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Photos by Rome City Schools / Winners from West End

Winners of the Young Georgia Authors competition for Rome City Schools have been announced. 12 student writers from West End Elementary, East Central Elementary, Rome Middle School and Rome High School had their work selected to move from the system level to the Georgia RESA (Regional Education Service Agency) level of the competition.

If these students’ writings advance through the RESA-level, their work will be entered into the state level of the Young Georgia Authors contest.

The list of winners, along with their schools, grade levels and titles of their pieces are as follows:

Kindergarten- Jase Folsom West End Blud Moon

First Grade- Carter Holbert West End Alien on Earth

Second Grade- Clara Davis West End Happy Place

Third Grade- Rylan Mull West End The Time I Caught My First Fish

Fourth Grade- Ella Weaver West End Just Too Scary

Fifth Grade- Emerson Laipple East Central How Can I Be Perfect?

Sixth Grade- Mary Burke Smith East Central Those Eyes: The Escape

Seventh Grade- Chloe Elizabeth Littlejohn RMS What Happened Next…

Eighth Grade- Leah Bartleson RMS Law of Life Essay

Ninth Grade- Emma Breithaupt RHS An Aspiration

Tenth Grade- Alayna Weber RHS A Letter To No One

Eleventh Grade- Jose Reyes RHS Untitled

Twelfth Grade- Jordan Smith RHS More

Keep an eye on the Rome City Schools Facebook page for interviews with the winners and a brief summary of their stories/poems.

Please join us in congratulating these talent young writers!

Go Wolves!

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Winners from Rome Middle School