Month: September 2020
Poetry contest

Ridge High School student wins national poetry contest

BASKING RIDGE, NJ—Already a competent performer, Ridge High School junior Sophie Piedras has added poetry to her repertoire. Sophie, 17, was named one of 25 national winners of the 23rd Annual National High School Poetry Contest. The competition, which receives more than 15,000 entries annually from the United States and its territories, was sponsored by […]
Poetry contest

Port Orange ninth grader wins national poetry contest

Sage Day is a champ. She wrote a poem about women’s suffrage, and her third-grade teacher, Mrs. West of Cypress Creek Elementary in Port Orange, entered her poem in the local contest sponsored by the Sugar Mill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The poem won the contest, then moved on to the […]