My hero Mariah Carey inspires me to do great things someday.  She is a
great singer and loves kids.  She won lots of awards because everyone loves
her music.  Every time people  hear her songs, it touches them, in a way
that no one can  explain.  Someday I would like to be like her and meet her
also.

Susan Reed 7th grade.

My hero Kerrie Strug inspires me to do great things someday. Kerrie Strug
is a gold medal Olympic Champion in gymnastics.  I would like to win a gold
medal someday.  The thing that inspires me most about Kerrie is her
sportsmanship, and her team work for the United States of America.

Cassy Craft 7th grade

My hero Celine Dion inspires me to do great things someday.  Celine is a
singer and when I get older I want to be a singer also.  Celine has a big
heart.  She gave her mom her house and her siblings money just because she
wanted to.  I like her because she helps out people and sings great music.

Anieka Jones 7th grade

My hero Mrs. Carlson inspires me to do great things someday.  She was my
6th grade math teacher last year.  She helped me improve in math so I
wouldn't be failing.  She always took the time to listen when I had
problems.  She would also show us how to do math so we would understand it
better.  We all missed her when she moved to New Mexico.  I hope that when
I grow older, I will be able to use what she taught me.  I want to become a
good listener like her.

Matthew Oldham  6th grade

My hero Michael Johnson inspires me to do great things someday.  He
inspires me because he was in the Olympics.  He's broken the 200 and 400
records.  He inspires me because he always keeps running and he never is
unhappy.  He always smiles even when he is pumping his hardest, working on
his last breath.  That is why I think he is a great role model.

Mitchell R Wolf 7th grade

My hero Kerrie Strug inspires me to do great things someday.  Kerrie Strug
is a gold medal Olympic champion.  I would like to be a gymnast someday.
The thing that inspires me the most is her sportsmanship, and her team work
for the United States of America.

Cassy Craft 7th grade

My hero Mrs. Huffman, my art teacher,  inspires me to do great things
someday.  I think that Ms. Huffman is my hero because she can draw and she
never gives up, even when she has a hard day.  She keeps a smile on her
face .  She never gives up on anything even when somebody can't draw that
special something.  I couldn't draw draw at all when I fist went into her
class.  When I came out it was totally different for me.  I had a better
attitude and I could draw.  I want to be just like her so I could help
people and draw just like her.

Sabrina Garrett 7th grade

My hero Damon Stoudmimire inspires me to do great things someday.  He plays
basketball for the Toronto Raptors.  I like to do everything he
accomplished when he played basketball.  I also like his attitude because
he doesn't yell when someone makes a mistake.  He has great sportsmanship.
I would like to be pro basketball player someday like him.

Josh Bell 7th grade

My hero Dominique Moceanu inspires me to do great things someday.  She is a
good gymnast.  I want to be just like her because gymnastics is my favorite
sport.  Dominique works hard and does her best.  I dream to be just like
her.  Dominique won the 1995 World Champion at the US Olympics.  I always
watch her when she is on TV.

Erika Ahlsrand 7th grade

My hero Mr. Kopp inspires me to do great things someday.  He is funny and
he likes playing around with peoples minds.  He helps with things we get
stuck on with our homework.  He has many talents such as social studies and
joke playing on other teachers.  He is a lot older that me but he is a
great teacher and something I would like to become someday.

Renea Amerman 7th grade

My hero Kevin Garnet inspires me to do great things someday.  Even though
he's 20 years old and this is his second season in the NBA, he's still a
good player.  He plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves and he and Stephan
Mauberry hope to lead their team to a championship this year.  Garnet is
determined to win a championship.  He's averaging 15 points and 8 rebounds
per game.  I hope to be in the NBA someday.

Chris Jones 7th grade

My hero is Jeff Brown, the principal of our school.  He inspires me to keep
going and to ignore the put downs, the arguments and the fights.  When I'm
feeling down and upset he is there to help a friend in need . When I'm in
the pits he's there to pull me out.  I want to be like him someday.  He's
the best.  I also want to do good deeds like him.
                                        
Danele Harris  7th grade

My hero is Mr. Buccola, one of my teachers. He inspires me to do  great
things.  He helps me with problems I have with the internet.  He knows a
lot about computers and that is why I look up to him.
I want to build my life and knowledge off his experience.  He has and is
right now giving me chances to start making a mark in life when I'm only
13.

Josh Rubright 7th grade

My hero Dominique Moceanu inspires me to do great things someday.  She is a
very good athlete.  She is always smiling in her routines, even when she is
having a bad day.  I wish I could meet her.  She has won a number of
medals.  I wish I could just go out and do all of the stuff she does.

Jolyn Williamson 7th grade

My hero is Ken Griffy Jr. because he is a good sports player.  I want to be
like him so I can be a star and make my family proud of me.  I like it when
he hits a home run out of the stadium.  I watch some of his games on TV.

Jim Kraemer 7th grade

My dad is my hero.  He inspires me to do great things someday.  My dad
encourages me in sports like, softball, basketball and bowling.  When my
dad was little he was very poor, but year by year he has excelled by
getting a good job and playing sports.  I plan to do great things when I am
older because my dad has given me many opportunities in my life.  He also
tries to do things with me he has never done, or never had nay
opportunities.  That's why I want to be great as my dad in getting a good
playing in sports, and doing good in school.

