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Students RESOLUTELY face 2013
For the new year, we asked Morningside Elementary students for their resolutions.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Today, adults are vowing to lose weight, quit smoking, exercise more and do a whole lot of other things they said they’d do this year but didn’t.
Kids make New Year’s resolutions, too, such as promising to improve their school work, being nicer to siblings and doing other “things to improve your life in the new year,” as fifth-grader Lilly Craig put it.
I am confident that Lilly and all the fifth-graders I met at Roanoke’s Morningside Elementary School will have no trouble keeping their resolutions in 2013 (although Lilly’s resolution does require assistance from pop star Justin Bieber).
I thank Morningside principal Ann Kreft and fifth-grade teachers Natasha Rogers and Yvette Rourk for helping me with the interviews. Happy New Year!
MY RESOLUTION FOR 2013 IS TO …
Jaeda Brower
“Try to do my best in my work and take pride in myself.”
Tyler Zimmerman
“Try five new things and to get smarter in social studies and reading.”
Saiyid Young
“Go sky diving and don’t die.”
Nicholas Hutchison
“Travel and make new friends.”
Lilly Craig
“Kiss Justin Bieber on the cheek on live television.”
Shane Underwood
“Help out people more. Carry stuff for them, behave for them.”
Haley Chittum
“Do better in science and reading.”
Derek Wallace
“Play football and get better at it.”
Kirsten Bailey
“Spend more time with my family. I have sports and school, my stepmom has work and school and my dad works.”
Awna Perry
“Be nicer to my brother.”
Malachi Wolfe
“Play video games the longest or try to do the most stunts.”
Alex Kromer
“Maybe eat healthier. Maybe more vegetables and fruit.”
Austin Sarks
“Do my homework and return it.”
Jahanne Robertson
“Drink more water so I can stay in shape.”
Richard Spradlin
“Exercise more. My stomach is getting bigger than my dad’s.”
Megan Keaton
“Start cleaning my room better.”
Jessica Montoya
“Be nicer to my parents.”
Skyler Miles
“Bring up my grades … I want to make A’s.”
Alexandra Barbour
“Not have an attitude.”
Kendra Graybill
“Talk less. Because I talk a lot and everybody tells me to be quiet.”
Zachary Kizer
“Make my grades improve.”
1. Defense heeds the call as Virginia Tech squeaks out win over ECU
2. One person injured in Friday night shooting in Roanoke
3. William Byrd stuns Salem in football win
4. Lowe's tapes may hold clues to Roanoke woman's death
5. Britney Spears spotted at Lynchburg restaurant
6. Concert review: Timeless Willie Nelson plays to appreciative crowd
7. East Carolina poses new challenge for Virginia Tech football
8. Blacksburg lawyer Painter’s bond revoked
9. History says this one will matter for Virginia Tech
10. Principal who guided Patrick Henry through integration dies
THE ROANOKE TIMES
