2023 Poetry Showcase | Buckeye Foundation

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Welcome to the 2023 Buckeye Education Foundation
Virtual Poetry Showcase:
"The Great Outdoors"

For National Poetry Month in April, the Buckeye Education Foundation offered our 3rd Annual Poetry Showcase, open to submissions from all Buckeye district students.

Thank you BUSD poets for your wonderful submissions to our showcase! We hope all visitors to this site will take some time to explore your amazing poetic works.
Our guest judges have completed the difficult work of selecting an honoree from each grade level to receive a special poetry and pizza prize pack. Congratulations to our top scorers in each grade-level category! Honorees for this year are:

Kindergarten : "Rainbow I Spy" by Logan Longacre
1st Grade : "The World of Wildlife" by Adeline Fredric
2nd Grade : "Summer Garden" by Eliza Hasegawa
3rd Grade : "Nature" by Mackenzie Lansford
4th Grade : "The Great Outdoors" by Chloe Ozobiani
5th Grade : "The Waves of Life" by Jonah Murdoch
6th Grade : "Nature (The Place I Want To Be)" by Kabir Agarwal
7th Grade : "An Amazing Tree" by Raman Sethi
7th Grade : "Man at the Crown" by Henrey Wilson

Prizes and certificates will be delivered to all poets' schools next week.
Happy reading!

TK/Kindergarten

My 5 Senses by Azeem Guerrero

Rainbow I Spy by Logan Longacre

Beautiful Green by Harlyn Reem

The Greatest Bike by Henry Edwards

The Mountain Hike by Julia Perez

First Grade

Spring by Piper Cripe

The World of Wildlife by Adeline Fredrick

Fish on a Dish by Olivia Phelan

My Favorite William Brooks by Eunseo (Ellen) Cho

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Grandma's Pool by Julia Bergin

Second Grade

When I Raced. . . by Kayas Yau.png

Wild Bunnies by Charlotte Warren

Have You Ever? by Dylan Phellan

Mother Earth by Savannah Sutton

The Lovely Outdoors by Jordan Chou

Sports Day by Devyn Armer

Third Grade

The Great Outdoors by Mollie Cooney

Swimming by Zoe Crook

Spring by Eliana de Ornelas

Outdoors & Smores by Keira Phelan

Nature by Mackenzie Lansford

Beautiful Spring by Camryn Armer

Fourth Grade

Soccer Camp by Youting Long

The Mountains by Geoffrey Davis

End of Season by Parker Crook

Mother Hen by Isabelle Warren

The Great Outdoors by Jingyang Zhang

Fifth Grade

Glowing Fire by Olivia Anderson

The Great Outdoors by Shane McGregor

The Jungle School by Brycen Merry

The Great Outdoors by Madeline Tamagni

Reading in a Tree by Lyla Cooney

The Outdoors by Edyn Morales

Sixth Grade

Nature (The Place I Want To Be) by Kabir Agarwal

The Great Outdoors by Persia Naasz

A Day With Duke by Savannah Mathew

The Outdoors Await You by Curt Elijae Soriano

Seventh/Eighth Grade

Man at the Crown by Henrey Wilson

An Amazing Tree by Raman Sethi

Thank you to our sponsors!
We couldn't offer this community-boosting event without the generous help of these sponsors. Thank you! Please let them know you appreciate their support!

Steve's Pizza El Dorado Hills

The Bookhouse bookstore in Cameron Park

Friends of the El Dorado Hills Library

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