Poverty Essay Winners

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We have the winners!

Abigail Milawski
Patrick Bassham
Elise Gerard


Click on each name to read their winning essays:

Abigail Milawski – 4th Grade – St. Gregory Catholic School

Patrick Bassham – 9th grade – A Beka Academy Homeschool

Elise Gerard – 11th Grade – All Saints Episcopal School

Essay contest description:  
“HOW I CAN HELP FIGHT POVERTY”
 
 

 

In December 2010, Rabbi Neal Katz member of the PATH Board of Directors designed an essay contest to encourage youth, our future leaders, to learn about and think about solutions to poverty. More than 70 students participated. We were encouraged by their research and level of understanding and are working to implement some of their suggestions. Stay tuned to learn more.
 There were three grade categories:
Level 1 – students currently enrolled in grades 4-5
Level 2 – students currently enrolled in grades 6-9
Level 3 – students currently enrolled in grades 10-12
Judging Criteria

Essays were evaluated by a panel of three local judges.

Dennis Cullinane – Executive Director of the East Texas Food Bank

Dave Berry – Editor of the Tyler Morning Telegraph

Christina Fulsom – Executive Director of PATH

The judges were asked to take into consideration the following criteria:

Content and guidelines: How well does the essay address the topic? Does the author include real life examples of problems?
Essay Structure: Is the essay organized in a logical manner?
 
Creativity and originality: Does the essay contain new, innovative, well-developed ideas?
 
Impact of solutions: How do the proposed solutions address the problem identified?

Essay winners received gifts thanks to the following sponsors: