About Adrienne McLean

Age: 19

Stories by Adrienne

	Girl revisits orphanage in China By Adrienne McLean, 14, Joe Morgan, 14 Approximately 5,000 Chinese children are adopted by U.S. citizens every year. One of those children not only was able to revisit her roots in China but also wrote a book about it. Ten-year-old Ying Ying Fry wrote "Kids Like Me in China" after visiting the orphanage in Changsha, in Hunan province, where she spent her early months. In the book, she describes her trip, including her visit to the orph
	Students sound off on freshman year By Megan Brown, 15, Lindsay Smith, 13, Adrienne McLean, 14 "Alumni, upperclassmen and freshmen all agree that freshman year is the worst year in high school. It isn't academically the hardest year, but the transition between middle school and high school can make it hard," said Kara Findley, 15, a North Central High School freshman. Most people can remember the summer between their eighth-grade graduation and freshman year in high school as a time of nerv
	Volunteer parents enjoy togetherness By Adrienne McLean, 15 For most kids today, time spent with parents is limited. Many parents work, and kids are busy with activities such as band, sports or scouts after school. But some families have found a way to spend more time together. Some parents volunteer in their children's extracurricular activities. Izaak Hayes, 14, and twins John and Jeffrey Klyce, 19, participate in 4-H along with their parents. Jennifer H
	Seven years later, mistakes as a teen still haunt her By Adrienne McLean, 15, Elisabeth Randall, 15, Katie Qualkinbush, 16 I n 1997, The Indianapolis Star interviewed Roxanne Ratcliff, a 19-year-old who had already had three pregnancies. The 14-part series traced Roxanne's turbulent adolescence, from nonconsensual sex at age 13, to an abortion at 14, to the births of two children by age 18 -- Devon, who is being raised by Roxanne's parents, and another boy who was put up for adoption. Y-Press read about Roxanne's expe