KEUKA PARK — Sporting matching T-shirts and work gloves, volunteers from around Yates County gathered on the Keuka College campus April 21 to launch a day filled with social responsibility
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MELVILLE, N.Y., April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ As part of its continued commitment to empowering young leaders and education, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, proudly sponsored and participated in the virtual 16
th Annual Japan Center Essay Competition Awards Program on April 24, 2021. The goal of the competition is to provide young American students with the opportunity to think creatively and critically about their lives by relating to some aspect of Japan and Japanese culture in an effort to help broaden their horizons and encourage global citizenship. Embodying that goal, five students were recognized for their eloquent essays with prizes including Canon products.
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The Voice of Democracy Essay Contest contained three winners from Hicksville High School. Pictured left to right are: First place winner Patrick LaBarca, second place winner Faiqa Ali, and third place winner Melanie Unger. (Hicksville Public Schools)
Veterans of Foreign Wars William M. Grouse Jr. Post 3211 recently selected three Hicksville High School students as winners of the Voice of Democracy Essay Contest for writing on the theme Is this the country the founders envisioned?
The winners include freshmen Patrick LaBarca, who was selected as the first place winner, as well as Faiqa Ali, who won second place, and Melanie Unger, who came in third. The students wrote their essays under the tutelage of social studies teachers Lauren Cardello, Andrea Maxeiner, Stephanie Piscitelli, and Heather Stavrinadis.