6th Annual Student Poetry Contest Reading & Celebration
Walnut Creek Library, Oak View Room Saturday, May 3, 11:00 am Young poets read their winning entries from the Walnut Creek Library Foundation’s 2014 Student Poetry Contest. K-12 students from Walnut Creek showed their creativity and originality in the more than 300 entries submitted for this year’s contest. The 2014 contest theme, ‘100’, celebrated and commemorated Walnut Creek’s 100th Anniversary. Contestants were asked to think about the number 100 and what it meant to them.
2014 Student Poetry Contest Winners:
Grades K-3 1st place: The Moon by Drew Perry (Walnut Heights Elementary) 2nd place: Sadness by Nathan Balestrieri (Parkmead Elementary School) 3rd place: 100 Grains of Sand by Clara Jensen (Parkmead Elementary School) Grades 4-5 1st place: The Clearing by Ethan Monk (Dorris-Eaton School) 2nd place: My Life by Ben Wornow (Dorris-Eaton School) 3rd place: 100th Day of School by Stephanie Lau (Dorris-Eaton School) Honorable Mention: 100 Ideas by Brandon Tran (Dorris-Eaton School) Honorable Mention: 100 Miles Away by Olivia Schindewolf (Dorris-Eaton School) Grades 6-8 1st place: One in Hundreds by Catherine Zadorozhna (Foothill Middle School) 2nd place: The Millennial Meaning of One Hundred by Aaron Ouyang (Dorris Eaton) 3rd place: A Reflection on Our Past by Ryan Grauman (Dorris Eaton School) Grades 9-12 1st place: The Pursuit of Perfection by Ana Boeriu (Northgate High School) 2nd place: A Hundred Percent by Hsin-Yeh Tsai (Northgate High School) 3rd place: 100 is a lot of numbers by Mary Evans (Las Lomas High School) ————————————————————————————————————— Download the 2014 Student Poetry Contest winning poems HERE. —————————————————————————————————————-
“Banned Books” Teen Photography Contest
1st Place Haley Zeiger from Las Lomas High School. 2nd Place Maddy Zeiger from Las Lomas High School. 3rd Place Kristin Goodell from Las Lomas High School. Follow us in Instagram, @wclibraryfound or post pics at #wcbannedbooks. —————————————————————————————————————-
2012 Student Poetry Program
The poetry contest and celebration were sponsored by InVision Communications and Design. We appreciate their support.