“I almost got kidnapped 3 times at a butcher shop in the Philippines. There was guys in a van trying to sell me meat and I didn’t speak Tagalog, which is the language of the Philippines. [It was recommended]...

"My family doesn't really celebrate Easter that much. Usually we go to church in the morning then after that we eat and that's the end of our day. Last year we went to the lake while they were having a...

"[If I had more time] I would travel. [I would] travel to Canada, Kenya, just to experience different cultures and meet more people. We need unity," Clark Aceo, 11.

While most students spend their summer lounging by the pool, junior Rhiannon Roberts spends hers at the National Academy of Future Science and Technology Leaders conference in Boston, Massachusetts. “I...

"I've never really had a real pet. One time when I was six years old, my mom bought 3 goldfish, but didn't know you had to buy a special kind water for them and just used tap water. They ended up dying...

"The first semester wasn't a very good one for me." Muniz said. "Junior year has been one of the hardest ever so far and my grades could have been much better than they were. I'm not happy with them at...

“I kinda think that we shouldn’t have [final exams] because it’s not fair to evaluate somebody’s knowledge just on one term,” Puente said. “People panic on test day and I just don’t think...

“I work on cars daily. I go to a lot of car shows, and you go and see who wins,” Alvizo. “Whenever you get to the races, i don’t know how to really explain it. You just really try to see who wins,...

“The police have been doing some weird things lately. But because of the outrage based on the opposition, I think that they should figure out a way to stop everything, calm down, then get back to their...

"Be positive. Don't think about the negative things. When someone close to me passed away, I had to stay positive and move on."

"Pick your friends wisely. You'll know who your real friends are when something happens and they're the only ones beside you."

"Failing all my AP classes [is my biggest worry]. If I fail, my GPA lowers. If my GPA lowers, I can't get into certain colleges," junior Rocha said. "Physics [is the hardest] because it includes a lot...