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Can you find these words? BIRTHDAY DRAW FAMILY FORTNITE
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Nestor M. Dear Nestor, This is going to be a good day and here’s why...Today, my “Nintendo Switch” broke. I know that a “Nintendo Switch” broken does not sound like a GOOD day! BUT we ended up searching videos “How to fix the joystick.” Why did we search “how to fix the joystick?” Well, I had the “Nintendo Switch” since my birthday last year, so it’s too soon for the Nintendo to MALFUNCTION!!! Dad and I tried to fix it on our own BUT it didn’t work. We only had one choice, go to “Amazon” and buy new joysticks. So I thought that today was going to be a bad day. BUT it ended with a GOOD day. —Nestor M.
Julissa R.
Dear Emely, Today will be a good day and here’s why you have been my best friend since kindergarten and best friends protect other friends that they can trust like you. So, think positive and don’t think negative. Emely is the friend you can trust and can tell your secrets to her and will never do anything wrong with you. Emely will always have your back and won’t be embarrassed if you do something funny in public. Emely will be the one who can cheer you up when you are sad and will calm you down if you are angry with somebody. And finally, Emely will always protect you and so what I’m trying to say is Emely is the best friend you can count on and will always have your back and a great friend to have. —Julissa R.
Dear Xochi, This is going to be a good day and here’s why because I am going to win my soccer game because we have won all of the games we played. My mom also said that my sister and I could go skateboarding with our friends. I also am going to watch my sister’s friend’s game. My mom also said that I can play with my friends, my mom’s sister just won the lottery and she just bought a new house that can fit a lot of people inside to throw a big party. My baby brother is going to play soccer with my sister and I after I am finished watching my sister’s game. My friends and I will skateboard over to my mom’s sister’s new house because it lives in a distance where we can skateboard. My mom said yes to everything because my sister and I both got straight A’s for our report card. I just know by the start of the day, my sister and I are going to have a lot of fun. —Xochi I.
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Dear Lucian, This is going to be a good day and here’s why. Today my family, friends and I went to AMC theater, but we needed to find a parking space. We were having trouble. We eventually found a parking space and then we went inside. We got our tickets and went inside the sitting area. We found our seats and I was bored because all that was just playing were ads. The movie we were going to see was “Onward” and the movie was supposed to start at 4:30pm but it started at 5:30pm. We all watched the movie in excitement! At the end of the movie I saw you starting to cry. When we got out of the theater and went home, my mom ordered Papa Freddy’s, which is pizza. My friends and I were watching YouTube until my mom called us. The lights were off, and I knew what was going to happen. Then I heard “Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Lucian, Happy Birthday to you. We ate cake and then my mom told me to open my present, and this is what I got. I got Saint Patrick’s Day candy, body wash soap, deodorant, degos shirts, underwear, and this is the present that made my day. They were air pods! I gave my mom and dad a big hug and said, “thank you.” —Lucian L.
Dear Karla, You will have a good day and here’s why today you will have free time. First, you will spend time Layla C. together with your family living and being grateful and loving each other. Then, you will also be having fun with all your sisters and enjoying today the great day. No one is stopping you by doing anything today. Next, you are also going to make drawings and act like you’re in the drawings. Like it’s magical and real. After that, you have also forgotten about all the sad things in your life and forget about it and just relax and have a great time during this break. And finally, you will go to school and remember all the days you were in your house stuck and it will be memories. —Layla C.
Dear Future Self, Today will be a great day. And always remember to look on the bright side of things. You will make things a lot better if you think that way. I want you to read this in occasions like at a dance competition and afraid that you’re gonna fall flat on your face and just remember that will definitely not happen and trust yourself you will do well. If you’re reading this before a big test just know you know what the test is about you’re just freaking out and one bad grade isn’t bad. Also you need to know you’re too young to be stressing out. Childhood is the time where you never have to stress out and you can just be free. Another thing is there’s a bunch of people around you that are very supportive and will help you not stress so much. And you always need to believe in yourself and follow your dreams!!! From Past Sheri —Sheridan W.
Dear Lilly, Today is going to be a good day because you are going to choose to have a positive attitude. You are going to shine your brightest, and be your best self. No matter how hard things get, you will work through them. You will encourage others to do the same and be happy. And that is why today is going to be a good day. —Lillian K.
Dear Ms. Romero, You will have a good day and here’s why. First, I will pay attention closely to you! Next, I will be nice to everyone including you! You are so beautiful and kind! I always tell the truth to you. I never lie to you. Well we are about to switch stations in school! I want you to come over to my Mother’s house! I hope you have fun with your other stuff! From: Mark P.
Summer 2020
Dear Alfonso, Today I went on an amazing trip I went to an amazing place called the Moon! Because today we will go and try to find moon rocks to study them and to maybe show it to my grandma that’s in New York. And after that we’re going to go somewhere special because we went to the moon we’re going to the museum to tell us if it is a rare moon rock or a normal one. And at the end we’re going to try to convince someone if we could trade something with him. Love, Alfonso G.
Stephanie
Dear Stephanie, You will have a good day and here’s why we are going to Six Flag. And have so much we will go to the BIGGEST roller coaster, and the scary one too. We will go to the water park and have fun. We will go to the longest water slide ever! We will stay in a hotel for a week! We will go play in the inside pool. After that we will eat food and have ICE CREAM!! Then we will go home to play VIDEO GAMES! I love going places with you.
Dear Christina, Today is going to be a good day and here’s why. At school, I will hang out with my friends and I will read books. And after school, I will play video games. I will laugh a lot while on a call—or laugh a lot in a sleepover. That, in fact, is my good day. Thanks, Christina M.
Summer 2020
Dear David, This is going to be a good day and here’s why your Mom and Dad are going to let you go to your friend’s house at 9:30 until 4:30. Also your family are going to go on a vacation with you for the third time and we can spend a lot more time together and talk about fun stuff not school or work. Finally, you will not get to do the chores for 2 days because you do some of the house chores and you could be on bed some of the 2 days watching Netflix. —David D.
Dear Samantha and Jessica, Today is going to be a good day and here is why, recently I got a letter from Glory, oops, I meant Queen Glory, she said there was some peculiar activity in the Rainforest Kingdom. She said that Moonwatcher told her that in some Nightwing minds they were planning to break out Fierceteeth and Strongwings from the Sandwing prison! We have to stop them! Meet me when all three moons are full (in a week) at Jade Mountain. Sincerely, Alisha M.
Dear, Ivan S.Z. You are going to have a good day and here’s why… because we are going to play FORTNITE together and even play creative, duos, or even squads with uriel and I feel like we are going to have a really good day playing together and we can even get the most elims in the whole game like we always do when we play together even though we fight for loot because we want the better one. You are still a really good friend. That’s the reason why I think you’re going to have a good day playing fortnite with me. — Anthony C.S.
