The East Meadow School District is proud to announce that W.T. Clarke Middle School eighth grader Shreya Satpathy was named as the grand champion in the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association’s 2024 Student Poetry Contest.
Shreya won first place for her entry, “In Hopes of Finding Myself Once More.” The theme for this year’s contest was “Song of the Open Road,” a poem by Whitman, in which students were tasked with using their poetic voices to take readers on an adventure.
Sherya received an invitation to the WWBA’s Birthplace on May 5 for their winner’s celebration where she will read the winning entry at the podium.
Photo caption: W.T. Clarke Middle School eighth grader Shreya Satpathy, second from left, was named as the grand champion in the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association’s 2024 Student Poetry Contest. Also pictured is English teacher Cynthia Dale, far left, W.T. Clarke Middle School Principal Elizabeth Dowling, and Assistant Principal Ryan Catterson.
Photo courtesy of the East Meadow Union Free School District
