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2009 FOX WRITING CONTEST The Department of Classics at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, is proud to announce the winners of the twenty-fourth annual Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest. The topic of this year's contest, open to all high school students, was “Twelve Olympian Gods for 21st Century America: If the twelve Olympian deities of Greece and Rome were worshipped today what would be their areas of interest, attributes, etc.?” This year there were 184 entries from 54 schools in 19 states. Each entrant receives a certificate of participation from Monmouth College. The winner of a $250 cash award is Ursula Quinn of Irvington High School in Irvington, New York. Ursula is a student of Ms. Cella. The winning entry can be read at: http://department.monm.edu/Classics/Department/FoxContest/Ursula%20Quinn.pdf. Honorable
mentions (listed randomly by school) were awarded to the
following ten students: Kimberly Read
of Amarillo High School in
Amarillo, Texas (Teacher: Ms. Laura Giles;
Christian Letourneau and Grace Glynn of
Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine (Teacher:
Ms. Sally Cody); Jorie McElvain of
St. Charles East High School and
Karaina Callahan of St. Chalres North High School in St. Charles, Illinois (Teacher:
Mrs. Jennifer Clow); Abigail Lee Brown
of Cono Christian School in Walker, Iowa (Teacher:
Mr. Joshua Haveman); Renee Girard
of Bishop McGann-Mercy High School in Riverhead, New York
(Teacher: Mrs. Bertolotti);
Christina Lorey of Wheeling High
School in Wheeling, Illinois (Teacher :
Mrs. Cynthia Carro); Tom Markham
of Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennesse
(Teacher: Dr. Rick Seay); and Ned
Kleiner of Mount Greylock Regional High
School in Williamstown, Mass. (Teacher:
Ms. Marjorie Keeley). |