The Voyage

Natalia Lee

Navigator & First Mate

        What an adventure it was!  An adventure so exciting it seemed like yesterday.  I’ll tell you my story.  Me?  I’m Natalia, former Navigator and 1^st mate on the Black Diamond.  Black Diamond was my crew’s ship.  Yes, we were explorers.  So, where should I start?  I’ll start at Gilder, my homeland, the first day of our voyage, the day where the big storm struck.

Fourth Grade Memories

    Fourth grade is over... time goes by fast!  I'm going to miss a lot of things, but the thing (actually, a person) I'm going to miss most is my English teacher Ms. Reynolds.  My four th grade class was 4b, I still remember not wanting to be in 4b!  Why?  Because in all my elementary life, I was a A class student, (K4a, K5a, 1a, 2a, 3a....) so naturally, I wanted to continue my "tradition".  But now, looking (and thinking) back, I realized that it would be very unwise to really, really hope and wish for 4a.  Fourth grade, 2010~2011, my first B class, was probably one of the best grades I've been to, thanks to Ms. Reynolds.  

    Ms. Reynolds, at the beginning of the year, was "allergic to students".  That made quarter 1 of 4b very funny.  I still remember hearing everyone chanting, "bless you!" whenever she sneezed, then, someone (a boy) would say, "you're allergic to students!"   

Hachi: a Dog's Story

     Last night my sister, mom, and I watched Hachi: A Dog's Story.  This movie is about an Akita from Japan whose cage fell out of the baggage cart in an American train station, where he is found by a professor named Parker Wilson. Parker decides to keep Hachi after asking many people for

adoptation.