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Welcome to the First Ever Buckeye Education Foundation
Buckeye Student Poetry Showcase!
We hope you enjoy this original poetry by the talented students of the
Buckeye Union School District
Poems are arranged by grade level.
Click on a poem title to read the poem. For the best viewing experience, we recommend viewing from a computer. If an image appears too small to read, you can expand to full screen by clicking the arrows in the upper left hand corner of your screen. We invite you to enjoy the over 100 excellent poetic works submitted by our wonderfully creative Buckeye students!
Congratulations to the following outstanding poets who have been selected by our panel of esteemed guest judges for special recognition and honors:
Kindergarten
Highest Honors:
"A Time I Got a Gift" by Jordan Chou
Honorable Mention:
"My rabbit's habit" by Eleanor Thao
1st Grade
Highest Honors:
"These are the Things that Bring Me Peace" by Abbie Hughes
Honorable Mention:
"A Little forest in the park" by Rishith Dhall
"Beach Days" by Maci Gaut
2nd Grade
Highest Honors:
"Living The Camping Life" by Charlotte Burke
Honorable Mention:
"Nature" by River Preston
"What Brings Me Peace" by Karina Pokhrel
"Snorkeling" by Finnegan Loarie
"Peace and War" by Henry Helms
"PEACEFUL FAMILY" by Gianna Tinti
3rd Grade
Highest Honors:
"Peaceful sea day and night" by Hanein Hanawi,
Honorable Mention:
"My Family Brings Me Peace!" by Delainey Freeland
"Let's Spread Smiles Instead of Corona" by Kritika Karnati
"Trees" by Blooklynne Pattanawat
4th Grade
Highest Honors:
"What Brings Me Peace" by Curt Soriano
Honorable Mention:
"Alone" by Arya Pillilli
"What Brings Me Peace" by Michelle Mobley
"What Brings Me Peace" by Troy Erdmann
5th Grade
Highest Honors:
"Lazy Day" by Peyton Gaut
Honorable Mention:
"Jack the Peace Bringer" by Daniel George
"Lying in the hammock" by Peyton Gaut
"The Ballad of Peacefulness" by William Xiong
6th Grade
Highest Honors:
"Hawaii" by Emmy Angelo
Honorable Mention:
"The River Flow" by Gracie Tinonga
"The Moon" by Tommy Lu
"A Piano Peace" by Nina Pokhrel
7th Grade
Highest Honors:
"Silent Waves" by Jonas DeCarpio
Honorable Mention:
"What Brings Me Peace" by Sheanna Mae S. Peralta
"Dawn to Dusk: A Lake Tahoe Experience" by Lilyana Cordero
"The Forest, Where I Find Peace" by Liam Farr
8th Grade
Highest Honors:
"To Fall in Love With a Fictional World" by Ashlyn Lim
"my peace" by Kiarra Keven
Honorable Mention:
"small simple sounds" by Ariana Thakur
"Beauty in Simplicity" by Sungwoo Cho
"Designing" by Craig Soriano
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
Seventh Grade
Eighth Grade
Judging has concluded, and prizes and awards are currently being distributed to all participants. Thank you to all who participated in our event, and thank you for visiting our poetry showcase!
Thank you to our esteemed guest judges!
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Taylor Graham - Inaugural El Dorado County Poet Laureate Emerita (2016 - 18), and member of Tuesday at Two Poetry and Friday Writers workshops. Western Slope El Dorado poetry community
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Jack Carman - Local Poet and member of Tuesday at Two poetry and Friday Writers workshops. Retired from career as an English teacher at Independence High School and Golden Sierra High School. Judge for our region's Poetry Out Loud high school poetry competition.
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Sue Crisp - Local Poet and member of Poetic License, Tuesday at Two poetry, and Friday Writers workshops. Winner in the Voices of Lincoln poetry contest. Former introduction to poetry teacher for elementary and middle school students at Holy Trinity school in EDH. Judge for our region's Poetry Out Loud high school poetry competition.
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Sandra Kelsey - El Dorado County Children's Librarian, El Dorado Hills branch
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Jan Robbins - El Dorado County Librarian, El Dorado Hills branch
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Ashleigh Torres - El Dorado County Librarian, Cameron Park branch
Thank you to our generous Poetry Showcase Prize sponsors!
Papa Murphy's El Dorado Hills
Papa Murphy's Cameron Park
The Bookhouse bookstore in Cameron Park
Friends of the El Dorado Hills Library
Team Ostrode Properties - Keller Williams Realty
Face in a Book bookstore in El Dorado Hills
Yoffie Real Estate Group
