mapping our journey - Richmond District Neighborhood Center

+ RDASC
Richmond District Neighborhood Center and
Richmond District After School Collaborative
presents THE 2010–11 Art + Poetry Anthology
mapping
our
journey
I was born in a rainbow.
I am a color blue.
My mother is yellow, my
dad is green,
my brother is purple.
My grandma is red,
my grandpa is orange,
and my family is a rainbow
family.
–Yulu Zhou
Dragons
Dragons slithering
in and on clouds without wings.
Fly on it, I dare you.
I did, it’s really fun,
because I tried it.
There’s fire, water, air and earth dragon.
Can they be combined? Yes, it’s called
the mother nature dragon.
–Emily Welsh
Travels around the world took
a lot of time and patience.
Being born has been a wonderful journey.
Comets traveling across the sky flying.
Countries doing different sports and movements.
In the hot boiling summer you can travel to swim.
Saying goodbye is a very sad journey.
–Sharon Yang
Love
A heart is like rivers of blood.
My heart holds Valentine’s cards.
Hearts are like Cupids
shooting Love arrows.
A heart is a shape that is red.
My heart is a color of red.
Hearts are Cupids with wings.
My heart is like a circle filled with blood.
A heart is filled with hate of evilness.
A heart is like a squishy toy
that pumps blood.
A heart is full of joy.
Hearts are shaped like
the point of an arrow.
My heart is filled with blood
that vampires like.
–Darren Loo
Things that are...
Sand is like stars that are never counted.
Toothpicks are as sharp as a unicorn’s horn.
A puppy is as cute as cloud shapes.
Time is like a bird flying by.
Hairclips are as loud as a CRASH!
–Jessica Zheng
I’m Not
I’m not a frog jumping
around the water
I’m not a cow walking
everywhere
I’m not a girl going shopping
I’m not a boy playing
video games
I’m not a teacher telling
the kids what to do
I am a ghost going to Best Buy
to get all the video games
–Daniel Campos
Owl Body Parts
Wings are blades that cut
through the air.
A horn is a spear tip that
cuts into an opponent.
Talons are knives that cut
through things.
I am an adventurous,
funny, light-headed,
flying owl.
I am living in a tree.
–Dylan Carter
I was born in the monster, a dinosaur.
And I was born at a bird,
and I was born at mouse,
I was born at the mommy.
----------------------When I was little I liked to play at the park.
I was little and I cried.
and I liked to play with my friend.
–Jimmy Zhuang
My life is...
My life is a mystery waiting to be solved.
My life is a warm summer breeze.
My journey is to find the meaning of water.
My life is only at the beginning,
a blooming flower.
My life is a mind, wondering and thinking,
finding things out.
My life isn’t like any other life,
it’s an unusual life, filled with dreams,
a door waiting to be opened.
–Ava Cohen
Fortunately, Unfortunately
They’re having an
earthquake on a tall city.
Unfortunately, the dragon’s
blood got drunk by a silkworm.
Fortunately, a guy named Alux
Leu came to eat 52 silkworms.
–David Huynh
The journey of life is birth, death
and everything in between.
Smell the wet leaves coming home
from driving in the night, clouds
moving overhead, the road ahead.
I can only travel with the love and family,
in the winter rain.
Comets travel over cities,
flying over countries.
Cities, countries, birth,
growing up to this point.
–Byron Belkola
Candy Planet
Candy planet is a world of wonder
as an orange gumball shines,
when the pink, fluffy clouds float
above the milky chocolate waves.
When the red starburst trees blow
as the night sky comes into a dark
blue sugar. The m&m stars shine
bright colors as they combine together.
Every sweet day you would see the
candy world as your days start over,
as you see the gumball, and the clouds.
When the powder of sweets comes into
your face. As you know that this day
will go on and on.
–Megan Ho
Journey through Time
I cannot describe my journey
through time. It was tough.
I made friends with monkeys
and took one banana.
They threw banana pie at me.
I rode a dinosaur, it flicked me off
and tried to eat me.
I went into a black hole and
I started to stretch.
I was in a big empty space.
I died and went back to earth,
but on the date 9/11/01 I died again.
–Andrew Karamjani
Emotions
Illness is when
someone drools
and is hurt.
