Mariner Middle School’s eighth-grade honors language arts students have worked hard this year learning about different genres of writing and the publication process.

Teachers Dana Orton and Diane Albanese have guided their students in choosing a genre that would interest them along with choosing a topic that would be appropriate for the genre to enter in the Delaware Scholastic Writing Awards competition.

Students across the state were recognized Feb. 8 at a ceremony in Dover with guest of honor U.S. Rep. John Carney.

Pictured in back (l-r) are Albanese, Orton, Isaiah Morris, Caitlin Lewis, Evangeline Dillard, Lekendra Harpe, Mahadaye LeCounte, Arianna Wilson,  Hannah Kemp, Sydney Marin, Zach Colegrove, Mya Baine, Alvaro Hernandez,  and Principal Fred Best. In front are Izaak Hopkins, Maddison Alt, Samantha Voyce, Nyla Diaz, Esly Marin-landa, Shawn Gray and Lamarr Thompson. Absent from picture are Harold Hazzard, Easton Ball and Reagan Jackson.