"Dear nature, I love climbing on your trees. I love doing parkour in the forest." - Najohn, 4th grade

"I am me and that's all I need. I feel like me the most when I'm outside." - Darrell, 4th grade

"I like to ride my bike outside because it feels refreshing, fun and adventurous." - Octavia, 4th grade

"I like to ride my bike outside because it feels refreshing, fun and adventurous." - Dezarae, 4th grade

"Sharpen your pencils, choose your new outfit and wait for snow." - Shy, 4th grade

"Dear nature can you pick a weather? One day you're raining and the next it's sunny. Please pick one." - Takarionia, 4th grade

"One time, we were having a birthday pool party next door with a jumpy house. My brother went to down the slide so fast, he fell off." - Asia, 4th grade

"Nights were warm but not sweltering and clear, marked with hours spent around a campfire or at the center of boat, listening to country and rock music from crackly speaker." - Elinor, 12th grade

"We walked out in a very crowded urban area and there's just a peacock walking in like the one plot of grass." - Kenna, 12th grade

"Nature brings a lot of thrill of the unknown." - Evan, 12th grade