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2009 Read Across America

KNEA Read Aloud Contest Entries

Teachers want students to read and write. To commemorate Read Across America in 2009, KNEA teachers want students to read aloud what they write. Students were asked to write a personal letter to an author, living or deceased, from any genre explaining how the author’s work changed the student’s way of thinking about the world or themselves and then read aloud and record what they wrote.

Four winners will receive $50 gift certificates. They are

Ashley Haverkamp  (Hear Ashley's Essay)
12th grade, Nemaha Valley High School
Parents: Brian & Kristina Haverkamp
Teacher: Cathy Enneking
Seneca, KS

Maddie Foster  (Hear Maddie's Essay)
5th grade - Central Elementary School
Parents:Susan and Scott Foster
Teacher:Patty Sorensen  
Library Media Specialist Jessica Karns
Holton, KS

Hunter Wishart   (Hear Hunter's Essay)
8th grade - El Dorado Middle School
Parents: Julie Kobbe and Kevin Wishart
Teachers:Kirstie Towner Jan Pippig 
Wichita, KS

Logan G. Barker  (Hear Logan's Essay)
11th grade, Madison High School
Parents: Troy and Linda Barker
English Teacher: Cheri Hopson 
Gifted Teacher: Karen Engle
Madison, KS

We thought you would enjoy reading and hearing the entries.

The following students submitted entries to the 2009 KNEA Read Aloud Contest (Click here for the rules) . 

Andover
            Cherilyn E, Andover Central Middle School
            Bonnie French, Andover Central Middle School

Baldwin City
            McKinley Markley, Marion Springs Elementary School

El Dorado
            Nick Buckley, El Dorado Middle School
            Dylan McAdoo, El Dorado Middle School
            Breck Towner, El Dorado Middle School
            Ridge Towner, Lincoln Elementary School
            Hunter Wishart, El Dorado Middle School

Emporia
             Hannah Duncan, Village Elementary School
            Kathryn Kienholz, Timmerman Elementary School
            Auturo Palafox, Timmerman Elementary School
            Carson Powers, Village Elementary School
            Jaden Silva, Timmerman Elementary School

Great Bend
            Olivia Blackwell, Lincoln Elementary School
            Makenna Bogart, Jefferson Elementary School
            Samantha Croft, Park Elementary School
            Shelby Deist, Lincoln Elementary School
            Taylor Hofeling, Jefferson Elementary School
            Gage Miller, Lincoln Elementary School
            Alex Morgan, Jefferson Elementary School
            Maleigha Prieto, Riley Elementary School
            Allison Regehr, Jefferson Elementary School
            Tanya Sanchez, Holy Family School
            Heather Schneider, Jefferson Elementary School
            Kameko Schultz, Park Elementary School

Holton
            Maddie Foster, Central Elementary School
            Ashley Holthaus, Central Elementary School
            Erynn Ireland, Central Elementary School
            Mackenzie Moore, Central Elementary School
            Shari Riley, Central Elementary School

Leawood
            Gracie Goheen, Prairie Star Elementary School

Lyons
            Andrea L. Allison, Lyons Middle School
            Jared Cardonne, Lyons Middle School
            Sheyenne A. Cook, Lyons Middle School
            Haley Jay, Lyons Middle School
            Hannah Kasting, Lyons Middle School

Madison

Logan Barker , Madison High School

Maize
            Casey Doyle, Maize Central Elementary School
            Lauren Hills, Maize Central Elementary School  
            Seth Jennings, Maize Central Elementary School

Manhattan
            Brianna Peebles, Manhattan Alternative High School

Newton
            Anabel Cervantes , Sunset Elementary School
            Connor Garcia, Sunset Elementary School
            Makayla Hill, Sunset Elementary School  
            Maria McGonigal, Sunset Elementary School
            Madison Roth, Sunset Elementary School

St. Marys
            Theresa Bertels, St. Marys Elementary School
            Abby Homan, St. Marys Elementary School
            Aubrey Huaracha, St. Marys Elementary School
            Kendra Hutley, St. Marys Elementary School
            Katie Kolde, St. Marys Elementary School
            Hunter Marshall, St. Marys Elementary School
            Brady Mulligan, St. Marys Elementary School
            Eliza Rezac, St. Marys Elementary School
            Spencer Rieschick, St. Marys Elementary School
            Allie Sack, St. Marys Elementary School
            Corey Tyler, St. Marys Elementary  School
            Britnee Zemek, St. Marys Elementary School

Seneca
            Ashley Haverkamp, Nemaha Valley High School

Topeka  
            Jacob Adams, Lyman Elementary School 
            Shyanne Keeyser-Akin, Lyman Elementary School
            Sierra Armstrong, Lyman Elementary School
            Hailee Auten, Lyman Elementary School
            Justin Bailey, Lyman Elementary School
            Kayla Bell, Lyman Elementary School
            Zachary Burns , Elmont Elementary School
            Madi Cina , Elmont Elementary School
            Joey Criqui, Lyman Elementary School
            Ethan Cooper, Lyman Elementary School
            Tyler Davis, Lyman Elementary School
            Connor Dean, Lyman Elementary School
            Jerrett Estes, Lyman Elementary School
            Kelsi Flowers, Lyman Elementary School
            Daemeion Gay, Lyman Elementary School
            Jaelynn Gay, Lyman Elementary School
            Megan Hackworth, Lyman Elementary School
            Rachel Heald, Lyman Elementary School
            Madison Henderson, Lyman Elementary School
            Alexus Jarowitz, Lyman Elementary School
            Dale Koehn, Lyman Elementary School
            Cherish Lierz, Lyman Elementary School
            Kenadee Meditz, Lyman Elementary School
            Jeffrey Mumma, Lyman Elementary School
            Allison Myer, Lyman Elementary School
            Ray Newins, Lyman Elementary School
            Sam Shepherd, Lyman Elementary School
            Austen Slavens, Lyman Elementary School
            Zach Small, Lyman Elementary School
            Weston Tanner , Elmont Elementary School
            Nicholas Taylor, Lyman Elementary School
            Jaugger Thomas, Lyman Elementary School
            Dakota Wilson, Lyman Elementary School

KNEA Reading Contest

Students will submit audio files containing the student reading an original essay. To enter, students in grades 3-12 will write a personal letter to an author, living or deceased, from any genre:

• fiction or nonfiction,
• contemporary or classic
  ...explaining how that author's work changed the student's way of thinking about the world or themselves.

Contest Rules:

• All Kansas public school students in grades three and up may enter. 
• All contest entries must be received by December 1, 2008 .
• Audio files will be e-mailed to readingessays@knea.org .
• Only electronic entries will be accepted . Audio files must be MP3 files. 
  • Students or their helpers may use Audacity to record. It works well and is free.
• The e-mail, with the audio file attached, must contain the letter read by the student, the student's name, address, parents' names, grade, school and current teacher.
• When reading their essay, students must end the essay by saying their name, their school and the town in which they live.

Three winners will receive $50 gift certificates. Entries will be published on Web sites and distributed to statewide news media. Entries become the property of Kansas NEA.

KNEA is working with the Kansas Center for the Book  to promote reading and writing.

The KCFB is promoting the Letters About Literature Essay Contest.  Students are welcome to use the same essay they wrote for KNEA's Reading Contest and send it to the Letters About Literature Essay Contest. Essay winners will be announced in the spring. For details, go to www.kcfb.info

Entries, typed or handwritten, must be postmarked by Dec. 1, 2008 and mailed to this address:
Letters About Literature
PO Box 609
Dallas, PA 18612

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