What I think about Menlo Park School
Menlo sounds like kids laughing and playing with their friends.
Menlo feels like a place I can learn to be smart!
Menlo smells like a place I can learn and make friends.
One morning I was getting ready for school and I was thinking if any of my ancestors were famous or worked with famous people.
When I got to school I saw on the schedule that we were going to have a special presentation. So I asked my teacher who it was. He explained to me that it was about this project. That we’re going to write about our family and community. So in one of the homework they gave us was that you had to write about an important ancestor. So when I got home I asked my mom about my nana’s and she didn’t tell me very much, but she told me that he was a soldier of Poncho Villa. I was surprised because I didn’t even imagine that.
So I wrote about it and took it to school the next day. I told my teachers about it and said that it was really cool that my great-great grandfather was a soldier of Poncho Villa. The end.
First day of School
Before I left for school I gave my mom a kiss on the cheek. She said be careful. I look back to see my mom watching me. I pass trees and houses. Finally I see my school. I stopped to look at my school and took a deep breath and started walking to my class. And once again I stopped, took a deep breath and walked in. And it was OK.
In Menlo Park school a few kids are cool and a few are not. The cool kids are smart the uncool kids like to get into trouble but not me. I'm smart. O, and might I add that I like history!.
Las posadas is when people from the community join and walk thru the neighborhood. We stop at houses and eat cookies and hot chocolate. It takes nine days and its in Christmas.
In Menlo Park
My neighborhood smells like tacos on the weekends. My neighborhood feels like people having fun together. My neighborhood sounds like the crackling of charcoal burning in the park. My neighborhood looks like soccer games being played on the grass on the weekends. My neighborhood tastes like fresh meats and other foods during and after soccer games. When I play soccer games it makes me feel happy because I’m with my friends. They watch me. This makes me proud because it’s what I like to do.
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