Above is the view from alum Eric Simmons’ window in Port Saint Lucie, Florida...
Author - Eric Simmons
This is an interactive map that shows you where YJI students have written stories over the years. You can zoom in or out of the world map to explore all of them in detail. [Note: If you’re seeing this on an author page, you will only see stories by a particular student.]
Hurricane Wilma smacks Florida’s Treasure Coast
PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida, U.S.A. — The evening before Hurricane Wilma struck Florida on...
Leaving mid-year and getting a slightly different kind of diploma
FORT PIERCE, Florida, U.S.A. — Some students feel that senior year is stressful and some...
Teacher’s days are numbered
BRISTOL, Connecticut, U.S.A. — Bristol accounting teacher Richard Ladisky is counting down...
The slippery process of closing school
BRISTOL, Connecticut, U.S.A. — Whenever snowflakes fall, kids watch the weather reports and...
Teens torn on war
As the United States prepared to invade Iraq , some teenagers around the country and in Canada...