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Delivering a world of ideas to your classroom

                      Newspaper
                         in
                      Education
                        Week

                       March
                        5-9

                                 Content provided by
                            local students and advertisers

                          An advertising supplement of LNP
                                   March 7, 2018
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                                          Dear Readers,                                                     — from designing effective ads that attract attention to
                                                                                                            products or services, to writing compelling editorials, their
                                            Enclosed within the pages of this special section, you
                                                                                                            own opinions rooted in research-based facts.
                                          will find the winners, heroes and champions of LNP’s 34th
                                          Annual NIE Week Design an Ad & Journalism contests.                 Brownstown Elementary teacher Kevin Allen is featured
                                          Participation skyrocketed this year, with almost 4,400            on the front cover, and the full list of participating teachers
                                          student entries submitted.                                        can be found in the center of this special section.
                                                                                                              They are the members of the Lancaster-Lebanon
                                          Who are the winners?                                              Reading Council, our literacy partner, who read every
                                            They are our very own Lancaster County students, from           submission and selected 10 finalists from each grade level,
                                          public, private, parochial and home-schools. They have            in each category of the Journalism contest. The LLRC, in
                                          demonstrated outstanding creative ability and literacy            collaboration with LNP editorial staff, judged the finalist
                                          proficiency.                                                      entries and selected the winners you’ll find in these
                                            A total of 2,165 students from grades 2 to 12 submitted         pages. The LLRC and LNP then co-hosted a reception and
                                          hand-drawn and computer-designed ads for the Design               provided refreshments for all first-place winners.
                                          an Ad contest. Each class was assigned one of the 26
                                          advertisers, who then selected the ad that would represent        Who are the champions?
                                          their own business in this special section.                         They are the local businesses that support NIE. The
                                             For the Journalism contest, a combined total of 2,186          printing of this 40-page special section is possible by the
                                          students submitted entries in the following categories:           financial support of the 26 businesses listed on the last
                                          Illustrating Headlines (grades K-1), Writer’s Choice (grades      page. We are grateful for the encouragement they give to
                                          2-5), News Feature (grades 6-8) and Editorial (grades 9-12).      the young artists that compete in our Design an Ad contest.
                                                                                                              LNP Media Group Inc. profoundly appreciates the
                                          Who are the heroes?                                               efforts and enthusiasm of both the students and teachers
    For information on the NIE program,
    contact: Barbara Hough Roda at          They are the 180 local teachers that seized an opportunity      who spend countless hours brainstorming, editing and
    broda@lnpnews.com                     to get students involved in an enriching contest that             submitting their work. Please enjoy the talent and creativity
                                          facilitates the development and application of real-life skills   of Lancaster’s rising generation.

                                                                                           Brooklawn Paving
                                                                                           ad designed by
                                                                                           SophiaSpencer
                                                                                           Landisville Middle
                                                                                           School
                                                                                           Teacher: Scott Feifer
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                                                            1st PLACE                        EDITORIAL
                                         Schools without borders
                             It’s that time of year again. As the    ing number of championships was not         schools cannot accomplish this nearly
                           temperature drops, so do fall sports      commonplace. In 2008, however, the          impossible task.
                           teams, out of playoffs that is, unless    Philadelphia Catholic League joined           Despite overwhelming evidence
                           that team is a private school loaded      the PIAA playoffs. Since then, private      supporting the claim that private
                           with talent thanks to recruiting. Stu-    schools dominate PIAA playoffs.
                                                                                                                 schools have an advantage over public
                           dent athletes will do everything possi-     Often PIAA representatives dismiss
                           ble to take their team to a state cham-   the issue, saying that the majority of      schools in athletics, legislators have
                           pionship, but if players don the name     teams qualifying for playoffs are still     not acted. The solution is simple: Cre-
                           of a public/boundary school, the deck     public schools, but only because pri-       ate two classifications for non-bound-
                           is stacked against them.                  vate schools represent 23 percent of        ary schools based on enrollment. Then
                             In 1972, Pennsylvania legislators       PIAA membership. Despite this small         public and private schools would have
   ToddShelley             passed Act 219-1972, which prohibits      percentage, private schools won 13 of       their own playoffs and their own
   Grade 12                the PIAA from treating non-boundary       the last 18 football state champion-        champions. The precedent for legisla-
                           schools differently than boundary         ships, 14 of the last 18 boy’s basketball
   Lampeter-Strasburg                                                                                            tion is there. According to Ed Gruver
                           schools. This allows non-boundary         state championships, and 10 of the
   High School             schools to compete in the same play-      last 18 girl’s basketball state champi-     of LNP, 38 states now have separate
   Teacher: Susan Rettew   offs as boundary schools. But at that     onships. Neumann-Goretti has won            playoffs for boundary and non-bound-
                           point, private schools recruiting top     a boy’s basketball state championship       ary schools. The question is, why won’t
                           athletes and winning an overwhelm-        seven of the last eight years. Public       Pennsylvania jump on board?

                                Lusk & Associates -
                                Sotheby’s
                                International Realty
                                ad designed by
                                AlysonEldridge
                                LCCTC-Willow
                                Street Campus
                                Teacher: Mark Maisano
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                                  1st PLACE                         EDITORIAL                     decrease the stigma society
                                                                                                  associates with mental dis-
                                                                                                                                     cording to the U.S. Depart-
                                                                                                                                     ment of Health and Human

                                  Health is more
                                                                                                  orders by bringing attention       Services, the Affordable
                                                                                                  to mental illness. Most who        Care Act provides 3.9 mil-
                                                                                                  suffer from mental disor-          lion Americans with mental

                                  than physical
                                                                                                  ders, no matter how drastic        health or substance abuse
                                                                                                  or minuscule, feel the need        coverage every year. If more
                                                                                                  to keep their illness a secret     citizens were made aware
                                                                                                  to avoid judgment, to avoid        of their mental health cov-
                                  How many times have             tal to many. The Depart-        being ostracized. Increasing       erage this number would
                                you had an annual physi-          ment of Health reports that     mental health checks will          grow. The access to mental
                                cal checkup? Probably too         mental illnesses have had a     open a pathway toward an           health care is there; it’s just
                                many to count. If the same        part in causing 26 percent      accepting society that rec-        a matter of educating citi-
                                question is asked about           of the homeless population,     ognizes that mental illness,       zens on the importance of
                                mental checkups, I’m sure         90 percent of teen suicides     like physical illness, is com-     mental health and the al-
    MackenzieShirk              the number of checkups
                                (for most people) would be
                                                                  and 70 percent of juvenile
                                                                  imprisonment. According
                                                                                                  mon and treatable. Those
                                                                                                  who suffer from mental ill-
                                                                                                                                     ready accessible aid.
                                                                                                                                       So what should society
    Grade 11                    significantly lower.              to the National Alliance on     ness need to be identified         do? Continue to discredit
    Donegal High School           Health does not consist of      Mental Illness (NAMI) one       and provided aid.                  the importance of mental
    Teacher: Moriah Berringer   only physical health. Men-        of five adults is diagnosed       The facts are clear: im-         health or choose to make
                                tal health is a vital aspect of   with a mental illness, yet      plementing mental health           it equal to physical health?
                                our wellness, affecting our       less than half the popula-      checks will greatly ben-           The answer lies in a change
                                everyday life, so why is it       tion receives regular men-      efit society. However, the         of mindset, a change forcing
                                not as frequently examined        tal health screenings. The      question remaining is how          the stigma of mental disor-
                                as physical health? To en-        statistics are alarming and     do we implement mental             ders to disappear by bring-
                                sure complete health, regu-       clear. Mental health is sig-    checkups? The solution al-         ing them into the spotlight,
                                lar mental health checks          nificant and must be treated    ready exists: Under the Af-        educating citizens of the re-
                                should be encouraged.             as such.                        fordable Care Act, mental          sources accessible to them,
                                  Mental illness affects ev-        Implementing more men-        health checkups are already        thus allowing those who
                                ery person and is detrimen-       tal health checks will also     connected to insurance. Ac-        suffer to find care.

