The Kentucky Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission honored winners of the Student Art, Poetry and Essay Contest this month, and NKY students were among the winners.
The NKY winners are (click winners’ names to read their winning entry):
Poetry
High School
First Place – Lana Shadler, Simon Kenton High School, 12th Grade
Second Place – Jada Johnson, Simon Kenton, 11th Grade
Third Place – Ryan Caldwell, Simon Kenton, 11th Grade
Essay
Intermediate
First Place – Clare Herfel, Highland Middle School, 6th Grade
Second Place – Geraldine Ibarra Villa, Maurice Bowling Middle School, 6th Grade
Third Place – Emma Arn, Maurice Bowling, 6th Grade
Middle School
First Place – Sarah Steiden, Highland Middle School, 7th Grade
High School
First Place – Caitlin Rott, Simon Kenton High School, 12th Grade
The commission is administratively attached to the Kentucky Heritage Council/State Historic Preservation Office, awards co-sponsor along with the Kentucky Historical Society. The contest theme was “My Vote, My Voice, Does It Matter?”