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The Kiwanis Club “Interview A Veteran” Essay Contest Winners
Each school winner was awarded a plaque and a $100.00 gift card by the Kiwanis Club of Clarksville. The Middle School and High School Division winners received a U.S. flag formerly flown over the U.S. Capitol, a special patriotic award, and an additional $100.00 gift card. ![]() "Interview A Veteran" Essay Contest. (L to R) Ron Smithfield; Autumn Brown, High School Division winner and Most Inspiring; Skyler Johnson, Most Heroic; Grace Hinson, Middle School Division winner; and Debbie McGaha Bratton, Essay Director. “The Kiwanis Club’s ‘Interview a Veteran’ Essay contest is now in it’s 12th year with over 12,000 students having interviewed veterans or active military.” said Smithfield. “The purpose is to ‘Connect the Generations’ so these young citizens can appreciate the sacrifices of our military and veterans made that allow us to enjoy our freedom we too often take for granted.” There were 616 essay entries this year. The contest is broken down into a Middle School Division and a High School Division. Each school selected winners that were sent on to the judges. The judges were Eleanor Williams, Dr. Dewy Browder, Dr. Greg Zieren, Gerry Gilman and Randy Rubel. “All the judges agreed that this year’s essays were the best we have ever seen which is a tribute to the teachers, principals and schools.” commented Essay Director Debbie McGaha Bratton. Each of the finalists read parts of their essay to the audience during the program. The Finalists for the Middle School Division were as follows:Grace Hinson, 8th Grade, Clarksville Academy, Teacher and Principal is Tracy Burkhart. Alayna Pike, 7th Grade, Kenwood Middle School, Teacher: Michael Buchanan, Principal: Bart Dixon. Jacob Walrath, 7th Grade,Mahaffey Middle School, Teacher: Jolene Jenkins, Principal: Hugh McKinnon. Skyler Johnson, 7th Grade,Mahaffey Middle School, Teacher: Jolene Jenkins, Principal: Hugh McKinnon. Michaela Larson, 8th Grade, New Providence Middle School, Teacher: Laura Borens, Principal: Laura Barnett. Connor Haas, 6th Grade, Rossview Middle School, Teacher: Shannon Ronald, Principal: Anna Neubauer. Arianna Reiley, 7th Grade, Westcreek Middle School, Teacher: Mrs. Pollard, Principal: Mr. Feldman. The Grand Middle School Winner was Grace Hinson of Clarksville Academy. Her essay was titled “How Corporal Billy Granville Hinson Served and Sacrificed for Our Nation”.
The Most Heroic award went to Skyler Johnson of New Providence Middle School. The Finalists for the High School Division were as follows:Seth Sitter, 10th Grade, Clarksville Academy, Teacher: Angelia Johnson, Principal: Mike Marciano. Autumn Brown, 10th Grade, Clarksville High School, Teacher: Heather Bryant, Principal: Phyllis Casebolt. Elizabeth Hickman, 9th Grade, Fort Campbell High School, Teacher: Kathy Duerr, Principal: Mohan Vaswani. Maria Boyer, 12th Grade, Kenwood High School, Teacher: Edward Coleman, Principal: Hal Bedell. Kayla Clark, 12th Grade, Northwest High School, Teacher: 1SG James Lewis, Principal: Eduard Stephens. The Grand High School Winner was Autumn Brown of Clarksville High School. Her essay was titled “How CW3 Scott Schroeder Served & Sacrificed for Our Nation”.
Autumn Brown also won the Most Inspiring award. It was easy to see why the judges had a hard time picking a winner from this group of students as all of the essays were well written and researched. Everyone in attendance was silent and attentively listened, while the students read their essays that told of the sacrifices and hardships endured for our county. “It is important to keep this before our young people to let them know the sacrifice that has been made to keep this country great and to protect our freedom.” stated Eleanor Williams, County Historian. Ron Smithfield said “I want to give special thanks to the parents, teachers, principals, and veterans or active duty personnel who guide and mentor these young citizens. They give us optimism for the future of this great country.” Congratulations to all of the school winners. Photo GalleryAbout Memories of Service and SacrificeBased on the belief students can learn from the experiences of those before, the object of the Memories of Service and Sacrifice project goes beyond the desire to record the memories of those who have served their nation. While this itself is a worthwhile goal, MSS hopes to be able to share these experiences with students by using the recorded materials as learning resources for classroom instruction. The archived interviews and other resources will provide a rich understanding of the events of history and their affect on the people who lived through them. Clarksville Kiwanis “Memories of Service & Sacrifice” Project is a cooperative effort with The Customs House Museum, Clarksville-Montgomery County Library, Austin Peay State University, Fort Campbell Historical Foundation, and various Veterans Groups. SectionsNewsTopicsAfghanistan, Clarksville Academy, Clarksville High School, Clarksville Montgomery County School System, Downtown Kiwanis Club, Eleanor Williams, Fort Campbell High School, Fort Campbell Schools, Germany, Hal Bedell, James Lewis, Kenwood High School, Kenwood Middle School, Laura Barnett, Mahaffey Middle School, New Providence Middle School, Northwest High School, Ron Smithfield, Rossview Middle School |
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