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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards honors 10 Haverford School students
The Philadelphia Writing Project judged 1,050 entries from students in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.
The national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, judged locally by the Philadelphia Writing Project, recognized student writers at The Haverford School with three Gold Keys, two Silver Keys, and five Honorable Mentions. Gold Key and Silver Key winners will be honored by the Philadelphia Arts and Education Partnership at a University of the Arts ceremony on March 25. Gold Key works are then judged nationally, with National Medalists recognized in part at a celebration at Carnegie Hall.
Tom Stambaugh, The Haverford School’s English department chair and a graduate of the Class of 1990, was particularly encouraged by the variety of pieces honored. “The analytic essay is no longer the only coin of the realm,” notes Stambaugh. “We are pleased to see Haverford boys recognized for excellence in a wide range of genres, and will continue to encourage ambitious student writers to submit work to school publications and regional and national competitions.”
Located at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, the Philadelphia Writing Project judged 1,050 regional entries from students in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. Of them, 69 earned Gold Keys, 106 earned Silver Keys, and 164 earned Honorable Mention.
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“Winning the Gold Key was an acknowledgement of the hard work I put into the essay,” said senior Jared Holeman. “The women in Hamlet are minor characters, and I liked digging into their lives even though we don’t get a lot of information about them. I liked thinking about the assumptions we can make about their circumstances.”
The Haverford School has a long-standing tradition of excellence in writing. The School’s literary magazine, Pegasus, earned a gold medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in 2016 and 2015, and a silver medal in 2014 and 2013.
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The Index, the student newspaper, earned a gold medal from the organization in 2013.
The Haverford School’s Scholastic Art & Writing honorees
Jared Holeman, senior; Gold Key for Critical Essay – “Hamlet’s Ophelia & Gertrude: Oppressed in Society, Imprisoned in Mind”
Toby Ma, freshman; Gold Key for Novel Writing – Another Type of Peace
Robb Soslow, junior; Gold Key for Short Story – “The Trail”
Lawrence Hunter, senior; Silver Key for Personal Essay/Memoir – “A Child Among No Children”
Jack Biddle, senior; Silver Key for Science Fiction/Fantasy Story – “A Lost Cause”
Stephen Boerner, senior; Honorable Mention for Personal Essay Memoir – “Punk Rock Bowling”
Jeff Li, senior; Honorable Mention for Critical Essay – “Answering ‘Who’s There?’: Hamlet’s Identity Crisis”
David McKay, junior; Honorable Mention for Personal Essay/Memoir – “If it’s Backwards, it must be Right”
George Rubin, senior; Honorable Mention for Personal Essay/Memoir – “White Christmas”
Will Russell, senior; Honorable Mention for Personal Essay/Memoir – “March of the Penguins”
