Students Win Awards in Regional Writing Contest
Once again, our students won multiple regional Scholastic awards from the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers for their excellence in writing. Students submitted their writings that they produced in Mr. Don’s weekly Creative Writing Seminar and revised after meeting one-on-one with Mr. Don in a separate session. Some students submitted multiple works to the contest and won multiple awards for the deeply thoughtful and creative works.
Gold Key Award Winners are Ethan, Kendall, Madison and Ruth.
Silver Key Award Winners are Ethan, Hector, Madison, Mohamed, Quinn, and Ruth
Honorable Mention Award Winners are Hector, Jordan, Karla, Kendall, Madison, Mohamed, Quinn, Rhys, Ruth.
Scholastic wrote the following to us:
“Your students works were reviewed by a panel of creative professionals, and awarded for its outstanding merit in originality, skill, and the emergence of a personal voice and vision.
Since 1923, the Awards have recognized some of the nation’s most celebrated artists and writers while they were teenagers, including Tschabalala Self, Stephen King, Kay WalkingStick, Jose Parla, Amanda Gorman, Charles White, Joyce Carol Oates, and Andy Warhol! We are proud to count your students among these esteemed Scholastic Art & Writing Awards alumni!”
We are proud of all of our students and their skill, creativity and drive. We salute them and Mr. Don for this honor!