National Student Poet

Senior visits White House to read poetry, meet Jill Biden

Yesterday, senior Sarah Mohammed visited the White House to read her poetry at a ceremony honoring the 2022 National Student Poets! Mohammed was invited as one of last year’s National Student Poets. The reading was attended by first lady Jill Biden, who Mohammed took the opportunity to meet.

Mohammed’s numerous other accolades include being named a finalist in the 2021 YoungArts competition and earning more than a dozen Gold Keys in the 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

September 28, 2022Tags: alumni-express, eweekly, express, literature, National Student Poet, topliterature

Sarah Mohammed, rising junior, named National Student Poet

Rising junior Sarah Fathima Mohammed today was named one of five National Student Poets of 2021. The National Student Poets Program, which is run by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, selects five young poets each year from different regions of the country as National Student Poets. The program was started in 2012 by Michelle Obama and the Presidential Arts Committee and is open to students in grades 10 and 11 who have received a gold or silver medal in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. After being selected, National Student Poets spend the next year promoting poetry in their communities through works such as service projects, poetry readings and workshops as well as attending a variety of events.

Earlier this year, Mohammed was named a finalist in the YoungArts Competition and won more than a dozen Gold Keys in the 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

July 28, 2021Tags: National Student Poet, poetry, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Top Achievements, tophumanities, topliterature

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Senior visits White House to read poetry, meet Jill Biden

Sarah Mohammed, rising junior, named National Student Poet