Barre Elks Lodge #1535 honored their six Elks Americanism Essay winners at dinner on February 7th. The students, their families and representatives from St. Monica’s school enjoyed a fun dinner prior to the awards presentation. 64 essays were submitted from Barre City Middle School, Barre Town Elementary and St. Monica’s Catholic School this year. This far exceeds the amount of essays received in the past 3 years.
The winning essays will now compete on the state level with state winners advancing to the National competition. This year’s theme was “What Makes You Proud of America”.
Pictured for Division I are Payton Donahue 1st place, Salome Tchantouridze 2nd place both from St Monica’s and Ella Townsend 3rd place from Barre Town. Along with Exalted Ruler Barb Watters and Americanism Chairman Maureen Lawson
Pictured for Division II are Isabella Boudreault 1st place, Gabe Hoar 2nd place and Ruby Harrington 3rd place all from St. Monica’s.
Pictured winners 1: Barb Watters, ER; Payton Donahue, Salome Tchantouridze, Ella Townsend and Maureen Lawson, Americanism Chair.
Pictured winners 2: Barb Watters, ER; Isabella Boudreault, Gabe Hoar, Ruby Harrington and Maureen Lawson, Americanism Chair.
News item submitted by Barb Watters.