Contest Winners

5-8th Grade Winners

• $200 Gift Card

  Authentic
  I want a Stanley
  My mom bought me a fake one
  NOT WHAT I ASKED FOR

  Teacher: Dan Giordano
  Calvert School

• $200 Gift Card

  Inept
  I'm trying to write
  a haiku that fits the lines.
  Oh no! I'm out of-

  Teacher: Ariel Whitaker
  Willie J. Williams Middle School

• $200 Gift Card

  Decipher
  sdrow no sah edoc esroM
  sehsad dna stod fo pu edam
  dnatsrednu ew tey

  Teacher: Yosha Taylor
  Lagunitas Community School

• $50 Gift Card

  Calligraphy
  Thoughts dance on paper
  Writers conduct the rhythm
  Black ink pirouettes

  Teacher: Stephanie Severson
  DaVinci Academy of Arts and Science

• $50 Gift Card

  Innovations
  CDs collect dust
  A new age begins with us
  The world in our palms

  Teacher: Jenny Johnson
  Clintonville Academy

• $50 Gift Card

  Entice
  A toasty cookie,
  Freshly baked, warm and tempting
  With a note, “don't touch”

  Teacher: Sara Merritt
  Fort Leboeuf Middle School

• $50 Gift Card

  Biology
  Cells divide and grow
  DNA spirals unfold
  Life's code blossoms forth

  Teacher: Heather Cavanagh
  Oak Avenue Elementary School

• $50 Gift Card

  Veracity
  Why spit out a lie
  With a twisted, wicked tongue
  When trust comes with truth

  Teacher: Kendra Hoffman
  Orinda Intermediate

• $50 Gift Card

  Avarice
  Midas watched, hands cold
  as his loved ones turned to gold.
  “One more coin?” he moaned.

  Teacher: Laura Ripple
  Spring Branch Academic Institute

• $50 Gift Card

  Repercussion
  Waves of aftermath
  Reaping destructive chaos
  From one small error

  Teacher: Mark McGowan
  International School of Luxembourg