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Call them hot knives or hot wires, these little tools can cut through foam like butter. Teen participants created their own sculptures using these knives to melt shapes and designs in foam. It’s a blend between sculpting and carving. Here’s a sample of what they’ve created: “Meme” […]
Review by Hadley, teen reviewer Lessons I Never Learned at Meadowbrook Academy by Liz Maccie Roberta Romano is not as excited as a girl should be when her family gives her the opportunity to take a step up from her two-star public high school to the prestigious Meadowbrook Academy. Despite […]
recap by Madison Comick, Grade 7 On Monday, April 13th, teens gathered in the Studio on 4th at Central Library to paint paper mache boxes shaped like books. The materials we used were hollow-cardboard boxes, acrylic paints, paint brushes, and stencils. With these materials, participants created a simple (or […]
Teen Advisory Board April 18, 2015 Present: Chris, Haneen, Nathan, Madison, Julia AGENDA Announcements: We got the new zine! (Issue 2) Pasadena Loves YA bookmarks — please distribute to your schools Summer Reading Challenge prizes — order books; look at last year’s order forms and assemble order for this year (Nathan […]
The One City, One Story Contest winners have been announced! Thank you to all participants for your submissions. We received over 50 entries, so it was a tough decision! Congratulations to our winners! We announced and showcased the winning entries during a reception on One City, One Story Day on March 28, 2015. The […]
One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 1st place Land of the Free by Judah Foster, Grade 9 Yesterday my mom threw my baby brother overboard the cargo ship. He flew from her hands like a bundle of trash and sank into the water […]
One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 2nd place Anyone Can Be Successful by Julia Nail, Grade 9 Kira came to the United States of America because her family was seeking a better life. Her mother stayed at home and took care of the children, […]
One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 3rd place Coming to America by Elizabeth Nail, Grade 9 Eleanor Beaumont // The First Day of School All through last night, I’d been up planning my outfit and wondering what the first day at my […]
One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 6-8 2nd place Jaol Esgo by Uriah Foster, Grade 7 Jaol Esgo In the beautiful land of Ghana in the 1840’s, there once lived a man by the name of Jaol Esgo. He was a captain in the […]
One City, One Story 2015 “My Family Story” Art Contest Category: High School (Grade 9-12) 1st place Julia See, grade 11 “Yin and Yang” Colored pencils, acrylic Breathtaking. It’s a piece of See’s own dual heritage story. The colors of the American flag are represented in the flower, the golden […]