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Bio-Poem: Mr. Jockers

September 15, 2022Bio-Poemsdescriptive poetryrcjockers

Ryan Patient, honest, industrious, dependable Son of Thomas and Linda, brother of Erin (who’d be 45 if she were still alive) Lover of life, family, and the changing of New England seasons Who feels thankful at the start and end of every day, comfortable in his own skin, and blessed to be doing what he … Continue reading Bio-Poem: Mr. Jockers →

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One Way Trip To The Championship

June 16, 2022Memoir, Period 6 ILA, Student WritingILA, memoryzacharymhkms

It was another Sunday in November, cloudy, gloomy, and very cold. My team and I had another soccer game that night. We were already in the playoffs, and we were in the semi finals. Our team had been among the top teams in the league. It was a very anticipated game in the league because … Continue reading One Way Trip To The Championship →

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The day I got my dog

June 16, 2022Student Writingberkeleyhhkms

“Come on now it’s time to leave.” I quickly grabbed my stuff and got into the car as fast as I could.  It was a big day. We were getting our first dog a couple of years ago. It was a rainy Saturday in mid-April. The windows had all been fogged up making it hard … Continue reading The day I got my dog →

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First catch of the season!

June 16, 2022Student Writingjosephbhkms

It was a nice spring day. I was walking with my friends to go fishing. We walked to the spot and The water was super high So I knew that we were going to catch something but I didn’t know that something would come as quickly as it did.  It being the first day of … Continue reading First catch of the season! →

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Wallace

June 16, 2022Memoirdogmaxwellhhkms

The year of 2019 was one my family would never forget, for better or for worse, but in general worse. That year my Grandfather, who lived a mile away from my family, who we were always so close to, had recently passed. This hit our family very hard. It was early December now, we still … Continue reading Wallace →

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Apart from Something Meant for Me; My Apartment

June 16, 2022Student Writingsamlhkms

I ran my hand over the walls one last time, feeling the cool, bumpy, concrete under the chipping yellow paint. I turned on the hanging dim yellow dining room light, shielded by a paper mache cover, the light swayed back and forth as I pushed the on switch on the cord to the light. It … Continue reading Apart from Something Meant for Me; My Apartment →

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Terrible Calls Decide 1st Football Game

June 16, 2022EditorialNFL, Patriotsashtonthkms

I still remember it like yesterday. It was December of 2019. Family friends were coming to our house as Christmas was around the corner. They were really close friends so I was excited to see them after they moved to Boston. It was a Saturday afternoon and everyone was in a festive mood. I could … Continue reading Terrible Calls Decide 1st Football Game →

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Being Careless with Really Nice Things

June 14, 2022Memoirbeing distracted, se bikes, theftrcjockers

The summer going into seventh grade, on my birthday, I walked up the stairs of our small Cape after a baseball game, turned left into my room and stopped, astounded.  Propped against the wall, beside my desk, was one of the coolest bikes I’d ever seen: a blue Dyno Detour with white mag wheels. It … Continue reading Being Careless with Really Nice Things →

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The Camping Trip Memoir

June 14, 2022Memoir, Student Writingcamilamhkms

Name: Camila Mendez Teacher: Mr. Jockers Class: ILA Date: June 9, 2022 The Camping Trip The Camping Trip It all starts when me and my best friend go on our first “camping trip together”. It was summer 2021 and this was our first time going camping in my RV together. Me and my family go … Continue reading The Camping Trip Memoir →

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The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave

June 14, 2022MemoirAmerica, Gun Violence, School Shootings, Uvaldemaansithkms

It was a Wednesday. Two Wednesdays ago. I think. My dad was driving me to school to work on a mural with some friends. I was sitting in the passenger seat of his blue Honda Pilot. We were driving up Sport Hill Road and my dad had the news playing in the car. I wasn’t … Continue reading The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave →

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The Afternoon My Calculator Got Tragically Soaked

