Maryland sixth grader wins national cursive handwriting award

I-TEAM. I’M TOLLY TAYLOR. ALL RIGHT, HOLLY, THANK YOU. NEW AT FOUR. HOW DOES YOUR CURSIVE HANDWRITING LOOK WHEN LOCAL SIXTH GRADER JUSTIN RECEIVED A NATIONAL AWARD FOR HERS? THIS WAS FREYA, MONICA’S ENTRY INTO THE BLOSSOMING NATIONAL HANDWRITING CONTEST. SHE ATTENDS SAINT JOSEPH’S SCHOOL, FULLERTON IN BALTIMORE. MODICA WAS SELECTED AS THE CHAMPION FOR HER GRADE, MEANING SHE HAS THE BEST CURSIVE HANDWRITING OUT OF ALL SIXTH GRADERS IN THE COUNTRY TODAY. HER SCHOOL HONORED HER DURING AN ASSEMBLY. I GUESS I PRACTICE A LOT OF DRAWING SO MY ARTISTIC ABILITIES COME THROUGH FOR HANDWRITING AND WRITING. THAT’S WHAT WHEN I WAS ALSO IN SCHOOL, THAT’S WHAT I LEARNED A LOT. AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR HANDWRITING. SO I BELIEVE WE SHOULD STILL CONTINUE THE OLD, TRADITIONAL, OLD FASHIONED WAY OF WRITING THE CURSIVE. OH YEAH. WE WERE JUST SAYING WE DIDN’T REALIZE THEY WERE TEACHING CURSIVE ANYMORE. OH, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE TROPHY MONI

Maryland girl has best cursive handwriting among sixth graders across country

Freya Mojica named champion for her grade in Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest

Updated: 5:07 PM EDT May 23, 2023

A Maryland sixth grader received a national award for her handwriting.Freya Mojica was selected as champion for her grade in the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.”I practice a lot of drawing, so my artistic abilities come through for handwriting and writing,” Freya said.Freya and her teachers call cursive a necessary school subject.”When I was also in school, that’s what I learned. We are so proud of her handwriting, so I believe we should still continue the old-fashioned way of writing, the cursive,” said Ofelia Mojica.The St. Joseph School-Fullerton in Baltimore honored Freya during an assembly on Tuesday.

BALTIMORE —

A Maryland sixth grader received a national award for her handwriting.

Freya Mojica was selected as champion for her grade in the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.

“I practice a lot of drawing, so my artistic abilities come through for handwriting and writing,” Freya said.

Freya and her teachers call cursive a necessary school subject.

“When I was also in school, that’s what I learned. We are so proud of her handwriting, so I believe we should still continue the old-fashioned way of writing, the cursive,” said Ofelia Mojica.

The St. Joseph School-Fullerton in Baltimore honored Freya during an assembly on Tuesday.