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Tobecompletelyhonest,IhadnoideawhattoexpectformytimespentontheLeDilettante.ThroughoutthisendeavorIwasn’treallyworried,eventhoughMrs.Ruggleswasvisiblydistraught. Mostofthepresentedproblemscameintheuseofthe“for-eign”softwareofAdobeInDesignandPhotoshop;whereasGooglebecameaconstantsourceofinstruction.Manymoretrialsandtrib-ulationsaroseintheselectingandphotographingofartwork.Iamabitofaperfectionistwhenitcomestoartandhavenevercaredmuchfortheartworkofyoungergenerations;SamandMrs.Ruggleshelpedalothere.Theywereverygoodat“convincing”metosettlewithsomemoreart;inexchangeforsomecameoappearancesofmyfavoriteanimalinkeylocationswithinthepages(Iwonderifanyonenoticed).Iamalsodysfunctionalwithanythingthatvaguelyresemblesacamera,whichwouldhaveposedagreatvoidifnotforSherry.I’mverygladIhadallofthem:Sherry,Sam,Mrs.Ruggles,andmostofallGoogle. ItrulyenjoyedworkingontheLeDilettante,butwouldbecon-tenttoneverseeanotherInDesigndocumentinmylife.IthankyouallforsupportingCentralMontcalmartandhopeyouenjoyviewingthisyearsLeDilettante.

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--Nichelle Ganther 8th

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AleafwithbubblesA leaf filled with amazement Itisnaturesgift--BrandenKring4th

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--Melissa Misquente �th

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TheBigOldMoose

Thereoncewasabig,old,moose.Helikedtodrinkalotofjuice,HisnamewasFred,Helikeddrinkingjuiceinbed.Oneday,hefelloutofbed,Hebumpedhishead,Andweallknowhewassuretobedead.-Jace Vining �th

Ted and Ned

There one was a man named Ted.He had a brother, named Ned.Ted lived in a shoe,It was blue.Ned lived in a box,With a fox.Ned and Ted, you see,Are very strange indeed.-Tyler Giles �th

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--Brooke Hollenbeck �0th

--Glen Wolfington 12th

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TheBigOldMoose

Thereoncewasabig,old,moose.Helikedtodrinkalotofjuice,HisnamewasFred,Helikeddrinkingjuiceinbed.Oneday,hefelloutofbed,Hebumpedhishead,Andweallknowhewassuretobedead.-Jace Vining �th

Ted and Ned

There one was a man named Ted.He had a brother, named Ned.Ted lived in a shoe,It was blue.Ned lived in a box,With a fox.Ned and Ted, you see,Are very strange indeed.-Tyler Giles �th

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--Noah Eanes ��th

--Katelyn Main �2th

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Jungle Gym MonsterStanding tall and long on the wooded landwith skin of yellows and redsof greens and bluesof plastic and steel.It looks inviting, but the boy knows better.

All he wants is to master the beast.Slowly he climbs up, up, up.He tells himself he won’t look down,but he does in spite of that idea. He peeks down and fear fills his eyes;his head starts to spin.

He reaches his destination:the heart of the beast.A quick decision leads to a scream,and with a a scream,he goesdowndowndown.

-Sarah Brisbin �2th

--Kasey Sinclair �0th

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--Keagan James 8th

--Keaton Rydahl 8th

--Monica Cozort 8th

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--Jillian Partlo 8th

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Ode To Peanut Butter

Sticky, sweet and full of joy,you’ve been consumed since I was a little boy.Placed upon your whole wheat throne,your nutty goodness stands alone.

Your marriage with jelly is oh-so good,I’d eat you every day if I could.Jiff, Peter Pan, Skippy, and Reese’s, tears my heart to little pieces.

Peanut butter you have a knack, for sprucing up my after-school snack.Crunchy, creamy, rich and sweet,you’re the only butter I want to eat.

-Jordan Wise �2th

--Kaiden Sparks 2nd

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Death is easy,but dreaming of thingsbrings life.

