Grades 3 & 4
1st Place - Luis Martinez-Soto - Meredith School
2nd Place - Preston Ngo - Meredith School
2nd Place - Nicolette Santilli - Meredith School
3rd Place - Jade Dandy - Spring Garden School
3rd Place - Darryl Spencer Jackson - Spring Garden School
3rd Place - Ahasta Brockman - Ludlow School
Grades 5 & 6 1st Place - Daisy Welsh - Masterman School
1st Place - Emma Olshin - Masterman School
2nd Place - Kiana Johnson - Spring Garden School
2nd Place - Anny Liu - McCall School
3rd Place - Andrew Mitchell - Bache Martin School
3rd Place - Gloria Yuen - Masterman School
3rd Place - Samuel Zakheim - Meredith School
President Dr. Rudy Masciantonio & Education Chairman Michael Axelrod presented the Awards
1st Place $250.00
2nd Place $100.00
3rd Place $50.00
Topics were "What I See From My Window", "The Nicest Person I Know", "Heroes I'm Proud Of" and "The Best Place In My Neighborhood".
Students, their parents, teachers and principals attended the HAPCO Awards Dinner in their honor.
HAPCO is also providing a Pizza Party for classes of all the winning students.
Carol Hirschfeld, Philadelphia School District Center City Region Director of Instruction congratulated the winning students, their parents and the principals and teachers of the winning schools.
Meredith School Principal Stuart Cooperstein and teachers Anthony Spina, Sooze Caplan and Anita Aguilar
Spring Garden School Principal Elois Dupree and teachers Michelle Way, Penny Seidman and Delta Osea.
Ludlow School Principal Charlotte Buonassisi and teacher Teresa Gaillout
Bache Martin School Principal Marion McCloskey-Mueller and teacher Angela Fry
Masterman School Principal Marge Neff and teacher Roben Lieber
McCall School Principal Carol Domb and teacher Andrea Gross
The winning essays dealt with love and appreciation of an uncle, a mother, a teacher; the joy of a favorite neighborhood store; the beauty of nature; and in some cases the need for more fathers, less crime and more strength and determination in order to succeed under difficult circumstances.
