Last night Dr. Kelly Doyle, Supervisor of Communications Arts, presented the Abington Silver Pen Awards to outstanding student writers at our elementary schools. Sixth grade students are encouraged to develop a creative narrative essay. Each sixth grade teacher nominates an essay and then the reading consultants from each school select a school representative. Ms. Marie Reynolds, Reading Teacher at Overlook Elementary School, helped organize the awards. The students received their engraved “Silver Pen” awards from Board President Mr. Raymond McGarry and were honored by the School Board. Students met for a Writer’s Guild session to share their essays earlier yesterday afternoon. This year’s winners are: Emma McGinley, McKinley Elementary School; Trinity Rodenhaver, Overlook Elementary School; Talia Spolansky, Willow Hill Elementary School; Kyla Barnhardt, Highland Elementary School; Grace Garrett, Rydal Elementary School; Valerie Neske, Roslyn Elementary School; and Madeline Greenbaum and Phoebe Howse, Copper Beech Elementary School.
Students are shown here at the Board meeting last night where they were presented with their Silver Pens and also at the Writers Guild session in the afternoon at Willow Hill Elementary School where they shared their award-winning essays.
Dr. Doyle congratulated the parents and families and the students’ teachers. The program is funded by a grant from the Abington Educational Foundation.