@theHelm Staff

Spring 2010@theHelm Staff

Grades K-4 Team

Jacob F.
Favorite book: The Dog-Eared Boys
Young Authors books: 5
Writing/Reading Awards: I won the best-graded essays in Language Arts
ATH Goals: I want to get better at writing and have a story of the week.
About me: I love drawing and biking.

Sara H.
Favorite book: Percy Jackson series
Young Authors books: 5
Writing/Reading Awards: First place, Scary Stories
ATH Goals: I hope that reading other students' writing will make me a better writer.
About me: I have two dogs and I like drawing.

Dane H.
Favorite book: Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Young Authors books: 3
Writing/Reading Awards: 1
ATH Goals: I want to learn lots more about computers.

Megan W.
Young Authors books: 5
Writing/Reading Awards: Third place in Young Authors
ATH Goals: To learn more about computers
About me: I love to play basketball and also I love to read.

Ava V.
Favorite book: Books by Erin Hunter
Young Authors books: 1
ATH Goals: I've never done anything like this before.
About me: I collect spoons, and I've had surgery twice (back and mouth).

Jake C.
Favorite book: Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, 2, 3 and 4
Young Authors books: 0
Writing/Reading Awards: 0
ATH Goals: To be helpful and it looked FUN!
About me: I race motorcycles and I want everyone to know that I'm really helpful.

Maddie M.
Favorite book: The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer
Young Authors books: 2
Writing/Reading Awards: Most Creative Cover
ATH Goals: To help persuade younger people to write, and to practice editing stories and poems
About me: I am obsessed with gymnastics. My favorite animal is the elephant.

Grades 5-8 Team

Frances B.
Favorite book: The Body by Stephen King
Young Authors books: 7
Writing/Reading Awards: Various Young Authors recognitions, SAT Reading and Writing high scorer
ATH Goals: I am going to work more on my mad HTML skills.
About me: I am an agnostic/Buddhist/pastafarian vegetarian.

Cade M.
Favorite book: Warriors series and Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Young Authors books: 6
Writing/Reading Awards: I have won the category
ATH Goals: I have done this once and I had a great time; I want to do this more easily.
About me: I play four sports and have played for three teams at once. I am the representative for Ms. Fannin's class.

Carson S.
Favorite book: Rachel Yoder books by Wanda Brunstetter
Young Authors books: 6
Writing/Reading Awards: First Place and Overall winner
ATH Goals: Learn more about editing books and learn better writing skills
About me: I love softball and basketball. I like going to church and I like reading and writing.

Colin B.
Favorite book: Sabriel and Harry Potter
Young Authors books: 6
Writing/Reading Awards: Young Authors award
ATH Goals: To learn about At The Helm.
About me: I like to read books, play computer games and draw.

Joe F.
Favorite book: Harry Potter
Young Authors books: 3
ATH Goals: To follow my brother's footsteps and learn more about computers
About me: I have a farm. My favorite animal is a chicken.

Ariel G.
Favorite book: Things Not Seen
Young Authors books: 6
ATH Goals: To learn more about writing and more about computers
About me: I love to play softball and basketball.

Olivia S.
Favorite book: Harry Potter
Young Authors books: 6
Writing/Reading Awards: One First Place award
ATH Goals: To let other people read more of the time and to let people read things their classmates wrote
About me: I like chocolate cake covered in peanut butter. I've been in the newspaper three times, on TV once, in a magazine five times, and I've recorded one CD.