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Friday, July 20, 2012

2nd Annual Power of Poetry Awards Assembly on Friday, April 20, 1012


The Indiana Writer's Consortium (IWC) held its 2nd Annual Power of Poetry Awards Assembly on Friday, April 20th at Taft Middle School in Crown Point. Four elementary schools participated in this year's Power of Poetry Project (PoPP).
The participating students in grades Kindergarten through fifth grade were from Douglas MacArthur in Cedar Lake, Lake Street and Solon Robinson in Crown Point, and Oak Hill in Lowell.


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Pictured above left to right: Principals Barbara Merrill (Solon Robinson), Deb Ciochina (Lake Street), Marian Buchko (Douglas MacArthur), with Fiona McCarroll from the media department at Solon Robinson and Indiana Writers' Consortium members Katherine Flotz, Sandra Nantais, Sharon Palmeri, Jackie Huppenthal, Tom Spencer, Cynthia Echterling, and Judy Whitcomb.


The participating students in grades Kindergarten through fifth grade were from Douglas MacArthur in Cedar Lake, Lake Street and Solon Robinson in Crown Point, and Oak Hill in Lowell.  (see below)

The winning students' poems and illustrations were published in this year's edition of the IWC PoPP magazine. In addition, place winners also received a certificate, gift card, and medal. The PoPP project was funded by the Crown Point Community Foundation, IWC members, and private donors.





Douglas MacArthur Elementary winners, Cedar Lake
                

Lake Street Elementary winners,  Crown Point
                                         
Oak Hill Elementary Winners,  Lowell
 

                            
Solon Robinson Elementary winners, Crown Point



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