Second Place: Summer Spontaneity

Emily Cole, Editor

May 18, 2026

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Summer gives teenagers the opportunity to be teenagers. From planning last-minute sleepovers, casually going to play pickleball or getting ice cream in the middle of the day, you can do anything with little restriction. You can’t do any of this on a random Tuesday in October, can you? The thrill of doing anything and everything whenever you want is what makes summertime so desirable. No rules, no responsibilities, nothing due at 7:50 AM the next day. It’s not just a pause in school, but a pause in a hectic life to create fun memories.

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Sabrina Chen is a sophomore at St. Mary’s and a first-year reporter on Tatler. In her upcoming year with Tatler, she will work as an artist who is excited to share her work. She is fifteen years old and spends her time on trap, art, and robotics. Sabrina has two sisters and no pets, although she would really like a cat or a dog. If she had to choose a rodent for a pet, she would choose a guinea pig. Sabrina enjoys robotics, computer science and chemistry. She even coded a game in which you played as a donut that had to collect points, all while trying to dodge hits from an evil donut that shoots donut holes!