Eighth Grade Students Excel in Community
As part of the curriculum in English class, students are engaged in many writing opportunities, competing at St. Anne, as well as in the community. The Art Department is also a part of this cross-curricular exercise. The following are recaps of the results of these opportunities with winners announced and recognized last week.
ST. ANNE STUDENT WINS FIRST PLACE!
All of the St. Anne Eighth Grade students competed in Chapman University’s 10th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest. Students could choose to write a 500 word essay, a 30 line poem, or create a work of art in response to the following prompt: “Witnesses to the Holocaust: Identities Shattered, Identities Shaped.” Congratulations to eighth grade students Annie Pankowski, Charlie Crane and Andrew Boudreau for being named St. Anne’s contestants this year. Thirty-four students attended the conference at Chapman University on Friday, March 6. Annie’s essay won first place, and Andrew Boudreau was named 1 of 6 finalists for his art. As Annie could not make it back from Fairbanks, Alaska, where she was competing in a national hockey tournament, she “virtually” read her essay via teleconference. Annie was able to see us in the audience, and they were able to see her face displayed on a huge screen over the stage while she read her essay to an auditorium filled with professors, students, teachers, parents and Holocaust survivors. Annie received a check for $500 and an all-expense-paid study trip to Washington, D.C. this summer. Charlie and Annie’s essays and a picture of Andrew’s art are included in this edition of the Knights’ News.
Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest
Each year our Eighth Grade students compete in the Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest, a national writing contest sponsored by the V.F.W. This year’s theme was “Why America’s Veterans Should Be Honored.” Judges from the Edward J. Kearns Post 6024 of Mission Viejo selected the winning essays from St. Anne School. Congratulations to Annie Pankowski, 3rd Place; Micayla Chade, 2nd Place; and Jordan Kelterer, 1st Place. Jordan’s essay also won 1st place at the Post level. All of the students were awarded certificates and medals, and Jordan received cash prizes totaling $175. Congratulations to all of the students for their superlative writing. Please take the time to read the essays which are included in this issue of Knights’ News.
Submitted By;
Alison Hahn
Office of Advancememnt
Director of Marketing and Donor Relations
St. Anne School
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