![Why I'm Not Insane (a poem)]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677872542/colonial/yu4htsjqgaqw8ee5bpcp/Picture1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1677872542/colonial/yu4htsjqgaqw8ee5bpcp/Picture1.jpg","width":322}])
8th grader Sophia Joseph gifts us this poem about sanity.
Fiction
Fiction
![The Vengeance of the Pencils]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677517030/colonial/e8wfbgfwsxjszcnwpx15/Aries_pencils_silo_1024x1024_d7036b38-a6f3-43d5-93f3-50e47b255346_grande.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677517030/colonial/e8wfbgfwsxjszcnwpx15/Aries_pencils_silo_1024x1024_d7036b38-a6f3-43d5-93f3-50e47b255346_grande.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1677517030/colonial/e8wfbgfwsxjszcnwpx15/Aries_pencils_silo_1024x1024_d7036b38-a6f3-43d5-93f3-50e47b255346_grande.jpg","width":600}])
6th grader Maeve O'Connell tells a story of vengeance of the most unusual kind—the uprising of the discarded pencils here at CMS.
![Optimistic Granny and the School of Smiles]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1666957744/colonial/swikcwarj8fslxp1mxj6/WritingImage.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1666957744/colonial/swikcwarj8fslxp1mxj6/WritingImage.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1666957744/colonial/swikcwarj8fslxp1mxj6/WritingImage.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1666957744/colonial/swikcwarj8fslxp1mxj6/WritingImage.jpg","width":1200}])
6th grader Hannah Dolan is back with another episode of Optimistic Granny.
![The Lunar Lavendar]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1676037559/colonial/jp2ovhhkbkfbthlslcqn/CAD258E0-CFCC-4F27-98E1-267913597E86.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1676037559/colonial/jp2ovhhkbkfbthlslcqn/CAD258E0-CFCC-4F27-98E1-267913597E86.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1676037559/colonial/jp2ovhhkbkfbthlslcqn/CAD258E0-CFCC-4F27-98E1-267913597E86.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1676037559/colonial/jp2ovhhkbkfbthlslcqn/CAD258E0-CFCC-4F27-98E1-267913597E86.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1676037559/colonial/jp2ovhhkbkfbthlslcqn/CAD258E0-CFCC-4F27-98E1-267913597E86.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1676037559/colonial/jp2ovhhkbkfbthlslcqn/CAD258E0-CFCC-4F27-98E1-267913597E86.jpg","width":2200}])
7th grader Ana Schultz writes a fictional piece that explores an interstellar discovery.
![A Review of the Fanciest Restaurant]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1674849199/colonial/njftvgsfubbkmxifsoro/untitled_3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1674849199/colonial/njftvgsfubbkmxifsoro/untitled_3.jpg","width":282}])
6th grader Maya Swan gives us this playful review of a fictional restaurant in Bananaland, Montana.
![close up of hand writing with pen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1659032101/colonial/fdx8xjuic9atort6pqoy/handwriting.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1659032101/colonial/fdx8xjuic9atort6pqoy/handwriting.png","width":339}])
8th grader Thea Markus writes an ode to one of her favorite foods.
![Optimistic Granny and the Negative Grandchildren]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1668719773/colonial/axbiytue3pa3h2fbocet/11561_Sun.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1668719773/colonial/axbiytue3pa3h2fbocet/11561_Sun.png","width":365}])
6th grader Hannah Dolan writes a short story about an optimistic Granny and two naughty kids who sabotage her retirement home.
"A million thoughts rushed through my head at once. I could feel my heart vibrating underneath my hospital gown as my skin started to crawl. I had to get out of here. Now." Find out what happens next!