Brookwood High Receives Literary Honors

(Editor's Note: This article is taken from a press release from Gwinnett County Public Schools.)

A publication produced by students recently got national attention with an award from the American Scholastic Press Association.

The student staff of the school’s literary magazine received first place in the magazine category during the Annual Contest/Review for Scholastic Yearbooks, Magazines and Newspapers. The organization recognized the Gwinnett students for their work on the school’s magazine, Pegasus.

"It is nice to learn that the work of our students is getting noticed,” said Dana Kling, a Brookwood High Advanced Placement language arts teacher.

Kling, who also is the staff sponsor of the literary magazine along with the school’s Visual Arts Department Chair Deb Sumpter, added that "the work our students do is always professional and polished. We’re proud of them and of the fact that our school is able to distribute over 1,200 copies of Pegasus to our students free of charge."

Pegasus was first created and distributed in the Brookwood High community more than two decades ago to celebrate and showcase the best of student writing, art, and photography. Readers enjoy a variety of material including stories, poems, and plays, along with the best in art and photography that students produce.

In fact, the association also recognized Brookwood High graduate William Smith, who was awarded with the Outstanding Art Award for his drawing, Tree of Life, which was published in the 2010-11 edition of Pegasus. (See attached photo.)

The student staff of the winning edition of Pegasus includes Editor Elisabeth Carter and Creative Advisors Shannon Arputharaj, Michael Bassett, Reshma Brahmbhatt, Chase Brown, Maureen Dudley, Lamisa Elmaa, Sarah Goforth, ChiChi Ijebuonwu, Hannah Lee, Lokyee Lee, Sharon Pak, Austin Papageorge, Andreea Popa, Hannah Ruth Weber, Rachel Williams, and Brandon Wynn.