Original Cartoon – “Who’s The Biggest Chick In The Coop?”

Do you wish to hear the hooves of the buffalo
As they tread everything beneath them
With a rush louder than the sound
Of a thousand bullets freed from the bonds of the gun barrel?

Do you wish to see the sun rise
It’s welcome light vanquishing the shadows of the dark
With a stern steady hand
While it tends to life with the gentleness of a mother?

Student Paintings And Self-Expression

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Annie Mulholland: Grade 8

Throughout the year Buckley students have expressed themselves in various ways, from writing a two-page essay to showing themselves through self-portraits. These are some various examples of what these students have produced in art teacher Mrs. Jennifer Demopoulos’ classroom. Some, in fact, are still in development.

Original Poetry – “My Little Mime”

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Annie Mulholland: Grade 8

I know a little mime doll sitting on the shelf,

He doesn’t talk to anyone, except maybe himself,

He has a long and slender body, a very handsome chap,

But if he tried to dance, he would fall down flat,

For on his feet are two shoes, every woman knows,

to be special torture devices, meant for the daintiest of toes,

Original Memoir – “No Namers”

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Henry Yoon: Grade 6

I was the skinniest kid in the entire state of New York.

Ok, maybe I wasn’t the skinniest kid in the entire state of New York, but still, that fact was debatable. I was like a mutant. I was a freak! I was so abnormal that other kids would make all these obnoxious comments about me.Read More »