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News > Galleries > My Ideal School Contest, 2014

My Ideal School Contest, 2014

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Niamh Gallagher Assawompset Elementary School, Lakeville "What I like about school is that the custodians do an awesome job. When I walk into my school it is warm. I love to learn at my school."
Elena Sun Mullen-Hall School, Falmouth "The three things I like about our school are: 1. I like the food the lunch lady serves me. 2. I like the art the art teacher teaches me. 3. I like the teachers because they're nice."
Mariah Kennedy Park Avenue Elementary School, Webster "I love gym. The one I love the is best art. I love recess. I love learning math."
Belal Shabaneh Alice B. Beal Elementary School, Springfield "I like everything about my school. I feel my school is a special place. I like the gym and the lunch time but what I like the most about my school is the cleanness. Any place I go to, I see it very clean. The floor are amazing and everything in it's place. This shows how important to keep everything clean. A clean place makes people relax.
Emma Bourbeau Reingold Elementary School, Fitchburg "Guess what is the best school. Reingold!!! One reason I like it is because the teachers are nice. When you are sad they make you happy. Another reason is it is a good place to make friends for all grades. The friends are nice and the are always there. I hope you liked learning why Reingold is the best school!"
Jack Guy Malcolm L. Bell Elementary School, Marblehead "These are three things I like about my school. One thing I like about my school is Community meeting because we get to see what other classes have been working on. I like smart boards because we can practice math better. I also like having only one teacher in the room so four teachers don't all say yes at once."
Anahi Gutierrez East Somerville Community School, Somerville "My favorite school is East Somerville because you do math so you can learn. In school I like to go to read. And I like to go to music to learn to sing."
Lauren Monteiro Stall Brook Elementary School, Bellingham Essay: "In my ideal school, we would have our own computers so we could get right to work. In my ideal school we will have a mini-smart-board so that we can do learning alone. In my ideal school, we will have extra recess so we can get our energy out."
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