Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!

Live the life you’ve imagined.

~Henry David Thoreau

Class of 2028

Essays

I Survived The Night

~Bennett Smigler, Class of 2028 Two years ago, when I was on a trip to Cape Cod I was sleeping in my room. Suddenly my dad shook me awake and carried me downstairs towards the basement. I got down from him and went up. It was almost the middle of the night and I was...

Selling Donuts

~Kevin Yu, Class of 2028 As we pull into the parking lot of Fenn I ask my mom: “ How long do I have to be here?” My mom replies “One hour and a half. While you sell donuts I will be volunteering to help for the sports sale.” My mom drops me off at the donut stand and...

The Biggest Cookie 

~Teddy Wagenknecht, Class of 2028 The World Has Ever Seen The eclipse on Monday was disappointing. The reason why It was disappointing was I thought it was going to be a lot darker since we saw 94% of the eclipse,but even 6% of the sun is still pretty bright. The mood...

Name Story

~Quentin Napoli, Class of 2028 Hi my name is Quentin Thomas Napoli. Let me tell you how I got my name. My parents chose my name, they both really liked it. My mom was inspired to name me after my grandfather’s godson, Quentin Hart. It's complicated. My mom was also...

How Surfing in Costa Rica Almost Killed Me!

~Asher Bergman, Class of 2028 Surfing. Surfing is palm trees, blue skies, warm water, and best of all the waves! My dream was just coming to an end, surfing was the best thing about it. My dreams were filled with surfing every week! Though they could never become a...

The Day I Had an Exorcism

~Zach Silverman, Class of 2028  Once upon a time, in Big Sky, Montana; there lived a family called the Silvermans. The Silvermans were staying at a hotel called The Wilson. If you know the slightest about hotels, you know, A: they don't run out of air conditioning. B:...

Adversity

~Cassius Fairfax, Class of 2028 Chapter 1: A passion like none other Once upon a time there was a kid named Cassius Fairfax. He was born around basketball lived and breathed it. He watched it on tv and at games played it on his little tikes standing mini hoop he tried...

Class of 2028

Fiction

No Gravity

2024 Travers Winner! ~Kevin Yu, Class of 2028 Chapter 1: The Offer It was just a normal day at Wimbledon when I was offered to play one point against Roger Federer. Okay, I know that sounds really crazy. I mean Roger Federer is the GOAT of tennis. The reason I was...

The Magician

~Will Bente, Class of 2028 DAY 1 I awake to the piercing sound of gunshots. I run downstairs and see blood dripping down into a puddle on the floor. My mom is duct taped to a chair, and my dad is on the floor, covered in blood. A strange man shoots me, but the bullet...

666 Hell Ave

~Teagan Weintraub, Class of 2028 It was late at night when I was walking down the street after class because I had missed my last bus back home. SoI had to walk back as I had no other choice. The streets can get very creepy at night, especially when you are...

Flame Dancer

~Zach Silverman, Class of 2028                 My best friend burns a forest down “Hey Arcus!” Jack calls down to me. The deep brush of the forest sings as Jack calls to me. “Are you excited?” There...

The Class of 2028

Poetry 

The Good Book Poem

~JJ Lee, Class of 2028 I’m a book open me up take a look When you do see what’s inside you’ll find a world in which you can hide come on take a look I’m a really good book just open me up take a look I’ll take you for a ride after you read what’s inside read me just...

When the Shadow of the Black Stained Sun Shines upon the Land

~Alex Kendall, Class of 2028 The sun disappears The sun transformed into the moon Now the moon shall get its revenge The evil moon turns the land into arctic land The lights of the land lose power A black endless void Only one big purple ring glowing around the moon...

A Cosmic Phenomenon 

2024 Travers Winner! ~Will Bente, Class of 2028 Bathing in the sunlight Grass shifts Awaiting something big The sun is blanketed by shadow The world is engulfed in darkness Birds stop their songs And the air grows colder Soon… The shadows fade Life returns to the...

Sun Poem 

~Teddy Wagenknecht, Class of 2028 Big orange cookie Astonished surprise Orange and yellow pie Concluded, shocked Why Curious about this Cosmic phenomenon What, where, how Did this occur Astronomical Creature covered by A white lunar Rock in the night The minute The...

Eclipse Poem

~Drew Grattan, Class of 2028 A crescent sun gradually wanes It slips away into absolute nothingness too bad my iPad camera doesn't work The clouds fail to cover it the umbra passes across the sky the umbra hits the sun everything goes dark eternal void consumes the...

Eclipse Poem

~Teagan Weintraub, Class of 2028 From a beautiful blue sky. To a blanket of darkness. A hush and stillness come across the land. In the near forest the animals wonder Animals are spooked by the afternoon shadow. Run back into their homes Birds stop singing and become...

Abyss Sphere

~ Ollie Needham, Class of 2028 Ring of light in the quiet night sharper than a knife the moon takes the stage Rips joy from the sun only for a bit but it does have fun The sun comes back Prepared for the attack De novo my friend Hope to see you soon Hope to see you...

Drowning Sun

2024 Travers Poetry Winner! ~Kannan K. Patel, Class of 2028 Get your glasses find a spot As the moon creeps and covers the sun kids stare up in awe at the moon that is finally bigger than the sun drive to Vermont into the path of totality Kids play tag and relay race...

O’ Eraser

~Colin Cull, Class of 2028 O’ Eraser you are so rubbery,You make me feel happy when I remove my mistakes- With your elastic texture and pink colors, Your eraser shavings do sadden me. With each shaving, a part of you is lost- One day, a pencil poked a hole through...

My Room

~Evan Kaufman, Class of 2028 My room Domaine of stuffed animals and clothes With every corner clean as a palace floor My room A zen den for reading And talking to my parents The place I go when my whole family Gets mad at me My room, with stuff on the wall Like signed...

The Heart Of My World

~Zach Silverman, Class of 2028 My Beautiful masterpiece decked with books, clothes, games, random stuff and more random stuff My Cage where a wild free-roaming creature Sings and dances My Pool of tears sucked dry by a blue and white zig zag carpet that has endured...

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