plane because it would have crashed into the school. The rocket had a C-class engine. That is the biggest engine that the rocket can hold. That engine makes the rocket go from 600 to 1000 feet in the air.

I can't wait! Only a couple days of school left. This year was probably one of the best years of my life. This year was my last year of elementary school. I'm starting middle school next year. We get lockers!

One of the reasons is that I love 6th grade is that the little kids look up to us. This year we got to sit in chairs at assemblies, and I love it when little kids look up to you and say, "I want to do that some day!" I just really love that.

Also on the last day of school we get to do the Tug-of-War with the teachers. I don't know how long Denali has been doing the Tug-of-War. All I know is a really long time!

This year is very special to me. Here are several different reasons.

1. I have been going to Denali for 7 years. (That's from kindergarten to 6th grade)

2. They built the "New School" right when I was going into kindergarten. So I was one of the first kindergarteners to apply to the New School.

3. I'm going to graduate from the same year it is Denali's 60th birthday! Happy birthday Denali. I would like to thank all the people who have helped me through the good times and the bad. Thanks again Denali, but it's time for me to go, and live on with my life. I will always remember you guys. (Now I start crying dramatically.)

My dad's house is full of pets! We all have our own dog. We have my new dog Peeta, my cat. Primrose, Katniss, my other dog, my brother's dog, Rodeo, my sister's dog Candy, my older sister's dog Yolie, my step-brother's dog, Polian, my step-sister's dog Beans, our family cat, Sphinx, our family dog, Kiyah, my guinea pig, Pellet, my sister's hamster, Wall-E. A LOT OF PETS, I KNOW!

We started off with just Kiyah and Sphinx. After a while everybody was fighting over Kiyah and Sphinx, also Kiyah died. So we slowly ended up with everybody having their own dog. It is hard taking care of all of our pets, and a lot of money! We planned on giving some away, but nobody agreed to give their's up. My sister is giving hers to her friends when she leaves in August. So that is one down.

The reason I have two dogs is because my dad said I have good responsibility to have two. You're probably thinking our family is crazy, but I got used to being a "Animal Hoarder". We have a HUGE back-yard for our dogs and a dog-sitter. That is our pets!

Today we went on a field trip with our buddies to Creamer's Field. At eight fifty my class and our buddy class went to the bus pick up place and waited for the bus to come; it took awhile. Before we got on to the bus we all had to make sure that we had our buddies. Now we were off to Creamer's Field. At Creamer's our classes were divided into two groups, and all the groups then headed to different stations.

At my group's first station we looked for the Ground Hog; we never found it. Our station guide showed us lots of Ground Hog burros and even did a Ground Hog call, but it was not in the mood to come out of its hole. Next, we went into the farmer's house and learned more about animals that live in the field.

The next station guide took us to go look at some geese. She took us out to a watching platform that had scopes set up to see the birds up close. My buddy hogged it most of the time and it was pretty cool. After everyone had gotten a good look we went back to the farmer's house and learned more about the geese that we had seen. During the middle of her lesson she got a radio call that told her that the Ground Hog was out eating. We then stopped the lesson and went out to look. We were too late! Off to the next class.

To get to the last station we had to walk for a little bit and along the way we stopped to pick up another group. As we walked we saw some traps that the scientists had set out to catch the birds. They were so hard to see, they blended right into the woods! When we got to the last station a lady came out and handed our leader a bag with a bird in it. Our leader talked for awhile about tags and then took the bird out. It was an American Robin. Then after she walked around and showed everybody she let it go. The Robin sat on her hand for a second and then darted to the nearest tree. Then we headed back to the bus.

BATTlEFIELD 3 is an awesome game. My friend Dangelo told me about it and he said it was a good game, and he was right. BATTLEFIELD 3 is awesome. My favorite mission is ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. It's funny because at the end of THE GREAT DESTROYER when you find the nuke, it gives you an achievement called BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. I also like the mission, THE GREAT DESTROYER, because you beat solomans head in with a brick after a big fight. IT'S AWESOME. If you haven't played BATTLEFIELD 3, BUY IT!

This is my last year at Denali, and also my last year in elementary. It was fun, I learned lots of things. I learned so much in six years, it seems like just yesterday I walked into my first grade classroom and was talking my teachers ear off!

I remember in second grade, my teacher got mine and my bff, Rose's, names mixed up.

I remember in third grade when my friend brought in fake spilled nail polish on April fools and putting it on my teachers desk. Man, she looked mad! APRIL FOOLS!

In fourth grade we did a play and I remember my part. I was Valley Girl and this was my introduction, "Hi, I'm valley girl and its like totally nice to meet you."

