Ghostwriter Contest Winner

We would like to proudly announce that Bayley recently came in second place in the elementary school division in our local newspaper's annual Ghostwriter Contest. And yes, there were real prizes...she won a $25 gift card to the mall! She is an aspiring writer with quite the imagination! We are so proud of her! Here is the story for your reading enjoyment!

SECOND PLACE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A Ghost Goes to School
By Bayley Thornton
DeArmanville Elementary School, First Grade

Once upon a time, there was a little ghost named Todd. He was about to go to school, but he was a little afraid. So he asked his Dad for help.
He told his dad he was a little afraid of school and what it would be like. So his Dad told him what it was like.
"You will have a teacher, when you are good you will have a green light. When you have a red light you have to go to the principal who may call your mom or dad.
And so, school is a place you will do work for your teacher and us. You will bring it home in your book bag and we will see how well you have learned.
The third part of school is the behavior. To behave is something that your teacher expects from you. If you are kind to your friends than you have been very good."
So that is what school is like, his Dad said.
"But Dad, are there going to be any friends in my class?"
"I don't know," said his dad.
The first day of school Todd met his teacher, Mrs. Gallahar the ghost. She said today we are going to be learning about animals.
"I am going to give you an animal page to color on. Follow the directions on the top."
Todd quickly finished his work, and then Mrs. Gallahar said it was time to go to the rug. Then Todd went to Station One and his partners name was Kaleb. And they started on their work. The first thing that they had to do was get out their scissors and cut and cut. Then they had to glue the paper onto the correct places on the paper. Then they shared their stories with one another.
Todd's story was about a little mouse that went down a street to go to the bakery and then he got a cake and he brought it back to his wife who was having a baby. Kaleb's story went like this: One upon a time there was a boy named Jeopardy who went to the store to get some soup for a sick boy at home.
And they went to recess, and it was about 10 minutes. And then it was snack time…it was ice cream day. These were the choices fudge, drumsticks, dippin-dots, plain ice cream with a spoon, popsicles, and banana and strawberry ice cream.
Then they went back to class and watched the movie "Home on the Range."
Then it was time to go home. Todd told his father his first day of school was very good.