Southern York County School District Students Earn Awards in Scholastic Arts and Writing Contest

Students from Susquehannock High School earned awards in the 2018 South Central Pennsylvania Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition. The national program recognizes students for their creative excellence in 28 categories of art and writing.

The following Susquehannock High School students earned awards in the competition:

Written Work

• Ian Achterberg, Honorable Mention in Personal Essay/Memoir, “Migraine Dream”
• Cassidy Bolio, Silver Key in Short Story, “a me tibi”
• Reagan Gorham, Silver Key in Novel Writing, Salt By The Sea
• Ryan Hartley, Honorable Mention in Poetry, “Thought Tints”
• Andrea Hebel, Gold Key in Journalism, “Concussed: The Silent Epidemic”
• Kristen Krobot, Honorable Mention in Poetry, “Loneliness Looks Good On Me”
• Kristen Krobot, Gold Key in Personal Essay/Memoir, “Little Girl”
• Elinor Pugliese, Honorable Mention in Poetry, “Here For Real”
• Rachael Scott, Silver Key in Poetry, “Doldrums”
• Rachael Scott, Silver Key in Poetry, “The Rose Garden”
• Rachael Scott, Honorable Mention in Poetry, “To Arthur”
• Ellie Stevenson, Honorable Mention in Short Story, “Child of Destruction”
• David Wentzel, Honorable Mention in Flash Fiction, “The Hands of Consequence”
• David Wentzel, Silver Key in Poetry, “Altar of the American Dream”
• David Wentzel, Silver Key in Short Story, “Ain’t no Angel”
• David Wentzel, Honorable Mention in Short Story, “Kings Stay King”

Artwork

• Lucy Curran–Honorable Mention–Drawing and Illustration, “Focused”
• Ryan Hartley–Honorable Mention—Photography, “I See Nothing”
• Ryan Hartley–Honorable Mention—Photography, “Three Dimensional”
• Megan Watkins–Honorable Mention—Photography, “Off Duty”
• David Wentzel–Honorable Mention—Painting, “Thrills of Music”
• David Wentzel–Silver Key–Painting–”Demand of Disaster”
• David Wentzel–Honorable Mention–Painting–”Untitled”

These students will be invited to a recognition ceremony at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg on March 10, 2018.  Gold key recipients Andrea Hebel and Kristen Krobot advanced to the national competition.

“This is the third consecutive year that members of the Susquehannock High School Creative Writing Club have seen their works advance to the national round,” said Timothy Groth, Susquehannock High School English teacher.