Creativity and spectacular handwriting earned Christopher Albrecht’s fourth grade class a national honor. The Hill School received the Most Creative Class award in the third annual Cursive is CoolTM contest.
In addition, four of those students submitted winning entries amongst hundreds of submissions across the country. Allyson Fien, Elsye Klump and Ethan Enderle won awards for creativity and Jason Kleehammer took second place in the contest. Having one Brockport winner is a great accomplishment; having four is a tremendous achievement.
The winners were announced to the class during a surprise Skype session with Campaign for CursiveTM Chair Gayna Scott on April 22. The winners’ parents and community volunteers also attended the presentation to offer congratulations.
Albrecht and student teacher Marissa Pangrazio assisted the students with composition and Mary Edwards and Leanna Hale from the Clarkson Historical Society’s Clarkson Academy volunteered to help with the cursive aspect.
Each entry contained at least five handwritten sentences answering one of the following questions:
•Why is cursive cool?
•What do you think is fun to do that involves cursive handwriting?
•Why do you like writing your signature?
Submissions were judged on legibility, content and quality of handwriting based on grade level. The winners received ribbons and certificates.
“The contest was our way of getting kids to practice their cursive and to think about why they like it,” said Campaign for CursiveTM Chair Gayna Scott. “We received some great entries. It was nice to read the fun reasons kids like cursive and the wonderful samples they submitted of their best handwriting.”
The contest was hosted by Campaign for CursiveTM, a grassroots, all-volunteer movement gaining support across the country and world. National Handwriting Day events in January of this year promoting cursive handwriting took place in 16 states and nine foreign countries affiliated with the Campaign for CursiveTM.
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