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PEGASUS 7/8 Students In Book Letter Competition
La Salle Academy’s PEGASUS 7/8 program has received notification from Rhode Island Center for the Book that six PEGS have achieved semi-finalist status in the 2011 Letters About Literature (LAL) project.
According to RI Center for the Book, there were more than 650 entries from Rhode Island for all three levels of competition this year. Of the 320 entries for Level 2, 37 letters were selected by the Letters About Literature national team for Round 2 and returned to the RI Center for the Book at Providence Public Library for judging by Rhode Island author, Kelly Easton, and web designer, Stephanie Chausse of Providence Community Library.
The six PEGASUS students’ letters were among the semifinalists are:
· Tess Alexander, who wrote to Cornelia Funke, author of Dragon Rider
· Lavascia Williams, who wrote to Judy Blume, author of Summer Sisters
· Caitlyn Desroches, who wrote to Sharon Creech, author of Bloomability
· Taylor DiSaia, who wrote to Mary Hanlon Stone, author of Invisible Girl
· Anna Munslaw, who wrote to James Howe, author of The Misfits
· Dillon Bordeleau, who wrote to Libba Bray, author of Going Bovine
The six PEGASUS students’ letters were among the semifinalists are:
· Tess Alexander, who wrote to Cornelia Funke, author of Dragon Rider
· Lavascia Williams, who wrote to Judy Blume, author of Summer Sisters
· Caitlyn Desroches, who wrote to Sharon Creech, author of Bloomability
· Taylor DiSaia, who wrote to Mary Hanlon Stone, author of Invisible Girl
· Anna Munslaw, who wrote to James Howe, author of The Misfits
· Dillon Bordeleau, who wrote to Libba Bray, author of Going Bovine
La Salle Academy’s PEGASUS 7/8 program has received notification from Rhode Island Center for the Book that six PEGS have achieved semi-finalist status in the 2011 Letters About Literature (LAL) project.
According to RI Center for the Book, there were more than 650 entries from Rhode Island for all three levels of competition this year. Of the 320 entries for Level 2, 37 letters were selected by the Letters About Literature national team for Round 2 and returned to the RI Center for the Book at Providence Public Library for judging by Rhode Island author, Kelly Easton, and web designer, Stephanie Chausse of Providence Community Library.
The six PEGASUS students’ letters were among the semifinalists are:
· Tess Alexander, who wrote to Cornelia Funke, author of Dragon Rider
· Lavascia Williams, who wrote to Judy Blume, author of Summer Sisters
· Caitlyn Desroches, who wrote to Sharon Creech, author of Bloomability
· Taylor DiSaia, who wrote to Mary Hanlon Stone, author of Invisible Girl
· Anna Munslaw, who wrote to James Howe, author of The Misfits
· Dillon Bordeleau, who wrote to Libba Bray, author of Going Bovine
State winners will be announced beginning in early April.
The notification read in part, “The RI Center for the Book would like to commend you and your students on the successful completion of the required elements for this competition, the overall quality of their writing, and the depth of their response to the text about which they chose to write.”
All semifinalists’ letters are posted on The RI Center for the Book website: www.ribook.org
The six PEGASUS students’ letters were among the semifinalists are:
· Tess Alexander, who wrote to Cornelia Funke, author of Dragon Rider
· Lavascia Williams, who wrote to Judy Blume, author of Summer Sisters
· Caitlyn Desroches, who wrote to Sharon Creech, author of Bloomability
· Taylor DiSaia, who wrote to Mary Hanlon Stone, author of Invisible Girl
· Anna Munslaw, who wrote to James Howe, author of The Misfits
· Dillon Bordeleau, who wrote to Libba Bray, author of Going Bovine
State winners will be announced beginning in early April.
The notification read in part, “The RI Center for the Book would like to commend you and your students on the successful completion of the required elements for this competition, the overall quality of their writing, and the depth of their response to the text about which they chose to write.”
All semifinalists’ letters are posted on The RI Center for the Book website: www.ribook.org
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