4 Sixth Grade Students Win Awards in Local Junior Author Contest
Four of Shipley’s talented sixth-grade writers were selected as award-winners in the Gladwyne Library League’s 35th Annual Junior Author Contest. Over 700 students from twenty-two area schools submitted entries for a fierce literary competition.

David Kimmel won first place in the Fiction category for his story, "The Sersalan Stone." In the non-fiction category, Julian Lurie placed first for his piece, "A View from Above." Tyler Walsh’s "The Ocean’s Beauty" was awarded second place. And Jamie Piltch received an honorable mention for his story, "The Shot."

The Library League hosted a reception for the award winners on February 23 at Gladwyne Elementary School. All contest entries will be bound into volumes and kept as part of the Gladwyne Public Library’s permanent collection.

Read excerpts from the award-winning entries.

Students whose project entries were selected to represent Shipley were:

ARTISTIC
Jewelry and life-size Costumes:
Grade 6
  Tatiana Fogt: Roman hand-sewn sandals
  Stephanie Goldstein: Roman chandelier earrings
  Tyler Walsh: dagger
  Vincent Ceriale: Roman scutum
Grade 7
  Natalie Miller: golden snake bracelet and ring
Models:
Grade 6
  J.J.House: Pantheon
  Ian Udvarhelyi: Roman aqueduct
  Jeremy Weinstock: shield and sword
  Claire Kneizys: Roman culina diorama
Grade 7
  Jonah Frey: Roman standard
  Michael Gagnier: Roman sword, metal
Mosaics:
Grade 6
  Elliott Moscetti: “cave canem”, dog
  Abigail Specter: “in theatro”, mask
  James Lee: octopus, from Baths
  Hannah Cutler: detail, hands of Creation- Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel
Grade 7
  Clark Lambo: “caveat emptor”
  Nicholas Hyman: “cave canem”
Grade 8
  Geoff Stewart: hippocamp, from Baths of Ostia
Paintings:
Grade 6
  Marina Janzer: detail from ”Bacchus and Vesuvius”
  Kristen Sullivan: "Roman Lady with Stylus"
  Lia Janzer: “Bird in Foliage”
  Dana Ragbirsingh: “City of Pompeii, with Vesuvius"
Sculpture and Pottery:
Grade 6
  Austin Feinstein: 3 wine goblets, painted
  David Kimmel: “Samnian ware”, 3 piece serving set
  Zara Sternberg: bust of Caecilius
Grade 7
  Clayton Dyer: red and black cup, with handles
  Elizabeth Armstrong: Etruscan, Bucchero cup with handles
  Derek McAvoy: silver decorated wine goblet
Grade 8
  Brian Henry: Medusa’s head with serpents
Sketches and Drawings:
Grade 6
  Ben Sieger: “Oedipus and Sphinx”
Grade 8
  Mike Stewart: Caesar’s death
Needlework:
Grade 6
  Bonnie Stevenson: pillow with Greek design ribbon
  Nanci Selig: sewing, Chimpanzee skull
Grade 7
  Tori Messerschmidt: needlepoint, “Centaur”

LITERARY
Prose in English:
Grade 6
  Anne Lovett: “The Trojan War”, scroll
  Jamie Piltch: “The Eruption of Vesuvius”
Grade 7
  Daniel Gordon: “Thealius”
  Joey Fisher: “Heronimus”
Poetry in English:
Grade 6
  Haley Banks: “Now you’re a Memory”
  Drew Field: “The Agreement of the World”

2007 Middle School Winter Sports Awards
Middle School athletes were recognized at a winter sports awards assembly on February 23, 2007. Congratulations to those who were recognized and to all Middle School teams for an excellent season!

Coed Swimming
MVP: Lauren Decker
Coach’s Award: Nicole Surman

B Girls’ Basketball
MVP: Baylie Depp
Coach’s Award: Kelley Hardon and Molly Samson

A Girls’ Basketball
MVP: Kaylin Ford and Sage Harris
Coach’s Award: Annette O’Malley and Ally Morrison

Boys’ Squash
MVP: Brian Henry
Coach’s Award: Jeremy Laskin

Girls’ Squash
MVP: Sarah Kensell
Coach’s Award: Elizabeth Schwartz and Avery Safford

B Girls’ Volleyball
MVP: Emma Godfrey and Carolynne McKenna
Coach’s Award: Rebecca Meltzer

A Girls’ Volleyball
MVP: Kate Gottlieb and Brianna Blumenthal
Coach’s Award: Kathleen Kneizys

B Boys’ Basketball
MVP: Alex St. John
Coach’s Award: Matt Callahan

A Boys’ Basketball
MVP: Gore Kamara and EJ Whyte