Volcanoes National Park

May 10, 2017

I was very excited when I found out the school was giving us a week off in February, which meant travel. To escape the cold of California’s cold and rainy winter this year, we went to the Big Island of Hawaii. It was so nice in the sandy beach, tropical, and ocean part, but when you go up, it’s a different story.

For some of the trip we did sped time down by the nice beaches of Hawaii, but for the other part, we went to Volcanoes National Park. The weather was completely different, cold, super windy, and rainy. I’m glad we brought out ponchos!

Our hotel was literally on top of a 100% active volcano. There is a lake of lava inside Halema‘uma‘u Crater that could explode at any minuet. From our room’s window, we could see the actual glowing lava in the crater, not just the globe, but the lava itself. It was definitely one of the coolest things to see. That’s not the only crater either. There are a couple of craters in the park, some have steam and some do not. We got to see the Kilauea Caldera, Halema’uma’u Crater, and Keanakakoi.

Black Chasm Cavern

April 1, 2017

Today, my family and I got to go and walk through Black Chasm Cavern in the city of Volcano, California. This cavern was a more vertical cavern and we had to climb a lot of stairs, but it was worth it to see this awesome cavern.

This cave was 225 feet, or 69 meters, including the clear blue lake at the very bottom of the cave. Black Chasm is mostly known for the millions of the helictites protruding from the walls, ceilings, and cracks in the cave. Helictites, unlike stalagmites or stalactites, can grow in any direction and are curly, wavy-like crystals formed from water pressure that bursts our and hardens. These make Black Chasm especially unique because it’s one of the very few caves that has helictites, and even fewer have this many.

Kona Coffee Farms

February 27, 2017

On our family vacation to the Big Island in Hawaii, we had to go to the Kona coffee farms. This is one of the only places in the world that can grow coffee. We went to Coffee Joe, Mountain Thunder Coffee, and Hula Daddy.

At every stop, we got to taste coffee. I didn’t of course, but I did get to try tea. Every place had a lot of different flavors. At two of the places, I got to try white and dark chocolate covered coffee beans. They were so good, we bought two bags, one of each.

Dolphin Quest at the Hilton Waikoloa

February 22, 2017

This week, for my school’s February Break, my family and I all went to the big island in Hawaii. For the first leg of the trip, we stayed at the Hilton Waikoloa. Our room in the Lagoon Tower looked into pools of dolphins. Turns out, you can pay to do Dolphin Quest. You swim with dolphins, kiss them, pet them, play with them, and learn about dolphins.

Spring View’s Willy Wonka Winter Rally

January 20, 2017

At Spring View Middle School, twice a year, the Leadership team puts on a rally. In a rally, each academy (Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale for seventh grade and USC Berkeley, and Stanford for eighth grade) competes against each other to see who’s the “best”. Everyone gets dressed up in their academy’s colors and there’s a lot of cheering and screaming which makes for an awesome day of friendly competition.

Each rally is a different theme. For example, last year we did a Hollywood Movie Premier rally and a Summer Olympics Rally. This time, we put on a Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory one. Rallies take months of planning because we have to pick a theme, make decorations, think of tons of games, and perfect everything.

Life is not about waiting for a storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain

Vivian Greene

Natural Bridges in Vallecito

August 27, 2016

This summer for my birthday, like we typically do for family birthdays, we went on an outdoor adventure. We drove to Natural Bridges for some water and cave fun! Natural Bridges is 1 mile downhill and 1 mile all uphill with wet clothes and bathing suits, so there were almost no people there because most are lazy and don’t want to do much work.

It was the coolest summer water spot EVER!

Orientation Program at Spring View Middle School

August 14, 2016

At my school there is a new student orientation program called WEB. WEB stands for “Where Everybody Belongs” and it’s all about giving the 7th graders a chance to meet new people before the school year starts. Eighth graders can sign up to be a WEB Leader and we plan a day full of games and activities.

During our summer, we spend a couple of days before hand to train for the WEB Day. We each have a partner along with a group of twelve to eighteen soon-to-be seventh graders. During the training days, we get with our partner and practice teaching the games and getting our assigned classrooms prepared.

Harry Potter World in Universal Studios

July 9, 2016

I’ve always been a huge fan of Harry Potter; Has read all the books, seen all the movies over and over again, has merchandise, you name it. It had always been a dream of mine to get to go to Harry Potter World in Orlando, Florida and I finally got to! Of course, I wore my Weasley Wizard’s Wheeze shirt and my Marauders Map shirt to get in the spirit.

Diagon Alley

When we walked into the first part of the park, Diagon Alley, it was hard to find. We had to go under a building and there were two brick walls, one that was open that you go through and one you had to go around. Once you got past the brick walls, you see Diagon Alley and it looked just like the movies. It feels magical as soon as you step foot on the streets. You can go in all the shops and do stuff in them and buy things.

Expressing Yourself Or Your Feelings

June 12, 2016

Recently, I have figured out that expressing yourself and your feelings through something (like journaling, art, or dancing) is better than keeping to yourself and pretending not to notice or acknowledge it. If you keep to yourself, you will never be able to show the world who you are or cope with feelings.

Here’s is two examples:

Expressing yourself is on of the best thing you can do. Being you and accepting you is important to your well being. Denying who you are and trying to be somebody else is the worst thing you can do.
If you’re mad a somebody you might want to make them feel bad or get revenge…Don’t. If you act like that then most likely, it will not make you feel any better about yourself, but it will make you a bad person.

How I do It

I have multiple ways I express myself and my feelings.

It was the coolest summer water spot EVER!

Diagon Alley

How I do It

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