MSN Students Finalists in Letters About Literature Contest

Thirteen Lake Zurich Middle School North students were chosen as Illinois Semi-Finalists in the “Letters about Literature Competition.” Students were asked to write letters to authors about how their works changed and shaped the students’ views of themselves and the world. They reflected on their reading experience and thought about what they learned both personally and globally through the words of the author.

This competition is a national reading and writing competition. These students stood out from among the 6,100 letters received in the State of Illinois alone. In the five years that MSN students have been entering this competition, this was the highest number of students recognized for their writing about literature.

Entry is simple, students write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, from any genre--fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, contemporary or classic--explaining how that author's work changed the student's way of thinking about the world or themselves.

Middle School North semi-finalists include: 

6th Grade

Neha Praseed and Karenna Savage.

7th Grade

Jack Shafer, Nick Hervatin, and Kianna Novak.

8th Grade

Ty Carey, Robert Guagnelli, Ryan Kim, Alex Miller, Angela Gaggiano, Lauren Shon, Caitlyn Bertrand and Andie Rossiter.

Submitted by Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95.