Winners named in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. essay and speech contest

The winners are:

Elementary Schools

Intermediate Schools

Beloit Memorial High School

• Converse Elementary: Adrianne Sanderson; Leah Cohen, runner-up
• Merrill Elementary: Asharia Koch
• Aldrich Intermediate: Braelyn Mayfield
• Cunningham Intermediate: Zoe Reynolds; Mariana Guzman, runner-up
• McNeel Intermediate: Madyson Miller, Llani Froeber runner-up
• Beloit Memorial High School: Kalyn Vences ; Sydnee Marshall, runner-up; Shaniya Harrell, 2nd runner-up

Criteria

Participants wrote about how injustices of the past and present affect today’s society, and were asked to address one thing they’d do to make a positive change within the Beloit community or in our world. And in the spirit of Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, students wrote about their dream of what a better world for all people would look like.

Winners will be recognized with an engraved plaque during at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 16, at the Eclipse Center.
 

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