Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Young Author winners in Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 were recognized recently at a Board of Education meeting for the original short stories and poems they created. The students’ work also included illustrations.
The students and their winning entries are:
ALGONQUIN PRIMARY CENTER
Chisom Ezeji-Okoye, kindergarten, fairy tale, “Playing With Friends is Fun”
Elizabeth Flores, first grade, a philosophical study, “Spring Summer”
Kennedy Hardy, second grade, fairy tale, “Once Upon a School”
BEACON HILL PRIMARY CENTER
Olivia Blanton, kindergarten, adventure, “The Lost Shark”
Camile Weatherspoon, first grade, adventure, “Sarah and Dan’s ABC Adventure”
Brian Holbrook, second grade, fairy tale, “The White Kitten”
Axel Guerrero, third grade, fairy tale, “The Tree and The Grass”
21ST CENTURY PREPARATORY CENTER
Madison Cheyenne Tennicott, kindergarten, personification story, “Pinky and Me”
Donovan Williams, first grade, adventure, “The Lost Dog”
Jordan Michael Ivory, second grade, artistic interpretation, “The Abstract Boy”
Erica Harris, third grade, acrostic poem, “Cheerleading”
Cheerleading
MOHAWK INTERMEDIATE CENTER
Shawnna Goosby, third grade, fable “The American Dream”
Shamaar Latimore, fourth grade, adventure, “The Roller Coaster Dream!”
Kameryn Zadell Paige Ewing, fifth grade, biographical non-fiction, “Being Two…Without One” Quincy Owens, sixth grade, poem, “Who Am I?”
BLACKHAWK INTERMEDIATE CENTER
Angelena Starr Fernandez, fourth grade, fairy tale, “The Beautiful Girl and Her Friends”
Kayla M. Bean, fifth grade, adventure, “Let’s Go Camping”
FOREST TRAIL SCHOOL
Jamahra Richardson, seventh grade, satire, “Let Them Eat Cake…”
Isabela Romano, seventh grade, poem, “Standing in a Field”
Cameron Owens, eighth grade, short story, “Strawberry Horror”
Aaliyah Jamison, eighth grade, poem, “My Brother’s Keeper”
DISTRICT WINNER
Amahri Thompson, seventh grade, novella, “Cigarettes and Outer Space”
