Homeschool Student WINS

North ID Regional Spelling Bee

5th Grader, Joseph Moran, WON the N. ID Regional Spelling Bee at the meet on Saturday, March 18th at North ID College.  He now proceeds to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May with an all expense paid trip to Washington, DC!  Way to go Joseph!  Read more about his win here:  http://www.cdapress.com/article/20170319/ARTICLE/170319721

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Homeschool Winners of

2015 CdA Library Writer's Competition

 

Jackson Graham

**1st, fiction, 15-18  “Honor Before Prejudice” is historical fiction set in the Wars of Scottish Independence, telling the tale of a Scottish knight who must decide whether his personal opinions are more important than the code of honor

 

Jeffrey Olmo

**Tie for 1st, non-fiction 9-11“Incredible Endurance” is about frogs' amazing capacity to survive the relentless conditions of the Arctic Circle, extreme heat and dry deserts.

**2nd, fiction 9-11  “The Peril of Pearl Harbor” is historical fiction about the attack on Pearl Harbor.

 

Nicholas Olmo

**1st, non-fiction 12-14  “The General Arnold” is a true story about a shipwreck and the surviving sailors during the Revolutionary War and the Great Christmas Storm of 1778.

**2nd, fiction 12-14  “Infiltration” is historical fiction about the H.L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine during the Civil War. It was the first submarine to successfully sink an enemy ship.

 

You can read their award-winning compositions in the 2015 bound book at the CdA Library.  Group Photo:  http://www.cdalibrary.org/events/251-writers-competition-winners-named

 

 

Student-Author Published

The February 2015 edition of Magnum Opus Magazine, the publication from Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), has published a biographical essay written by Jackson Graham.  Visit the weblink below, and scroll down to "Tolkien:  Painter of Worlds."

 

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