Marin Headlands by Kaitlyn and Kyleigh

Marin Headlands was a super fun field trip. When we got there we all sat around the campfire and eat lunch while our trail group leaders told us what was going to be going on for the next three days. After that, we all went to our cabins. Then it was hiking time. Everyone got a tour of the camp. After that, it was our free time! At the end of the night, we had a campfire where we danced, sang songs, and did a lot of acting. Most people were very tired so most people went to bed very fast.

The next day we took a huge hike that was three miles! We hiked up a mountain and then we to the Point Bonita lighthouse.At the Point Bonita lighthouse we had a mindful moment and then we drew a memory of our trip so far. Almost everybody loved the lighthouse because of it’s beautiful views. After that everyone was exhausted so most people relaxed for a little bit. On the last day, we all did different things with our trail group leaders. Some of the groups went on small hikes and some groups cleaned pots and plants in the nursery. After that we got on the bus to go home. It was a super fun experience to share with our classmates and we all had a great time. Speaking of great time, there were a lot of fun memories we made together such as on the second night we all went on a night hike with our groups. They were all in different spots but the views were absolutely gorgeous. Something else we all did was sit by the campfire at night and played a fun game and sing a song together. 

It was super fun to sit by the campfire at night with all your friends looking up at the stars. Something else that was super fun was when we went across the bridge to get to the lighthouse, that also had an amazing view of the city of San Francisco and all the black sand beaches and the ocean of course! We all had a good time enjoying the views and spending time with each other on this wonderful trip.

Chinese Year Wheel by Noah and Victor

The Chinese Year Wheel is a fun and creative project done by Leading Edge 6th graders. Every year there is a new zodiac for 12 animals. The wheel must first, have the years of the animal. Second, the Chinese character of the animal. Third, the characteristics of the person born in the animal's year. Finally, it has to be neat and colorful. If you want to go above and beyond to get extra credit, then you can add nice things to your wheel like-colored paper. A lot of the wheels are turning out to look really cool, as you can see in the examples shown.

The order of the wheel was determined long ago in a race hosted by the Jade Emperor (one of the most important gods in the Chinese religion). The Jade Emperor stated that the first, twelve animals to cross the river would get a year in the zodiac named after them. At the start of the race, a cat and rat convinced a kindhearted ox to give them a ride to the end of the river. When they were near the end, the rat pushed the cat into the river, jumped off the ox, and achieved first place. The ox was able to acquire second place. In third place was the tiger who had a tough time swimming through the river currents. The rabbit showed up in fourth place by hopping from stone to stone, but at the last stone fell off. It was then a large shadow cast over him and a powerful gust of wind blew him to the finish line. The dragon came in fifth place because it was he who helped the rabbit. He also helped make rain for villagers suffering a drought. Soon after came the horse who was very close to securing the sixth spot, until a snake who had been hiding in the horse’s mane jumps out and stole sixth place. The horse finished seventh place. Later arrived the goat, monkey, and rooster. At the start of the race, the rooster found a raft, but he couldn’t paddle all on his own. The rooster decided to invite a goat and monkey to help. The rooster and monkey let the goat finish eighth. The monkey came in ninth with the rooster following her in tenth place. Soon later in eleventh place, appeared the dog who spent much of his time playing in the water. Finally, after a long time, entered the pig in twelfth place who took a long nap and floated on his belly to get at the end. With that the years of the Chinese Zodiac were complete. Eventually, the cat reached the end but not in time to get a Chinese Zodiac named after him, this is why to this day, cats always hate rats.

Girls Basketball by Tianna

he JV and Varsity basketball girls an amazing job playing against Capital Christian. Even though both teams didn’t win, it was still a fun way to start the season, and your not always gonna win all of them. But Jv team was great. Their team was aggressive on defense and offense. They went up to grab rebounds,went for steals, and took so many great shots. The Capital Christian Girls were very rough against the JV girls and very tall compared to them. But our girls fought till the end and never gave up no matter what the score was. The JV girls played amazing defense which lead to their great offense. Even though the score was 2-20 ( Jv girls having 2 points) they never gave up and were aggressive the whole game. They kept supporting each other through misses and makes. But overall the Jv girls played their hearts out and played till the buzzer no matter what.

After the Jv girls played it was Varsity’s time to play. There were a lot of nerves especially for the younger girls on the team but it soon went away by how supportive the Varsity girls were. Just like the Jv girls the Varsity girls were playing aggressive going up for rebounds and passing it up the court for layups and fastbreaks. They were communicating on defense and offense and made sure the younger girls had confidence in themselves. They also played amazing defense which lead to great shots and passes on offense. The final score for the Varsity game was 24-17. It was a very close game until the last few seconds when Capital Christian got the lead. Capital Christian was very rough and they were pushing a lot but our girls did a very good job with having good sportsmanship and keeping their composure. It was a tough loss but we still have many more games to go and this is just the beginning of the season.