T eamwork is the best
formula for success
By: Melanie Baum
Magen David Yeshivah
Vivian was having color war in her
By: Malky Fogel
Prospect Park Yeshivah
One time, when we had color war,
By: Leah Faena
Bet Yaakov Orot Sara
Everyone would want to be the cap-
camp. She was captain to team one.
the girl who was chosen to be a cap-
tain so they could get a lot of credit.
She chose all her friends for the com-
tain didn’t let anyone do anything.
People don’t want to make banners
mittee. They sat down and started to
She wrote the song and sang it. She
because they don’t get so much atten-
work. Vivian and her best friends would
drew the poster and presented it. Of
tion for it after only 2 minutes of show-
get all the good
jobs. They would
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ing the banner. One
time, a girl wanted to
dance and sing.
help with the banners
She
her
and other girls didn’t
other friends the
let her. At the end, we
jobs of acting and
lost points for it. When
art. Vivian was so
everyone
excited to start.
each other do the
Alison, a shy girl
banners and badges,
asked, “Can I be
it came out very good
gave
in art? I am a re-
Alone we can do
ally good artist.”
look up. “No,” she
When color war
was over, Vivian
looked at Alison’s
and putting all these
together we
said and just left.
everyone
had her own idea
so little,
Vivian didn’t even
because
helped
can do so much.
work of art. “I
different
ideas
to-
gether made us win.
By: Miriam Hunger
Bnos Yisroel
When you are working on color war, if
should have picked her,” she thought.
course, we lost and the other team
you are in charge of badges, people
That year Vivian didn’t win color war
who worked together won. Another
might say that what you made up is
but she learned an important lesson.
year, a girl got chosen as a captain
weird and then you’ll feel like you did it
B y : F re d d y B i j o u
Magen David Yeshivah
If you have teamwork and you are
and she really knew how to be a cap-
all for nothing. When everyone fights
tain. She put people who were good
and wants to do everything by them-
working together, then you have a bet-
at things in charge of what they were
ter chance of winning. If you try to be
good at. All she did was present the
the star, you are not going to win be-
poster and make sure everything runs
cause everyone is trying to be the star.
smoothly. Obviously, we won that year.
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selves, then you are guaranteed to lose
points and lose the whole color war.
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