Hispanic Heritage Month Essay 1st Place Winner Awarded Prize At Roy W. Brown Middle School

Optimum Community and Olympusat celebrated eighth grader Emily Hughes for placing first in their 8th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Essay Contest. During the presentation, Emily read aloud her winning essay about Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope.

Students in the tristate area were invited to submit an essay of 500 words or less and to name a Latino, past or present, with whom they would choose to spend a day and explain why. Emily’s essay was chosen from more than 400 essays in the middle school category, and she was awarded a Laptop computer as well as a proclamation from special guest Mayor Norman Schmelz.