CCSD Students Advancing to Young Authors Regional Competition

Cherokee County School District students are advancing to the regional level of the Young Georgia Authors Writing Competition!

The annual statewide writing contest is open to students in grades kindergarten through 12 and strengthens literacy by encouraging writing in a variety of genres.  District first-place winners advance to regional competition, and its winners then compete statewide. 

Congratulations to our district winners and their teachers!  Thank you to our School Board for its increased focus on literacy and investment in ensuring our students are learning more, growing more, and achieving more in our classrooms than they could anywhere else.

CCSD District First-Place Winners
Kindergarten: Medhaswi Paruchuri of Hickory Flat ES for “The Best Day Ever” 
Grade 1: Jack Roach of Bascomb ES for “The Dragon” 
Grade 2: Piper Fleming of Macedonia ES for “Axolotls” 
Grade 3: Amogha Praveen of Hickory Flat ES for “I Am Vietnam Veterans Memorial” 
Grade 4: Ian Little of Indian Knoll ES for “I Escaped World War II and the Bombing of Pearl Harbor” 
Grade 5: Isabella Byess of Clayton ES for “Feliciano’s Insane Human-Animal Chaos House!” 
Grade 6: Daphne Campbell of Creekland MS for “The Tree That Wouldn’t Burn” 
Grade 7: Lorelai Clark of Freedom MS for “How it is Now” 
Grade 8: Kira Hallissey of Teasley MS for “Being Brave” 
Grade 9: Demetra Hays of Woodstock HS for “Theatre is Life” 
Grade 10: Jordyn Notoma of Sequoyah HS for “A Mother’s Love”
Grade 11: Monica Ramirez of River Ridge HS for “I Am” 
Grade 12: Jake Davis of Woodstock HS for “Lighthouse Kept”

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