Students writing persuasive letters

Imagination with a mixture of strawberries teamed up to create what might be the next best donut.

Third grade students at Cartmell Elementary utilized their skills to write a persuasive letter to HOS Coffee. The children created their own donut and the HOS Coffee staff chose the winner.

Monte Evans won with his creation, the Strawberry Volcano. “My brand new donut, the Strawberry Volcano, will be the best donut in the world,” he wrote.

His culinary delight starts with organic strawberries because they are twice as sweet and is topped off with a one-of-a-kind strawberry syrup. “The mix of strawberry drizzle and strawberry filling will have everyone wanting more,” he wrote. Of course it’s topped with fresh cut strawberries.

“This strawberry combination is like eating a bowl of strawberries while eating your donut,” Evans wrote.

While his donut probably won’t actually be made and sold at HOS, the staff decided it was a great suggestion. Evans won a HOS gift certificate from the third grade language arts team as his reward.

Other classroom winners include Skyla Pattee, Dellie Barnes, Gracie Chandler, Ava Boyer, Reagan Herald and Monte Evans.