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16 | April 12, 2018 | The wilmette beacon school
wilmettebeacon.com
Wilmette students recognized for history essays
Submitted by Skokie
Valley Chapter of
the Daughters of the
American Revolution
Nancy Kintze (left), the Skokie Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution historian and essay contest coordinator, stands with
winners, from Wilmette Junior High School: Annie von Dohlen, Aleksander Acimovic, Olivia Babolea, Jaya Rohit Nambiar, Samuel Roberts,
Casey Bertocchi and Roxann Specht, Skokie Valley Chapter regent. PHOTO SUBMITTED
The Skokie Valley
Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution
recently announced
the winners of its American
History Essay contest,
held on Feb. 15, at the Mikaelian
Education Center
in Wilmette. The 2017-
2018 title for the essay
contest was, “World War
I: Remembering the war to
end all wars.”
The winners include students
from Wilmette Junior
High School including
seventh-graders Annie von
Dohlen (first place), Aleksander
Acimovic (second)
and Olivia Babolea (third).
From the eighth-grade
class at WJHS, the winners
were Jaya Rohit Nambjar
(first), Samuel Roberts
(second) and Casey Bertocchi
(third).
The American History
Essay Contest was established
to encourage young
people to think creatively
about our nation’s great
history and learn about
history in a new light. This
year marks the 100th Anniversary
of the end of the
war. “Imagine you are living
in 1918. How did the
war impact your daily living?
Discuss the pros and
cons of the changes, this
war introduced to society.
Will these changes further
impact the future of the
United States?”
This contest is open to
fifth hrough eighth-grade
students in public, private,
and parochial schools, and
registered home-study
programs. Each year, a
selected topic for use during
the academic year
is announced, and contest
instructions are published
online and sent to
schools by participating
DAR chapters. Essays are
judged for historical accuracy,
adherence to the
topic, organization of materials,
interest, originality,
spelling, grammar, punctuation,
and neatness.
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