Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cities Mariah Cossey, First Place Grade 6, Intermediate Division Staci Andrews, Grover Heights About 3 years ago, my brother and I were given the chance to prove our sense of responsibility. Alex, my ten-year-old brother, was swamped with homework so he was allowed to stay home from a […]
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Tears of Pain
Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cities Maria Chavez, Second Place Grade 6, Intermediate Division Staci Andrews, Grover Heights If I would have had another chance, just one chance to undo what I had done, I would have taken it. If I would have had a wish I would have wished for a chance, […]
Doing What’s Right
Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cities John Mattimoe, Third Place Grade 6, Intermediate Division Mary Hayes, Ocean View My friend Brett wanted to join my Destination Imagination (D.I.) team. Destination Imagination promotes creative thinking; you must think outside the box to solve a challenge. My teammate Kyle and I didn’t want him to […]
Living Out the 4-Way Test
Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cities Jacob Kephart, First Place Grade 8, Middle School Division Mrs. Hjalmarson, Paulding What would you do if someone treated you poorly? How would you respond? Would you seek revenge? My dad experienced a situation like this last year. However, he did not seek revenge but instead responded […]
I Don’t Have Any Homework
Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cities Charles Royal, Second Place Middle School Division, Grade 8 Barb Babka, Judkins I walked into my house with an upside down grin on my face. Once again I was swamped with homework. Almost every period, I had homework. I sat down on the couch, relieved that school […]
Facing Reality
Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cities Jennifer Farias, Third Place Grade 8, Middle School Division Barb Babka, Judkins It was a bright sunny day and I was getting ready for school. As I got to the entrance of Oceano Elementary School my mom said bye and left my sister and I at the […]
Saying Goodbye to the Past
Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cities Brendan Pringle, First Place Grade 11, High School Division AGHS Although a senescent, tarnished moped may not seem like an object of value, my family considered our 1980 moped a member of the family. To my father, it symbolized the beginning of a newfound freedom and the […]