St. Bernard Catholic School Student wins OECTA's Young Authors Award

Congratulations to Max Carvalho, a student from St. Bernard Catholic School. Max recently had his poem entitled Science Class published in the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association’s Young Authors Awards.  The book is a collection of works from this year’s provincial winners of the Young Authors Awards. You can read Max’s poem below. Bravo!
 
Science Class by Max Carvalho

In science class, teachers always say
Nature helps in every way
Today I learned:
Trees help us breathe.
Just to check if this is true,
What do you think I decided to do?

I held my breath in the deep end,
I expected the trees to lend a hand…
But they didn’t help to give me breath,
I was very nearly close to death!

In science class, teachers always say
Nature helps in every way
Today I learned:
Rocks produce salt.
Just to check if this was true,
What do you think I decided to do?

I pounded a rock on my fries,
Hoping to see some salt fly…
But it didn’t produce a taste that’s great,
And I spat the fries upon my plate.

In science class, teachers always say
Nature helps in every way
Today I learned:
Water helps things grow.
Just to check if this was true,
What do you think I decided to do?

Into the bath I threw my cash,
Hoping to see more money in a flash…
My bills – soaked, my coins – down the drain
This is making me insane.

One thing I’ve learned from all these tries:
Science class is full of lies!