Annual Meeting September 22, 2009

Congratulations!!! Llwelyn K. received a certificate for "Student with the Most Hours in 2008-2009!"

My Inspiration

I never knew
I never seemed to realize
That someone could be as nice as you
You are someone I idolize
You’re a person that’s filled with grace
A book filled with knowledge
A noticeable face
You’re a promise that’s easy to keep
A game that’s entertaining
A challenge I want to meet
A shelter for when it’s raining
You’re a heart filled with love
A brain that’s so smart
You’re higher than above
You’re anew begging, a new start
You’re a memory to hold
The best friend ever
A heart made of gold
A mind so cleaver
You’re a life saver
So easy to talk to
A good and kind neighbor
You’re always you
You put the hope in hopeful
The strong in stronger
And the beauty in beautiful
You are a good person
And I can’t see why
Anyone would not pick you to idolize.

T.W.

Tamisha's Essay

When I was younger someone that I looked up to once asked me " Tanisha, what would y like to bewhen you grow up?" This question got me thinking I didn't really know whatI wanted to be, but i knew one thing, i wanted to be successfull. In to min things.
Growing up I seen people all the time thathad jobs but they seemed not to be happy. What I wanted for myself was to get a good education so that I could get a good paying job, but most importantly a job that i love to do. What i came to know is that I love to help people that are going through tough times. My options was being a social worker, counsler, therapist, case manager or eve a psychologit. In most of these jovs there are not enough money. My options was limited to be successfull in making money or o be succesful inhaving a job that I lobe to do. I decided to to do my own research. What I found out is that money dosent make a person but the valuable things that a person does ca gibe them a sense of joy. Have you ever noticed that when you gelp someone out and they give you a smile and a thank you. You get als warm inside. How about just lending a ear, or a shoulder to cry on. When iI have money it doesnt even last but friendship and love can last for a lifetime.
Lastly being successful means taking care of myself before i can take care of anything else. I have to make sure I'm okay. What I've noticed is that when im feeling depressed, its hard for me to listen to other people or smile. Takng care of myself means getting out of bed every morning, eating breakfast, taking a shower and doing something nice for me. I love to help people but how can i be of help if I can't help myself.
In conclusion being a service to others and keeping myself healthy is what it means to be successful to me. Success is not what you make it but the valuable things you do is what I came to realize.

Congratulations....

Students Anastasia M. & Kim A. receive recognition for their participation in the Onondaga Public Library "Read Out" event on April 29, 2009.

President Obama Fans....

Thought, Hope and Experience on the Presidential Elections
By Daniel Knight

The day after the 2008 presidential election, I woke up with these feelings-that things in the country were going to change as
Barrack Obama stated in the presidential debate with John Mc Caine.
I really was impressed with how Obama stayed calm the whole time and at a level that caught other people’s attention and stayed humble the whole time. I see him as humble because every argument that was brought up against him his facial expressions didn’t show any sign of strain or stress. When I saw this; that is a person that I want to elect as my president!

A candidate I don’t want to see as my president is somebody who is trying to crush other people’s ego or character just because they make a few mistakes. Mistakes don’t necessarily mean that you’re a bad person; they just mean that you are a person with imperfections. Mistakes just inform us that if we do something that doesn’t work out, we don’t look back we keeping moving forward, such as Thomas Edison’s invention with the light bulb. He failed but he didn’t give up. His mistakes gave him other ideas that made him successful.

I think everybody should live his or her life on this keynote. I feel good to know there is a African American in office because it is only fair that everybody gets his or her chance to prove his or her loyalty to this country no matter what color he or she is. I am an African American; President-Elect Obama gives me hope for my own future because I never thought I was good enough. I grew up in a family of seven, there are three sisters plus three brothers and me. My mother did the best she could with what she had, but I still had no hope because I did not have what other kids had-such as sneakers and brand name clothes.

Getting back to our new president, I see he wants to do things the right way and not just talk about what he is going to do for this country. There are not a lot of jobs. There are hopeless teenagers that don’t see a brighter future. Obama is promising things like better jobs and opportunities. I am inspired by his demeanor. His growing up with out a father, and where he is now, makes me have hope for my own life.