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Delta Kappa Gamma Writing Contest Winners Awarded

The Alpha Zeta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma recently sponsored their 25th annual writing contest. This year’s theme was “Celebrating Friendship.” The contest is open to all students K-12 in public and private schools in Phillips County and Hinsdale. Over 300 students entered their essays for a chance to win cash prizes.

2015 marked the 65th anniversary of the comic strip Charlie Brown. Through Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang, we have learned valuable lessons on friendship, being kind, persistence, self-image, overcoming fear, and doing what we love. Students used these ideas to write about friends and friendship in their lives.

Entries were grouped by grade levels (K, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and 9-12) and judges named a first- second- and third-place winner, along with honorable mentions at each level. A grand prize winner was selected from the first place winners in each division. An awards program was held March 31 at the Malta High School Auditorium where award winners read their essays to a large crowd of supportive parents and relatives.

GRAND PRIZE

Sarah Boucher of Hinsdale

KINDERGARTEN

Lilly Earls Hinsdale

Royce Strobbe Hinsdale Hazel Sones Saco HONORABLE MENTION:

Cody Lacock Hinsdale

Chase Albus Saco Randi Hardman Hinsdale

Chloe Lamb Hinsdale

GRADES 1 & 2

Jourdyn Fercho Malta Kennedy Simonson Whitewater

Mia Moore Malta

HONORABLE MENTION

Aeowyn Austin Malta

Teonna Funk Hinsdale

Sommer Green Whitewater Saydee Kapp Malta

CharLee McColly Hinsdale

Ireland Mears Saco

James Pearson Malta

Lola Snell Malta

Hailey Welch Malta

GRADES 3 & 4

Branton Moore Malta

Owen Thompson Malta

Kendall Scheffelmear Whitewater

HONORABLE MENTION

Jocelyn Brown Saco

Berkley Hillman Hinsdale

Amber Pearson Malta

Brisbin Reiter Malta Nathan Salveson Saco

Eva Yeadon Malta

GRADES 5 & 6

Montaya Idler Hinsdale

Hannah Nelson Malta

Lavida White Malta

HONORABLE MENTION

Madyson Bain Malta

Connor Clausen Malta

Malachi Davis Malta

Jaycee Erickson Saco

Zachary Judd Malta

Aiden Kaasa Malta

Deion Lefdahl Hinsdale

Dallan Messerly Malta

Nikki Nicholson Malta

Lane Thompson Malta Madison Williamson Malta

GRADES 7 & 8

Bonnie Jones Malta

Wesley Leatherberry Hinsdale

Lauren Doney Malta

HONORABLE MENTION

Blake Chambers Malta

Kelbee Denham Malta

Annabelle Giblette Malta

Thomas Jaynes Malta

Sam Malmend Hinsdale

Elise Strommen Hinsdale

Cordell Younkin Hinsdale

GRADES 9-12

MicKayla Johnson Hinsdale

Casity Boucher Hinsdale

The Alpha Zeta chapter would like to thank the teachers who took time to help their students write essays and the parents who saw that their children were present at the awards program. This great participation has made our writing contest a success for 25 years.Delta Kappa Gamma Writing Contest Winners Awarded

Anita Freeman

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The Alpha Zeta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma recently sponsored their 25th annual writing contest. This year’s theme was “Celebrating Friendship.” The contest is open to all students K-12 in public and private schools in Phillips County and Hinsdale. Over 300 students entered their essays for a chance to win cash prizes.

2015 marked the 65th anniversary of the comic strip Charlie Brown. Through Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang, we have learned valuable lessons on friendship, being kind, persistence, self-image, overcoming fear, and doing what we love. Students used these ideas to write about friends and friendship in their lives.

Entries were grouped by grade levels (K, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and 9-12) and judges named a first- second- and third-place winner, along with honorable mentions at each level. A grand prize winner was selected from the first place winners in each division. An awards program was held March 31 at the Malta High School Auditorium where award winners read their essays to a large crowd of supportive parents and relatives.

GRAND PRIZE

Sarah Boucher of Hinsdale

KINDERGARTEN

Lilly Earls Hinsdale

Royce Strobbe Hinsdale Hazel Sones Saco HONORABLE MENTION:

Cody Lacock Hinsdale

Chase Albus Saco Randi Hardman Hinsdale

Chloe Lamb Hinsdale

GRADES 1 & 2

Jourdyn Fercho Malta Kennedy Simonson Whitewater

Mia Moore Malta

HONORABLE MENTION

Aeowyn Austin Malta

Teonna Funk Hinsdale

Sommer Green Whitewater Saydee Kapp Malta

CharLee McColly Hinsdale

Ireland Mears Saco

James Pearson Malta

Lola Snell Malta

Hailey Welch Malta

GRADES 3 & 4

Branton Moore Malta

Owen Thompson Malta

Kendall Scheffelmear Whitewater

HONORABLE MENTION

Jocelyn Brown Saco

Berkley Hillman Hinsdale

Amber Pearson Malta

Brisbin Reiter Malta Nathan Salveson Saco

Eva Yeadon Malta

GRADES 5 & 6

Montaya Idler Hinsdale

Hannah Nelson Malta

Lavida White Malta

HONORABLE MENTION

Madyson Bain Malta

Connor Clausen Malta

Malachi Davis Malta

Jaycee Erickson Saco

Zachary Judd Malta

Aiden Kaasa Malta

Deion Lefdahl Hinsdale

Dallan Messerly Malta

Nikki Nicholson Malta

Lane Thompson Malta Madison Williamson Malta

GRADES 7 & 8

Bonnie Jones Malta

Wesley Leatherberry Hinsdale

Lauren Doney Malta

HONORABLE MENTION

Blake Chambers Malta

Kelbee Denham Malta

Annabelle Giblette Malta

Thomas Jaynes Malta

Sam Malmend Hinsdale

Elise Strommen Hinsdale

Cordell Younkin Hinsdale

GRADES 9-12

MicKayla Johnson Hinsdale

Casity Boucher Hinsdale

The Alpha Zeta chapter would like to thank the teachers who took time to help their students write essays and the parents who saw that their children were present at the awards program. This great participation has made our writing contest a success for 25 years.

 

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