And in fifth grade Mrs. Stredny used to always tell us stories of her childhood and we were lucky if we got anything done!

Last but not least this year. This year was super fun! We got to learn how to make and launch rockets, we got to make 3d shapes and we got to write on this website.

All in all these past six years have been fun. I made friends, learned new things and most importantly laughed my way through the good times.

We only have three days of school left and the last three days are half days. On the last day of school we don't do anything really hard; we just have fun.

One of the fun things is the talent show. I have been in the talent show for the past 3 years but I decided I didn't want to do it this year. But I plan on seeing really great talents this year. Also Jenna is in the talent show and I plan for her to do really well. Another act from the 6th grade is Daphany and Ella. They will be doing a flute and violin duet and I think it should be really good. I hard from Daphany it was an Irish tune.

Another fun event is tug-of-war. It is when the 6th graders go up against the teachers. The teachers have won for the past 3 years. But this year we plan to win. One year the 6th graders should have won but the ref didn't see it so the teacher pulled the students over and the teachers won. From that year on I swore my class would win the tug-of-war. I really hope that it does happen because I think the teachers need to lose their winning streak.

Also on the last day of school we can bring electronics to school. That means ipods, ipod touches, music players, DSIs, and etc. I plan on bringing my ipod and maybe my nook. I hope you learned lots about how my last day goes.

Minecraft. Probably the greatest game of 2011. And with the xbox edition maybe even 2012. My favorite part is when you build a portal and go to the nether. The nether is like the opposite of earth with lava everywhere and big ghosts and pigmen zombies. You should get this game. It is great for when you have some time. I love minecraft, and you will too.

Here is twenty things about me!
1. I hate celery.
2. I love swimming.
3. I have a iPod Touch!
4. My best friends are Sophie and Destinee.
5. I hate leeches!
6. My favorite food is BACON!
7. I like to invent useless stuff.
8. My dad's house is brown.
9. I have two brothers, three sisters, and two step twins.
10. I have a cat, a dog, a guinea pig, and a hamster (not including my siblings pets).
11. I collect tape, lots of tape.
12. I have been to Hawaii.
13. My favorite stores are American Eagle, Forever 21, Hot Topic, and Walmart.
14. When I am bored I go shopping.
15. I love to go to Walmart, you never know what you can find there!
16. I like to play with my slip'n'slide while it is raining.
17. I love gymnastics!
18. My birthday is April 24.
19. My favorite color is teal and magnetta.
20. I AM A AWESOME PERSON!

Summer is my favorite time of year. I love swimming, riding my bike, and just all around playing. But usually I don't get to do a lot of that stuff with my friends in Fairbanks. I'm usually in Tennessee or New Jersey. This year, I'm not going anywhere. Sometimes I don't like traveling everywhere even though my mom says its a great experience and most people don't get to do it. I like traveling, but I get sick sometimes, or I really don't want to go. I want to stay home. I've never really had a whole year with just my mom in Fairbanks. But I'm fine with it. I can't wait until Summer begins because I'm looking forward to it. (:

I loved Bob (as a friend). He was awesome. He was the best thing any one could ever want. I would visit him every day. He lived across the street in a tree. It was the same schedule every day. I would bring pistachios or walnuts or peanuts and he would thank me somehow by a squeak, and then he would scurry away back up in his tree. People now don't believe me but this is 100% true

......until....the day......Bob, like usual was waiting for me at the side of the road wanting his daily portion of food. When I was running out I think I scared him a little bit because he ran into the middle of the road until he noticed it was me, then CLUNK! a huge S.U.V drove by and Bob was gone. At first I stood there in shock just seeing that my little animal friend just got ran over. Then I realized that squirrels are very fast and that he might have gotten away, but as I walked closer I saw a little bit of what I thought was blood.

But, I said to myself, it couldn't be. Even though I knew the horrifying truth. I knew he was gone and that red stuff was blood, but I got past the negative things and kept saying, "You know someone could have just got out of Burger King or something and accidentally dropped their ketchup packet." And the S.U.V could have ran it over.

Even though the truth was obvious, I never wanted to accept it. To this day I still think that the reason why I never saw him again was because his house got too crowded with nuts so he moved and found a new home.

To those people who don't believe me, well I guess don't believe me, and to those other people who thought Bob was a man, what kind of person lives in a tree? And who wouldn't see a man in the middle of the road, but still drive on, seriously?

Most all of you know what the Titanic is, and its sad story. If you don't then I'm wondering where you've been the past 100 years. The movie about Titanic is one of my favorite movies of all time. Its really sweet, and very sad. Its about a woman named Rose, who is really rich and is in the First-class cabins. Its also about a man named Jack who only got on the boat because he won the tickets in a game of poker.