Dear Amanda, Today is going to be a great day because I get to go to Paris, France. I’m packing my bags and going to the airport. Once I get there, I am going to get my hotel room in the best tourist hotel located close to the Eiffel Tower. I have always wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower, because I have seen pictures of the Eiffel Tower. But first I am going to eat breakfast in a really popular restaurant. After I’m finished eating, I am going to go to a few shops, to get memories from Paris and a few pairs of clothes. I have always heard that Paris is the city of fashion, and if that is true, I’m sure to get clothes to wear regularly. After, I got tired of shopping I started heading back to my hotel room, to drop off the shopping bags which started to get really heavy. Then, I went to rent a car. I decided to rent a fast car. Because I don’t have a lot of time to explore everything, if I get faster to places the more I explore as a tourist. I first went to the Eiffel Tower which I decided to also visit later at nighttime, to see it glow. I went up and I was able to see half of Paris. It was so beautiful. I took some pictures to keep for myself. That way I can always remember the Eiffel Tower as it is. I got a bit tired, so I decided to walk around Paris and see if I can find any painter out on the streets. I really want self-drawing; I will also buy a painting which stands out to me. I then finally found an entire street full of painters, which I then asked one of them to paint me. I spent an hour sitting still to get myself painted, but at the end it was worth it. The artist drew me with so much detail, that when I paid him, I also gave him a big tip. I also wanted to try to eat a snail, which is really a popular food in Paris. I roamed the streets of Paris for a while just looking at all the beautiful paintings made me so proud that I was able to be in Paris. I eventually got to a delicious restaurant which actually had snails in Amanda P. most of the foods on the menu. I ordered my lunch and tried out the snail. I am a very picky eater so I don’t know if I will like it, but it actually tasted good. Not the best but I was able to eat another one. After I finished my meal, I of course headed back to my hotel room and tried some of the clothes on, which I decided to wear for the rest of the day. Later on, I saw it was getting dark soon. The sun was going down, and I could see a small peaceful sunset. I went outside on my balcony, then I sat down in a chair and saw the sunset appear and disappear. Afterward, I decided to go down and drive to the Eiffel Tower which I could see was lighting up already. When I got there, I admired the Eiffel Tower from one of the benches in the surrounding area. It was really beautiful lit up, in that case I of course took pictures of the Eiffel Tower. I then left really tired, when I got back to my room, I decided to order room service since the hotel did have room service. While waiting for my dinner meal, I started packing up since I was leaving this night. I changed into my pajamas, because I wanted to sleep for at least three hours before heading out back. I then heard a knock on my door which was room service, I got my dinner meal and dessert. Then I finished all of the meal with my stomach full, it made it easier for me to fall asleep. I set my alarm for three hours, then I fell asleep. After the three hours I heard my alarm and it woke me up. I got a hoodie which said ¨PARIS¨ that I got in one of the shops and I slipped it on. Then I got my shoes on and headed down the hall with my suitcase. I checked out then ordered a taxi to take me to the airport. Once I got there I went inside my airplane and sat down in my seat in first class. I slipped my neck pillow down my neck and fell asleep. Sincerely, Amanda P.
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Ethan B.
Taj
Dear Michael, You will have a good day and here’s why: today is a sunny day and you get to be surrounded by your family. You will be going to the beach today and the water will feel warm. It will be a hot day at the beach, and you will get to relax in the sun. You get to play some games today and get to make sandcastles. When you get home, you will get to play video games. Then you will get to play football outside with your friends and spend all day with them. You get to go to parties and make more friends. You will now have many great people to be around as you end your day. Sincerely, Ethan B.
Dear Taj, You will have a good day here’s why because I can play with my baby brother and sister by playing games with my mom and dad. The game is called Candy Land then we will have lunch and watch a movie. After the movie we will take a nap after the nap we will eat dinner and when dinner is done, we will go to bed. Taj
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Joshua
Dear Joshua, This is going to be a good day, because I am doing my homework with my mom. It is sunny outside today. But no one is out. This sickness is keeping everyone in. My mom works at a clinic helping others get better from the virus. The world is being surrounded by the coronavirus. Millions of people are suffering. I am feeling sad, because millions of people are in the hospitals. My godmother works in the hospital helping people too, like my mom.
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Dear Brian, You will have a good day because you’re going to get money today! Or something good today! You might get it by the president if not maybe the cure of the coronavirus or something better! Overall, I am trying to tell you will have a good day I promise. —Diego D-D Dear Cookie Monster, I just wanted to check-in and see how things are going on Sesame Street and I know that Elmo has been kinda bugging you lately but just know that if he asks for a cookie just throw the stalest cookie at his face and he will blackout so you can shove him in a trash can. Sincerely. Ayden S.
Dear Mom You will have a good day because we will eat at our favorite restaurant. Also, we will eat our favorite food that we have ever had. Then after we could go to Six Flags with our whole family and we could go on our favorite rides until it closes. You will also have a good day because we will get to go on vacation to whatever city that you want to go to. Then also we could stay at our dream house for 1 day and you could sleep there. You will also have a good day because you will get your dream car that you’ve been wanting for your whole life, and you could keep the car forever and wouldn’t have to pay any bills ever in your whole life. —Julian F. Dear ME, Today will be a GREAT day I know it, you will get first place in your dance competition, you will have an amazing time with your friends and have ICE CREAM!!! Your grades will go up to all A’s. You will be happy and have the best time ever. You and your friends will have a fun day. Remember stay POSITIVE you’re only 10. Look on the bright side of things you will try new things. Remember the things you love when you get sad like your family, cake, ice cream, your friends, and camp. —Drew S. Dear Ms. Hampton, You will have a good day today. Everybody is going to do all of their work. Everybody is going to listen to you even though they’re supposed to listen to you anyway. And hopefully everybody passes your class this year to make you proud. 6th grade will get a 100% on their work to show you we were listening to you today. —Eric S. Dear Kate, Today is going to be a good day and here’s why today I have recess and it is not freezing cold second today you have soccer practice (sometimes it is fun) third of all I get to see my friends. —Kate K.
