Haley Mudrick ’15 Awarded NJCTE Gold Medal for Nonfiction & Michael Lee ’15 Awarded Bronze Medal for Poetry

Every year the New Jersey Council of Teachers of English holds a statewide writing contest for high school students. Haley Mudrick ’15 won the Gold Medal for Nonfiction for her essay “If I Could Write to Truman Capote” and Michael Lee ’15 won the Bronze Medal for Poetry for his poem, “Why I Do My Homework,” an emulation of “Why I Write Poetry” by Major Jackson. You can read their work in the display case outside the English Office. The award ceremony will be held on April 23, 2015 in Scotch Plains, N.J. where their work will be performed by trained orators. Michael will also be invited to read his poem at the 2016 Dodge Poetry Festival. Congratulations Haley and Michael!