CHUH Middle Schoolers Win Writing Awards

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH - The pen is mightier than the sword. Of course, that expression may or may not be true, but writers will always comfort themselves with that particular platitude. However, one group of students at Cleveland Heights-University Heights Schools proved the imitable Power of the Pen recently.

Students from Roxboro and Monticello middle schools attended a regional Power of the Pen tournament on April 1 at Padua Franciscan High School in Parma. Power of the Pen tournaments challenge students to express themselves through the written word and rewards those who do so with eloquence and force.

The 7th graders from Roxboro took fourth place out of 40 teams at the tournament. Eryn Lawson, a 7th grader, took home a second place individual trophy. Roxboro 8th grader Troye Gross place ninth out of more than 100 students.

Monticello's eighth grader Maple Buescher and seventh grader Cecilia Adams both received awards for winning the "Best of the Best" designation at the district competition in December. Adams won two out of three rounds at the tournament; Buescher won all three.

No student has ever won "Best of the Best" in all three rounds at any level of competition.

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