Although cursive handwriting “is a dying field,” as one teacher said, it has made a comeback in some schools, including one in Maine where two students won awards this month.

By Jesus Jiménez for the New York Times

For years, screens have replaced notebooks, keyboards have subbed in for pens and digital life has revolved around the printed word.

But at a small school in Maine, cursive handwriting thrives, with two students recognized in a national contest last week for their skills crossing T’s and dotting I’s with precise and legible shape, size, spacing and slant.

The students, from the town of Woodland, won awards in the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest, which is open to students from public and private schools in kindergarten through the eighth grade. The students learned how to properly loop their L’s at Woodland Consolidated School, which has a history of winning awards in the contest.

Allison Grace St. Peter won the national award among third graders, and Christian Vargas, who is in seventh grade, won the cursive Nicholas Maxim Award for special-needs children. With their victories, the Woodland school became the first school to have both a grand national champion and a Maxim winner, according to contest organizers.

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