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| Annabelle
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is the hospital. I like the hospital because when you are there you get better. When I am there I rest to get better. The hospital is important because if you are injured you go there to get the service of getting help. |

| Bennett
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is home. I like home because I live there. Home is important because we need shelter to live. |

| Braydon
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is UWGB. I like UWGB because they have basketball games. I watch basketball games when I am at UWGB. UWGB is important because they donate food and provide people with education. |

| Brett B.
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is home. I like home because I have a TV there. When I am at home I play. Home is important because I need somewhere to live. |

| Brett K.
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is the YMCA. I like the YMCA because you can swim there. The YMCA is important because you learn how to swim there. |

| Dane
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is the army base. The army base is important because they protect us. |

| Dascenia
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is the dentist. I like the dentist because you brush your teeth there. The dentist is important to keep our teeth clean and provide a service. |

| Eli
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is the army base. I like the army base because there is a lot of space. The army base is important because they give us service or protection. |

| Emily H.
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is the YMCA. I like the YMCA because I can dance and swim there. I think the YMCA is good for our community because it can help people that can’t swim or dance and give them a service. |

| Emily K.
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is Red Smith School. I like Red Smith because I have fun there. When I am at school I learn, play, and do activities. School is important because you can get smart there. |

| Isaac
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is Preble. I like Preble because I like to wrestle there. Preble is important because it gives you education. |

| Jackson
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is school. I like school because you can learn there. You need school to get a good education. |

| Jonathan
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is home. I like home because it is fun. I play when I am at home. Home is important because I live there and it provides me with a place to live, which is a need. |

| Joseph
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is the army base. I like the army base because it gives us protection. The army base is important because it protects us. |

| Leila
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is the vet. I like the vet because they help animals. The vet is important for our community because if animals are sick they need help. |

| Linus
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is home. I like home because I live there. I play games and read at home. Home is a need because you survive there. |

| Luiza
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is Target. I like Target because it has lots of goods, toys, and things we need. I shop there sometimes. Target is important because you may get the needs and want for you for your family there. |

| Nicholas
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is the fire station. I like it because my dad works there. I play marbles and drink soda when I am there. The fire station is important because they help injured people. |

| Savannah
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is home. I like home because I have toys there. It is important because I get my needs there. |

| Sawyer
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is Chuck-E-Cheeze. I like it because it is fun. When I am there I play. It is important because you can eat there. |

| Virginia
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is school. I like school because you can learn there. School is important because you get knowledge there. |

| Zane
WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is the video store. I like the video store because it has cool stuff. The store is important because it provides us with a service for renting videos. |

| Ryan
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is GameStop. They have the best games. They even have the DsI XI game. They have the best games yet and the people that come in always come back to get new ones. |

| Cyan
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is the zoo because of the monkey exhibit. I like monkeys because they swing from tree to tree. |

| Keira
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is Edru Skate-a-Rama. It is so fun. I'm going to have my birthday party there because you get free pizza and free ice cream if you have your birthday there. You get to wear roller skates for the whole time and you can do the hokey pokey. |

| Morgan
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is the MAC (Michigan Athletic Club). The MAC has a water slide and a gym and you can have your birthday party there. It is fun at the MAC. |

| Avery
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is Dairy Queen. It has ice cream. You get to pick your ice cream. There is a lot of ice cream. The ice cream is good. My favorite ice cream is cookies and cream. |

| Andrew
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is Gratin. There are lots of dirt bikes. I like to go because my dad worked there when he was 16. |

| Eliza
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is Sugarberry! It has yummy frozen yogurt. There are lots of flavors like: orange, coffee, coconut, pomegranate and strawberry. |

| Charlize
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is Zap Zone. Zap Zone is really fun. You can play games like Deal or No Deal, also that is my favorite game! |

| Ethan
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is outside on my skateboard. I get to hang on behind my brother on a skateboard. I wear a helmet and elbow pads so I don't get hurt. Sometimes I ride by myself. |

| Sydney
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is the mall because you get to buy jewelry and dresses and all sorts of pretty stuff like tank tops and skirts and long sleeved shirts and pants and pretty sparkley blue and green scarves. You can also buy stuff like monkeys, dogs and owls and little small puppet birds and bird nests. |

