Two students win national writing award

Two Gulf students were named recipients of the Achievement Award in Writing awarded by the National Council of Teachers of English.

The students are Jamie Hogan, daughter of Janice and Robert Hogan of New Port Richey, and Eric Breitenstein, son of Nikki and George Breitenstein of New Port Richey.

The purpose of the award, which is annually given to about 600 students, is to encourage high school students in their writing and to recognize publicly some of the best student writers in the nation.

Students who receive the award are cited as excellent writers by NCTE judges, who base their decision on an impromptu theme written under teacher supervision in no more than two hours on a topic designated by the NCTE and one sample of writing (prose or verse) that the students consider their best work.

Both Hogan and Breitenstein are students in Mrs. Ledman's langauge arts class.