The Quill

 

Teams of four students must create written products given a prompt from a specific text type. The Quill is an original competition developed in cooperation with the North Carolina Reading Association (NCRA), and is aligned with Common Core standards.

 

NCASA held the Regional Competition for The Quill on February 6-8. Students competed at their home schools and submissions were sent to the judges. The judges scored each submission and the results are as follows:

High School East Region

1 - Northwood HS

2 - Northwest Guilford HS

3 - Page HS

4 - High Point Central HS

5 - Gates County HS

6 - Lee Early College HS

High School West Region

1 - Atkins A&T HS

2 - Newton Conover HS

3 - Lexington Senior HS

4 - Myers Park HS

5 - Hickory HS

6 - Thomas Jefferson CA

Middle School East Region

1 - Central MS

2 - Elizabeth City MS

3 - Lexington MS

4 - JN Fries MS

5 - Hickory Ridge MS

Middle School West Region

1 - Jay M Robinson MS

2 - Mount Mourne School

3 - Piedmont Community Charter

The top five schools from each region will advance to the March 2 State Final hosted by Lexington Senior High School.

The North Carolina Association for Scholastic Activities held the second annual The Quill on demand writing competition this past Saturday, hosted by Lexington Senior High School. Finishing in first place with a final score of 90.5 was Atkins A&T High School.  Team members for Atkins A&T High School were Meredith Hemphill, D'Bravius Blackwell, Keshaunna Goode, and Tumi Mabaso. 

Finishing close behind in second place was Lexington Senior High School with 89.7 points. Finishing in third place with 85.8 points was Newton Conover High School. Myers Park High School and WH Page High School rounded out the top five.

For immediate release:

The North Carolina Association for Scholastic Activities held its first ever State Finals Saturday, February 26 in the General Classroom Building on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, NC.   Finishing in FIRST PLACE in The Quill on-demand writing competition with a final score of 82.7 was Myers Park High School of Charlotte.  Team members for Myers Park HS were Amanda Stroud, Kate Randazzo, Hassan DuRant, and Zoe Pruitt.

The North Carolina Association for Scholastic Activities held its first ever State Finals Saturday, February 26 in the General Classroom Building on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, NC.   Finishing in FIRST PLACE in The Quill on-demand writing competition with a final score of 82.7 was Myers Park High School of Charlotte.  Team members for Myers Park HS were Amanda Stroud, Kate Randazzo, Hassan DuRant, and Zoe Pruitt.

The schedule for the Quill could go here.