Campus winners in a fifth grade essay contest for Memorial Day were honored at the Granbury ISD school board meeting on May 16, 2022.
The contest is named in memory of J.C. Campbell, a veteran and community leader who initiated the project eight years ago. Campbell felt it was important for students to commemorate armed services personnel who have died in service to the nation.
The program objective states, “Many students think Memorial Day is simply a day to ‘celebrate’ a day off from school. They do not realize it is instead a day to ‘commemorate’ or remember those who have lost their lives in all American Wars. The objective of this contest is to help students understand the true meaning of this day.”
The winners at the campus level were:
Acton Elementary School: Sofia Ferguson
Baccus Elementary School: Rainn Sherwood
Brawner Intermediate School: Claire Burrell
Oak Woods School: Breyer Schenewark
STEAM Academy at Mambrino: Virgil Farris
The top essays will be judged, and an overall winner will be announced at the community Memorial Day event on Monday, May 30.
Pictured are (left to right) Mickey Allen, Rainn Sherwood, Virgil Farris, Sofia Ferguson, Claire Burrell, Breyer Schenewark, and Julia Pannell. Allen and Pannell represent Friends of Memorial Lane.
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