Dear Future Me, You might be going through a tough time right now, but tomorrow will be a great day because there are so many things in life to enjoy! You might be stressed about your grades or you might be stressed about being a competitive gymnast, but you should always have confidence in yourself and you’re only a kid so don’t stress out too much. You should always have fun and be happy and when you are feeling sad remember that things will get better and that you have a bunch of nice friends and family that can cheer you up. And always have faith in yourself because you are amazing and great! Remember all the things you love like ice cream, friends, family, and gymnastics. You should remember to follow your dreams and don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. And remember to ALWAYS stay positive! From, Past Maya R. Dear, Michelle S., This is going to be a good day and here’s why because I have been really good because now that I have online class now I could see my classmates and see how they been doing and my teacher also I have a good experience to learn again and learn new things that we haven’t learned in our classroom. Also by helping my mom cleaning and playing with my brother and watching movies and eating popcorn and candy and playing in my phone and talking with my cousin and sending each other memes and funny videos and having fun with my family by telling jokes and also I have a good week because my mom makes cake and cookies and makes great food she makes pancakes and eggs and bacon but sometimes I feel lonely because sometimes it gets boring and I don’t really know what to do so I just sleep or sometimes draw and that is how I feel in these days of quarantine hope you like it. —Michelle S. Summer 2020
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Dear Kayla, Today is going to be a good day and there are many reasons why. One reason why today will be a good day is because the news said today is going to be a high of 70 degrees, sunny and zero chances of rain. For me, a nice weather day is the start of a good day for me. Nice weather means having my morning iced coffee, taking my dog for a walk and going swimming. Another reason why today will be a good day is because I have a day off from my busy job which means I can stay home and clean my house. If I think about me having a good day in the future, I think of me spending time with my family doing the things we love the most, that makes me happy. —Kayla B.
Dear Katelyn, This is going to be a great day. Here’s why, where going to start off going to the store and buying all the cranberry juices that money could pay for. Then we’re going to go back to an island in Jamaica and have a party with all our friends. This party you’re going to have is going to be the talk of the century. There are going to be people blowing fire out of the mouth, unicorns, and the best DJ ever! You’re gonna be looking all layed and slayed. You’re also gonna have the best cook ever (your mother of course). No one is able to ruin this day for you. So make the best of it. Sincerely, Katelyn P.S make sure you pay for a clean up crew you’re gonna need it.
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Today I will be lucky because I will meet the whole NBA. We will meet at the Staples Center (Lakers Stadium). Also Shaq and Magic Johnson will be there, and Micheal Jordan. We will play lots of pick up games and have a dunk contest on trampoline, three point contest, and an ability contest. It will be lots of fun and there will be lots of fundraisers. There will also be a celebrity game with rappers and YouTubers. Then we will stay at a hotel and party all night. —Braden M. Dear Monserath , You are going to have a good day today because you have your dog also like me and you have your family healthy and you can play with your dog and your siblings anytime you want also because you can call, text, or FaceTime me and your friends anytime you want . —Joanna G.
Nicholas
Dear Dad, This is going to be a good day and here’s why I am going to Orlando for free on a private plane with your whole family. Once you get there all the parks and the rides will be free too! You will be in a fancy hotel with ten rooms. And a room for Petey. You will stay for a week. There will be a pool and hot tub. It will be fun. You will also go to the Dells in Wisconsin. Can go zip lining and try to get Bigfoot. You can go on Mt. Olympus and go on the rides. Love, Nicholas
Dear Antara, Today is going to AMAZING because.............it’s Friday and you’re going to be going to Starbucks and you are going to get mocha cookie crumble cream based and it is going to be the best tasting thing you have ever tasted. Then you are going to hang out with all your friends and it is going to be one of the best days of your life!!! —Alison S. Dear Emely, Today you’re gonna have a good day because I won’t let anything hold me back, even though there’s hard things. So we are going to try to have a nice day today. Also because we’re gonna take a little trip to wonderland and make more friends. Dear Mehr, Hope you are doing well and your room is full of excitement! Ohh no! I forgot to introduce myself I am the future you! Ohh! Where did I leave off? Ohh here, you know what I think today is going to be a good day. Guess why? Because your sister is coming to your school to pick you up, and both of you will have a lot of fun. Remember both of you are going shopping where Mom is going to meet your sister and you. Yes, yes, I know it is one of your and my favorite things to do, we have to pick up so many gifts for our cousins, friends and for our other family members. Additionally, we have to pack our bags as vacations are starting tomorrow and we are going to India, the place you have been looking forward to go to for literally a million years. Last but not least, Dad is going to meet us at your dearest Indian restaurant at which we will eat your favorite food and finally tomorrow we will fly to India and then we will have incredible fun with our friends and family. Hope you love and enjoy your day! Yours Faithfully, The future you. —Mehr M.
Valeria M. Dear Valeria M., This is going to be a good day and here’s why. When I come home, I’m gonna see my dog, Sorullo (So-ru-yo). I love him so much! Every time I’m sad, Sorullo is always there for me. Dogs accept the way you are. Hopefully he’ll keep caring for me. —Valeria M.
Dear Janaiya, This is going to be a good day and here’s why because my life has changed so much since covid-19 and I haven’t been doing the things I do regularly. Being on quarantine has really made a big impact on me and the world around me. So today I’m going to see my grandma, I haven’t seen her since they announced the stay-at-home rule. She really misses me and I really miss her, so today we are just going to spend the rest of the day together. — Janaiya H.
Dear Krishae, This is going to be a good day and here’s why. We can finally leave elementary school. This is the day we’ve been waiting for. We are finally going to high school. You know what this means? More freedom, sleepovers, and of course bestfriend dates. We are very close but now we can get even closer. We have a funny and real bond that nobody can break. We can finally get to be together more than we usually can, but high school is more important than elementary school. We need to be very careful. Love Asia Summer 2020
Dear Blake, Today is going to be a good day and here’s why, when you are at school you finish your work and during recess you play and hang out with all of your friends. After school and after you finish all of your homework you might have a playdate or even go to the park with your sibling. Sometimes I go home and read. Mostly I just play sports. Maybe later that day you can watch your favorite movie or TV show. Then dessert comes around and that is by far the best time of the day. Sincerely, Blake P.
Dear Max , I’m excited to play with paper airplanes with you at recess! They work so good right? You throw them way better than me! Maybe I can teach you! I bet you will be great! PS I’ll bring new ones at recess Sincerely Dom the Bomb —Dominik G.
Elizabeth
Dear Elizabeth, Today you will draw something sooo good that you will be so proud of for so long that you will never forget and you will keep that art style for the whole school year and you will get better and not just pencil and paper also you painted a picture that was the best of the best and you got a tablet for animation and you did your first animation it was perfect. And that was the best day of your life. Sincerely, Elizabeth M. Summer 2020
Brandon V.
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Dear Brandon, You will have a good day and here’s why. You will have a good day because your sister is going to buy you your birthday gift, which is a lizard, your dad will give you a soccer ball and your mom a Nerf gun. I think you will like your birthday because your cousins and your family will be there with you. You are going to have a great day because you will practice your soccer skills and enjoy playing soccer since that is something you like. You will have a good day because we are going to the park so you can play with your cousins. Then we plan to go back to our house so we can play some Xbox. You will have a good day because when you wake up you will realize you turn 10 years old and you have a whole life in front of you with good memories and bad memories too because you will not always have good memories in life. —Brandon V. Dear Lukas, You’re going to have a good day because you will play with your friends and your dog. —Lukas R. I will have a good day on 4/22/20 because my birthday is on that day and why because on that day my mom wakes me up and gives me presents and a good breakfast. Also, I get to do what ever on that day because it’s my day. I get to hang out with my friends and play whatever I want to do, but I also get to get lots of presents to open up. That is my good day! —Damian T.
