The winners of the annual third grade essay contest were announced on Friday and received their awards at the George Peabody House and Museum.
An annual event each February, city and school officials, North Shore Bank, local historians, teachers and proud parents gathered at the homestead of George Peabody on Friday to fete the newest winners of the citywide third grade essay contest in his name. Students were asked to expound upon how they would use their wealth to help the world if they were "great philanthopists" like George Peabody, who used his money to build schools, libraries and museums. This is the 24th year of the contest. The winners were: Benjamin McKiernan (1st), Natalie Kucher (2nd) and Alexa Demakis (3rd). Benjamin is a student at the Center School, Natalie is at the Welch School and Alexa is at the West School. A first this year, two honorable mentions were also …
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The winners of the annual third grade essay contest were announced on Friday and received their awards at the George Peabody House and Museum.
An annual event each February, city and school officials, North Shore Bank, local historians, teachers and proud parents gather at the homestead of George Peabody to fete the newest winners of the third grade essay contest in his name. This year, the writing prompt asked students how they would use their wealth to help the world if they were "great philanthopists" like George Peabody. This is the twenty-third year of the contest. The winners were: Jacqueline Nazzaro (1st), Emma Darling (2nd) and Samantha Cahill (3rd). Jacqueline is a student at the Center School while Emma and Samantha are at the West School. Here are their essays, which they read on Friday in addition to receiving their awards presented by Mayor Ted Bettencourt and North …
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Grace Grant
3:24 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
I wish someone would post pictures or transcripts of all 40 online someplace! Isn't this why God made Pinterest, or Flickr, or.... more ›