American Girl doll winner

The winner of The Vindicator’s American Girl Doll Writing Contest is:

Reporter: Gwendolyn Sieman, daughter of Rich and Rachel Sieman of Boardman.

Age: 10 years old.

School: She is a fourth-grader at Willow Creek Learning Center in Youngstown.

Teacher: Mrs. Beverly Walker, language and English class.

Below is Gwendolyn’s winning entry, exactly as it was submitted. She also included a clipping of The Vindicator’s coverage of the actual news event, which allowed the judges to see that she researched the event accurately.

A Stinging Adventure

Our buzzing student, John Umble, is stinging the nation. John Umble has gone to the Vindicator Spelling Bee four times and once he has gone to Washington D.C. John is an eighth grader who has sacrificed his opportunity to go to the state MATHCOUNTS so he is able to participate in the seventy-sixth annual Spelling Bee. John won his first school Spelling Bee when he was in third grade. Two years ago, John went to Washington after he spelled the winning word, Hippopotamus.

On March fourteenth, John stung the nation, he will go to Washington.

For her prize, Gwendolyn has received her very own Kit Kittredge doll, American Girl’s historical character who was an aspiring journalist during the Great Depression. She will also receive Kit’s desk, chair and typewriter.

Visit www.vindy.com to read some of the other entries the judges liked.