Congratulations, Anna!

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We enjoyed reading Anna’s prize-winning nonfiction story for the WriterHouse / C-ville Weekly contest!

Anna Hennigan

Though she’s only 16 years old, youth category winner Anna Hennigan is no stranger to storytelling. “My parents used to read to me before I could talk, and when I was two or three I started babbling stories to myself to fall asleep,” she said. “When I got older I started writing them down.”Hennigan grew up in Connecticut and spent half-days at an art school for creative writing. Her winning essay, “The Weight of Departure,” was the first she wrote after moving to Charlottesville last year.

via True story: Winners of our nonfiction contest found inspiration in their own lives.

 

Sorting Hats at Jackson-Via School

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Thanks to Dr. Tracie Daniels at Jackson-Via for allowing us to use the big lunch tables in the first grade commons to sort and count our new hats! Now we know which colors and categories we need to concentrate on so we are ready to give them to kids in need when the cold weather arrives.