Hawthorne Students Chosen To be Published In Poetry Collection

ELMHURST, IL — Several students from Hawthorne Elementary were selected to be published in Creative Communication’s anthology, “A Celebration of Poets, 2018.” The district said Creative Communication is a company that aims to promote writing and inspire student writers. They have been holding a student writing contest for 20 years and each year, the top 45 percent of writers as identified by judges will be invited to have their work published.

The district said the Hawthorne students selected for publishing are JR Barz, Gabe Boutin, Ryker Harges, George Redfearn, Alex Sjullie, Julian Dominguez, Libby Donaldson, Jamie Fulco, Maeve Gibbs, Alexa Klein, Zhihanna Liu, Rachel Manganaro, Kailin Mendiola, Josephine Roubitchek, Saveen Shah and Aidan Soule.

The poems were written as part of the fourth and fifth grade REACH program at Hawthorne, the district said. The fourth grade poems were all written as Shakespearean sonnets, while the fifth grade poems were based on the REACH program’s themes this year. All the poems include at least one poetic element, such as simile, metaphor, alliteration, that the students studied this year. The REACH program at Hawthorne is taught by Geri Sorrentino.

Hawthorne will receive a copy of the published anthology this summer and will keep it at the school library for students and their families to check out. All the students who were selected to have their work published are also eligible to win a $50 savings bond from Creative Communication, if they are selected as one of the top ten published poets nationally in grades four through six.

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