Essay Contest

Posted by Brenda Pollock on Jun 22, 2021
Rotary club announces essay contest winners
 
 
The Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club announced the winners of its  26th annual Rotary Essay Contest.
 
Eighth-graders from five middle schools were asked to write a 500-word essay on the topic, "What the Word 'Family' Means to Me," with the faculty at the schools judging the essays.
 
The top three winners of the contest, placing from first to third respectively, from each school, include:
•St.James School, Biddeford: Samuel Allain, Anya-Ava Allain and Daphne Blake.
 
  • Saco Middle School: Yaqeen Hasan, April Price and Olivia Smart.
 
  • Thornton Academy Middle School, Saco: Tia Mendros, Cora Thomas and MacKenna Durkee.
 
  • Biddeford Middle School: Keyarrah McCurry, Eva Aranovitch and Mark Patterson.
 
  • Loranger Memorial Middle School, Old Orchard Beach: Jesse Rowland, Joana Massanga and Kylie Mininni.
 
The first-prize essay winners received $100, second-place winners, $75, and third-place winners, $50.
 
Watch the students read their winning essays at youtube: