Andres Valencia, one of the Gold Key winners in Scholastic, is now an American Voices nominee.
In Region IV, there were over 1000 entries and only a few of them were given special awards. Valencia will be honored at the Scholastic Writing Awards on February 4.
Also, English teacher Ayn Nys is being considered for special recognition as a teacher who has had numerous winners in the Scholastic Writing Contest.
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