Every year the New Jersey Council of Teachers of English holds a statewide writing contest for high school students. This year three Newark Academy students won Bronze Medals for Poetry. Eva Lebovtiz ’18 won for her poem “Cityscape.” Valery Tarco ’16 won for her poem, “Daugthers Become Their Mothers Become Their Daughters.” Melody Xiao ’18 won for her poem “everything that’s wrong with me.” The award ceremony will be held on April 26 in Scotch Plains, N.J., where their poems will be performed by trained orators. All three poems are forthcoming on the Writing, Art & Music (WAM!) blog. Congratulations Eva, Valery and Mel!
Melody Xiao ’18 & Valery Tarco ’16 accepted their awards at the NJCTE Ceremony