POP Wayne

  • March 10, 2014
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Some of the top student writers in Wayne County showed their competitive streak at the regional Power of the Pen competition Saturday, March 8 at Norwayne Middle/ High School. Leading the pack was the eighth-grade team from Sts. Peter and Paul in Doylestown, which placed first in grade-level competition. The team, which was coached by Kim Bryant, out-distanced Lexington Junior High (second), Highland Middle School (third) and Claymont Middle School (fourth). The sweepstakes traveling trophy for winning overall results went to Highland Middle in School in Medina County, which placed ahead of Hiland Middle School in Holmes County (second), Claymont Middle School (third), Lexington Junior High (fourth) and Dover Middle School (fifth). Top individual finishers from Wayne County included seventh graders Sydney Tekempel of Greene Middle School (second), who was coached by Katie Kerns; Lindsay Kastner of Edgewood Middle School (third), coached by Polly Fenton, and Lance Larrison of Norwayne Middle School (10th), coached by Carol Zollinger. Top eighth graders were Estelle Shaya of Edgewood (fourth), coached by Polly Fenton, and Matt Kaufman of Sts. Peter and Paul (fifth), coached by Kim Bryant. Winning a Best-of-Round award for a number-one finish in Round 3 of the finals was Emma Coffman of Sts. Peter and Paul, who bested all her competitors in writing on the prompt “Obsolete: As the years pass by, we no longer have use for some things. Write about one of them that we no longer have need for.” Her essay discussed the ramifications of a young man who has just inherited his late father’s antique store. Coffman was awarded a blue ribbon and writing journal for her efforts. More than 200 seventh and eighth graders converged on Norwayne for the regional contest, with the top 20 percent of finishers in each grade level advancing to the state competition in May at the College of Wooster. Master readers for the finals were retired educators Chris Meister of Wooster and Rich Schulz of Norwayne, Lynn Meister of Madison Local School in Richard County, John Lorson of the University of Akron Wayne College and Tami Mosser of Graphic Publications. Master readers judge the writing of students who advanced to the finals by virtue of their top scores in preliminary rounds. This year, writing prompts were as varied as “choose a color you associate with a vivid memory” and “use ‘the list’ as a central theme of you story.” Awards were conferred by Norwayne Superintendent Karen O’Hare and Jerry Bratcher, representing the Creston Community Service Club.


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