Students honored for writing courage

More than 100 Upper Schoolers were honored with a special lunch in the Hillsdale Commons on Jan. 8 for submitting their work to the Scholastic Writing and Arts Awards.

Students submit their work in categories like critical essay, poetry, and personal narrative, English department chair Mark Beyreis said. Some students, he added, submit all the essays they write for the classes.

“It tells you something about the high quality of work students do here day-in and day-out,” Beyreis said.

The submitted work is first judged in the regional competition, which includes southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and parts of southeast Indiana. More than 40 schools submit work each year and the number of regional awards, which means advancement to the national competition, is limited.