Arden Legion Zone G1 contest winners presentation at LOLPS

Mar 02, 2016

On February 26, students and staff at Land O'Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove were treated to a special presentation courtesy of Peter DesRoche, president of the Arden Legion Branch 334.

At a school-wide assembly that took place in the gym, DesRoche announced the winners of the Legion Zone G1 literary essay and poster contests. Close to 900 students from schools across Zone G1, which includes Legions in Kingston, Sharbot Lake, Napanee, Tamworth, Arden, Sydenham and Northbrook, took part in the contest. The students submitted their entries back in December last year. Primary, intermediate and junior-aged students at each school were invited to submit entries based on the theme of Remembrance. The students were to either write or draw what the term “remembrance” means personally to them and the feelings to which it gives rise.

Each Legion branch chose nine submissions: three essays, three black & white posters, and three colored posters from each school, which were then judged for the final zone level awards, and three students from LOLPS won second place.

Mariah Marie Mallette won in the intermediate essay category; Natsuki Ono won in the primary black and white poster category; and Sarah Morden won in the primary color poster category.

Five students also received honorable mentions: Parker Thompson, Elayna Jackson, Zachary Hatt, Chloe Saunders and Carly-Kate O'Brien (who was not present for the photo). DesRoche thanked all the students who submitted entries, which he described as “exceptional submissions that demonstrated your attentiveness and enthusiasm for the topic”. Finishing off the assembly, DesRoche read part of a poem that was written back in 1993 by a student, titled “Little Red Flower”. He wrapped up the presentation by wishing the students luck in the upcoming November 2016 contest and said, “Keep up the good work!”