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Essay Contest Winners
Middle School
Irvine USD
First Place
Rebecca Moon
Cadence Park Middle School
“Standing On The Runway Crossing - Clara Barton”
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Second Place
Megan Wang
Eastshore Middle School
“Dear Katherine Johnson”
Third Place
Achintya Akula
Plaza Vista Middle School
“One More Try - Jose Hernandez”
Tustin USD
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First Place
Jimena Flores
Columbus Tustin Middle School
“Helen Keller”
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Second Place
Margaret Wang
Legacy Magnet Academy
“RBG - An Inspirational Fighter”
Third Place
Adam Cruz
C.E. Utt Middle School
“Neil Armstrong”
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San Diego​
First Place
Lily Rashidi
Aviara Oaks Middle School
“The More One Does”
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Second Place
Elizabeth Sanchez
Woodland Park Middle School
“Never Give Up On What You Think Is Right”
Third Place
Barrett Lamb
Correia Middle School
“John Basilone”
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High School
Irvine USD
First Place
No winner
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Second Place
No winner
Third Place
No winner
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Tustin USD
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First Place
Euri Kim
Beckman High School
“The Man With A Dream - MLK”
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Second Place
Ethan Erickson
Arnold O. Beckman High School
“F. Scott Fitzgerald - A Luminary, Not Without Fear”
Third Place
Emma Chuang
Orange County School of The Arts
“I Wish You Were A Boy- Elizabeth Cady Stanton”
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San Diego​
First Place
Anoushka Majumder
Scripps Ranch High School
“Eleanor Roosevelt”
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Second Place
Lilyanna Cibrian
Mar Vista High School
“Leadership By Example - Gregory Corrales”
Third Place
Victoria Rocha
Mar Vista High School
“Franklin D. Roosevelt”
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Read Our Winning Essays
Jimena Flores
“Helen Keller”
Helen Keller was both blind and deaf. Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She developed an illness that le her deaf and blind when she was 19 months old. She was famous for overcoming the limitations of blindness and deafness. Anne Sullivan was Helen Keller’s teacher and mentor. Anne Sullivan...
Euri Kim
“The Man With A Dream - MLK”
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To introduce you to the one-hundred-and-sixty-word excerpt of a speech that, without fail, reduces me to tears every single time I read it, I must first introduce you to Martin Luther King Jr. A Georgian Black minister in the oppressive Reconstruction era, he, along with millions of other Black Americans, suffered unimaginable injustices every...
Anoushka Majumder
“Eleanor Roosevelt”
Often, looking to the past can provide great insight into navigating the present and embracing what lies ahead. As a high school student learning to handle uncertainty, the fast-approaching future, and a growing desire to better understand myself, figures of the past who led their lives with purpose and conviction are a great inspiration...
Rebecca Moon
“Standing On The Runway Crossing - Clara Barton”
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As I stand on the runway crossing of the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, I see the new buildings and houses of Great Park all around. Deep inside of me, there is regret and mourning as I think about how this land used to be a military base. I also think about the demolished buildings that soldiers were once stationed in. I believe that people...