K-12 students awarded in MLK poster-essay contest
<p>Twenty-four schoolchildren from around the state have won awards in ASU’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. poster-essay contest. They will receive savings bonds and prize ribbons from ASU President Michael Crow at a celebration breakfast Jan. 29 at ASU’s West campus in the La Sala Ballroom.</p><separator></separator><p>All the winning posters will be displayed at the event, and four children will read their first-place essays to the group. Also invited to the awards ceremony are their parents and teachers. More than 1,200 children entered the contest, each describing someone they know who leads through service to others.</p><separator></separator><p>The posters will be on display through January in the Tempe campus Memorial Union and the Polytechnic campus Student Union. Winning posters also may be viewed on the Web at <a href="http://www.asu.edu/vppa/photogallery">http://www.asu.edu/vppa/photogall… contest categories are primary, grades K-2; intermediate, grades 3-5; middle, grades 6-8; and secondary, grades 9-12. Following is a list of winners.<br /><br /><b>Posters – Primary (K-2)</b><br />1st – Gage Matthews, 2nd grade, Frost Elementary School, Mesa Public Schools<br />2nd – Katie Robertson, 2nd grade, The Shelby School, Payson<br />3rd – Braydon Pifer, 2nd grade, Franklin Northeast, Mesa Public Schools<br /><br /><b>Posters – Intermediate (3-5)</b><br />1st – Berenice Valenzuela, 3rd grade, Sunnyslope Elementary, Washington District, Phoenix<br />2nd – Nestor Figueroa, 4th grade, Manuel Pena Elementary, Cartwright District, Phoenix<br />3rd – Priscilla Pacheco, 4th grade, Manuel Pena Elementary, Cartwright District, Phoenix<br /><br /><b>Posters – Middle School (6-8)</b><br />1st – Aimee Graves, 8th grade, Mountainside Middle School, Scottsdale Unified District<br />2nd – Samara Solis, 7th grade, Royal Palm Middle School, Washington District, Phoenix<br />3rd – Bonnie Inman, 7th grade, Royal Palm Middle School, Washington District, Phoenix<br /><br /><b>Posters – Secondary (9-12)</b><br />1st – Chelsea Zablo, 10th grade, Gilbert Early College, Leading Edge Academy, Gilbert<br />2nd – Jimmy Ngo, 10th grade, Paradise Valley High, Paradise Valley Unified District<br />3rd – Colleen Richardson, 11th grade, Cibola High School, Yuma Unified District<br /><br /><b>Essays – Primary (K-2)</b><br />1st - Mariah Thomas, 2nd grade, Sequoya Elementary, Scottsdale Unified District<br />2nd - Annie Ethington, 2nd grade, Franklin Northeast, Mesa Public Schools<br />3rd - Jenna Belrichard, 2nd grade, Franklin Northeast, Mesa Public Schools<br /><br /><b>Essays – Intermediate (3-5)</b><br />1st - Tate Bair, 4th grade, Franklin Northeast, Mesa Public Schools<br />2nd – Hanna Gemmell, 4th grade, Acorn Montessori Charter School, Prescott Valley<br />3rd – Julia Hillock, 5th grade, Madison Elementary, Mesa Public Schools<br /><br /><b>Essays – Middle School (6-8)</b><br />1st – Jessica Brown, 7th grade, Acorn Montessori Charter School, Prescott Valley<br />2nd – Nicholle Johnson, 7th grade, Heard Academy, Ball Charter Schools, Phoenix<br />3rd – Katelyn Fiske, 7th grade, Acorn Montessori Charter School, Prescott Valley<br /><br /><b>Essays – Secondary (9-12)</b><br />1st – Gretchen Burnton, 10th grade, Chaparral High, Scottsdale Unified Schools<br />2nd – Andrew Fisher, 9th grade, Leading Edge Academy High, Lead Charter Schools, Gilbert<br />3rd – Sheena Powers, 11th grade, Gilbert Early College, Lead Charter Schools, Gilbert</p>