By Nina Bildirici If you don’t take chances, then you’re missing the opportunity of getting a good mark. One time I was studying for a test with my mother really hard. She tested me and I got all the answers right. When it was the test, I forgot all the answers and I didn’t really…
By Danielle Franco All your friends go to a party that you know will turn out bad. You chose not to go. The benefit is that you are safe.
By Isaac Farhi It was the last inning of the baseball game. Simon was up to bat with a helmet on his head and tzitzit on his body. Tamir was a runner on third and two outs lefts, his team down by one. Simon had a dilemma, he could stay in his comfort zone and…
By Raquel Botton Social media affects quality of true friendship. But how? One time, I decided to go on Instagram. I saw one of my friends posted a picture with a few of my other friends. When I saw that picture, it made me jealous. I decided not to go on Instagram anymore because I realized…
By Ezra Faks You know someone is a good friend if he takes time to help you. For example, if you are not so good in football and your friend takes time to help you. David and his best friend Yosef love football. David isn’t so good in it. Yosef comes to David’s house and they…
By Raymond Tawil One day when I was in recess, we were trying to make the teams. We had a really hard time trying to decide what the teams were going to be. Then we decided to make captains but I thought it wasn’t right because the last person who was left to pick would be the…
By Henry Tawil When you win a game or a raffle a good friend would cheer you on and be happy for you. A bad friend would be angry and scream at you, “It’s not fair. I deserve to win!”
By Mimi Sasson Last year, I didn’t understand math. My math teacher gave me a website to go on and practice some math facts. I only did it once a week because I was too lazy to do it everyday. I would always fail my math test and not care so much about it. But, this year…
By Jacqueline Sasson Teamwork: when everyone works together you can achieve more. Let’s say you are making your friend a surprise party. You want to be in charge, take all responsibility. Only one problem. You are not an artist. Don’t let your ego take over. You don’t want to be and do something you aren’t good at….
By Fortune Saideh You want to hang out with your friend on Sunday. She wants to go to a pizza store and you want to go to the candy store. So, not to fight you will just go her way. That is a bad friend. You shouldn’t be friends with a friend like that, you should…
By Shirley Massre Three weeks ago my teacher told is we had a science project to do. My teacher said my group is Jacqueline, Emily and Raquel. First we argued on what project we should so. Then, Raquel thought of doing something with magnets. Jacqueline, Emily and I thought that was a great idea and would get…
By Jenny Levy A good friend is someone who sticks up for you. I was walking in the hallway with my friend, Jill. We saw one of our other friends, Kim, being yelled at by another girl in our grade, Ruby. Ruby was screaming like crazy. We both walked up to her and told her nicely to…
By Lauren Laniado My friend and I were working on a science project. We wanted to make sure everyone had a job to do. Every person would do what they are good at. One person would do writing, one person would draw, and one person would get the answers. When we brought the project to school the…
By Paulette Jacobowitz When someone is in charge of the play, she thinks that since she is popular, she can give jobs to people who are not even good for the job. The person in charge decided that she will give them jobs based on what they are good at. That would be a good teamwork. This…
By Eddie Halwani We were playing a game and there was a boy who was dribbling. He was confusing everyone. Then he ran and scored. This is a good talent because he can confuse anyone and get past everyone easily. If you are not a good dribbler, don’t try to do a great dribbling move because it’s…
By Shirley Haber One time, I said that I would pray to Hashem every single weekend. I tried but my Yetzer Hara always pulled me back. So, one weekend I woke up early and I prayed to Hashem and I felt so good. Now, every single weekend I do it. I feel so proud of myself. I…
By Frieda Haber Our teacher announced that we were going to have a school play. Everyone was so excited. I wanted the main part. I knew I was going to get the main part. I’d make sure of it. The next day was the auditions. I was horrible, but I convinced our teacher to give me…
By Talya Grego Two weeks ago my English teacher told the whole class to make a play for the whole school to see. My teacher said, “We are gong to be divided into groups.” She picked me, Emily, Suzy and Alison. My teacher said, “One person is in charge.” So, I said, “Ok guys, I am in…
By Viviane Farca One day a 5th grade class was starting to prepare for the Bridge competition, where they would have to build a bridge and see which one can hold the most weight. The teacher was making groups and one of them was Fortune, Sarah, Allison and Lauren. Each person had a job in the group….
