To Mr. Mike and Ms. Jill

On Friday, February 25, 2011, the students and teachers at Casey Community School held a memorial service to commemorate the one year anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of Mr. Mike, Ms. Jill, Makayla, Bryce, and Sir Barry Bowen. Angela, a StandardV student, wrote this poem for the service.

To Mr. Mike and Ms. Jill

By Angela, Standard V When I started in school this day seemed to be far away. Now it’s here and I can’t believe that time has passed so quickly. But through your encouragement and guidance I feel I’m ready for tomorrow’s challenges. Teachers play such an important part in shaping and guiding…especially teachers like you, Mr. Mike and Ms. Jill. Thank you for caring so much. We miss you a lot. I hope we meet again someday. It is very hard for us to continue without you.

Memories of the Casey Family

On Friday, February 25, 2011, the students and teachers at Casey Community School held a memorial service to commemorate the one year anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of Mr. Mike, Ms. Jill, Makayla, Bryce, and Sir Barry Bowen. Suleima, a Standard IV student who was particularly close to Mr. Mike and Ms. Jill, wrote this poem for the service. Memories of the Casey Family

By Suleima, Standard IV You are someone who was there when we needed you. You helped me in the good things and the bad things. You always made me smile in the good things and the bad things. Now that I know that you are not near me to make me smile, my heart has a missing piece that I’ll never fill over again without your examples. But I’ll always smile even though you’re not here.

A Hard Time in My Life

On Friday, February 25, 2011, the students and teachers at Casey Community School held a memorial service to commemorate the one year anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of Mr. Mike, Ms. Jill, Makayla, Bryce, and Sir Barry Bowen. Dubin, a Standard V student who was particularly close to Mr. Mike and Ms. Jill, wrote this poem for the service. A Hard Time in My Life

By Dubin, Standard V

This day has come and I feel that without your guidance and encouragement I won’t be able to continue because I feel lonely inside. You were there for me when I needed help. I know that wherever you are you’re very proud of all the hard work I am doing. I hope that from where you are you listen to all of our prayers we tell you. Right now it is a very difficult time for us. I hope we meet again someday. Time has passed since you are not with us, but I feel like it was yesterday.

The Four Heroes who Saved the Golden Bird

The Standard 4 & 5 students were asked to write a short story as a class assignment. Several of them chose to share it with the world via the blog. This is one of them.

The Four Heroes who Saved the Golden Bird
A Short Story by Estelita, Standard 5

3/3/11

One day there were four friends that decided to go on a trip alone. The four friends’ names were Annie, Jack, Wendy, and Ryan. They said, “Let’s pack and go to the Netherlands,” so they traveled there.

When they go there at night, they turned on their flashlights and saw a wicked witch. The four friends go scared. They wanted to shout. When morning came, the four friends woke up so terrified.

Then one morning they went for a walk. When they went to walk, they heard something pass by quickly. Then they saw a light shining towards them. Annie, Jack, Wendy, and Ryan went to see it: it was a golden good luck bird.

“Oh no,” said Annie, Jack, Wendy, and Ryan because they saw a monster stealing the golden bird. Annie and Ryan had a good idea. They would give the monster apples and bananas because the monster always sang about how much he liked apples and bananas. Once they gave him the food, the monster left the golden bird alone and ate his bananas and apples. The monster sang its song all the way home to his cave.

At last they could have a picnic and a campfire. Annie, Jack, Wendy, and Ryan were happy because the monster did not take the good luck golden bird. Then they went back home and told all of their family about their good adventure. They told everyone in Coracol that the four friends, Annie, Jack, Wendy, and Ryan, went on an adventure to the Netherlands. The four friends were so happy that they go to visit a place that they had never been to before.

When Rocks Began to Fall from the Sky

The Standard 4 & 5 students were asked to write short stories as a class assignment. Several of the students chose to share them with the rest of the world via the blog. This is one of them.

When Rocks Began to Fall from the Sky

A Short Story by Jasmin, Std 5
3/3/11

One day it began to get dark. The people began to get scared. All of them thought it was going to rain, but suddenly things began to fall. People saw black rocks falling from the sky like rain. They had to get in their houses so the rocks couldn’t hit them.

The river began to get full of rocks. Fish were all smashed because rocks had fallen on top of them. Animals in the forest began to die. Birds had to migrate from one place to another. The houses began to creak and groan like they were going to fall. Some people fainted because they were so scared.

When it was all over, the sky became blue again. Branches on the trees were all broken. People began to migrate too, like the birds. They migrated because they said if that happened again they did not want to get affected again.