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Essay Contest Winners

Middle School
 

First Place

Liliana Beighley

Woodland Park Middle School

Grade 8

(“All It Takes, Is All You Got”)

Teacher: Laura Whitney   

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Second Place

Callie Carvajal

Woodland Park Middle School

Grade 8

(“Alice Ball: A Hidden Hero”)

Teacher: Laura Whitney

   

Third Place

Sophie de la Houssaye

Correia Middle School

Grade 7

("Won’t you be my Neighbor?” Mister Rogers Inspires America”)

Teacher: Keri Clark  

High School
 

First Place

Sophia Cook

Academy of Our Lady of Peace

Grade 9

(“The Woman Who Never Backed Down, Susan B. Anthony”)

Teacher: Bethany Klint 

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Second Place

Johnathan Duong

San Ysidro High School

Grade 12

(“Sergeant First Class Robert L. Howard, US Army”)

Teacher: Marko Gutierrez

   

Third Place

Isabella Nguyen

Scripps Ranch High School

Grade 9

(“Maya Angelou”)

Teacher: Ferdinand Toledo 

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Read Our Winning Essays

Liliana Beighley

“All It Takes, Is All You Got”

 

There is nothing greater than service to your country in defense of its freedom. You should always put in the maximum effort to achieve something you strongly believe in. Throughout my life, I have been surrounded by the core values of the United States Marine Corps...   

Sophia Cook

“The Woman Who Never Backed Down, Susan B. Anthony”

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Susan B. Anthony was a woman of courage and commitment at the forefront of the women's suffrage movement paving the way for girls like me to know our worth and follow in her footsteps...

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