2023-2024
3/14/24
Write a sentence about the night sky.
Claire: The fact that our bodies contain remnants of stardust allows me to believe that we are truly a part of this universe.
Mackenzie: Twinkle, Twinkle, little star, my my what a great thing you will be one day.
Isabel : In the dark of the evening, glittering stars dot the sky, creating an encapsulating blanket of comforting night.
Sophia: The dark, night sky contrasted with the glowing green light featured at the end of the dock across the bay.
Meghan:The dark night put its blanket on my back.
Emily: Tonight’s sky will be filled with rumbling clouds and soothing rain.
Elisabeth: The stars sparkle and shine like diamonds, creating a beautiful arrangement of colors that the sky dawns like a necklace
Gabby: The fireworks exploded into the night sky as I lifted my drink to Nick Carraway while saying, “Why, I’m Mr. Gatsby.”
Mr. Bratkowski: The green light glows ominously in the inky blank night sky.
Anya: The night sky is filled with beautiful stars and when you look up you can see the different shapes the stars make.
Olivia Monday: A dark place full of wonder, diamond stars running in the sky, the eye of the moon flying high in the night.
Jewel: The night star is amazing at night, especially when you walk outside and look at the sky along with the stars in a telescope.
Make the document look like Karen’s search history.
Claire: Is red still considered pink?
Mackenzie: Best halloween costume shop buy
Meghan:Why is Regina Mad?
Anya: Why does everyone hate me?
Gabby: “Is God somebody’s dog?” -Katie McCullough
Elisabeth: Do men have hips?
Emily: Was Abraham Lincoln the first president?
Isabel : How to increase IQ easy step by step guide.
Peyton: Are numbers real?
Matt: What is Regina George’s IP address?
Cameron: how to spell gorjus
Mia: Karen *is caucasian* “how to become caucasian”
Write about what you’re giving up for Lent. (bc yk its lent), or about something you can do for others!
Claire: I want to compliment one person everyday!
Isabel : I want to practice guitar for at least 30 minutes every day!
Mackenzie: I'm going to try and actually do my homework the class before it's due.
Sophia: As I remove fast food and sodas from my daily life, I’m sure that my happiness will be removed just as quickly.
Meghan:5am I rise to pray.
Elisabeth: I want to have a more positive outlook
JAMES: I’ll try to talk more in discussions.
Matt: I work at QT, so I am going to chill out on the dark sodas.
Mr. B: For Lent, I will say one nice thing to someone each day.
Lucy: I am giving up Honkai Star Rail for Lent because I need to touch grass.
Anya: I gave up fast food, does McDonald’s count because they are slow? -yes, Meghan
Cham: I am going to support my friends by acting as their personal court jester.
Finish the thought: “Always remember…” -- 2/1/24
Isabel: Always remember to do things in moderation, even good things can be bad if you have too much! (like water!)
Emily: Always remember your wallet on hand
Claire: Always remember… always remember… I don’t remember.
Mackenzie: Always remember it doesn’t count if it’s on sale
Meghan:Always remember, actually I forgot what I was going to say.
Anne: always ramember how to spell
Gabby: “Always remember to keep a cricket on your hearth” -Cricket on the Hearth
Anya- always remember that time you slipped up the stairs and everyone laughed at you.
Lucy - Always remember the Alamo.
Sophia: Always remember the 21st night of September.
James-Always remember; never forget
Jewel Zdrodowski- Always remember I fell off my balcony in fifth grade.
Mr. Bratkowski: Today is Harry Style’s 30th birthday.
Write One Awesome Sentence about a New Years Resolution -- 1/18/24
Mackenzie: The first month was great, the next it became a forgotten memory
Meghan:Why can I never seem to keep up with The New Year’s Revolution
Claire: My New Years Resolution is to be less stressed, and so far we are losing in this battle.
Isabel : My New Year came with a lot of New Year's Resolutions, even though I know I won’t end up following any of them through.
Emily: My New Year’s resolution lasts for about a week, and then it becomes a lost thought in my brain.
Mr. Bratkowski: For New Years this year, I resolved to stop making New Years' resolutions.
Gabby: My New Years Resolution is to talk to James Fink significantly less.
Elisabeth: my New Years resolution is to find my style, but so far it’s still all over the place
Peyton; my new years in’s and outs. In’s: being really really nice to me. Outs: being mean to me.
Sophia: My New Year's Resolution? I do not recall. However, if it was to have a poor memory, I am doing well.
Matt: My new year’s resolution is to stop losing my sanity to the best of my ability.
Anya- my New Year’s resolution was to not be on my phone that much, my phone will say otherwise.
James: My xnew year resolution was to interact with more people and join more clubs.
Lucy: My New Year’s resolution is to make a New Year’s resolution. 👍
Cameron: My New Year’s resolution is to come up with better one awesome sentences.
Write about how chivalry is dead.
Meghan:You know that guy named Chiverly, he died of a heart attack.
Anya: I was sitting on my couch petting my dog Jyn when I heard a big crash in the other room, Chivelry fell down and hit his head on the floor and died.
Gabby: I was racing down the stairs, my hands overflowing with many trinkets and bobbles, as I made direct eye contact with a man in front of me who was opening the door, and he proceeded to close it when I was seconds away from entering.
Claire: “Chivalry isn’t dead,” I saw while throwing down my jacket over a puddle, so you can step over it.
Cameron: Chivalry must be dead, because there has not been a single noble knight throwing down his gauntlet in a challenge for my hand in eternal sacred marriage.
Elisabeth: The Ghost of Sir Francis haunted the doors of the palace, opening them for any fair maiden that passes through. He was very proud of himself even if most just thought that the castles had automatic doors.
Peyton: Joe Alywn did not give Taylor Swift the booth seat at a restaurant. Chivalry is dead.
Mr. Bratkowski: I knew chivalry was dead when I opened a door for a woman, and she sprayed me in the face with pepper mace.
Sophia: I heard the masses before I saw them; the hoards of people rushed towards the door I was holding open, pushing past one another for minutes on end until, finally, I was able to walk through the doorway, thinking about how not one of them had thanked me.
Matt: I used to say “Ladies first”, but now I say “Me First” and shove past other people.
Lucy: As of late every door I go up to opens before me. Has everyone upgraded to automatic doors? That seems like it would be pretty hard to do for doors with hinges. I also hear a voice saying “After you.” Maybe everybody has installed speakers too?
St. Dominic Open House
Write One Awesome Sentence about St. Dominic!
Claire: The St. Dominic community is truly a patchwork of talents, and I find that a week doesn’t pass without me being amazed by someone new!
Meghan:At St. Dominic, the community is very big and amazing.
Isabel : St. Dominic was a pretty awesome dude, not only was he credited for the invention of the rosary, he also founded The Dominicans!
Mackenzie: St Dominic has made me feel so at home, and I absolutely love coming here everyday!
Abby: St Dominic has so many opportunities for all who walk through campus doors!
Lila : St. Dominic died because he took care of people with leprosy. That shows his dedication to other people, and puts the needs of others before himself, this shows our dedication to the students of St. Dominic!
Hayden: I love the Mac and cheese bits you should totally come here now.
Mrs. Johnson: St. Dominic has the best students!
Anya Bannan: St Dominic is amazing and has amazing students!
Aubri Thomassen: St Dominic is a very awesome, diverse community.
Marianne: I love St. Dominic’s welcoming community and faith-filled mission!
Sophia: St. Dominic is an amazing place filled with the kindest people, the tastiest food, and the holiest priest.
10/5/23
Write the first thing you would do if you were in the Salem Witch Trials (if you know The Crucible, then there specifically).
Meghan Maschmeyer-I would lie and say I'm not a witch to protect my family secret.(This is a joke)
Claire: I’d be out of there the moment someone even uttered, “witchcraft.”
Gabby: I would immediately accuse every single person who ever dared cross me of witchcraft.
Peyton: I would become main prosecutor/witness, pull and Abigail Williams, if you will.
Allison- I would start with the innocent act saying I was bewitched then accuse the people who irk me the most of bewitching me; then I’d run off into the sunset with John Proctor.
Emily: I would run away as soon as they tried to accuse me of being a witch in an attempt to save my life while they chase me with their pitchforks, chanting “witch!”.
Isabel : I’d accuse all the redheads in the area of being witches because red is the color of blood. (ily emily!!!)
Mr. Bratkowski: I’d probably run away because how else would I escape with my life?
Lucy Moeller: I would move away and because I have ADHD I would probably be one of the first accused.
9/21/23
Make a sentence using the words pickle, increase, and auspicious
Claire: I, a poor pickle farmer who had not had a good harvest in many years, was blessed this year with auspicious harvest, as the sole pickle that didn’t die in my field increased by 20 times in size every three to four business days; I won the state fair pickle contest, and felt like I was kind of a big dill.
Mackenzie: I have an increasing urge to smack people with pickles in an auspicious way.
Meghan: The auspicious sail of the pickles continue to increase daily.
Anya- the pickle increases it’s auspiciousness.
Isabel Li : Everytime my auspicious jar of dill pickles had an increase in biddings, I knew that my cash flow would triple, and maybe even quadruple.
Allison M- The auspicious pickle club has been rapidly increasing in size as its infamy travels across Saint Dominic
Matt- The auspicious man increased his sodium intake by guzzling down some pickle juice.
Gabby: The auspicious pickle wore a bow tie and monocle, and he told me about the increase of pickle juice popularity in the stock market.
Emily Gilbert- I watched and waited as my auspicious harvest of pickles increased in size.
Lucy Moeller - As my pickle stocks increase it shows the my financial skills are most auspicious indeed.
Cameron Schwent — Over the ages, my distaste for pickles has increased in a way that is hardly auspicious to my versatility as a certified food enjoyer.
Mr. Bratkowski: When you increase the amount of pickles you eat each day, you will become auspicious!
Lauren Morris: The girl auspiciously spent the last 2 hours increasing her intake of pickles by devouring 15 jars.
Pickles make me Happy.-Katie
Pickles are life- Emily
Brooklyn - yI auspiciously wanted to increase my pickle intake by 2 a day.
2022-2023
4/13/23
Describe your favorite kind of candy without naming it! We will guess at the end.
Caitlin: It might seem like a cheap variation of a typical candy, but the extra crunch added…perfection.
Rachel: It’s like Frankenstein’s monster if miss girl was made up of crunch and twix bars.
Meghan M-This is M and Ms, but with way less(no) chocolate.
Allison M.- They pop snap and crackle in your mouth, bringing the most wonderful flavors known to man.
Cameron: Nutty, sweet, and slightly bizarre- just like yours truly ;)
Gabby: Some call me wicked for loving the combination of mint and chocolate, but I think it is quite the refined candy.
E. Haefner: You're not yourself when you're hungry
Anya- silky, smooth, in pieces that you break apart, the inside is very milky
Matt F: When you bite it, it breaks open to reveal chocolate filling, and has an outer coat of dark chocolate. (delicious) :3
Mackenzie P: a signature four “red” flavors from another treat in an interesting tiny egg shape
Mr. B.: Creamy, sweetened peanut butter (sometimes too sweet) covered with milk chocolate; if I eat more than two, I start to get sick.
Kate: This candy is out of this world.
Kaya: The sweet, smooth peanut butter overwhelms your mouth with the accent of soft nougat, all covered in a delicious, thin layer of chocolate.
Marissa Fischer: I like chocolate, but make it Emo and give it white wings.
Peyton: this candy takes you to space, but specifically in the dead of night.
Evie: Will Arnel is my bbg.
3/23/23
One day you wake up to realize a leprechaun has turned you green. Write a sentence about how you live from here on.
Caitlin O’Toole- Personally, I don’t see much wrong with this, as I can now live out my dream of being Poison Ivy 24/7.
Rachel Swain: Can I at least be pistachio green so I match the Mr Bratkowski’s face shirts?
Meghan Maschmeyer-I am very Irish now since I am wearing green every day.
