Calliope Quinn, who just graduated from Patrick Henry Elementary School in Long Beach, won first place for the third to fifth grade level in the statewide California Association of Bilingual Educators (CABE) writing contest with a poem in Spanish and English titled “Un Día (Someday).”

Callie has been in the LBUSD Honor Orchestra since third grade. She plays the cello. The Quinns’ other daughter, 14-year-old Maile, plays 10 instruments and participated in the Honor Orchestra as well. Larsen plays piano and danced professionally for 15 years while dad Kevin Quinn, also an LBUSD teacher at Los Cerritos Elementary, plays guitar.

Here is the poem:

Un día…

Un día voy a viajar por todo el mundo

Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina

Pidiendo mi propio café,

hablando con la persona detrás del mostrador

acerca del clima o cuál equipo de fútbol está ganando.

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