Congratulations, Alex Supron!

 1st Place Gandhi Essay Contest Winner 2013

 Read Alex’s Essay: “The Ripple Effect of Ahimsa”

Alex Supron, 8th Grade Student at St. Michael’s Country Day, of Newport, RI, reading his winning essay at the annual award ceremony at URI.

In 2012-13 we received a total of 88 entries from 8th graders from 17 schools across Rhode Island, from which our 21 finalists were selected.

These students, their families, teachers, and principals were invited to join us for our 2012-13 Gandhi Essay Award Ceremony on May 1^st, from 5pm – 7pm at the Multicultural Center Forum at URI. At this ceremony we recognized several second and third place essay winners, and announced the overall first place essay winner, ALEX SUPRON, who read his winning essay

Our 2012-13 Gandhi Essay Contest Finalists and the Schools:

Lydia Beal                                           St. Michael’s Country Day, Newport

Andrew Binder                                   The Gordon School, Providence

Victoria Boatright                             St. Michael’s Country Day, Newport

Allie Brennan                                     Winman Jr. High School, Warwick

Casey Gannon                                    Winman Jr. High School, Warwick

Deirdre Irvine                                    St. Michael’s Country Day, Newport

Sydney Jenkins                                  Moses Brown School, Providence

Gwendolyn Kalian                           Winman Jr. High School, Warwick

Michael Kodua                                 Slater Junior High School, Pawtucket

Andre LoPresti                                 St. Michael’s Country Day, Newport

Aubrianna Majewski                       St. Michael’s Country Day, Newport

Jessica McDonald                             Saint Philomena, Portsmouth

Haley Pallock                                    Winman Jr. High School, Warwick

MaryAnn Rompf                               St. Michael’s Country Day, Newport

Julia Sharma-Mathias                    Winman Jr. High School, Warwick

Ava Sheldon                                       Winman Jr. High School, Warwick

Meghan Smith                                   Saint Philomena, Portsmouth

Eliana Stein                                        Winman Jr. High School, Warwick

*Alex Supron                                     St. Michael’s Country Day, Newport*

Vanessa Varone                                Sacred Heart School, East Providence

Ariana Wynn                                     Park View Middle School, Cranston

All Finalists received certificates and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Winners received cash prizes! We’re so excited by this important opportunity for our Center to focus on educating Rhode Island youth about Gandhi and his Nonviolent philosophy of life. We’d like to congratulate ALL off our participants for enlightening us with their thoughtful essays! Please join us in congratulating these amazing students!

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