Cameron Schwent: I will gaslight everyone into believing that they’re colorblind by insisting that I’m blue instead
Marissa Fischer: Well… maybe I can make friends with Shrek and Fiona.
Matt Fischer: I would hide in a bush and disappear for eternity
Elizabeth: Well I am Irish….guess it’s time to move.
Anya Bannan- I would hide with Matt in the bush
Gabby: I am the leprechaun, who do you think you’re kidding?
E.Haefner: Become Elphaba from Wicked, living my life being misunderstood
Allison M: I would hunt down Gabby and force her to return my soul and change back to my normal skin color.
Claire: I guess you could say I’d finally have green thumbs; however, even then I know my flowers would die.
Peyton- I’m gonna need a new foundation shade.
Hannah: I hope this wears off.
Ryker- “wow that was some crazy dream I had”
Aila: I would become a basement dweller and eat ice cream. ;
Mr. Bratkowski: I would start a new career as a member of the Green Man group, and I would learn to catch marshmallows in my mouth.
EVIE GHOLSON: finally ive become who i always was intended to be… i have ascended to my true form
Write a sentence about a woman in your life who has impacted you!
Rachel Swain: For any time spent with you that I took for granted, I cherish your memory twice as much.
Caitlin O’Toole: Shout out to Dianna Agron for completely changing the trajectory of my life by playing Quinn Fabray in Glee.
To every woman I’ve ever met: I love you with all my heart, and I’m proud of you for being here.
Meghan Maschmeyer: I wish my first words were mom, but they were ”Sansa, baby”, sorry mom.
Hannah: Mindi Abair was the first person who ever got me to transcribe without crying, and for that I thank her.
Marissa: Despite what I said yesterday, Caitlin you are the womanest woman to ever woman.
Allison M: Dove Cameron can ruin my life, smash my face into the ground, and step on my fingers and I will still kiss the ground she walks on.
E. Haefner: The relationship I have with my mom is something I will forever treasure.
Lucy M: My mom is the best woman in the world, change my mind.
Mr. B: I collected stamps with my grandmother when I was little, and she taught me Polish – at least, she told me the only Polish I ever learned.
Anya B: I went to the park with my dog and we ran around- she was so happy. (Shoutout to Jyn)
Cameron S: Shout-out to my girl Eve, good job bringing the fall of man 🍎
Gabby: All those at this table are some of my favorite specimens with uteruses
Aila- I love my mom, so that makes me a feminist.
Hilary- I would kill for a brunch session with Mary Shelley.
Kaya: My coach is like a second mom; I could be without her for years at a time and still go to her about anything.
Aubri - There isn’t really a monumental female figure in my life other than my mom, but sometimes I have dreams of this astounding woman; she opens her palm, opalescent light breaking from it, and dreams from hundreds of people flow along, dancing on the shining rays.
Matt F - Personally I think women are ok. I respect my mom, sisters, cat and Chun Li. Other women too I guess.
Kate- My mom is the inspiration for my life; love her :)
Evie: My mom was very against letting our cats in the house, but she’s now best friends with our grumpy momma cat.
Write a sentence depicting one of the love languages
Mr. Bratkowski – I guess nothing says “I love you” like washing the dishes.
Caitlin O’Toole - When you see something that reminds you of that one special person, or when they say “I saw this and thought of you” … I’m in love with you now.
Rachel Swain - Doing nothing isn’t boring in the right company.
Meghan Maschmeyer-J’adore service!
Matthew Funk — I give a special thing to you.
E.Haefner: So many ways to express my love, from hand holding to hugs, yet no one to give it too :(
Gabby- I love giving and receiving hugs, but if you go in for a kiss, be ready to get punted into the stratosphere.
Elizabeth:
Elizabeth D: C’est mon phrase qui représente un langue de l’amour.
Claire: My mom got me a pasta maker for my birthday, I never showed an interest in pasta. Not even the weirdest gift I’ve gotten, I’ve also got a compound bow. On a serious note, aren’t humans so silly… they give special item to show they care just like how humans naturally have a primal urge to move when they hear music.
Allison M- A simple hug can say so many unspoken words and yet still get across “I love you”
Kate: PDA is overrated; get a room.
Emily: Words of affirmation is one of my favorite love languages, it’s unfortunate because ive never received them.
(Ur amazing Emily)-Matt (Anya seconds that)(Lucy thirds that)(Meghan fourths that)(Everyone here agrees) (Kate: Emily be nicer to yourself :))
Marissa Fischer: Let’s exchange cool looking rocks and then elope.
Mackenzie: the soft tingle that shoots up your body when the contact you so longingly crave is gifted upon you and your heart is full of the mushy stuff some people hate. But you, no, you love that small feeling.
Aila:I think love is icky yippee ki yayyyyyyy!!
(Anya seconds that)(Meghan thirds this)(Lucy fourth’s this)(Emily fifths this)(Gabby sixths this)
Lucy: As she walked out of the hospital she made sure to watch for cars but what she didn’t expect was the 5 '4 tall bundle of energy that was her best friend giving her the biggest surprise hug she could.
Anya- As my mom walked out of the store, she gave me a chocolate bar.
Matt: He got close and whispered into their ear, “Omelette du Fromage,” and the other person proceeded to become a flustered mess.
Kaya: My friend and I have very different expressions of love; she loves to spend her entire life savings on one birthday gift…I usually write her an 18 page letter and call it a day.
Aubri: With every little sacrifice, we still return to one another; pinkies crossing in a subtle note of love, hands intertwining when tears fall, hugs exchanged and gentle words of comfort murmured in one another’s ears. All in a sense of affection, words lost at the strength of hand in an unlovable hand.
Hilary: If you so much as call me “friend,” I will cry.
Write a sentence that has to do with salt:
Rachel Swain : You may have expected something serious, but this is just me admitting to putting too much salt on my baked pretzels.
Caitlin O’Toole: I have a salt lamp in my room that I have yet to plug in; I got it for Christmas.
Cameron: I carelessly salted the shrimp, blissfully unaware that one day, when it grew into a giant shrimp, it would salt me back.
Hilary Lang- Buddy, you’re nothing but a slug… and unfortunately for you, I’m the sheriff of The Salty Spitoon.
Angel - I like to assalt younger children with salt.
Allison - Saint Dominic’s lack of salt on the potato wedges alarms students and staff alike.
Kate- The salt of my life is the people that are in it.
Kaya - There is, quite frankly, no such thing as too much salt.
Mr. Bratkowski – My Wheat Thins are salty, too salty in fact.
Gabby: She was as salty as a freshly seasoned rotisserie chicken.
E. Haefner: I finally found a way to stop the immortal snail, a ring of salt.
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Evie- I peeled off my skin, coating the slimy, raw innards in layers and layers of salt, preparing myself for a meal.
(me when i am raw meat ^)
Evie: love is making your s/o memorize the entire Beastie Boys discography
Write about what you did over break! Disclaimer from Mr. Bratkowski -- The students had a competition to guess whether these were true statements or lies. The untrue statements have a note on them.
Rachel Swain: I saw a 60ft octopus across the street from a Chilis.
Caitlin O’Toole: I grieved the death of my great-grandmother.
Lucy Moeller: I went on a trip to Michigan with just me and my Grandma to see family.
Mr. B: I graded papers almost every day, for several hours a day, up until the day before break ended.
Meghan Maschmeye: I got to ride a camel to see the lights.
E. Haefner: I went Ice skating with my friends had some questionable hot chocolate and fell 7 times, overall all a good time.
Gabby: I sat on the couch as I heard the distant screams of, (Italian curse word) And “SCOBA!” in the background.
Cameron: “I wonder how Santa is going to leave his presents, we don’t have a chimney!” I exclaimed, when out of the corner of my eye I spied a horrific red and white mass slithering under the front door with a booming “H O H O H O”
Claire: I only got one gift for Christmas, a gorgeous, pink, drill.
Ally: I frolicked about in the snow whilst partaking in deadly snowball fights.
Hannah: We drove to Oklahoma City on Christmas day and went rock climbing the day after; the rock climbing harness gave me a bruise because it was too tight.
Hilary- I committed vehicular manslaughter… I’m so sorry John and Denise Sutton, and I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive me from above. This one is not true!
Anya- I went to the park and played with my dog
Aila: I went to Houston and made 9 batches of cookies because I had nothing else to do.
Matt: I went to Florida ,worked on a sewing project for 4 days, woke up a 5 am on Christmas morning.
Evie: i committed medical malpractice. This one isn't true!
2022
What if you turned into your Halloween costume?
Caitlin: I’d poison somebody but I’d also feel bad if I did that so probably just enjoy my red hair.
Rachel: I spread my wings and flutter away, any dreamy fantasy world is better than this one.
Kate: I would see my own face in the mirror, because I don’t have a Halloween costume.
Hannah: I woke up and watched as my hands, then the rest of me, faded into nothing.
Lucy: I cringed as i looked in the mirror and saw the witch’s curse taking effect. I was turning into a banana. “But I don’t what to be a banana!” I cried as the transformation was coming to a close. When the transition was complete I realized that being a banana wasn’t so bad. I no longer had to go to school.
Meghan Maschmeyer:Welcome to the 20s baby, where flappers get their break.
Hilary: I'd be paranoid all of the time because Batman will break all of the bones in my body and then send me to Arkham Asylum…on an unrelated note, I’m thinking about getting into riddles.
Gabby: I would slowly disintegrate into a fine powder, and the powder would recombine to form into a giant question mark.
Claire: I would become a part of the Addams family.
Cameron: My first thought when I awoke was that my schnoz felt even longer than usual, and I had a strange urge to throw flowers on dying people. I threw off my covers and raced over to my mirror, and it was as I feared.
Mr. Bratkowski – It would be great because I’d be Superman!
E. Haefner: I would wake up to everything around me floating, the bookshelves would be covered with new spell books and my staff would be leaning against the wall, I would fell power rushing through my vanes.
Allison Meyer- I would be expecting Beast Boy to show up at by door
Emily Pinar- I went to brush my teeth, but my teeth were abnormally pointy, as while my skin was a blinding white.
Matt: Suddenly my vision was blurred. After I regained my vision I had this hunger. It was almost insatiable. Then I looked at my needle like hands.
Evie G: I’m suddenly a lot more scared of Batman and obsessed with duality.
MONICA TURNTINE-The warm, buttery softness of Auntie Anne’s pretzels will forever have a hold of my childhood.
Cadence Bell- The salty spiral spins slowly, serenading my empty stomach *crunch*.
Megan Koch: I watched in awe as the soft dough began to rise in the sun’s heat.
Kassidy Kessler- The circus man softly weeped to himself, for due to his pride, he was now forever imprisoned in the pose of the pretzel.
Claire Eusterbrock: The cinnamon sugar rubbed off on my fingers from the pretzel from Auntie Anne’s, and the sweet and savory flavor exploded on my tongue.
Olivia Gibbons- I choked on my pretzel not once, not twice, but six individual times while writing this sentence.
Caroline Cunningham - The saddest thing in the world is those pretzels sold at CYC sports games with the hard crust and fake salt.
Meghan Boozer - Pretzels come in all shapes and sizes like humans, but it is socially acceptable to eat pretzels.
Brianna Griesenauer- What do popular kids like to snack on… prepzals.
Caitlin O’Toole - The best way to eat pretzels is with melted candy melts on top and m&ms pressed on shaped like a flower.
Mr. M - Bob worked at the pretzel stand, his eyes scarred with the salt of life.
Carly Nims: Pretzels never last long in my house as they are quickly consumed by the black hole that is my sister.
Mary Ellen Raymo - Nothing is more disappointing than watching your dog eat a decade old pretzel you found under the couch cushions.
Rachel Swain - They remind me of my childhood, a luxury... I would buy them after school once a month when they were sold by the upper classes, share them with friends... and I miss the way things were.
Evelyn Swiderski- We sat together drinking pink lemonade and pretzels… it seemed peaceful, almost too peaceful… She died the next day.
