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Leyla Fern King receives Gold Key recognition for ‘To Mama’ | The St. Louis American

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Leyla Fern King receives Gold Key recognition for ‘To Mama’ | The St. Louis American

The St. Louis American Staff, The St. Louis American

[dropcap]Leyla[/dropcap] Fern King received the highest Gold Key recognition for her poem “To Mama” in the 2019 Missouri Writing Region of the Scholastic Writing Awards Contest and now advances to national competition. She is a sophomore at John Burroughs School where she serves as sophomore justice on the student court and a member of Class 14 of Cultural Leadership.[mc4wp_form id=”6042″]

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