News release from the Forbes House Museum
The Forbes House Museum is please to announce the winners of the 2013 Lincoln Essay & Drawing Contest. In total, 994 entries were received, including 676 essays and 318 drawings.
An awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, 14 April 2013 at 2pm at the Pierce Middle School Auditorium. All are welcome.
Samira Ibrahim, far right, 2012 First Place Essay Contest winner, 8th grade, St. Mary of the Hills School, Milton, with her parents, Abdirahman Ibrahim and Khadra Ali, and sister, Bayden Ibrahim
Contest winners are from the four public elementary schools in Milton (Collicot, Cunningham, Glover, and Tucker Schools) and Pierce Middle School. Winning entries are also from St. Agatha School, St. Mary’s of the Hills School and St. Brendan School.
For the first time, winning entries have come from the Dean S Luce School and the Lt. Peter M. Hansen School of Canton and the Russell Elementary School, Dorchester.
The winners are:
Drawing Contest- Grades K- 3
Kindergarten:
1st Place: Mae McKenna, Collicot School
2nd Place: Vivian Powers, St. Brendan School
3rd Place: Olivia Hart, Collicot School
Honorable mention: Charlie Gavin, St. Agatha School
Honorable mention: Grace Foley, St. Brendan School
First Grade:
1st Place: Greer Woodward, Cunningham School
2nd Place: Emma Buckley, Cunningham School
3rd Place: Molly Lovett, Collicot School
Honorable mention: Isaac Moy, Collicot School
Honorable mention: Malcolm Frank- McNight, Cunningham School
Second Grade:
1st Place: Liam McLaughlin, Cunningham School
2nd Place: James Swanson, Dean S. Luce School
3rd Place: Rocco Ferzoco, St. Agatha School
Honorable mention: Arman Kazemi, Lt. Peter M. Hansen School
Third Grade:
1st Place: Chris Barrett, Glover School
2nd Place: Jose Luis Flores, Russell Elementary School
3rd Place: Jalyssa Lynette Reis, Glover School
Honorable mention: Nora Biagiotti, Collicot School
Essay Contest- Grades 4-8
Fourth Grade:
1st Place: Hailey Shaw, St. Brendan School
2nd Place: Emily Long, St. Brendan School
3rd Place: Paterson Tran, St. Brendan School
Fifth Grade:
1st Place: Alisa Lorden, Tucker School
2nd Place: Kelly MacKenzie, Glover School
3rd Place: Jeremy Val, Cunningham School
Honorable mention: John Walsh, Cunningham School
Sixth Grade:
1st Place: Jeanna Gailius, St. Mary’s of the Hills School
2nd Place: Christopher Kenney, Pierce Middle School
3rd Place: Taylor Condon, Pierce Middle School
Seventh Grade:
1st Place: Genevieve Connelly, Pierce Middle School
2nd Place: Alyssa Foster, Pierce Middle School
3rd Place: Thamara Aridou, St. Agatha School
Eighth Grade:
1st Place: Zeline Bartolome, St. Agatha School
2nd Place: Alana Adams, St. Agatha School
3rd Place: Marissa Gallotto, St. Agatha School
This year, the FHM Lincoln Committee enlisted the expertise of local artists and arts organization administrators to choose the winning drawings. The Drawing Committee members are: Julia Blackbourn, Joan Clifford (Milton Art Center), Tsun Ming Chmielinski, Andrea Kunst (Dorchester Arts Collaborative), Beth Neville and FHM Assistant Director, Rebecca Wright.
The Essay Committee consisted of FHM Lincoln Committee members and educators. They are: Carolyn Damp, G. A. Di Gregorio, Jacqui Rossi Donlon, Robert P. Forbes Ph.D., Pam Orchard, Kenny Richardson, Alyssa Richardson, Ariel Richardson, Jillian Richardson, Harry Robinson, Tim Sorgi, Margaret and James Sullivan, Thomas Turner Ph.D., Mary Wendell, Rhode Island Chief Justice Frank Williams (ret) and Robin Tagliaferri, FHM Executive Director.
For inquiries about the Lincoln Essay & Drawing Contest, call the museum office at 617.696.1815. For more information on FHM programs, special events and group tours, visit the website at www.forbeshousemuseum.org.