2020 Creative Writing & Poetry Contest Results
/High School Category (Grades 9-12)
1st Place - River Jordan Ostrander, 9th grade, BHS, “Earth Has the Word Ear in It”
2nd Place - Trevor Smith, 11th grade, BHS, “A Quiet Moment”
3rd Place - Gavin Paye, 10th grade, BHS, “Don’t Worry”
Honorable Mention - Karen Villanueva, 10th grade, BHS, “Remember”; Karah McClafferty, 10th grade, BHS, “I Remember”; Trevor Smith, 11th grade, BHS, “Dandelion Candles”
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Middle School Category (Grades 6-8)
1st Place - Ruby Warnick, 7th grade, BMS, “Pansy”
2nd Place - Theo Villanueva, 8th grade, BMS, “Mother Earth. I Am Not Okay”
3rd Place - Luke Buckwalter, 8th grade, AMS, “A Man of Despair”
Honorable Mention - Jenna Saia, 6th grade, CMS, “Imagine”; Kyler Williams, 7th grade, BMS, “Every Day Is Earth Day”; Poetry Kirk, 8th grade, BMS, “Wistful Dreams” & “Our New Lands”
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Elementary Category (Grades 4-5)
1st Place - Adeline Elder, 4th grade, HAES, “Lio and the Earth”
2nd Place - Sadie Zhang, 4th grade, KES, “Grass and Sky: An Earth Day Conversation”
3rd Place - Zora Heflin, 5th grade, PFES, “When Earth Day Comes”
Honorable Mention - Katie Blanchard, 5th grade, PFES, “The Tradition”; Sophina Driggs, 4th grade, PFES, “Earth Day”
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Primary Category (Grades 2-3)
1st Place - Zaid Hikal, 3rd grade, KES, “The Color of Our Earth”
2nd Place - Brooklyn Marie Smith, 3rd grade, CES, “Protect the Earth”
3rd Place - Emily Katz, 3rd grade, KES, “50th Earth Day”
Honorable Mention - Madeline Saia, 3rd grade, FBES, “The Earth Is Worth Saving”; Everett McGlothlin, 3rd grade, GLES, “Bad Pollution”
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