After a bad night, Rose tries to jump off the side of the boat but Jack tells her "You jump, I jump." and she doesn't want to kill this man so she doesn't. They end up falling in love, and her mother hates it because Rose could be marrying someone rich or famous and she picks a street rat like Jack. The man that was engaged to Rose frames Jack on stealing a really important necklace, but of course he didn't. Jack gets locked down where the workers are, and Rose wonders why Jack would do such a thing.

Then the boat hits an iceberg! Jack is still locked down below Third-class, while water rushes in through around his ankles. Rose has a chance to leave and go on a boat, but she goes and saves him.

When the boat goes down, Rose and Jack find a door and Rise lays on it. Jack floats with his hands on the edge. They promise each other that they wont leave the other, but Jack lets go and falls to his death under the freezing ocean.

Rose goes on to live her life. She ends up getting married and having kids and grandkids. But she doesn't forget about Jack.

Last night I ordered a new r/c (radio control) car it has four wheel drive and goes 40 miles per hour; that's fast. When it gets here I'm going to charge it and go see how fast it really goes. I read all the reviews and they all said that they worked great and were worth getting. I'm really excited to get it in the mail. I'm looking forward to getting it because all my other remote control cars are very slow.

I finished the series a long time ago, but I want to write about them because they're just that good. It's about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in a country that used to be North America called Panem. In Panem there are 12 Districs. The Districs are like towns or states. Each District has a special purpose, like District 12's purpose is Mining.

Anyways, each District has to pull 2 names, a boy and a girl, and they have to be tributes in The Hunger Games. Well, Katniss and her sister, Prim, go to the Reaping where the names are called. Prim gets called, and Katniss volunteers to be a tribute instead of her. Then a boy named Peeta Mellark gets called. Katniss knows who he is because hes in her grade, and when she was 11 and her father had died, she was very poor and had no food. He gave her some bread, and so she remembered him as 'The Boy with Bread'.

Katniss goes to the Capital, which is like Washington DC where the president lives. This is where she gets prepared for the Games. She goes through interviews, and game training. During her private sessions for training, she gets an 11 out of 12. Most people get 7's or 8's. She did really well.

Next they go into the games. In The Hunger Games, to win you have to kill the other tributes. The one who comes out on top, wins fame and fortune and a good name for their District. Katniss is a little mixed up because Peeta had must told the world that he's loved her since they were kids.

During the games, Katniss befriends a kid named Rue from District 11, who ends up dying :( So then she is on her own until she finds Peeta, after they make a rule change that says You and tyhe other person from your District can both win if you are both alive at the end.

When she finds Peeta his leg is cut because a Career named Cato cut him before Peeta left their alliance. He was really sick. Katniss heals him, and then they kill everyone. But it doesn't say they won the Games. Then they realize they have to kill eachother. But Katniss comes up with a plan to put poisonous berries in their mouths at the same time, to "commit suicide" and they cant not have a winner, so as they do that the anouncer tells them to stop and that they've both won the Games.

I live near two schools, and I don't know which one to go to. I live near Monroe Catholic School, and Ryan Middle School. So I need some help on deciding which school I should go to. Should I go to Ryan because all my friends are going there, or should I go to Monroe because it's a Catholic school?

For the past two weeks our class has been building rockets! They are going to be so much fun to fly. Some of the things that you have to do are attach the fins, tie on the parachute, stick in the engine tube, and paint the rocket. My favorite part was the painting, and my least favorite part was the paper that we had to answer questions on. As soon as we finished painting on the white we got to paint our own design like flames, polka dots, or stripes. Then the very last thing that we have to do is put the engine in the rocket and then it is ready for take off! I can't wait to see if mine will fly!

Today is Danielle's Birthday Party! I am so excited about today. At five o' clock, I get to go over to Pioneer Park and celebrate with Danielle and her friends and family. Danielle told me that we would be having hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, and drinks.

This year the Olympics are going to be in London, England. It'll be during summer, from July 29 to August 12. I really enjoy the Olympics because I love to watch sports, and I think its cool to see a bunch of sports like swimming, or tae kwan doe on TV. I like the summer Olympic Games better because I'm used to the winter, so its not very interesting.

Tonight, me, Destinee, and Sophia are going camping! In my backyard...... It's going to be legit. I am really excited, I cant wait for school to end! Well, at five is my birthday party, then we will go camping after the party. I love camping. I am praying that it does not rain/snow tonight! If it i,s that will be more legit, the rain part, but not snow!

I built a rocket and it's red. It has a parachute. It's fun to build. I hope it flies high. I want to draw flames on it.