--Kori Post �0th

-Kylie Pixley 8th

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--Skyler Kellams 2nd

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--Alaina Esterley �st

--Zach Waldron �st

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I look out of the house today. I looked in the back-yard and saw a snowman. My snowman looks like a girl, it is big, and wears a blue scarf. My snow-man is cool in the backyard. My snowman has melted.-Savanna Wireman �st

--Wyatt Cook �st

--Sierra Luedtke �st

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--Faith Swan 2nd

--Kaila Willemstein 2nd

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--Mitchell Wagner �th

--Trevor Lincoln �th

--Mekenzie Davis �th

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--Jessi Miller �0th

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Eagle Rescue

As I was flappingmy wings violentlytowards the horizon

I found youall by yourself,

curled up into a ball,just a baby gray mousehelplessly lying there.

I took you undermy wing and raised

you as if youwere my own,feeding you,

caring for you,loving you.

And here you aretoday

alive as can be.

--Justin Switzer �2th

--Megan Peterson-Brooks �2th

--Clorissa Greenhoe �2th

--Rachel Herron �0th

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Prey

As I am soaring,looking down I see the sun glisteningon the clear blue water.Suddenly I see the splash.Instantly I think prey;I dart toward the water,talons ready to kill,so close to the victory.Splash; they hit the water.The sound of my talonsis like the ripping of flesh.As I swoop back up,there is a great feeling of victory.It is a great day;the prey is down.

-Conner White �2th

--Jilliyn McVeign 8th

--Morgan Smith 8th

--Juliea Hansen 8th

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Basketball

I’m thrown in the air,and try to go in the direction my team wants me to go.

I try to avoid falling into our opponent’s hands,but the enemy has caught me.

My teammates try to get me back.

I get smacked to the groundAnd up into my ally’s hands.

As I’m flying in the air, I feel ree and on top of the world.Everybody stands upand cheers to their victory dance.

Because I just madeThe winning shot.-Marcy Baker

Track

This is my time.This race.This moment.It is all mine.

I focus.This is what I have been training for.Those gruesome workoutsthat make me collapse.The constant coaching.This is my race.This is mine alone.

I set my blocks.READY

I fall to my kneesalmost on the word.It’s programmed into me.I cannot get upeven if I tried.SETMy butt raises,my knees slightly bent,my feet sliding into the gate to Heaven,the gate that will win me this race.-Ashley Story �2th

--Rachel Jorgensen ��th

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War fought yards at a time,Give not reason nor rhyme.We must run or we must gun,For none shall know what none have done.

Be it addiction or be it curse,No such thing as a purse.Callous to the pain abroad,The audience do applaud.

Bodies caked in mud,Bodies spilling blood.Falling,Artificial stars above.

Not a shake; nor a rattle.Tears of the wolf- who else to care?Only those running there,Clearing the corpse from the field of battle.

With our agony we shall run,Day to day glory fades,Today we shall hold our spades,For an illness remains.

A lust,A year in waiting forth shall we dine.Conquer it we must.Until victory is mine.-John LaLonde ��th

--Ryan Emmons �2th

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--Logan Liebrock �2th

Friends are everything,They cheer you when you are feeling down,Make you smile when you want to cry,Console you when life takes a turn for the worst,Hug you even when you don’t want them to,Support your ideas and dreams,Help you get past doubts and fears,They get you through break-ups,And help you start a new.They will always be there for you,Whenever you need them.Because, that’s what friends do.

-Emily Weller ��th

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butterflies fly highso beautiful in the skyher wings glide so high

-Kiley Guelzo 4th

--Shelby McIntyre �0th

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--Christa Feazel �2th

--Kasey Sinclair �0th

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Dear Brothers and Sisters of The World,

I have not been through what you have been through, this we know.My race hasn’t sufferednearly as much as yours.I do apologizefor all the problems and pain that my ancestors brought.

Do realize that it wasn’t me personally.I cannot change the past,for I live for the present.How are we supposed to bring peaceto this problem if you won’t forgive?

Refer to me as an individual please,not a kind.I can only treat you as you currently treat me.Both of our efforts are neededto change this battleprimarily against nothing.

