Failing Forward

~Andrew Voss, Class of 2024 “Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward.”  -John Maxwell Nathan is a 16-year-old kid who lives on a farm with his mom in the countryside outside of Chicago. At the farm, they care for many kinds of animals, like cows, pigs,...

The Dark Alley

~Chris Boonisar, Class of 2024  “Where do we go now?” “I told you we shouldn’t go down here, what were you thinking?” “Now we are stuck in some big dark cave and I can’t even see.” “How do we get out?.” “I don’t know but get out your flashlight; it...

Last-Minute Work 

~Ethan Pearson-Class of 2024 A Mostly True Sunday-night English Session Concord, Massachusetts is the site of the Fenn School. And the 25 members of the ninth grade class are all chatting in a ninth grade group chat on a Sunday night, discussing they have not finished...

Life On Rænü

~Gordie Gund, Class of 2024 “Well well well. What do we have he-uh.” “Ow” “who are you?” “where am I?” “I am kimlee” “who you” “y name is paul.” “Hi Hi, nice meet you.” “Where am I?”  “Dis Rænü B, welcome” “How do you speak English, we are far from earth.” “Translator...

The Deity of the Stars

~Alexander Luo, Class of 2024 Persistence Saves Worlds Ethan knew he was lazy.  He was a black-hair and brown-eyed fifteen-year-old boy who never submitted his school assignments on time and always only gave half of his effort but still achieved average results....