Flatlands
Hip, hip, hooray for Ciedah Hosten. The eighth grader at Mary Queen of Heaven School with a passion for writing won the 2014 Brooklyn-Queens Diocesan contest with her Pulitzer-worthy essay about “My Favorite Christmas Moment.”
The competition was open to all Brooklyn and Queens students attending Catholic elementary schools. Our young scribe snagged first place out of 675 students and was treated to a special visit by Rockettes Stacey and Logan. Ciedah and her classmates also received tickets to see the Christmas Spectacular show at Radio City Music Hall.
The win comes as no surprise to her former Language Arts teacher and very special Standing O pal Joan Sieja.
“Ciedah is a very dedicated young lady, with her eye firmly on the prize and a very firm plan for her future,” she told Standing O.
Eileen Griffo, coordinator at the school, added her sentiments as well.
“We are very proud of her accomplishment,” she said.
Standing O is pretty proud of Ciedah, too, and offers her congratulations on her win and hopes this is just the first of many more special Christmas moments in this aspiring writer’s future.
Mary Queen of Heaven School [1326 E. 57th St. between Avenues M and N in Flatlands, (718) 763–2360].
