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PRESS RELEASE — Wednesday, April 30, 2008
For Information Call Karen Svea Johnson at 208-373-7369
or Anne Peterson at 208-373-7368Idaho Public Television Announces Regional Winners For READING RAINBOW Writing-Illustrating Competition
— Students From Rexburg, St. Anthony Area To Be Honored at Ceremony
Two Rexburg students and a St. Anthony student earned honors in the Idaho Public Television/KISU regional READING RAINBOW Young Writers and Illustrators Awards contest.
Meranda Mortensen of Rexburg won first place in the first grade category for a story titled “The Farm.” As a first place winner, Mortensen qualified for the national contest and is competing for electronic prizes, such as a computer, television and DVD recorder or MP3 player, as well as READING RAINBOW DVD sets and related books. The national contest culminates during June with announcement of the winners.
Shayla Klingler of Rexburg took third in the kindergarten category with “Our Little Bun-Bun.” Bryndi Rigby of St. Anthony won second place in the second grade category for a story about “My Fast Horse Ride.”
All contestants wrote stories illustrated with at least five pictures and submitted the entries to the IdahoPTV station in their region.
A celebration at the KISU studios in Pocatello, on May 17 (Saturday), at 2:00 p.m. will showcase the students. They will read their stories aloud; receive certificates signed by LeVar Burton, host of the READING RAINBOW series; and receive donated prizes.
Statewide, 887 students submitted entries from 87 Idaho communities to IdahoPTV regional stations — KUID/Moscow, KISU/Pocatello and KAID/Boise — for the 14th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators contest. In the KISU region, 183 students submitted stories and illustrations for judging.
First-place stories from each region of Idaho will be available by the end of May for viewing on the IdahoPTV Web site (idahoptv.org).
The annual competition is for students in kindergarten through third grade. Entries are judged on originality, creative expression, storytelling and integration of text and pictures.
READING RAINBOW, a television series that encourages children to read on their own, airs weekdays on IdahoPTV at 2:30/1:30 p.m. MT/PT. Idaho Public Television airs 11 hours of children’s programming each weekday and five and a half hours each Sunday morning — more than 60 hours each week.