Palm Beach Florida Weekly

Student writing challenge focuses on violence and solutions to it


 

 

Ten Palm Beach County middle school students will be honored at 11 a.m. May 11 for their writings about the impact of violence on their lives and how to reduce it.

More than 32,000 students participated in the writing project titled Do the Write Thing Challenge. More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the award luncheon at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center. The top 10 finalists will be awarded cash prizes and some of the essays will be interpreted by professional actors.

The 2018 finalists are: Anushka Scudder, Boca Raton Middle School; Lilly McGrath, Independence Middle School; Jada Lovely, Lake Shore Middle School; Rose Etienne, Carver Middle School; Charlotte So’Brien, Bak Middle School; Justin Hersh, Emerald Cove Middle School; Gabriel Cardenas, Palm Springs Middle School; Abedalwdod Ali, Western Pines Middle School; Jacob Flakes, Omni Middle School and Julian Boudri, Bak Middle School.

To learn more about

the challenge, visit www. dothewritethingpalm beach.com. ¦

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