September 2010 QUOTE OF THE MONTH: "Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground." - Anonymous. Submitted by Joshua Martarella, Grade 10, Boulder CO.
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Pollution
Angelina Li, Oakland HS, Oakland
One of the Ultimate Lives on Earth, the TREE!
Denny Zhu, Oakland HS, Oakland
A Precious Pearl
Mirabai Britton, Carmel MS, Carmel
Lawn
Lizzie Chadbourne, Greenwood School, Mill Valley
Alive
Jennie Kim, Dougherty Valley HS, San Ramon
Summer is Coming
Nikki Kyllonen, Orinda Intermediate School, Orinda
Human Nature: A Haiku
Stephenie Huynh, San Lorenzo HS, San Lorenzo

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One of the Ultimate Lives on Earth, the TREE!
By Denny Zhu
Grade 10
Oakland HS
Oakland, CA

You are huge
You stand tall
You stand up above all

You give us food,
You give us shade,
You give us wood,
You give us almost everything.

You provide homes
for many creatures,
such as: Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles,
Bugs, Insects, and Mammals.

You have many Nuclei,
because you have Eukaryote Cells
You have many Chloroplasts that give you food
You have many Mighty Mitochondria that rids your waste

You take in Carbon Dioxide
You take in Water
to make simple sugars
and Oxygen.

You help us breathe
You help us live
You care for us
and we need to care for you

We as Humans
need to save every one of you on earth,
such as; the Redwood, Oak, Elm, Birch, Pine
Maple, Willow, Palm, Dogwood, and much more,
because most of the trees are being threatened and endangered.

We as Humans need to
stop cutting down trees,
stop building useless buildings, such as movie theaters,
stop planting invasive species that takes over Native species,
and also stop Pollution!

We also need
to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot
in order to save the Tree!

Trees could be one of the solutions to one of our Environmental Problems, Global Warming.
In order to reverse Global Warming,
We need to save Trees!

So, Please, WE NEED TO SAVE TREES!
"DON'T REDUCE THE NUMBERS"