Crescent City 8th Grader Receives National Scholastics Award in Writing

Uncharted Shores Academy’s Offshore Program is proud to announce that 8th grader Elle Dauber has been awarded Scholastic Art and Writing Awards’ Silver Key in Writing. Elle's essay Red Eyes scored among the top one percent of submissions in all grade levels for Personal Essay and Memoir in Region-at-Large West, spanning rural counties in California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

The Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards is the nation’s longest running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens hosted by the Alliance for Young Writers and Writers. All submissions are reviewed and recognized by a panel of creative professionals, then awarded for outstanding merit in originality, skill and the emergence of a personal voice and vision.

Since 1923, the Scholastics Awards have recognized some of America’s most celebrated artists and writers while they were teenagers, including Stephen King, Kay WalkingStick, Amanda Gordon, Charles White, Joyce Carol Oats and Andy Warhol.

Scholastics is proud to count Elle among those esteemed Scholastics alumni.

Congratulations, Elle Dauber!