School District 2 Students Awarded for Young Authors Pieces

GREEN RIVER– Sweetwater County School District #2 hosted its Young Authors awards ceremony Tuesday night at Lincoln Middle School, in which several students were recognized for their awesome writing.

Students aged kindergarten through 12th grade wrote poetry, non-fiction, and fiction pieces for the Young Authors competition. Up to three students from each grade were selected to place first, second, and third in each category.

The students who placed first will have their stories judged at the county level in which they will be competing against Sweetwater County School District #1. The county-wide ceremony will take place March 10, at 6 pm at Rock Springs Junior High.

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The School District Two winners are listed below by category.

Poetry

1st Place:

Lila Kreis (Kindergarten)- “The Dog Goes To The Park”
Keegan Patterson (2nd grade)- “Dinosaurs Make Sense”
Miles Kreis (3rd grade)- “The Adventures of Recess”
Dylan Witt (4th grade)- “Animals at a Party”
Madelyn Thomas (5th grade)- “A Little Bit of Luck”
Sydney Bowen (6th grade)- “Winter: A Book of Poetry”
Abigail Allred (7th grade)- “A World of Emotions”
Sariah L. Maez (8th grade)- “Life’s Simple Treasures”
Allison Brown (10th grade)- “Sixty Percent”
Levi Peterson (11th grade)- “El Primer De Words That Rhyme”

2nd Place:

Gavin Horn (2nd grade)- “Poems About Dogs”
Mitchell Horn (5th grade)- “Poems About Cars”
Amaya Spartz (10th grade)- “Lost in Reverie”

3rd Place:

Chase Younger-Taylor (5th grade)- “Wham Bam Poetry Slam”

Nonfiction

1st Place:

Maycie Johnson (Kindergarten)- “My Rocking Chair”
Myah Quiroz (1st grade)- “Waterfalls”
Raelyn Callahan (2nd grade)- “A Pet You Might Have”
Carter Johnson (3rd grade)- “Safety Tips for Kids”
Sophia Hodges (4th grade)- “All About Sloths”
Madelyn Thomas (5th grade)- “William Frederik Cody (Buffalo Bill)”
Sydney Brown (6th grade)- “Chromophobia”
Haylie Johnson (8th grade)- “My Musicals”
Elena Barrera (9th grade)- “How Not to Impress a Girl”
Allison Brown (10th grade)- “The Boulder on the Hill”
Jachob Fuss (11th grade)- “Five More Minutes”
Carly Kettering (12th grade)- “Rivals”

2nd Place:

Kinley Seilstad (1st grade)- “Exxon Work”
Flint Quiroz (2nd grade)- “All About Komodo Dragons”
Meghan Thomas (3rd grade)- “Adventures in South Dakots—A Memoir”
Brookelyn Phillips (4th grade)- “My Exciting, But Awful Birthday”
Joseph Allen Allred (5th grade)- “Komodo Dragons — The Big Lizard, Small Dragon”
Rylie Johnson (8th grade)- “The Trip to Mexico”
Camden Nelson (10th grade)- “The Climb”
Lauren Jensen (11th grade)- “Prove ‘Em Wrong”
Shelby Simper (12th grade)- “Charismatic Hero”

3rd Place:

Kimber Maser (2nd grade)- “My Little Sister, Aspen”
Cadence Core (3rd grade)- “My Dog”
James Schnackenberg (4th grade)- “Eight Rare or Endangered Animals in the Western USA”
Shelby Behling (5th grade)- “Cheetahs”
Kelsi Angelovich (11th grade)- “Unbelievably Tough”
Kaylee Hymas (12th grade)- “Moments That Matter”

Fiction

1st Place:

Ellena Olivas (Kindergarten)- “Stella’s Trip Over the Rainbow”
Carson Core (1st grade)- “Alone In A Zoo”
Evan Vendetti (2nd grade)- “My Best Friend Kevin”
Caden Knudsen (3rd grade)- “The Boy Who Became A Superhero”
Oliver Wisniewski (4th grade)- “The Strange Cloud”
Ellie Quiroz (5th grade)- “I Know I Am Loved Now”
Connor Brady (6th grade)- “The Hike”
Emily Brady (8th grade)- “A Hero’s Tale”
Amaya Spartz (10th grade)- “Haddix”
Edana Jakubowski (11th grade)- “The Conduit”
Alexander Shafe (12th grade)- “The M-388”

2nd Place:

Ryder Wisniewski (Kindergarten)- “A Dog Lost His Bone”
Francesco Paperini (1st grade)- “The Chewing Gum Under the Shoe”
Cameron Olivas (2nd grade)- “Sharkington”
Payton Shantz (3rd grade)- “Maxwell’s Story”
Athena Clement (4th grade)- “A Week I Will Never Forget”
Dakota Rosene (5th grade)- “Ploofy”
Ethan Bundy (6th grade)- “The Life of Chase Core”
Mikayla Green (8th grade)- “Zero Out”
Allison Brown (10th grade)- “Plastic Weather”

3rd Place:

Lila Kreis (Kindergarten)- “Ebeneezer Sneezer, The Cat, Who Sneezes… ah ah ah ah lot!”
Jaycen Bond (1st grade)- “The Very Lonely Cat”
Maiana Mae Asselmeier (2nd grade)- “Sunshine the Unicorn”
Kaiden Olson (3rd grade)- “Me and My Dog”
Jaedyn Santhuff (4th grade)- “The Dream”
Jocelyn Shantz (5th grade)- “A Different World”
Tanner Hokanson (6th grade)- “The Toy Makers Box”