 Trinity students participated in eXpressions, a Cleveland Clinic program which attempts to reach young people and to demonstrate that literature, art, science, medicine and mathematics are not disconnected entities. Students in Trinity's AP English classes, along with other interested students, listened to presentations from seniors who had internships at Cleveland Clinic last summer. They then used the information and the interns' responses as the basis of creative writing, both fiction and poetry. Their writings were submitted along with those of hundreds of students from high schools both local and out of state.
AP English teacher Mary Anne Kovacs is very proud of the students. "They used the complete writing process -- drafting, peer and teacher responses, revising, more responses, revising again, editing, and publishing to the Clinic, which will in fact publish the prize-winners' pieces," she explained.
Blue Ribbon Awards were received by senior Patty Zoldak for her short story Traffic Jam and junior Livia Raulinaitis for her short story Mother. Red Ribbon Awards were received by seniors Kristina Kovacs for the poem A Green Steadiness, Tara McCarthy for the poem She Brings with Her a Slight Breeze, Jesse Molina for the poem Nine, and Lara Schoeffler for the short story The Stroke Patient. White Ribbon Awards were given to seniors Michael Lukco for the poem Eat Your Vegetables and to Stephanie Rybicki for the poem Tick Tock. Honorable Mention Awards went to seniors Victor Lesisz for Parallel Strokes and to McKenzie Merriman for A Father's Say.
Lesisz, had a great time doing his writing and had a great overall experience. He said, "I love to write and enjoy writing about different things in life. I work very hard on my writing and I am glad my Parallel Strokes writing paid off in the end with me winning an Honorable Mention."
Junior Mark Rauschenbach chose to create a sculpture he calls Waiting based on Matt Nied's research project which dealt with stroke awareness. "I wanted to express the importance of reaction time when dealing with strokes. The brain, clock and flame in my piece work together to show the danger of not reacting in time to a stroke."
The artwork and writings of the eXpression winners will be displayed at the Great Lakes Science Center through March 15, 2010. To view select works, click here.
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