Poetry and Essay Winners

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Auxiliary Poem and Essay winners. //photo courtesy Garretson Legion Auxiliary


Congratulations to Poem and Essay winners! Each year the American Legion Auxiliary holds a Poem and Essay Contest. This year the title for Poems was “Honor Our Heros” (all of those who serve us)!” & the Essay was “What does America the Beautiful mean to me (regarding veterans and our military)?”

5th Grade Poems: 1st Place Garrett Scholl. 2nd Place Madilyn Jessen. 3rd Place Seaton Boyer.

Class II 5th-6th Grade: 1st Place Drew Stiefvater, 2nd Place Kendra Jessen, 3rd Place Rylee Hoogland.

Class III 7th-8th Grade; 1st Place Kaden Hoogland, 2nd Place Brynlee Stiefvater.

Class IV 9th-10th; 1st Place Blair Ellefson.

Class V 11th -12th; 1st Place Martin Welch, 2nd Place Elizabeth Roth, 3rd Place Jayda Snedeker.

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