Nine Students Recognized for Outstanding Writing Achievement
Nine Students Recognized for Outstanding Writing Achievement
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is the oldest, largest and longest-running writing contest for high school students in the United States. This year, Sage Hill had nine students recognized for outstanding writing achievement in a variety of genres including dramatic script, science fiction, personal essay, fiction, poetry and, for the first time ever, critical essay.
Sage Hill students earned 17 awards, which included four prestigious Gold Awards (tying last year’s Sage Hill record). The students who received Gold Awards will move on to receive consideration for honors at the national level.
English teacher Arlie Parker announced the award winners at Town Meeting on Monday, February 5:
Ava Asmani ’20 - Poetry Joey Cha ’20 - Sci Fi, Dramatic Script (Gold Award) Darcy Chung ’20 - Personal Essay Sarah Fischer ’21 - Personal Essay Camille Hanson ’20 - Critical Essay, two awards for Poetry Kayla Kiani ’18 - Six total awards, including two Gold Awards Kayla Kim ’20 - Critical Essay Mc Kenna Strohmeier ’18 - Personal Essay (Gold Award) Howard Xuan ’19 - Fiction
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