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Five Qualities

The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Cal Schwefler , Second Place Grade 7, Judkins Middle School Teacher:  Mr. Liebo Truth, fairness, goodwill, friendship, and helpfulness. All five of these different qualities will help humans hugely in life. Each one of them is filled with gentleness and kindness. All of these qualities help […]

 
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The 4-Way Test and Me

The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Daisy Wickstrom, Second Place Grade 4, Coastal Christian Teacher:  Mrs. Schrei & Mrs. York As I was thinking about The Four Way Test and its questions (Is it the truth?, Is it fair for all concerned?, Will it build goodwill and better friendships?, and Is it […]

 
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Our Best Friendships

The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Kacee Santana  , Second Place Grade 3, Coastal Christian Teacher:  Ms. Bockhahn I’m going to be writing about friendships. Friendship is very important. With friendship you have to be telling the “Truth”. Telling the truth is a big part of friendship. If your friend doesn’t know […]

 
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The Rotary Four-Way Test

The Rotary Club of Mechanicsburg NorthDistrict 7390 John F. M. Kocsis, Second Place Grade 9, Cumberland Valley High School Teacher:  Brian Martin The Rotary Four-Way Test is one of the most important business ideals of the 20th century.  Since being established 75 years ago by Herbert Taylor during the Great Depression, the Four-Way Test has […]

 
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The 4-way Test

South Hill Rotary Club/District 7600 Jackie Johnson, Second Place Grade 7, Park View Middle School Teacher:  Mr. Winter Today, I will be writing the 4-way test. This test is about truth, fairness, goodwill, and friendship. These words mean many things to me. Be it a bad situation, or a good situation, I feel that all […]

 
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The Four Way Test

Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cities Toby Jones, Second Place Grade 3, Primary Division Mrs. Darway, Harloe School It is important to make the World a better place by being the best person that you can be.  Everyone can do this if they follow the Four Way Test to be sure they are […]

 
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1 way or 4 ways

Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cities McKenna Arnold, Second Place Grade 6, Intermediate Division Mrs. Hayes, Ocean View School Hurricanes can destroy houses and lives.  After Hurricane Katrina, many fundraisers were started to help all the people who suffered. This is where our story starts. As I said before, many fundraisers were being […]

 
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Making A Difference in our Community One Action at a Time

Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cities Makulumy Alexander-Hills, Second Place Grade 8, Middle School Division Ms. McLaughlin, Judkins Middle School “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one,” Mother Teresa said.  This is completely true when speaking about an individ- ual’s role in benefiting one’s community.  We may not be […]

 
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Running Into a New Experience

Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cities Sean Pringle, Second Place Grade 10, High School Division Ms. Derbidge, Arroyo Grande High School Prior to my sophomore year on the cross country team, I had never seen my health at risk.  Yet, as it turned out, an activity in which I en- joyed performing the […]

 
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How To Live a Better Life

District 6450 Winner Rotary Club of Morris Ashley Vaksdal, Second Place Saratoga School, Morris, IL Teacher: Angela Roe Here’s a hypothetical situation. You’re working at a horse ranch, and the horse you just rode is all sweaty and covered with dirt and gravel. You smell, you’re hot, you’re sweaty, and you really want to go […]

 
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