St. Jerome School celebrates writing win

Sophia Lashley-Uzomah proudly presents her Most Imaginative Setting Writing Award.

The fire-breathing dragons and wand-waving wizards of the four mountain tops were a winning recipe for the writing success of Sophia Lashley-Uzomah, a seventh-grader at St. Jerome Elementary School. She recently won the award for Most Imaginative Setting for the second annual Seventh Grade Fantasy Creative Writing Contest sponsored by Magnificat High School. The title for the winning work is, "The Dragons of Glacia Mountain."

Sophia, who also writes poetry for the St. Jerome School Journal--which is the school's newspaper--said she was very excited when she learned she had won this contest.

"My mom said there was a letter in the mail from Magnificat High School," Sophia said. "When I found out I had won I couldn't stop smiling."

Sophia also spoke of how proud her family at home and at school have been of her winning story.

"Everyone keeps telling me they are so proud of me," she said.

Mrs. Sue Coan, the principal of St. Jerome School, echoes her remarks.

"I am just so proud of Sophia," Coan said. "She has just given everyone a little glimpse of her talent and of the kind of students St. Jerome School has walking through our halls."

Chanelle McCloud is a teacher at St. Jerome Elementary School and founder of Professchanelle Inspiration which specializes in motivating people to reach their full potential.