MVE ELP (Extended Learning Program) students recently became published authors in the 2016 Edition of the Young American Poetry Digest.
National Schools Project
The purpose of the National Schools Project is to encourage student writing and provide an audience for student poetry.
Each January, schools across the nation are invited to participate in the project. The poems submitted by schools are reviewed by teachers/educators who select the best poems for publication.
Taking in mind the student’s age and grade level, the overall quality of the poem is determined by the following criteria:
- Creativity
- Age-appropriate language
- Sensory/figurative images
- Structure
- Poetic techniques
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| MVE Published Poets Include: Back Row: Gabby Regina Rylie Cleek, Corrighan Grimes, Carlyn Christensen, Jacob West Front Row: Savannah McDonald, Toben Lasater, Brian Derengrowski, Dylan Davis, Kate Graeve, and Layton Maason (Not Pictured: Trinity Konsbruck) |
Trees are really big.
Animals eat off of them.
Trees are really green.
Yellow, black, honey!
Honey bees in honey hive
Yummy honey, sweet!
Savannah McDonald and Rylie Cleek---ages 8
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Bees buzz by their hive.
Making Honey all the time
Yellow, black, black stripes
Fish swim back and forth.
Never sleep and stay awake
They live in the sea.
Elephants are gray.
They live in the grasslands.
African mammals
Dolphins have blue eyes.
Dolphins live in the ocean.
Dolphins can be trained.
Carlyn Christensen and
Trinity Konsbruck—ages 8
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Trees are green and brown.
Bees live in them sometimes.
Trees are beautiful.
Brian Derengrowski and Gabby
Regina—ages 6 and 7
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The pond is dark blue.
The pond is full of creatures.
Frogs are in the pond.
Eliot Birks and Jacob West—ages 7
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Lions are so cool.
They like to roar at nighttime.
They love to eat meat.
Dylan Davis, Layton Maasen, and Toben Lasater—ages 6 and 8
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| Not pictured: Savannah McDonald |
There is a complimentary copy of Young Poetry Digest in the MV Elementary Media Center.
