8th Grader Sydney Laws - 2nd Place Winner in National Jackie Robinson Breaking Barriers Essay Contest!

Sydney Laws, National 2nd Prize Winner in the Jackie Robinson Breaking Barriers Essay Contest

Ridgeview 8^th Grader Sydney Laws has been selected as a Second Prize Winner in the national Jackie Robinson Breaking Barriers Essay Contest sponsored by Scholastic and Major League Baseball.  In a collaborative lesson between Language Arts Teacher Mary Lawrence and Media Specialist Taylor Wickline, students discussed and wrote about barriers, learned about Jackie Robinson’s Nine Values to overcoming barriers, and wrote about ways in which they used Jackie Robinson’s values to overcome barriers in their own lives.  Sydney wrote about using the value of integrity to overcome obstacles in middle school.  This lesson was a wonderful opportunity for students and teachers to get to know each other better.

As one of only two national Second Place winners in grades 6-8, Sydney has won a laptop computer, a class set of autographed copies of Promises to Keep by Sharon Robinson for Mrs. Lawrence’s Language Arts Class, and a class set of Breaking Barriers T-shirts.

Congratulations, Sydney!  We are so proud of you!