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Sarah Margru Kinson was a girl on the Amistad, a ship that was taking some slaves from Cuba to America. The slaves were born Mende in Africa where there are shining green palm trees, according to Monica Edinger (who is now working on a book about Sarah Margru Kinson).
Her father pawned her and the slaves and a few children were taken from Africa and brought to Cuba and were given fake passports to enter the United States as slaves for it was then illegal to take slaves from Africa. From Cuba, the captives boarded the Amistad and on a night when many had died at sea Cinque found a loose nail in the floor, picked the locks and freed the remaining captives and there was a rebellion! The captives went to the New Haven jail where they were kept until the trial. They were set free! It’s an amazing story. I hope you appreciate it as much as I do!

I lived with my mother and my brother and sister.
I remember the night when the men broke into my house.
I never saw my mother or brother again.
I cried for many nights on the ship.
I want to know if
I will ever see them again

will I?

I want to hear my language spoken.
I want to see my homeland in Africa.
I want to taste the foods of where I come from.
I sing little poems in the day on the ship
I think they sound like Africa.

I don’t like the colors in the new land so different from Africa.
The people their color is just not right
So I think.
I lived with my mother and my brother and sister, and I want them.

Hello! This is from my third grade buddy.

I have a relationship with a boy in New Orleans as a pen pal. Our goal is to help rebuild New Orleans to its original state. I feel sad for everyone in New Orleans because a lot of them had their homes destroyed by the flood and Katrina. My buddies class sent us beignets (A kind of doughnut) and a king cake and we sent them New York bagels. In our letters we have exchanged information about each other and our home states. We have also exchanged ideas about helping the victims of Katrina recover. Also, we have asked about each other’s positions hobbies and personalities. Part of the information we have is about what has happened in school. New Orleans was hurt the worst by Katrina as you might know because it’s below sea level and when the water came in the city practically drowned in water. When the hurricane stopped the water had nowhere to go so it stayed in New Orleans. I hope we can help.
See ya!

The play Half a Sixpence was put on by The Dalton School. I saw the play and liked it a lot. It is about a young man named Kipps who has no home and works in a drapery shops. He has a girlfriend named Ann. Then something wonderful happens, Kipps get rich, very rich. Then there is a problem, Kipps is getting married to someone else.
The songs and dances are great and there is a playwright in it and he is very funny. I think it is a very good show.