Young Authors

As part of Catholic Schools week, all of the students in the school participated in a Young Authors program.  Students in grades kindergarten through 8 wrote books during the fall, which were edited and rewritten and then "published" in January.  The program was brand new and was a lot of work for the students and teachers but was a huge success.  The entire school project culminated in a Young Authors day during Catholic Schools week - an author, Leslie Bulion, visited the school and gave two presentations to the students.  The students were encouraged to dress as a character from the book that they wrote and for the older grades, there was the much-coveted opportunity to have lunch with the author.  Eight students (two each from the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades) were selected to have lunch with the author based on the quality of their work.  From the beginning, Elizabeth had her eye on that prize and worked extremely hard on her book, both because she loves to write and also because she wanted the chance to sit down with a real author.  We were so proud of her and so happy for her when we learned that she was one of the top two 5th graders!  It was a great day for the school and a great experience for Elizabeth (and Emily too, who loved writing her book as well!).

The girls, dressed as characters from their book.  Before we knew that they would be dressing up for Young Authors day, both girls had described their characters in detail, so we had to make sure that everything worked out perfectly, including purchasing a green skirt (!) for Elizabeth to wear.

Rachel, the huntress.

The main character of Emily's book was Claire - a mermaid!

Leslie Bulion

Our winning author!

5th grade young authors!

The middle school literature teacher dressed as Mary Poppins.

The middle school math teacher (and robotics team advisor) dressed as Effie Trinket from the Hunger Games.

Elizabeth shows off her certificate!