It’s that time of year again! As another school year came to a close, our upper school students and faculty welcomed the publication of SONAR, the SFDS literary magazine. SONAR features four student writers from each grade in the upper school whose original pieces are published in an online format. Every student in grades 5-8 submits a piece of writing, and the eighth grade English teachers have the privilege-and difficult task-of selecting the winners. This year’s work demonstrates the depth and range of talent at our school. Click here to read this year’s SONAR publication. Congratulations to this year’s selected writers, who are as follows:
SONAR 2011
Fifth Grade
Dad, a memoir by Alana Baer
A Piece of Paper, a poem by Mia Blaine
Tree Cathedral, a poem by Ben Schatz
Growing and Falling, a poem by Justin Yamamura
Sixth Grade
Rain, a story by Daniel Holzman
A Series of Mysterious Happenings, a story by Cole Palmer
Poems by Allison Rome
Best Frenemies Forever, a novella by Morgan Ruff
Seventh Grade
A Tenderloin Memoir by Mia Mostoufi
Snooki and Justin Bieber Run for President, a comedy sketch by Jeannie Davis and Nicole Borders
Bunny, You Can’t Play, a children’s book by Colin Riley
Three Aspiring Pigs, a children’s book by Cole Savageaux
Eighth Grade
Everything’s Different, Nothing’s Changed, a novella by Marie Calhoun
Grandma’s Place, a descriptive essay by Jackson Dickstein
The SF Flavor, a speech by Elias Domingo
Running to Stand Still, a novella by Stephanie Elliott
