Education
Four Grade 5 Students Recognized in Local DAR American History Essay Contest
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Darien’s Good Wife’s River Chapter of theDaughters of the American Revolution has announced the winners of the NSDAR annual Fifth Grade American History Essay Contest. — an announcement from the Good Wife’s River Chapter of the DAR
The first place winner is William Curtis, Ox Ridge School; second place winner is Madeline Galligan, Tokeneke School; third place winner is Quincy Kettell, Hindley School; and the honorable mention winner is Ellie Shpetner, Royle School. All participants are fifth grade students in the Darien school system. William Curtis’s first-place winning essay will be sent to the Connecticut State DAR essay chairperson and entered into the Connecticut state DAR Contest where the judging of the state competition will take place this spring. For the past three years, the Good Wife’s River Chapter Essay winner has gone on to win the Connecticut State Fifth Grade Essay Contest.