Students age 13-15 at Mapletown Jr/Sr High School share stories about rural life, reputations, school, drugs, nature and stereotypes.

Students at Pittsburgh Linden K-5 ages 8 to 10 share stories about their role models, experiences with them, what they’ve learned from them, and how role models have inspired and helped to shape who they are and will be.

Students ages 15 through 17 in the Future Is Mine program through the Consortium for Public Education talk about the program and what they’ve learned, why it’s important to them, how it’s helped them grow and how they imagine their future.

Students at The Environmental Charter School at Frick Park in Mrs. Mars’ first grade class, ages 6 to 7, share stories with topics such as their favorite habitat, park memories, things that they would change about their park and why the parks are important to them.

Students at Pittsburgh Linden K-5 ages 8 to 10 share their thoughts and even a limerick about parks and the value of protecting the environment.