| Sydney
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is Erdu because every time I got here I feel alive. I love it so much. |

| Macy
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is the ice skating rink. It is really hard to skate. You can bring skates or rent skates! It is on MSU campus. It is called the Munn Arena. |

| Max
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is GameStop. There are cool games you can go do for free. It is fun. It is so cool to go there! |

| Camellia
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is Binder Park Zoo. My favorite part was when you get to feed the giraffes. It was a B.L.A.S.T! On giraffe wouldn't stop eating and there were even babies. It was cute! I just wanted to see the babies and pet them but they were too small. I also liked how the background was. It really looked like Africa. |

| Jasmine
Mid-MichiganMy favorite place is Douglas J! At Douglas J you can get your hair cut and they sometimes will give you a hand massage! It's in a hotel. The person that does my hair is so nice! |

| Ryan R.
Highland Park, IllinoisThe Chicago Bulls play basketball in the United Center. I love going to the United Center to watch my favorite Bulls players, Derek Rose and Luol Deng. It is always exciting to see them dunk and score. |

| Rachel B.
Highland Park, IllinoisA great place to be is Centennial Ice Arena. It has snacks, a skating rink and a gymnasium. I love ice skating and doing gymnastics, and I especially love the snacks. |

| Naomi E.
Highland Park, IllinoisI think that a really great place is at home. Home is such a great place because you can lounge around and play. My favorite thing to do in my house is listen to music. |

| Lydia T.
Highland Park, IllinoisI think Brookfield Zoo is a great place because you and your family can go there to see the animals and have a picnic. You could take a walk you might need a wagon if you get tired. |

| Lilly D.
Highland Park, IllinoisMy great place is my house because my mom, dad and sister are always there. I can do almost anything I want at almost any time. I like relaxing on our couch and watching TV or reading a book. I love my house. |

| Henry D.
Highland Park, IllinoisGreat America is a fun place because there are lots of rides and games. There are also food courts, waterslides and train rides. Great America is a cool place. |

| Gracie D.
Highland Park, IllinoisMy favorite place is Hidden Creek water park. I love the slides. Two go straight down. The other curls. I also like the water in the deep end, it seems warmer than in other parts. It's in Highland Park, Illinois. |

| Christopher S.
Highland Park, IllinoisI choose Great America for a good place in our community. It has all sorts of rides like the Wizer, Eagle, Superman and Batman. You usually get wet there too. |

| Audrey J.
Highland Park, IllinoisI think the best place in Highland Park is Wayne Thomas School. The teachers are nice and so are the kids. The principal is nice, too. The school is really clean. |

| Ariana G.
Highland Park, IllinoisOne of the best places other than home is the hill that you would find VERY close to The Centennial Ice Arena. In the winter, I go sledding with my neighbor, Ayala and my dad. In the summer, I hike and walk all the way up the hill and sit at the very top to watch the sun go down at sunset. IT is so nice to have the ability to do these things that I do in the winter and the summer. And I am very happy that I live close to it. |

| Addison B.
Highland Park, IllinoisKey Lime Cove is my happy place because you get to play lots of games and you can win prizes. There are rides there. The Key Lime Cove has awesome water slides. They have a great view from the rooms. I love Key Lime Cove! |

| Ty D.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinI love going to Murphy's Park. I like to swim in the water. I like playing on the swing set. I like to build sand castles on the beach. Eating lunch on the picnic tables is fun too. I like playing on the slide. I like to play on the monkey bars and I like to play on the go-carts I always win and my sister always loses. |

| Tiffany W.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinThe rec center on Washington Island is my favorite place because I can go swimming and play games. I love the rec center because I can go to kids night. The rec center is the coolest place to go on Washington Island in WI. When you go to Washington Island, WI you should go to the rec center. I also like the rec center because they have swimming lessons. |

| Rooke K.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinMy favorite place in the community is the Miller Art Museum. It is my favorite place in the community because it is in the library, which means you can look at pictures and read books at the same time in the same place. It is also my favorite place because it has a children's section. It has two floors and an elevator. It is so much fun! |

