VBOE Recognizes Young Georgia Authors Winners
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At the March 10 meeting of the Vidalia City Schools Board of Education, the Board recognized and celebrated the work of the district’s Young Georgia Authors contest winners.
Each year, the Young Georgia Authors competition helps students to foster a love of writing and celebrate students’ achievement and creativity. For the competition, students can submit a selection of writing of their choice, as entries range from short stories, to poetry, to essays, to personal narratives and more. These entries are judged based on their expression of ideas, language use, and unique perspective and voice.
Vidalia City Schools students recently submitted writings that competed against other students in their grade to determine who would represent the school system in the First District Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) regional competition – which will feature entries from Appling County Schools, Bryan County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Camden County Schools, Candler County Schools, Emanuel County Schools, Evans County Schools, Glynn County Schools, Jeff Davis County Schools, Liberty County Schools, Long County Schools, McIntosh County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Schools, Screven County Schools, Tattnall County Schools, Vidalia City Schools, and Wayne County Schools.
District Winners were: Kindergartener Nora Downie – My Fish First Grader Harper Martin – A Fun Day at the Beach Second Grader JoAl bie James – Crash the Thunder Rooster ird Grader Ezekiel Hymn Mocorro – Tornadoes Fourth Grader Myra Faulk – The Scrawl Fiffih Grader Hadle igh Akins – Book Queen Eighth Grader Ana leigh English – Oath and Gardens Ninth Grader Jemma Collins – Letting Go Gently Tenth Grader Maria Miranda-Florencio – An American Dream Eleventh Grader Daniel Cerrillo – Justice for All?
Twelffih Grader Katy Gonzales – In Her Hands There were no submissions for sixth and seventh grades.
“Writing is a talent near and dear to my heart – I love to write; I love to use it as a way to tell my story and to tell what’s in my heart,” Superintendent Sandy Reid remarked. “I love that other kids have found the same joy. Some of these kids I know are repeaters – I have seen them here [as winners in this contest] multiple years. So, it just reminds me of all the talent that we have in our school system, and we are thankful for the students putting forth the extra effort.”
She continued, “Kids who put forth the extra effort are not typically born that way – they are raised that way. So, we want to thank the families because I know that you all pour into your kids and give them not only the skill set to do something like participate in a writing competition and excel at it, but also the heart to do it as well. Thank you all – we appreciate you.”
These students will now await the results of the regional competition, which should be announced soon.
