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News
May 24 2010
Seven Schenectady Students are Winners
in the APF Poster and Essay Contest
Winners selected from more than 850
entries
Seven
Schenectady elementary school students were recently named
winners in the Animal Protective Foundation's "Be Kind To
Animals Week Poster and Essay Contest." Thirty-nine
winners were selected from more than 850 entries submitted by
students from schools throughout the Capital Region.
Congratulations
to Carly Culkin and Surache Jalil Mangal, both 3rd graders at
Central Park International Magnet School who tied for first
place at their grade level in the poster contest. Anthony
Chen, a second grader at Van Corlear Elementary School took the
third place prize for his poster. Keimari Jackson, a
fourth grader at Zoller Elementary School and Dasia Murphy, a
fourth grader from Lincoln Elementary School took third place
and honorable mention awards respectively for their submissions
in the essay contest. Schenectady students took both the
first and third place awards for third grade essay submissions.
Miskas Kirstein from Central Park won the first place award and
Andy Gopual, from Zoller Elementary School took third place.
The APF
commemorated national Be Kind to Animals Week (May 2-8) with a
reception to honor the winners of their 8th Annual Poster and
Essay Contest. More then 200 parents, family members and
teachers gathered in the Hearst Education Center in Proctors
Theatre to celebrate the works of the 39 contest winners.
Gift bags and ribbons were presented to each of the winners.
This year's
theme "Adopt Me!" drew entries that encouraged adoption of pets
available at the APR's shelter. The APF announced in a
press released that at least two adoptions have resulted from
the children's involvement in the contest.
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