Fenn School Alumni

Alumni Essays, Poetry & Stories

A Tough Way to Learn

by fennvoice | December 19, 2022 | Alumni | 0 Comments

~George Yerid, Class of 2023 A poverty-stricken boy fights hardships for an education “Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.”~Robert H. Schuller I didn’t exactly expect to write a wordy essay about The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the...

Three Peat

by fennvoice | October 28, 2022 | Alumni | 0 Comments

~Andre Vlahakis, Class of 2019 https://youtu.be/ezR0V4tohpk

A Praise to Fenn

by fennvoice | October 26, 2022 | Alumni, Class of 2022 | 0 Comments

How the Fenn Community has Shaped Me ~Will O’Brien, Class of 2022 Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.Helen keller I came into the Fenn community pretty much alone. I was the only 8th grader coming into a brand new community, and only knew two kids...

Dreams

by fennvoice | October 26, 2022 | Alumni, Class of 2022 | 0 Comments

~Baze Kalisa, Class of 2022 Green pastures everywhere No tree or plant in sight Look and wonder and stare Thoughts in my head ignite time freezes around me Not even a whisper heard I finally feel free( And Then I see a herd Buffaloes eating grass Horizon before me In...

Telemachus

by fennvoice | October 26, 2022 | Alumni | 0 Comments

~Lyle Waldeck, Class of 2022 The sun went down. The world was dark. To find the crown, The ship was parked He left the shore On a wooden ship; Athena shows him more He sets upon on a trip They shake his hand, But have no trust. They fear his plans, So nice they...

A Trip into the Woods

by fennvoice | October 26, 2022 | Alumni | 0 Comments

Reflecting on & overcoming fear, and joy ~Aiden LaCamera, Class of 2022 Don't give in to your fears. If you do,you won't be able to talk to your heart.~Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist It was Sunday night, I was tossing and turning, throwing my pillow at the...

The Ocean

by fennvoice | October 25, 2022 | Alumni | 0 Comments

~Justin Graf, Class of 2022 In their last moments, people show you who they really are ~Heath Ledger, The Joker People appreciate their lives much more when they’re minutes away from death. In July, 2021 I took a trip to Martha’s Vineyard with my friend, Noah, for a...