Milton Students Excel in Forbes House Museum Contest

The following is from Milton Public Schools:

Students from the Milton Public Schools won recognition in many categories of this year’s Lincoln Essay & Drawing Contest, sponsored by the Forbes House Museum.

Winning students were honored at a ceremony held at St. Agatha School last week. This year, the Forbes House Museum received more than 1,000 essays and more than 400 drawings, for a total of 1,425 contest submissions. 

For the Lincoln Drawing contest, the following Milton Public School students were recognized: Kindergarten: First Place: Reagan Vaughan, Collicot School; Second Place: Madeline Stephen, Collicot School. Grade One: First Place: Orlaith Killion, Collicot School; Second Place: Lillian Heaton, Cunningham School; Honorable Mention: Nicole Dowdall, Cunningham School. Grade Two: First Place: Jack Haney, Glover School; Second Place: Olivia Williams, Glover School; Honorable Mentions: David Mitchell, Glover School and Kameela Blackmon, Cunningham School. Grade Three: First Place: Mia Gilmore, Glover School; Second Place: Benjamin Catudal, Glover School; Third Place: Adriana Ruiz, Cunningham School; Honorable Mention: Isabella Mostofi, Glover School. Grade Four: First Place: Christina Frederique, Cunningham School; Third Place: Lucia Dwyer, Cunningham School; Honorable Mentions: Michael Roberson, Tucker School and Ana Sophia Leissner, Cunningham School

For the Lincoln Essay Contest, the following Milton Public School students were recognized:  

Grade Five: First Place: Abigail Files, Glover School. Grade Six: First Place: Emma Driscoll, Pierce Middle School. Grade Eight: Second Place: Sachin Meier, Pierce Middle School.

The essays and drawings were judged by a 25 member review committee comprised of members of the Forbes House Museum Board of Trustees and Lincoln Committee, along with educators and Civil War experts from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

The topic for the 2014 Lincoln Essay & Drawing Contest focused on the Gettysburg Address. Students in Kindergarten through grade 4 were required to draw a picture of President Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address. Students in grades 5 through 8 were required to write an essay based on notable quotes in the Address.