Ms. Clarissa's Students' 2025 Films

The tale of how Alyssa Wu moved from video-game addicted teen to realizing that treating yourself makes your dreams sit on a shelf.

For my fellow writers–-for having the courage to face the blank page every day. We change hearts to change minds.

“It was from my grandmother, my Popo, that I learned how to love and that seemingly ordinary things are what are most extraordinary.”

“Once upon a time, I was eating Cheetos on the couch Watching Girl Meets World–to keep me from feeling like a grouch” So begins my journey from regular kid to a girl who is curious about wisdom.

“What would you like to be someday?” “A pigeon.”

My ancestors come from an illiterate fishing village Where pirates lay in wait for merchant ships to plunder

There once was a penguin who didn’t think it was nice That his once spacious glacier was now a cube of ice

When 17-year-old Alexander passes the bust of his grandpa, he remembers whom he is supposed to be.

A Home for Harlem is about 8-year-old Harlem Sung, who lives in a cardboard box with his Mom in Central Park. His dream is to build his Mom a real home. Will Harlem be able to use his creativity to do what seems impossible? Find out in A Home for Harlem.

My hero isn’t a person or a thing. It’s something you can’t touch, but you can feel. Is it okay to say my hero is music?