Awkwardness is when
someone is feeling weird
and uncomfortable.
Fear is when someone
is scared and freaked out.
Excitement is when
I am so happy, like I’m hyper.
–Alexander Lau
I was born in
a Magic card as a
cheeseburger monster
with 500,000,000,000 tons
of ketchup.
–James Chen
The Power of the Heart
Love, Peace, Hate
Your heart is important,
without it, you will die.
Your heart controls your
emotions.
Love, Peace, Hate
When you are sad, you feel
pain, you might even want to
end your life.
When you are in Love, you feel
happy, willing to do anything
for your loved one.
Peace, no hate, calmness.
Love, Peace, Hate
–Kimberly Thai
Wonderful Planet
My planet is full with happiness,
a good life, sunny and full with colorful days.
Everyone is happy every day.
Every day I wake up,
I see everyone happy having a good day.
Everyone is so happy that they are not sad.
That’s why my planet is wonderful.
–Yasmeen Mubarez
Similes
A cat is as warm as a leather jacket.
A hairclip is as hard as a nail.
A diamond is as shiny as a pearl.
A heart is as powerful as a soul.
Ice cream is as cold as ice.
A sun is as bright as a flashlight.
A butterfly is as symmetrical as a bag!
–Leanna Saelaw
I am a purple jelly fish
I am a dark cloud
I am a cold glass of lemonade
I am a fiery dragon
I am a cold ice cube
–Ella Rochelle
I was born in a blue crayon!
I was born in a blue crayon.
It was so blue I found
a small piece of red and orange.
I painted it with
the small piece of crayon...
–Jaclyn Ta
Rollercoaster
My life is like a rollercoaster,
fun, exciting and fast.
Never wanting to stop.
Up, down, upside down,
straight and curvy.
For I go, never stopping, always going.
I’m crazy. Always on a track doing
the same routine over and over,
but still never get tired.
My life is a rollercoaster.
–Nicole Shaw
I Am
I am a bright, shy, yellow, small, pink, black, orange,
blue, gray, white, green, purple, aqua, turquoise, brown,
bronze, peach, navy blue, hot pink, sky blue, violet, big,
round, spiky, soft, smooth, hard, rough, tough, silky
tiny, sandy, awesome, cool, incredible, brave, squishy
thing.
–Dawa Tamang
A Shining Stone
A broken seashell is like a broken heart.
A green stone is like a dragon’s eye.
A worm is like a snake.
A round shell is like
a drinking cup.
–Adam Galacia
Joy
She had
a short
hair
she in
Joy
she went
to a party
She tied
her hair
–Jasmine Ta
I was born in February
I was born on a breezy afternoon, when
Punxsutawney Phil was making his
prediction to America.
The shortest month, which is why I’m short.
The month when it is cold enough to snow,
but that miracle won’t happen.
The month of love, presidents, and
a famous rodent.
–Jasmine Olshin
A diamond is as shiny
as crystals.
Bunnies are as furry
as my jacket.
Erasers are soft like rubber.
Brownies are as brown as mud.
Grass is like the blade
of a sword.
–Ruixin Sun
I was born in a big giant’s belly.
I was born in a big pot
that my mom uses to cook with.
I was born in a simple breeze.
I was born in Laurel Village.
–Samantha Shaw
I was born in an egg.
I crack open.
Everybody call me crack crack.
I was born as a mummy.
Why was I born like a mummy?
Because my mom was a mummy.
–Benjamin Reznikov
Heart
My heart feels my feelings & memories
of my past, also the ones I love,
especially me, my mom, dad, sister, grandpa,
and my grandma.
My heart holds love for God,
he’s a special person to my heart,
me and my heart love him very much.
My heart holds everyone
even the people who make me mad,
but deep down in my heart I love them.
My heart holds all my secrets,
even ones no one knows.
–Mandy Liang
If I could fly, I would be crazy and eat pie.
If I could fly, I would die.
If I could fly, I would go to a far, far away galaxy
and go to a broken planet.
If I could fly, I can eat 440 pies.
If I could fly, I would go to China.
I was born in Vietnam.
I remember that people use water buffalos
to get rice and sometimes
we milk cows to get milk
and I liked to eat a lot of corn
and we live in little houses.