                                  1st PLACE                         EDITORIAL                     as eating disorders and de-
                                                                                                  pression. This links back
                                                                                                                                     ies. By high school, 16 per-
                                                                                                                                     cent of teenage males suffer

                                Photoshop fight
                                                                                                  to the thin ideal, or the de-      from an eating disorder.
                                                                                                  sire to obtain the flawlessly        Fortunately, a few revolu-
                                                                                                  slim female body. While this       tionary American compa-
                                                                                                  could be seen as a good way        nies have opened their eyes
                                  Images in pop culture sur-      their self-esteem and pro-      for self improvement, many         to these impacts and set an
                                round all teenagers, and          moting destructive deci-        women internalize this into        example by combating this
                                ever since they’ve been little    sions. As a society, people     an extremely negative belief       epidemic and launching
                                they’ve always looked up          must join together to cel-      system.                            campaigns that encourage
                                to the famous icons seen in       ebrate what makes each of         Although girls are hit hard-     natural beauty by banning
                                magazines, on TV and espe-        them unique, embrace their      er by the impacts of Photo-        retouched photos. This in-
                                cially on social media. Amer-     flaws, and advocate the truth   shop, it is certainly not a gen-   cludes campaigns such as
                                icans typically forget that       behind these distorted ap-      der-specific issue. According      “Aerie Real” by Aerie, “Real
                                these images of role models       pearances.                      to Jean Killbourne, who            Beauty” by Dove and “Real
    ErinBock                    have often been tampered            Due to an abundant            spent 40 years studying the        Not Retouched” by Darling
    Grade 10                    with to make them appear          amount of altered images in     effects of media and adver-        Magazine.
                                more “perfect.” Therefore,        media, many young women         tising on body image, by the         While it is unlikely that un-
    Cocalico High School        individuals      unknowingly      experience      physiological   age of 10, 22 percent of boys      altered photos will become
    Teacher: Lindsay Sigman     hold themselves to these          and behavioral attributes       are primarily concerned            the new normal, any step for-
                                false standards, lowering         that mimic conditions such      with the looks of their bod-       ward is progress in this battle.
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                                                                1st PLACE                        EDITORIAL
                            Shelter from the clutches of a mill
                              It’s hard to resist the fluffy face of a   puppy mills have approved licenses.        formation, many animal lovers buy
                            puppy when he is staring up at you             When litters are born, the puppies       dogs from puppy mills in an attempt
                            through the windows of a pet store,          are separated from their mother and        to save them; however, this only fuels
                            but there is more than meets the eye.        siblings far too early developmentally     the puppy mill business. Pennsylva-
                            Pet stores buy puppies from puppy            and socially. This causes the dogs to      nia is one of the most concentrated
                            mills, which are overcrowded, un-            be shy, anxious, and even aggressive.      areas for puppy mills on the East Coast.
                            sanitary, and isolated dog-breeding          Additionally, female dogs are bred lit-    Statistics show that only 30 percent of
                            facilities that prioritize profit over the   ter after litter with no time to recover   pet dogs are from rescues. The ASPCA
                            well-being of their dogs. The breeding       in between; dog breeders breed care-       estimated there to be 10,000 puppy
                            dogs are kept in small, wire cages that      lessly and unsafely, which puts the lit-   mills in the United States. If more
   SaraAdkins               can cause them injuries. Each dog is         ters at risk for genetic diseases. Some    puppies are rescued from overflowing
   Grade 9                  given food and water, but the portions       of these diseases include, but are not     shelters, then fewer rescue dogs will
   Cocalico High School     are minimal and just above the legal         limited to, heart disease, epilepsy, and   be euthanized and puppy mills will fi-
   Teacher: Theodore Wolf   amount, leaving the puppies hungry           diabetes. After eight short weeks, they    nally reach an end. It is up to people to
                            and malnourished. Shockingly, these          are sold to pet stores and flea markets.   be the voice and saviors of these help-
                            circumstances are legal and many               After gaining this heartbreaking in-     less dogs.

                                Neffsville Plumbing,
                                Heating and Cooling
                                Services ad designed by
                                WilliamWang
                                Landis Run Intermediate
                                Teacher: Jaime Weisser
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                                                         1st PLACE                         NEWS FEATURE
                                                           Extra! Extra!
                                                          Read all about it!
                                                  Every year, at the beginning of the      now works for United Way. Obvious-
                                                new school year, Lancaster Newspa-         ly, this contest helps build confidence
                                                pers holds a contest in which students     in the students who participate.
                                                have the opportunity to share their          The NIE contest has several cat-
                                                journalism talent with the communi-        egories. Grades 9-12 can submit an
                                                ty. For the past 34 years, the Lancaster   editorial. Finally, sixth-, seventh-, and
                                                Newspapers in Education program            eighth-graders can express their ideas
                                                serves as an educational collaboration     to the judges through a news feature.
                                                between a landmark downtown busi-          There’s “Design an Ad” for the young-
                                                ness and school districts across Lan-      er grades. The winning entries are re-
                    TimathyFrederick            caster County.                             vealed and published at the beginning
                    Grade 8                       Mrs. Morrisette, a CA teacher at         of March in a special NIE insert. The
                                                Reynolds Middle School, has been           student selected as first place in each
                    Reynolds Middle School      entering her students in this event        grade level receives a monetary re-
                    Teacher: Karen Morrisette   for 15 years. She says, “Every year, I’m   ward and has his/her picture printed
                                                really excited to see whose writing        in the paper alongside the entry.
                                                gets noticed by the judges! The stu-         The NIE contest not only brings the
                                                dents are so proud of their work.” She     community together, it’s a student
                                                explained how one of her former stu-       confidence booster, and who wouldn’t
                                                dents, who won third place in 2004,        enjoy bragging rights when his/her
                                                said to her, “This contest showed me       article gets published in the Lancaster
                                                I could accomplish something!” He          newspaper?