June 14, 2022Memoirnataliewhkms

It was freezing January afternoon when I arrived home from a stressful outing others refer to as “an educational learning space,” which I understand. I had made my way up the flight of stairs past the kitchen and felt a spot on my leg dampen when I set my backpack down on the hardwood floor. … Continue reading The Afternoon My Calculator Got Tragically Soaked →

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The First Day Of 7th Grade

June 14, 2022MemoirCOVID-19, first day of schoollukejhkms

It was the beginning of September which also meant that a new school year was here. I woke up that morning with mixed feelings about going to school because I was going to get to see all  my classmates again but that also meant that the summer had come to an end. I saw my … Continue reading The First Day Of 7th Grade →

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The Final Game

June 14, 2022Memoir, Student Writingcarolinelhkms

Caroline Lent 6/12/2022 Mr Jockers P. 8  The Final Game  It was the second to last game of the season. My last middle school season ever. We were playing Newtown, a somewhat evenly matched team to us. We step on the field leaving the nerves on the side lines. Me and Liv do our ritual, … Continue reading The Final Game →

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My Memoir

June 14, 2022Memoir, Period 3 ILA, Student Writingleoghkms

Name: Leo Gorder Date: 6/13/22 Class: 3 Teacher: Jockers Crisis It had been weak like any other. At this point, I was just a normal 6th grader. We all were. Just floating through life, running from class to class with some sense of responsibility. We had no idea of the coming storm. The worst thing … Continue reading My Memoir →

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Friday The 13th

June 14, 2022Memoirciarawhkms

  Friday the 13th By Cici Weir   It was Friday the 13th, everyone was on edge. Before I went off to school my mother told me strange things, like to ‘stay away from people and to not get too close’. It was very clear that she knew something bad was going to happen.  In … Continue reading Friday The 13th →

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Than it happens

June 14, 2022Home, Memoir, Nonfiction, Period 6 ILA, Student Writing#family, College, memoir, Non- fictionpatrickjhkms

  For the longest time I knew that my oldest brother George would leave for college. It was a fact that he was leaving. But I always thought it would happen later, when the months became weeks and the weeks to days and the days to hours I never stoped thinking that it would happen … Continue reading Than it happens →

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My Big Brass Instrument

June 14, 2022Memoir, Student Writingdanielphkms

Daniel Popescu  Mr. Jockers ILA Period: 3 Date: 6/12/22   My Big Brass Instrument   It was the end of fifth grade; I couldn’t contain my excitement.  The day had finally come when I would pick out my new instrument to play for band. When I was younger, I looked at band as a HUGE … Continue reading My Big Brass Instrument →

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Cobra Chaos

June 14, 2022Memoirfear, funny, Snakesdylanwhkms

   I have always been fascinated with snakes. When I was younger especially. I would dream about being allowed to buy a pet one, like a ball python or a California kingsnake. My sister Phoebe, on the other hand, has always been terrified of snakes, so getting one wasn’t an option. The closest I got was … Continue reading Cobra Chaos →

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Being Cheated by Redding Kids

June 14, 2022Memoir, Student Writingmemoirconnorzhkms

One day, Yu-Min, a good friend of mine, told me that he was helping some kids from Redding set up a minecraft server. According to Yu-Min, getting them to let us in in the first place was a difficult experience, involving hours of planning and negotiation with the server owner. When he joined the server, … Continue reading Being Cheated by Redding Kids →

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What Happened to my Brother?

June 14, 2022Memoir, Period 6 ILAalisianamhkms

Alisiana Mercey  Mr. jockers  ILA  June 9, 2022 CRASH! He hit the floor knocking into the corner of the table. My mother screamed to the top of her lungs ,“ WHAT WAS THAT?¨ She ran and rushed down the stairs and had a worried look splattered on her face.  It was a plain summer evening. … Continue reading What Happened to my Brother? →

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