Scholastic News

A portrait of pushpins by Sara Jones, a senior at from Bryan High School, received a gold key at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

Westlake students' masterpieces are heading to New York City this spring after a great showing at theA 33 rdA Cuyahoga County Region Scholastic Art & Writing Competition and Exhibition .

Centreville High School students were among the winners of the Regional Scholastic Art Awards program sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.

Twelve Kings Junior High School students will be recognized Friday for achievements in art.

A photo slideshow of a sampling of student art winners can be found under Multimedia on the News-Sentinel home page.

Jeff High junior Aryea Kolubah won a Gold Key for the dress on the left, Honorable Mention for the one on the right.

Villa Duchesne eighth grader Allison Tielking won seven regional Scholastic Art and Writing awards, including the top Gold Key Award for her entry, "Doll Factory." Allison's artwork was selected from more than 3,700 middle and high school submissions.

Award-winning and best-selling authors Sharon Flake, Lauren Myracle and Julie Otsuka will join the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color for two special author luncheons, Sept.

In addition, the winning action plans will be featured on a special webpage to inspire other students to take action in their communities at www.scholastic.com/lexus . A A , Lexus group vice president and general manager.A "At Lexus, we're proud to give them the opportunity to show their capabilities to others, as well as discover their own ... (more)

The 2012 Scholastic Art Awards for Northwest Indiana and Southwest Lower Michigan is now open, and it showcases nearly 500 pieces of artwork from students in grades 7 through 12.

Natalie says that we need two new little rugs for the kitchen: one at the back door and one at the... Carissa Nead works on a project during her art class at Fairfield Christian Academy in Lancaster.

StatePointParents want their children to do the best they can at school. And reading every day is one of the most effective ways to become a lifelong reader and learner."Research shows that for young people, reading is the gateway to holding a job, understanding the world and knowing themselves," said Francie Alexander, chief academic officer at ... (more)

Maggie has an extraordinary ability to balance epic storytelling and deeply personal truths, exploring both the mythology that surrounds us and the myths we tell about ourselves.

Robinson and South County Secondary School students recently won regional Scholastic Art Awards.A The program is sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, a national organization which has been recognizing student artwork since 1923.

As teachers make plans for Black History Month in their classrooms in February, Scholastic has built a set of free resources to help teach students about the African American experience.

Wilton teen's charcoal drawing rises to the top in state competition Hour photo / Erik Trautmann Miranda Moore, a Wilton High School freshman, received an American Vision Nominee for her charcoal drawing "Childhood." WILTON -- Miranda Morris didn't see herself coming home with a nomination for one of the most prestigious scholastic art awards in ... (more)

Friday's result was the same as it's been for the past decade, with the Red Foxes' latest victory... "Honeybee" by Marlboro High School's Alyssa Hogancamp, winner of one Gold and three silver medals in the Hudson Valley Region Scholastic Art Awards for 2012.

Written as a dictionary-diary hybrid, where words are defined by the narrator's memories of a relationship, the book is gimmicky, a bit cloying and perhaps overly clever.

As teachers make plans for Black History Month in their classrooms in February, Scholastic has built a robust set of free resources available on Scholastic.com to help teach students about the African American experience.

Sydney Rohmann, a junior at Jersey Community High School, is a "hopeless romantic" for verse who had the opportunity to perform her poem, "Roses," on the stage of Apollo Theatre in New York this past summer.