                                                     Julius Sturgis
                                                     Pretzel Bakery
                                                     ad designed by
                                                     B.H.
                                                     St. Leo the Great School
                                                     Teacher: Kathryn Hemlick
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       1st PLACE                          NEWS FEATURE
                    Clarke Hess
  Mennonite historian Clarke Hess           Despite his illness, Clarke focuses
never swung a baseball bat out-           on what he can do, rather than what
side of gym class, but he does have       he can’t. He says, “I look for the
something in common with Lou Geh-         good parts of every day, rather than
rig: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.       dwelling on the bad parts. Every day
Better known as ALS, it is a fatal dis-   offers a new opportunity to find cour-
ease often diagnosed when patients        age and strength, even when your
are between 40 and 60 years old.          body is weak and not functioning
Clarke was diagnosed in 2012 when         properly.”                                   AlecHess
he was 58. Clarke hasn’t been been          Others have noticed Clarke’s posi-         Grade 7
able to walk or hold a pen since 2013,    tive attitude and hard work. High-                                                 Go ‘N Bananas
                                                                                       Landisville Middle School
but with his outstanding memory, he       lights from the many awards he                                                     ad designed by
                                                                                       Teacher: Scott Feifer
is able to continue researching Men-      has received include an Inspiration
nonite and Lancaster County history.      Award for his dedication to historic                                               JacksonLonsdorf
He publishes his findings on several      preservation from the Lancaster                                                    Schaeffer Elementary
websites. Clarke truly lives his histo-   County Preservation Trust in 2015          Clarke’s book, “Mennonite Arts,”        Teacher: Allison Zell
ry; Clarke currently lives in the “Hess   and a lifetime achievement award         his many articles, lectures and contri-
Homestead,” which was built by the        from the Mennonite Historical So-        butions to historical websites have al-
second generation of the Hesses in        ciety. LancasterHistory.org named        ready made him a legend in Lancaster
Lancaster County, circa 1740.             Clarke a “Fellow” earlier this year.     County — no baseball bat required.
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                                   1st PLACE                           NEWS FEATURE
                              The stunts don’t stop
                               Do you have what it takes to dive out   a foam pad,” Butler mentions. “In all
                             of a three-story building into nothing    reality, I could die performing these
                             but a tiny foam pit? People like Troy     stunts if I mess only one thing up.”
                             Butler do.                                Butler has to practice these stunts
                               Troy Butler is a stuntman, martial      every day to do them correctly in the
                             arts instructor, and gymnastics in-       scene shoot.
                             structor. He is a stuntman for many         What keeps him going is the adren-
                             roles in many TV shows and mov-           aline rush he gets from the stunts:
                             ies, including most of the “Avengers”     especially jumping out of buildings,
                             and “Spider-Man” movies. In college,
                             however, his major was not to be a
                                                                       leaping out of or off of vehicles, and
                                                                       just the danger of it all.
                                                                                                                        EvanSlaymaker
                             stuntman.                                   Whether Butler is stunting the main            Grade 6
    Certified Carpet           “I went to college to be a police of-   role in a blockbuster hit or stunting a          Farmdale Elementary
    ad designed by           ficer,” Butler explains. “It was my       two-minute part in a kids’ TV show,              Teacher: John Chronister
                             friend who encouraged me to do what       he gets the job done. Anyone else up
    WilliamMartinez          I do today.” His friend must have done    for the job?
    Resurrection             a good job, too. Butler now does stunts
    Catholic School          for main characters in blockbuster
                             movies all around the world.
                                                                            1st PLACE                        WRITER’S CHOICE
    Teacher: Sylvia Buller
                               His job isn’t exactly the safest ei-
                             ther. “It can go from sliding over a

                                                                           Time’s
                             dumpster to leaping off of a motorcy-
                             cle going 45 miles per hour onto just

                                                                           ticking
                                                                          in Times
                                                                           Square
                                                                         Have you ever been to the craziest,
                                                                       busiest place on Earth? I barely made
                                                                       it out!
                                                                         As we were walking from our hotel
                                                                                                                        BenMoyer
                                                                       to Times Square, we heard the “Beep!             Grade 5
                                                                       Beep! Beep!” of cars, which were ev-             Hans Herr Elementary
                                                                       erywhere! It was like heaven. Adver-             Teacher: Eric Balak
                                                                       tisements were surrounding me as
                                                                       if they were giving me a humongous
                                                                       bear hug. The smell of hot dogs was         we were making our way around the
                                                                       urging me to come closer. The wind          human maze. We stopped at a restau-
                                                                       was blowing like it was trying to push      rant close to our hotel and had some
                                                                       me down while the smooth sidewalk           gigantic sundaes. “Slurrrrp!!” We de-
                                                                       gave me the shivers.                        voured them like a hungry pack of
                                                                         “Holy moly!” my brother, Luke,            wolves. As our night came to an end,
                                                                       screamed. “I have never been so             the city still bustled with people scur-
                                                                       rushed in my life!”                         rying and cars rushing to their desti-
                                                                         “Sure you have!” I screamed back.         nations.
                                                                       “To the bus!”                                 Three weeks later, and I want to go
                                                                         We finally got to the middle. It was as   back and experience Times Square
                                                                       if we were in the heat of battle. Soon,     once again.
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                                               1st PLACE                         WRITER’S CHOICE
                                              A chapel in a cornfield
                                              One fall day, I was at the park when        All of a sudden, kids started coming
                                            something caught my eye. It was a           around the neighborhood and hand-
                                            wooden chapel in a cornfield. I won-        ed people signs that said, “You will
                                            dered why it was there. In a couple of      not endanger our people.” Another
                                            days, I would have my answer.               sign said, “You will not destroy our
                                              Soon after, I noticed that people         land.” My dad got one and put it up in
                                                                                                                                 Pasquale’s Pizza Italian
                                            were gathering at the chapel. A pipe-       our yard.                                Restaurant & Pizzeria
                                            line was going in the ground and peo-         Then in late October, something        ad designed by
                                            ple were protesting it, because they        was different. There were no more
                                            didn’t want it there. The pipeline is       protesters. They had lost the battle.    GiannaFasano
     LakenDennis                            full of gas and it could potentially ex-    Shortly after that, workers set up       Hans Herr Elementary
     Grade 4                                plode, so I don’t blame them! A week        a gigantic fence and started to put      Teacher: Eva Strawser
     Mountville Elementary                  later, I saw another protest and real-      in the pipeline. Many people were
     Teacher: Dorothy Carpenter             ized that the protesters held one ev-       upset that it was there, but nothing
                                            ery Sunday until they got their way,        more could be done.
                                            or lost the battle.

     1st PLACE                        WRITER’S CHOICE
 The woods
  One of my favorite places is the
woods by the park in my neighbor-
hood. I love to go there and hear the
delicate birds singing and the wind
whistling. It is amazing to touch the
rough and scratchy bark on the trees,
and the soft, furry moss. The sweet air
and the sticky sap on the pine trees
smell so good when I am walking
along the cracked path. The flowers
feel silky. I tried a bit of onion grass,
and it tasted bitter! A little further
into the forest there are tiny houses,
so small that fairies could live in them!        EmmaAvigdor
There is also a wooden bridge you can            Grade 3
cross. The leaves crunch under my                Hans Herr Elementary
feet as I walk. Rings in a cut-down tree         Teacher: Jim Stutzman
look like a spiral in the sunlight. Vines
grow up the tall trees, trying to get to
the sunlight. The sunlight seeping          bugs crawl up my arms. The woods are
through the leaves looks amazing in         a special place to me, and I love to walk
the shadowy woods. Sweet little lady-       around there.
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                                                                                               1st PLACE

                                                                                PICK A PETAL
                                                                                               ILLUSTRATING
                                                                                                 HEADLINES

     ClayGingrich
     Grade 2
     Lancaster County
     Christian School
     Teacher: Tammi Dodson
                                                                                               Samantha
                                                                                               Dearing
                                                                                               Grade 1
                                                                                               Bucher Elementary
                                                                                               Teacher: Natalie Mundorf
 1st PLACE
WRITER’S CHOICE
                                          1st PLACE