Dear Dylan, This is gonna be a good day and here is why. Today you are gonna hang out with your friends and get closer. Today your sisters will help you and laugh with you, not at you. Today your friends will play with you. Today you will face your fears. Today meet new friends. Today will be a good day. Sincerely, Dylan H.
Dear, Alex, This is going to be a great day for you because you always look on the bright side and always know what to say to make someone laugh, and I always have fun playing games with you, even though you always beat me but it’s still fun. -From Ben Dear, Ben Thanks for the kind words I love playing games with you. —Benjamin H. Dear Eve, Today will be a good day because I have a basketball game and it is against the boys at school I really want to beat them. I also am showing my class the play Me, Sam, Kate, and Cedy have been working on. I am also happy because I have chocolate in my lunch. I was really happy when my mom told me I don’t have to go to Hebrew school today. I hope we win our basketball game. I have a good feeling that today will be a great day. —Eve F.
Today will be a good day because you have a basketball game and you are gonna win it. You are gonna do your best. When you get home you will have a good time and be happy. But, you have to remember that you are smart, funny, and good at things. That is why today is a good day. —Danielle G.
Dear Arturo, Today is going to be a good day and here is why I am going to Russia. I am going to go to grandma’s house. She is going to bake a potato pie, which is my favorite pie. She is going to invite aliens, superheroes, and my family and we are going to play a lot of games. The garden is going to be our spaceship garage. The cat is going to help us out too and that is why I am going to have a good day. —Arturo Arturo
Dear Tony, Today is going to be a good day and here is why. You are invited to my party in Russia and even better, I paid for your flight and we are going to play a lot of games with my cousin. You are going to meet my family and we will have so much fun! —Arturo
Dear Joanna, You are going to have a good day today because all of your family is safe and doesn’t have covid-19 also because you can play with your dog and because you can FaceTime, call, and text your friends and make sure they are good and healthy. —Joanna G.
Dear Ronan, Today I am going to have a great day because I’m going to try to pay attention and get good grades, and I’m going to take my time on my stuff, and try to be kind. —Ronan F.
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Karla
Dear Layla, I know that you like to make rooms as much as I do. Also I know that you love BTS. The room l made for you looks like one that I drew. I just want to say I appreciate you being my friend. I hope that in the future we are still friends and that is all I have to say. —Karla M. Dear Maia, Today’s going to be a good day because I am going to be with my friends! Then after dance I have to do homework. Then I am going to eat dinner and watch some tv. Then go to sleep my favorite! —Maia B.
Dear Mom, You are going to have a good day because you can watch whatever you want to. We are going to do everything you want us to without you telling us to do it. I will help with anything you want me to. I will not play or do nothing bad. Today will just be a free day to you. From Phillip
Dear Alisha, You are going to have a good day because both Jessica and I are here today and I plan to spend all my recess with you. Also, since I know you want to hear all about it, I will talk all about my new lizard, Kinkajou, and whatever else you want to talk about. Also I will play whatever you want to play. Hope you have a good day!
Dear Max, This is going to be a great day. Here’s why you will get all of your work done. You will eat a yummy dessert and dinner. You will have a healthy lunch. You will also go play sports. You will finish your work and do Kahoot. You will win Kahoot. You will play on your computer, after you finish your work. You will sleep with your favorite stuffed animal. You will play pillow fight with your siblings. And most importantly you won’t get your parents mad. —Max C.
P.S.- If something challenging or sad comes up, just think of something positive! Plus me and Jessica are always here for you. —Samantha H.
Dear Aria, Today is going to be a good day! I can see my friends and I can play monster game with you! I can also have art club and I love art! Lily —Lillian B. Dear Oliver, This is going to be a great day I can’t believe that we got chosen to be in Mr. Lemoncellos Library Olympics this is going to be insane!!! Our group is You, Me, Colin, and Matthew, see you soon. George —Oliver G. Dear Eva, This is going to be a good day and here’s why I am going to your house and I am going to sleep over and we are going to have a lot of fun because we are also going to Six Flags and we are going on all the rides. —Lizbeth M.
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Isabella Dear Isabella, This is going to be a good day and here’s why, today is the first day of summer and I’m so excited. I’m going to the beach with my family. I’m showing my baby brother Ivan how to build his first sandcastle. After the beach we are going to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants. Today was a great day. We built a sandcastle and went swimming. It was so hot outside we ate ice cream. We went to eat, I had pasta and salad. Today was a good day. —Isabella
Dear Gaby, You are going to have a great day and here is why: We are going to beat the boys today in basketball (trust me, we will). You will go out later tonight with all of your friends for ice cream. You will be told that you get to move back into your house soon. You will find a very important thing that you lost exactly 4 days ago. That is why you will have a good day. Go on run along so those things can be done. XOXOX , Gaby S.
Dear Mom, This is going to be a good day and here’s why. You are going to Florida and you are going swimming and hanging out with friends and family and go to the movie theaters and eating yummy popcorn and pizza. Then you are going to Six Flags and going on all the roller coasters you want. And you will win prizes from the games. You will win stuffed animals. Then you will go shopping at the mall and you will get anything you want and you are going to say “Yay” all day. —Arielle Dear Me, Today is going to be a wonderful day you’re going to get your prized possessions finally and get relieved of your punishment and get the Yu-Gi-Ohs deck and get the necklace and have a nice life. —Isaac D.
Dear Lila, This is going to be a good day and this is why. You will slay a dragon. You will save the princess. You will also be the most popular girl in the grade. Everybody will be your friend and you will get all A’s. You are also very sweet and nice. I hope you have a great rest of the day. —Lila M.
Dear Cedy I know this is going to be a good day this is why.... I am the future you! If you don’t believe me I can prove it to you because guess what? I AM! Second, today is going to be fun because you will see me in parts of time throughout the day and then later today I will bring YOU to the future! You will have so much fun in 3001. Lastly, you will leave school early because you are going to a surprise birthday party... OOPS! Wasn’t supposed to tell you that. The Future, Cedy —Mercedes G.
Dear Brian, This is going to be a good day and here is why....I had a good night sleep. My body feels energized. I had a good breakfast. I eat waffles, bacon, and drink milk. I play soccer with my dad. I play with my brother at home. —Brian
Dear Britton, You will have a great recess today because you’ll play basketball and have a lot of fun. You will also have a lot of fun after school when you go home/hotel and watch a movie. One day you will become like D’mitrik Trice. —Britton P.