–William Chan
If I could fly, I would go to New York
and go crazy and join the good guy side
for world wars day.
–Michael Sun
Golden Poem
Love of the Gold music around.
Love of the Gold snake.
Love of the Gold singing.
Love of the Gold hot wildfire.
I am blue freedom.
I am over the Gold Leaf.
–Rachel Lai
If I could fly, I would go to New York
and go surfing.
If I could fly, I would go to Oakland.
If I could fly, I would go to Mexico to
swim in the sea.
If I could fly, I would go to China to see panda.
If I could fly, I would go to the sun to cry.
–Agnes Liang
J is like Janeena.
O is like Oboe.
A is like Africa.
Y is like Y.
M is like M.
C is like Claudia.
–Janeena Quinto
The dragon goes to a city and burns
everything.
39 people survived,
136 died.
Its flames are full of rage
and have no control.
–Nicole Cho
My life is a spiral that
twists and turns, and my
life floated like a comet. The
twist and turn of death and
life came flying down. And
never look at the road ahead,
never leave in despair,
but always look at the
road to happiness.
–Khine Cho
I was born in an egg that is powerful.
I was born in a dragon that breathes out fire.
I was born in a bow, I popped up in the bow.
I was born in a rainbow.
I was born in a trophy!
I was born in L.A.
I was born in a dog.
–Mariceli Tapia
Life is a journey that is scarred
nothing is perfect
mistakes are made
lies are told
truths may never unfold
there are times we feel happy
and there are times we feel hurt
that pain that we feel
may never heal
My eyes are small balls and
small footballs.
Hair is grass.
My finger is a plant.
My toenail is a knife.
My teeth are buttons.
My tongue is a swor
–Viggo Kan-Ly
If I could fly I would be
a fireball, and superfast ball,
and I will die.
--------When I’m hungry I feel
like a horse that’s talking.
–Jacky Zhuang
like a stab in the flesh
scars remain, old or fresh
–Erica Mai
YPA, Lafayette Site
V is like a Sharp Mountain
upside down.
Blood is like red water.
A bone is like a stick.
A shell is like a hat.
Eyes are like a slimy ball.
–Brandon Vo
I traveled to the moon to get some light,
I made a mistake and fell in a fight.
I traveled to the desert to get some sand,
I made a mistake and ate a state.
–Jennifer Jiang
I traveled through time.
I saw myself as a grown-up.
I saw myself as a baby.
I saw myself as the same age I am right now.
I traveled to Vietnam to see magic...
I made a mistake...and got all tragic.
I went to China to eat a pie...
and accidentally ate a guy.
–Lee Wilcox
I am a tiger
that is going
to eat a chicken.
No peeking allowed!
-----------------An eyeball is like
a giant ball that’s bleeding.
–George Mangoshvili
My life is like a pretty white rose,
growing older and frailer as it grows.
The petals fall off as I die,
but everyone remembers
the pretty white rose that lies
beneath those brown petals.
–Megan Ma
If I could fly, I would go
to the land grass.
----------------------I am a dragon that has
a blue tongue.
–Clayton Carter
I traveled to space to get a star
I made a mistake and my head got stuck in a jar
I traveled through time to hear some rhyme
I made a mistake and got stuck in a lime
I traveled to New York to get an egg
I made a mistake and I fell between my leg
–Phuoc Le
I am a walking can.
I am a zombie with no color.
I am wings with feet.
I am a jewel with an eye.
I am a pencil that writes
all by itself.
I am a butterfly with no wings.
I am a rainbow with only white.
I am sushi that is made of metal.
I am a tiger with no stripes.
–Elaine Wong
I am a dragonfly
that cannot fly.
I’m not a Robot
that eats pineapple.
-------------When I’m Happy I feel
like a mouse eating
a cupcake.
–Archer Moreno
When I’m a robot I feel like
a flying saucer playing.
-------------I am a zombie
with no head.
–Talia Rohde
I traveled to China for a fight.
I made a mistake and made a flight.
I traveled to Time to be invisible.
I made a mistake and found out
that I was uninvisible.
I traveled to Time and ate a pie.
I made a mistake and threw it at a tie.
I traveled to India to visit my cousin.
I made a mistake and ate my cousin.
