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<strong>Jacob Tilton</strong></p><p>What would you bring in or change about your school to make the day more fun?</p><p>“All the answers to the tests.”

<strong>Ben Witham</strong></p><p>What would you bring in or change about your school to make the day more fun?</p><p>“My toys, Woody and Buzz.”

<strong>Madelyn Marabella</strong></p><p>What would you bring in or change about your school to make the day more fun?</p><p>“I would make a whole new playground. I would put one of those things that spins and also put funner swings. And the tallest slide you can think of. And when you go down it you jump into a little pool and wish you had a bathing suit.”

<strong>Colin Sheehan</strong></p><p>What would you bring in or change about your school to make the day more fun?</p><p>“If I got more puzzle time, like I did in second grade, because I’m kind of wacko sometimes.”

<strong>Jacob Gurtner</strong></p><p>What would you bring in or change about your school to make the day more fun?</p><p> “A skateboard. I just wish I could get one for Christmas, but my mom told me not to wish for that. So I’m not going to.”

<strong>Moses Harris</strong></p><p>What would you bring in or change about your school to make the day more fun?</p><p>“All of my Legos. I have, like a billion. My mom and my sisters keep stepping on them and they tell me to pick them up, but I never do.”

<strong>Avery Lawrence</strong></p><p>What’s one thing you brought with you to school that makes things better or easier?</p><p>“My lunchbox. The one I had last year was really long, but this year, it’s really tall.”

<strong>Davis Foley</strong></p><p>What’s one thing you brought with you to school that makes things better or easier?</p><p>“My new iPod that is actually my own. The last one my sister gave to me was pretty much shattered.”

<strong>Alexandria Grappone</strong></p><p>What’s one thing you brought with you to school that makes things better or easier?</p><p> “I brought back my old backpack and my old lunchbox and my old dress that made me confident that it was going to be a fun year, and so far it’s been really fun.”

<strong>Josh Rheaume</strong></p><p>What’s one thing you brought with you to school that makes things better or easier?</p><p>“My lunchbox. I love lunch; I love to eat. I usually bring chips, or Lunchables.”

<strong>Eliel Mora</strong></p><p>What advice would you give to a new student at your school?</p><p>“You need a lot of stuff for third grade, like pencils and crayons, and a backpack. I’m going to buy a new backpack.”

<strong>Sarah Lund</strong></p><p>What advice would you give to a new student at your school?</p><p>“I’m glad we still have iPads here because you get to play games and learn things.”

<strong>Fiona Elliott</strong></p><p>What advice would you give to a new student at your school?</p><p>“I had something to look forward to because I know when I come home from school I have a puppy waiting for me. I don’t miss her too much until I get home and she starts wagging her tail and licking me.”

<strong>Dougie Smith</strong></p><p>What advice would you give to a new student at your school?</p><p>“I would say don’t be rude, don’t do anything you shouldn’t be doing, like not listening or not doing your work.”

<strong>Tucker McPartlin</strong></p><p>What advice would you give to a new student at your school?</p><p>“Confidence. Last year I had come to this classroom, so I knew what it was sort of going to be like.”

<strong>Heera Pendy</strong></p><p>What advice would you give to a new student at your school?</p><p>“School helps you learn things, like math and science. You need to know plus and minus and you need to know how to write.” </p><p>

<strong>Dady Burns</strong></p><p>What advice would you give to a new student at your school?</p><p>“You get new desks, and the desks are separate. The only problem with that is you have more responsibility. If a pencil snaps in half, it’s your responsibility; there’s no one else to blame.”

<strong>Elliott Brock </strong></p><p>What advice would you give to a new student at your school?</p><p>"So far, one thing is to try to make friends, because it’s nice to have friends so you can play with them.”

<strong>Phoebe Hopkins</strong></p><p>What advice would you give to a new student at your school?</p><p>“My brother is in first grade and he was kind of scared, so I gave him a lot of advice. I told him he’s going to do a lot of math and he’s going to need to learn to spell a lot of words, like cat.”

<strong>Greta Norton</strong></p><p>What advice would you give to a new student at your school?</p><p>"It’s hard to get around the school at first. You think you are going the right way, but really you aren’t.”

<strong>Devin Marquis</strong></p><p>What would you bring in or change about your school to make the day more fun?</p><p> “I would probably bring my house. Because then I would live here.”
Back-to-school tips and advice from Christa McAuliffe School students