Allamanda Elementary Student Wins Writing Competition

Allamanda Elementary Student Wins Writing Competition

Public Affairs - (561) 434-8228
June 9, 2009

Allamanda Elementary School’s Lindsay Lonano, 4th grade, won first place in WLRN Radio Station’s “Write Under the Sun” elementary school writing competition. Allamanda runners-up include 4th grade students, Alex Woodward and Connor Voorhees.

Lindsay, in Ms. Connie Howe’s class, wrote the winning entry, entitled “The Swamp.”
Alex, in Ms. Deborah Long’s fourth grade class, wrote a piece called, “The Vicious, Ferocious, Terrifying Killer Monster in Palm Beach County.”
Connor, from Mrs. Nicole Wilson’s class, wrote an essay called “South Florida.”
Lindsay will record her winning entry, to be broadcast on WLRN. She will also participate in events WLRN is having with local authors, poets and literary figures in South Florida. All three entries, along with student biographies, will be posted on WLRN’s “Under the Sun” Web page. The students are also invited to read their essays at WLRN’s “Write Under the Sun” live event June 21 at the Hollywood, Florida, library.

For more information, please contact Marilu Garcia, Principal, at (561) 803-7200.