The following 10th grade  students earned awards this year for the Merced County Office of Education Writing Festival. Their writing will be displayed at the Merced Mall throughout the second week of May and Mother’s Day weekend. Please congratulate them when you see them. We even had one student, Carlos Rueben Mendez, take home the gold in the category of Autobiographical Narrative, indicating that his story was the overall winner throughout Merced County.

Category: Autobiographical Narrative:

Carlos Rueben Mendez: “Time to Meet the Mother” – 1st Place – Gold

Jonathan Reynosa:  “Mexico Memories”- 2nd Place

Jonathan Jimenez:  “Just the Way it Is” -3rd Place

Category: Unrhymed Poetry

Faith Zako:  “Best Friend of Mine” -1st Place

Vincent Diaz: Untitled- 2nd Place

Maria Barba:  “A Broken Family”- 3rd Place