The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Association of Educators took a handful of young writers and their teachers out to lunch on Wednesday at Elmo’s Diner in Carrboro.
The students were selected as winners of the American Education Week Writing Contest, sponsored by the association.
Sylvia Cheeseman, a kindergartner at Glenwood Elementary School, won for her essay about her teacher, Katie Jiang. Elizabeth Yang won for her essay about Gary Falgout, her fifth-grade teacher at Seawell Elementary School. Caroline Liu, a seventh-grader, won for her essay about Jeremy Bellion, who teaches band and orchestra at Smith Middle School. Josie Hollingsworth won for her essay about Robert Johnsen, her civics teacher at Carrboro High School.Â