Forty-seven 8th graders at Warren Middle School won top honors in the regional competition of the prestigious 2016 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Six of the students received Gold Key awards and will be considered for national recognition, with national medalists to be announced on March 14.
“It is an amazing honor to have 47 eighth grade students from our school win awards,” says language arts teacher Christine Cirrotti who, with fellow LA teacher Dannine Albanese, submitted their students’ creative writing to the contest. “This national writing contest is for students in grades 8 through 12, so our students are among the youngest writers.”
GOLD KEY RECIPIENTS ARE:
1. Ruitao Chen, Humor
– “Math Camp: Uncensored”
2. Niharika Iyer, Flash Fiction – “The Annex”
3. Sana Mamtaney, Poetry – “Zero Tears”
4. Pramity Shah, Poetry – “Keys and Locks”
5. Jessica Sindel, Poetry – “The World”
6. Elizabeth Wilcenski, Personal Essay/Memoir
– “Jack”
SILVER KEY RECIPIENTS ARE:
Alice Chi, Celine Chu, Ally Devico, Elizabeth DiGrande, Emma Golkin, Deepa Irakam, Roopa Irakam, Stephanie Ju, Ava Kolb, Rahul Lal, Sofia Lombardo, Victor Osoliniec, Leah Postol, Anna Ramos, Teresa Rotolo, Portia Rowley, Patrick Stefurak, Kimberly Walters, Elizabeth Wilcenski, Sarah Young
HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS ARE:
Esme Abbot, Brian Arnold, Jayden Baltuch, Roma Barade, Bryan Bartnick, Sydney Cohn, Mary Elias, Natalie Fontana, Saayom Ghosh, Kristen Hamilton, Nicole Harris, Apurva Joshi, Olivia Matlosz, Manuel Melo, Cayla Park, Julia Rubin, Leslie Sena, Spencer Shao, Amelia Sidlowski, Eliana Sussner, Cullen Van Skiver, Sarah Young, Chloe Zitman
(above) Forty-seven 8th graders at Warren Middle School won top honors in the regional competition of the 2016 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Six will advance to the national competition. Photo Credit: Warren Township Schools