                                                                                                                          HOOKED ON BOOKS
 The goat                                 ILLUSTRATING
 who lived                                  HEADLINES
  My goat had four babies this spring.
Four babies at once are called quadru-
plets. Baby number four was going to
die because it is cold and wet. I was
very sad for the goat. The other three
babies were walking around, but baby
number four was lying down. Mom
called the vet and she said to bring it
someplace warm. I brought him inside
and wrapped him in a blanket and got
the goat to lay down on me. I snuggled
with the goat on our couch for about an
hour. Soon, he got warmer and warm-
er and started to look around. Then he
wanted to get down and walk around
the house. When I finally caught him,
                                          Samantha
we took him back to his mom and the       Stedman
other three babies. The goat lived be-    Grade K
cause I warmed him up. He grew up to      Veritas Academy
be happy and healthy.                     Teacher: Jacqueline Lake
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           2nd PLACE                         EDITORIAL                                                                          was sent to conversion therapy. She
                                                                                                                                developed depression, and then com-
                                                                                          HannahStein
      Conversion therapy:
                                                                                                                                mitted suicide on Dec. 28, 2014. She
                                                                                          Grade 12                              left a suicide note on her Tumblr blog,
                                                                                                                                describing her loneliness and alien-

          ineffective,
                                                                                          The Janus School
                                                                                          Teacher: Christine Koslosky           ation, blaming her parents for those
                                                                                                                                sentiments. She also stated that she

      unethical and cruel
                                                                                                                                hoped her death would raise aware-
                                                                                                                                ness of the struggles that trans people
                                                                                     distress and poor mental health in         go through.
                                                                                     some individuals, including depres-          Leelah’s death did in fact create a
  Did you know that there are thera-      eat away at their patient’s self-esteem    sion and suicidal thoughts.” This same     dialogue about discrimination and
pists and psychologists who are un-       and sense of identity so that they “can    study also stated, “Compelling evi-
                                                                                                                                LGBTQ+ rights. It lead to petitions
der the impression that homosexuals       build them from the ground up.” This       dence of decreased same-sex sexual
                                                                                                                                being signed to establish “Leelah’s
can be turned straight? These people      can be incredibly traumatizing. Sur-       behavior and increased attraction to…
are believers in conversion therapy, a    vivors of this practice put their testi-   the other sex was rare.”                   Law,” a ban on conversion therapy in
pseudoscience dedicated to “curing”       monials online, describing the shame,        Many of the people who participate       the U.S., which President Obama ex-
LGBTQ+ people of their sexual orien-      abuse, and neglect that they were sub-     in conversion therapy are minors           pressed approval of. The city of Cin-
tation, essentially attempting to force   jected to.                                 whose parents forced them to undergo       cinnati also criminalized conversion
them to be cisgendered and hetero-          And is it effective? No. There have      it. Some of these people are complete-     therapy within a year. While Leelah’s
sexual.                                   been many scientific studies that con-     ly unwilling, while others have been       death was heartbreaking, it did spark
  These conversion centers, which are     clusively prove that homosexuality is      convinced that who they are is a mor-      change and raised awareness of how
typically Christian based, use a vari-    not something that can be changed.         tal sin. One notable example of a teen’s   cruel conversion therapy can be. And
ety of methods to try and meet their      Not only that, but according to a study    experience with conversion therapy is      if activists work hard and help people
ends, including verbal abuse, aversive    conducted in 2009 by the APA on the        Leelah Alcorn, a transgender girl from     accept who they or their children are,
conditioning, and even electroconvul-     subject, “attempts to change sexual        Ohio who, upon revealing her gender        this archaic, ineffective practice could
sive therapy. Many centers purposely      orientation may cause or exacerbate        identity to her conservative parents,      be ended for good.

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            2nd PLACE                           EDITORIAL                                    JennaHottenstein
        Language for littles                                                                 Grade 11
                                                                                             Donegal High School
                                                                                             Teacher: Moriah Berringer
  Learning a foreign language gives a         According to the New York Times,
person insight into the world around        studies have shown that exposure to
them. But more than that, learning a        other languages at a young age en-         use both hemispheres (of their brains)
foreign language helps our brains more      hances children’s communication            in language acquisition.” Young chil-
than we may realize. Many of the schools    and social skills. These are necessary     dren learn languages faster than older
in our area offer foreign languages, such   skills that set students up for success.   teens and adults. In addition, language
as Spanish, German and French, to high        But more than just benefits for the      learning provides them with valuable
schoolers. Our community would ben-         brain and learning skills, being bi-       skills and ways of thinking that will
efit more from these course offerings if    lingual has the ability to delay the       benefit them throughout their years in
they were offered more widely and to        onset of diseases such as dementia         school and beyond.
much younger students.                      and Alzheimer’s in older adults. This        For these reasons, teaching foreign
  Learning a foreign language at a          is because it increases brain activity     languages at a young age would great-
young age provides a wide variety of        and strengthens the part of our brain      ly benefit the lives of many children       Penn Cinema
benefits to children’s brains. According    that deals with problem-solving and        and our society in the years to come.       ad designed by
to the National Education Association,      switching between tasks, according         Children’s eyes will be opened to the
children who learn a foreign language
have far better memories and listening
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                                              Some may ask why it is crucial for
                                                                                       world around them, they will feel
                                                                                       successful, and they will become
                                                                                                                                   LincolnWinder
skills than children who do not.            young children to be taught languages      more knowledgeable. Imagine what
                                                                                                                                   Lancaster County
  Also, because language learning is        when they can very easily choose to        the future could look like with skills      Christian School
challenging, it teaches children criti-     learn a language in high school. Nacam-    like these. Teaching kids language          Teacher: Tammi Dodson
cal thinking and problem-solving            ulli also explains that “children learn    at a young age is something we, as a
skills that will benefit them and oth-      languages more easily because the          society, will never regret, but will only
ers throughout their lives.                 plasticity of their brain allows them to   grow from.
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                                                                                    be detrimental to victims. Victims of
           2nd PLACE                         EDITORIAL                              sexual abuse can suffer loss of self-
                                                                                    esteem, leading to eating disorders or        AliyaRajvic
 The beginning of the end                                                           depression. Emotional pain can cause
                                                                                    issues in relationships or even result
                                                                                                                                  Grade 10
                                                                                                                                  Hempfield High School

  of sexual harassment
                                                                                    in their becoming an abuser. Victims’
                                                                                                                                  Teacher: Sarah Diiorio
                                                                                    previous fear can also stay with them
                                                                                    for their entire life.
                                                                                      Recently, although many celebri-
  With the recent explosion of            these facts, women and men are truly      ties have been indicted for sexual       assault.
“#metoo” on Twitter and news sto-         in need of more protection from sex-      harassment on social media, many           In order to begin ending sexual
ries of abusive celebrities, the issue    ual harassment and abuse.                 individuals are still not coming forth   abuse, judges and juries must be
of sexual harassment is resurfacing.        Firstly, for many victims of sexual     about their experiences. In a report     educated on sexual harassment’s
One common argument against help          harassment, their immediate reac-         for The Guardian, a junior execu-        effects when resolving cases in court.
for harassment victims is that the vic-   tion is fear. Their terror means they     tive stated,” (Telling my story)         Schools must educate students on
tims were the cause, so they should       resist calling authorities or abuse ho-   would be the end of my career”.          sexual abuse so as to make the next
not need more protection. This view-      tlines, expecting to soon be harassed     Concern for professional and social      generation more aware. Sexual
point condones nonconsensual be-          again. This means they receive no         standing is holding individuals back     harassment and abuse have been
havior and justifies the pain victims     emotional or physical help.               from voicing their stories, possibly     harming people for centuries. It is
experience every day. Because of            Then, long term, emotional pain can     allowing others to experience sexual     time for a change.