Hilary Lang: C̸̢̪͆ŗ̵̹͌̔o̴̩͍͒́̿ñ̴͕̪̇͝c̷͇̪̔̀̇h̷̫͒ C̸̢̪͆ŗ̵̹͌̔o̴̩͍͒́̿ñ̴͕̪̇͝c̷͇̪̔̀̇h̷̫͒
Emily Swain- What would be the meaning of life in this small, tiny world if we did not have pretzels?
Kira Findley: Ya know, it always seems like the cheap pretzels you can get at Walmart always sell for like 10... I REPEAT 10 DOLLARS AT THE BLUES GAMES!
Cadence Bell: The quick grey fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Megan Koch: The gray clouds threatened to spill rain over the dry fields.
Monica Turntine: G, R, A, Y, you ain’t got no alibi, it’s gray, yeah yeah its gray..
Carly Nims: The clouds seemed to turn a dark foreboding gray as the baby’s face scrunched up in preparation to throw a tantrum.
Rachel Swain: They say it’s a depressing color, a reminder of gloomy storms and lonely nights, but I love the way the rain hits my face...I love the peace in the neutral darkness.
Carly Jackson: Our flag has fallen among a barren, gray battlefield, tattered with bullet holes and with the blood of the fallen.
Caitlin O’Toole: I’m too lazy and tired to come up with something creative about the color gray - it’s a solid color I guess.
Kassidy Kessler- In a world battling to be black and white, be the grey that changes everything.
Claire Eusterbrock- The small fox laid on the grey stone path, warmed by the sun’s pale rays.
Mr. M: The gray olive sat on the fine china, crying to be eaten by Mrs. Grey.
Evelyn Swiderski- Gray. Her eyes were gray… they were always gray, but now they lay open, and dead. My love… my mon amour.
Brianna Griesenauer- Wait Wait Wait I understand now, I have been given the knowledge that gravy is called gravy because it’s gray so it must be called “gray”-vy (Have I said Gray enough yet, Mr. Margadonna?)
Olivia Gibbons- The grey clouds covered the grey sky, and rain poured down upon the grey tombstone.
Meghan Boozer - In an instant, the array of colors around me was engulfed by the dull color of gray.
Kira Findley- Grey, the color of a glum sky, yet it can be so soft and lovable.
Mary Ellen Raymo - The sunlight filtered through the gathering clouds, casting a sickly, gray pallor over the barren field where the prisoners had been gathered.
Caroline Cunningham’s ghost: My favorite song is about a guy who brings a girl gray flowers; I don’t know why she likes gray, but it makes for an interesting song.
Emily Swain: The stormy, gray clouds and the eerie sounds coming from the marsh frightened the people of the town.
*welsh translation for grey gravestone carver* {quint} - .g̬̩͉͕̣̿͗́̋̉̓̎̄͡r̷̠͇̱͔̺͖̂̃̍̎̔̑͜͞ͅæ̶̮̭͚̼̭̽̓̈̃̎͆̈͛͜͡y̷̨͖̖̖͕͚̎̽̃͒̕͢͠
Megan Koch: The white carpet glared at the silver mug perched on the coffee table, daring it to spill.
Brianna Griesenauer- If someone randomly hands me coffee cup… does that mean I got it for coffree, cause that’s the best offer that’s ever bean given to me and it means a latte because I’m a depresso espresso.
Olivia Gibbons- The coffee in the hands of the man slushed like the waves of the sea around him, as he traveled to a far off land.
Caitlin O’Toole - Pretty sure I’m not allowed to have coffee at school, but it’s either that or collapse halfway through my first class, so I’m taking it anyway.
Evelyn Swiderski- i held the brownie close to my chest and listened to the words I prayed I’d never hear… Cora spilled her coffee. Tears formed in my eyes, she deserved that coffee.
Cora McGrail - As I raised the cup full of boiling Starbucks coffee up to my lips, my mom yelled out a string of curses and slammed on the breaks, causing me to spill the liquid and get those spicy first degree burns.
Caroline Cunningham - It was Halloween and my teacup had dressed up as a scary gas station coffee cup.
Carly Jackson - Steam swirled and danced out of the coffee cup, framing my rosy face and combating the frostbite sneaking up my fingers.
Rachel Swain - I wrap my fingers tightly around the mug, the hot liquid inside warming up my hands that cold winter morning, the sweet aroma settling in the air.
Mary Ellen Raymo - Have y’all ever heard of “Death Wish Coffee,” the kind that keeps you up for three days straight? I need five cups of it.
Kira Findley: There’s nothing more amazing than waking up in the morning and seeing someone who had brewed the family a fresh coffee cup.
Mr. M - The dark-roast beans sat in the corner waiting, wishing it were of a higher-class latte.
Meghan Boozer - The heat radiating off of the ceramic cup warmed the air.
Kassidy Kessler- The man dropped to his knees and sobbed as his beloved cup of coffee soaked into the carpet before him.
Monica- The man drank out of his coffee cup, only to realize it wasn’t coffee but Dr. Pepper.
Lloyd Hardin Gholson, Fifth of His Name, Long may He Reign (until he poisons himself) {in my defense, those berries have been known to kill large cattle, so the fact that I was only out for a bit less than a week is honestly kinda impressive} (Capitalize your proper nouns): aight so this one time when I was like 7 or 8, in second grade I think, I got in the truck to go to school and saw a Pop Tart sitting on the center console, and as I was a small hungry little child I immediately ate it and also being a mere mortal immediately regretted all of my life choices, especially since it was somewhere along the lines of ten thousand years old and also tasted about as good as a maggot-infested pile of half fermented elephant dung, and being the innovative genius that I also was somehow, don’t question it, I asked my mom for some of her coffee, took a good hearty swig of the milky black stuff, and immediately puked up every scrap of edible material I had eaten within the past seven lifetimes and also a hot dog for good measure.
Malachi Steven Gnade - I had waited to open my present all night, and when I revealed what lie under the wrapping paper, I sat disappointed to find a puppet.
Kassidy Kessler- Tears fall from my eyes as I stare down at my wrists, wishing I was free from my strings.
Brianna Griesenauer- Roses are red, your new strings are clear, you’re now my puppet, and you’ll never escape here.
Caroline Cunningham - You’ve never known fear until your brother’s preschool class comes home with hand made puppets.
Olivia Gibbons- In the corner it sat with black shimmering eyes; the dog puppet I bought as a child and played with once was planning its revenge.
Claire Eusterbrock- I giggled in excitement as I made the pink and white dog puppet dance, its wooden feet making a pleasant tapping noise when they hit the ground.
Megan Koch: Strings hung limply from a metal hook on the wall as the cracked porcelain doll pranced out the back door.
Monica Turntine - The forest of my nightmares is silent and empty; the only monster that dares live there being the dreaded.
Caroline Cunningham’s ghost - No place will ever be as peaceful as the moss-covered forest when the golden sun filters through the emerald canopy.
Megan Koch: Heavy raindrops smacked against the treetops as Krystal huddled in a hollow tree trunk.
Carly Nims: The moon slowly rises over the trees, and the animals of the night slowly leave their burrows and nests to prowl the dark forest ground.
Brianna Griesenauer: I don’t understand how all the trees in the woods can be so close to each other because if I were a tree, I’d tell the others to leaf me alone.
Olivia Gibbons: The amber sun shone through the autumn trees and illuminated the blood-soaked leaves scattered on the ground.
Evelyn Swiderski: The forest may be dark, but it is my home… the forest may be broken, but it is my mind.
Meghan Boozer: The mysterious figure was concealed by the darkness of the Black Forest, where leaves crunched and withered under the feet of the traveler.
Abby Hammond: I walked silently in the forest, when I turned around to see him in all his glory: Shia LeBeouf.
Claire Eusterbrock: The thin path through the forest was illuminated by the faint sunlight that flitted through the trees and cast shafts of orange, gold, and red light onto the ground.
Mary Ellen Raymo: Sensing my presence, a nearby oak offered me one of its roots, and the world around me disappeared into bursts of chlorophyll-colored light, as I tuned in to the slow pulse of botanical messages.
Carly Jackson: Leaves shiver in a cool Spring breeze, whispering rumors of the one who lurks in the shadows and whose eyes glow at night.
Caitlin O’Toole: The forest hides the goat man’s bridge, who is said to make you disappear if you dare disrespect his bridge.
Rachel Swain - I ran through the trees, frantically pushing away the branches in an attempt to escape the racing shadows, until I broke through the edge of the trees.
Quint - This one time my boii jack was walkin' around in his backyard, which was right next to a little forested area and a squirrel jumped down from a tree and landed on his head and this little wiener of a squirrel bit him on the nose and so he went to the hospital and now he’s fine but he still brings it up every time I see him, which isn’t often because he goes to a different school and we rarely talked after 7th grade so we’re not that close anymore.
Malachi Gnade - Peace, something that many believe cannot be achieved, is somewhere many people have found in the wilderness.
Mr. M- The leaves spoke, leaving one helpless.
3/14/24
Write a sentence about the night sky.
Claire: The fact that our bodies contain remnants of stardust allows me to believe that we are truly a part of this universe.
Mackenzie: Twinkle, Twinkle, little star, my my what a great thing you will be one day.
Isabel : In the dark of the evening, glittering stars dot the sky, creating an encapsulating blanket of comforting night.
Sophia: The dark, night sky contrasted with the glowing green light featured at the end of the dock across the bay.
Meghan:The dark night put its blanket on my back.
Emily: Tonight’s sky will be filled with rumbling clouds and soothing rain.
Elisabeth: The stars sparkle and shine like diamonds, creating a beautiful arrangement of colors that the sky dawns like a necklace
Gabby: The fireworks exploded into the night sky as I lifted my drink to Nick Carraway while saying, “Why, I’m Mr. Gatsby.”
Mr. Bratkowski: The green light glows ominously in the inky blank night sky.
Anya: The night sky is filled with beautiful stars and when you look up you can see the different shapes the stars make.
Olivia Monday: A dark place full of wonder, diamond stars running in the sky, the eye of the moon flying high in the night.
Jewel: The night star is amazing at night, especially when you walk outside and look at the sky along with the stars in a telescope.
Make the document look like Karen’s search history.
Claire: Is red still considered pink?
Mackenzie: Best halloween costume shop buy
Meghan:Why is Regina Mad?
Anya: Why does everyone hate me?
Gabby: “Is God somebody’s dog?” -Katie McCullough
Elisabeth: Do men have hips?
Emily: Was Abraham Lincoln the first president?
Isabel : How to increase IQ easy step by step guide.
Peyton: Are numbers real?
Matt: What is Regina George’s IP address?
Cameron: how to spell gorjus
Mia: Karen *is caucasian* “how to become caucasian”
Write about what you’re giving up for Lent. (bc yk its lent), or about something you can do for others!
Claire: I want to compliment one person everyday!
Isabel : I want to practice guitar for at least 30 minutes every day!
Mackenzie: I'm going to try and actually do my homework the class before it's due.
Sophia: As I remove fast food and sodas from my daily life, I’m sure that my happiness will be removed just as quickly.
Meghan:5am I rise to pray.
Elisabeth: I want to have a more positive outlook
JAMES: I’ll try to talk more in discussions.
Matt: I work at QT, so I am going to chill out on the dark sodas.
Mr. B: For Lent, I will say one nice thing to someone each day.
Lucy: I am giving up Honkai Star Rail for Lent because I need to touch grass.
Anya: I gave up fast food, does McDonald’s count because they are slow? -yes, Meghan
Cham: I am going to support my friends by acting as their personal court jester.
Finish the thought: “Always remember…” -- 2/1/24
Isabel: Always remember to do things in moderation, even good things can be bad if you have too much! (like water!)
Emily: Always remember your wallet on hand
Claire: Always remember… always remember… I don’t remember.
Mackenzie: Always remember it doesn’t count if it’s on sale
Meghan:Always remember, actually I forgot what I was going to say.
Anne: always ramember how to spell
Gabby: “Always remember to keep a cricket on your hearth” -Cricket on the Hearth
Anya- always remember that time you slipped up the stairs and everyone laughed at you.
