The 4th and 5th grade SEARCH students at Bales Intermediate are creating their own This I Believe essays. 
   This I Believe is an essay-writing program that encourages people of all ages to write their personal philosophies. 
   The program was originally broadcast in the 1950s by Edward R. Murrow.  Some of the people contributing essays in the original program were Jackie Robinson and Eleanor Roosevelt. 

   National Public Radio has continued the program.
   Cathy Mergele, a teacher at Friendswood High School, shared her This I Believe essay with the 4th and 5th grade SEARCH students.  Mergele’s essay was broadcast on National Public Radio’s local affiliate, KUHF, in April of this year.