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                                                                                                                                NEWS FEATURE
                                                                                                                                 The pride
            2nd PLACE                           EDITORIAL                                 CorinnedeSyon
                                                                                                                                  of pizza
                     Civics in PA
                                                                                          Grade 9                               Nowadays, there are few family res-
                                                                                          J.P. McCaskey High School           taurants that offer a quick bite to eat
                                                                                          Teacher: Rachel Brumbach            at cheap prices for a fun family night
                                                                                                                              of dining. However, in the small town
  Ignorant about the basic workings        international relationships function.                                              of Strasburg in Pennsylvania, there is
of our government, today’s youth           Understanding these is essential to       that the citizenry be informed and       such a place. Pizza City is a family-op-
need, more than any other demo-            following current state and national      involved. A knowledge of civics is es-   erated, low-key pizzeria serving a vari-
graphic, to study civics. Civics is cur-   politics. A sign of civic disempower-     sential for a democracy to survive.”     ety of New York-style pizza and other
rently not mandatory to graduate           ment shows in recent polls: According       My grandparents took civics, and so    Italian foods.
from public high schools in Pennsyl-       to The Atlantic, almost 90 percent of     did my parents. So I ask myself: “Why      Founded in 1981, this family-friendly
vania, and a bill to institute civics as   Americans said they could pass a civ-     not me?” Why was civics discontin-       shop has withstood the test of time, il-
a mandatory credit to graduate re-         ics test if they took one, but only 17    ued in the first place? A shortage of    luminating the aspects of an old-time
cently failed to reach the floor of the    percent would have actually passed.       teachers qualified in the subject?       pizzeria, while not becoming too fos-
State House.                                 Civics also includes our voting         Opposition to another test? And why      silized in the past. Pizza City offers a
  According to the Pennsylvania De-        system: If people are not informed        would politicians not support this re-   delicious variety of pizzas and Italian
partment of Education’s Academic           about how our voting system works,        quirement? This should be a biparti-     meals at an inexpensive price. Unlike
Standards for Civics and Government,       then our democracy will continue to       san issue. A host of other states have   many restaurants today, the food is
by the time students graduate from         degrade. The reason why President         recently passed such a requirement       delivered in fast time, yet remains at
high school, they should know prin-        Trump was elected is a direct result      or are considering it.                   a high quality. The business is family-
ciples and documents of government,        of the lack of civics education. Ac-        Call your lawmaker and urge him        owned and run, offering friendly ser-
rights and responsibilities of citizen-    cording to state Sen. John Rafferty,      or her to support moving this for-       vice and inviting dining. Pizza City
ship, how government works, and how        “It is fundamental for a republic         ward! That’s civics at work.             helps support local activities and
                                                                                                                              events throughout the town with be-
                                                                                                                              ing a key food location.
                                                                                                                                “Pizza City is very welcoming and
                                                                                                                              relaxed, making it a great place to

                    TEACHER’S PICK                                  NEWS FEATURE                                              bring my family for a delicious and
                                                                                                                              quick meal,” says a regular customer,

                         Manufacturing week
                                                                                                                              Patrick Miller. Patrick goes on to ex-
                                                                                                                              plain that he enjoys Pizza City due to
                                                                                                                              the limited selection of restaurants in
                                                                                                                              Strasburg. Patrick is right. Located in
  School: a place where some kids          picnic tables for our school courtyard.                                            the center of town, Pizza City is a con-
enjoy going, but a place where others      At another activity, we were printing                                              venient spot that draws a high number
dread. Pequea Valley is a place where      our school logo onto a shirt. Also, we         ColeMcEvoy                          of customers.
fun but educational opportunities are      were in a race to see who could build a        Grade 7                               Pizza City has been a staple for the
created to help us after graduation. A     window frame the fastest. We also had          Pequea Valley Intermediate          community of Strasburg, offering its
week in October at the Pequea Valley       the opportunity to travel to different         Teacher: Amy Raugh                  residents and visitors alike a step back
Intermediate School called manufac-        manufacturers. Some options were                                                   in time of what restaurants used to be.
turing week was presented for every        visiting a tiny home and seeing what
seventh- and eighth-grader. Manu-          it is like. Another one is New Holland    about their careers. Manufacturing
facturing is a career for people after     Agriculture were you learn about the      week made school fun and enjoyable
they graduate from school. A week of       agriculture equipment and the pro-        but at the same time educational. This        AndrewBuscay
mind-opening opportunities for ev-         cess of how it is made. Another day       week at Pequea Valley, many people’s          Grade 8
ery student to take upon themselves.       people from the manufacturing field       minds were opened to the possibility          Martin Meylin Middle School
An event that occurred was creating        came into our classrooms and told us      to have a career in manufacturing.
                                                                                                                                   Teacher: Joanne Williard
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  2nd PLACE                                 “Grand Parents” of the neighborhood,
                                            the word of his hard work ethic and

  NEWS FEATURE                              skill at mowing got passed on very
                                            quickly.
                                                                                             EricJordan
                                                                                             Grade 7

        Future
                                              As Andrew’s business kept rapidly
                                            growing, he said, “It’s happened too             Landisville Middle School
                                            fast. First, I was helping a friend, and         Teacher: Diane Anderson

         CEO
                                            now I have a summer job which I hope
                                            to pay for college with!” By the end of
                                            2017, Andrew has 26 weekly lawns!          vide him with the life skills and finan-
                                              Mark, Andrew’s dad, states, “I am        cial sense he needs to succeed in life
  Andrew Jordan, a student at Hemp-         very proud of Andrew. I think it’s a       and in his future career. For college,
field School District, started a busi-      great learning experience and I think      he would like to stay local and con-       DogStar Books
ness at the age of 12. Andrew’s Lawn        it’s great that his hard work brings him   tinue to mow lawns, paying his way         ad designed by
Care took off in 2013 at a neighbor’s       success.” Mark has been very support-      through it. Also, Andrew believes his
house. He saw Mary Bernhardt, a             ive by helping Andrew out when he is       “mini” business will help him excel in     EmilieOlszewski
friend in her mid 70s, trying to mow        busy and, for the first few years, lend-   his future business career. He plans to    Our Mother of
her lawn with a broken wrist. An-           ing him equipment. By 2017 Andrew          attend F&M College and be debt-free
drew offered to mow her lawn until          has bought himself $10,000 worth of        by the time he comes out. For now          Perpetual Help
she healed. Mary then hired him to          lawn equipment.                            though, his business is up and run-        Teacher: Rose Sweigart
mow full-time for her, and being the          His hope for his business is to pro-     ning!

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  NEWS FEATURE                                    AveryZodet
                                                  Grade 6

    Pigs, not                                     Farmdale Elementary
                                                  Teacher: Rachel Fried

