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Stay Drug Free!!!
Don’t use tobacco
like my sister.
When I come home
and she is smoking
I say naughty, naughty, naughty, naughty.
Don’t use tobacco
Don’t be a fool
It will rot your lungs.
She is going to a grave.
We can help by not smoking
Come on kids
Let’s save our earth!
Can you?
Yes, yes, yes
Don’t be people who allow drugs to rot
This town!
Hart Elementary School
Grade 4 |
Tobacco
Things are just great
Without tobacco
Because I have an uncle
Named Bacco
One day he smoked
And I got mad
And thought it was bad
So it’s better
To have a head
Instead to be dead
But if you
Have an uncle
Tell him
Not to be a fool
But
To stay cool
Hart Elementary School
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Cristobal Colón
Cristobal Colón
Lejano nació
En un pueblecito
Que nunca se vió
Nació en un pesebre
y un dia creció
Después de marcharse
Un lugar descubrió
En el estado de América
Un lindo estado que
Todos adoramos
Con mucho amor
Roosevelt Elementary School
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Cielo Vista Library
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I Have A Friend
I have a friend
He laughs and plays
He rides his bike everyday
And he rides around the world!
Eastpoint Elementary School
Grade 2 |
A Very Good Friend
What makes beauty?
What makes sound?
Will these things happen,
When a good friend’s around.
What makes the earth spin
What makes a rainbow bend?
Of course, because of a very good friend.
Cielo Vista Elementary School
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Sail On To New Worlds
My mommy tells me to go to sleep,
When I’m asleep, I’m dreaming.
Hello new world!
I’m sailing to new worlds!
Eastpoint Elementary School
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Clardy Fox Library
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Christopher
Christopher, Christopher
Where are you?
Is your new land
As clean and free
As ours used to be?
Are your rivers clean
Like we haven’t seen?
Are your cities pretty
Or are they very dirty?
Is your sky clean and blue
or doesn’t it look good?
Christopher, Christopher
Do you have the solution
to our land pollution?
Buleson Elementary School
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I Am a Native
I am a native
I saw Balboa coming this way
He wanted our gold
We gave him a little,
But he still wanted more.
If we don’t give him more,
he will kill the natives.
I am a native.
Zavala Elementary School
Grade 5 |
Travel Over the World
We travel over the world
to find the beautiful
We must carry it with us
or we won’t find it.
Beall Elementary School
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Irving Schwartz Library
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A World in a World
I know a world way up high,
Beneath the trees and above the sky.
It controls your mind,
Your heart,
Your soul.
It controls kind,
But no one foretold...
That this world wouldn’t be
Like the morning star
Shining above.
Sweeter than a dove,
Stronger than love.
But not better than the heavens
Of heavens above.
Because it’s not
Simply what you’ve got,
For Behold!
It’s something new, not old.
Something warm in your heart, not cold.
It’s in your core...
LIFE
What more could you ask for?
There’s lots,
But take what you got.
Vista Del Sol Elementary School
Grade 6 |
If I Were an Eagle
If I were an eagle I would fly around the world,
I would fly peaceful like a dove.
No matter if I die as a bird.
I will still be in the sky flying,
Looking at the dove go by.
Glen Cove Elementary School
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No One Wants a Month to Stay
January is cold,
and warm is May.
No one wants a month to stay.
When a month ends
kids shout hurray!
The only months kids want to stay
is the months of Christmas and their birthday.
Glen Cove Elementary School
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Lower Valley Library
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Policía
Policía Olicia agarra los rateros
Pero los rateros no quieren los perros
Porque son muy groceros.
Pasodale Elementary School
Grade 1 |
When Sailing in a Rainy Night
When sailing in a rainy night
Across the ocean sea
What would I find tonight
And what would I see
Sailing through the ocean blue
Without my only crew
What would I find today and what will I do
Oh if I only knew
While in the morning when
The sky is turning blue
I woke up and saw all the birds
That flew
When I arose with my old and tired
Hand beyond the morning sun
I could see a beautiful piece of land...
America
Ramona Elementary School
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Señor Chocolate
Había una vez un señor chocolate
Y el corazón le late.
Su carro era de nieve
Y al subirse siempre llueve.
El señor chocolate fue al edificio
Donde el hace su oficio.
El señor chocolate tenía nariz de cacahuate.
En el patio de su castillo
Tenía un árbol de membrillo.
Ramona Elementary School
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Main Library
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Dreams
I went to a new world.
I saw an Alien.
I lost him.
I went to the East side and I saw some more.
I went back to earth
and I went back home.
And I dreamed some more.
St. Clements Episcopal Parish School
Grade 2 |
The World is Weird
The world is weird, it’s like a beard
upon an old man’s face.
All tangled up just like a cup of stars
floating around in space.
The world’s a blur like balls of fur
upon a small white poodle.
His name is Seth and on his breath
is the smell of chicken noodle.
The world is strange and all deranged
cars and trucks everywhere.
