Eighth-grade students Andy Aube, Max Charney, Charlie Garland, Graham Lodge, and Max Meissner earned distinction in a national essay-writing contest sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Parks Service.
All students responded to the following essay topic:
The National Park Service was established by Congress in 1916. The National Park Service manages approximately 84.4 million acres of national parks. Pretend you are writing a journal while visiting one of the areas managed by the national park service. Identify its location. Discuss why and when it was established as part of the national park service. What makes this area one of our national treasures?
Judging was based on historical accuracy, adherence to topic, organization of material, interest, originality, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and neatness.
Meissner won first place in the local Putnam Hill chapter to qualify his essay for further competition at the state level.
Charney and Lodge tied for second place, while Aube and Garland won distinction with Honorable Mention.