In a little less than a year, I will be a second semester junior taking the SAT test, and I will likely regret having written this, but i...

What’s your favorite memory from CPS? “Oh, shoot, I should have prepared for this one. Last year, second semester, I was in this weird si...

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we know students and families are looking for ideas to use their summer meaningfully. Here’s some crea...

I think this time I’ll remove the pieces from the puzzle instead, break up lily-pad ponds and cloud-puff evenings. I will pick out my fav...

Feb 10, 2020 We sit at the top of the little hill, basking in the sun, golden for a moment. Our soft serve melts in our paper cups. Green...

Instead (Italic lines from Marry Oliver’s Song for Autumn): Instead of the nothingness of air and the endless freshets of wind what wi...

Why Are There Robots In My Bedroom? I wake up this morning from the unrelenting beams of the sun on my eyes. Although, today, the rays s...

We’ll Be The Villain and You’ll Take the L A Villanelle From College Admissions We’ll read each word closely, for we truly respect you. B...

What’s your favorite memory from CPS? “Freshman year, spirit week, I think. I remember the whole thing with the freshman dodgeball team, ...

Stiff I have placed my being into a ceramic pot. It is here that I lie with my toes tucked and my elbows cold against its dry, shaded for...

An Ode to Limits We bantered down the streets, talking. I think I met you at a neighborhood gathering out back of a stranger’s mansion, y...