Summer 2020
Dear Levi, This day is going to be a good day because I woke up with a lot of energy. I have yogurt for breakfast and it was AMAZING. When I got to school my friends greeted me with a hello and waddup. I went inside and I was feeling the most confident I have ever felt in my LIFE! I had a great first class and I hope I am going to have an even better next couple classes. When school was over I went straight home. I started doing my homework. When I was done, my dad came home. He told me we were going out for sushi! I wanted to go right now so when my mom came home we went out for sushi. When we got back I went to bed. —Levi A.
Dear Sasha, I will have a good day and here’s why. Today I have a flight to catch because I am going to Japan. First, I will take a nice walk through Japan, so I can get to my hotel. Next, I will go to sleep in the hotel, it should be late by then. After that, I’ll go to a spa and relax. Then, I’ll go to a buffet and eat a lot of food. Next, I will get some food and head back to the hotel. Last, I’ll pack up my stuff and Sasha leave in the morning. My picture was me walking through the streets of Tokyo, Japan. The time I took the picture was before I went into the buffet and ate. A friendly citizen helped me take a picture. In the picture I am posing in front of two eating places.
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Americo P.
All of the batman photos are there because he is my favorite superhero. The bat mobile is for one of his vehicles to help him on a crime. The batarang is one of batman’s recent weapons he uses. The sports signs are there to represent the national sports. The WWE sign is there because it’s a wresting channel and it is very cool. Marshmello is on there because he is one of my favorite singers. I have Pokémon because it’s one of my favorite shows on tv and it makes me laugh sometime. I have the DC AND MARVEL on there because they represent one of my favorite universes. The two video games are Fortnite and Roblox because they help me get entertained when I’m bored or sad. And last, I have the family photos because it reminds me of them, and it shows me I’m never alone. —Americo P. Today can be a great day because I’m doing school online and it’s fun because my friends are there and also my teacher is there and we get to do sometimes SEL and we also do writing also we do math and we also write on chat and we do our work and all of those stuff we do at school and that is basically it. —Kevin V.
Dear Lizbeth, This is going to be a good day and here’s why you are going to be with your family that you love and you are going to play with them and have so much fun with them like other days. —Lizbeth M.
Dear Lexi You will have a good day and here’s why… Go to school You have recess Your backpack will be light You will eat an apple so you can keep the doctor away. —Lexington B. Dear Max, Today is going to be a good day because it is turning to spring and after spring is summer. Outdoor soccer is starting soon. The playoffs are right around the corner and Alcott has been doing great. I have a great feeling about this year. —Eoin B. Dear Mom, You will have a good day and here’s why: you just won the lottery!!! You won $100,000,000,000. We can buy your dream home, also your dream yacht and go on a vacation to the Bahamas. I am really happy about it because I will get unlimited soccer balls. Katherine will get as many American Girl dolls as possible and also Barbies. Katherine and I will be so happy. But money does not really matter, it is the family that counts. Therefore you will have a happy day no matter what. Sincerely, Victor K. I’m having a great day but there’s really bad things happening in the world so I’m preoccupied about that. I’m having a great day because I’m really thankful nothing of that bad stuff is happening to me so I’m having a great day for that. Another reason I’m having a great day is because I know everything is going better now because now the people like doctors, firefighters, and more are solving the problems in the world that are really bad. The last reason why I’m having a great day is because some of my family are good not having troubles, either way some of my family are not good right now I’m happy not everyone in my family is having a bad day. —Byron C.
Dear Tony, This is going to be a good day and here’s why. After school when your class came outside, I said, “do you want to come over.” You said “yes,” so you called your mom to see if it was okay and she said it was fine. My mom drove us to my house. We did our homework first so we could be over with it. After that, we started playing with my Playstation2 and it was a blast! We went outside and rode our skateboards. We tried to be showoffs but that didn’t work out. Then, we tried it again and just fell off our skateboards. After that, you and I went inside to eat lunch. Then, we got bored, so we started telling knock knock jokes. Afterwards, we started to watch YouTube videos. You and I were watching America’s Funniest Videos. That was funny and hysterical! We tried not to laugh, but it was too funny. I wish we can do that day again. —Lucian L.
Kate Dear Kate, Today will be a great day because I slept well. I don’t have to rush to get ready like to feed my pets and change. Now that I’m all ready my family and I are going to the store to get some cleaning supplies and also some food. When we get to the store, I will go to the board game section because school got closed and since we can’t go out a lot because lots of places are closed. So, I will go to the section because I live in an apartment and my cousin lives with me in the same apartment and I can’t go to my friend’s house so I go to her house and we play like every day. —Kate C. Summer 2020
Kevin B.
Dear Kevin, This is going to be a good day and here’s why. Today I am at the beach having fun watching the airplane events in downtown Chicago. I like watching the airplanes in downtown because they do signs with smoke in the sky and show us crazy stunts. For example, to entertain us pilots do flips and really fast turns with their planes. My family always prepares sandwiches called tortas and we also take jarritos. After the show we go for ice cream and go to the beach. When we go to the beach we put on our swimsuits and we go swimming. Me and my family like to bring our favorite silly hats to cover ourselves from the sun and our sunglasses. When we get bored playing with the sand, we play volleyball. At the end of the day we go change and pack up to go home. Today was my favorite day with my family. —Kevin B.
Dear Ms. Knight, You will have a good day today, and here is why... I know that the class has done stuff that may have frustrated you earlier today, but you should not give up! You can do anything you set your mind to, no matter how impossible it seems. Now that I’ve cheered you up, I must get back to work. Good luck! —Kristian M. Dear Noah, You’re going to have a pet rainbow unicorn that poops cupcakes and get a lifetime supply of candy and chocolate. —Noah P. Summer 2020
Dear Lluvia Today I went on an amazing hike on a mountain. It had so many baby dragons I thought they were lost because I didn’t see their mom. I took them with me and looked for their mom. I had to do it on a cold mountain. The babies were really cold. I was trying to keep them warm, but I only had a jacket, so I put them inside and they were falling asleep, so I finally got them to their mom. And the mom was kind of scary. Then I started to go down the mountain hours past and I finally arrived home as soon as I did, I ran to my room and then my bed and feel asleep. —Lluvia C.
Dear Nicholas, I know your day will be good because you are very cool and you have lots of friends and I am one of them! We will play at recess and we will have so much fun! I know you will make lots of friends in the future! —Marko B.
Sara A-V
Dear Marisol, You will have a good day and here’s why… You will have a good day today, because you’ll be running free and alone in a field, listening to the cool summer breeze forgetting about your problems and observing the night sky full of bright stars. You’ll be amazed by the stars and find one that is very bright. Then, all of a sudden, a shooting star appears. You think to yourself, “Well, today is a great day…” Then you make a wish. Today is a good day for you because you have forgotten about your daily life problems at School or Home, and because it’s a good day to be Happy and Calm. You look at the white flowers surrounding you, realizing you had not seen them yet. Then, you continue to observe the night sky covered with stars. —Sara A-V
Dear Elsa, Today will be a good day. Just because yesterday was bad doesn’t mean today will. It’s a new day and you’re the one who decides if it will be good or bad. Just smile and keep pushing. You are human. You can cry and smile. It’s going to be okay. Elsa —Elsa C.
