Poems from the 6th Annual Teen Poetry Contest

Congratulations to all of the poets!

Click the links below to play them, or right-click on them to save the files to your computer. If you have podcast retriever software, you can subscribe to our feed using this link:

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recording of the 2010 Teen Poetry Reception (43 minutes, 59.5MB)

High Awards for Middle School Students

1st Place Award

Memories Azita Bakhtyari pdf

2nd Place Award

Power of One Rebecca Savord pdf

3rd Place Award

Summer Fun Alison Murtagh pdf

High Awards for High School Students

1st Place Award

Beautiful Rachel Aldrich pdf

2nd Place Award

Deconstruction of a Teenage Moment Erin O'Kelly pdf

3rd Place Award

I Am Lost in a World Stevie Scheer pdf

Middle School Honorable Mention

• Painting On My Farm Alexa Baldwin pdf
• Winter Connor Batsimm pdf
• The Game Jeffrey Bicknell pdf
• Seaside Excursion Rosalyn Chen pdf
• The Other Side of a Window Jonathan Coombs pdf
• Notebook Sophie Coombs pdf
• Rumors Maria Cortner pdf
• Grandpa Sarah Cronin pdf
• For William, Love Tess Tess Dever pdf
• Fireworks Julia Ganley pdf
• My Sister's Closet Michelle Gencorelli pdf
• Awakening Julia Hoyt pdf
• Ode to a Lindor Truffle Jessi Jacobowitz pdf
• I'm a Warrior Now Ananya Kaul pdf
• Flute Yoojin Kim pdf
• Back to Me Julia LeBlanc pdf
• Speech Caroline Lu pdf
• If I Were a Crayon Julia Mancini pdf
• Growling Up Huzefa Mandviwala pdf
• A Leap into Summer Caroline Murtagh pdf
• My Grandma's House McKenzie Nash pdf
• Surfer and Board Jameson O'Connor pdf
• Silent Applause Rebecca Savord pdf
• Rain Sasha Schwartz pdf
• As I Sat Tarushi Sharma pdf
• When My Cousin Died Rebecca Yount pdf

High School Honorable Mention

• Ghost House Rachel Aldrich pdf
• The Rainfall, Both Inside and Out Precipitación, Adentro y Hacia Fuera Rachel Doolan pdf
• Descent with Modification Ang Gao pdf
• The Politics of Campaign Jaclyn Hodas pdf
• Iced Coffee Mat Kelley pdf
• Girl Sarah Mahan pdf
• Daddy's Poem Katherine Parker pdf
• Fish Out of Water Emily Stidsen pdf

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For last year's Teen Poetry Contests, see this page.

Summer is Coming! Check out our Teen Programs and Volunteen Application.

The Teen Summer Program, "Feed, Sleep, Read" will begin with the "feed" part. Join us Monday, June 28th from 3-4pm for Cookie Decorating (and eating)! You'll also be able to sign up for the "read" portion of the program. If you read enough, you'll be eligible to win our grand prize, a Flip Video Camera! So, check out our calendar of summer activities, as well as our "Volunteen" information and application form. It's going to be a fun summer!

Checking out some recipe books and...

I've decided that from time to time I should post some recipes that I plan to try.
So, here goes:
Banana Bread -- YUM!
1 1/4 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup butter/margarine/vegetable oil
2 very ripe bananas
2 eggs

Preheat oven to 350.
Mix the dry ingredients.
Put the rest of the ingredients in a blender and let'er rip!
Pour the banana mixture into the flour mixture and stir.
Pour the batter into a well-greased loaf pan and bake for 1 hour.
And, good luck!

6th Annual Teen Poetry Contest

Hooray, the winners have been notified! There are 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners in the middle school and high school categories -- plus, honorable mention awards!!! The awards ceremony and reception will be held on Wednesday, May 19 at 7pm in the Hall. Everyone is welcome!

Teen Poetry Contest Winners Will Be Announced...

very soon!

Winners will be notified at the end of this week. The Teen Poetry Contest Reception and Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, May 19 at 7pm.