Front Row:  Allison Baldwin, Parker Brown, Domenic DiStefano,
Hannah Bozung, Sophie Fuchs, Adriana Kurowski
Back Row:   Lindsey Hancock, Phoebe Ross, Kristi Kay, Katie Buhl,
Rachel Smith, Frankie Davis 

The Williamson County Family Resource Center presents the

Winners of the 13^th Annual Writing Contest 

These students were honored Saturday, April 26^th at the Celebration of Young Authors’ Luncheon held at the Brentwood Country Club.  The winners were given an uplifting message by Fred Graham, a noted author of children’s stories, and our 2008 Writing Contest Honorary Chair.  Each student wrote an essay on what it would be like if “Kids Ruled”.  There were more than 800 entries and the winners placed as follows: 

Kindergarten thru Second Grade 

1^st Place:  Sophie Fuchs    “If Kids Ruled the World”     2nd Grade – Grassland Elementary

2^nd Place: Hannah Bozung     “Kids Rule”  1st Grade -Westwood Elementary

3^rd Place:  Domenic DiStefano   “If Kids Were In Charge”   2^nd Grade – Liberty Elementary
 

Third Grade thru Fifth Grade

1^st Place:  Allison Baldwin    “If Kids Ruled the World”   5^th Grade – Longview Elementary

2^nd Place: Adriana Kurowski   “A New Man in Charge”   3^rd Grade – Crockett Elementary

3^rd Place:  Parker Brown  “The History of Peaceville”  4^th Grade – Walnut Grove Elementary

Sixth Grade thru Eighth Grade

1^st Place: Kristi Kay   “Kids Rule”   7^th Grade – Sunset Middle School

2^nd Place: Phoebe Ross   “If Kids Ruled”   7^th Grade – Sunset Middle School

3^rd Place: Rachel Smith   “When Buffalos Bark”   8^th Grade – Grassland Middle School

Ninth Grade thru Twelfth Grade

1^st Place:  Lindsey Hancock    “Just A Dream”   9^th Grade – Independence High School

2^nd Place:  Katie Buhl   “The Day that Kids Ruled the World”     9^th Grade – Independence High School

3^rd Place:  Frankie Davis   “Children Rule the World”    9^th Grade – Franklin High School

In addition to recognizing the students’ writing excellence, The Family Resource Center recognized the schools with the most participation and with the most first place winners. The Golden Quill Award was won by Independence High School and Sunset Middle School and will be displayed at their school for half a year at each school. Both schools tied having the most winners.  The Crystal Quill Award was won by Sunset Middle School and will be displayed for one year at their school for having the most students to participate. 

The Family Resource Center would like to thank everyone involved in this year’s writing contest. We would not be able to have this writing contest if we did not have the support of sponsors and volunteers to judges our contest.