Updated at 9:18 a.m., Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Big Island teacher's story wins publishing contest
Advertiser Staff
Barbara Haight, a sixth-grade language arts teacher at Waimea Middle Public Conversion Charter School in Kamuela, won the SRA/McGraw-Hill's "What's the Story? Teacher Author Contest."
Her original writing will be published with the new pre-K-6 reading and language arts program. The contest received more than 2,500 entries in English and Spanish. Haight's original writing for grade 6 is called "Night Dive." It will be published in an individual book with the 2008 edition. The contest named winners for two categories, short stories and poem, in each grade level.
Information: http://stories.sraonline.com
