2014 Poetry Contest Results
/Montgomery County Educational Foundation
2014 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Sylvan Learning Center - Christiansburg
This year's theme was: "NATURE'S BEAUTY"
Prizes were be awarded in each of the following categories:
High School - Grades 9-12 Elementary - Grades 4-5
Middle School - Grades 6-8 Primary - Grades 2-3
1st Place - Apple iPad Mini 16GB Wi-Fi
2nd Place - $50 Gift Card 3rd Place - $25 Gift Card
Prizes will be awarded and winning entries will be displayed at the MCEF Benefit Concert and Raffle March 1, 2014 @ 7:00 PM, Blacksburg Presbyterian Church
2014 Winners:
High School Category (Grades 9-12)
1st - "Lock and Key" by Mikayla Richardson, Grade 10, Christiansburg High School
2nd - "Stepping Outside" by Verity O'Connell, Grade 10, Blacksburg High School
3rd - "Grand Old Mountains" by Vera Villanueva, Grade 10, Blacksburg High School
Honorable Mention - "Virginia Seasons" by Cody Claxton, Grade 12, Eastern Montgomery High School
Middle School Category (Grades 6-8)
1st - "This Land - Our Land" by Roshie Xing, Grade 7, Blacksburg Middle School
2nd - "The Night" by Rebekah Driscoll, Grade 7, Blacksburg Middle School
3rd - "Mother" by Elizabeth Ferguson, Grade 7, Blacksburg Middle School
Honorable Mention - "The Magnificent Mountains" by Bethany Hsiao, Grade 7, Blacksburg Middle School
Honorable Mention - "Snowflakes" by Emma Katherine Cook, Grade 7, Blacksburg Middle School
Elementary Category (Grades 4-5)
1st - "Jewels of Nature" by Daniel Murray, Grade 5, Kipps Elementary School
2nd - "The Cycle of Nature's Beauty" by Ivy Robinson, Grade 5, Kipps Elementary School
3rd - "Beauty of the Seasons" by John Taylor Scott, Grade 5, Falling Branch Elementary School
Honorable Mention - "Mother Nature" by Julietta Martinez-Leal, Grade 4, Belview Elementary School
Honorable Mention - "Nature's Glory" by Haley Farmer, Grade 5, Belview Elementary School
Primary Category (Grades 2-3)
1st - "Appalachian Nature" by Poetry Renae Kirk, Grade 2, Prices Fork Elementary School
2nd - "The River" by Jonathan Henry Distler, Grade 3, Margaret Beeks Elementary School
3rd - "Mother Nature's Dance" by Zoe Zimmerman, Grade 3, Harding Avenue Elementary School
Honorable Mention - "Spring Fun" by Casey Rennecker, Grade 3, Kipps Elementary School
Honorable Mention - "Animals Like Animals" by Alice Quigley, Grade 2, Harding Avenue Elementary School
