3rd – Taylor Madden “A Place Where I Belong”Hon. Mention – Emily Korth “The Magical Book”; Karen Huante “The Water Giants”; Cory Putnam “The Adventures of Ozzy, Izzy, Ellie,Ella: Lost in Space”GRADE 5 POETRY1st – Juan Juarez, Jr. “Skater For Life”2nd – Alex Hernandez “Trees”3rd – Laura Solis “Acting”Hon. Mention – Jennifer Magana “Raindrops”; Monica Tellez “My Aunt”; Salvador Mendoza “Adventures”; Bailey Van Buren “Spit Wad”; Johanna Contreras “Books”GRADE 5 STORY1st – Joseph Llamas “Never Ever Eat Asparagus”2nd – Matthew Ramirez “A New Life”3rd – TIE - Vanessa Arana “What About Me?”; Iliana De la Trinidad “A Guinea Pig Named Snuggy”Hon. Mention – Absalon Sanchez “Granny Mae”; Alex Rodriguez “Mars”; Emmanuel Baez “The Grand Prix”GRADE 6 POETRY1st – Zoe Appleby “Wind, Rain, Snow”2nd – Edward Figueroa “The Moon”3rd – Alondra Lopez “Madness”GRADE 6 STORY1st – Zoe Appleby “Mystery at the Orchard”2nd – Elizabeth Fernandez “Mystery of the Blue House”3rd – Leanna Parra “Bear & Rabbit”GRADE 7 POETRY1st – Diana Xicotencatl “I Miss”2nd – Jacqueline Luna “Friends”3rd – Mariana A. Gonzalez “Enemies”Hon. Mention – Alyssa Smith “Ashes to Ashes”GRADE 7 STORY1st – Jessica Cisneros “No Technology”2nd – Mariana A. Gonzalez “Murder Secret”3rd – Yesenia Nunez “One Tragic Night”Hon. Mention – Sarah Bustillos “Picture of the Missing Girl”GRADE 8 POETRY1st – Lilli McKinney “Why Move? Just Fine”2nd – TIE - Samuel Garcia “America’s Immigrant Workers”; Eduardo Flores “Love”3rd – Jairo Hernandez “Techno America”Hon. Mention - Melissa Solis “Holocaust”GRADE 8 STORY1st – Connie Castaneda “What to Write About”2nd – Jasmine Cardenas “Accident Prone”3rd – Jairo Hernandez “The Road Trip of a Life Time”Hon. Mention - Lilli McKinney “First Dates are a Pain”; Victor Valencia “House of a Ghost”
Santa Paula Elementary School District Young Writers Contest
May 23, 2008
Santa Paula News
The Santa Paula Elementary School District’s annual Young Writers’ Creative Writing Contest culminated this year Tuesday evening, May 20, at the Isbell School Cafeteria with awards being presented to 89 winners.
The Santa Paula Elementary School District’s annual Young Writers’ Creative Writing Contest culminated this year Tuesday evening, May 20, at the Isbell School Cafeteria with awards being presented to 89 winners. This was the 28th year of the Contest that has the District’s students in grades 1-8 competing by grade level in 2 categories; short story and poetry.Brenda deJamaer, the Contest’s coordinator, presented the awards and said she was thrilled with the quality of writing and creativity from the students’ entries this year. The students wrote about friends, school life, family, animals, feelings, space and war. Many genres were covered this year in the short story category; there were mysteries, fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction. Mrs. deJamaer said that judging this year had to be a difficult task. A big “THANK YOU” goes out to the 12 judges this year that stepped up and gave of their time and expertise. The judges were Julia Copeland, Jeri Mead, Leslie Borchard, and Patty Jones from the school district; Connie Bennett, Rosann Mears, Chris Buchanan, and Phyllis Dorsey who are retirees from the school district; from the Blanchard Community Library, Dan Robles, Ilene Gavenman, and Bev Mueller; and Suzi Skutley from the Santa Paula Times.The award presentations were accompanied by soft, pleasant melodies provided by Ms. Donna Nelson on the piano. Refreshments of cake and punch were provided and served by the Santa Paula Federation of Teachers for the winners and their families at the end of the awards ceremony. The cash prizes were provided by Pat Alderson with a donation this year from the Santa Paula Elementary Chapter of Classified School Employees and Mr. Jerry Burns, Santa Paula Elementary School District retiree.Congratulations to this year’s winners!!GRADE 1 POETRY1st – Daisy Aguayo “Looking Out My Window”2nd – Sophia Skoe “There was a Duck”3rd–Darianna Vasquez “Snow”Hon. Mention – Amanda Rangel “Flowers”; Jaymee Magana “Poem”l Tylo Medrano "I Play”GRADE 1 STORY1st– Christian Sandoval “Robert the Penguin”2nd–Sophie Korth “Sleeping Sophie”3rd – Angelique Mendez “At the Beach”Hon. Mention – Christian Perez “A Scary Day”; Daniel Montalvo “The Butterfly”; Jasmine Magana "My Big Sister”GRADE 2 POETRY1st – Peter Appleby “Holidays I Like”2nd – Hilda Soriano “Rainy Days”3rd - Jessica Rodriquez “Funny & Honey Bunny at the Circus”Hon. Mention – Pamela Melgar “I’m Glad”; Nathan Rabago “My Dog”GRADE 2 STORY1st – Cristian Valencia “Dinosaurs: Disrupting the City”2nd – Peter Appleby “Pixie & Peter Find the Secret to the Sunken Sub”3rd – Lauren Alamillo “The Good Book”Hon. Mention – Morylyne Gonzalez “The Haunted Magical House”; Sydnee Isom “My Robot Robort”; Regina Hernandez “The Dangerous Forest”GRADE 3 POETRY1st – Camila Urbina “Water”2nd – Amanda Tobias “Many Things of Spring”3rd – Brooke Yanez “Cuddle”Hon. Mention – Taylor Owen “I am a Horse”; Destiney Bullard “Army”; Christian Guillen “My Baby Sister”GRADE 3 STORY1st – Laura Fernandez “Mystery on Tucker’s Ranch”2nd – Analise Cerda “Would You Like to buy Some Girl Scout Cookies”3rd – Maria Solorzano “Family Tradition”Hon. Mention – Brian Yanez “The King”; Taylor Wright-Jones “When the Lights Went Out”; David Medina “Space”GRADE 4 POETRY1st – TIE - Taylor Madden “Sunset”; Nolberta Zoe Montes Santiago “Mama”2nd – Jennifer Vazquez “Hurry, Hurry”3rd – Vanessa Bugarin “My Grandpa’s Poem”Hon. Mention – David Salcedo “Alligator Sauce”; Justin Lucio “#1 in My Case”; Jose Escobedo “My Body Parts”; Sergio Salcedo “Seasons”; Melissa Patterson "I am Who I am”GRADE 4 STORY1st – Nicole Alvarado “Fly, Fly Away”2nd – Emilio Mora “Legos Take Over”
