The high school musical, Les Miserables, took place from April 21-23 after 5 months of hard work and effort.  Les Miserables is an incredible show about the French Revolution with themes of love, war,...

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There have been at least 377 school shootings since 1999 in the US.  Of these shootings, around 349,000 students were either injured or killed. Fortunately there have been none throughout MCDS history. ...

A precious Queen of the Night flower blooming in the night. As the stars dance across the stunning Mexico sky like graceful ballerinas, She’s large and fragrant, shining bright like the full moon. Gracing...

Wind blows through the dark, delicate, silk-like petals. Like a crimson dahlia, I find company in solitude. Together, its connotation is modified. A dahlia symbolizes inner strength, Not only...

I am from YouTube™ and iPads. From the demise of cable TV The hard, cold, unfeeling Screen has influenced me throughout life. I come from pyrotechnics and doctors Whose flames and...

Once we see an old photo, We remember those days, We feel the air, We hear the voices. It awakes us to ask, How we got changed, If life became better, Have we been grateful, We...

I am from the tall green palm trees that sway to the wind, from the soft yet powerful crash of the crystal waves along the shore. I am from the endlessly humid days,  from the seasons who...

Just because I'm mixed, Doesn't mean I can't hoop Doesn't mean I can't be impacted when someone is killed in the streets because they're African-American And doesn't mean I don't have the same...

I am from incense sticks, From red envelopes and dragons. I am from the delicious candy Painted into beautiful animals (Slightly see through orange, It tastes like sweet rock candy). I...

Just because I'm a Jewish girl, Doesn't mean I’m greedy as a squirrel, Doesn't mean I'm an arrogant mule, And doesn't mean I'm automatically rich. Just because I'm a Jewish girl, Doesn't...

Jagged rocks rolling and tumbling, green grass swaying in the wind.  You never know what a mountain holds,  Behind one corner or the next. The mountains resemble the icy tundra, freezing...