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