Dear Connor, You will have the best day ever because you and your friends will have so much fun with your friends you will get a perfect score on all of your tests you will have no homework and you will get a bunch of money! Enjoy it! From, Your Future Self —Connor E.
Dear Jessica, Today I think you are gonna have a good day because the sun is shining bright yellow and the birds are singing sweet songs. And I am playing in the pool....................wait my phone isn’t waterproof gotta go. —Ellie M.
Dear Leonel, This is going to be a good day and here’s why you are a good kid who is responsible for his work, you help students when they need help, and you are a motivated kid who likes to do a lot of fun things like playing video games, and playing with your sister. — Leonel T.
Dear Carin, Today is going to be a good day and here’s why. At the end of the day today you are going to do your play you’ve been working on for two weeks in front of the class. Then after school you are going to go to choir and sing fun songs. After that you are going to have a snack at home and then get some homework done. Maybe read a little. Next, you’re going to CCC /other choir and practice songs for performance there. Finally you’re going to come home and have a nice dinner. —Carin M. Dear Charlotte M., This is going to be a good day and here’s why… I have no idea. THE CORONAVIRUS CAME AND NOW I’M STUCK INSIDE FOR A WHOLE MONTH!!!!!! I WON’T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING!!! Ok let me just breathe. I’m HyPeRvEnTiLaTiNg!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT AM I GONNA DO ALL DAAAAAAAA YYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ummm well at least I won’t get the virus?? NOT ONLY THAT BUT I HAVEN’T SLEPT THAT WELL AND NOW I LOOK LIKE SOME GUY THAT STAYED AWAKE FOR 5 YEARS!!!!!! And it all comes down to… DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!!!! My rOoM!!!!!! IT’S A TOTAL DISASTER!!!!!!!! I had just cleaned it up so if you walked in it sorta looked like this: clean and neat right? AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THIS EVER SINCE MY MOM AND I STARTED CLEANING THE BASEMENT: well except the bed that is one of the things that’s clean. But that’s not the point. My point is today I’m making it my mission to clean my room. So to finalize it’s gonna be a good day today because I’m not dead or alone. That’s all I could think of. —Charlotte M.
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Drear Alexiana, You are going to have a great day because you are quarantine and your mom gets paid today. Also, your mom said she will buy you anything I want for this quarantine. Right now, you are into Melanie Martinez. She is a singer and you like her because you love her unique hair and her amazing voice. Right now, you don’t know what you want to be when you grow up and people say good, so I have a lot of time to think about it. Right now, you are thinking that you want to be a fashion designer. You have two best friends. They are amazing. Your worst fear is the dark. I know you might think that is silly, but you just don’t know what’s behind you. For all you know there might be a hole there and you fall into it. As a kid now you believe to love your body and to don’t care what other people think of me. Like how some people say I am weird, but you say the craziest and weirdest people are the best! From, past you Alexiana
Yaretzi M. Dear Yaretzi This is going to be a good day and here’s why, soon you will have a great summer when all this Coronavirus ends, and you will have a great summer. You really like swimming so you will stay in a nice hotel near water parks and you will swim all day until you get to the hotel and have a dream where you feel you’re still swimming. —Yaretzi M.
Susana
P.S.: this letter is for my future self! ;)
Dear Spongebob, I know that you will have a wonderful day. You will probably make lives to new krabby patties, maybe make a new song, become a sidekick to MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy, and defeat Manray. Maybe try to win in karate against Sandy. Try to bust the purple doctor fish. Try to find out why Scooter died but turned into an angel that turned back to life. Ask Fred why he breaks his legs so much. Tell Dave that he has too many wives and names. Do your best to win in pretzel pals against Patrick. I hope you have the best day ever! Sincerely, Ryden —Ryden A.
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Dear Susana, Today is a great day because I have dance class today and me and my friends are going to make friendship bracelets. Also, I will make slime with my brother and sister and play with it. Also, I miss my BFF Layla C. and Julissa R. I have been writing letters to Layla ever since 4 weeks ago when I had made up my mind to write my first letter to Layla I was super scared to send the letter I just thought she would say no, to be my BFF like in 3rd grade. I have technology today and it has been really fun because we did typing.com and we did different types of charts I had so much fun today. —Susana
Dear Eoin, This is going to be a good day because it’s my mom’s birthday today and we are going to go out to dinner at a fancy restaurant and we also might go out and get ice cream after school and my mom took off work to hang out with us soooooooooooooo it’s going to be a good day today :) Sincerely, Max —Maxwell C. Dear Edison H., Today is going to be a great day because I finally worked a time machine then I sent this card back in time. First of all, I am from the year 2042 here there are flying cars! I remembered I always wondered if there was still traffic with flying cars, so to answer that YES. And anyway I don’t even know why I sent this card first of all. So today is a great day because you learned about your future! —Edison H. Dear Briar B., Today will be a good day because one of my best friends Maia came back today from being sick. I also know it will be a good day today because all of my friends are at school! Today will also be a good day because I can play with them at recess and eat with them at lunch! And my day will be the best because I will watch Dance Moms with my mom! And that is why my day will be good! —Briar B. Dear Arielle/Mom, This is going to be a good day and here’s why. You are going to Florida and you are going swimming and hanging out with friends and family. And go to the movie theaters and eating yummy popcorn and pizza. Then you are going to Six Flags and going on all the roller coasters you want. And you will win prizes from the games. You will win stuffed animals. Then you will go shopping at the mall and you will get anything you want and you are going to say “Yay” all day.
Today you will have a great day and be happy like this!
Yaretzi T.
Dear Yaretzi, Today you will have a good day and here’s why. As soon as the sun wakes you up you will think positive and feel thankful for what you have that many other children don’t have, a nice warm home and warm food. Then your family will be there for you while you are getting ready for school. You will be glad to have everything you have. You will think good and happy thoughts. You will learn new things in school in math, reading, and writing. You will be true to yourself and others around you. You will think positive and be positive all day, you won’t let anything stand in the way of that. Lastly, you will have fun throughout the whole day. Then when you go to sleep you will have good dreams and wake up to a new, happy, fun day. Most importantly, you will remember to let others have a good day too. Sincerely, Yaretzi T.
