What The Kids Are Into Now

The Spring issue of StudentsXpress is "What I'm Into Now." I've been receiving so many great submissions from the students that there is no way they will all fit into the publication. It's so hard to include some but not others, I've decided to start posting them here....daily. The plan is to post at least one a day, leading up to the publication date in March. Then, I'll continue to post them until I start receiving our Summer submissions.

I'm so happy to have WITS (Working In The Schools) participating this year with StudentsXpress. I'm in the process of inputting their submissions, and I thought I'd start with one I just typed in. It's a great way to kick off "What I'm Into Now." I hope you like it, and I hope you return daily to see what else gets posted. I love reading what these students have to say, and I think you might enjoy it too! 

Jaylan M.

There was a girl named Jayden Elizabeath Olivia Murie. Jayden had recently moved from North Carolina to Chicago because her mother had wanted a better life. Jayden was the 3rd oldest. There were Amelia and Mureil, Jayden and Alieah. Jayden had no friends and often read a book called “Dork Diaries” and watched a show called “A.N.T. Farm." She listened to music by Beyoncé, a successful R&B artist. She liked all of these popular things because she wanted to have a lot in common with the girls at her new school. After all of her effort, the girls still were intimidated by her as she was smart and a very good reader. There was one girl in class, Hellean; Jayden and her had a lot in common. Every day they bonded over their love of Beyoncé, Annie, and Jordans. Jayden was so happy pop culture brought her and Hellean together.