Young Scholar Stories

By Alana Alvarado My New Year’s goals are to be kinder and try my best every day. I want to listen better to my parents and teachers and also finish my homework and newspaper assignments on time. I hope to learn new things at school and get better at reading and math. This year I…

By Alana Alvarado They are not really invisible, but it is easy to not pay any attention to the homeless people. They are everywhere. Some have mental problems, and some have just been on the street from trauma or from bad decisions. No matter what, they are still people, too. Since the weather is starting…

By Alana Alvarado Military Appreciation Month is celebrated in November. This is to give thanks to the families of the soldiers. It was started in 1993 by the Armed Services YMCA, thanking them for being there and honoring them for taking care of their homes and families while their loved ones are on deployment. They…

By Alana Alvarado I am from one of the greatest states in America, Virginia. I was born and grew up in Chesapeake, Virginia, which is on the east coast and next to the Atlantic Ocean. Chesapeake is just minutes away from one of the United States’ major resort areas, Virginia Beach, and approximately 2.5 to…

By Alana Alvarado My expectations for this upcoming school year: This year I will be entering the fifth grade. I’m expecting better grades and to become a better reader. I am really looking forward to meeting my new teachers and making new friends. This year, my younger brother will  be going to the same school…

By Alana Alvarado/Young Scholar Independence Day means freedom. The 13 American colonies were ruled by the British leaders, so they had to do what the British leaders told them to do. The 13 American colonies could not go by their own rules. On, July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the congress.…

By Alana Alvarado I decided to write about one of my favorite foods, ice cream. Mr. Augustus Jackson is responsible for a new method to make ice cream and the new flavors. Mr. Jackson also got the nickname the Father of the Ice Cream. He didn’t invent ice cream, but he made it better. I…

By Alana Alvarado Stevie Wonder is a blind singer from the 1960s, and he has been blind for his entire life. He is considered an old school singer and some of the songs he wrote were “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” “Isn’t She Lovely,” and, one of my favorites, “Superstition.” It became my…

By Alana Alvarado Wilma Rudolph was born on June 23, 1940, and died on Nov. 12, 1994. She was an Olympics champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics games. She became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field…