Lucy - Always remember the Alamo.
Sophia: Always remember the 21st night of September.
James-Always remember; never forget
Jewel Zdrodowski- Always remember I fell off my balcony in fifth grade.
Mr. Bratkowski: Today is Harry Style’s 30th birthday.
Write One Awesome Sentence about a New Years Resolution -- 1/18/24
Mackenzie: The first month was great, the next it became a forgotten memory
Meghan:Why can I never seem to keep up with The New Year’s Revolution
Claire: My New Years Resolution is to be less stressed, and so far we are losing in this battle.
Isabel : My New Year came with a lot of New Year's Resolutions, even though I know I won’t end up following any of them through.
Emily: My New Year’s resolution lasts for about a week, and then it becomes a lost thought in my brain.
Mr. Bratkowski: For New Years this year, I resolved to stop making New Years' resolutions.
Gabby: My New Years Resolution is to talk to James Fink significantly less.
Elisabeth: my New Years resolution is to find my style, but so far it’s still all over the place
Peyton; my new years in’s and outs. In’s: being really really nice to me. Outs: being mean to me.
Sophia: My New Year's Resolution? I do not recall. However, if it was to have a poor memory, I am doing well.
Matt: My new year’s resolution is to stop losing my sanity to the best of my ability.
Anya- my New Year’s resolution was to not be on my phone that much, my phone will say otherwise.
James: My xnew year resolution was to interact with more people and join more clubs.
Lucy: My New Year’s resolution is to make a New Year’s resolution. 👍
Cameron: My New Year’s resolution is to come up with better one awesome sentences.
Write about how chivalry is dead.
Meghan:You know that guy named Chiverly, he died of a heart attack.
Anya: I was sitting on my couch petting my dog Jyn when I heard a big crash in the other room, Chivelry fell down and hit his head on the floor and died.
Gabby: I was racing down the stairs, my hands overflowing with many trinkets and bobbles, as I made direct eye contact with a man in front of me who was opening the door, and he proceeded to close it when I was seconds away from entering.
Claire: “Chivalry isn’t dead,” I saw while throwing down my jacket over a puddle, so you can step over it.
Cameron: Chivalry must be dead, because there has not been a single noble knight throwing down his gauntlet in a challenge for my hand in eternal sacred marriage.
Elisabeth: The Ghost of Sir Francis haunted the doors of the palace, opening them for any fair maiden that passes through. He was very proud of himself even if most just thought that the castles had automatic doors.
Peyton: Joe Alywn did not give Taylor Swift the booth seat at a restaurant. Chivalry is dead.
Mr. Bratkowski: I knew chivalry was dead when I opened a door for a woman, and she sprayed me in the face with pepper mace.
Sophia: I heard the masses before I saw them; the hoards of people rushed towards the door I was holding open, pushing past one another for minutes on end until, finally, I was able to walk through the doorway, thinking about how not one of them had thanked me.
Matt: I used to say “Ladies first”, but now I say “Me First” and shove past other people.
Lucy: As of late every door I go up to opens before me. Has everyone upgraded to automatic doors? That seems like it would be pretty hard to do for doors with hinges. I also hear a voice saying “After you.” Maybe everybody has installed speakers too?
St. Dominic Open House
Write One Awesome Sentence about St. Dominic!
Claire: The St. Dominic community is truly a patchwork of talents, and I find that a week doesn’t pass without me being amazed by someone new!
Meghan:At St. Dominic, the community is very big and amazing.
Isabel : St. Dominic was a pretty awesome dude, not only was he credited for the invention of the rosary, he also founded The Dominicans!
Mackenzie: St Dominic has made me feel so at home, and I absolutely love coming here everyday!
Abby: St Dominic has so many opportunities for all who walk through campus doors!
Lila : St. Dominic died because he took care of people with leprosy. That shows his dedication to other people, and puts the needs of others before himself, this shows our dedication to the students of St. Dominic!
Hayden: I love the Mac and cheese bits you should totally come here now.
Mrs. Johnson: St. Dominic has the best students!
Anya Bannan: St Dominic is amazing and has amazing students!
Aubri Thomassen: St Dominic is a very awesome, diverse community.
Marianne: I love St. Dominic’s welcoming community and faith-filled mission!
Sophia: St. Dominic is an amazing place filled with the kindest people, the tastiest food, and the holiest priest.
10/5/23
Write the first thing you would do if you were in the Salem Witch Trials (if you know The Crucible, then there specifically).
Meghan Maschmeyer-I would lie and say I'm not a witch to protect my family secret.(This is a joke)
Claire: I’d be out of there the moment someone even uttered, “witchcraft.”
Gabby: I would immediately accuse every single person who ever dared cross me of witchcraft.
Peyton: I would become main prosecutor/witness, pull and Abigail Williams, if you will.
Allison- I would start with the innocent act saying I was bewitched then accuse the people who irk me the most of bewitching me; then I’d run off into the sunset with John Proctor.
Emily: I would run away as soon as they tried to accuse me of being a witch in an attempt to save my life while they chase me with their pitchforks, chanting “witch!”.
Isabel : I’d accuse all the redheads in the area of being witches because red is the color of blood. (ily emily!!!)
Mr. Bratkowski: I’d probably run away because how else would I escape with my life?
Lucy Moeller: I would move away and because I have ADHD I would probably be one of the first accused.
9/21/23
Make a sentence using the words pickle, increase, and auspicious
Claire: I, a poor pickle farmer who had not had a good harvest in many years, was blessed this year with auspicious harvest, as the sole pickle that didn’t die in my field increased by 20 times in size every three to four business days; I won the state fair pickle contest, and felt like I was kind of a big dill.
Mackenzie: I have an increasing urge to smack people with pickles in an auspicious way.
Meghan: The auspicious sail of the pickles continue to increase daily.
Anya- the pickle increases it’s auspiciousness.
Isabel Li : Everytime my auspicious jar of dill pickles had an increase in biddings, I knew that my cash flow would triple, and maybe even quadruple.
Allison M- The auspicious pickle club has been rapidly increasing in size as its infamy travels across Saint Dominic
Matt- The auspicious man increased his sodium intake by guzzling down some pickle juice.
Gabby: The auspicious pickle wore a bow tie and monocle, and he told me about the increase of pickle juice popularity in the stock market.
Emily Gilbert- I watched and waited as my auspicious harvest of pickles increased in size.
Lucy Moeller - As my pickle stocks increase it shows the my financial skills are most auspicious indeed.
Cameron Schwent — Over the ages, my distaste for pickles has increased in a way that is hardly auspicious to my versatility as a certified food enjoyer.
Mr. Bratkowski: When you increase the amount of pickles you eat each day, you will become auspicious!
Lauren Morris: The girl auspiciously spent the last 2 hours increasing her intake of pickles by devouring 15 jars.
Pickles make me Happy.-Katie
Pickles are life- Emily
Brooklyn - yI auspiciously wanted to increase my pickle intake by 2 a day.
2022-2023
4/13/23
Describe your favorite kind of candy without naming it! We will guess at the end.
Caitlin: It might seem like a cheap variation of a typical candy, but the extra crunch added…perfection.
Rachel: It’s like Frankenstein’s monster if miss girl was made up of crunch and twix bars.
Meghan M-This is M and Ms, but with way less(no) chocolate.
Allison M.- They pop snap and crackle in your mouth, bringing the most wonderful flavors known to man.
Cameron: Nutty, sweet, and slightly bizarre- just like yours truly ;)
Gabby: Some call me wicked for loving the combination of mint and chocolate, but I think it is quite the refined candy.
E. Haefner: You're not yourself when you're hungry
Anya- silky, smooth, in pieces that you break apart, the inside is very milky
Matt F: When you bite it, it breaks open to reveal chocolate filling, and has an outer coat of dark chocolate. (delicious) :3
Mackenzie P: a signature four “red” flavors from another treat in an interesting tiny egg shape
Mr. B.: Creamy, sweetened peanut butter (sometimes too sweet) covered with milk chocolate; if I eat more than two, I start to get sick.
Kate: This candy is out of this world.
Kaya: The sweet, smooth peanut butter overwhelms your mouth with the accent of soft nougat, all covered in a delicious, thin layer of chocolate.
Marissa Fischer: I like chocolate, but make it Emo and give it white wings.
Peyton: this candy takes you to space, but specifically in the dead of night.
Evie: Will Arnel is my bbg.
3/23/23
One day you wake up to realize a leprechaun has turned you green. Write a sentence about how you live from here on.
Caitlin O’Toole- Personally, I don’t see much wrong with this, as I can now live out my dream of being Poison Ivy 24/7.
Rachel Swain: Can I at least be pistachio green so I match the Mr Bratkowski’s face shirts?
Meghan Maschmeyer-I am very Irish now since I am wearing green every day.
Cameron Schwent: I will gaslight everyone into believing that they’re colorblind by insisting that I’m blue instead
Marissa Fischer: Well… maybe I can make friends with Shrek and Fiona.
Matt Fischer: I would hide in a bush and disappear for eternity
Elizabeth: Well I am Irish….guess it’s time to move.
Anya Bannan- I would hide with Matt in the bush
Gabby: I am the leprechaun, who do you think you’re kidding?
E.Haefner: Become Elphaba from Wicked, living my life being misunderstood
Allison M: I would hunt down Gabby and force her to return my soul and change back to my normal skin color.
Claire: I guess you could say I’d finally have green thumbs; however, even then I know my flowers would die.
Peyton- I’m gonna need a new foundation shade.
Hannah: I hope this wears off.
Ryker- “wow that was some crazy dream I had”
Aila: I would become a basement dweller and eat ice cream. ;
Mr. Bratkowski: I would start a new career as a member of the Green Man group, and I would learn to catch marshmallows in my mouth.
EVIE GHOLSON: finally ive become who i always was intended to be… i have ascended to my true form
Write a sentence about a woman in your life who has impacted you!
Rachel Swain: For any time spent with you that I took for granted, I cherish your memory twice as much.
Caitlin O’Toole: Shout out to Dianna Agron for completely changing the trajectory of my life by playing Quinn Fabray in Glee.
To every woman I’ve ever met: I love you with all my heart, and I’m proud of you for being here.
Meghan Maschmeyer: I wish my first words were mom, but they were ”Sansa, baby”, sorry mom.
Hannah: Mindi Abair was the first person who ever got me to transcribe without crying, and for that I thank her.
Marissa: Despite what I said yesterday, Caitlin you are the womanest woman to ever woman.
Allison M: Dove Cameron can ruin my life, smash my face into the ground, and step on my fingers and I will still kiss the ground she walks on.
E. Haefner: The relationship I have with my mom is something I will forever treasure.
Lucy M: My mom is the best woman in the world, change my mind.
Mr. B: I collected stamps with my grandmother when I was little, and she taught me Polish – at least, she told me the only Polish I ever learned.
Anya B: I went to the park with my dog and we ran around- she was so happy. (Shoutout to Jyn)
Cameron S: Shout-out to my girl Eve, good job bringing the fall of man 🍎
Gabby: All those at this table are some of my favorite specimens with uteruses
Aila- I love my mom, so that makes me a feminist.
Hilary- I would kill for a brunch session with Mary Shelley.
Kaya: My coach is like a second mom; I could be without her for years at a time and still go to her about anything.
Aubri - There isn’t really a monumental female figure in my life other than my mom, but sometimes I have dreams of this astounding woman; she opens her palm, opalescent light breaking from it, and dreams from hundreds of people flow along, dancing on the shining rays.
Matt F - Personally I think women are ok. I respect my mom, sisters, cat and Chun Li. Other women too I guess.
Kate- My mom is the inspiration for my life; love her :)
Evie: My mom was very against letting our cats in the house, but she’s now best friends with our grumpy momma cat.
Write a sentence depicting one of the love languages
Mr. Bratkowski – I guess nothing says “I love you” like washing the dishes.
Caitlin O’Toole - When you see something that reminds you of that one special person, or when they say “I saw this and thought of you” … I’m in love with you now.
