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| Welcome back to school, and welcome to Xpressions, our monthly showcase of creativity by young artists and writers. Summer's open theme continues this month with, among other artistic work and words, replicas of an unusual technique: bark painting, using collage and drawing. Story |

[Artwork: Jessica Szczech, seventh grade, Progress Village Middle School, Tampa] |
Ho-hum 'Blue Crush' never catches the right wave Kate Bosworth stars as surfer Anne Marie Chadwick in Blue Crush. Read the review by Billy Norris.
Please, let's stop the fighting
I am so totally fed up with the fighting we seem to engage in regularly. It doesn't matter what we attempt to talk about; things almost always end up with a fight between us. I am ready for this incessant fighting to end. Maybe we've been fighting too much and will never build a healthy relationship -- or any relationship, for that matter -- again.
Xpressions
Xpressions, is a monthly showcase for the art, writing and photography of students through the 12th grade. Xpressions appears the last Monday of each month. |
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Our summer serial is a fictional treatment of what are very real problems faced by too many students: bullying, intimidation and harassment. Our central characters, Amanda and Nathaniel, are victims, but because often individuals who are picked on find outlets for their distress, they are also perpetrators. Introduction, previous chapters and Web Links |
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Holly Atkins, a Pinellas County teacher and third-generation Floridian, developed and wrote our 20012002 series. Take a journey exploring the awe inspiring, marvelous state we call home. Introduction, chapters and Web Links |
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The 2000-2001 series is about something we all love and wish we had more of: money.
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