Bethel Park student winner in PBS Kids contest
Riley Philage, a second-grade student at Lincoln Elementary School in the Bethel Park School District, was an Honorable Mention winner in the 2017 PBS Kids Writers Contest for his original story, “The Boy Who Farted A Lot!” Riley wrote and illustrated this story, and readers can hear him read it online at: http://www.writeonkids.org. His illustrations for his story about a boy named Max who was having trouble making friends at school are also online. Riley was presented with his award at the Winners Celebration held May 21 at WQED’s Fred Rogers Studio. In addition to being able to record his story for the Write On Kids website, it will also be broadcast on http://www.iKidsRadio.org and featured on Saturday Light Brigade Radio in the summer. His story was also made into an original puppet play that was performed at the Celebration by Pittsburgh Puppet Works. Riley’s story was chosen from more than 1,000 stories received from students in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland and Delaware.