    just farm
     animals
                                            or opening doors. “Therapy pigs are
                                            mostly used to cheer people up or calm
                                            them down,” says Christine Rhoads,
                                            who owns Arnold, a local therapy pig.
  Do you need a kind, helpful, and            Arnold is a female, mini Juliana pig
fun animal to help you through hard         who is 4 years old. Mrs. Rhoads taught
times? In that case, a therapy pig          Arnold commands and tricks, like
would help you out a lot. You might         “come” and “turn.” Mrs. Rhoads ex-
think it’s crazy, but yes, a therapy pig.   plained how Arnold travels in a har-
  Therapy pigs are great therapy ani-       ness and car seat. Then, when they
mals because they are easy to train,        arrive at a building, Arnold rides in a
they love being pet, and they are good      special stroller so that she can safely
with people who have special needs.         be transported. Mrs. Rhoads says, “We
Therapy pigs are not very common            have visited nursing homes, hospices,
therapy animals, but they are very          schools, and the Ronald McDonald
kind and gentle toward people. Thera-       house in Hershey.”
py pigs don’t have dander like dogs and       If you would like to learn more
cats, so people are not allergic to them.   about therapy pets and Arnold the
  Unlike dogs, pigs cannot be service       Therapy Pig, visit the KPETS website
animals because they are not able to        and Arnold’s Instagram account @ar-
perform jobs like turning off lights        noldthefemalepig.
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  2nd PLACE                         WRITER’S CHOICE                                   2nd PLACE                         WRITER’S CHOICE
  Survive and Thrive                                                                       My summer trip
  In the beginning, life is measured
in minutes, then days, then weeks.
Boom! Ten years later, and look at
                                           When I had my surgeries at the
                                         Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
                                         (CHOP), they put a shunt in to redi-
                                                                                           to Puerto Rico
me now.                                  rect the blood flow towards the left       This past summer my family and             On another day we went horseback
  I was born with a rare severe          side of my heart instead of the right.   I took a vacation to Puerto Rico. When     riding through the rainforest. Even
congenital heart defect called Eb-       Although I had three gigantic sur-       we arrived at the resort I couldn’t        though I didn’t get to hold the reigns it
stein’s anomaly. My heart was en-        geries, I am still surviving.            believe how huge it was. There were        was still fun. There were about 10 of us
larged mostly on the right side. I had     Beads of Courage is an outstand-       shops, restaurants and several swim-       and we stayed in a single-file line. We
three surgeries when I was younger       ing tool to help me tell my jour-        ming pools.                                also took various hiking trips and we
starting when I was five days old, and   ney through living with Ebstein’s          The first morning when we woke up        saw hermit crabs and iguanas.
my last one was on October 9, 2007.      anomaly. I earn beads for visiting my    we put on our bathing suits and went         We are so glad we had the chance to
                                         doctor, taking tests and echocardio-     down to the dock. There was a cata-        see the island before the hurricane de-
                                         grams. So far, I have earned over 800    maran boat that took us to a private is-   stroyed it. We still pray for Puerto Rico.
                                         beads.                                   land. The island had white sand, aqua
     SamariaMartin                         I believe CHOP’s hope for people       blue water and yummy fish tacos. We
     Grade 5
                                         with heart conditions is Survive and
                                         Thrive. I think I am such a good rep-
                                                                                  also had frozen fruity drinks; I must
                                                                                  have had at least six of them. The wa-
                                                                                                                                   SofikaRowe
     Conestoga Elementary                resentative of someone who is sur-       ter was so clear that my dad and I went          Grade 4
     Teacher: Meridith Eckroat           viving and thriving!                     snorkeling. We saw so many colorful              Lancaster County
                                                                                  fish, coral and sea urchins. Sometimes           Christian School
                                                                                  the salty water would slip into my               Teacher: Ruthann Tolley
                                                                                  mask and burn my eyes.

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    2nd PLACE                          WRITER’S CHOICE                                    2nd PLACE                          WRITER’S CHOICE
California,                                 shiny lakes as the warm wind gnawed
                                            my face through the open windows.            The rodeo                                rodeo circle. They dashed through
                                                                                                                                  the west gate. Three calves entered

here I come!
                                              Excited screaming and squeezing                                                     through the south gate, each with
                                            from my cousins met me at the door.           Last February, I went to my first       a bow on its tail. The kids clumped
                                            Our time together was filled with hap-      rodeo with my family. The first event     together as they chased the calves.
                                            py giggles and imagination. But, to-        we saw was bull riding. The cowboys       Several kids fell face first in the dirt,
  For the first time in my entire 7 years   ward the end, homesickness seized my        had to stay on the bull for eight sec-    which made everybody laugh. Final-
of life, I few to California with my        heart. It made a big lump in my throat      onds. The rodeo clown was funny.          ly, two boys and one girl pulled the
2 aunts and without my parents.             that pushed every swallow down.             His job was to make people laugh and      ribbons and won. Now I know next
Excitement filled my mind as I                This trip made me realize that vaca-      to distract the bull so that the cowboy   time I go to the rodeo I should wear
thought about venturing out to a new        tioning by yourself is fun, but life with   could safely get out of the ring after    sneakers.
place where my parents couldn’t             my parents who watch me to keep me          he rode. We also saw team roping.
watch me.                                   out of mischief is best!                    For this event two cowboys came out
  As I stepped through the door of the                                                  on horses. One had to rope the front
airplane, my belly flipped somersaults                                                  legs of the calf and the other had to           IanHollick
that would have won a gold medal at                                                     rope the back legs.                             Grade 2
the Olympics! The whole flight, I kept            TessaRomanyuk                           The calf chase was awesome, but I             Lancaster County
picturing the airplane zooming nose               Grade 3                               wish I had known about it before, so            Christian School
first into the ground.                            Lancaster County                      I would have worn better shoes, so              Teacher: Tammi Dodson
  At landing, beautiful water sparkled            Christian School                      I could have participated. The an-
around and a thin road stretched to                                                     nouncer called all the kids into the
                                                  Teacher: Bethany Alfonso
another hunk of land. Relieved, we
grasped our luggage and drove by

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                                                                                FARMER’S ALMANAC PREDICTS SNOWY WEATHER
     JaydenStokes
     Grade 3
     Wickersham Elementary
     Teacher: Angela DiTomasso

       TEACHER’S                                                                                                          2nd PLACE
        PICK                                                                                                              ILLUSTRATING
       WRITER’S                                                                                                             HEADLINES
         CHOICE
                                                                                                                          SamuelSamberg
     Talking                                                                                                              Grade 1

     ducks!
                                                                                                                          Lampeter Elementary
                                                                                                                          Teacher: Brittany Snyder

  It is a sunny Sunday afternoon,
I am going to Longs Park, and I am
                                        2nd PLACE

                                                                                                                                                     BLESS THEM WITH YOUR PRESENCE
going to feed the wild ducks. When I
get to the giant pond, I can hear the
ducks quacking loudly. As I open the
bread bag, the quacking gets louder.    ILLUSTRATING
They are so loud my head vibrates.
I start feeding them, breaking the
                                          HEADLINES
wheat bread into pieces, as fast as
I can. The flock of ducks charge at
me. Instead of breaking the bread,      AdrienneHoover
I throw down two whole slices. The      Grade K
wild ducks start to calm down. They
stopped charging at me and stopped      St. Leo the Great School
quacking loudly. Once I am done I       Teacher: Jan Bixby
start to walk away and I hear, “Give
us more bread!” I screamed and
ran as fast as I could away from the
pond. Once I am 10 meters from the
pond, I stop and turn around. I know
I cannot tell other people because
they would not believe me. When I
calm down, I walk back to the pond.
I ask the ducks, “How are you talk-
ing?” The ducks responded with
a, “Quack.” I think something very
strange is happening at the pond.
Were the ducks really talking to me
or am I going crazy?
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                                                                                      continued to evolve. The rectangu-
            3rd PLACE                         EDITORIAL                               lar version, originally a Confeder-
                                                                                      ate naval flag, replaced the square             AudreySalmons
        A brief history of                                                            battle flag. Along with the historically
                                                                                      revisionist Lost Cause mythos, the
                                                                                                                                      Grade 12
                                                                                                                                      Conestoga Valley

      the Confederate flag
                                                                                      flag became integral to white South-
                                                                                      ern identity.                                   High School
                                                                                        The Confederate flag re-emerged               Teacher: Melanie Upton
                                                                                      on the mainstream political scene in
  Earlier this year, several cases of      of racism.                                 1948 as a symbol of the Dixiecrats, or
students at my high school wear-             The Confederate flag we know today       Democrats who rejected the party’s         fluence on the present: the scars of
ing the Confederate flag prompted          was not originally the official flag of    endorsement of civil rights. Building      decades of slavery and decades more
controversy over the flag’s true mean-     the Confederacy, but a square battle       on the white supremacist founda-           of prejudice and violence still afflict
ing. From my observations, the most        flag that grew into a national emblem.     tions of the Confederacy that still re-    American society, and amnesia will
common response to criticisms of           If its meaning were confined to the        sided in the American consciousness,       not erase them.
the flag was that it does not represent    Confederacy as it existed during the       the flag became the banner of segre-         We must re-evaluate how we curate
racism, and that instead, it is a symbol   war, it would still be inextricably tied   gation.                                    historical symbols, for understand-
of pride in Southern heritage.             to slavery.                                  Today, wearers of the flag seem to       ing the history that they represent
  Historically, the heritage that the        After the war ended, however, the        have forgotten its history. History,       is critical to solving the problems of
flag represents is by no means devoid      symbolism of the Confederate flag          however, has not relinquished its in-      the present.

