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Letters About Literature 2009 Results

2009 New Jersey Letters about Literature First and Second Place Winners

And Honorable Mentions

 Level I – Grades 4 through 6 

First Place Winner

Leigh Deitz, Robert R. Lazar Middle School, Montville, Grade 6

Read Leigh Deitz's winning essay

Honorable Mentions

Joel Krass, Union School

Aahan Agrawal, Grover Middle School

Corbin McLean, Grover Middle School

Bryan Cruz, Lincoln Park Elementary School

Rachel Ellis, Mountain Park Elementary School

Stacy Wang, Valley View Elementary School

Zhiwei Yue, Grover Middle School

Rabia Syed, Grover Middle School

Kimberly Gilmartin, Howell Memorial Middle School

Christopher Calabrisotto, Wemrock Brook School

Ryan Blume, Wemrock Brook School

Jeanine Welsh, R. W. Kershaw School

Lauren Calabrese, Central Middle School

Keshav Sota, Central Middle School

Kayla Rodriguez, Central Middle School

Shriya Brahme, Central Middle School

Dennis Canchola, Cape May City Elementary School

Michael Fortier, Cape May City Elementary School

Abigail O’Neill, Bobby’s Run School

Stephen Frombach, Bobby’s Run School

Rachel Houseworth, Bobby’s Run School

Joanne Veloz, Central Middle School

Jamal Barnes, Central Middle School

 

Level 2 – Grades 7 and 8

First Place Winner

Helen Solecki, South Orange Middle School, South Orange-Maplewood, Grade 7

Read Helen Solecki's winning essay

Second Place Winner

Nancy Lee, St. James School, Basking Ridge, Grade 8

Honorable Mentions

Michael Thomas, Burlington Twp. Middle School, Springside

Christine Dilly, Columbia Middle School, Berkeley Heights

Alex Distefano, Columbia Middle School, Berkeley Heights

Swetha Kodamasimham, Community Middle School, Plainsboro

Marina Cull, Community Middle School, Plainsboro

Molly Zhu, Community Middle School, Plainsboro

Emily Carnevale, Community Middle School, Plainsboro

Anitha Ahmed, Community Middle School, Plainsboro

Sree Nallanukala, Community Middle School, Plainsboro

Roban Arora, Community Middle School, Plainsboro

Alek Kiebuzinski, Community Middle School, Plainsboro

Tony Sheng, Lewis F. Cole Middle School, Fort Lee

Mitchel Gouzenko, Lewis F. Cole Middle School, Fort Lee

Yvonne Lee, Lewis F. Cole Middle School, Fort Lee

Aliza Ohnouna, Lewis F. Cole Middle School, Fort Lee

Keila Haskins, Lewis F. Cole Middle School, Fort Lee

Jeffrey An, Lewis F. Cole Middle School, Fort Lee

Samantha Riemann, Linwood Middle School, North Brunswick

Peter Grace,  Linwood Middle School, North Brunswick

Sabrina Van Vliet, Linwood Middle School, North Brunswick

Margot Radding, Maplewood Middle School, Maplewood

Rachel Cosgrove, R. W. Kershaw School, Mount Ephraim

Grace Kim, Randolph Middle School, Randolph

Sonalika Reddi, Randolph Middle School, Randolph

Taylor Schifano, Saint Dominic School, Brick

Gabrielle Rosolia, Saint Rose of Lima School, Haddon Heights

 

Level I – Grades 10 through 12

First Place Winner and National  Level 3 Winner

Joshua Tiprigan, Northern Valley Reg. HS, Old Tappan, Grade 11

Read Joshua Tiprigan's winning essay

Second Place Winner

Gabriella Conte, Northern Valley Reg. HS, Old Tappan, Grade 11

Honorable Mentions

Jennifer Barlow, Brick

Allison Ruchman, Rumson

Melanie Barnett, Columbia HS, South Orange-Maplewood

Ben Donald, Columbia HS, South Orange-Maplewood

Albert Vill, South Plainfield HS, South Plainfield

Shekinah-Glory Dhanie-Beepat, Carteret

Michelle Rudshteyn, Fair Lawn

Stephanie Tsimis, Northern Valley Reg HS, Old Tappan

Andrea Kang, Northern Valley Reg HS, Old Tappan

Mike O’Reilly, Northern Valley Reg HS, Old Tappan

Minji Cha, Northern Valley Reg HS, Old Tappan

Jacob Ohring, High Tech HS, North Bergen

Brando Foo, New Milford HS, New Milford

Caitlin Fullam, Northern Valley Reg HS, Old Tappan

James Maher, Northern Valley Reg HS, Old Tappan

Chris Roh, Northern Valley Reg HS, Old Tappan

Chrstina Scilingo, Northern Valley Reg HS, Old Tappan

Caroline Welch, Summit HS, Summit

Julia Dawidowicz, High Tech HS, North Bergen

Sandra Emily Talbot, High Tech HS, North Bergen

Niloy Zaman, High Tech HS, North Bergen

Nancy Fagbene, High Tech HS, North Bergen

Dhriti Dedhla, High Tech HS, North Bergen

Cory Ballaera, Waldwick High School, Waldwick

 

 
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