Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night"

Each year, the English Department at SHHS organizes a writing assignment for all of the junior high and senior high girls called the "Barat". Students create their compositions based on a given theme, edit and refine them, and then read their final drafts to their classes.  Certain students are selected to read their compositions at an in-school competition.  

This year, the junior high students were asked to write a story in response to Vincent van Gogh's painting, "The Starry Night".  When grade 8 student, Eileen Bekkers, found out that the original painting was at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, she made it her mission to see it during her trip to New York with her family over the March break.  

Eileen thought it would be nice to give a little memento of this visit to Ms. McGuire, Head of the SHHS English Department, and organizer of this annual writing and reading competition. Eileen's family would like to give a "shout out" to Ms. McGuire and the English Department for literally engaging her world!