–Anthony Wen (with Gurpreet Kanwar)
The Ice
I was born in December.
Month of Christmas, snow,
presents from Santa
and ice skating.
We can see an igloo.
–Catherine Wen
I’m Not
I’m not a lemonade with two ice cubes and a
Scottish British ant with 50 legs on each side.
I’m not a troll, eating, loving, animal maniac
with four green and blue stripes.
I’m not an eraser with four sides and one big
tongue sticking out.
I’m not a big party with a tongue
on a dance floor shaking.
–Gurpreet Kanwar
Poems
freckles are seeds
eyes are balls
hair is grass
toenails are knives
arms are huge plants
teeth are buttons
heads are boxes
chins are rocks
–Michael Lin
I am a robot with jet packs and blasters.
I am a ninja stick man with swords.
I am a robot that can be disguised
and I have a blaster.
–Justin Liang
My Life is Like an Angel
Wings are white
Angels are in heaven
Angels are beautiful
Angels make wishes
–Darren Leung
I see a red thing but it’s like a Rose.
I see a dog but it’s like a brown book.
My life is like waves,
I can be anything you want me to be.
I see a cat but it’s not nice,
not even a Rat can do that.
My life is like a golden eagle.
I see a cat, dog, fish, rat.
Everything I see is so nice but a mouse.
My life is like a brown ball
sitting on a brown stick.
–Julie Sanchez
I was born in the hell.
Where shadows roamed the dimmed streets.
Where the fire is the brightest thing before you.
Where blue shapes came and went in a blink
of orange.
Where dark shapes danced and danced
not stopping to rest.
Where prison was nowhere to be found.
Where the air was filled with screams
and howls followed by wild laughter.
Where blood stained the walls.
Where everything is eerie.
–Zoe Zhu
I’m not a dead flying zombie bird.
I’m not going to the annoying, boring hard,
ugly, dirty, messy, scary and weird school.
I’m not a pink, swimming, stupid, crazy
and oblivious pig.
I’m not a big, huge, gigantic mammoth
giganotic PIE.
–Robert Wong
When I’m happy
I feel like a superhero
saving kids.
When I’m sad I
feel like eating kids.
When I’m crazy
I feel like drinking
1000 sodas.
When I’m mad I feel like
a tiger who eats kids.
When I’m happy
I feel like a jumping apple.
When I’m sad I feel
like a monster.
–Kazi Abid
I am not a shark that is a star.
I am not a pancake getting eaten by a kid.
I am not a stick person with a big head.
I am not a sauce that is good.
I am not an orange that is annoying.
I am not a clown that is funny.
–Wilson Chang
I was born in...
I was born in a cat.
It was really warm,
it was orange.
I slept all day.
The cat ate Whiskas.
–Emily Magidina
I Am
I am a pretty, short haired, famous, amazing,
girly and joyful singer singing
in the pink moon.
I live in the dressland.
I am a kung fu master that
gives you pain,
sadness and hurtfulness.
–Luxi Li
Metaphors
Arms are very short ropes.
Houses are walls.
Hills are upside down
ice cream cones.
Pizzas are shiny shields.
Eyes are wheels.
Eggs are small rocks.
Fingers are very small sticks.
–Quentin Hoang
Mixed-up Letters
Cloud wind costume
Whisper love yo
Pay yo
Our winds wine
Ugly music bug
When love is ugly
Escape love ugly kids
Die sea blanket
Escape in sausage world
Liquid friends are dark
Teach sister awareness
Lovelazy chickens
–Claudel Garcia
I traveled to Venus, I made a mistake
and I got hit by a volcano.
I traveled to Jupiter, I made a mistake
and there is too much gas and I die.
I traveled to Pluto, I made a mistake
and I hit my head and I slide down and I die.
I traveled to Mars, I made a mistake
and I got hit too much.
I traveled to Saturn, I made a mistake
and I died because of the ring.
I traveled to Neptune, I made a mistake
and Pluto came and bumped
into Neptune and died.
I traveled to black holes, I made a mistake
and the black holes sucked me in.
–Richard Choi
Fruit fly
fried food
fry’s Friday
fantastic fish
friend.
Beep that
a tongue
twister all right.
–Shi-bo Jiang
An eagle is as brave as an army.
