Aerial

A special thank you to Mossberg and Company for rolling out the red carpet for us to have a tour of the facility that publishes our annual Aerial Literary and Art Magazine. We are looking forward to working with you next year for our 40th edition!

Mrs. Ennis' 2nd graders were awesome! They listened to our children's books and even shared their writing with us. All those new weather phenomenon were really clever--who thought tacos and money and parents could rain down on us?

We also thank the folks at the North Liberty Branch of the St. Joseph County Library for hosting a book reading and autograph signing for the pre-school children. We certainly enjoyed visiting with you all in the afternoon and submitting our writing for your Poetry Tree Project.

Thank you Mrs. Ennis and 2nd graders!
On May 14 we visited WES and shared our children's books with them. We very much enjoyed listening to you all read your class book to us as well. You were awesome readers and writers and illustrators.

Congratulations to our regional Scholastic winners!
Kiarra P -- 2 gold keys, 3 silver keys, 4 honorable mention, all in poetry
Annabelle S -- 2 silver keys memoir/personal essay, silver key and honorable mention dramatic script
Gabby S -- honorable mention memoir/personal essay
The two gold keys for Kiarra will go on to the national contest, for which winners will be announced in March.

These ladies will be honored in a virtual ceremony on February 14 at 1 P.M. EST. More information to follow.

The 2020 Aerial:

Perspectives
Thank you to Mossberg and Company, Inc. for understanding our dilemma.

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Congratulations!
Annabelle S and Kiarra P are National Scholastic Silver Medalists in 2020!
We just found in March that these two amazing writers won for the following pieces:
Annabelle's dramatic script Mirror, which will be featured in the 2020 Aerial: Perspectives
Kiarra's poetry "Bruised Fists" and "Rainbow Girl"
This is a HUGE honor and puts them into the realm of other great American authors like Stephen King and Joyce Carol Oates, who were medalists when they were first starting out as well.
See the national ceremony LIVE, June 4, 2020 at 6 PM, EST at artandwriting.org/celebrate.

A little virtual time together...

On Wednesday, April 15, we gathered online with 12 different devices and over 20 students and guests to share our children's books. These were primarily created at home during the quarantine/stay at home order, yet the quality of the work was amazing! From online digital pictures, to drawings, to downloaded images, personal photographs, these were some of the best books created to date. Everyone should be very proud of their accomplishments.

Congratulations to our 2020 authors!
We had 7 Scholastic Regional Writing Winners!
Chris F, Honorable Mention
Riley H, Gold Key, Silver Keys, Honorable Mention
Will K Honorable Mention
Kiarra P, Gold Keys, Silver Keys, Honorable Mention
Gabby S, Silver Key, Honorable Mention
Annabelle S, Gold Key, Silver Key, Honorable Mention
Sydney W Silver Key, Honorable Mention

Congratulations also to our 2019 Staff for your recognition in the National Council of Teachers of English REALM contest! Amidst Wildfires earned a SUPERIOR rating, which was a two level jump up from 2018. Editor Tristan Carrasco and the editorial staff Zach, Sway, Kiarra, Annabelle, Jillian, and Griffin all deserve recognition for their tireless efforts! We are very proud of you all!

Jillian Louise

Gold Key, 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Northeast Indiana/Northwest Ohio
Gold Medalist, 2019 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Poetry
"Mixed Girl"

She received her award at Carnegie Hall in New York City, June 5-7, 2019. Her work was selected out of over 340,000 art and writing submissions.

Jillian is now away at college working on a pre-vet major and a creative writing minor. Best wishes for continued success!

Jillian louise "mixed girl"
artwork by Allison vandall

Hear Jillian read her poetry--click here