The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Jacob Crisp, Second Place Grade 5, Ocean View Elementary School Teacher: Mrs. Gordon Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player to play in the Major Leagues in 1947. Back then there were two leagues, a Negro League and a Professional league that did not allow
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The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Torsten Johnson, Second Place Grade 1, Branch School Teacher: Mrs. Metcalf Ludwig van Beethoven is my favorite composer. I enjoy playing music. I play the piano. Beethoven wrote my favorite piano piece, called Fur Elise. It means for Elise. Who was Elise? Nobody knows for sure.
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The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Akash Salam, Second Place Grade 11, Arroyo Grande High School Teacher: Mrs. Dixon Eight years ago, I dreamt of living a life without having to worry about food or working tirelessly through the day. Today, I’m living that dream. But today, I have a bigger dream,
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The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Lucy Wickstrom, Second Place Grade 8, Coastal Christian School Teacher: Mrs. Sano The 4-Way Test has been useful to people for generations. The questions “Is it the truth?,” “Is it fair to all concerned?,” “Will it build goodwill and better friendships?,” and “Will it be beneficial
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The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Akito Hayashi, Second Place Grade 4, Ocean View Elementary Teacher: Mrs. Pierce Martin Luther King Jr. was an African-American who supported social change through peaceful protests. A powerful speaker and a man of great spiritual strength, he shaped the American civil rights, and was one of
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The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Mustafa Assal, Second Place Grade 3, Shell Beach Elementary Teacher: Ms. Simpson Have you ever been accused of something you did not do or say? Do you know how it feels to be treated unfairly? I do. I was blamed for saying a bad word that
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The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Emily Garrett, Second Place Grade 11, Arroyo Grande High School Teacher: Mrs. Dixon “The truth is rarely pure and never simple,” claimed Oscar Wilde, a bona fide lord of the English language. His contention regarding the exclusivity of truth lends us to believe that the truth
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The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Cal Schwefler , Second Place Grade 7, Judkins Middle School Teacher: Mr. Liebo Truth, fairness, goodwill, friendship, and helpfulness. All five of these different qualities will help humans hugely in life. Each one of them is filled with gentleness and kindness. All of these qualities help
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The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Daisy Wickstrom, Second Place Grade 4, Coastal Christian Teacher: Mrs. Schrei & Mrs. York As I was thinking about The Four Way Test and its questions (Is it the truth?, Is it fair for all concerned?, Will it build goodwill and better friendships?, and Is it
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The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Kacee Santana , Second Place Grade 3, Coastal Christian Teacher: Ms. Bockhahn I’m going to be writing about friendships. Friendship is very important. With friendship you have to be telling the “Truth”. Telling the truth is a big part of friendship. If your friend doesn’t know
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