Voices of BT’s Future
In addition to our recurring Community Voices section, this month Verbatim reached out to students in the Lower School to hear what they have to say about school, lunch, and dinosaurs.
What is your favorite part of school?
“My favorite part today was playing with (fake) snow!” – Aiden, Kindergarten
“Quiet reflection time and PE” – Bruce, Kindergarten
“Art” – Viveinne, 1st grade
Science, PE, art, library and I also like Spanish
— Patrick, 1st grade
“I like science or recess” – Max, 2nd
“PE” – Landus, 3rd grade
“I really like reading but I also like art” – Kenzie, 4th
“Probably math” – Layne, 4th
Do you eat lunch at school or bring your own from home?
“I eat lunch at school and I like the food. I like to talk with my friends.” Avonlea, Kindergarten
“I eat lunch at school all the time because my mom doesn’t like me bringing my lunch box” – Liberty, Kindergarten
“I love the lunch here” – Vivienne, 1st grade
“I like home lunch” – Patrick, 1st grade
“I love the lunch at BT” – Drew, 2nd
“I love lunch here” – Sadie 3rd grade
“I bring my own lunch” – Landes, 3rd grade
“4.5 stars (out of 5)” – Cash, 4th
What do you want to be when you grow up?
“I just want to stay at home with my family and not work so much.” – Aiden, Kindergarten
“Pop stars and mermaids!” – Sophia and Eliza, Kindergarten
“I want to be an engineer who makes tires” – Viaan, Kindergarten
“Hospital doctor who works for (with) kids” – Liberty, Kindergarten
“A secret spy and also a ninja because secret spies are during the day and ninjas are at night.” – Bruce, Kindergarten
“Artist” – Vivienne, 1st grade
“One is Henry’s Street Cafe, and Pickleman’s (the places he wants to work at). And I want to be in the army” – Henry, 1st grade
“I want to be a video game maker, and a zookeeper, and a scientist, and an artist.” – Patrick, 1st grade
“Professional golfer” – Max, 2nd
“I would like to be an actor” – Drew, 2nd
“Horseback rider” – Victoria, 2nd
“I want to work at the lakeside. it’s my dad’s work” – Sadie, 3rd grade
“I want to work at JPMorgan. It’s where my mom works. She helps people that don’t have homes get homes.” – Titus, 3rd grade
“I want to be a football player” – Landes, 3rd grade
“I might want to be an artist maybe a marine biologist or zookeeper” -Kenzie, 4th grade
I probably want to be an astronaut or a pro baseball player
— Layne, 4th grade
“I want to be a comedian” – Cash, 4th grade
If you could learn any language, what would it be?
“Spanish because my dad’s mom is Spanish.” – Vivienne, 1st grade
“Minion language!” – Henry, 1st grade
“Portuguese!” – Drew, 2nd
“Farsi” – Victoria, 2nd
“Speaking to animals” – Sadie, 3rd grade
“French” – Landes, 3rd grade
“It would be cool to learn to talk to animals, or french” – Kenzie
Do you like dinosaurs? What’s your favourite kind?
“I like t-rex!” – Avonlea, Preschool
“YEAH! I like all of them!” – Aiden, Preschool
‘“I love dinosaurs. My favorite is the Spinosaurus” – Liberty, Kindergarten
“My favorite is the indominus rex” – Bruce, Kindergarten
“They are awesome to me. My favorite is the velociraptor” – Henry, 1st grade
“I don’t like dinosaurs.” – all three 2nd graders
“(I like) The one with a tall neck” – Sadie, 3rd grade
I like dinosaurs and I like all of them. Except for the pterodactyl because it’s ugly
— Titus, 3rd grade
“I like dinosaurs and my favorites are velociraptors.” – Landes, 3rd grade
“My favorite is the parasaurolophus” – Kenzie, 4th
“My favorite is the stegosaurus” – Cash, 4th
If you could create your own dinosaur what would it look like? What would you name it?
“A raptor! His name would be a blue raptor.” – Aiden, Preschool
“Mine would be purple with yellow sparkles! It would be named princess.” – Eliza, Preschool
Maybe strips of blue and black mixed. I would name it stripy
— Viaan, Kindergarten
“Galapiosaurous. I would be pink with sparkles with purple polka dots.” – Liberty, Kindergarten
“The dinosaur would have sharp teeth, no pattern, just black and red eyes. A creepy dinosaur. It would be called Ultraindominius!” – Bruce, Kindergarten
“I would make a dinosaur with a kitty unicorn dinosaur head and it’s furry with pink sparkles. I would name mine Ella” – Vivienne, 1st grade
“Minion.” – Henry, 1st grade
“I would call it the Figgatopia and it would look like a fig” – Patrick, 1st grade
“My dinosaur is named the velociraptor. It’s basically a messed-up velociraptor with an oversized head. OH, and it doesn’t have hair… It’s got scales and giant fingernails. And his mouth is shaped like a donkey” – Drew, 2nd
“I would make it purple with blue stripes and I would name it Violet.” – Victoria
“The one with the tall neck and very fuzzy and you can ride it. It would have spots. I would name it spot” – Sadie, 3rd grade
“I would have a T-Rex and it would have a run sign so that people would know to run away from him. It would be a vegetarian and also have a long neck. It would be named STOP SIGN” – Titus, 3rd grade
“A velociraptor with spikes and its name would be Spike and you could ride it.” – Landus, 3rd grade
“It would probably have wings and stripes and wings and spots. I would name mine Tara” – Kenzie, 4th
“I would turn a t-rex into having longer arms and then goes to space. I would name mine Joe” – Layne, 4th
“I would probably have a pterodactyl and t-rex morph in one, and every time it blinks it shoots lasers. I would name mine PT-REX in all caps.” – Cash, 4th
Katie is a junior at Brownell this year. She participates in volleyball, science olympiad, and theatre. She has a passion for campus history that is shown...
