Why am I not wanted by my school?
Julissa Salazar Julissa Salazar, 14, an eighth grader at Live Oak Middle School, wrote this poem from the perspective of a student experiencing the “School-To-Prison” pipeline. Why am I not wanted by…
Poetry
Starr King Elementary Fourth Graders Write about Home and Identity with 826 Valencia
Starr King Elementary School Students This academic year, 826 Valencia continued to collaborate with Starr King Elementary in Trisha Huynh’s fourth grade class online. For their first project, students wrote “I Am From” poems, reflecting…
How does your America compare to the one you’ve been promised by the founding fathers?
San Francisco International High School Students That’s the question that Ms. Zeynep’s eleventh grade students at San Francisco International High School sought to answer through poetry, as part of a project with 826 Valencia. 826 Valencia…
Good-Bye Memories
Avalon Edwards I breathe in one of the last few breaths I will ever take from this house again. Piles of what to keep and what should go litter the floor along…