| Preston H.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinI go to Apple Valley Lanes a lot. I go on Friday after school because I am on a league. Sometimes I go on Sundays, too. One Fridays I go with Brenda, my neighbor, and on Sundays I go with my mom and dad. Once I beat my neighbor. I love bowling at Apple Valley Lanes. |

| Oliva T.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinMy favorite place I the community is Glas. Glas is a hip little coffee shop just off the new bridge. I went to the quant café with my sisters and mom for a girl's night out. When we arrived the atmosphere was so yummy. The smell was as delicious as my cocoa and my cookie. The comfy, cozy sofas are great to snuggle in while enjoying live music. Glas is awesome and I can't wait for our next girls night out. |

| Nathan S.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinI like playing at the ball field. There is a big sand beach to play on near the ball field too. The ball field is big! You can see the big ships from the ship yard as you play baseball. There are lots of geese there too. There is a lot of cool playground equipment to play on. The best part of the field is using it to play baseball. |

| Myranda B.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinI like the YMCA because I love to swim and exercise. Plus I love playing sports at the YMCA because I am a great athlete. I love the water slide plus we get a locker! Those are my favorite things about the YMCA. |

| Max K.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinMy favorite place in the community is my home because it is where all my favorite stuff is. I love my family and the people who are around me when I am at home. I also like when my grandparents visit. My house has as great view of the water. I also like my house because it is next to the woods and I see a lot of animals. I love my home! |

| Marken S.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinMy favorite place in the community is the park. I like the park because you can play on the slide, on the monkey bars, and you can make new friends. You can have a picnic at the park too. I like to go there in the summer because it is too cold outside to play there in the winter. |

| Kyle C.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinMy favorite place in the community is my house because I have a nice backyard. I also like my house because it is big and I have my own room. I even have a big front yard. I also have a big woods. Last but not least I have a playset. I love playing at my house! |

| Karley S.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is my elementary school because we learn a lot of neat things. My school is a big red, brick building. My school's mascot is the Pioneer. My favorite subject is art. My mom went to this school too. I have lots of fun at school. I like my teacher because she makes learning fun. |

| Joshua M.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinApple Valley Lanes is a great bowling alley. Apple Valley Lanes is fun because when you get a lot of strikes you get a high score. You can buy pizza to eat while you're bowling. I go there for field trips and birthdays. It's located by Econo Foods. They have special time called Cosmic Bowling. I hope to go Cosmic Bowling again someday. |

| Emma Grace K.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinMy favorite place in my community is the drive in movie theater because it's not your typical type of theater. I also like the drive in theater because you bring your car, your blankets and your lawn chairs and watch a movie. Their snacks are the best! The popcorn has the prefect amount of butter. Their chilidogs have the perfect amount of sweet and spicy flavor. They even have mosquito candles so, if you don't like bugs you can go to the “Snack Shack” and buy one. I also love that they show two movies for the price of one. |

| Dunavan P.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinMy favorite place in the Community is Bay View Middle School. Bay View Middle School is my favorite place in the Community because I liked riding my bike there. I used to live in the city of Sturgeon Bay where Bay View Middle School was but now I live in Sturgeon Bay, WI. |

| Ashley E.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinMy favorite place in Door County, WI is Washington Island, because there is so much to do like hiking, fishing, and hunting. A lot of my family lives up there too, like my grandpa, great grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins. In the summer we like to do things on the water like tubing, fishing or just taking a boat ride. I have a huge tree fort right next to my grandpa's house that my brother, my cousins and I made. The last time I was there my great grandpa took us fishing and we caught a lot of Perch and Bass. They are so yummy! |

| Alex K.
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinMy favorite place in our community is where you can go and hunt, go A.T.V.ing, and where there is a football field right next to it like Peninsula State Park. I also like this state park, where I can go fishing and swimming too. Sometimes I want to go camping in the park where we can have a big campfire and I can look up at all the stars. During the winter time my family likes to take snowmobile rides on the trails. Last year I saw turkeys on the trails. Two winters ago during a real bad storm, it was snowing so hard that we almost got lost in the snow. That was really fun. |
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