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Buzz Kidz by Jack Whitney, age 12May 2013
Shaving for a cureSix years ago, when I was in first grade and living in Connecticut, I shaved my head for the first time at a St. Baldrick’s event to help raise money for kids with cancer. St. Baldrick’s began in 2000 as a challenge between businessmen and grew to more than 1,300 events last year that raised money … Buzz Kidz by Vita Louise Maida, age 14April 2013
Life on the dance floorMy name is Vita, which means “life” in Italian, and when I am on the dance floor, I feel as if I come to life. What I love the most about dancing is that it helps me feel stress-free and is great aerobic exercise. In the past, I have played traditional sports, such as volleyball … Camp Counselor DiariesMarch 2013
They stay up comforting a sick child. They cheer on the boy who jumps off the high dive. They clean up sheets when accidents happen. These aren’t moms or dads, or even big brothers or sisters. They are camp counselors. “People often think being a camp counselor is going to be a vacation,” said Roger Friedman, executive director of Echo … Buzz Kidz by Kirby Koster, age 10March 2013
Casting for adventureOne of my favorite hobbies is fishing. Fishing helps me learn to be patient, and a hard day of fishing usually pays off with a nice catch. One of my favorite parts of a day fishing is feeding the dolphins. We feed the dolphins the skin of the leftover fish we caught that day. My favorite dolphin … Field of Little League DreamsMarch 2013
I’ll never forget my son’s first Little League baseball game. He was so proud to don the royal blue and white uniform, complete with new baseball pants and cleats. When the kindergarten team took the field we all had high hopes for a momentous start to the season. The young players, however, were mostly interested in finishing the game so … Buzz Kidz by Peyton Donovan, age 11February 2013
Face painting for a causeIn April of 2010, when I was 9, my family was going to a neighborhood fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society hosted by the Dragna family. Their son, Jack, is a friend of my brother, and he is a leukemia survivor. I grabbed a small table, two chairs, some face paints and brushes, and … Buzz Kidz by Sarah Shaw, age 17January 2013
Robots and good deedsGrease-covered hands, bolts in your pockets, and an odd scent of burnt plastic and pizza in your hair — these are just a few things my teammates and I experience at the end of a long day of engineering. My time on the St. Agnes and Strake Jesuit engineering team, Spectrum, has been where I have … Singing with the Houston BoychoirDecember 2012
In the hushed, nearly empty choir room at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Ben Yifrach, 11, and Michael Scott, 10, playfully shove each other. Ben starts skipping in place on the carpeted raiser. Then, “my precioussss,” he mutters to nobody before rolling his head, his eyes spinning around. As the other boys in the Houston Boychoir return from lunch break, sit … Buzz Kidz by Justine White, age 16December 2012
What true friends doMy dad’s best friend, Jay Kregel, died of cancer at 45 years old, about one year ago. My dad missed Jay so much, and I missed him too. He was one of the few adults who made an effort to be my friend. Jay was a former Marine and a Desert Storm veteran, and one of … Buzz Kidz by Katie Erikson, age 12November 2012
Ready, get set, bang!I always knew that I was one of the faster girls in my grade, but I would have never guessed that running would take me all the way to the Junior Olympics. Last spring I ran track for the first time at River Oaks Baptist School. The 400 meters was my best event, though it took … Brought Up BilingualNovember 2012
Americans often are perceived as spoiled when it comes to learning languages, especially when traveling. But, more than most U.S. cities, Houston is an international one, and several Buzz-area residents are choosing to raise bilingual children. This fall, Leslie Culhane moved her second-grade son Quinn from Herod Elementary to the HISD Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School (MCLIMS), which … Buzz Kidz by Katherine Coulter, age 18October 2012
Win it for coachThe life lessons I’ve gained from Tae Kwon Do have taught me to care for others’ successes and smiles more than my own. When you achieve that attitude, your own smile comes with the pure joy of doing well for others. The joy that I could bring to my instructor, Allen Villasenor, is what gave me … The Modern Gap YearOctober 2012
Saying high school is stressful is an understatement. Students spend all day running between classes and taking tests. Then they head to sports, jobs or other activities, and when they finally get home, they are back to the books. Add SAT prep, AP tests and college applications, not to mention a social life, and you’ve got one busy teenager. It’s … Buzz Kidz by Caroline Boyd, age 17September 2012
Pig feet?When I stepped off the airplane, I was freaking out. I was about to go home with total strangers who didn’t speak my language. I was one of five students from my school who traveled to China for a cultural-exchange program. We each had a different host family to live and go to school with for six days in … ACT or SAT?September 2012
As summer turns into fall, many high school students are shifting their focus to their future college. One of their first decisions is choosing an admissions test. The SAT, which once dominated admissions for East Coast schools, is now joined by the ACT, which used to be mostly a Midwest preference but now is accepted nearly everywhere. And while the … |
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