the candle as the cold flame dancesand onto the patient wicklilies bloom anew by Grace Coleman, age 15, California. a[…]
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Snap Out of It
By Bella Melardi, Grade 11, Ontario, Cananda Information is resistance. It will open our eyes. Awareness is change. The first[…]
Read moreThree Things I Wish I Knew before College
Career Paths Are Often A Twisting Journey You have probably been asked, “What do you want to be when you[…]
Read moreVoltaire’s Micromegas
Micromegas: A Different Kind of Science Fiction By Sahil Prasad, Grade 6, Maryland. The legendary scientist Isaac Newton once said,[…]
Read moreReaders Respond!
Dear Arun, The Sept. – Dec. 2021 edition of Skipping Stones is the best ever. It is superb. So many[…]
Read moreThe Talk: Bridging the Gap Between Parents and Teens
By Jacky Chen, h.s. senior, New York On a hot, cloudless July afternoon in 2017, a 13-year-old Chinese American boy[…]
Read moreWhen Spring Comes
By Robyn Bjorkman, age 10, Michigan. When the snow starts melt, And the grass comes into view, People are in[…]
Read moreSix Rivers, Many Peoples, One Tree
This year Michael Mavris, a fifth grader from Del Norte, California who won a poetry contest about the U.S. Capitol[…]
Read morePreparing for Your Life as a Minority
By Skipping Stones Staff Students of color often face many difficult and discriminatory situations throughout their lives. Whether it’s at[…]
Read more180 Days
I believe in taking the risk to experience new things to grow because you cannot grow in an environment that[…]
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