Great news!  Our student Sydney Vance’s writing has been selected out of 500 writings across the nation to be eligible to win $5,000 for our classroom!!!!!  Now it is up to public vote.  See the information below!  We need every vote we can get.  Please send this to as many people as you can.  You must be 13 years or older and set up a log in.  It does not cost and takes about 2 minutes.  You can vote once for every email.  Please help our classroom win $5,000 and recognize Sydney’s excellent writing achievement.

500 entries from all over the nation were received. Your student’s writing passage was selected as one of 36 finalists in one of these 4 categories:

• Adventure
• Drama
• Expository
• Science Fiction

The contest is not over! Now it’s time to get your communities to VOTE for your student to win. Teachers, students, parents, and friends are welcome to vote for their favorite student passages to win $5,000 in classroom resources. The deadline to vote is May 3^rd.   Every voter has 12 votes, one per category in each of the three grade levels!

See all of the finalists and cast your vote at ReadingLabs.shycast.com