"What College Means to Me" winners, and other awards
Click below for a list of the 27 students who won the CollegeBound Foundation's "What College Means to Me" contest, which I wrote about in today's paper.
Other news on the education awards front in Baltimore.... Brad Nornhold, an eighth-grade algebra teacher at KIPP Ujima Village Academy, has been named Maryland's Teacher of the Year in the Wal-Mart and Sam's Club Teacher of the Year contest. KIPP Ujima Village received a $10,000 check as a result.
This morning, officials from Samsung will present $30,000 of new technology to the Crossroads School, a charter school run by the Living Classrooms Foundation. Crossroads won a contest for a "technology makeover."
"What College Means to Me" contest winners
Art, Kindergarten-Second Grade
1st Place: Cliff Wilson, Belmont Elementary
2nd Place: Maurice Boone, Leith Walk Elementary
3rd Place: Toni Armwood, Hampden Elementary/Middle
Art, Third-Fifth Grades
1st Place: Shayla Arrington, Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle
2nd Place: Latifah Fasancy, Matthew A. Henson Elementary
3rd Place: Mehgan Kane, Lyndhurst Elementary
Art, Sixth-Eighth Grades
1st Place: Jakeara Peak, Garrett Heights Middle
2nd Place: Bakhita Emmanuel, Cross Country Elementary/Middle
3rd Place: Analicia Archibald, Cross Country Elementary/Middle
Essay, Kindergarten-Second Grade
1st Place: Valerie McCauley, Hampden Elementary
2nd Place: Nour Abou-Hussein, Hampden Elementary
3rd Place: Toni Williams, Leith Walk Elementary
Essay, Third-Fifth Grades
1st Place: Kerron O'Brien, Leith Walk Elementary
2nd Place: Kayla Washington, Leith Walk Elementary
3rd Place: Alexander Levy, Leith Walk Elementary
Essay, Sixth-Eighth Grades
1st Place: Breyona Dandridge, Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle
2nd Place: Darryl Almond, William H. Lemmel Middle
3rd Place: Jazmin Goolesby, William H. Lemmel Middle
Poetry, Kindergarten-Second Grade
1st Place: Raymond DeBarge IV, Hampden Elementary
2nd Place: Jordan Turrentine, Leith Walk Elementary
3rd Place: MaKayla Westry, Leith Walk Elementary
Poetry, Third-Fifth Grades
1st Place: Daysha Sanders, Rosemont Elementary/Middle
2nd Place: Morgan Askew, Pimlico Elementary/Middle
3rd Place: Coryia Thomas, Franklin Square Elementary
Poetry, Sixth-Eighth Grades
1st Place: Ashanti Raymond, ConneXions Community Academy
2nd Place: Briante Lashawn Maultsby, William H. Lemmel Middle
3rd Place: KaVaughn Ruffin, William H. Lemmel Middle
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Comments
I am writing this letter in response to your article on what college means to me. I think this was a good contest for our youth and a well written article also. I decided to go back to school at an older age, but I do feel if someone had exposed me to the college atmosphere and expressed the importance of college to me at an early age, that may have been a positive direction I may have gone to at an early age. Education is priceless and something no one can take away from you. SO GET IT AS EARLY AS YOU CAN IF POSSIBLE.
Dale S. Anderson
Coppin State University Student.
Posted by: Dale Anderson | October 30, 2007 7:35 AM
OMG now every time i google myself something actually pops up....i was soooooooo proud of myself and it was a great experience.!!!<3 ^_^
Posted by: B | April 19, 2010 3:36 PM