By Ben Van Riper, Composition 101

Getting off the bus at the school for my BOCES class. Passing the giant building with hundreds of different rooms, completely outclassing my home school. My first step is walking up to the large white door that leads to the class. To enter the class, you gotta knock as the door is always locked from the outside. A kid stumbles over and finally lets me inside, I walk in and the whole room opens up. A giant shop and classroom with machines and wires, and desks all over. The entrance to the class definitely gets me excited for what could be in store for the day.

By Sara Deragon, Composition 101

I walk to my mother’s house every Monday without fail. Stepping outside, I check the clock on my phone. It tells me that it is 4:10 PM. I got distracted for an extra ten minutes. My favorite summer pastime, Dungeons and Dragons, ends at 4:00 PM on Mondays. However, it ends at 6:00 PM on Wednesdays. The schedule is wonky because of the difference in times, but I will always make it work.

By Cooper Austin, Composition 101

The school day is starting to come to an end, which I'm pretty excited for because it is a nice day in the mid 60s. The leaves are changing, and it's a little breezy.

By Shayne Benware, Composition 101

I have been working at the Nicandri Nature Center every Saturday for about 6 months now, starting April 26th. My main duty while working is animal care, but it's not the only thing I do. I feed, clean tanks, scoop dirt out of water (thank you, Leonard), and take the animals out for interactions with the people. I mainly deal with sassy turtles, dramatic cockroaches, and a snake.

In order:

1. Abigail Rivers, 10th grade, "Metamorphosis," paper

2. Archie Guobaitis, 10th grade, still life, charcoal

3. Cora Rivers, 7th grade, book sculpture, mixed media

4. Lyla Arcadi, 7th grade, illuminated letter design, watercolor

5. Studio Art 2 students: Archie Guobaitis, Abigail Rivers, Austin Lincoln (10th grade), Shayne Benware, Sara Deragon (11th grade), skeleton hand anatomy practice

In order:

1. Archie Guobaitis painted this image of Victor Frankenstein (right) watching his creature come to life.

2. Abigail Rivers used cut-up paper to make this image inspired by artist Andy Warhol and the 1931 Frankenstein movie starring Boris Karloff as the creature.