English Language Learners at Madison and Walker elementary school are winners in the Elementary Poetry Contest sponsored by Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).
Winners who will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Lisle on April 20 are:
Second Grade
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Diamante Poems: 1st place-Aayan Tareen and 2nd place-Samhitha Jaliparthi, both Madison School
Haiku: 1st Place-Timur Turba, Madison School
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Third Grade
Diamante Poems: 1st place-Angelina Wu, Madison School
Haiku: 1st place-Wiktor Kawula, Walker School
Newcomer Award of Merit: Zhuoyan Chen, Madison School
The contest is open to all Illinois ELL/bilingual students in grades 2-5 throughout Illinois. Grade level winners were chosen in five different categories of poems.