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     A Special             Thank You to All the Participating Teachers
      PUBLIC                     DONEGAL                Ephrata High School
                                                           Trevor Hershey
                                                                                         Martin Meylin
                                                                                         Middle School
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     SCHOOLS                Donegal Intermediate
                                  School
                                                           Gemma Rasmus                   Tracey Harber
                                                                                           Karen Revelt
                                                                                                                   Conestoga
                                                                                                                   Elementary
                                Sarah Lawrence                                           Joanne Williard         Ellen Altdoerffer
        COCALICO                                            HEMPFIELD                                            Meridith Eckroat
                            Donegal High School                                      Lampeter-Strasburg              Deb Falk
        Adamstown              Moriah Berringer         Farmdale Elementary             High School
        Elementary                                           Jon Chronister              Susan Fetterolf          Central Manor
       Colleen DiMatteo                                       Rachel Fried             Benjamin Krothe 5th         Elementary
         Matt Landis            EASTERN                Meredith Sassmannshausen           Susan Rettew              Jerrell Birch
        Jeffrey Shenk      LANCASTER COUNTY                                                                       Megan Collins
       Elizabeth Steffy                               Landisville Primary Center                                   Tracy Cornell
       Andrea Tartaglia           Blue Ball                Sandy McConnell             LANCASTER                  Jenna DeLong
                                 Elementary
                                 Kelly Thomas
                                                             Nancy Neff             COUNTY CAREER &                Becca Eichler
          Denver                                                                   TECHNOLOGY CENTER              Matthew Jones
        Elementary                                     Mountville Elementary                                        Shelly Kyle
       Katie Steckbeck          New Holland               Dorothy Carpenter          Willow Street Campus
                                Elementary                                                                          Beth Mader
                                                                                          Mark Maisano             Heather Piatt
         Cocalico              Cherie Lenahan                 Landisville
                               Wendy Twaddell                                                                     Laura Stephan
        High School                                      Intermediate Center                                      Johanna Treier
         Nancy Lewis                                          Jess Wise             MANHEIM CENTRAL                Amy Wiggins
       Lindsay Sigman
       Theodore Wolf        ELIZABETHTOWN                    Centerville             Doe Run Elementary             Emily Wise
                                 AREA                       Middle School                 Robin Haug
                                                                                          Carol Hess                Eshelman
                             Bear Creek School               Jennifer Axe                                          Elementary
        COLUMBIA                 Beth Shenk
                                                                                         Carolyn Kocot
                                                                                                                 Elizabeth Kaplan
                                                             Landisville               JoAnn Sunderland
      Park Elementary            Sara Torchia                                                                     John Matusek
                                                            Middle School
        Jennifer Horn                                       Amanda Allison
                                  Mill Road                                        MANHEIM TOWNSHIP                Hambright
                                 Elementary                 Diane Anderson                                         Elementary
       Taylor Middle                                          Scott Feifer
          School              Kimberly Braught                                        Brecht Elementary            Amy D’Amico
                               Joanne Burkett               Donna Garrison               Melanie Fehnel            Lorien Gilbert
       Aubree Lockard
        Amy Wright            Melissa Chroscinski                                         Karen Quinn
                                 Ashley Nein           Hempfield High School                                          LeTort
                               Lindsay Ringer                Sarah Diiorio            Bucher Elementary            Elementary
       CONESTOGA                   Tina Tuell                Pam Felegi                  Natalie Mundorf         Jennifer Winters
                                                             Chris Hanusa
        VALLEY                                                Andy Wise
                             Rheems Elementary                                         Neff Elementary          Martic Elementary
        Brownstown               Melissa Clark                                           Nancy Cooper             Kerry Bushong
        Elementary                                                                                                 Susan Frese
         Kevin Allen         Elizabethtown Area             LAMPETER-                Nitrauer Elementary          Melissa Mulder
                                Middle School              STRASBURG                     Nancy Cooper             Jeb Thompson
         J.E. Fritz            Mary Jane Davies                                          Mike Heverling
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                                                              Eric Balak                 Patrick Murphy        Manor Middle School
        Deborah Diehl        Elizabethtown Area                                                                    Amy D’Amico
         Sue Gehman                                          Beth Hendrix
                                 High School                Vanessa Moore                Reidenbaugh
     Cassandra Rumbaugh           Kevin Goss                                              Elementary               Penn Manor
      Daphne Taraborelli                                     Jeffrey Nolt
                                                                                         Noelle Duscha             High School
      Jason Zimmerman                                        Eva Strawser
                                                                                                                   Melissa Mealy
                                 EPHRATA                    Jim Stutzman
                                                                                     Schaeffer Elementary
     Leola Elementary                                                                      Allison Zell
        Linda McDonie         Clay Elementary           Lampeter Elementary                                    PEQUEA VALLEY
                                 Deb Sheaffer               Lauren Burns
                                                            Kelly Burrows
                                                                                    Landis Run Intermediate    Paradise Elementary
        Smoketown                                                                         Kate Cramer
        Elementary           Fulton Elementary             Elizabeth Fluck                                       Cortney Bushnell
                                                                                         Jaime Weisser            Kristin Donnelly
        Donna Jones            Laurelin Accardo            Michelle Getchis
        Steve Scheidt            Jodi Eberly                Michelle Gilger                                      Louwana Weaver
                                                                                      Manheim Township
                                                           Suzanne Mannix                High School
     Conestoga Valley       Ephrata Middle School          Kimberly Smith                 Jim Ertzgard
                                                                                                                  Pequea Valley
       High School               Cherl Myers               Brittany Snyder                                     Intermediate School
                                                                                            Julie Frey             Amy Raugh
        Melanie Upton           Dawnita Smith              Allison Wagner                 Marty Pflieger
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  SCHOOL DISTRICT
   OF LANCASTER
                             Lancaster Mennonite
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                                                           Thank You to All Participating
                                                                  Advertisers, Judges & Staff
                                 Denise Bender
Elizabeth R. Martin School       Jessica Lloyd
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     Ross Elementary                                                    Lancaster-Lebanon Reading Council Judges
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 Wickersham Elementary            Ann Pineda
     Angela DiTomasso                                                                     LNP Editorial Staff
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 Reynolds Middle School       Mennonite School-                             Jed Kensinger Jen Kopf Chris Otto Todd Spidle
                                New Danville
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McCaskey East High School
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J.P. McCaskey High School
     Rachel Brumbach             Our Lady Of
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                                Catholic School
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       SOLANCO
 Bart-Colerain Elementary       Our Mother Of
                             Perpetual Help School
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                                Theresa Chanko
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                                 Rose Sweigart
  Clermont Elementary
      Maureen Graver
                                 Resurrection
                                Catholic School                      Hinkle Insurance Agency: Karyn     Certified Carpet: Joe Legenstein
       WARWICK                    Sylvia Buller                      Miller with Gemma Navickas of          with William Martinez of
                                 Hollice Coccio                         St. Leo the Great School.        Resurrection Catholic School.
 Warwick Middle School           Wendy Geiman
       Elton Sturges            Kimberly Kramer
                                Kristy Legenstein
  NONPUBLIC                       Mary Scaccia

   SCHOOLS                      Sacred Heart Of
                                 Jesus School
   Dayspring Christian         Cynthia Bomberger
       Academy                 Samantha Corvino
      Angela Adams                Abigail Henry
                                Jackie Muehleisen
    The Janus School
     Christine Koslosky        St. Leo The Great
      Heather Strunk            Catholic School
                                 Elizabeth Baak
    Lancaster Country               Jan Bixby                        Lancaster Pediatric Associates:    Ebersole Vacuum: John Ebersole
       Day School               Kathryn Hemlick                      Dr. Steven Killough with Naomi     with Yaritza Avalos of Reynolds
       Gina Donnelly          Kelly Mastrogiovanni                       Dresch of Our Mother of                 Middle School.
       Aimee Nelson                Ellen Tucker                           Perpetual Help School.

