Category: Creative Writing

Clare Wu (9) | STAFF REPORTER

A girl stands, alone and lost, looking down at the world beneath her feet, slowly crumbling away. Up here, with the harsh sound of the howling wind and the biting chill of the air, she can barely hear the sounds of death that emit from the destruction below, the clash of metal against bone, the pained screams of the damned. Amid the chaos, she sees the children, young and so out of place, with wide eyes and trembling hands, searching desperately for some kind of reprieve. read more

Rachel Yan (9) | STAFF REPORTER

Luke Tahaney stood in a circle with a dozen other spirits, around a huge orb of flame. Incandescent threads of light linked the shackles around their wrists to the ground.  read more

Aashna Nadarajah (9) | STAFF REPORTER

The sun is shining on a warm summer’s day. The sounds of the sea and children playing can be heard all around. Anne watches from the chair on her cruise balcony. Reading a book, she slowly drifts off to sleep… A loud, jazzy sound suddenly startles Anne. She jolts up from her slump in the chair to realize something is off… different. As she looks around, she notices an odd finding. A spiffy server walking by as two young girls dance in sparkling, old dresses. Confused, Anne walks about before realizing where she is. Reaching a dining hall in the middle of the ship, she finds a calendar reading the date – April 14, 1912! It sounds familiar but Anne does not know how so. She reaches for the history book in her backpack when she utters in fear – “The Titanic sunk on April 14, 1912…” She figures this must be a dream, but how does she get out? read more

Aashna Nadarajah (9) | STAFF REPORTER

From lush green forests to silver skyscrapers, the world is a wondrous place for us to enjoy. Travelling allows us to experience rich cultures and places. I would love to travel and visit places all around the world. My goal is to travel to 100 countries in my lifetime! My ideal travel experience would be a compilation of many, very different places. I would enjoy visiting places such as Italy, Indonesia, Egypt, Peru, and California. Each destination is special and can provide its own unique experience. As of now, I have been fortunate enough to travel to 16 different countries in North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. However, there is still so much more to discover. Given the chance, I think we must all explore the beautiful places and cultures of our world! read more

Arthur Ng (11)

In darkness there is light,

With heaven there is always hell,

With water there is fire,

Where there is air, there is always earth.
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Isabella Pan (9) | STAFF REPORTER

I find it in the tiny moments
A split second in time’s reign.
When the sun breaks through,
The maple leaves
Casting dancing patterned shadows.
When our laughter plays like tinkling bells
Our little kingdom’s own anthem.
When we lie on mother nature’s back
And tell each other tales we dream of. read more

Rachel Yan (9) | STAFF REPORTER

Jasmine stood in a corridor lined with doors. Other workers were entering and exiting their own doors.  read more

Rachel Yan (9) | STAFF REPORTER

Sheila woke up. Just like it had every day she’d been there, the room was gently shaking. A mechanical hum reverberated in her ears.  read more

Isabella Pan (9) | STAFF REPORTER

I started planting flowers, 

fields and fields of them. 

Its colours ever so vibrant,  read more

Doris Hua (10) | STAFF REPORTER

Travelling through these mountains was a troop of young Polish men, who were displaced and thrown around Europe due to the shifting alliances of World War II. These individuals were separated from their family when they were sent to camps in Siberia at the start of the war and then released in 1941 when Germany changed its mind about not attacking Russia… by attacking Russia.  read more