Featuring Four Works: Band Practice, a memoir which recounts the experience of being part of a school band. This piece highlights the impacts of being part of something bigger than yourself. The Light Is Still On, a poem which captures the bittersweet feeling of leaving the only place you’ve known for the first time. This piece was written with the author’s upcoming departure to college in mind. Asleep on the Bus, a humorous poem about being very tired before school. This piece is a light work which captures a nearly universal student experience of napping on the bus. Assigned [NULL] At Birth, a Dystopian Fiction piece that explores the fear that comes with feeling as though you don’t belong, as well as the sacrifices that parents make for their children.