D is for Dandelion
Manhunt at Night (and a Trip to Wills Eye)
by Oliver Haselbarth
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Our Trip to Florida
by Nicholas Wargo
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A Surprise Gift
by Matthew Humbert
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The Lost Glove
by Alahna Sheridan
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Butchering
by Nora Dougherty
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Communion
by Paul Best
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Almost Drowning in the Ocean
by Michael Giannotti
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A Safari
by Victoria Wallacavage
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A Ski Trip
by Ava Sheridan
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Parking on the Lawn
by Luke Best
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Terra Firma
by Nina Fryzel
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Can’t Help Falling in the Pool
by Ivan Lott
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A Sudden Change at a Wedding
by Dorothy Carriker
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The Thresherman’s Reunion
by John R. Callahan
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Gum in the Heavenly Clouds
by Henry Renninger
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B is for Bear
“A Morning Song” by Isaac Watts
Recited by Jules Dougherty
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“The Rainbow” by William Wordsworth
Recited by Gwen Giannotti
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“The Sun Has Long Been Set” by William Wordsworth
Recited By Rita Haselbarth
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“The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe
Recited by Owen Ireland
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“The Voice of Spring” by Mary Howitt
Recited by Iliana Lott
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“Weariness” by Alfred Tennyson
Recited by Sarah Malachowski
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“The Brook” by Alfred Tennyson
Recited by Miguel Maximo
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“September” by Helen Hunt Jackson
Recited by Benjamin Pin
“In the Garden” by Emily Dickinson
Recited by Elijah Reader“
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Gathering Leaves” by Robert Frost
Recited by Lily Sheridan
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“To Autumn” by John Keats
Recited by Patrick Mohan
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“Bitter for Sweet” by Christina Rossetti
Recited by Laneya Worthington
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“The Violet” by Jane Taylor
Recited by Olivia Humbert
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A is for Apple
“The Arrow and the Song” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Recited by Mary Francis Jennings
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“The Lord Will Provide” by William Cowper
Recited by Johnny Bruno
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“A Chill” by Christina Rossetti
Recited by Ethan House
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“There is But One May” by Christina Rossetti
Recited by Noelle Haselbarth
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“The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse” by Christina Rossetti
Recited by Lucas Maximo
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Riddle Time!
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“A Morning Song” by Isaac Watts
Recited by Sienna Dougherty
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“The Sun Has Long Been Set” by William Wordsworth
Recited by Abigail Humbert
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“Swinging” by W. K. Clifford
Recited by Gus Wargo
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“The Little Elf” by John Kendrick Bangs
Recited by Ben Wallacavage
Riddle Time!
​Riddle Time Phonics Riddles
The following riddles were given to the parents on Speech Day. Some of them were too hard even for the parents! (In class the students are given phonics clues, however.)
​​You cannot touch me,
But I exist.
You cannot clutch me,
As I’m a mist.
What am I?
Answer: Fog
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You can open and close me, but I’m not a door.
You can rub me clean, but I’m not a floor.
You can put things in me, but I’m not a box.
You can stack me, but I’m not a pile of blocks.
Answer: a jar.
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I go through an eye,
And the hem of a skirt.
I am spun on a spool
And can fix a torn shirt.
What am I?
Answer: thread
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I’m something that you never see,
And when you make me, you make three.
When birthday candles show their light,
You close your eyes with all your might.
What am I?
Answer: a wish​​
You see me everywhere you go—
On the ground and in the snow,
On your face and on your hands,
In the city and rural lands.
Truth is I’m everywhere to be seen.
You wash me but I never get clean.
Wash me off your boots or belts,
I’ll always end up somewhere else.
Answer: Television
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My parents have a child,
And I’m the only one.
I call them Mom and Dad,
But they don’t have a son.
Who am I?
Answer: I am a daughter.
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I talk like a bird and make no sense;
I walk on fours like a cat.
I smile or squeal or giggle when pinched;
My wrists and cheeks are fat.
Who am I?
Answer: a baby