Whitney Hughes 7th grade

My hero, my dad inspires me  to do  great things  someday.  He isn't very
well known, but I look up to  him because he teaches me a lot.  When I
don't have any thing to do he tells me to read.  My dad wants more for me
than he had.  He wants me to have a better job and life.  That's why he is
my hero.

Danny Wires 7th grade

My hero Dominique Motion inspires me to do great things someday.  She won
an award in 1996 for being such a good gymnast.  She always keeps trying
and never stops even if she is hurt of in pain.  She doesn't get to see her
family very often, but when she does see her family she tries top spend the
most time with them.  I think Dominique would be a good role model because
she is caring and a great gymnast.  I would like to be just like her a
great gymnast.

Lesha Lifka 7th grade

My hero is my mom.  She inspires me to do great things someday.  She is
very kind, loving and caring person.  She always wants me to do better than
her, because she had had a hard life in the past.  But even though her past
hard, she is making mine better.  That's why my mom is my hero.

Amanda Leal--7th grade

My hero is Michael Jordan because he kept on trying and he never quit even
after his dad died.  He is the best basketball player I have ever seen in
my life.  I want to be a good person just like him, I want to have a lot of
money just like him.

Amber Johnson -7th grade

My hero is Leesa Leslie because she inspires me to reach my dream.  My
dream is to be a good basketball player, and to be able to be on the USA
girls basketball team, just like her.  She plays on the Portland Powers 
and is very good.  Her average points in a game is 15 and 8 rebounds.  
One day I hope to reach my dream.

Heather Gould--7th grade

My hero Jeff Brown inspires me to do great things. He is the principal of
our school. He always encourages us to be winners and not hang around with
the losers. I hope that Mr. Brown stays principal for a long time.

Joey Doane--7th Grade

My hero is my mom.  She is loving and caring.  She always want to help
others.  She always listens to me and my friends.  She also helps my
brother and me with whatever we need.  She inspires me to help others and I
hope I will be like her when I grow up.

Stacey Clapper--7th grade

My hero, Mariah Carrey, inspires me to do well in my singing career
someday. She started out at the age of 17. First, she had a hard time
getting started and she barely made it. She likes to write about all of her
feelings even through hard times. I have had my doubts about making it in
being a singer. After I thought about it I realized she stuck to her
dreams. Everything can get hard sometimes, but I don't believe in ever
quitting.
 
Valerie Bertolozzi--8th grade

My Hero is my grandma.  She inspires me to do great things someday.
She isn't famous, but she tells me of how her life used to be bad and how
she did what she could.  When she was little she was poor, her parents
didn't take care of her, she took care of her sisters.  Today she is a
kind, loving person.  She lets me do stuff she never got to do.  I hope I'm
as caring as her.

Nicole Gragert-7th grade

My hero is Bryan Boerjan, a fellow classmate.  He always gets good
grades, stays out of fights, and he is a great friend.  He is also a great
athlete who encourages me to try my hardest in basketball.  He never gives
up and he is a hero in my eyes for those many reasons.

Jennai Basnight-7th grade

I admire Mike Singletary because he is a good person on the field
and off the football field.  He played on the Bears for a long time.  He
wasn't the richest person growing up and he didn't live in the best
neighborhood either.  But, he overcame such challenges and became a
football player.  One of the best middle linebackers ever.  Now he is
retired and just opened a children's hospital.  He's helping poor
neighborhoods be a better place to live. I want to be like him because he
has accomplished so much and he also is a great person, like I said,
because he is a great person.

Andy Weflen-7th grade

My hero Ms. Leddy, one of my teachers.  She inspires me to do great
things.  Mrs. Leddy has shown me that complaining doesn't get you anywhere.
She has been encouraging people and kids to get fit.  She says that you
can do anything you want to do only if your parents approve.  She says to
push your self. I think that what she has told me will become useful in the
future.

Jammi Griffis- 6th grade

My hero Jed Johnson inspires me to do great things someday.  He
shows me that even though he's younger than the other people on his
basketball team he can be just as good as them.  That inspires me to exceed
above the others my age and be the best I can be the best I can be.  I know
his dream is to become a professional basketball player and at the rate he
is going, he is sure to succeed.  That shows me if you believe in yourself
you can do anything

Lacy Hughes-7th grade

My hero is my dad, he inspires me to do great things someday.  My
dad inspires me to do good in school.  I want to be like my dad because he
is fun to be around.  He has a good job and can fix about anything.

Larry Wolf-7th grade

My hero Carrie Strug, a gymnast, inspires me to do great things
someday.  Carrie always does what she feels is right.  Even when she is
hurt or depressed, she does her best.  Carrie Strug has gave me confidence
and will.  I watched her on t.v. and noticed how good she is.  She got this
way by practicing.  Carrie has showed that practicing is the best way to
get good at something.  That is why I like her so much.

Mandy Bailey-7th grade

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