For National Poetry Month in April, the Buckeye Education Foundation held our 5th Annual Poetry Showcase. This year's theme was "Going Places"! 
Congratulations to our 2025 poet honorees! You can read their poems along with the other wonderful words or our talented BUSD student poets below in the gallery. (We recommend browsing from a computer.)
TK 
"Mexico Haiku" by Ada Xin-Sullivan
and
"In The Dark With Clark" by Asher Liu

Kindergarten
"Where the Cat Sleeps" by Holly Longacre

First Grade 
"Dreamland" by Gwendolyn Zimlich

Second Grade 
"The Traveling Rainbow" by Logan Patrick Longacre

Third Grade 
"Going Places" by Brooke Baker

Fourth Grade 
"Travel!" by Miranda Hampton
and
"My Happy Place" by Emerson Belza

Fifth Grade 
"New Year" by Sloan Cleverly

Sixth Grade
"Where You’re Meant to Be" by Rylee Cook

Seventh Grade 
"Someplace Else" by Taylor Stevens

Eighth Grade
"Out of My Dreams (and Into Reality)" by Peyton MacDonald


We hope you enjoy this original poetry by the talented students of the
Buckeye Union School District.