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Dear Readers:This week, the Centre View turns over its

pages to the youth and students.We asked principals and teachers from

area schools to encourage students to con-tribute their words, pictures and photos forour annual Children’s Issue.

The response as always was enormous.While we were unable to publish every piecewe received, we did our best to put togethera paper with a fair sampling of the submit-ted stories, poems, drawings, paintings,photographs and other works of art.

We appreciate the extra effort made byschool staff to gather the materials duringtheir busy time leading up to the holidays.We’d also like to encourage both schools andparents to mark their 2010 calendars forearly December, the deadline for submis-sions for next year’s Children’s Centre View.Please keep us in mind as your childrencontinue to create spectacular works of artand inspiring pieces of writing in the com-ing year.

The children’s issue is only a part of ouryear-round commitment to cover educationand our local schools. As always, the Cen-tre View welcomes letters to the editor, storyideas, calendar listings and notices of localevents from our readers. Photos and othersubmissions about special events at schoolsare especially welcome for our weeklyschools pages.

Our preferred method for material is e-mail, which should be sent [email protected],but you can reach us by mail at 1606 KingStreet, Alexandria, VA 22314 or call 703-778-9415 with any questions.

Editor Steven Mauren

Children’s Centre View 2009

Welcome

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Junhan Lee 5th grade,Colin Powell Elementary School

Ashley Abramson 4th grade,Colin Powell Elementary School

Elisha Bradley,Westfield High School


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Taylor Smith, Second Grade, CommunityHelper Portrait

Jay Saurez, Third Grade, Pastel Poinsettia

CJ Hoffman, FirstGrade, Tree Sculpture

Sarah Repetti and Asma Rahim, FourthGrade, Wire Sculptures

Emma Muscar, Third Grade, Pastel Poinsettia

Taliya Rogers, Sixth Grade, Still Life DrawingStephany Quintanilla, Sixth Grade, Still LifeDrawing


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Centreville Elementary

Amy Tran, 1st grade, age 6

Forrest Meng, 1st grade, age 7

Poetry

SantaPlump, redBringing, eating, flyingReindeer pulling his sledSaint Nick— Kendall Claar, Age 7, Grade 2,

Centreville Elementary School

Roof top is Santa’s landingElves help Santa make presentsI like his giftsNot everyone gets presentsDecides where to goEvery Christmas is funEveryone leaves cookiesRiding his sleigh— Srihita Nangunuri, Age 8,

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Cold days you drink itOozing down the cupChoosing how many marshmal-

lowsOne sip at a timeAlways drinking hot chocolate— Amith Thomas, Age 7, Grade 2,


Deep snow covers the groundElves are working for SantaClothes are the bestEvergreen never changesMittens are warmBears are now asleepEvergreen trees for ChristmasReindeer are flying in the sky— Nicole Cordero, Age 7, Grade 2,



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Jacqueline Sandoval, 5th GradeHeather Hull, 4th Grade

Mason Rich, 2nd Grade Enzo Yalta-Minaya, 3rd Grade

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Yarn/fabric portrait with a friend collage – CourtneySpiller, Mrs. Wetzel, grade 2

Yarn/fabric portrait with a friend collage –brown & black yarn – Sraavya Ranga, Mrs.Wetzel, grade 2

Flower stamp picture – Carrie Dunning, Mr. Wood, grade 5

Green gameboy – BeccaShirley, Mrs. Pike, grade 5

Fabric collage (orange house) – Matt Vice, Mrs. Garcia, grade 2

Family portrait – Carey Geter – Mrs. Cassarino, grade 1

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