It soars like a soaring Blue Angel.
Its heart is as warm as an
erupting volcano.
A comet is as hot as the sun.
It’s as fast as a peregrine falcon.
It looks like sparkles moving
through the skies.
A dragon flies like a dart shooting
through the air, and it shoots
like a shooting star.
–Brian Vo
I am a yellow
funky, hunky, slunky,
dunky chick.
I am a girl that lives
in a sea with slimy
hands and a bee.
–Elissa Geyfen
A shoe is stinky as a garbage truck.
A mouse is sneaky as an ant.
A volcano is brown as a brownie.
The ocean is blue as the sky.
My pillow is fluffy as cotton.
–Vanessa Jiang
When I’m happy
I’m going to the beach.
----------I’m a star
that can turn into a rainbow.
–Jaclyn Pang
Teeth are shiny gold.
My hands are gold and metal.
My eyes are red and metal.
My body is red and shiny.
My brain is mad and cool.
My fingers are French fries.
–Willy Chang
I am a dragon who is fierce and gold
I have flame and use thunder for power
I have great wisdom
I have jade jewels and give people fear
I make lots of earthquakes
I also live underground and eat with my fangs
I have a tongue with flame and my wings
are so strong that I could make lightning
–Corinne Leung
Lo the Co
The snail is in love at first sight.
He is in love at first love because his eyes
are heart shaped and his tail is red.
His shell is a polka dotted shell.
Loco Lo’s tail is shaped half like a heart.
His shell is red.
That means he is in love.
–Esther Chung
I am a fuzzy little bunny.
I live in a blue and white house.
I dream of a mysterious great book.
I am a soft little pillow.
I live in a big green and blue tree.
I dream of an awesome park.
I am as tiny as an ant.
I live in a little hut.
I dream of good food.
I am a great big book.
–Samantha Gee
Gumgoil Soup
What you need for this...
well, how do I put it,
warthog stew. You need:
2 jars of pickles
1 cup of dragon’s eyeballs
3 squirts of leprechaun luck
A couple of seaweed strips
9-day-old butter that was kept in a corner
And blood from an ogre
Last but not least, hot boiling witches water
DRINK IT!
Not that bad, it tastes like...
Ohh no Urhhhh.
–Diana Karamjani
When I’m happy,
I feel like a Bey Blade.
I battle a bad guy.
---------------I’m not a mom doing laundry.
–Gavin Singh
I am a burning, steaming fire shouting star.
I am a spicy, hot, delicious, yummy noodle that’s
in the steamy pot.
I am a musical, smooth, delightful radio
waiting on desk.
I am a peaceful, quiet, thoughtful fish egg
inside my mom’s tummy.
I am a thankful, nice, quiet student.
I am a loud ocean stuck in a big bowl with a fish.
–Jason Chang
The journey of my life is to answer this question,
“What happens when we die?”
I will travel to cities and countries.
Fly through clouds, go to stars,
follow comets, even never see my family again.
I want to see the road ahead, my future.
My curiosity gets the better of me.
I dream about it.
I will always think about it.
–Thomas Fong
Heart, Heart, Heart
Heart, Heart, Heart,
This has nothing, this has full.
But this one has lots of weirdness.
–Celimari Tapia
I’m Not
A running stampede
of elephants
jumping over a car.
Wind blowing
off leaves
of a tree.
A ship
disappearing
into the sea.
A rainbow
shining over
darkness.
–Danya Dajani
I was born in Thailand,
raised in America.
I worked in Africa
then I got fired
and went to Europe.
After I went to Europe
I went to New York
and became VP of Thunder Mifflin.
The people I work with are
Jim, Michael, Pam, Dwight, Kelly,
Ryan...
–James Watson
When I’m happy I feel like a
colorful and fast butterfly
flying free in the ocean blue sky.
When I’m sad I feel like a
butterfly being hated by
everyone.
When I’m mad I feel like a
soda can exploding.
