CCSD Students Advance To Young Authors State Competition

Press release from CCSD:

March 31, 2023

Cherokee County School District students are advancing to the state level of the Young Georgia Authors Writing Competition!

The annual writing contest is open to students in grades kindergarten through 12 and provides an opportunity for schools to encourage writing in a variety of genres. Each CCSD school submits a top entry for each grade level to compete at the district level. District first-place winners then advance to regional competition for the opportunity to compete statewide.

CCSD students earned the top honors in six grade levels in the regional competition, including a sweep of high school grade levels.

The CCSD students who won first-place in the regional competition and are advancing to this spring’s state competition are:

Grade 1: Lux Coffman of Ball Ground ES STEM Academy for “Sparkles and the Two Robins”;

Grade 7: Noelle Cosgrove of Woodstock MS for “In the Absence of Flame”;

Grade 9: Lily Marie Sachse of Woodstock HS for “Zombie Park”;

Grade 10: Eva Yokley of River Ridge HS for “The One They Forgot”;

Grade 11: Baileigh Joanne Borna of River Ridge High School for “Homecoming”; and,

Grade 12: Anna Scott Wieler of Cherokee HS for “Ella Rose.”

Woodstock MS sixth-grader Joel Hulsey earned Honorable Mention for “The Brave King.”

“We’re so proud of our district and region winners for their outstanding demonstration of exemplary writing skills and creativity,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower said. “Writing is foundational skill that is critical for student future success. Thank you to all of our teachers who guide our students in this learning and kudos to the teachers of our Young Authors winners. Congratulations and best wishes to our students in the state competition!”

Their stories are posted online at http://www.cherokeek12.net/news/authors23, along with the stories by all of CCSD’s county-level first-place winners. Following the state competition, the Cherokee County School Board and Dr. Hightower will recognize the region and state winners at an upcoming school board meeting.

CCSD First-Place District Winners

Kindergarten: Grayson Crapps of Liberty ES for “Snow”;

Grade 1: Lux Coffman of Ball Ground ES STEM Academy for “Sparkles and the Two Robins”;

Grade 2: Finley Hedlund of Little River ES for “Untitled”;

Grade 3: Alexis Bolton of Indian Knoll ES for “Starlight and the Wicked Forest”;

Grade 4: Peyton McConnell of Boston ES for “My Bed”;

Grade 5: James Cochran of Knox ES STEM Academy for “Safety”;

Grade 6: Joel Hulsey of Woodstock MS for “The Brave King”;

Grade 7: Noelle Cosgrove of Woodstock MS for “In the Absence of Flame”;

Grace 8: Micayla Hurndon of Freedom MS for “Change”;

Grade 9: Lily Marie Sachse of Woodstock HS for “Zombie Park”;

Grade 10: Eva Yokley of River Ridge HS for “The One They Forgot”;

Grade 11: Baileigh Joanne Borna of River Ridge HS for “Homecoming”; and,

Grade 12: Anna Scott Wieler of Cherokee HS for “Ella Rose.”

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