Seven students who participated in Scholastic Writing contests won either gold or silver keys, making it the first year Kerr had 100 percent success. 

Senior Andres Valencia received a gold key for his short story “Dancing Shadows” and junior Diane Chau earned a gold key for her personal essay “Beautiful Scar.”

Three students received silver keys for their short stories; which includes senior Maithy Tran for “Feed” and juniors Nadia Zulfa for “The Possession” and Tuong-Phi Le for “Mending.”

Senior Ashti Zaidi received a silver key for her dramatic script, “The Archer” and junior Uyen Tran received a silver key for her poetry piece, “Mia, Lucy’s Folly.”

Additional information regarding all the winners for the contest can be found at http://www.hcde-texas.org/docs/221-2013-W-Winners-Prepped-by-District.pdf.