You see old pop at the mechanic’s shop
and the next day you are there.
The world is weird.
El Paso Country Day School
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Three Proud Ships Sailing
Three proud ships sailing the blue,
passed great islands and other lands too.
With large masses and a very large crew,
they wailed with hope and courage, too.
Oh! say Columbus, have you ever sailed the blue?
Yes, and I know you will too,
if you believe that there are other worlds beyond the blue,
I sailed and sailed and it finally came true,
We finally landed, the happiness was true!
Not knowing I had discovered a New World,
behind all that blue.
Mesita Elementary School
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Memorial Park Library
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The Fight
Once there was a boy
his name was Ben.
He was a good boy
then came sin.
Sin made him do terrible things
like pushing, shoving
and worse cussing.
And then came more.
Like robbing other people
and making them cry.
Well, one day came a good old man.
He was a Good Spirit
with a powerful force in hand.
He said, “All the things you’re doing
God does not condone.”
Then that Bad Spirit left in a flash
and left him alone.
The kid went back the way he was
and he’s happy in all that he does.
Loretto Academy School
Grade 5 |
One Elf on a Toadstool
One elf on a toadstool
so bright and green.
Today he was a stimulating scene!
He saw a monster
with a million eyes
that scared him out
of his wits by surprise.
A witch with a cat
as black as night,
gave him a terrible,
terrible fright!
He was a dragon
with eyes of red,
and this is
what he said.
“Would you like
to come over to tea?”
Don’t believe all this nonsense.
I only got it
from an elf on a toadstool.
So don’t believe me.
Loretto Academy School
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1492
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492
Aboard the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria,
Three ships of great power and might.
But how very long ago it was,
500 years to be exact.
On October 12th we celebrate this discovery
That has brought so much pride to you and me.
Even though we do no know what bravery
It took to be the man
Who dared to think differently
About the geography
Some said, “flat”,
But Columbus said, “round”
But he was right
And America was found.
Bliss Elementary School
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Richard Burges Library
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Columbus Sailed Across the Water
Columbus sailed across the water.
He looked out far to see some otters
They were swimming in the big blue sea.
He was a bee
Just flying around
And said this must be
The place to settle down.
Crosby Elementary School
Grade 5 |
Columbus
Columbus, Columbus,
Stands really high,
Columbus, Columbus,
What a guy,
Columbus, Columbus,
Sail for our pride,
Columbus, Columbus,
Be our guide!
Dolphin Terrace Elementary School
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Sail On To New Worlds
Sail on to new worlds
from the Atlantic to Pacific
From continent to continent
just like Columbus did,
Just get a big boat
With crewmen and all
And sail to the library
For good books after all.
Vineyard Christian Academy School
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Veterans Park Library
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America
The oceans are beautiful
Sailing on the seas,
Columbus and his men
Were praying on their knees.
They were asking God
To find a new land,
While the men were sleeping
They felt a crash
Looked out and saw sand.
They were looking through the forest
And what did they see,
They saw two Indians
Hiding in the tree.
Because of Columbus and the Indians
We are free
Fannin Elementary School
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Dancing
Fancy footwork, that’s what they say
As you practice and practice all day
Dance to the beat that’s what you are told
You dance like a butterfly of gold.
Soon opening night will come
As your feet and arms are numb
Gracefully you dance across the stage
In a beautiful costume of beige
So practice, practice, practice,
And one day you might just be on
The stage.
Holy Trinity Elementary School
Grade 5 |
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492
Boy am I glad, aren’t you too?
He wanted to prove the earth was round
And was too busy looking around
He wanted new lands to see
And he navigated the Caribbean Sea.
Fannin Elementary School
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Westside Library
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Families
Families, families are
Special people to me
My family helps me
When I get hurt,
Feel sad, or lose a friend.
If I ever lose
My family
I would practically die
Because my family
Is very special to me.
Putnam Elementary School
Grade 4 |
Goal
I have a goal to reach the sky,
And be better every day.
Study hard and always try,
To make a fantastic A!
Zach White Elementary School
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Winter Time
Winter nice and quiet
Snow so White so bright in sight
Like a cotton field
Putnam Elementary School
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Ysleta Library
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Fire
Fire is red
and sometimes blue
it makes a commotion
and scares the crew.
Ysleta Elementary School
Grade 5 |
Mi Gata La Chata
Yo tenía una gata,
que se llamaba Chata,
ella se comió una rata,
y le dolió su panza
y como no dio lata,
Ahora mi abuelo tata,
por desconfianza la ata,
con cuerdas que casi la mata.
Presa Elementary School
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El Capitán
Cuando yo me estoy bañando
me pongo a dormir en una nave de piratas
que asaltan al pasar.
Yo soy el capitán del mar
y con todos mis marineros a batalla iré
a salvar la nave de nuestro rey.
Justamente cuando estoy peleando
me estra agua a la nariz y me despierta.
Valley Elementary School
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