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Whiz Kid: McNair Elementary's Published Poet
McNair Elementary School fifth grader, Destiny West, succeeds in publishing poem in student anthology.
This week's Whiz Kid has a way with words. Not only did she succeed in becoming a published author, she is also inspiring many young ones with her encouraging words.
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Whiz Kid's Names: Destiny West, Fifth Grade
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Whiz Kid's Accomplishment: Destiny has become a published poet as she was recently published in the 2011 Young Writers of America student anthology.
Whiz Kid's Key to Awesomeness: Destiny wrote a poem that would inspire people to look at the bad and change it.
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“People will feel changed and want to make changes – such as not littering and picking up trash instead and not killing animals,” she said.
She chose the theme, “The World as I see it,” and used the first letter of each word as a line in the poem.
Just about 20 percent of entries are published in the anthology, and the contest is open to students in third through sixth-grade.
Here’s the text of Destiny’s poem:
“The world can be filled with
Harmful and dangerous things because people are harming the
Environment.
We can all help the environment by turning
Off things we aren’t using like
Radios, televisions, etc. We should all
Learn to recycle paper and plastic – less saying and more
Doing
Animals are being harmed. We can
Save them by saving our environment.
It will be easy to
Save the
Environment and
Ecosystem
If we do 1, 2, 3 we can save a
Tree or more.”