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IYA SIMONE SHORT STORY GILLARD ELEMENTARY ARCHERY TEAM  Gillard Elementary Archery team is a special team to me. I have been a team member since 2015 and as team members we are supposed to stick together. Archery is a hardworking sport, that compete against different schools. This sport has monthly tournaments which consist of a Regional Tournament, State Tournament, National Tournament and the Star Tournament.  Archery has rules that must be followed when the tournament has begun and each team from each School is shooting the audience must be quite. There is no talking the tournament is in session. The first whistle signals each team member to get their bows and return back to their spot. The next two whistles signals team members to begin shooting, which in Archery each team members has two minutes to shoot each arrow. The last whistle signals team members to walk and place their scores on the scorecards.  Gillard Archery Team has Coach Robinson, Coach Nichols and Coach Pace. They are very strict on the team members when it comes to practices and reaching our goals. Our coaches teaches the team members how to focus and to do your very best. Each tournament I tend to get better and better. I enjoy <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">my Archery team, my coaches at Gillard Elementary and I look forward to be part of this same team next <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">year. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Precious Memory ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Shahir ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Council Traditional School – Fourth Grade – Ms. D. Foster

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It was a weekend morning. Some kind of sound woke me up. I had to concentrate to realize where it was coming from. It was the //sound of coins jingling// <span class="st" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> coming from my closet. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I was a bit lazy to get up from bed since there was no rush for school. Finally I had to get up to check what was going on. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It was my little brother playing with my coin collection. I had to take those away from him. I didn’t want to see mom getting angry in the morning. She does not allow him to play with coins. I had to trade with him by giving my remote controlled helicopter. Then I had to hide those coins again. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I have got some of these coins from grandpa. It was his hobby to collect coins from different countries. He travelled to a few different countries. He collected coins from there. Some he collected from his friends or relatives who travelled to other countries. He had a few valuable coins which are more than a hundred years old. It was interesting to talk with him about different countries and their currencies. He had a nice magnifying glass. We liked to check the coin to see the year it was created and what picture was on it. Some of the coins are special edition which are created on special memory of someone or events. He loved to talk about those events. He liked to check if any coin had any type of defect which might make it rare. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I remember one time when he was in our place to spend some days with us. We went for a tour at the Mint. The tour guide showed us several steps of creating coins. Now it has become my hobby to check coins at home if I get a chance. I have got my own little magnifying glass. Grandpa gave me a few special plastic pocket sheets which are easy for holding coins. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whenever I touch those old coins, I feel the presence of grandpa. Now he is far away from us. We won’t be able to see him again. But his memories are keeping him alive among us.