By Ikey Dweck Social media is like a death trap. People think that people like them on Instagram or Facebook. This isn’t true. These people like the pictures and things you put on the internet. If your whole class has an iphone or ipad, don’t just get one to fit in because they won’t be your friends…
By Norean Chakalo Gail was walking in the hall. Lauren came over to her and asked: “Want to be friends?” Gail said, “Sure.” Lauren was a little mean to people but Gail didn’t know that. She is sweet and smart, kind to others. They became friends. Gail helped Lauren with homework every day and took her to…
By Esther Chabbott There was a girl named Sophia. She had 2 friends, Samantha and Victoria. Sophia’s dad got her real gold “best friends forever” necklaces. She walked into school wearing one of them. Renee and Molly came up to her and were trying on her other 2 necklaces that she had. So, they hung out with…
By Lois Betesh A good friend is a friend who is trustworthy. One day, Jacqueline told her friend Michelle a big secret. The secret was that she was having a party but her mom let her invite only 10 girls. Jacqueline made sure to tell Michelle not to tell anyone because she didn’t want to make anyone…
By Evelyn Antebi Hanukkah was coming. My classmates and I decided to make a play about Hanukkah to perform to the whole 7th grade. We were picking jobs to do for the play. I decided that I wanted to design all the costumes. When I got home I noticed that I didn’t know what I was doing….
By Teddy Laniado I was playing a basketball game in camp and we were losing. The time was almost up. We were down by two. My friend stole the ball and hit a three pointer. Even though he wasn’t a very good player, we won the game at the end. I told him his stealing…
By Joyce Cohen There was a group of kids who had to make 600 cookies for the event. The leader’s name was Frieda. Frieda was a bad leader. They only made 300 cookies and they needed to bake 300 more cookies in one hour. They decided to switch leaders. The new leader was Joy. Joy gave…
By Rachel Lati Carly knew Melissa from school. Carly asked Melissa, “Do you have any hair clips, pony tails and fun games?” Melissa replied, “Yes.” Carly asked, “Can I have them?” Melissa said, “Ok.” They played together the whole day. The next day, when Carly was walking back from school, Melissa said, “Hi, Carly.” Carly replied, “Oh,…
By Molly Haber When you have 300 friends on Facebook, it doesn’t mean that you have 300 real friends. When you have 3 or 4 friends in real life, then those friends are real friends. Sometimes you don’t even know half of the people that are following you on Facebook. So, that is not considered a true…
By Paula Guindi I study with my friend and I ask her, can I have some candy. she answers no. I give her a big piece from my candy but when I ask to get a piece from her candy, she gives me a crumb. That’s a bad friend.
By Joey Massre My friends wanted to go out to the movies when we had a test the next day. I didn’t know what my friend would think of my when I told them I couldn’t go. I stayed home to study. When I got my test back, I was so happy that I…
By Frieda Haber One day, I decided to start losing weight. I told my mom I want to start eating healthy and exercising. She told me it’s not easy and that I will have to work hard. I thought about it and decided, no matter what, I am going to achieve my goal. I…
By Evelyn Antebi I committed myself to save up my money to buy big things instead of little things. I wanted to buy a laptop. So, every day I tried to spend my money wisely. But, one day walked into a store bought something small. Then, I walked into another store and another and just…
By Lauren Laniado My goal is to one day get on an honor roll. What I do to encourage myself is telling myself that I can do it. I also tell myself that nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I M Possible.”
2. Shirley H. One time I said that I would pray to Hashem every single weekend. I tried but my Yetzer Hara always pulled me back. So one weekend I woke up early and I prayed to Hashem and I felt so good. Now, every single weekend I do it. I feel so proud of…