May 1, 2012 Mrs.Tiffany is taking us on a field trip to Ryan middle school. We are walking from Denali to Ryan middle school. It is a 6th grade trip only. It is going to take about 15 minutes to walk from Denali to Ryan. But it is going to take 15 minutes for us to walk both places.

Karalee and I will walk together. Karalee is my best friend. I will be jogging and walking. The only thing that I will not like on this trip is the weather and the cross-walks. I wish we could take a bus. Next year when I am in 7th grade, I will know mostly everything about Ryan. Then on Thursday we have a open house at Ryan.

Also, we are going today because we want to learn about the after school program there, and meet the teachers that are teaching the ASP groups.

The Ryan mascot is the Wolverine.

I have been on many field trips but I would love to go on a field trip like the one I'm going to tell you about.

"Class," yelled my teacher,"Hand in your permission slips because the buses are here to pick us up."

My class started to clap, shout, and scream because they were so excited to go on our field trip. This field trip is not like regular field trips; my class is going to Seattle and Florida!

On our flight to Seattle we could barely contain ourselves. Our first stop was Seattle. When we got there we went right to the space needle. Our teacher told us really boring facts about the space needle. We finally got to go up, and when I looked down all of the people looked like ants.

After that we went back to the hotel ate dinner and went to sleep. The next day we got to go to see a play and we also did some sight seeing but that didn't last very long because the next bus was coming to pick us up so we had to go back to the hotel and get our stuff.

"Our buses are here to take us to the airport," said my best friend, Tasha. "Next stop, Florida."

After another long flight we finally got to Florida but sadly it was 10:00p.m so we had to go to bed. When we woke up our teacher took us to iHop for breakfast. We got to go to an orchard and we got to pick oranges and make fresh orange juice. That was cool because you can't do that in Alaska. After the orchard we got to go on a boat and went scuba diving. It was so much fun! After that we stayed at the beach and picked up sea shells. When we got done at the beach it was 5:00p.m and we went to dinner at The Olive Garden. Since we were leaving in the morning our teacher took us tho a gift shop to get our parents something. I got my mom a coffee cup that said I love Florida and I got my dad a shark tooth necklace and I got myself a really cut pair of earrings.

"BUSSES ARE HERE! SO GRAB YOUR BAGS 'CUS WE ARE GOING TO THE AIRPORT," screeched my teacher. I wish he would have been quieter since it was 6:00 in the morning. After one long flight we were all home. When we got off the plane all of our parents were there. When I got my bags I went to my parents and on our way home I told them all of the things we did and I gave them their gifts. When I got home I went right to bed.

Last Week I went to college for the "I'm Going To College" program. We got picked up at 9:15 from Denali. Once we got there we went to this ballroom where all of the classes meet to get their bags. Then we went to this room right next to where we met up to watch some Alaskan dancers dance. They were really good. Next we went walking around the campus.

We went to this place where they had a pipe that got destroyed by permafrost. Then we walked around the campus and saw some buildings. After that we went to the library and learned about nanotechnology. I couldn't really understand the lady because she was from India. Next, we went to lunch.

Next we went to this map room place. We had to answer these questions that were all around the room. Then we walked to where our bus was. Then went back to school.

This isn't even all of the UAF.

Tomorrow, April 27,2012 is the longest school field trip ever. I, and a couple of other students in my school are going to China Poot Bay. China Poot Bay is about 4 miles from the Homer Spit. China Poot Bay was named after a person who wanted to buy the property, who was Chinese, and his last name was Poot. This field trip is going to be the most exciting field trip EVER!

First, all the kids that are going on the field trip have to meet our teacher at the airport at 4:30 in the morning! That is SUPER early! And trust me, I am NOT a morning person. When we all are at the airport we have to get in our assigned groups. My assigned group is with 2 of my best friends, Maria and Jenna. I was so happy to hear they were in my group. After we go through security and all that jazz, we get on the plane to fly to Anchorage.

I think I'm the most excited person on this field trip. I think that because this is my first time going on this field trip. When we arrive in Anchorage, we have to get our luggage, and put all of it on the bus. That includes all the food. Then, we get to ride in a bus for six hours!

Let me tell you. From past experience, buses are not fun. Especially if you sit in the back where the bathroom is! After the long and painful ride, we had to do something called a gear chain. Gear chains are not fun. A gear chain is where everybody gets in a line, and we start passing. So if you get a bag, you pass it to the next person either left or right. That was such a DRAG! After that we have to get on a boat and head to China Poot Bay! I can't wait!

The "I'm Going to College" trip last week was really fun. When we got there, first we got our backpacks. Then the tour guide showed us around. We went to a dance room, and we danced for a hour, then our tour guide showed us around the university buildings. It's amazing at UAF.