Every year the Emperor of Japan selects a theme for haiku poets. For this contest the theme is "kishi" which translates in English to " shore, coast, or beach ".
Ibaraki, Minneapolis’s sister city in Japan, sponsors a haiku contest. Southwest High School was notified that they placed with eight winners in the city wide contest this year. That means we won all honors in 9th grade-12grade category this year. A presentation of awards will be held on Sunday, April 15th, 2011 from 2 p.m. at the Minneapolis Central Library downtown. Please congratulate these talented students, Ms. Schiffman and Ms. Reilly when you see them!
9th grade -12 grade Category
1st Place : Melissa Yang, (Ms. French)
2nd Place : Elijah Fortson, (Ms. French)
3rd Place : Henry Aoki, (Mr. Rees)
Honorable Mention : Chloe McIntyre, (Ms. French)
Honorable Mention : Vincente Fernandez, (Ms. French)
Honorable Mention : Liam Kelsey (Ms. French)
Honorable Mention : Melissa Yang (Ms. French)
Honorable Mention : Stuart Fritz (Ms. French)
Adult Category
2nd Place : Gail Schiffman
Honorable Mention : Gail Schiffman
Honorable Mention : Dawn Reilly
Thank you.
Kyoko French
Southwest Japanese Teacher
1 comment:
Melissa! First place and Honorable Mention!? You are so the best! I'm so proud of you! "SMILE"! :)
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