Young Writers Project: Writing About Being Right, and a Letter to a Bully
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
This week, Young Writers Project publishes responses to the prompts, Being right: Describe a time when you were sure that you were right, but someone else had a different view; and General writing. Young Writers Project is an independent nonprofit that engages students to write, helps them improve and connects them with audiences through the Newspaper Series (and youngwritersproject.org) and the Schools Project (ywpschools.net). Confrontation By Robin Chadwell Grade …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Hanover — Some kids see math as a maze of pointless numbers, a subject banished to chalkboards and ivory towers. Austin Eng, 17, of Freehold, N.J., sees it differently — and as a result, he and his film partner, Katherine Lin, also of Freehold, have $4,000 in prize money to show for it. …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Hartland — More than a dozen class photos tacked to a farewell poster yesterday showcased the smiles of two generations-worth of Hartland-area preschoolers. Behind the rows of young learners, there was an enduring constant — the equally enthusiastic smile of Carol Withington, a teacher at Hartland Cooperative Nursery School who celebrated her pending …