CEA Top Winners at the State in Library of Congress'
Letters About Literature Contest

The Library of Congress holds the Letters About Literature Contest each year, for which students are asked to read a book, poem or speech and write to that author (living or dead) about how the book affected them personally.

Three winners are chosen per state out of tens of thousands of students from across the country.

8 out of the 11 Level I finalists were CEA students, including the top three winners!

Level I (Elementary) State Winners

First Place
Danae Rose Georgiadis

Second Place
Diego Zambrano

Third Place
Gabriela Ochoa-Silva

Level I (Elementary) State Finalists
Fiorella Lara - The Harry Potter Series
Diya Agarwal - The Diary of a Young Girl
Isabella Mathison - Fish In a Tree
Amanda Vega-Pernia - The Amulet
Kevin Saez - Magnus Chase Series

3 out of the 24 Level II finalists were CEA students!
The Level II Middle School winners will be announced in the coming weeks.

Level II (Middle School) State Finalists
Valentina Castro - The Sneetches
Emma Solorzano - Stargirl
Oriana Aslan - Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows

This is the fourth year in a row that CEA students win the top places in this contest!
Many congratulations to our students for their wonderful work, and most especially to our teachers, Mrs. Santalo and Mrs. Jackson. Your leadership, love, and dedication to CEA and your students is insurmountable.