–Kelly Huang
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Batzorig, Danielle Birog, Alex Chang, Frankie Choi, Terence Chow, Mark Cruz, Lilou
Dlaunay, Jesse Elliot, Alejandro Gomez, Matthew Gopez, Migel Hernandez, Zachary
Ho, Skylar Hoffman, Kimberly Huitzil-Dzib, Madison Jones, Tiffany Khuu, Nicole
Kunin, Anderson Lam, Myles Langley, Thomas Lau, Issac Lee, Nicole Lee, Yvette Lee,
Roberto Lee, Megan Lee, Jeffrey Li, Tiffany Liang, Paul (Runpei) Lin, Alex Liu, Olivia
Luk, Huy Luong, Wesley Ma, Emerson McKee, Yves Nash, Karina Ngo, Brandon Ngo,
Zachary Ogata, Melissa Paredes-Chang, Jennifer Perez, Alexander Pool Cruz, Jamar
Reed, Ashley Roliz, Nicholas Roliz, Maxim Romashko, Vlad Romashko, Mohit Singh,
Jessica Struck, Jerry Tan, Ivy Tram, Kevin Wong, Olivia Woodard, Raymond Wu, Justin
Yee, Jerrick Yuen, Steven Zhong
Byron Belkola, Daniel
Campos, Clayton Carter,
Dylan Carter, William
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Chang, Wilson Chang,
James Chen, Khine Cho,
Nicole Cho, Richard Choi,
Esther Chung, Ava Cohen,
Danya Dajani, Thomas
Fong, Willem Freedman,
Adam Galicia, Claudel
Peter H Garcia, Samantha
Gee, Elissa Geyfen,
Lianne Hernandiz, Megan
Ho, Quentin Hoang, Zhi
Cheng Huang, David
Huynh, Jietang Jiang, Shi
Bo Jiang, Vanessa Jiang,
Viggo Kan-Ly, Gurbreet
Kanwar, Andrew
Karamjani, Diana
Karamjani, Lucy Keller,
Rachel Lal, Alexander
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Darren Leung, Luxi Li,
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Michael Lin, Darren Loo,
Megan Ma, Emily
Magidina, George
Mangoshvili, Archer
Moreno, Yasmeen
Mubarez, Jasmine Olshin,
Jaclyn Pang, Jeneena
Quinto, Benjamin
Reznikov, Ella Rochelle,
Talia Rohde, Leanna
Saelaw, Julie Sanchez,
Nicole Shaw, Samantha
Shaw, Gavin Singh,
Michael Sun, Ruixin Sun,
Jaclyn Ta, Jasmine Ta,
Dawa Tamang, Celimari
Tapia, Mariceli Tapia,
Kimberly Thai, Brandon
Vo, Brian Vo, Jameszell
Watson, Emily Welsh,
Anthony Wen, Catherine
Wen, Lee Wilcox, Elaine
Wong, Robert Wong,
Sharon Yang, Tian Qi
Zheng, Yulu Zhou, Zoe
Zhu, Jacky Zhuang,
Jimmy Zhuang
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Rowan Allen, Richard Alpert-Narra, Benjamin Auyeung, Amelia Boyd, Skyler Chaikin,
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Cindy Ha, Elizabeth Ha, Elijah Hammond-Walker, Enya Hanrahan, Finnagh Hanrahan,
Asher Harrell, Ronisha Hughes, Trevor Huse, Isaak Irmini-Kreft, Justin Lam, Tyler
Kyono, Jonathan Lee, Matthew Lee, Winston Lee, Cathlyn Liang, Kelly (Qing Wen)
Liang, Kevin Liang, Jahmai Lintz-Williams, Julia Loeza, Mateo Loeza, Kacie Lotman,
Lance Lucas, Lauren Lucas, Tai Lum, Barbara Marrero, Jared Martinez, Amirahcoe
Mason, Zooriah Mohamed, Lauro Moura, Layla Moura, Jordan Narra, Julian NalboneDecker, Crystal Nguyen, Evan Nguyen, Hunter Nguyen, Jasmyne Nguyen, Mika
Nguyen, Nolan Nguyen, Harrison Pana-Hong, Jacob Pana-Hong, Nicole Pascua,
Caleb Powell, Danny Phuong, Ariana Ramirez, Warren Reed, Jacob Rodriguez,
Matthew Sanford, Harold Scott, Alex Segueda, Reyna Segueda, Ivan Severinov,
Katrina Sondern, Thomas Tandoc, Jack Torrens, Trustin Tran, Dianna Trieu, Henry
Trieu, Thanh (Cody) Van, Romeo Vides, Justin Wong, Richelle Wong, Ryan Wong, Paul
Wongsupreekul, Ray Yeung, Claire Yeung-Phanhdara
Lexy-Marie Aguila, Justin
Aguirre, Frank Alanis,
Joseph Alanis, Anthony
