Prose and Poetry Winners of Geauga Park District Nature Writing Contest
Geauga Park District announced the winners of their 27th annual Nature Writing Contest. Several fifth through eighth grade students at Birchwood School of Hawken opted to send either poetry or prose to compete with other schools under the broad prompt.
Five fifth graders and one eighth grader received awards for their writing:
Five fifth graders and one eighth grader received awards for their writing:
Child Prose
1st – Layla Haufe (Cleveland) for “Jellyfish”
2nd – Presley Burkholder (Chagrin Falls) for “Traitor Not Traitor”
3rd – Jake Zhang (Strongsville) for “The Pollution”
Honorable Mention – Mira Patel (Cleveland) for “The Nature Stone”
Honorable Mention – Chrysanthi Constantinou (Westlake) for “The Little Wooden Bench by the Stream”
1st – Layla Haufe (Cleveland) for “Jellyfish”
2nd – Presley Burkholder (Chagrin Falls) for “Traitor Not Traitor”
3rd – Jake Zhang (Strongsville) for “The Pollution”
Honorable Mention – Mira Patel (Cleveland) for “The Nature Stone”
Honorable Mention – Chrysanthi Constantinou (Westlake) for “The Little Wooden Bench by the Stream”
Adolescent Poetry
1st – Jaiden Burkholder (Chagrin Falls) for “The Chickadee”
1st – Jaiden Burkholder (Chagrin Falls) for “The Chickadee”
Click here to read the winning Geauga Park District writing by Birchwood School of Hawken students.
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Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle Schools, 5000 Clubside Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Birchwood School of Hawken, 4400 West 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135
Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
Mastery School of Hawken, 11025 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
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