Soroptimists honor South Tahoe Middle School students
Submitted by paula on Sat, 03/12/2016 - 12:22am
Twelve students from South Tahoe Middle School were honored for their essays during the annual Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra Writing Festival.
The students had a topic based on their grade level: seventh graders wrote about "Privacy vs. National Security," while the eighth graders were challenged with writing about who the 2016 female Presidential candidate should be, and why.
The winners:
Seventh Grade Read 180
1st - Brandon Hernandez
2nd - Karina Ibarra
3rd - Andrea Cortez
Seventh Grade
1st - Christopher Guerrero
2nd - Jack Bray
3rd - Jack Rich
Seventh Grade Honors
Destiny Hursh
Eight Grade
1st - Jeffrey Flynn
2nd - Sequoia Hill
3rd - Hannah Luca
Eight Grade Honors
Eliana Carney
Judges Award
Myliana Blanchard
Each student was presented with a check.
The Soroptimist Club's judges were Wendy David, Sandy Williams, Karen Houser, Mary McKoe, Lori Pond and Nancy Muller.
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