JUNE 20, 1997- RIDER HOLOCAUST/GENOCIDE CENTER ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF ESSAY CONTEST
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- The Julius and Dorothy Koppelman Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center at Rider University have announced the 1997 winners of the Joan Lavine Keats Memorial Essay Contest for middle and high school students.
The winners and their respective high schools are as follows:
High School Essay
| First place: | Kimberly Hutchinson, Steinert High School (Hamilton Township) | |
| Second place: | Dave Scardaville, Old Bridge High School (Old Bridge) | |
| Arvind Trindale, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School (West Windsor) |
High School Short Story
| First place: | Erica Schwartz, East Brunswick High School (East Brunswick) | |
| Second place: | Aaron Bellows, East Brunswick High School (East Brunswick) | |
| Taya Parnas, East Brunswick High School (East Brunswick) |
Middle School Poem
| First place: | Natalie DiSantis, Frances S. DeMasi Middle School (Marlton) | |
| Rebecca Salamon Frances S. DeMasi M.S. (Marlton) |
Middle School Short Story
| First place: | Rhashana Kenney Helen A. Fort M.S. (Pemberton Township) | |
| Second place: | Vinnie Civitillo Melvin H. Kreps M.S. (East Windsor) | |
| Krystyn Marie Felsheim Helen A. Fort M.S. (Pemberton Township) | ||
| LaToya Pettiway Helen A. Fort M.S. (Pemberton Township) | ||
| Victoria Taylor Melvin H. Kreps M.S. (East Windsor) |
First place winners in each category were awarded $100; each second place finisher received $40. Essay writers were asked to examine events at the local, national, or world level and write an essay on the topic "Lessons of the Holocaust for Today 1997." Short story and poem authors were asked to base their work on a real or imagined event in which awareness of the Holocaust had an impact on someone's life or led to an important event.
The contest is named in honor of Joan Lavine Keats, a founding member of the Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center's advisory board, who passed away in 1991.
