Second Place:
An Italian Chef
By Mikean Shares

There once was an Italian cook
Who sold food up and down my street.
His car was white,
His clothes were white,
White to his very feet.
I wonder if he stays that way.
I don’t see how he could all day.
Then one day I called him and said, "Hey!"
"Why do you wear white all day?"
He responded, "I’m a chef, okay?"

Third Place:
My Pizza
By Gabrielle Sibal

Pizza in the kitchen.
Pizza on the floor.
I’m in a hurry,
I’m eating pizza out the door.

On the bus eating pizza,
All these people want some too
They’re coming closer.
What shall I do?

You can have my pizza,
But I’ll regret it.
As I watch my pizza shrinking,
Bit by tasty bit.

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15th Street Elementary	Birney Elementary	South Shores Elementary
Leland Street School	Jackie Robinson Academy	Cabrillo Avenue
U.S. Grant Elementary	Bret Harte Elementary	Mary Star of the Sea
Seventh Street School	Point Fermin Elementary	Thomas Starr King Edison Academy