Design for Giving Contest: Irene's View ^^

During this period time, The Hillwood Herald reporters are going to enter the "Design for Giving" Contest. The "Design for Giving" Contest is a contest applicable by kids ages ten to thirteen. You can send in a PowerPoint presentation, a video, or a a document saying what problem you are going to attempt to solve. Since we are going to enter this contest, I will give my points of view!

What Bothers Me In San Francisco?
Hmm.......what bothers me in San Francisco? I guess my answer would have to be that people litter a lot and nobody has an attempt to help clean up. When I walk down the streets of San Francisco, I see trails of it. I'm sure that it happens in other locations in the United States, but I have only lived and remebered litter in San Francisco. I desperately want to pick the trash up but, my parents are being extra careful right now because of the H1N1 Virus right now.

How Am I Going To Help Solve The Problem?
I'm going to get some gloves, round up some people, and go around with huge plastic bags, picking up trash and recyclables!

What Bothers Me In The United States of America?
This is harder. I honestly have no idea of what bothers me in the United States. I guess my answer would have to be that some people are still racist. I know that racism was way back in the past and that now, all people are treated equally, there are still some people who are racist and discriminate against certain ethnicities.

How Am I Going To Help Solve The Problem?
I am going to help solve this problem by befriending and giving kindness to all different ethnicities of people. By doing this, people just might look past the outside and appreciate the inside!


Photo Credit from Google Images

Cleaning San Francisco

We need to help our community by reducing, reusing, and recycling "The Three R's."

We need to help our neighborhood by picking up litter and not littering.

We need to clean the beaches and help when there are oil spills so animals can live in a nice habitat. Why don't people understand there not the only living things on Earth? People should clean up after themselves or help their community. Even though animals come from shelters their not rabid. You shouldn't just abandon an animal when you take an animal you're taking a big responsibility. This image is from Google when the oil spilled into the ocean.

By Rubina and Anya

What Bothers Me About San Francisco

What bothers me about San Francisco is that there is too many pieces of garbage on the streets. I think that people would like clean streets a lot more than dirty streets. I also think that we should pick up our city because we don't like living in a city of trash. I might just hang up posters up all over town saying that we should pick up our city.

Photo credit: SFgate.com

What Bothers me about San Francisco

What bothers me about San Francisco is that the traffic, nobody walks anymore, and there is a pollution.





Photo credit: Wikipedia media

What Brothers Me

What brothers me in San Fransisco is that people don't recycles or reuse trash that you dump away. I would find peoples like friends, families, other schools to make a fundraiser so we can recycles or reuse trash.

What bothers me in the USA is wasting engry like turning on the lights when were not using it or wasting water. I would tell them to turn of their lights or turning of the sink when it is running.

By Brandon W.

Photo credit: Cornice Black

Our Bay: The (Mostly) Good and the Bad

Student Assignment: Rubina

The beaches of San Francisco have been graded. Write an article about all of the beaches in the area and how they rank. Also, include a paragraph or two explaining what this might mean to beach-goers and their dogs, as well as the animal wildlife in the areas. Which beaches in the area are worst? How to they compare to other states or counties?

Include at least one image and aim for at least 300 words in your story.

• Read this article on SFGate for background.
• Use the app on this site to see how our beaches compare to others.

Oil Spill Update

Student: Julian G.

Give readers an update about the oil spill. Read The New York Times for background and ideas. Include images and multimedia, if possible.

Also, read this article from NPR. Your story should be at least 300 words in length. Remember to include images, videos (if possible), and attribution credits.

Include information and link about what Google, NPR and people on the web are doing to help. Read this page for background.