Newbery Medal

Olympics. The Olympic Games don’t just bring in the competing athlete’s, but it also brings in the family members and the fans from all over the world to enjoy the competition of all the sports. Athletes come in hope to win a gold, silver or bronze medal, but they also come to honor their country. What makes olympians a culture you might ask? Well, it’s the fact that every four years people from every nationality,…

Counterfactual thinking and living in imagination is another aspect of life that distracts adults and children from their realities. These individuals get captured in their thoughts of how life should be or how things should go. By adults and children carefully planning out their future’s and how certain things should happen, it causes misery when their “blueprint” does not go as planned. In Jeanette Winterson’s essay “The World and Other Places”, she introduces characters who live their lives…

Children literature is being able to expose kids to unlimited genres of books and being able to bring them alive. This included stories, books, magazines, songs, and poems for all types of readers. The classroom should not be limited to using books for lessons but for spending some time for children to choose a book of choice and read. Having a routine for reading in the classroom will not only help them with literacy skills but to enjoy reading especially on their own time. Teachers and parents…

his products in his years. In 1916 he was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts of London, in 1923, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) awarded him the Spingarn Medal for his service in agriculture chemistry. In 1939, he recieved the Theodore Roosevelt Medal for his contribution to science. And in 1951, finally, the George Washington Carver National Monument was built on 210 acres of the farmland owned by Moses and Susan Carver, where George was…

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was born on April 29, 1899 in Washington D.C. His parents are James Edward and Daisy Ellington. Ellington’s Father was methodist while his mother was baptist. Thus Ellington’s upbringing had many religious influences on the household and his childhood. As a child Ellington was very artistic and many people noticed. Duke Ellington parents were both talented and musical. Ellington rejected an art scholarship and instead decided to devote his time to his first…

For meritorious service while serving as the Senior Enlisted Advisor at U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Far East Detachment Diego Garcia from January 2015 to March 2016. Senior Chief Robinson consistently demonstrated leadership and initiative in the performance of her duties. Her ability to perform in an extremely isolated, arduous, and dynamic environment are directly reflected in the high level of success provided to Navy, Joint and Coalition forces conducting Overseas…

Half way back my muscles were burning and my thoughts started to think “Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps, come on swim like Michael Phelps!” I reached and hit the wall with a time of 38 seconds! I got third which means I medaled! I took home a bronze medal that day, I had gone from sixth place to third place. I went home feeling achieved! I can relate to the poem, “ Success is counted sweetest” by Emily Dickinson. Katie Ledecky and I share one major thing in common, we both rely on our Catholic…

blends bold colors and simple shapes, with varied texture. These images paint a full picture for the reader, causing them to think back on their childhood. Works Examined The most well-known of all Keats stories, and the winner of the 1963 Caldecott medal is The Snowy Day. Inspired by a Life Magazine photograph of a small boy in rural Georgia, Keats created Peter, the main protagonist in The Snowy Day. Other than his eyes, Peter’s face does not possess any other features for most of the story.…

“The use of steroids should be tamed and deemed illegal. They should be removed from all professional sports with major punishments if rules are violated” (Wivel). So why do athletes use steroids? Many athletes use steroids, or PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs), to boost their performance on the field, but do they not worry about the repercussions later in life? Steroids cause great distress to your body, and may even cause premature death. They increase your chances of having a heart attack…

Authentic Heroism The word “hero” has become highly overused. Athletes, actors, musicians, and even reality TV stars are considered modern heros. The qualification of a hero has evolved from sacrifice and selflessness, to good-looks and the amount of points scored in a game. The actual definition of the word “hero” has not physically changed in the dictionary, however the meaning and qualification behind the famous word has been diluted and downgraded. A genuine hero qualifies someone who…