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PAST ACADEMIC CONTEST WINNERS

2019POSTER 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.   

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