Congratulations to our young and talented South Vienna writers who competed in the regional finals of Power of the Pen.  On Saturday, March 13th, six seventh and eighth graders traveled to Wittenberg University to compete against middle school writers from 25 other schools.  Melissa Byers, Daulton Litteral, and Kara Owens participated for our seventh grade team.  Emma Alexander, Dylan Buffenbarger, and Rachel Parker competed for our eighth grade.  We are still waiting to hear if any of our writers will move on to the state Power of the Pen tournament at Wooster College in May.

All six young authors did well and we are proud of their effort and how they represented South Vienna Middle School.

POWER OF THE PEN

Congratulations to the members of this year’s Power of the Pen team.  Thirty three South Vienna seventh and eighth grade writers came to tryouts on Wednesday, October 7th.  All did a very nice job.  From those participants, twelve students were chosen.  Our South Vienna eighth grade team of writers consists of:

Our Eighth Grade Team
Emma Alexander Dylan Buffenbarger Jenna Gibson
Clint Hinderer Halley Hinderer Rachel Parker

 

Our Seventh Grade Team
Melissa Byers Casey Fleming Daulton Litteral
Kara Owens Dylan Thomas Emma Ward

Our Power of the Pen team will be competing in the district competition on Friday, December 11th at Clark State University.  There are usually around 20- 30 teams and several hundred competitors.  This will be an exciting day for our writing teams. As our representatives from South Vienna Middle School, we wish both teams of writers great luck.

Attention writers!

(and their parents)

On Wednesday, October 7th, we will be holding tryouts for this year’s seventh and eighth grade Power of the Pen teams.

Power of the Pen is an academic writing team that South Vienna has proudly fielded for many years.  We have won several team trophies and have sent numerous students on to the regional tournament and several to the state finals.

Students who are interested in trying out need to meet in one of two rooms.  Seventh graders will need to meet in Ms. Wilson’s room during intervention time.  Eighth graders will go to Mr. Arter’s room during lunchtime.  Eighth grade students will need to first quickly purchase lunch from the cafeteria.  (This would be a good day to bring a sack lunch.)  All writers will need to bring with them paper and a pencil or pen.  Students will then be given a prompt, a phrase or sentence around which they will write a short story.  From all the entries, judges will choose the top six writings from each grade level.  The winners will comprise our two Power of the Pen teams.

Each team will meet once a week or so to prepare for the District tournament.  Students will be expected to practice and improve their writing skills. 
 
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Ms. Wilson or Mr. Arter at 568-4765.