Showing posts with label Gov School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gov School. Show all posts

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Smart Cookie Essay

Since her grandfather asked, here's the essay for United States Institute of Peace.  She was to pick two non-violent revolutions, compare them, and discuss why one succeeded and the other failed.


This link should take you to Google Docs where you can read to your heart's content!

For more information on the USIP Contest, click here

For more information on Governor's School for the Humanities, click here. It's the website for Radford University, where the school will occur.

Friday, April 16, 2010

One Smart Cookie

Can I brag a little?  Today we received notice that my daughter was selected for Governor's School this summer. This is a big deal in Virginia. Her area of interest is the Humanities.  To be honest, I wanted her to apply for languages (Latin) because she's been taking it since 3rd grade. But she insisted, and voila - she got in.

Plus, today the United States Institute for Peace announced the winners of their essay contest.  Our daughter was one of 2 Honorable Mentions for the Commonwealth of Virginia (they do one 1st and 2 Hon Ments for each state).

She's a smart cookie. And beautiful. I love her.

Okay, back to your regularly scheduled programming.