Poudre School District congratulates the following students and schools for their outstanding accomplishments!

Winners of the Author Visit Essay Contest
Congratulations to Colton Broda, second-grader at Livermore Elementary, and Evan Zamba, fourth-grader at Lopez Elementary, for winning the district Author Visit Essay Contest! Their prize is a classroom visit from Mary Hoffman, the British author of the book Amazing Grace. The students will also receive an autographed set of the books for themselves and their classes.

More than 450 outstanding essays were submitted by PSD students, describing their dreams and how they would make them happen.  They were inspired by words from the book Amazing Grace:  "You can do anything you want if you put your mind to it!"  Mary Hoffman's book is available in each school media center and in the third-grade Treasures anthology. A recording of Mary Hoffman's classroom presentation will be available on PSD Channel 10 soon.

Cache La Poudre Middle School Eighth-Grade Writers Recognized
Columbine Poets of Colorado is a state poetry society and is proud to be affiliated with the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. The following students were recognized in a recent contest: Lachlan Yahn won 1st place with his poem.  Julia Schmidt and Casey Robertson were awarded Honorable Mention.  All three poems will be sent to the National Federation contest.

The following CLPMS students had poems published in the Anthology of Poetry: Julia Kennedy, Caleb Maxey, Millie Cope, Madeleine Deike, Hope Pavsek, Keaton Bartlett, Caitlyn Buckner, Katherine Clagett, Carsyn Randolph, Sydney Wewerka, Frida Dawson, Mykel Lanteri, Shea Anderson, Isabel Bramhall-Heck, Amanda Gaines, Benjamin Oldemeyer and Koy Ecton.

The following CLPMS students were selected to be published in Creative Communication’s A Celebration of Poets:  Ashlynn Gilbert, Chris Jensen, Levi Lintner, Casey Robertson, Sophia Mollet, Victor Mumford, and Ben West.

Kinard and Preston Girl Scout Troop 304 Donate School Supplies
Cadette Girl Scout Troop 304 (sixth-grade girls from Kinard and Preston Middle Schools) recently partnered with Walgreens to donate about $300 in school supplies.