Sincerely,A White Sister In The World

-Celeste Camp ��th

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Confessions of Feelings

Don’t go saying you weren’t serious,do not pretend that you were joking.

Do you think that I was laughing?Did you even feel me choking?

Don’t take back all those liesand pretend that they were true.

Don’t bring back all that stuff I saidabout how I lived for you.

Don’t go saying we are perfect;don’t fake you love me even more.Don’t bring back all those feelings,

that strangled me before.

Please do no turn me aroundfrom the steps away I’d made.

Don’t bring back memoriesof drugs and a razor blade.

Don’t screw me up again;don’t crawl inside my head.

Don’t go saying all those things,those things that you once said.

So please don’t say that;don’t pretend that it’s okay.

Don’t go saying “I love you”,because you know I’ll say it back.

-Zach Raible �2th

--Kimberly Meadows

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Great Lakes Storm

I heard the moss-covered rocks moan a soft surren-deras the blue-green water was thrust down upon them.With the roar of a thousand lions, the lakethrashed against the shore.

I could smell the spray from the lakeas it engulfed the frail dock, its coldmetal legs trembling with fear.

I was nearly thrown from my feetas I stepped into a stampedeof galloping wind.

The rain felt like an army of spearsfalling from the Heavens onto thedefenseless beach.With the shiver of each grain of sand,I knew how it felt to be inadequate and vulnerable.

Suddenly, without heed, clear skiesemerged from the south.I felt the beach rejoice as the sun once again protected it with the warmth of her blanket. -Jordan Wise �2th--Mercedes Aquirre �2th

--Maureen McCallum �0th

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--Jessi Miller �0th

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--Isabelle Williams �2th

--LeighAnna Cooper �2th

Gliding around and around on the dance floor,Twirling so fast the dress slaps around my calves.Shoes sliding across the floor in perfect step,Arms wrapped around one another so lovingly,Our hearts beating as one,Gazes locked, staring into another’s soul,And liking what we see. Love reflecting there, clear for everyone to see,Secret words passed between your body and mine.We are on top of the world tonight,Just two beautiful dancers; you and I.

-Emily Weller ��th

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Gliding around and around on the dance floor,Twirling so fast the dress slaps around my calves.Shoes sliding across the floor in perfect step,Arms wrapped around one another so lovingly,Our hearts beating as one,Gazes locked, staring into another’s soul,And liking what we see. Love reflecting there, clear for everyone to see,Secret words passed between your body and mine.We are on top of the world tonight,Just two beautiful dancers; you and I.

-Emily Weller ��th

--Logann Liebrock �2th

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dancing through the woodsgliding through the skypassing coyotes.-Kaylee Borton �th

--John LaLonde ��th

--Shelby �st

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dancing through the woodsgliding through the skypassing coyotes.-Kaylee Borton �th

There are creatures that fly; they soar above the clouds,twisting and turning in their content worlds,There are creatures that swim; bending with the water that invelops them,they may exceed what most can do, but they do not exceed the great. The Admired. The Brave. -Elizabeth Richardson 10th

--Kyle Hendrick �2th

--Elizabeth Richardson 10th

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--Stacy Bowers ��th

Brown EyesHis Beautiful eyes.The ones I love so much.The ones I got lost in,The ones he lied to me in.Why did he do it?Why did he look at herWith his beautiful brown eyes?The ones I thought I loved.The ones I got lost in,The ones he tricked me with.Why did he do it?Why did he leave me, With his beautiful brown eyes?The ones I still love,The ones I still get lost in,The ones who refus to look at me.Why did he do it?I will miss you forever and ever,You and your beautiful brown eyes.-Aubree May �th

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Slipping Time

I watch time.In breaths on cold mornings,

In moments I live in,In pictures of my life,In children growing,

In clocks tick-tocking.

I watch and watch,Until I realize the tragedy.

I didn’t watch time very closely,Because I never watched it slipping

through my fingers

By Sarah Brisbin

Central Montcalm Public Schools1480 S. Sheridan Rd.

Stanton, MI 48888

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