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News > Galleries > My Ideal School Contest, 2012

My Ideal School Contest, 2012

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Katherine Gillet - East Taunton Elementary School, Taunton "It's fun to be at East Taunton Elementary School. We have a nurse named Nurse Tremblay, she helped me when I didn't feel good. We have a Student of the Month breakfast and we get a certificate to congratulate you. We have Safety Patrol to make sure nobody gets hurt or bumps into you. I love to be at ETES. I don't want to grow up."
Rebecca Diclemente - Assawompset Elementary School, Lakeville "I love my school because my teacher is the best. I learn a lot in first grade. The three things I love about school is learning and having fun and most of all is my teacher Mrs. Day."
Jacob Goldman - E.W. Robinson Elementary School, Mansfield "I love the Gold School. My school helps me read because there is lots of books. The teachers are nice. The gym helps me be active. The most important is the teachers keep me safe. It's the best school ever!"
Tanya Dorsen - Benjamin Brown School, Somerville "My school's name is 'The Happy School.' The right side is the classrooms. The left side is everything else. There is hopscotch. There is a gym, a music room, a library, and an art room. It goes to 6th grade. It has a cafeteria too."
David Ou - Dr. Albert F. Argenziano School, Somerville "I love music. I love reading. I love drawing."
Sana Dhillon - CJ Prescott School, Norwood "I like my school's playground because it's really fun and I like to play with my friends there. I love the school's lunch food, it tastes really good. I like my teachers and friends because they're so nice and so so kind."
Nicholas Gonzalez - Heath Brook School, Tewksbury "The three things I love about my school are: 1. Learning how to write about the stories we read. 2. My teacher, Mrs. Taggart. She is very nice and helps all the kids in my class. 3. I like technology because it teaches me how to use computers."
Julia DeNardo - Veterans Memorial School, Saugus "My Ideal School: The best thing about my school is going to gym because my favorite game is 'Fishy, Fishy, Cross My Ocean.' A lot of kids in my class and me love gym. Gym is lots of fun. I also like art class and music. What I love about art is drawing houses, and boats. And what I love about music is a song called 'You Got a Friend in Me,' and 'Hot Cross Buns'."
Anna Linde - Center School, Hopkinton "Three things I love about my school: 1. I have many good friends. 2. All of the teachers are nice. 3. I have a big field to play on."
Yeva Medvedeva - Waterford Street School, Gardner "I could make new friends at school and playing, also to have activities together. I love to work in school: math, reading, art and much more. I love my teachers, because they are friendly and kind."
Bryan Cavanaugh - Bryn Mawr School, Auburn "My school is a great place to learn because my principal helps me learn. I like homework very much. I also like math. I like when we can do math sentences. I love school very much!"
Mateo Peschiera - Bryn Mawr School, Auburn "My ideal school would have a chili bar and we could make our own chili. It would have a theatre too, where we could act in plays and we could have a director. Then we would have a science fair and wear goggles and have millions of experiments."
Juan Rodriquez Gonzalez - Kensington Ave School, Springfield "1. I want a big school so the rooms would be bigger. 2. I want a big play yard to play in. 3. I am growing plants in my class and would like a green house to grow plants."
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