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Harmony students (and Gold Team and Azurite Team students before them) have always done extremely well in various writing contests: schoolwide, statewide, national, and for publication. The following list shows the writing awards that Harmony Team, Azurite Team and Gold Team students at Hixson Middle School have won in the past. Click on the contest name to see the winners.     

   Hamilton                                        Morrison                              NCTE Most Promising

   Spelling Bee                                  Publication                                 Shrewsbury

Hamilton Writing Award

School Writing Award

2000-2001
Marissa Rockwell - Second Place - Poetry
Erin Tobiasz - First Place - Poetry
Laura Touchette - Second Place - Prose

1999-2000
Erin Tobiasz - First Place - Poetry
Beth Tobin - Second Place - Poetry
Beth Tobin - Third Place - Prose
Katy Palacios - Third Place - Poetry

1998-1999
Liz Ramey - First Place - Poetry
Jon Flaxbart - Third Place - Poetry
Rachel Finkelstein - Second Place - Poetry
Christina White - Third Place - Prose

1996-1997
Andrea Donnelly - First Place - Poetry
Eliza McKay - Second Place - Prose
Michelle Mergler - Second Place - Prose
Katy Tiefenbrun - Second Place - Poetry

1995-1996
Lisa Gilbert - First Place - Prose
Rachel Linstead - First Place - Poetry
Monica McKenna - First Place - Poetry
David Solis - Third Place - Poetry

1994-1995
Tavis Petersen - Second Place - Prose
Lisa Gilbert - First Place - Prose

1992-1993
Tom Stepleton - First Place - Poetry
Tom Stepleton - First Place - Prose
Ian Wehrman - Second Place - Prose
Jabari Pendleton - First Place - Poetry
Melissa Downs - Second Place - Prose
Lisa Wright - First Place - Prose

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Morrison Writing Award

School Writing Award

2000-2001
Marissa Rockwell - First Place - Poetry
Carrie Clark - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Amelia Becker - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Amelia Becker - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Jon Williger - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Erin Tobiasz - Second Place - Poetry
Beth Tobin - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Haley Bakker - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Sarah Bush - Second Place - Prose

1999-2000
Erin Tobiasz - Second Place - Poetry
Haley Bakker - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Jessie Neusitz - Honorable Achievement - Prose

1998-1999
B. J. Heuermann - First Place - Poetry
Andrea Taylor - First Place - Poetry
Robin Mead - First Place - Prose
Sudie Niesen - Second Place - Prose
Rachel Leahy - Second Place - Poetry
Maddie Raimando - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Rachel Finkelstein - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Jennie Adolf - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Rachel Leahy - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Jessie Gaffney - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Rachel Finkelstein - Honorable Achievement - Poetry

1997-1998
Rachel Leahy - First Place - Prose
Jessica Gaffney - First Place - Poetry
Tim Futhey - Second Place - Prose
Rachel McKee - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Katy Tiefenbrun - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Ben Bethge - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Ariel Carson - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Ariel Carson - Honorable Achievement - Prose

1996-1997
Martha Fischoff - First Place - Prose
Katy Tiefenbrun - First Place - Prose
Kathy Chamberlin - First Place - Poetry
Katherine Moschner - Honorable Achievement - Prose
J. P. Fortney - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Sarah Fieser - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Beth Duggan - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Casey Knight - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Monica McKenna - Honorable Achievement - Prose
John Doht - Honorable Achievement - Prose

1995-1996
Dorothea Ford - First Place - Poetry
Rachel Linstead - First Place - Poetry
Lara Schmidt - Second Place - Prose
Lisa Gilbert - Second Place - Prose
Mollie Edgar - Honorable Achievement - Poetry
Martha Fischoff - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Casey Knight - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Sarah Miller - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Dan Theerman - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Amy Cook - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Lisa Gilbert - Honorable Achievement - Poetry

1994-1995
Rachel Linstead - First Place - Poetry
Travis Petersen - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Lauren Farrell - Honorable Achievement - Prose
Melissa Downs - Honorable Achievement - Prose

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NCTE Most Promising Writer Award

National Award

1996-1997
Martha Fischoff
Casey Knight
 
1995-1996
Sarah Miller
Lisa Gilbert
Zac Roy
 
1994-1995
Lisa Wright
 
1993-1994
Jenny Stokes
Tom Stepleton
Ian Wehrman

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Spelling Bee Champion

School Award

1993
Lisa Wright
Champion
 
 
1998
Ben Bethge
Runner-up

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Shrewsbury Mayor's Award

Regional Award

Katy Tiefenbrun
1996-1997

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Publication

National Recognition

Jessica Gaffney
"Help"
Up and Coming
 
 
Kathy Chamberlin
"Song of the Earth"
Essence of a Dream

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