    Lancaster County           Veritas Academy
    Christian School            Jacqueline Lake                        Lancaster-Lebanon Reading Council Officers
      Bethany Alfonso                                                   President: Michelle Trasborg President-elect: Raluca Snyder
       Tammi Dodson              Home-School                  Past president: Sandra Haines Secretary: Angela Philip Treasurer: Emily Ritholz
       Ruthann Tolley           Cherie Rathman
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                                 3rd PLACE                        EDITORIAL                                   DavidWinner
                         The case for
                                                                                                              Grade 11
                                                                                                              Lancaster Country

                     universal health care
                                                                                                              Day School
                                                                                                              Teacher: Aimee Nelson

                       “How are we going to afford this?”      Citizens are dying because they can’t     and poorer quality of care. The evi-
                       It is a question that plagues house-    afford treatment, yet health care ex-     dence, however, refutes this claim. A
                     holds across the country. In 2016,        penditure accounts for 18 percent of      report by the Commonwealth Fund
                     more than 28 million Americans were       the American GDP.                         found that the United States ranks
                     uninsured, forced to pay for medical        Why does the U.S. fare so poorly        last behind 11 countries in efficiency
                     expenses out of pocket. Those without     compared to its counterparts? In          of care, access, equity, and healthy life-
                     insurance often avoid necessary treat-    countries where health care is cheap,     style. Every country on this list main-
                     ment and preventative care. The Amer-     health care is ubiquitous. A socialized   tains universal health care except for
                     ican Journal of Public Health found in    health care system — one in which         America.
                     2009 that 45,000 annual deaths are        health insurance is provided by the         “How are we going to afford this?”
                     linked with a lack of insurance.          government and paid for by taxpay-          It’s a question that American citizens
                       Each American spends close to           ers — demonstrably outperforms the        should not need to ask. The United
                     $10,000 a year on their health care.      American private model. Care extends      States needs a socialized health insur-
                     That figure is double the cost in other   to the entire population; medical costs   ance system that guarantees medical
                     developed countries, including Italy,     decline; public health improves.          care for all. Failing to institute such a
                     Britain, and Japan. The United States       Some critics assert that socialized     system will only prolong the suffering
                     has a dangerous health care problem.      medicine creates longer wait times        of the uninsured.

                                                                                                                 TEACHER’S
                                                                                                                  PICK
                                                                                                                 WRITER’S
                                                                                                                   CHOICE
                                                                                                             Shadow
                                                                                                           It was a dark and breezy night. I was
                                                                    May-Grant                            listening to music on my iPad when
                                                                                                         my dad called up the stairs.
                                                                    ad designed by                         “Amelia! Would you like to see
                                                                    RionaPopdan                          something?”
                                                                                                           “Sure!”
                                                                    Mill Road Elementary                   I ran downstairs but only saw some
                                                                    Teacher: Melissa Chroscinski         tuna and a cage. Then my dad walked
                                                                                                         me to a bush on Prince Street and —
                                                                                                         “Meow” — out came a cat. We led him
                                                                                                         into the cage with the tuna.
                                                                   Amelia                                  At home we let him out but he
                                                                                                         scurried away and we couldn’t find
                                                                   Argyropoulos                          him. I thought I lost him! But then …
                                                                   Grade 4                               “Meow!” He was in the living room
                                                                   Sacred Heart School                   and his black coat blended in with the
                                                                   Teacher: Jackie Muehleisen            darkness! Ever since then he’s been
                                                                                                         called Shadow.
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            3rd PLACE                         EDITORIAL
    The benefits of                                                                         RheaKumar
                                                                                            Grade 10

 tablets on education
                                                                                            Hempfield High School
                                                                                            Teacher: Sarah Diiorio
                                                                                         Healthwise, students benefit from
  From morning to evening, one con-        ogy advances,” according to the FCC.        not having to carry heavy textbooks.
stant in almost every student’s life is    The FCC also states that textbooks          The Archives of Disease in Child-
technology. Previously, the exception      cost schools close to $7 billion dol-       hood states, “(T)he average weight of
was the six- to eight-hour period when     lars annually. By purchasing tablets        a tablet is between .75 to two pounds.
students went to school. A long period     in place of textbooks, schools will be      Pediatricians and chiropractors rec-
when they were absent from technol-        saving the money they would have            ommend that students not carry more
ogy has now changed in American            lost with textbooks.                        than 15 percent of their body weight in
schools. Many have opted out of text-        Another plus for students is the in-      a backpack, but (the) … weight of text-
books and replaced them with tablets.      creased interactivity with learning and     books … exceeded this percentage.”         Hinkle Insurance Agency
  The opposition may say that tablets      elevated enrichment. According to the       By replacing textbooks with tablets,       ad designed by
are more pricey, one costing close to      United States Department of Educa-          schools are helping students’ health
$500, so schools are losing money by       tion, “technology-based instruction         and lightening their loads.                GemmaNavickas
providing each student with an ex-         can reduce the time students take to          In conclusion, tablets benefit stu-      St. Leo the Great School
pensive piece of equipment. Howev-         reach a learning objective by 30-80         dents. By eliminating textbooks and re-    Teacher: Kathryn Hemlick
er, schools are saving close to “$3 bil-   percent.” With tablets in students’         placing them with these tablets, schools
lion … as schools buy tablets in bulk,     hands, understanding a concept takes        will help students across America.
hardware gets cheaper and technol-         less time.

                   TEACHER’S PICK
                    WRITER’S CHOICE
  Ice cream, peacocks
       and kittens
  When my family and I got to the
Lapp Valley Farm Ice Cream Shop, we
got ice cream. I got a double chocolate
                                               EmilyVanEtten
peanut butter kind. My brother Peter           Grade 2
got Black Raspberry. While we were             Fulton Elementary
waiting for my granny to arrive, some-         Teacher: Jodi Eberly
thing awesome happened. Napping by
the flower pot, we saw a really cute or-   a kitten. I said, “He’s so cute!” “Let’s
ange striped cat! Then we saw a black      call him Storm Kit,” suggested Peter.
cat! Peter and I were going cat crazy!     “Yeah!!” I said. I loved Storm Kit. I
We had to show Granny! Finally, when       think Storm Kit loved me because he
Granny arrived, we showed her the          purred when I stroked his soft fur. Af-
cats. After we finished eating our ice     ter that, I looked at a cow. It licked my
cream, we looked around outside.           hand. Next, I looked at a peacock. It
First, we looked around the left side.     was beautiful! It even opened its feath-
My parents bumped into someone             ers! Soon it was time to go. We went
they knew while Peter and I looked at      home with lots of good memories.
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