Alejandro, Sarah ALTuwarish,
Madison Billiones, Ian
Blackford, Miles Bow,
Eben Brodie, Eric Bulkin,
Cameron Chan, Christina
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Eddie Chan, Vivian Chan,
Christine Chan, Aiden
Cheung, Desmond
Cheung, Kyle Chow,
Tiffany Chu, Natalie Chu,
Lena Cunningham, Natalie
Cunningham, John
Dalawangbayan, Andrew
Duong, Jimmy Duong,
Takumi Elbert, Reily
Fairchild, Shelan Fairchild,
Samantha Foong, Oliver
Golde, Katja Golde, Pearl
Gong, Bill Guan, Antonio
Harris, Joseph Harris,
Andrew Hoang, Elizabeth
Huynh, Ilona Klinkovich,
Vanessa Lam, Priti Lama,
argonne
Matteo Laudati, Veronica
Levi, Brandon Levi,
Jonathan Levyash, Angel
Li, Annie Li, Rachel Li,
Cora Lin, Jeremiah Litz,
Rose Lu, Peilin Lu, Harry
Lu, Emily Luo, Mahdi
Mashal, Alaa Mashal,
Cassidy Mei, Daphnne
Morales-Cristoso, Jessica
Nepomnysky, Rina
Nguyen, Nicholas
Nuraliyeva, Marvin
Peraza-Lopez, Rachel
Poon, Elise Praz, Cristian
Rivas, Sofia Rochetti,
Ashley Seto, Yeshe
Sherchanm, Kevin Shew,
Nicolas Siu, Rianna
Skomorousky, Vincent
Tang, Jacqueline Tom,
Calvin Toy, Tiffany Tsai,
Jonathan Vuong, Christine
Won, Andrew R. Wong,
Ren Yamasaki, Tiffany Yau,
Serena Zhang, Xufei Zhao,
Vivian Zhu
about us
R ichmond Dis trict N e i g h bo r ho o d C e n te r
Patricia Kaussen, Emily Gillingham, Roz Grant, Jane Louie, Dorian Luey,
Jan Nicholas and Irene Mak
R DA SC Par t n e r S c h o o l s
Al amo ElementarY Dr. Herb Packer, Principal
R ichmond Dis trict A fte r S c h o o l Co l l a bo rat i v e
Argonne Elementary
Charles Corsiglia, Anne Mannes, Viviane Scott
George Peabody Elementary Willem Vroegh, Principal and Lead Teachers
Al amo Staff
Elizabeth Levitt and Dan Gelfand
Argonne Staff
Pollack and Health Caceres
Shamia Sandles, Thomas Mui, Samson Lim, Katherine Johnson,
Tiffany Lee, Donna Fok, Tristan Tran, Argishti Petrosyan
Larry Klein, Terrianne Gee, William Zhao, Kristina Hansen, Emmy
Zhang, Paul Breazeale, Chris Chu, Maggie Ng, Stanley Liang, Audrey Kao. Volunteers:
Lawrence Ngai, Tyler Wood, Amy Kim and the Jr. Tutors of Roosevelt Middle School
Robin Sharp, Principal and Lead Teacher Judy Dere
Lafayette Elementary Ruby Brown, Principal and Lead Teachers Nancy Yin-
R DA SC Par t n e r Pro g ra ms
Chris Tsukida, Shirley Nhan, Frank Fang, Drew Tan, Shana Elani,
Jarys Maragopoulos, Kimby Satow, Angelic Anderson, Erica Mai, Mandy Chen,
(Experience Corps Volunteers: Ellen Flanagan)
Bay Area Discovery Museum, Bruce Simon; Exploratorium, Ken Finn; Department of
Children, Youth and Their Families, Lina Morales; de Young Art Museum, Eileen Lew
Morris; Experience Corps, Ellen Flanagan; Creative Health Services, Craig Garfinkel,
Beth Bremer, Carrie Taub, Sarah Braden; SFUSD Excel School Health Programs,
Yashica Crawford, Karen Polk and Michael Luk; Richmond Village Beacon, Michelle
Cusano and Shawn Brown
R DASC Re side nt Ar ti s t s
F u n d e r s & S u ppo r t e r s
George Peabody Staff Dave Alexander, Ellen Duong, Briah Luther, Sophia Wong,
Sarah Wong, Lindan Vu, Michael Huang, Salina Banh, Loretta Yee, Christina Luce
Lafayette Staff
susan appe
plays many instruments, sings, plays drums and combines that with
a dynamic, game based curriculum infused with literacy, math, art, science and
teamwork. Susan also builds musical instruments and musical contraptions for the kids.
