Pictured (l-r): Anna Pedone, Mark Khairallah, and Emilia Colabello.
Three student writers earned recognition in the Region-at-Large East Scholastic Writing Awards.
Senior Mark Khairallah earned a Gold Key; senior Anna Pedone, a Sliver Key, and senior Emilia Colabello, Honorable Mention.
Khairallah’s poem advances to the national level of judging. Winners will be announced on March 22.
Since 1923, the Scholastic Awards have recognized some of America’s most celebrated artists when they were teenagers. This esteemed group includes Andy Warhol, Tschabalala Self, Stephen King, Charles White, Joyce Carol Oates, and Kay Walkingstick.
