Harrison Elementary aspiring higher

Adrenaline Rush

Simon Dumont inspires me because he was the one who made me think that if I ski backwards I would be okay. And because of him I went down the hardest trail in New England!  For those of you that don't know who Simon Dumont is, he is one of the best dikers in the world.

Simon Dumont has his own World Cup called the Dumont Cup.  Simon Dumont has won a lot of competitions even though he hasn't won every single one he is still a very good skier.

Simon Dumont inspires me to do the best that I can do.  Even though I am an amateur some other people still think that I'm pretty good.

Because of Simon Dumont when I grow up I want to be a pro skier.  It will take me quite a while to be a pro skier.  But if I put all I've got into it I will be able to do it, just like Simon Dumont.  Simon Dumont probably had a lot of challenges and obstacles but he made it to the top because he made it over those obstacles because he trained whenever he could.

I bet he had troubles and I will too but that can't stop me because I will try so hard and I will try new trails that I am scared to go on, and I will give it all I've got to become the best that I can be.

If I can do that I can reach my goal of winning an Olympic medal, bronze, silver or gold.  I don't care what medal it is but just being in the Olympics is a huge honor and having that honor is a blessing to me.  Because of Simon Dumont, hopefully, I will have that honor.

Simon Dumont did the best that he could do.  I will do the best that I can do.  And I hope no matter what you do that you do the best that you can do.  That is why Simon Dumont inspires me.

Dalton Cheever

Grade 3, Mrs. Shorey

Soccer is important to me because I've played soccer since I was 3.  Now I'm 8 and I'm still playing soccer.  I want to play until I'm 40.  I've been playing soccer that long and I will never give up until I'm 40.  Soccer is important to the world beaus it brings peace to thew world.  It helps other countries get along.  If you're going to be a soccer player every time you fall you can't cry or you will get kicked off the team.  If you fall you need to get back up and start playing again and you have to pass.  Like that saying there is  no "I" in team.  You need to practice so you can be good.  You can't be late to practice.  

I like soccer because it is the only sport I have really ever played.  I've played pretty much every sport and I like soccer the best.  In soccer practice i practice looking straight and dribbling at the same time.  I also practice shooting goals from far away.  David Beckham can shoot a goal from the other side of the field.  

You need cleats and shinguards and you need a soccer ball.

Cesar Montelongo

I want to be a Maine state game warden.  This job is important to the world because it's just like any other law enforcement job even though you mostly patrol the woods, but you could catch a big criminal.  And if you did not catch him  or her a life might have been at risk.  This job is important to me because it is a good paying job and you get to be outside almost all day.  Your trait has to be kind of mean to people if you have to and brave.  But the steps to get there takes months and sometimes years.  And you need a lot of special equipment but I do not have to buy the equipment.  The warden service buys the equipment.  

This job is important to protect Maine's inland fish and wild life.

Colin Edwards