District, Community to Celebrate Award-winning Student Authors
Sep. 28, 2015, Campbell Calif. — The community will celebrate 11 talented student authors at Campbell Union School District’s 13th Annual Rising Young Authors awards on October 14, 2015, at 7 p.m., at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on Stevens Creek Blvd. The students will speak to the audience about their books and later autograph copies for fans who bring copies with them to the event.
Guest author Clara Lee, a former Campbell Middle School student and author of Cupcake Theory, will speak to the students about her experience as a student who later became a published author. She is holding a book signing of her own earlier in the day. Information about her book is at ww.cupcaketheorybook.com
The Rising Young Authors are a select group of students whose short stories, essays, research papers and poems were among the hundreds entered in the District’s annual Writing Faire. Judges review the entries for technical excellence, focus, structure, use of creative expression, vocabulary, word combinations, and originality in ideas and/or presentation of ideas. Only one author is chosen per school per year, in grades 3 through 7, from among the qualified entries. To view their works online, or to order your own copy, go to www.campbellusd.org/news/authors2015.
More than 100 parents, family members, teachers, elected officials and principals attend the annual awards and book-signing event. The award includes one professionally produced copy of his or her book for the school library and a personal copy to keep, a $20 gift certificate from the Assistance League of Los Gatos-Saratoga, a personal writer’s journal from Barnes & Noble, and a chance to win a Kindle e-reader from School Innovations & Achievement. Barnes & Noble will also donate a portion of sales from that day to the school district to support library and/or writing programs.
The 2015 Rising Young Authors
Representing Author’s Name Grade - May 2015 Title of Written Work
Blackford School.................. Lily Anna Higareda....................... 3.............. Opinion Piece
Campbell Middle School........ Jett Felder.................................. 6.............. Poetry Collection
Capri School....................... Aidan H. Morales......................... 5.............. Battle Scar
Castlemont School............... Alyssa S. Lena........................... 3.............. I Am an Artist
Lynhaven School................. Jayden L.Mandler Sanders........... 4.............. Why Toys
Marshall Lane School........... Faith C. Gonia............................. 3.............. Folktale Genre
Monroe Middle School.......... Andres J. Sanchez...................... 7.............. The Black Blizzard
Rolling Hills Middle School..... Garrett J. Dickson........................ 6.............. Silk Road Diary
Rosemary School................ Brenda M. Andres Ruiz................ 3.............. All About Komodo Dragons
Sherman Oaks School.......... Nina C. Ruiz Garcia..................... 4.............. Milly the Monarch Butterfly
Village School...................... Talyn S. Hardy........................... 3.............. Fun Games to Play in the Car