It is often the early experiences of one’s life that can be the most formative, namely regarding passions and interests. Through their explorations of journalism, the students in Mrs. Karin Daley’s fourth grade advanced reading class at Maple Dale Elementary School are getting a head start.
Listed below are the stories each student in Daley’s class has written, all of which involve several articles written, formatted, and edited by the students with the help of their peers, their teacher, and several mentors from the Leaf.
All About Elephants by: Samuel Broxterman
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS1pOWhzcuJC_qOtO_RYqmh1h17_GBBOPivz0GQJalYcmowEQRqxVLLZtqb5fXITOcazHdKtXn6sCYk/pub
“Endangered Whales” by: Mollie Berk
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTYaDGH6ZcOl0n-bmxilstcxN6CDKvgJGOebC8hD-uKEgCeyHka6aZ9N8tpVgGNs4iJYXQIfsM5BPTo/pub
“Pollution” by: Maggie Carman
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS4ApS2cvbSdprcNCc189oFYHNcOywgtcn2GaV70BqzKagZcn5o69JHuYp8ZDtWFk74Sy3zdQtAxcTg/pub
Veterinarians by: Abigail Novotni
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQxctVq4MfjW2O-O-oF6-v8MDdpDjC5MdQB5F7ZAqDwJBiwyhYfp9RtWZM_pQF494-dSHxNwwSUBoDz/pub
Smoking by: Lucy Salters
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSshSpjGIDAmrRn9m4wEQksIMTpeJnxF-N-WcAxyyoEHvjTit1X9xoPZ8-x0x-_mNEguX9diX8NT7Kn/pub
Snow Leopards by: Maya Zilch
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTkhk8fOY4WyS_60tmtiU1j0c-zgQH1zzHP3RtSGwadiDmJ6Y3K7ZfWbh0qhME4Izmqpb_D4UmwvJp1/pub
Space Junk by: Jason Zhou
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSHBM6MLo8s7FG0AAmkRO81jW5YKslYGuwC2ybLJbyJRILjQ5J3K_vLka6ebyPGJtK67m6UxolTZxYw/pub
What is a white tiger? By: Ada Brown
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSZ8p_BBhtDUecdF4z8lXentfMupfZAej0p2wIoxP232QW-FS88ZRTyWzX3koCtpdWvO7UTpsNaDhGS/pub
![Maxwell Taylor, 11, a “Future Friday” session teacher, hosted an “Art and Animation” class. “I thought animation was [a hobby] that I could teach, and that people tend to gravitate towards,” said Taylor, “I thought it would be fun to teach people who would like to learn it”.](https://shsleaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/bierhoff_futurefriday-240x150.jpeg)
![Maxwell Taylor, 11, a “Future Friday” session teacher, hosted an “Art and Animation” class. “I thought animation was [a hobby] that I could teach, and that people tend to gravitate towards,” said Taylor, “I thought it would be fun to teach people who would like to learn it”.](https://shsleaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/bierhoff_futurefriday-475x356.jpeg)
