Local students win essay contest
Three local students were among 15 regional winners in this year’s annual SMART529 “When I Grow Up” essay contest.
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Three local students were among 15 regional winners in this year’s annual SMART529 “When I Grow Up” essay contest.
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Editor's note: Leland & Gray Union High School senior Emma Stover, the subject of the accompanying article, wrote this essay as a start to prompt her thinking about "her story." My name is Emma Stover and I am a senior at Leland & Gray Union High School in Townshend, Vermont. When I was 7 years old I witnessed my mother using drugs for the first time, an image that will never leave my head. My father left my mother and I at a young age, forcing us to survive and live off of what we had and the people around us. My mother financially depend...