Communications
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March 5, 2014
HILLIARD 2ND GRADER HAS STORY FEATURED ON
NATIONAL CHILDREN’S WEBSITE
Serena Zirkle, a second grader at Hilliard Elementary School, wrote a story
entitled “The Princess and her Family” that was featured on Green Screen
Adventures, a national children’s series and website that features stories written
and illustrated by students in grades one through eight.
Serena’s story featured Princess Serena, who was going to deliver a concert
when she and her family were kidnapped. Princess Serena saved the day and
was able to help her family and friends to the concert at the castle. Her story
also had a message, “Be careful at concerts because you never know what’s
going to happen.”
Serena’s father, Stephen Zirkle, said Serena and her older sister Sierra, a fifth
grader at Parkside Intermediate School, both love to write stories on Green
Screen and usually do so on Saturdays for some quiet time. Sierra published a
couple of stories and inspired Serena to submit her stories. Serena combined her
love of princesses, gymnastics and the Disney XD show “Kickin’ It,” about a
martial arts center, to create “The Princess and her Family” story that was picked
up by Green Screen.
You can view Serena’s story on the Green Screen Adventures website at
http://greenscreenadventures.tv/the-princess-and-her-family/.
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