Rachel Swain - Doing nothing isn’t boring in the right company.
Meghan Maschmeyer-J’adore service!
Matthew Funk — I give a special thing to you.
E.Haefner: So many ways to express my love, from hand holding to hugs, yet no one to give it too :(
Gabby- I love giving and receiving hugs, but if you go in for a kiss, be ready to get punted into the stratosphere.
Elizabeth:
Elizabeth D: C’est mon phrase qui représente un langue de l’amour.
Claire: My mom got me a pasta maker for my birthday, I never showed an interest in pasta. Not even the weirdest gift I’ve gotten, I’ve also got a compound bow. On a serious note, aren’t humans so silly… they give special item to show they care just like how humans naturally have a primal urge to move when they hear music.
Allison M- A simple hug can say so many unspoken words and yet still get across “I love you”
Kate: PDA is overrated; get a room.
Emily: Words of affirmation is one of my favorite love languages, it’s unfortunate because ive never received them.
(Ur amazing Emily)-Matt (Anya seconds that)(Lucy thirds that)(Meghan fourths that)(Everyone here agrees) (Kate: Emily be nicer to yourself :))
Marissa Fischer: Let’s exchange cool looking rocks and then elope.
Mackenzie: the soft tingle that shoots up your body when the contact you so longingly crave is gifted upon you and your heart is full of the mushy stuff some people hate. But you, no, you love that small feeling.
Aila:I think love is icky yippee ki yayyyyyyy!!
(Anya seconds that)(Meghan thirds this)(Lucy fourth’s this)(Emily fifths this)(Gabby sixths this)
Lucy: As she walked out of the hospital she made sure to watch for cars but what she didn’t expect was the 5 '4 tall bundle of energy that was her best friend giving her the biggest surprise hug she could.
Anya- As my mom walked out of the store, she gave me a chocolate bar.
Matt: He got close and whispered into their ear, “Omelette du Fromage,” and the other person proceeded to become a flustered mess.
Kaya: My friend and I have very different expressions of love; she loves to spend her entire life savings on one birthday gift…I usually write her an 18 page letter and call it a day.
Aubri: With every little sacrifice, we still return to one another; pinkies crossing in a subtle note of love, hands intertwining when tears fall, hugs exchanged and gentle words of comfort murmured in one another’s ears. All in a sense of affection, words lost at the strength of hand in an unlovable hand.
Hilary: If you so much as call me “friend,” I will cry.
Write a sentence that has to do with salt:
Rachel Swain : You may have expected something serious, but this is just me admitting to putting too much salt on my baked pretzels.
Caitlin O’Toole: I have a salt lamp in my room that I have yet to plug in; I got it for Christmas.
Cameron: I carelessly salted the shrimp, blissfully unaware that one day, when it grew into a giant shrimp, it would salt me back.
Hilary Lang- Buddy, you’re nothing but a slug… and unfortunately for you, I’m the sheriff of The Salty Spitoon.
Angel - I like to assalt younger children with salt.
Allison - Saint Dominic’s lack of salt on the potato wedges alarms students and staff alike.
Kate- The salt of my life is the people that are in it.
Kaya - There is, quite frankly, no such thing as too much salt.
Mr. Bratkowski – My Wheat Thins are salty, too salty in fact.
Gabby: She was as salty as a freshly seasoned rotisserie chicken.
E. Haefner: I finally found a way to stop the immortal snail, a ring of salt.
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Evie- I peeled off my skin, coating the slimy, raw innards in layers and layers of salt, preparing myself for a meal.
(me when i am raw meat ^)
Evie: love is making your s/o memorize the entire Beastie Boys discography
Write about what you did over break! Disclaimer from Mr. Bratkowski -- The students had a competition to guess whether these were true statements or lies. The untrue statements have a note on them.
Rachel Swain: I saw a 60ft octopus across the street from a Chilis.
Caitlin O’Toole: I grieved the death of my great-grandmother.
Lucy Moeller: I went on a trip to Michigan with just me and my Grandma to see family.
Mr. B: I graded papers almost every day, for several hours a day, up until the day before break ended.
Meghan Maschmeye: I got to ride a camel to see the lights.
E. Haefner: I went Ice skating with my friends had some questionable hot chocolate and fell 7 times, overall all a good time.
Gabby: I sat on the couch as I heard the distant screams of, (Italian curse word) And “SCOBA!” in the background.
Cameron: “I wonder how Santa is going to leave his presents, we don’t have a chimney!” I exclaimed, when out of the corner of my eye I spied a horrific red and white mass slithering under the front door with a booming “H O H O H O”
Claire: I only got one gift for Christmas, a gorgeous, pink, drill.
Ally: I frolicked about in the snow whilst partaking in deadly snowball fights.
Hannah: We drove to Oklahoma City on Christmas day and went rock climbing the day after; the rock climbing harness gave me a bruise because it was too tight.
Hilary- I committed vehicular manslaughter… I’m so sorry John and Denise Sutton, and I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive me from above. This one is not true!
Anya- I went to the park and played with my dog
Aila: I went to Houston and made 9 batches of cookies because I had nothing else to do.
Matt: I went to Florida ,worked on a sewing project for 4 days, woke up a 5 am on Christmas morning.
Evie: i committed medical malpractice. This one isn't true!
2022
What if you turned into your Halloween costume?
Caitlin: I’d poison somebody but I’d also feel bad if I did that so probably just enjoy my red hair.
Rachel: I spread my wings and flutter away, any dreamy fantasy world is better than this one.
Kate: I would see my own face in the mirror, because I don’t have a Halloween costume.
Hannah: I woke up and watched as my hands, then the rest of me, faded into nothing.
Lucy: I cringed as i looked in the mirror and saw the witch’s curse taking effect. I was turning into a banana. “But I don’t what to be a banana!” I cried as the transformation was coming to a close. When the transition was complete I realized that being a banana wasn’t so bad. I no longer had to go to school.
Meghan Maschmeyer:Welcome to the 20s baby, where flappers get their break.
Hilary: I'd be paranoid all of the time because Batman will break all of the bones in my body and then send me to Arkham Asylum…on an unrelated note, I’m thinking about getting into riddles.
Gabby: I would slowly disintegrate into a fine powder, and the powder would recombine to form into a giant question mark.
Claire: I would become a part of the Addams family.
Cameron: My first thought when I awoke was that my schnoz felt even longer than usual, and I had a strange urge to throw flowers on dying people. I threw off my covers and raced over to my mirror, and it was as I feared.
Mr. Bratkowski – It would be great because I’d be Superman!
E. Haefner: I would wake up to everything around me floating, the bookshelves would be covered with new spell books and my staff would be leaning against the wall, I would fell power rushing through my vanes.
Allison Meyer- I would be expecting Beast Boy to show up at by door
Emily Pinar- I went to brush my teeth, but my teeth were abnormally pointy, as while my skin was a blinding white.
Matt: Suddenly my vision was blurred. After I regained my vision I had this hunger. It was almost insatiable. Then I looked at my needle like hands.
Evie G: I’m suddenly a lot more scared of Batman and obsessed with duality.
MONICA TURNTINE-The warm, buttery softness of Auntie Anne’s pretzels will forever have a hold of my childhood.
Cadence Bell- The salty spiral spins slowly, serenading my empty stomach *crunch*.
Megan Koch: I watched in awe as the soft dough began to rise in the sun’s heat.
Kassidy Kessler- The circus man softly weeped to himself, for due to his pride, he was now forever imprisoned in the pose of the pretzel.
Claire Eusterbrock: The cinnamon sugar rubbed off on my fingers from the pretzel from Auntie Anne’s, and the sweet and savory flavor exploded on my tongue.
Olivia Gibbons- I choked on my pretzel not once, not twice, but six individual times while writing this sentence.
Caroline Cunningham - The saddest thing in the world is those pretzels sold at CYC sports games with the hard crust and fake salt.
Meghan Boozer - Pretzels come in all shapes and sizes like humans, but it is socially acceptable to eat pretzels.
Brianna Griesenauer- What do popular kids like to snack on… prepzals.
Caitlin O’Toole - The best way to eat pretzels is with melted candy melts on top and m&ms pressed on shaped like a flower.
Mr. M - Bob worked at the pretzel stand, his eyes scarred with the salt of life.
Carly Nims: Pretzels never last long in my house as they are quickly consumed by the black hole that is my sister.
Mary Ellen Raymo - Nothing is more disappointing than watching your dog eat a decade old pretzel you found under the couch cushions.
Rachel Swain - They remind me of my childhood, a luxury... I would buy them after school once a month when they were sold by the upper classes, share them with friends... and I miss the way things were.
Evelyn Swiderski- We sat together drinking pink lemonade and pretzels… it seemed peaceful, almost too peaceful… She died the next day.
Hilary Lang: C̸̢̪͆ŗ̵̹͌̔o̴̩͍͒́̿ñ̴͕̪̇͝c̷͇̪̔̀̇h̷̫͒ C̸̢̪͆ŗ̵̹͌̔o̴̩͍͒́̿ñ̴͕̪̇͝c̷͇̪̔̀̇h̷̫͒
Emily Swain- What would be the meaning of life in this small, tiny world if we did not have pretzels?
Kira Findley: Ya know, it always seems like the cheap pretzels you can get at Walmart always sell for like 10... I REPEAT 10 DOLLARS AT THE BLUES GAMES!
Cadence Bell: The quick grey fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Megan Koch: The gray clouds threatened to spill rain over the dry fields.
Monica Turntine: G, R, A, Y, you ain’t got no alibi, it’s gray, yeah yeah its gray..
Carly Nims: The clouds seemed to turn a dark foreboding gray as the baby’s face scrunched up in preparation to throw a tantrum.
Rachel Swain: They say it’s a depressing color, a reminder of gloomy storms and lonely nights, but I love the way the rain hits my face...I love the peace in the neutral darkness.
Carly Jackson: Our flag has fallen among a barren, gray battlefield, tattered with bullet holes and with the blood of the fallen.
Caitlin O’Toole: I’m too lazy and tired to come up with something creative about the color gray - it’s a solid color I guess.
Kassidy Kessler- In a world battling to be black and white, be the grey that changes everything.
Claire Eusterbrock- The small fox laid on the grey stone path, warmed by the sun’s pale rays.
Mr. M: The gray olive sat on the fine china, crying to be eaten by Mrs. Grey.
Evelyn Swiderski- Gray. Her eyes were gray… they were always gray, but now they lay open, and dead. My love… my mon amour.
Brianna Griesenauer- Wait Wait Wait I understand now, I have been given the knowledge that gravy is called gravy because it’s gray so it must be called “gray”-vy (Have I said Gray enough yet, Mr. Margadonna?)
Olivia Gibbons- The grey clouds covered the grey sky, and rain poured down upon the grey tombstone.
Meghan Boozer - In an instant, the array of colors around me was engulfed by the dull color of gray.
Kira Findley- Grey, the color of a glum sky, yet it can be so soft and lovable.
Mary Ellen Raymo - The sunlight filtered through the gathering clouds, casting a sickly, gray pallor over the barren field where the prisoners had been gathered.
Caroline Cunningham’s ghost: My favorite song is about a guy who brings a girl gray flowers; I don’t know why she likes gray, but it makes for an interesting song.
Emily Swain: The stormy, gray clouds and the eerie sounds coming from the marsh frightened the people of the town.
*welsh translation for grey gravestone carver* {quint} - .g̬̩͉͕̣̿͗́̋̉̓̎̄͡r̷̠͇̱͔̺͖̂̃̍̎̔̑͜͞ͅæ̶̮̭͚̼̭̽̓̈̃̎͆̈͛͜͡y̷̨͖̖̖͕͚̎̽̃͒̕͢͠
Megan Koch: The white carpet glared at the silver mug perched on the coffee table, daring it to spill.
Brianna Griesenauer- If someone randomly hands me coffee cup… does that mean I got it for coffree, cause that’s the best offer that’s ever bean given to me and it means a latte because I’m a depresso espresso.
