PAST ACADEMIC CONTEST WINNERS
2019—POSTER CONTEST
"Building the Beloved Community:
Map of Hope"
Makenzie Aveiro
Wamsutta Middle School
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2018—ESSAY CONTEST
"Make America a Better Nation"
Anabel Silva
Jordan Jackson Elementary School
Mia Newquist
St. John the Evangelist School
Autumn Perry
St. John the Evangelist School
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2017—NO CONTEST
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2016—POETRY CONTEST
"The Beloved Community"
No winners
2015—POSTER CONTEST
"Seekers of Justice"
Katherine Barker
North Attleboro Middle School
Victoria Rego
St. John the Evangelist School
Ava Smith
St. John the Evangelist School
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2014—ESSAY CONTEST
"Freedom Summer of 1964"
Guhan Nandakumar
AMVET Boulevard Elementary School
Christopher Martinez
Martin Elementary School
Christine Schremp
St. John the Evangelist School
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2013—ESSAY CONTEST
"Emancipation Proclamation"
Vivek Jagadessh
Allen Avenue Elementary School
Sydney Gayton
St. John the Evangelist School
Prerna Jagadessh
North Attleboro Middle School
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2012—ESSAY CONTEST
"Remembering Jim Crow"
Madeline Griffith
St. John the Evangelist School
Ryan Neal
Mansfield High School
Samantha Price
Mansfield High School
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2011—POSTER CONTEST
"Hope in Action Protest Art"
Jordan Tillinghastt
North Attleboro Middle School
Jarrett Jordan
North Attleboro High School
Amanda Lamborn
North Attleboro High School
Jessica Perkoski
North Attleboro High School
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2010—ESSAY CONTEST
"African American Inventors"
Julie Caristi
North Attleboro Middle School
Madison Letendre
Qualters Middle School
Molly Trowbridge
Qualters Middle School
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2009—ESSAY CONTEST
"American Heroes Biography"
Nia Atkins
Joseph Martin Elementary School
Michael Boyland
Bishop Feehan High School
Michelle Denison
Bishop Feehan High School
Sandy Parsons
Attleboro High School
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2008—ESSAY CONTEST
"Letter-to-the-Editor (Global Issues)"
Prerna Jagadeesh
Allen Avenue School
Akshan de Alwis
Qualters Middle School
Danielle Iagatta
Norton High School
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2007—POSTER CONTEST
"The Little Rock Nine"
Julia Neto
Wamsutta Middle School
Cassie Vivar
Willet Elementary School
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2006—POSTER CONTEST
"What a Difference a Life Can Make:
Martin Luther King, Jr.—
His Life and Words"
Alexandra Bamford
North Attleboro Middle School
Amanda Crimmons
Martin Elementary, North Attleboro
Evan Perkoski
North Attleboro High School
2005—POSTER CONTEST
"Music and the Human Spirit"
Nicolas Dore
Brennan Middle School
Brendan McIntyre
Wamsutta Middle School
Gary F. Scott
North Attleboro High School
Adam Thompson
North Attleboro High School
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All contests made possible by the generous donations of
Gary Lavoie of Footworks.
"If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward."
~ The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.