Speak : Finding the lost words

2. Something that is supposed to represent the student body, usually an animal or made up character.
4. You put school supplies in a _____ to carry them.
7. They come and go, but most have left now that everyone is shuffled off into their own cliques.
8. A small ball and a racket. Whipped back and forth across the court , leaving the two players on either side running like dogs in their respective sides of the court.
10. Pencil on paper over and over, the lines blending together in this artful act of ____.
11. Dribble dribble, bounce bounce. Good at free throw line shots but not a fan of the running and sweating.
14. These spread like wildfire between students but tend to hold little truth.
16. Overbearing eyes, always wanting you to talk at the dinner table.
18. A prison camouflage with mandatory books to read and papers to write.
19. A hard pill to swallow, but something everyone needs to face at one point in their life.

1. Always set too high, they’re always going to be disappointed when you inevitably fail trying to grasp the impossible.
3. Enclosed and safe. An old abandoned janitor’s ____ that now is a mini gallery and safe space away from the busy hallways and loud kids that crowd the halls of the school.
5. All pom poms and no brains. At least on the weekends.
6. Things to tack up to plaster the school halls with.
9. A safe space away from school, away from people, but only sometimes away from parents.
12. Dark, dense, full of foliage and secrets.
13. How school, and adults, gauge your worth in school.
15. Somewhere to run to when school restrictions and home are too much. With lots of stores and possible friends to meet.
16. Brush on canvas, paper, rock, whatever. Guash, water color, acrylic, all forms of ____. Yet none of the strokes make the tree look right.
17. What school gives you in terms of assignments, expecting you to pour your soul out into the ____.