Kids Talk Back

o7 The Independent went to Harbor View Elementary School in

Huntington Beach to ask third graders, “What is the luckiest thing that’s

ever happened to you?”

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“I went to the Vans skate park at the Block in Orange. I got to go to

a real place to skateboard instead of skating in my own backyard. My mom

took me and my friend.”

Samantha Clark, 8

“The state coming out to check our school to see if it’s the the best

in the state of California.”

David Kratochvil, 9

“When it was Christmas and my mom said she might get a skateboard. We

went to my aunt’s house and there wasn’t a skateboard there. Then on the

25th there was a big straight thing wrapped in plastic. I took it outside

and started riding it in my pajamas.”

Shane Manley, 9

“When I found out I made GATE. It teaches you extra stuff. If you’re

in fourth grade it they teach you fifth grade stuff.”

Chris Schaaf, 9

“The first day I went to Harbor View because my teacher was really

nice and she helped me learn a lot. I heard it had a lot of kids and I

made a lot of friends.”

Jessica Schiappacasse, 8