We are very excited to announce that (15) students were recently honored with (20) 2020-2021 Scholastic Writing Awards including (3) Gold Keys, (5) Silver Keys, and (12) Honorable Mentions.
Congratulations to the following writing winners:
Jedda Arnold— Grade 11–Honorable Mention—An Unimportant Life–John Piersol
Paxton Calder—Grade 11–Gold Key—Flash Fiction—The Figure–Lisa Williams
Paxton Calder—Grade 11–Honorable Mention—Poetry—“Ladybugs”–Lisa Williams
Ronit Jain—Grade 11–Honorable Mention—Flash Fiction—“Nameless”–Lisa Williams
Ala Killen—Grade 10–Honorable Mention—Poetry—“Stardust and Things”–Jeff Hall
Ala Killen—Grade 10–Honorable Mention—Poetry—“The Darkness Beneath the Dirt”–Jeff Hall
Natalie Koehn-wu—Grade 9–Honorable Mention—Short Story—The Perfect Smile–Michele Surat
Natalie Koehn-wu—Grade 9–Silver Key—Short Story—The Stranger’s Gift–Michele Surat
Isabel Li—Grade 12–Gold Key—Personal Essay & Memoir—The Dog Tied to the Shed–Ed Coleman
Pooja Muthuraj—Grade 10–Honorable Mention—Poetry—“ Nothing: A Violin and Cello Arrangement”–John Piersol
Lexi Pasternak—Grade 11–Silver Key—Personal Essay and Memoir—“Reservations”–Ed Coleman
Bridget Plank—Grade 9–Honorable Mention–Personal Essay & Memoir—Over the Edge—Michele Surat
Aashika Shah—Grade 9–Gold Key— Critical Essay–Corruption in the American Health Care System—Michele Surat
Phu Vo—Grade 9–Silver Key—Personal Essay–Hearts That Don’ Beat—Michele Surat
Savannah Vonesh—Grade 11–Silver Key—Poetry—“Moment of Peace”–Devon Mattys
Savannah Vonesh—Grade 11–Honorable Mention—Critical Essay– The United States Is Not Religiously Tolerant Yet–Ed Coleman
Paige Walworth—Grade 11–Honorable Mention——Critical Essay– The Representation of the Rwandan Genocide in Film and the Verisimilitude of “Hotel Rwanda”—Michele Surat
Gabriella Watson—Grade 11—Honorable Mention–Personal Essay & Memoir—On Grief—Ed Coleman
Ada Woo—Grade 10—Honorable Mention—Critical Essay–The Hypocrisies Within Zoos–Cecilia Boswell
Great job, Dragons!
