What are our wishes for 2017?
Teachers with Kildeer Countryside School District 96 in Buffalo Grove recently asked their students that question and some of those teachers generously shared their responses.
Daniela, a second grader at Prairie Elementary in Ms. Ortegon’s class, touched on many issues.
“My wishes are for Trump to be good! The homeless and poor to have everything they need. Animals to be safe and not endangered. All countries to be equal. People know when disasters happen so they could be safe. No bad people on Earth. Our planet to be blue and green.”
Other students in District 96 had varying wishes for 2017.
Third graders at Kildeer Elementary in Ms. Ohnsted’s class
“I wish for everyone to be happy, more habitats for animals and for me to get more money.” — Bekah
“My wish is to pay attention more to understand stuff.” — Ravi
“My New Year wishes is that my family won’t get hurt this year.” — Katie S.
“Find my true love and my Harry Potter house.” — Alice
“My wish is to get all the Mega Pokemon cards in the world.” — Hayden
“My wish is to have a cupcake mix for baking & have lots of money.” — Jenny
“My New Year wish is that I will learn to play at least one kind of instrument.” — Singyee
Kildeer fourth graders in Ms. Jones’ class
“I wish that the Chicago Bulls make the playoffs and at least make the Eastern Conference finals. … I hope they can get a record of 58-24, (and) beat the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. I wish they start practicing three pointers better, and shooting them from inside the arc and making highlight dunks, so the other team starts worrying and missing shots.” — Rayaan
“My wish for the new year is that there is a beautiful winter.” — Edi
“I wish that everyone could have books!” — Bradyn
“My wish is that I will be happy and healthy for fifth grade.” — Camila
“I would like a brand new house.” — Desi
“My new year’s wish is a dog, a phone and earrings.” — Olivia
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“To get my grades higher.” — Caden
“I wish that there will be a better Earth and more playgrounds.” — Gabe
“To become a You Tuber.” — Matt
Seventh graders at Woodlawn Middle School in Ms. Reuter’s class
“To become a teenager but not act like a teen.” — Jonathan
“The Cubs win again.” — Kayla and Abigail
“The Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup.” — Jacob
“The White Sox win the World Series.” — Daniel
“To see Hamilton and get my braces off.” — Zosia
“Peace and happiness.” — Alex
“All of my friends and family are healthy and happy.” — Asher
“To survive eighth grade.” — Rosie
“I wish to get taller and I wish for nothing to happen to my family.” — Mario
“I wish not to be bothered by my siblings all the time.” — Dylan
Woodlawn seventh graders in Ms. O’Shea’s class
“What I want for 2017 is for America to have peace with other countries and for ISIS to be defeated.” — Jack C.
“Solving the problem of finding the homeless homes.” — Olivia C.
“I want to overall become a better person every year. … That means increasing charity hours, being a kinder person, getting higher grades and hopefully making state in swimming.” — Sana A.
“To have our country stop fighting, to end shootings, have peace throughout the world, to have a nation where everyone gets along.” — Evan P.
“To have world peace, no more homeless or people without food, and everyone is treated equal.” — Josh T.
“To play less video games.” — Simon R. and Michael A.
“To manage my time and money better.” — Ava L.
“I wish for a healthy family, kids who need parents to get a family, less riots, less killing, more smiles, happy friends, less wars, poor people to be happy and for something good to happen to them.” — Camille
Joanne Dicker, president of the Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council, also shared her wishes for 2017.
“My wish for the new year? That we recognize that while we don’t share the same faiths, we do share the same basic values — to do right, to act justly, to have mercy, to protect the weak and feed the hungry. This upcoming year, I would like us to work together and show what truly great people can accomplish.”
Amen.
Aileen Simons is a freelance columnist for Pioneer Press. Reach her at [email protected].