Sunday, April 7, 2013

SW Haiku Poets Earns Awards from Emperor of Japan


Every year the emperor of Japan selects a theme for haiku poets.  This year’s theme was "harusaki" which translates in English to " beginning of spring ".

Ibaraki, Minneapolis’s sister city in Japan, sponsors a haiku contest.  Southwest High School was notified that they placed with eight winners in the citywide contest.  That means we won all honors in the 9th grade -12th grade category again this year.  

A presentation of awards will be held on Sunday, April 14th, 2013 from 2 p.m. at the Minneapolis Central Library downtown.   Please congratulate these talented students when you see them! 

9th grade -12th grade Category
 1st Place : Jackie Vo,  (Ms. French)
2nd Place :  Logan Schade,  (Ms. French)
3rd Place :  Emily Peterson,  (Ms. French)
Honorable Mentions :  
              Diego Baumann  (Ms. French)
              Andria Obermiller  (Ms. French)
              Anna Moskowitz  (Mr. Reeds)
              Rhiannon Aldrich  (Ms. French)
              Megahn Trudeau  (Mr. Reeds)

Adult Category    Honorable Mentions :   
              Mary Doyle  (parent)
              Megan Morrissey   (parent)

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