Learning to Be Our Best June 16, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 16, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Student Writers Abound in District Writing Contests
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. – From grade 4 to 12, over 200 students have demonstrated their writing
prowess through two district writing contests.
Students in grades 4 to 6 wrote for a contest called Write Out Loud. This unique competition was
organized by a smaller group of students for their peers and included both a story and poetry
competition. Prizes were awarded for a student choice and an adult panel choice.
The student choice results of that competition were as follows: grade 4 poetry Heather Stevens (Ecole
des Deux Mondes), grade 4 story Ben Lowe (Ecole des Deux Mondes); grade 5 poetry Max Marsh
(Pinecrest), grade 5 story Shay-Anne White (Pinecrest); grade 6 poetry Wyatt Hallstrom (Sandowne).
The adult choice results were as follows: grade 4 story Caelan Ostrosser (Ecole des Deux Mondes);
grade 5 poetry first place Sarah Bains (Pinecrest), grade 5 poetry second place Hannah Spencer
(Pinecrest); grade 5 story first place Jasmine MacGregor (Ecole des Deux Mondes), grade 5 story
second place Jordan Dean (Georgia Park); grade 6 poetry first place Kalyn Borrie (Ecole des Deux
Mondes), grade 6 poetry second place Dylan Heemskerk (Penfield); grade 6 story first place Paige
Wagner (Penfield), grade 6 story second place Naruka Umemura (Ecole des Deux Mondes).
Older students, from grades 7 to 12, wrote a short story in an afternoon. Their day started with a
workshop given by local authors, Harold Rhenisch and Mary Ellen Lang. After lunch, they wrote their
own stories, in just over two hours.
Winners from Ecole Phoenix Middle School were: grade 7 first place Madison Ostler, second place
Cheylyn Lougheed; grade 8 first place Cathryn Chase; grade 9 first place Maia Windrim, second place
Elizabeth Thompson. Winners from Southgate Middle School were: grade 7 first place Dawson
MacKay, second place Ashleigh McGraw; grade 8 first place Donovan Coates, second place Jordan
Foy; grade 9 first place Hayley Craddock, second place Liam Dalle Vedove.
At the secondary level, winners from Timberline were: James Repstock, Kelly Whiteside and Rachel
Thornton-Hughes. Carihi’s winning writers were: Ally Choo, Nathan Gordon and Rebecca Forjan.
Special thanks goes out to all the generous sponsors of prizes for the contests: London Drugs,
Shoppers Drug Mart, Canadian Tire, Spinners Sports, Real Canadian Superstore, Odyssey Computers,
TD Bank, Zellers, Pizza Hut, Coastal Community Credit Union, Quadra Foods, Dr. Erika Kellerhals,
Rolf and Heather Kellerhals, Starbucks (Discovery Harbour), Rocky Mountain Chocolate, Save-On
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Foods, Bill Howich Chrysler, Royal Bank, Quality Foods, Action Sports, Coho Books, Strathcona
Gardens Recreational Centre, Serious Coffee, and Thrifty Foods.
- 30 For more information, contact:
Jennifer Patrick, Public Relations
School District 72
(250) 830-2333
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