Blog will feature winning essays from Drury Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay Contest

February 25, 2011

The Best of SPS blog will feature the first-, second-, and third-place winners of the annual Drury University Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay Contest in honor of Black History Month.

The blog will showcase the winning essays written by SPS middle school students for the next few days, ending with the essay of the first-place prize winner. More than 200 SPS middle school student paid tribute to a civil rights leader in the Drury essay contest sponsored by the NAACP.

Students were asked to evaluate sources and create an essay about specific groups and people involved in various rights movements in history. Students received grades for the project in both communication arts and in social studies. The essays had to include accurate details relating to a movement’s advancement and students had to site sources used for the information.

The first-, second- and third-place essay winners were given a plaque at a special assembly at Central High School, on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, Jan. 17. Winners also received cash prizes; $50 for the second- and third-place winners, $100 for the first-place winner. Winners of the contest are as follows:

1st Place: Sydney Norton - Cherokee Middle School
2nd Place: Angel White - Pipkin Middle School
3rd Place: Asana Rimal - Cherokee Middle School

For more information and to read the essays, check out The Best of SPS blog.

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