KINDERGARTENERS / 1ST GRADERS / 2ND GRADERS:
WRITING QUESTION: What makes you sad about your neighborhood? (Examples: Too loud, too quiet, not enough kids, not enough room to play, hard to walk, etc.)
“It's hard to walk to my neighborhood house.” – Ahmed Albrati
“A break in in the neighbors' house.” – Alana Richardson
“Too quiet.” – Alpha Horn
“I 'm sad because the train is loud at night.” – Amber Bradley
“There are some homes that are broke. Robbery.” – Anthony Perdue
“When people come around my neighborhood they kill people in the middle of the night.” – Aryanna Hudson
“It's too loud because people be slumping.” – Aryanna Johnson
“That it is boring and I play in the backyard.” – A'Shari McLaughlin
“I wish I had more friends to play with.” – Ashley Sprinkle
“I am sad because we don't have a park.” – Ashton Sprinkle
“When people argue.” – Autumn Fields
– Ayannah Flowers
“People throw stuff, that makes my neighborhood sad.” – Braylon Bain
“It is a bad neighborhood.” – Brennan Jones
“I don't have enough room to play.” – Camden Novak
“Walk for a long time from morning to night, everyday, walking walking.” – Daisanae Hoyle
“In the winter I don't get to go to the park.” – Danica Fordham
“Not enough kids, loud violence.” – Darryl Hubbard
“I wish I have more friends.” – Destiny Bell
“The street is noisy.” – Destiny Keelin
“Not enough room to play games outside.” – Edriece Lynn
“My friend moved away.” – Egypt McClendon
“Too loud.” – Eli Hall
“There is not enough room to play.” – Gabriela Alomar
“Quiet.” – Hannah Yownger
– Isaiah Lowe
“No one to play with.” – Jadan Wade
“In my neighborhood, it is a lot of shooting.” – Jade Hamilton
“It is too quiet.” – Jaden Martin
“It is too loud.” – JaKayla Graham
“It's too loud on the expressway.” – Jalen Eckstein
“I do not have a sad.” – Jayana Anthony
“NOT ENOUGH KIDS!” – Jaydah Houston
“I am sad because I don't have lots of trees.” – Jayden Arnz
“I am sad because I don't have a big back yard.” – Jayden Brewton
“The street is too busy, and needs more room to play.” – Jeremy Thigpen
“What makes me sad is that I don't have any friends on my block, but one friend.” – Jesenia Richiez
“It's too busy, noisy, loud.” – Jezinae Smith
“The dark sky with no light.” – Jhania Pickins
“My neighborhood is sad because the store is closed.” – John Russell, II
“Need more people to play with.” – Kaiden Houston
“I do not like when some kids talk outside my house.” – Karindis Anthony
“What makes me sad about my neighborhood is too much shooting.” – Katelynn McCain
“My mom does not let me go play because she worries.” – Khaliya Scott
“It's loud and I can't sleep.” – Khyla Williams
“Dark houses, no electricity, no water, no TV, but people live in there.” – Kyndall Dotson
“I have litterbugs in the park.” – Lanaya Cannamore
“Loud vans.” – LaSharea Byrd
“The streets are too noisy.” – Lauren Weatherspoon
“I am sad in my neighborhood because there are stray dogs.” – Makayla Cannamore
“Not a lot of kids.” – Makayla Patrick
“That people litter and spit in my yard.” – Malachi Taylor
“Too quiet.” – Mark Lee
“Some people moved away and they were sold.” – McKenzie Johnson
“Not enough kids.” – Micaiah Brown
“I am sad because I see a dog.” – Nasita Langston
“Too much trash.” – Olivia Mordica
“There is not a friend to play with.” – Rayona Bruckins
“The blackout!” – Samia Jones
“I did not like it when a very loud motorcycle woke me up in the middle of the night.” – Samuel Lynch
“My neighborhood is too loud.” – Sasha McKenney
“Dogs are going through the trash.” – Skyler Smith
“One reason I don't like my neighborhood is because the person who [lives] across the street from me, his dog keeps escaping from the backyard and going into other peoples' yards, like mine and my neighbor's yard.” – Timontae Boyd
“A train wakes me up.” – Veronica Neahasen
“Something that makes me sad is my neighbors do not come outside like they used to when they first moved in.” – Victoria Daniels
“The people shout at me.” – Vincent Harrison
“It is too loud.” – Yazmin Kellogg
“Too quiet we can't, too loud! I wish we can tall loud.” – Zarria Allums