Dear Saniyah, This is going to be a good day and here’s why. The Covid-19 outbreak has ended. All kids are going back to school. But everyone is still practicing social distancing, washing their hands, and covering their coughs. Beauty shops, barber shops, nail salons, and restaurants are all reopened now. Everybody is happy now. Now everybody is certain the Covid-19 will never return. — Saniyah H. Summer 2020
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Ulises S. Dear Ulises, This is going to be a good day and here’s why...You will be hanging out with your best friends at the waterpark and you will have a great time. We will be sliding on the water slides and it will be one of the best times you’ve ever had. You can eat many kinds of food and some snacks to eat. On the other hand, the virus spreading around (Coronavirus) would be over forever! My friends and I would be having a great time at the waterpark and eating snacks and playing games at the waterpark. Our cousins would come over to play with my friends and I at the waterpark! We can be on a floatie ride and have so much fun at the waterpark! We can go underwater and see each other with goggles while being underwater! Other cousins and friends and family would be joining all of us at the waterpark, and we play tag on water. Have races with each other, which is so much fun! —Ulises S.
Dear Karol V., Este va hacer un buen dia aqui porque ha sido realmente bueno porque ahora que tengo una clase en línea y ahora puedo ver a mis compañeros y ver como han estado y ver a mi maestro tambien tuve una muy buena experiencia de volver a aprender cosas que aún no habíamos aprendido antes y lo que hago con mi familia es veo películas con ellos y juego con mi mascota. —Karol V.
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Dear Valeria, This is going be a good day here’s why, Today is going to be a good day because when you wake up a robot hand will appear from your wall and it will bring McDonald’s french fries and when I get ready a machine will put my PJs on for me and then for lunch I will have Cheetos with fries because I have an Addiction with fries and then I will go to my friend’s house with a car that has a pool inside the car and when I get there, there will be a lot of food and drinks and when I leave there will be a cat riding me to my house and then when I get to my house I go to sleep. —Valeria F. Valeria F.
The picture I drew well it represents that friendship is amazing and friendship is very Amazing.
Dear Valery L. This is going to be a good day here’s why, it is going to be a good day because when you wake up your mom will wake you up with 10 stacks of pancakes and when you want to get ready you also have a robot to put on your PJs and later in the day you also go to your friend’s house and enjoy the food and drinks they prepared just for you. When you leave a unicorn comes and picks you up and when you arrive to your house you go to sleep in your big white and baby pink canopy bed like me. —Valeria F. Dear Isaac, You will have a good day and here’s why first you will get presents then you can go to the theaters and then go to GameStop to buy video games and that’s why you are gonna have a good day. —Isaac L.
Dear Kamaria, April 28th, 2020 is going to be a good day because it’s your birthday and it will be the day you get many gifts and spend time with your friends/family. You are getting so much older and mature. You are also getting taller and smarter. You are turning 14 and have many more years of life to come. I hope you stay safe and enjoy one of the best days of your life. Yours Truly, Kamaria Dear Jared, This is going to be a good day and here’s why. I will have a good time at school. I can have fun with the broom, dance with the cuboid, and know exciting things like math, math, and math. I can’t wait to go. And after that, I get to play jumpy square, a hip new game with story mode, lots of characters, lots of secrets, A LOT OF MINIGAMES, awesome pets, a shop, this thing called gauntlets (they are dungeons based around a certain thing that you can try to get cool stuff ), lots of currencies that have specific uses, and more things that are too ridiculous to put here. Sincerely, Jared W. Dear Genesis, Hi how are you? I hope you are good. I know that today you will have a great day and you know why because even though a lot of bad things are happening a lot of good stuff will happen too. What you can do is think positive and positive things will happen and if you just wait good things will happen. Have you heard that saying that says “It rains the hardest on the people who deserve the sun” so that means that bad things will happen but a lot of good are about to happen is only in a matter of time. First you have to think positive of yourself and tell your self ”Today I will have a great day” and I know that after the storm calmness comes. So that’s why YOU are going to have a great day. Sincerely, Genesis L.
Edwin P.
Dear Edwin, This is going to be a good day and here’s why. Today we are going to take a time machine. We are going to go back in time and we are going back in 1914 so we can tell Gavrilo Princip not to kill Franz Ferdinand. Because it will start both world wars. Then we can go back in 1347. And tell them to not trust the plague doctor and don’t travel by boat. Because the rats have disease that would create the Black Death. Then we can go back in 793 AD to tell Europe to be careful of Vikings and be prepared for fights. Then we can go tell Asia and Europe to work together to fight the Mongols. Then let’s go back to 1066 to talk to William the Conqueror that you should tell Edward the confessor after he dies, he would be the only one to be the king of England. Then we can go back to 1803 to tell Napoleon to hey don’t attack Russia just don’t start any wars go be the emperor. Then we can go to 1775 to tell George Washington hey you are going to win but make sure to send Benjamin Franklin to send some to train the soldiers and make sure the cities are protected. —Edwin P.
Dear Liam, You will have a good day because you are surrounded by good people. You have good friends. I will share my lunch with you. I will try my hardest to make you have a good day. —Blake G. Summer 2020
Dear Maireli A., This is going to be a good day and here’s is why. On Sunday we went to our aunt’s house because they were making Mexican food and my cousin were there and play different games we play tag and the Mexican food was so good all of us said that is so good. —Maireli A Maireli A.
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Dear Yorbeli, You will have a good day and here’s why because your are going to stay with our aunt and you going to stay with your cousin and and play and watch TV. —Maireli A Dear Isaac, You will have a wonderful day today and here’s why: You will get a special call from the distance. This call is from the rebellion. They are currently at war with the First order and they need all the help they can get. They are the unknown region of Exegol fighting against the emperor’s evil forces. When you arrive you will fight gallantly and the Rebellion wins the war with the first order that the Emperor called the Final order in which he thought would be the final fleet that would crush the rebellion. There is a galaxy wide celebration in victory of conquering the emperor’s evil plans over many years! —Naava S. Dear Santi, Today will be a good day because I will have a good time at Recess and JCC and because I will be focused in class and pay attention. —Santiago G-H Summer 2020
Dear Emerson, Today is going to be a good day and here’s why. I am going to soccer practice tonight, and I am going to have so much fun at it. Also, I am going to try my best at school and soccer, and it is fun and feels very good when I try my best and get things accomplished and it is going to be great. Also, I am going out to eat with my family for my sister’s early celebration for her 8th birthday party. It is going to be so much fun to go out to eat tonight. We are getting her a vanilla and chocolate cake to celebrate. I am going to stay up late tonight with my sister without my parents knowing. It is going to be really epic and fun to do. I also have a soccer game tonight after my practice, and we are going to win by a lot of points. The other team is going to be wishing that they were better at soccer. I am excited to be playing my favorite position, left mid, because I’m left footed. I am going to score a hat trick, and I love scoring three points. I am going to celebrate like Cristiano Ronaldo does. I am going to have so much fun today. —Emerson K.
