Happy Birthday, Cara!

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7th Grader and student extraordinaire, Cara Giardina, turns 12 today! How exciting! "Cara is amazing and smart and creative and I hope she keeps doing what she's doing," said Ms. Goodman. We, the staff of the HPCMS Chronicle, hope you have a wonderful birthday and we thought the best way to show our love and appreciation of all your work as executive editor would be with this wonderful selection of llama memes!


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