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Schools fare well in poster/essay contest
archived from: 2013-01-04
by: Pittsburgh Catholic Staff Report

Catholic school students were recently named category finalists in the Ninth Annual Paralyzed Veterans of America Poster/Essay Contest.

Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America will visit each school to recognize the winning students.

Total entries received were approximately 782. Catholic schools that had top entries are:

• Holy Sepulcher: one poster winner, four finalists, grades 1-2.

• Assumption: two poster finalists, grades 1-2.

• St. Maria Goretti: one poster finalist, grades 1-2; one poster finalist, grades 3-4.

• St. Irenaeus: one poster finalist, grades 3-4; one essay finalist, grades 5-6; one essay finalist, grades 7-8.

• Divine Mercy: one essay finalist, grades 5-6.

• Christ the Divine Teacher: one essay finalist, grades 7-8.

• East Catholic: one essay finalist, grades 7-8.

St. Maria Goretti (formerly Immaculate Conception) has been an annual winner since the contest began.

Other repeat schools are St. Ireneaus, Christ the Divine Teacher and East Catholic (Word of God). Schools in the Pittsburgh Diocese have been either category winners or finalists in all of the contests. There are 10 finalists in each category.

 

 

 

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