By Stella Prince, AK Adventures and Global Village Editor

The South is best known for rolling hills, wide valleys, and scenic routes that classically point out the states’ wide array of landscape and beauty.

By Davi Jacobs, age 12, Maryland

Sarah was very excited to go to school the next day. Mrs. Harris announced yesterday that a new girl was coming from across the globe.

By Aryaman Sheth, age 16, India

By Jordan Brunk, Amazing Kid from History Editor and Contributing Writer

Philo Farnsworth was born on August 19, 1906, in Beaver, Utah, to his parents, Lewis and Sabrina Farnsworth. Even at a very young age, Philo was already an inventor and scientist.

By Akshaj Mehta, Sci-Tech Column Editor

“I don’t take work written by parents,” my fourth-grade teacher told me blandly.

From the fragile emergence of daybreak to the pattern of evening sunlight reflected on water, the beauty of summer awakens our sense of possibility. This month, we embrace the optimism inherent in the season through our July/August theme, Let the Sun Shine In