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2011 Good Tidings for
Horner
"There are so many things to be grateful for",
said Elizabeth Horner, a rising student of Greenville Senior High
School. Horner has several reasons to be especially grateful in
2011.
She thanks Superintendent Susie Riegle for
bringing the Power of the Pen Program to Greenville. "As we
welcome the New Year, Greenville Junior High will not only have a team
competing but will be gearing up to host the 2011 district tournament,
a preparatory to the state-wide competition, on January 8th".
Sixteen schools are participating in this year's district level,
according to Horner, including another new local comer, the De Colores
Montessori School. Other schools participating are Fairlawn Local -
Sidney, Fort Loramie High School - Shelby, Franklin Monroe - Darke,
Houston High - Shelby, Minster Middle School - Auglaize, Mississinawa
Valley - Darke, New Bremen Middle School - Auglaize, New Knoxville
Local - Auglaize, Piqua Catholic - Miami, Saint Mary's Middle School -
Auglaize, Sidney Middle School - Shelby, Tippecanoe Middle School -
Miami, Twin Valley South Middle School - Preble, and Versailles Middle
School - Darke. Horner thanks Elaine Bailey of Mississinawa
Valley School for years of tireless dedication to help cultivate Darke
County young people's interest in creative writing through the Power of
the Pen.
"Creative writing makes me a better student as
it has awakened and sharpened my senses and encouraged
self-reflection". Horner who served as a student judge in the
pre-writing (poem) or warm-up portion of the district Power of the Pen
competition the past three years said that she has volunteered her time
to work with the newly formed Greenville Junior High writing
team. "I like mentoring younger students. Greenville will
have 5 students competing this year and one back-up student". "I
would like Greenville students to have the opportunity to test their
creative writing skills through the Power of the Pen competition, a
chance I did not have as a seventh or eight grade student".
"The New Year brings other good
tidings". This budding student writer is heading to Washington
D.C. as a National Youth Correspondent representing Ohio. She
will be joining a select group of about 200 students from around the
country for an intensive study to learn from distinguished faculty and
guest speakers from the media industry. Horner will have direct
access to elite D.C. practitioners and some Congressional
Representatives while attending the 2011 Washington Scholars Program,
Journalism and Media Conference. The week long program will be
held primarily at George Mason University but a sampling of
activities include venues like the USA Today Headquarters,
National Press Club, Capitol Hill and visits to the Newseum,
Smithsonian and Library of Congress. George Mason University has
been named the number one national university to watch in the 2009
rankings of U.S. News and World Report.
Horner was chosen based on her excellent
academic accomplishments. Her qualifications include a 4.3 GPA in
a 4.0 scale at the end of her 10th grade year and she continues to take
advance placement curriculum as an 11th grade student. Horner was also
selected because of her demonstrated passion and above average skills
in writing and leadership potential.
The Washington Journalism and Media Conference
is designed to encourage and provide unique training to future leaders
in the changing face of media in the 21st century.
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