Woodland School Library-IMC & the PTWS Proudly Presents

2002 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Poetry Contest Winners

FIRST PLACE WINNERS*	SECOND PLACE WINNERS*	THIRD PLACE WINNERS*
Jakais	Aliyah	Kristal
Michael	Bianca	Paige
Yazmine	Tihiara	Sirani
Olivia	Brittnee	Carl
Nicole	Terrence	Chance
Shatia	Kevin	Michelle
Julian		Eddie
Antonay		Brittany
		Sheldon
		Jordan

* Student last names are omitted for child safety reasons.

At the May 30, 2002 awards assembly, the winners will receive collections of poetry by illustrative African American Poets.
Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems by Eloise Greenfield, et al will be awarded to all of the Third Place Winners.

Pass It on : African-American Poetry for Children by Wade Hudson (Editor), Floyd Cooper (Illustrator) will be awarded to all Second Place Winners.

Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art by Belinda Rochelle (Editor) will be awarded to our First Place Winners.

Message From Our Principal

I would like to thank the students and their family for supporting this very worthwhile writing competition. I would like to give special thanks to Mrs. Jackie Cox Strother for being the inspiration and catalyst for this activity as a major project of our PTWS (Parent and Teachers at Woodland School) and PTWS for providing the hardback book, Words with Wings awarded to the First Place Winners . Many thanks to Ms. Logan for encouraging student and staff participation and for involving Mr. Bonaparte and Mrs. Jenkins, Woodland teachers, as judges.

We at Woodland are very excited about several of our students who have submitted their poetry in other poetry writing contests.

All of us should be encouraged to know that our students are thoughtful and inspired by Dr. King's life and legacy.

Mrs. Shirley Johnson-Tucker