St. Aloysius students excel in Pen Essay Contest
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
Seventh and eighth graders in St. Aloysius School, Jackson, recently participated in the Patriots Pen Essay Contest hosted by a local VFW Post in Jackson as part of a nationwide contest. About 124,000 students from around the nation took part in this annual event.
This year, three St. Aloysius School students were contest winners – Kaitlyn Hassler, first place; Christopher Eiserle, second place, and Conor Massey, 3rd place.
The VFW firmly believes in encouraging youthful minds to examine the nation’s history and their own experiences in modern American society through the Patriot’s Pen youth essay-writing contest.
Entrants were asked to write a 300-400 word essay on “Are You Proud of Your Country?” The theme was chosen by the VFW overall Commander-in-Chief and the winners from Jackson were chosen from a committee from VFW Post 4703.
The contest consists of four levels. The local winners advance to the regional levels and then the winners of the regional level go on to the national level where savings bonds in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 are awarded to the overall winners.
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Seventh and eighth graders in St. Aloysius School, Jackson, recently participated in the Patriots Pen Essay Contest hosted by a local VFW Post in Jackson as part of a nationwide contest. About 124,000 students from around the nation took part in this annual event.
This year, three St. Aloysius School students were contest winners – Kaitlyn Hassler, first place; Christopher Eiserle, second place, and Conor Massey, 3rd place.
The VFW firmly believes in encouraging youthful minds to examine the nation’s history and their own experiences in modern American society through the Patriot’s Pen youth essay-writing contest.
Entrants were asked to write a 300-400 word essay on “Are You Proud of Your Country?” The theme was chosen by the VFW overall Commander-in-Chief and the winners from Jackson were chosen from a committee from VFW Post 4703.
The contest consists of four levels. The local winners advance to the regional levels and then the winners of the regional level go on to the national level where savings bonds in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 are awarded to the overall winners.
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