Dear Peyton, You will have a good day tomorrow because you will have Cinnamon Toast Crunch and then go to school and be organized. You will have music then the Lincoln project and then math. Then you will have lunch and recess. Then literacy (your fav class!) then math. After that you will have basketball and have fun with your friends. Then you will go home and be productive. Then you will go on your ipad for some fun time and read. You will have fun with your dog also. Have fun on your amazing day!! —Peyton K. Dear Me [Eliana], This is going to be a good day and here’s why… I’m going Girl Scout cookie selling! I’m also going to sleep yay and I might talk to my friends on the phone after school. —Eliana H.
Karen
Dear Karen, This is going to be a good day and here’s why…you will become a very famous artist and be rich. You’ll be having fans. You will make your own anime show and be very good at drawing anime :). You will have your own art studio and will have your very own space! You will be the smartest and have good grades! You will live in a BIG mansion! You will have 4 doggies. You will have a husky, golden retriever, Chihuahua, and a pug. And yet you’re still wearing glasses like usual. You will have a big group of friends! You will be a very nice, helpful, and smart person. Yes, you will STILL be obsessed with comic books :P. No, I don’t think you will have the coronavirus :T. Well, I hope not. Your family will hopefully be together. Your older brother will already be a father and will be WAY taller than you. Your little brother will always be a very nice funny brother. I hope you will be the greatest person you wished to be. In the picture you are with your 4 doggos :) Sincerely, Karen C.
Dear Vance, Here is why today is going to be a good day today is going to be good because we are going to win our game and we are going to have fun no matter if we lose and we are going to have fun at recess and practice so we can be ready for the game. —Vance H.
Dear, Jonathan You are going to have a good day because your friends will want to play with you, your crush will notice you, you will get Tik Tok famous, and your mom will get you the gift you always wanted airpods. So I hope you have a good day because that’s going to happen to you. —Jonathan G. Dear Oscar, This is going to be a good day and here’s why me and you can spend time with each other for the first time. We can also go wherever we want to go. Finally, I know you always wanted me to get a PlayStation 4 so we can play Fortnite and that day could be the day of our life. —David D.
Mia
Dear Mommy, You will have a great day and here’s why. Me, you, daddy, and Nico are going to Orlando on a private plane with Petey and Bubby. We have the whole entire hotel to ourself. We are going to stay there for two weeks. While we go to the parks, Petey and Bubby will stay at a doggy spa. First, we go to Magic Kingdom. Then Animal Kingdom. Then Epcot. Last of all Hollywood Studios. Then we do it all over again. We get to see the Halloween, and the Christmas special. We see all the parades. When we are all done, we go to our hotel to get ice cream. We get ice cream two times a day. When we go home, we can go back on the private plane which is really clean. Love Mia
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Sofia D. Andrea
The picture shows me dancing with my family Dear Sofia, Today is going to be a good day because you are going to dance and play with your family. Maybe later you are going to the store to get supplies for the corona virus but don’t worry because today you are going to have fun. Sofia D.
Dear Mom, This is going to be a good day and here’s why you are a mom who is always there for me. Also you are a caring person who cares for everybody. You are always working for home because we need to go to school, eat, drink water, and many more. So today just be happy what you have and you have always being grateful. — Leonel T.
Dear Dulce : This is going to be a good day and here’s why…This is going to be a good day because my birthday is coming up but I’m going to try to take positive things out since I’m going to have to celebrate my birthday by myself with my parents and not my aunt and cousins but you never know a surprise might come. Another reason this is going to be a good day is because I’m going to get to be with my family and not risk it catching the virus. My last reason is because I get to play with my cousins and FaceTime them and talk about how we feel and important stuff. —Dulce V.
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Dear Andrea, This is going to be a good day and here’s why imagine you are in a mansion with a cool backyard with a magic door that leads to a resort. You walk through and see a beautiful pool resort with an Airbnb. You finally get away from the cold and chill at the pool. Many dogs surround you while you are sitting. So, you stand up and play with other dogs. They start licking your face and they are all your favorite dogs. You eventually have to go back but you stay for another 4 hours and watch movies with the dogs inside. You go out for a swim you come back and take a shower. You now only have 20 minutes to get ready and leave to the real world. You finish changing you grab an apple and leave. You realize that the apple came with you once you came back. The apple and the Hawaiian lei necklace proved to you that it was not a dream and you had actually been there. You loved that experience, but it was only once in a lifetime. Sincerely, Andrea C.
Dear Nayeli (cousin): This is going to be a good day and here’s why…This is going to be because she will get to be with her family and she will be able to chat with me and my other cousin. Another reason this is going to be a good day is because they might come to Chicago for my birthday and she looked really excited. My last reason is because my cousin’s quinceanera is coming up and she is really excited it’s in July so we are really excited. — Dulce V.
Dear Demari B., I’m going to have a good day because I’m going to play fortnite with Eric and I might go to sleep. And I’m going to try to finish some of my work and watch some TV and get on YouTube and I will talk to my friends in our group chat and hope everybody has a good day too. And I hope everybody stays safe. —Demari B. Lliliana C. Dear Zoey, It has been really nice at school today because the air and the wind brings the nice winter air to life and the winter trees sit there hoping to have their beautiful green hair grow back but in the time they wait they snuggle together hopeful for their minute. And the seeds underground waiting to see the sun again but this might all seem unhappy to you but to the day seems bright. — Zoey S. Dear Gabi, You will have a good day because you can see the positive in negative situations. You are an optimist, and can make people laugh (even if it’s just polite laughter). You are smart and have a big imagination. If you’re bored, you always know what to do! You can figure out things in school because you’re so smart. You can do this and that! Whatever you need to do, you can do! You can play with your friends, and if you can’t, your brother or your dog, Anna. You can also do many things by yourself, because you are lucky enough to have toys and a big imagination and many great qualities. Whenever you’re nervous, remember, today will be great. Because you are awesome, and can do anything you put your mind to. Sincerely, Well... Gabi S. — Gabrielle S.
Dear Gricelda, This is going to be a good day and here’s why because you will go to the Bahamas because today is your birthday. We will celebrate by snorkeling in the beautiful water. You will tan under the hot sun. We will swim in the water with fish. We will go on a boat then get put in a cage and swim with sharks. We will kayak to the ocean and explore. We will eat at the best place you know why because you won tickets here, so you don’t have to pay for nothing. We will go to an amusement park where they have water slides and inflatable houses. We will swim with Eleuthera pigs and swim with wild turtles. You will stay at the nicest hotel with an indoor pool. The hotel has a gym for a quick workout since you like working out. Last but not least when you are going to fly back home you get first class tickets. Sincerely, Liliana C.
Dear, Anthony This is going to be a good day and here’s why… because I am going to play FORTNITE with my friends with whoever is playing that I know. Also this is going to be a good day because me and my friends are going to get wins and a lot of elims and we are also going to crank 90’s, and have fun in creative because we are gonna practice to get better when we play duos, squads or any other game mode that has two or four people so we can all play. — Anthony C.S. Summer 2020
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