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It's going to work out
I think it's going to work out I think in the end I'm going to be okay I think this because I know I won't always be happy but I also know I won't always be sad I'm okay with that, in fact I think it'...
Empathy Turtle
He felt everything displayed by people He loved how he felt when they were happy He had the greatest power of all Empathy It was the Empathy Turtle Now, the Empathy Turtle loves people And a close...
My Own Reality
Here I am in reality. I turn the page, and I'm in the forest. Trees lightly dusted with white powdered sugar. Wearing just pajamas and slippers, I start walking. I saunter over logs, Under low...
The dangers of the internet
Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter... These, among countless others, are brands of social media millennials are very familiar with. They use them to post their lives and memories online, or to...
Haibun Shepherd
I walk through the mountains, my staff in hand. I journey on the path that crosses the peaks where winter sits and admires all things new. My sheep being guided by me, who is guided by the stars. I...
Ban Cell Phones from MCPS
Dear Superintendent of Missoula Public Schools, I am a junior at Seeley-Swan High School and I am proposing to you a very unpopular idea among my generation and my peers. Cell phones should be banned...
Love
Love is, Love, Faith, Happiness, Friends, Family, And freedom. For Love is like money, not everyone has it....
Where White Lilies Grow
by Elizabeth Done Seeley-Swan High School, Grade 12 I know a place where the lilies do not thaw, A place where beauty collides with all that is raw. White petals extend past thick brush Close by...
The Ride
I can feel the power of the engine Shaking under the hood The power overtaking my cold body From the cool crisp winter breeze And the fresh powder The riveting smell of exhaust When boondocking in...
Rice Ridge Fire Costs Seeley Major Tourist Dollars
SEELEY LAKE - Due to smoke from the Rice Ridge Fire just two months ago, local businesses faced a loss of revenue because of decreased tourism. According to InciWeb, an incident information website,...
Seeley-Swan High School Takes Precautions Against Intruders
SEELEY LAKE - With high increases in school shootings since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012, many schools, including Seeley-Swan High School, are...
Moving Mountains
by Elizabeth Done Seeley-Swan High School, Grade 12 They are the valley's eastern sentinels granting passage to the sun. They are rigidly cut shadows under violet chalk skies. They're a skiff of oil...
I Just Wish
by Bethany Hoag Seeley-Swan High School, 9th grade One day you will look at someone, You will look at them in a way you never looked at someone before. With a gleam in your eye, A fire in your soul,...
Are You Feeling Unwell?
This is dedicated to my gramps. One second I'm a sunset crossing Judith Peak Orange and gold cascade along a green border Blue grama sweeps through endless car rides in long breaths Lungs filled...
Bathtub Still Life Featuring Swedish Fish
When you're sleeping in a hotel bathtub you are at your all time low. Why are you sleeping in your hotel bathtub when there are two nice warm beds in the main room next to you? How can a bathtub be...
CURSED MEMORIES
They run through veins, through distant organs I didn't know I had. Distant hospital that holds the sick in prison beds. Ice cold memories of broken trust run through my shivering body. Memories too h...
Washington, D.C. Dreams Come True
Here in the small town of Seeley Lake in June of 2018, seventh and eighth graders will be traveling to Washington, D.C. for a once in a lifetime opportunity. Students will explore every nook and...
Into the Bob
I am from the dust of my tired boots, From the orange sunrise, Making the dew from 80 stampeding horses rise above the trees. The need to feel his cold nose against my back. The longing to feel the...
Great Grandma Leita
We parked our Model As in October And couldn't drive them until May Horses and wagons took their place The Old Condon Highway was all we had to travel on With snow up to the horse's shoulders Almost...
Ingredients for the dragon of my mind
I am from the heavy breathing, the feet slapping the track One lap, two laps, three laps, four. And I cross the finish line I am from the woods, the trees speaking to me as they dance to the beat of...
Rest On Fawn Peak
If I fall asleep for the last time, Let it be as the sun kisses the Mission Mountains as orange replaces blue. Let it be when jays roost, does feed on clover silently near by. Let it be when the bull...
Empty
Today, Somewhere between black and white The sky cries And the willows weep Yet, streams still flow, The world turns I miss you so much more than yesterday Today, Is not black, And Today, Is not...
Students Learning to Cook
One elective Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) students may choose is the food elective taught by Bridget Laird. The food elective lets people discover the thrills of cooking. They are making any kind of...
Relax – Join Chess Club
SEELEY LAKE - On Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-8 a.m. at Seeley Lake Elementary, the Junior High teacher Duane Schlabach (Mr. S) oversees Chess Club. Kids enjoy playing matches and learn to play the game....
SLE C Team Creams Drummond
SEELEY LAKE - In October Seeley Lake Elementary's (SLE) volleyball C team played Drummond. In the first match Drummond served first, and by the end the score was 25 (SLE) to 17 (Drummond). The second...