Olivia Gibbons- The coffee in the hands of the man slushed like the waves of the sea around him, as he traveled to a far off land.
Caitlin O’Toole - Pretty sure I’m not allowed to have coffee at school, but it’s either that or collapse halfway through my first class, so I’m taking it anyway.
Evelyn Swiderski- i held the brownie close to my chest and listened to the words I prayed I’d never hear… Cora spilled her coffee. Tears formed in my eyes, she deserved that coffee.
Cora McGrail - As I raised the cup full of boiling Starbucks coffee up to my lips, my mom yelled out a string of curses and slammed on the breaks, causing me to spill the liquid and get those spicy first degree burns.
Caroline Cunningham - It was Halloween and my teacup had dressed up as a scary gas station coffee cup.
Carly Jackson - Steam swirled and danced out of the coffee cup, framing my rosy face and combating the frostbite sneaking up my fingers.
Rachel Swain - I wrap my fingers tightly around the mug, the hot liquid inside warming up my hands that cold winter morning, the sweet aroma settling in the air.
Mary Ellen Raymo - Have y’all ever heard of “Death Wish Coffee,” the kind that keeps you up for three days straight? I need five cups of it.
Kira Findley: There’s nothing more amazing than waking up in the morning and seeing someone who had brewed the family a fresh coffee cup.
Mr. M - The dark-roast beans sat in the corner waiting, wishing it were of a higher-class latte.
Meghan Boozer - The heat radiating off of the ceramic cup warmed the air.
Kassidy Kessler- The man dropped to his knees and sobbed as his beloved cup of coffee soaked into the carpet before him.
Monica- The man drank out of his coffee cup, only to realize it wasn’t coffee but Dr. Pepper.
Lloyd Hardin Gholson, Fifth of His Name, Long may He Reign (until he poisons himself) {in my defense, those berries have been known to kill large cattle, so the fact that I was only out for a bit less than a week is honestly kinda impressive} (Capitalize your proper nouns): aight so this one time when I was like 7 or 8, in second grade I think, I got in the truck to go to school and saw a Pop Tart sitting on the center console, and as I was a small hungry little child I immediately ate it and also being a mere mortal immediately regretted all of my life choices, especially since it was somewhere along the lines of ten thousand years old and also tasted about as good as a maggot-infested pile of half fermented elephant dung, and being the innovative genius that I also was somehow, don’t question it, I asked my mom for some of her coffee, took a good hearty swig of the milky black stuff, and immediately puked up every scrap of edible material I had eaten within the past seven lifetimes and also a hot dog for good measure.
Malachi Steven Gnade - I had waited to open my present all night, and when I revealed what lie under the wrapping paper, I sat disappointed to find a puppet.
Kassidy Kessler- Tears fall from my eyes as I stare down at my wrists, wishing I was free from my strings.
Brianna Griesenauer- Roses are red, your new strings are clear, you’re now my puppet, and you’ll never escape here.
Caroline Cunningham - You’ve never known fear until your brother’s preschool class comes home with hand made puppets.
Olivia Gibbons- In the corner it sat with black shimmering eyes; the dog puppet I bought as a child and played with once was planning its revenge.
Claire Eusterbrock- I giggled in excitement as I made the pink and white dog puppet dance, its wooden feet making a pleasant tapping noise when they hit the ground.
Megan Koch: Strings hung limply from a metal hook on the wall as the cracked porcelain doll pranced out the back door.
Monica Turntine - The forest of my nightmares is silent and empty; the only monster that dares live there being the dreaded.
Caroline Cunningham’s ghost - No place will ever be as peaceful as the moss-covered forest when the golden sun filters through the emerald canopy.
Megan Koch: Heavy raindrops smacked against the treetops as Krystal huddled in a hollow tree trunk.
Carly Nims: The moon slowly rises over the trees, and the animals of the night slowly leave their burrows and nests to prowl the dark forest ground.
Brianna Griesenauer: I don’t understand how all the trees in the woods can be so close to each other because if I were a tree, I’d tell the others to leaf me alone.
Olivia Gibbons: The amber sun shone through the autumn trees and illuminated the blood-soaked leaves scattered on the ground.
Evelyn Swiderski: The forest may be dark, but it is my home… the forest may be broken, but it is my mind.
Meghan Boozer: The mysterious figure was concealed by the darkness of the Black Forest, where leaves crunched and withered under the feet of the traveler.
Abby Hammond: I walked silently in the forest, when I turned around to see him in all his glory: Shia LeBeouf.
Claire Eusterbrock: The thin path through the forest was illuminated by the faint sunlight that flitted through the trees and cast shafts of orange, gold, and red light onto the ground.
Mary Ellen Raymo: Sensing my presence, a nearby oak offered me one of its roots, and the world around me disappeared into bursts of chlorophyll-colored light, as I tuned in to the slow pulse of botanical messages.
Carly Jackson: Leaves shiver in a cool Spring breeze, whispering rumors of the one who lurks in the shadows and whose eyes glow at night.
Caitlin O’Toole: The forest hides the goat man’s bridge, who is said to make you disappear if you dare disrespect his bridge.
Rachel Swain - I ran through the trees, frantically pushing away the branches in an attempt to escape the racing shadows, until I broke through the edge of the trees.
Quint - This one time my boii jack was walkin' around in his backyard, which was right next to a little forested area and a squirrel jumped down from a tree and landed on his head and this little wiener of a squirrel bit him on the nose and so he went to the hospital and now he’s fine but he still brings it up every time I see him, which isn’t often because he goes to a different school and we rarely talked after 7th grade so we’re not that close anymore.
Malachi Gnade - Peace, something that many believe cannot be achieved, is somewhere many people have found in the wilderness.
Mr. M- The leaves spoke, leaving one helpless.
*Art by Monica Turntine
Monica Turntine- Eartha Kitt didn’t write Santa Baby, Mrs. Claus did (unless Eartha Kitt is Mrs. Claus).
Carly Nims — Mrs. Claus stood in the kitchen humming as she baked another batch of her famous cookies with her secret ingredient, the souls of all the kids on the Naughty List.
Mary Ellen Raymo - Mrs. Claus stays obese to cushion her vital organs against the candy cane shanks the elves use when rebelling.
Megan Koch: Santa never eats his wife’s cookies, so the elves always eat well.
Kassidy Kessler- Once Mrs. Claus found out about the mommy kissing Santa Claus, you can be assured Christmas night wasn't so holly and jolly.
Olivia Gibbons- As soon as Mrs. Claus heard, “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” she filed a candy cane down to a point and went to find Santa.
Brianna Griesenauer- Mrs. Claus is a very good therapist who helps her husband with his cookie eating problems and who helps the gingerbread men solve their life problems; since them and their houses are made of gingerbread, is their house made of flesh, or are they men made of house?
Marissa McNeese: Mrs. Claus is shushing the VSCO girls to keep quiet about her secret.
Evelyn Swiderski: Mrs. Claus smiles at me as I beg for another Christmas cookie, “No, no honey, you’ve already had 234...that’s enough for one night, Santa”
Caitlin O’Toole: Mrs. Claus loves baking cookies, but she doesn’t give them to Santa because he always gets some from the kids.
Carly Jackson - Bells ring through the air, Christmas spirit is everywhere, especially circling the jolly figure of Mrs. Claus, the hidden figure behind Santa’s work.
Caroline Cunningham - Technically speaking, I am Mrs. Claus because I played her in A Christmas Story.
Quint Gholson- imma be honest I’ve got no idea how Mrs. Claus happened, because the real Saint Nicholas wasn’t married, and there’s not a whole lot of apparent influence from Frigg, so the High German connection that Santa himself has isn’t really a thing; I assume she exists either because of some obscure Slovak tradition or because some old guy dressed as Santa one Christmas, and his wife joined him and the tradition stuck.
Mr. M - She used to be a felt figure, holding a foggy red dish.
Sam Duing: Mrs. Claus isn’t actually Santa’s wife, she’s his cousin, but it tested better with focus groups so now he’s “married”
Carly Nims~ The Christmas tree sat collecting dust in the basement as Thanksgiving needs to happen before the tree can once again stand in its place of honor.
Evelyn Swiderski: One time I looked out my window, and BOOM, I saw over 30 people dressed as Santa (True story), and no, I did not hallucinate this, I have witnesses.
Mary Ellen Raymo (featuring Wade Howdeshell) - The Sugarplum Fairy stared in horror as the American addition to the Land of Sweets began their variation- "The Dance of the Twinkies."
Megan Koch: Snowflakes slowly floated around the sparkling Christmas tree.
Olivia Gibbons: Anyone who puts up their Christmas tree before thanksgiving will be eliminated by the Thanksgiving Turkey.
Cora McGrail: I begrudgingly reached for the frying pan-shaped object wrapped in sparkly paper, unwrapping it, when to my surprise it revealed an iPhone box but alas, when I hurriedly ripped the cardboard apart, it was….socks.
Caroline Cunningham: Whoever came up with the idea of “ugly” Christmas sweaters obviously didn’t take into account the fact that I love both Christmas and sweaters.
Monica Turntine: If humans decorate their trees with lights, in an alternate universe, would lights decorate their trees with humans?
Kassidy Kessler- Christmas is a time to stay home and snuggle up with your perfectly warmed-up bowl of tomato soup (significant other).
Rachel Swain- I love the season, the music, the food, the atmosphere, but I can’t stand it any day before thanksgiving; that is, of course, unless it’s seasonal coffee.
Brianna Griesenauer- I have never been so embarrassed than my family forcing me to get on stage with Santa as a 14 year old while chanting “SIT ON HIS LAP”: True story.
Caitlin O’Toole - Christmas is the only time of year that I refuse to say Merry Christmas.
Quint is probably here today, but honestly who knows for sure - Santa Claus is just the Jesus fanboy version of Odin and anyone who denies this absolute truth is a delusional capitalist pig.
Mr. M - Gramp is Santa, chocolate in glass dishes, and carols falling like snow.
Megan Koch - Standing in the corner, she eyed the steam rising from the buffet line at the far end of the room.
Carly Nims— The turkey tried to escape from the farm when it heard the farmer talking about looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner.
Kassidy Kessler- I shudder, fearing that the talking turkey may return and seek revenge on my meek soul...
Mary Ellen Raymo - The Democrats and Republicans glared daggers at each other through the curls of steam rising from the turkey, and that was when I grabbed my plate and ran for cover in the basement.
Caroline Cunningham - The oven is warm, and the kitchen is filled with the scent of my cranberry pear tart that will be the epitome of Thanksgiving dessert.
Carly Jackson - Gathered around the table with my family - pale skinned and dark eyed - we smile endearingly at one another and drop our eyes to the meal spread out before us: my husband.
Caitlin O’Toole - Thanksgiving is a day based on murdering turkeys, plucking their feathers, and cooking them, then calling it a tradition.
Rachel Swain - It might as well be my favorite holiday: my mom eats butternut squash for days, my uncle goes on about the love of the family, and I can eat as much as I want without anyone saying anything about it.
Brianna Griesenauer- Thanksgiving is great until a week later your grandma makes you eat Thanksgiving leftovers anytime you're hungry- GRANDMA, NO...I DON’T NEED MORE MASHED POTATOES!
Abby Hammond: Thanksgiving would be the best holiday ever if there were less political talks and no badly-made mashed potatoes (but the turkey is really good).
Claire Eusterbrock- The turkey watched in horror as he watched the Native Americans and Pilgrims sharpen their axes and spears, then turned and let out a squawk of terror as they chased after him.
Evelyn Swiderski- Thanksgiving is more of a day to mourn the loss of my soulmate than to be “thankful," yet I’m thankful for her.
Olivia Gibbons- As the guests chowed down on the feast, I smiled knowing what was truly in the meal.
Monica- Here I stand, six feet tall, the heels accentuating my ankles, and there my father stands, shorter than me, very upset.
Marissa McNeese- Thanksgiving is a time for family, and a time to expose your siblings.