She is captivated by music’s ability to excite, move and gather people, tell stories,
cross the world and reach into your heart. For more: web.mac.com/susanappe.
SF Department of Children, Youth and their Families; SF Together Education
Accomplishes More (SF TEAM) Initiative; California Arts Council; Walter & Elise Haas
Fund; SFUSD ExCEL School Health Programs; Silver Giving Foundation; Woodlawn
Foundation; Morris Stulsaft Foundation; Neighborhood Centers Together; David B.
Gold Foundation; Family fees and generous donations from friends and supporters.
cl audia dudley has been making poetry and music—and absorbing the stories
she tells RDASC students—since childhood. This semester she developed a new story
cycle, the revered Tibetan folktale of Milarepa, and is currently telling the cycle of the
Monkey King from China to her Lafayette students. She has written and performed
song cycles using student poetry, has published a volume of poetry, The Fragrant Fire,
a chapbook, In the Scale of Worlds, and in 2010 completed a 16-year work, Waters of
the Afternoon: A Song in Three Voices (poetry volume and CD). She loves her work
with poetry and storytelling and is still amazed that such a career exists.
michele menard
is a working interdisciplinary artist with education and experience
in theater, mask-making and puppetry. She is thrilled to be teaching with RDASC
and loves that her students learn about teamwork, critical thinking, imagination and
social skills in her class. She is proud of all the hard work the students have done and
all the amazing creativity! Michele looks forward to her continued involvement in the
Richmond District and is currently working on a gallery show installation of her newest
mixed media paintings and sculptures which will be displayed this upcoming fall.
liz tenuto is a dancer, performer and teacher of feel good movement. In San
Francisco, she has had the pleasure of working with Erika Tsimbrovsky/Avy K
Productions, Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, Scott Wells and Dancers and Laura
Arrington Dance. She also teaches creative movement and world dance through
Performing Arts Workshop and the ODC Youth Program. Liz’s classes are processbased with an emphasis on improvisation and student choreography. By using
imagery, physical theater and world music, Liz encourages RDASC students to move
freely while guiding them into the theme of the day.
T h e R DA SC M i s s i o n
The mission of Richmond District After School Collaborative (RDASC; pronounced
RAZ-DAK) is to improve the quality of life in our community by providing youth and
their families with affordable after school environments that are safe, fun, art enriching,
academically enhancing and culturally relevant.
R DA SC H i s t o ry
A program of the Richmond District Neighborhood Center, RDASC was founded in
1994 and has been serving Richmond District families for the past seventeen years.
RDASC fosters youth development and supports working families by providing
affordable, quality after school care to students.
The program was begun in response to strong community and school demand
for more childcare programs in the Richmond District with a focus on the arts. As
its name implies, RDASC brings together the resources and strengths of diverse
organizations in the community. This collaboration has enabled us to provide a rich
mix of services for youth that includes homework help and tutoring; diverse, multidisciplinary art experiences, recreational activities and counseling support.
The RDASC Anthology is a collection of poems, artwork and pictures produced
by youth during after school art classes taught by working professional artists over the
course of the school year. As a result of quality programming, we hope to teach youth
creative forms of expression, foster success in school and strengthen the link between
youth, family, school and community.
The program serves over 300 youth at Alamo, Argonne, George Peabody and
Lafayette elementary schools. For more information, please visit us on the web at
www.rdnc.org, or call (415) 751-6600.
RDASC is a program
of Richmond District
Neighborhood Center