Ariel Hans C. Sebellino

ACROSS the roomy pavilion was a delicate and lithe frame of a boy yet bursting with energy and excitement, tinkering with raw colored papers, pens and strings — eagerly wanting to piece together some cut-outs.

Sitting in a corner near the stage, dwarfed by other kids in frenzy, an adult watched in amusement, overzealous of an art-in-the-making.  Fourteen-year old Jade Bulalla, a third year high school student of the Mt. Province General Comprehensive High School traveled almost forty-eight hours to get to Cebu City.

Along with his adviser, Jade left his place early dawn of Friday and arrived at the Ecotech in Lahug late evening of Saturday.  On the adviser’s permission, I disrupted a bit of his time to ask how he handled the long trip.  “It doesn’t matter.  I am here to learn and develop my skills,” he said.  Before I could even ask another question, he confidently resumed, “Each kid like me is entitled to participate…my opinion should matter.”

He plans to take up nursing in college.

Jade Bulalla patiently awaits the finished product. Read the rest…

As I walk down the street each morning,
I experience a very strange feeling
Seeing the children of my age, begging.
I now want to be giving
Helping them
Teaching them
Caring for them
And most of all loving them
Giving them my all
For charity is my call

Klyde Glenn Gonzales Grade 5- Gratitude

By Liberty A. Pinili

HAVE you ever wondered why malls put at least two trash cans in one corner—one labeled “biodegradable” and the other “non-biodegradable”?

Biodegradable and non-biodegradable are actually two different kinds of garbage.

Biodegradable materials are those that rot, like all kinds of food, paper, animal poop, plant leaves and other parts of plants and trees. Non-biodegradable wastes are those that do no rot like plastic, glass and metal.

Biodegradable stuff can be made into fertilizers to fatten the soil and make plants grow better. Non-biodegradable stuff can be reused or made into other useful things. For example, softdrink bottles can be cleaned and refilled or they can be smashed and heated up to make new bottles. Read the rest…

By Tita Dulce Festin-Baybay

That’s right, Kidsters! What is the best way of getting the attention of readers and the audience as a whole? Start by telling a story. Haven’t you noticed that when we start with “Once upon a time,” you immediately get interested?

I remember that whenever my teachers would teach a lesson by giving stories, the more I get interested and the more I remember the lesson. Read the rest…

Be simple that’s what they always say

But sometimes it’s hard to live that way

There are very many temptations

That’s why we are not simple in some situations

Save your money and never borrow money always

For your simlicity forever stays

Those expensive things are worth someone’s life

For you’re like stealing their money that can relieve their strife

Live simply so that others could simply live

That’s a poem I believe

<b>Daryl Mitz M. Garces</b>

Grade 5, Colegio dela Inmaculada Concepcion