Quint - Every time someone asks what I’m thankful for, I have three main answers: steak, spinny rolling chairs, and bathrooms, because without toilets with running water, the stench resulting from large urban populations would be unbearable, and the diseases spread through stagnant fecal matter would be terrible.
Mr. M - The pilgrim was not a pilgrim...he was simply grim.
Megan Koch: The old floorboards creaked behind me as I sauntered down the tediously long corridor; I turned around and smiled at my ghost friend.
Carly Nims— The old home stood silent in the warm summer night as the phantom sounds of running feet and joyful laughter echo throughout its long abandoned halls.
Kazzidy Kessler- The family shivered as the walls of their house whispered eerily in their ear the most terrifying thing they had ever heard…. “I’m gonna bring you higher taxes.”
Claire Eusterbrock- I watched as the spirit of a black and white cat trotted across the wooden floor before vanishing around the corner, then walked through the wall to see where it went.
Meghan B. - The creak of the boards beneath my feet echoed in the long hallway of whispering voices and fading faces.
Caroline Cunningham - The house next to the cornfield moaned ominously in the wind; I could hear the faint sounds of children's laughter echoing through the corn stalks.
MONICA TURNTINE- The best haunted house is the one that nobody suspects is deadly.
Mary Ellen Raymo - Beneath the scummy surface of the pond, I could see the pale outlines of long dead Koi fish gliding through the water, their ragged fins trailing behind them like a zombie bride’s veil, leaving no ripples in their wake.
Olivia Gibbons- I turned and saw the dark figure standing in front of me, “Oh, sup Jerry,” I said as the ghost gives me a thumbs up.
Brianna Griesenauer- My house doesn’t seem haunted, but maybe there’s a soul haunting the house (Not the dark one floating about, that’s mine), but sometimes I hear the ghost with bobbed hair go, “I WANNA SEE THE MANAGER OF THIS HOUSE." She’s looking for my mom.
Evie- Static surrounding an old Victorian, boarded up entrances, and shadowed windows peer ominously down at you as you make your way up the steps.
Quint - imagine, if you will, a small cottage nestled within a minuscule clearing set at the end of an overgrown path that winds through a dense forest; honestly, you could either imagine a comfy summer home or a haunted witch house, but in either situation I’d rather be in that house than outside in its cold forest.
Mr. M - Linda calls, but occasionally her demands are floating in the air.
Mr. M - Gramp is Santa, chocolate in glass dishes, and carols falling like snow.
Kassidy Kessler- How funny it was, that even while the sun was rising, the October day flaunted its spooky colors.
Caroline Cunningham - I settled into the old rocking chair on my porch, a hot mug of hot chocolate in my hands and a knit blanket on my lap as I prepared to enjoy the night with my friends handing out candy to kids trick or treating.
Abby Hammond: I walk down the street in my eerie costume, bopping to my favorite song, “Spooky Scary Skeletons.”
Cadence Bell - This Halloween night, I walk down the street, knife in hand, as all the children run away screaming from my bloodstained attire.
Sam Duing: The ghost was quite melancholy, for his boo had been much too scary, and his home had become dreary and lonely once again.
Kira Findley: The time of Halloween is just an excuse for kids to dress up as murderers from history and movies.
Mr. M - Ghosts inhabit the darkness, blurring into a mesh of madness.
Evelyn Swiderski: Halloween is three days after my birthday, so maybe that’s why I’m such a spooky child.
Carly Nims— The fall leaves blow in the wind as demons and ghouls roam the streets looking for something to fill their bellies on All Hallows’ Eve.
Mary Ellen Raymo - Halloween is the only time of year when you can leave a dead body in your yard and no one will notice.
Cora McGrail: Ah yes, Halloween, that magical time of the year where you’re willing to risk getting hypothermia in order to have a swell costume.
Olivia Gibbons- “Oh what a sweet child! What is your costume?” the old lady asked staring up at the cloaked figure. “The Grim Reaper,” the figure responded and entered into the house.
Elizabeth Dill- Halloween is a holiday based on our worst nightmares, yet we like the holiday.
Marissa McNeese- Halloween, the time where I can finally fit in because my sister says my make-up looks like a clown.
Carly Jackson - The air rushed into my lungs, cold fingers clogging my airways; I stood with a crooked grin etched into my face, eyes hollow and lifeless as I peered down at the gore around my feet - Halloween is the best time to hide bodies.
Brianna Griesenauer- Halloween must be a great time for a ghost to share jokes with their boo.
Caitlin O’Toole - Halloween isn’t as scary when you’re the one people are afraid of.
Emily Swain- Halloween is a holiday in which we are allowed to dress up as anything we want, whether that be our greatest dreams or our greatest fears.
Monica Turntine- As soon as October 1st hit, I rose out of my coffin and put on my pumpkin crown; the queen of Halloween had risen for another year.
Rachel Swain- I’m not scared of the decorations or the monsters; I’m just scared of waking up the next day with a stomach-ache.
Nathan Monday — With the power of the full moon glowing in the Halloween night, the mighty werewolf transforms and prowls the city streets searching for his prey.
Malachi Gnade - He lay there, screaming in horrific pain after a vicious encounter with his own dog.
Quint - I used to really like Halloween; as a small bean I would dress up as Tigger or something and go house to house demanding candy; now I love Halloween even more because I can just go outside in my normal clothes and be dressed as Jesus, and I go to my boii John’s house to chug cheap soda and scarf down gallons of candy corn while running around the graveyard behind his house with improvised torches made of oil-soaked cardboard.
Kassidy Kessler- ‘Twas on a Thursday that I had finally given up hope and surrendered my brain cell to Olivia, hoping she’d’use it well. (She wouldn’t)
Olivia Gibbons- Thursday, the day I finally regained my rightful brain cell from Kassidy and could finally do my homework.
Emily Swain-Thursday, oh Thursday, what a marvelous day of Thurs!
Caroline Cunningham - This Thursday shall go down in history as the day the Missouri State Highway Patrol passed one of the most anxious people ever on her driving test.
Mary Ellen Raymo - Thursdays are those days you wake up thinking are Fridays, only to be crushed by disappointment once you look at a calendar and realize you have to suffer through 24 more hours of misery before you can finally sleep.
Megan Koch: Thursday was the fateful day when he decided to obliterate the world.
Evelyn Swiderski: It was a regular Thursday when I lost my mind. Some say it was the girl; some say I already was insane.
Brianna Griesenauer- Thursday is legitimately just the off-brand-sad-Friday when we invented deer farms.
Monica- Thursday is a nice day, but it’s just a placeholder for Friday and it knows that.
Carly Jackson - Thursday morning fog seeped into the room in which I stood, the wooden planks of the cabin creaking with the screams of those from before; I clenched the dagger in my fist and sneered down at the mangled, tattered body at my feet.
Caitlin O’Toole - Thursday, the day Carly finally died of laughter and then tears...
Marissa McNeese: The week is almost over...one more day before I kick off and start my weekend of watching anime.
Rachel Swain- Thursday is always the same as every other day, just as tiring and difficult, stuck in the same meaningless loop.
Kira Findley: Thursdays, the day of the werewolf; always on Thursdays the werewolves of London come out and try to kill all the poor souls that let them into their homes.
Cadence Bell: Thursday is the best day for listening to and making music.
Emma: Ah Thursday, the horrible day right before the joy returns to the children’s eyes.
Elizabeth- Thursday is the disappointing day that you wish it was Friday, but there is still another day to go.
Mairead Gannon: Thursdays used to be my busiest day of the week, and now that it’s not busy at all, I would like to know when this dream will end.
Abby Hammond: He asked me if I love to sing on Thursdays, and the thing is, I thought I didn’t, but it turns out, I really do.
Cora McGrail - Hoy es jueves, mañana es jueves, ayer es jueves; todos los días es jueves
Quint- Sometimes I think about the days, and Thursdays are days; one in every seven days is a Thursday, and it feels like a nice day with a cool autumn morning and a deep purple moment hidden within the warm reddish sunrise; after school the small children of the middle school band drive me insane with their cacophony of assorted shrieking instruments.
Mr. M - Thou art a Thursday thespian, Theodore!
Monica Turntine- As September rolls through, I can see the glow of jack o lanterns on the horizon, and the anticipation for the spook grows.
Caroline Cunningham - “Ah the lovely fall weather,” I say as I open my window and feel a blast of sticky hot wind hit my face, “So nice and cool.”
Megan Koch - September, the beautiful transition to perfect autumn weather, except it’s still too hot.
Brianna Griesenauer- September, a month of concerts (both Backstreet Boys), way-too early Christmas Music, and the crickets that cause my lack of sleep.
Carly Nims— Ahh September, a time of eternal stress.
Emma Larkin: Welcome to September, the time of normality before the angel of death washes over October.
Olivia Gibbons- The smell of my pumpkin spice coffee mixed with the smell of burning leaves and left me wishing fall came sooner.
Cora McGrail - It was the perfect September day, not too hot but not too cold. I was strolling through the streets as the absolutely tragic event occurred; the lid of my iced coffee decided to detach from the cup.
Kira Findley- September means hockey; it starts in September and ends in June. What’s more to love?
Jordan Dale: One by one, all of the once beautiful autumn leaves falls to the ground; only being useful as long as they were young and beautiful before life cruelly ripped them away from everything they had ever known.
Kassidy Kessler- Is September even a valid month?
Mary Ellen Raymo - September is that hellish season where Halloween candy, fantastical costumes, and spidery things galore are everywhere in stores, but family rules dictate no Halloween on our property until October first.
Carly Jackson - I can feel the papery thin fingers of death grasping onto the withering trees in September winds.
Elizabeth Dill- September, the month we start thinking of comforting fall days even though it's still eighty degrees.
Caitlin O’Toole - We try to turn September into an extension of October, failing to appreciate it for the month it is.
Emily Swain- September, the month in which summer turns to autumn and the leaves turn from green to orange, is a fantastic time of the year.
Mairead Gannon- I watched with sadness as my schedule quickly filled up, and I had no weekend left for free time.
Meghan Boozer - The strong breeze carried the leaves through the forest.
Quint - Last September something happened, but I honestly have no idea what it was; it could have been something about a bear or possibly a moose or some other large animal; it could have been a stick or tree falling on a sickly old squirrel, or possibly a chipmunk; it could have had something to do with a very famous band traveling into the future from the mid seventies to bring back the lost genre of Proto-post-blues rock; I really have no idea whatsoever because I don’t remember at all.
Cadence Bell- Leaves are everywhere, gently falling to the ground, only to be crushed by a little kid in a button up coat and winter boots.
Mr. M - The orchard always disappoints due to Mother Nature kidnapping the apples.
Caroline Cunningham - Everything was quiet as death embraced the lost souls of the battlefield.
Caroline Cunningham - Clara ran until her legs buckled beneath her, and as she turned the cold eyes of Dr. Phillips glared at her from across the field.
Megan Koch: True heartbreak is watching your best friend climb into a car and drive away.
Jordan Dale: The crude stitches held the one lifeless corpse together, mending the once lifeless body, and transforming the broken girl into a heartless, flesh eating monster.
Emily Swain- For when we die, are we truly dead?
Cody Peters: The turtle with the fedora then said, “You like jazz?”
Cadence Bell: “Peppa! What are you doing on my iPad keyboard?” I said as the huge pig carefully pressed the keys.
Cora McGrail: “What a way to go,” I think to myself, “choking on apple juice.”
Abby Hammond: I cackle maniacally as I get the message of my friend’s near-death experience.
Mary Elllen Raymo - To the untrained eye, the edge of the forest looks devoid of life, but I can see the grasshopper scouts clinging to the brush and hear the soft buzz of wasps waiting to swarm on my command.
Mary Ellen’s Amendment to maintain being the darkest- I watched as the man was transformed into a seething, humming mass of hornets as they plunged their stingers into his flesh over and over.
Kassidy “OK” Kessler- Do not trust beauty, for even weeds carry flowers.
