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A community engagement initiative of Byron CUSD 226.
The Stories of Us.
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On to the Next Thing
Building Things That Compete
Closer Than a Tenth of a Point
More Than Hours on a Sheet of Paper
A World in One Classroom
Born to Race
Sloppy Joes, Vet Science, and the Long Way Home
The Life Science Guy
She Came to Play
Every Student Makes Something
Five Records and Counting
All of It, All at Once
Growing Up with 300 Goats
Clear is Kind
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Spring | 2026
"I know what I want to be in life and how I want people to look up to me. That motivates me."
“Robotics is my main thing."
“Cheerleaders are just like every other athlete. They put in just as much work."
"There's always something to learn."
"My mom tries to use as much Japanese as she can so I can remember."
"I save my competitive stuff for swimming."
"I like that I can choose what I want to do."
“From that point forward, teaching was the goal.”
"I didn't want to cry on live television, but here we were."
“Creativity isn't a personality trait you either have or don't. It's a muscle. The more you use it, the less you flinch when a difficult situation asks you to figure something out.”
"I just know that I've been training for so long and probably longer than most people."
"I love it so much, and I'm going to miss it."
"I had no clue FFA was this big."
"How can I make these kids feel valued, feel seen, feel heard during some of the hardest years of their lives?"
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