Hi, I’m Ava Kesler!  I am in 7^th grade, and I love to write and take pictures.  I like to bike, draw, and play tennis in my free time.  I take dance and play the trumpet in Varsity Band.  Also, I enjoy reading (currently, my favorite book is Captain Grant’s Children, which is about a shipwreck).  I have 10 cats, a turtle living in my garden, and am raising a baby squirrel who, by falling out of her nest, was left at the mercy of out cats (they aren’t very merciful).  This is my first year as a part of the newspaper staff at GBMS and I am very excited to be in it.