Olivia Gibbons- Ni, God is C A T (quote from Kassidy during The Sims 4).
Mairead Gannon- I declare myself a professional concert-goer.
Monica: As I gaze into the intricate night sky’s stars and moon, I realize I am but a simple buffoon.
Emma Larkin: As my eyes slowly closed, my muscles gave into the icy grips of death.
Lloyd Hardin Gholson the fifth of His name, long may he reign - And thus did she yeet the can down the hall, for it had been found to be empty, and it was glorious, and the many fishes and birds and meats and fruits of the land rained down from the heavens, and it was found to be a joyous day.
Carly Jackson - All we do, we do for Our Lord; that was the last thing he thought before he initiated Cyber Zone, sending the lives of billions into disarray.
Caitlin O’Toole - I laughed and closed my eyes, hopscotching through the puddles on the driveway, listening to Haven beside me, and I was truly happy, simply because she was happy.
Rachel Swain - I cannot wait until the day you finally realize you are enough; you always have been.
Elizabeth Dill- The shadowy, forbidding forest closed in on me as I ran through, panicked.
Meghan Boozer - “Stop yeeting my sweet tea across the hallway , Olivia,” I exclaimed. ;) yEeet - *defeated yeet*
Mr. M - The ice bit my knuckles, enabling the blood to run.
Caroline Cunningham - I settled into the old rocking chair on my porch, a hot mug of hot chocolate in my hands and a knit blanket on my lap as I prepared to enjoy the night with my friends handing out candy to kids trick or treating.
Abby Hammond: I walk down the street in my eerie costume, bopping to my favorite song, “Spooky Scary Skeletons.”
Cadence Bell - This Halloween night, I walk down the street, knife in hand, as all the children run away screaming from my bloodstained attire.
Sam Duing: The ghost was quite melancholy, for his boo had been much too scary, and his home had become dreary and lonely once again.
Kira Findley: The time of Halloween is just an excuse for kids to dress up as murderers from history and movies.
Mr. M - Ghosts inhabit the darkness, blurring into a mesh of madness.
Evelyn Swiderski: Halloween is three days after my birthday, so maybe that’s why I’m such a spooky child.
Carly Nims— The fall leaves blow in the wind as demons and ghouls roam the streets looking for something to fill their bellies on All Hallows’ Eve.
Mary Ellen Raymo - Halloween is the only time of year when you can leave a dead body in your yard and no one will notice.
Cora McGrail: Ah yes, Halloween, that magical time of the year where you’re willing to risk getting hypothermia in order to have a swell costume.
Olivia Gibbons- “Oh what a sweet child! What is your costume?” the old lady asked staring up at the cloaked figure. “The Grim Reaper,” the figure responded and entered into the house.
Elizabeth Dill- Halloween is a holiday based on our worst nightmares, yet we like the holiday.
Marissa McNeese- Halloween, the time where I can finally fit in because my sister says my make-up looks like a clown.
Carly Jackson - The air rushed into my lungs, cold fingers clogging my airways; I stood with a crooked grin etched into my face, eyes hollow and lifeless as I peered down at the gore around my feet - Halloween is the best time to hide bodies.
Brianna Griesenauer- Halloween must be a great time for a ghost to share jokes with their boo.
Caitlin O’Toole - Halloween isn’t as scary when you’re the one people are afraid of.
Emily Swain- Halloween is a holiday in which we are allowed to dress up as anything we want, whether that be our greatest dreams or our greatest fears.
Monica Turntine- As soon as October 1st hit, I rose out of my coffin and put on my pumpkin crown; the queen of Halloween had risen for another year.
Rachel Swain- I’m not scared of the decorations or the monsters; I’m just scared of waking up the next day with a stomach-ache.
Nathan Monday — With the power of the full moon glowing in the Halloween night, the mighty werewolf transforms and prowls the city streets searching for his prey.
Malachi Gnade - He lay there, screaming in horrific pain after a vicious encounter with his own dog.
Quint - I used to really like Halloween; as a small bean I would dress up as Tigger or something and go house to house demanding candy; now I love Halloween even more because I can just go outside in my normal clothes and be dressed as Jesus, and I go to my boii John’s house to chug cheap soda and scarf down gallons of candy corn while running around the graveyard behind his house with improvised torches made of oil-soaked cardboard.
Kassidy Kessler- ‘Twas on a Thursday that I had finally given up hope and surrendered my brain cell to Olivia, hoping she’d’use it well. (She wouldn’t)
Olivia Gibbons- Thursday, the day I finally regained my rightful brain cell from Kassidy and could finally do my homework.
Emily Swain-Thursday, oh Thursday, what a marvelous day of Thurs!
Caroline Cunningham - This Thursday shall go down in history as the day the Missouri State Highway Patrol passed one of the most anxious people ever on her driving test.
Mary Ellen Raymo - Thursdays are those days you wake up thinking are Fridays, only to be crushed by disappointment once you look at a calendar and realize you have to suffer through 24 more hours of misery before you can finally sleep.
Megan Koch: Thursday was the fateful day when he decided to obliterate the world.
Evelyn Swiderski: It was a regular Thursday when I lost my mind. Some say it was the girl; some say I already was insane.
Brianna Griesenauer- Thursday is legitimately just the off-brand-sad-Friday when we invented deer farms.
Monica- Thursday is a nice day, but it’s just a placeholder for Friday and it knows that.
Carly Jackson - Thursday morning fog seeped into the room in which I stood, the wooden planks of the cabin creaking with the screams of those from before; I clenched the dagger in my fist and sneered down at the mangled, tattered body at my feet.
Caitlin O’Toole - Thursday, the day Carly finally died of laughter and then tears...
Marissa McNeese: The week is almost over...one more day before I kick off and start my weekend of watching anime.
Rachel Swain- Thursday is always the same as every other day, just as tiring and difficult, stuck in the same meaningless loop.
Kira Findley: Thursdays, the day of the werewolf; always on Thursdays the werewolves of London come out and try to kill all the poor souls that let them into their homes.
Cadence Bell: Thursday is the best day for listening to and making music.
Emma: Ah Thursday, the horrible day right before the joy returns to the children’s eyes.
Elizabeth- Thursday is the disappointing day that you wish it was Friday, but there is still another day to go.
Mairead Gannon: Thursdays used to be my busiest day of the week, and now that it’s not busy at all, I would like to know when this dream will end.
Abby Hammond: He asked me if I love to sing on Thursdays, and the thing is, I thought I didn’t, but it turns out, I really do.
Cora McGrail - Hoy es jueves, mañana es jueves, ayer es jueves; todos los días es jueves
Quint- Sometimes I think about the days, and Thursdays are days; one in every seven days is a Thursday, and it feels like a nice day with a cool autumn morning and a deep purple moment hidden within the warm reddish sunrise; after school the small children of the middle school band drive me insane with their cacophony of assorted shrieking instruments.
Mr. M - Thou art a Thursday thespian, Theodore!
Monica Turntine- As September rolls through, I can see the glow of jack o lanterns on the horizon, and the anticipation for the spook grows.
Caroline Cunningham - “Ah the lovely fall weather,” I say as I open my window and feel a blast of sticky hot wind hit my face, “So nice and cool.”
Megan Koch - September, the beautiful transition to perfect autumn weather, except it’s still too hot.
Brianna Griesenauer- September, a month of concerts (both Backstreet Boys), way-too early Christmas Music, and the crickets that cause my lack of sleep.
Carly Nims— Ahh September, a time of eternal stress.
Emma Larkin: Welcome to September, the time of normality before the angel of death washes over October.
Olivia Gibbons- The smell of my pumpkin spice coffee mixed with the smell of burning leaves and left me wishing fall came sooner.
Cora McGrail - It was the perfect September day, not too hot but not too cold. I was strolling through the streets as the absolutely tragic event occurred; the lid of my iced coffee decided to detach from the cup.
Kira Findley- September means hockey; it starts in September and ends in June. What’s more to love?
Jordan Dale: One by one, all of the once beautiful autumn leaves falls to the ground; only being useful as long as they were young and beautiful before life cruelly ripped them away from everything they had ever known.
Kassidy Kessler- Is September even a valid month?
Mary Ellen Raymo - September is that hellish season where Halloween candy, fantastical costumes, and spidery things galore are everywhere in stores, but family rules dictate no Halloween on our property until October first.
Carly Jackson - I can feel the papery thin fingers of death grasping onto the withering trees in September winds.
Elizabeth Dill- September, the month we start thinking of comforting fall days even though it's still eighty degrees.
Caitlin O’Toole - We try to turn September into an extension of October, failing to appreciate it for the month it is.
Emily Swain- September, the month in which summer turns to autumn and the leaves turn from green to orange, is a fantastic time of the year.
Mairead Gannon- I watched with sadness as my schedule quickly filled up, and I had no weekend left for free time.
Meghan Boozer - The strong breeze carried the leaves through the forest.
Quint - Last September something happened, but I honestly have no idea what it was; it could have been something about a bear or possibly a moose or some other large animal; it could have been a stick or tree falling on a sickly old squirrel, or possibly a chipmunk; it could have had something to do with a very famous band traveling into the future from the mid seventies to bring back the lost genre of Proto-post-blues rock; I really have no idea whatsoever because I don’t remember at all.
Cadence Bell- Leaves are everywhere, gently falling to the ground, only to be crushed by a little kid in a button up coat and winter boots.
Mr. M - The orchard always disappoints due to Mother Nature kidnapping the apples.
Caroline Cunningham - Everything was quiet as death embraced the lost souls of the battlefield.
Caroline Cunningham - Clara ran until her legs buckled beneath her, and as she turned the cold eyes of Dr. Phillips glared at her from across the field.
Megan Koch: True heartbreak is watching your best friend climb into a car and drive away.
Jordan Dale: The crude stitches held the one lifeless corpse together, mending the once lifeless body, and transforming the broken girl into a heartless, flesh eating monster.
Emily Swain- For when we die, are we truly dead?
Cody Peters: The turtle with the fedora then said, “You like jazz?”
Cadence Bell: “Peppa! What are you doing on my iPad keyboard?” I said as the huge pig carefully pressed the keys.
Cora McGrail: “What a way to go,” I think to myself, “choking on apple juice.”
Abby Hammond: I cackle maniacally as I get the message of my friend’s near-death experience.
Mary Elllen Raymo - To the untrained eye, the edge of the forest looks devoid of life, but I can see the grasshopper scouts clinging to the brush and hear the soft buzz of wasps waiting to swarm on my command.
Mary Ellen’s Amendment to maintain being the darkest- I watched as the man was transformed into a seething, humming mass of hornets as they plunged their stingers into his flesh over and over.
Kassidy “OK” Kessler- Do not trust beauty, for even weeds carry flowers.
Olivia Gibbons- Ni, God is C A T (quote from Kassidy during The Sims 4).
Mairead Gannon- I declare myself a professional concert-goer.
Monica: As I gaze into the intricate night sky’s stars and moon, I realize I am but a simple buffoon.
Emma Larkin: As my eyes slowly closed, my muscles gave into the icy grips of death.
Lloyd Hardin Gholson the fifth of His name, long may he reign - And thus did she yeet the can down the hall, for it had been found to be empty, and it was glorious, and the many fishes and birds and meats and fruits of the land rained down from the heavens, and it was found to be a joyous day.
Carly Jackson - All we do, we do for Our Lord; that was the last thing he thought before he initiated Cyber Zone, sending the lives of billions into disarray.
Caitlin O’Toole - I laughed and closed my eyes, hopscotching through the puddles on the driveway, listening to Haven beside me, and I was truly happy, simply because she was happy.
Rachel Swain - I cannot wait until the day you finally realize you are enough; you always have been.
Elizabeth Dill- The shadowy, forbidding forest closed in on me as I ran through, panicked.
Meghan Boozer - “Stop yeeting my sweet tea across the hallway , Olivia,” I exclaimed. ;) yEeet - *defeated yeet*
Mr. M - The ice bit my knuckles, enabling the blood to run.