Students receive gold, silver key writing awards

January 28, 2009 — Twenty-one students were recognized in the regional Scholastic Writing Awards of 2009, a contest coordinated by the Harris County Department of Education (HCDE).

Individual writing entries were recognized with Gold and Silver Key awards. Gold Key awards advance as national qualifiers—a selection of which will be included in Scholastic’s national catalog and annual anthology.

These students will be recognized at a reception held at HCDE on Feb. 10 and the Gold Winners will advance to nationals in New York this spring.

The following CFISD students received regional Scholastic Writing Awards:

Cy-Fair HS

• Kelli Brown, Personal essay/Memoir, “Pandora's Box.” 

Cypress Falls HS

• Jay Snider, Short Story, “Malfunction.”

Cypress Woods HS

• Rebecca Wood, Humor, “The Mystery of Days;”

• Joy Perry, Humor, “DDA: Damsels in Distress Anonymous;”

• Grace Duncan, Poetry, “Rain;”

• Kyle Plank, Humor, “The Adventures of My Life, Episode 200;”

• Lindsay Oncken, Poetry, “Red” and “Gumballs;”

• Samantha Katsounas, Journalism, “In Memorium;”

• Hannah Tucker, Personal essay/Memoir, “Lost in Thought;”

• Mariah Schaefer, Poetry, “Memoirs;” and

• Snigdha Peddireddy, Personal essay/Memoir, “Unbearable Boredom.”

Langham Creek HS

• Emily Gruener, Personal essay/Memoir, “The Aftermath.” 

Labay MS

• Avira Som, Personal essay/Memoir, “Nature’s Composition.” 

Cypress Falls HS

• Carolyn Wurst, General Writing Portfolio and Poetry, “I Confess;

• Adam Waddell, Dramatic Script, “The Understudy;” and

• Sarah Cheatham, Short Short Story, “A Heart the Size of Seattle.”

Cypress Ranch HS

• Lyee Chong, Science Fiction/Fantasy, “The Event.”

Cypress Woods HS

• Kathryn Hopmann, Journalism, “Change: America's Dream;”

• Sarah Starling, Personal essay/Memoir, “I Am Back;”

• Ian Everett, Journalism, “Hope;” and

• Kylee Stouder, Journalism, “Speaker's Corner.”