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2011 FOX WRITING CONTEST
AT MONMOUTH COLLEGE
The Department of Classics at Monmouth
College, Monmouth, Illinois, is proud to announce the winners of the
twenty-seventh annual Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest. The topic
of this year's contest, open to all high school students, was
“Star Wars and Classical
Mythology : Compare Luke Skywalker or
Anakin Skywalker with a Hero from Greek Mythology.”
Contest Statistics:
This year there were 118 entries
from 45 schools in 16 states.
Each entrant receives a certificate of participation from
Monmouth College.
The winner of a $250 cash award
is Jack E. Brown of the Charter School of Wilmington in Wilmington,
Delaware. Jack is a student of
Mr. Barry Messinger.
Honorable mentions (listed randomly by
school) were awarded to the following eleven students: Jessica Lynn
Chapman of James River High School, Midlothian, VA (Teacher:
Ms. Donna Dollings); Karthik Sastry of Montgomery Bell Academy,
Nashville, TN (Teacher: Dr. Rick
Seay); Ryan Nelson of Pekin Community High School, Pekin, IL (Teacher:
Mrs. Farley); Tyler Stringer of Somonauk High School, Somonauk,
IL (Teacher: Ms. Charlene
Reader); Yasmin Annissa Rafiq of Midlothian High School, Midlothian, VA
(Teacher: Ms. Amy Petersen);
Quynh-Nhu Le of Boston Latin School, Boston, MA (Teacher:
Ms. Thuy Le-Dang); Sean Nottoli and Sarah Simonelli of Cardinal
Newman School, Columbia, SC (Teacher:
Mr. George Kaupp); and
Virginia Williams, Mary Monroe and Sloane Campbell of Christ
Presbyterian |