YES! For Teachers

Cate Landry is a student at Horizons K-8 School in Boulder, Colorado. She read and responded to the onlineYES! Magazine article, “I Can’t Breathe Until Everyone Can Breathe,” by Gerald Mitchell. Read

Amani Lazarus is a middle school student at Palmetto Scholars Academy in North Charleston, South Carolina. She read and responded to the online YES! Magazine article “I Can’t Breathe Until Everyone Can

Elizabeth Schmidt is a student at Kent State in Ohio. She read and responded to the online YES! Magazine article “I Can’t Breathe Until Everyone Can Breathe,” by Gerald Mitchell. Read Elizabeth’s

Naomi Blair is a student at Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Missouri. She read and responded to the online YES! Magazine article “I Can’t Breathe Until Everyone Can Breathe,” by Gerald Mitchell.

Karen Jordan is a student at a therapeutic boarding school in northwestern Montana. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine online article “I Can’t Breathe Until Everyone Can Breathe,” by Gerald

We received many powerful essays for the Spring 2015 Writing Competition. Though not every participant can win the contest, we’d like to share some excerpts that caught our eye.