Anika Jajoo, a student at the Frank R. Conwell Middle School in Jersey City, was the regional sixth-grade champion of the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.
Sixth graders were asked to answer, in their best penmanship, how handwriting makes them a better reader and writer.
Anika replied, “Handwriting makes me a better reader because it introduces me to a world of creativity, with which I can read others’ writing proficiently. Additionally, practicing handwriting makes me much more careful about what I am writing and how I write it.”