ROANEnet Announces Winners of 2021 Essay Contest
ROANEnet has announced the winners of the 2021 Student Essay Contest. Winners in each of five categories were notified last week that they will each receive a new Dell Laptop Computer from Comcast and $100.
Contestants, including students from elementary, middle, and high school, college, and Tennessee Reconnect, were asked to submit an essay on the subject of “If I could be anything I wanted, what would I be and why?”
“We had a great response. More than 100 essays were submitted this year,” said Dayle Beyer, Executive Director of ROANEnet.
State Rep. Kent Calfee, who with help from his wife Marilyn judged the elementary school entries, presented the awards to winners at the Roane Alliance Tuesday. Calfee also donated $500 for the cash prizes. Laptop computers were donated by Comcast.
“Marilyn and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the essays and participating in an effort to promote creative writing among Roane County students,” Calfee said.
Winners included Quaid Parker of Kingston Elementary School for his essay on why he would like to be a Blue Angel U.S. Navy Pilot; Sophia Sisson, a home-schooled middle school student, for her essay on why she would like to be a school librarian; Micah Koski, a high school student from Mt. Pisgah Christian Academy, for his essay on why he would like to be a crime scene investigator; Kathryne Reichard from TCAT for her essay on why she would like to be a neonatal nurse and Ariel Kiggins of Roane State Community College for her essay on why she would like to become a cosmetologist.
ROANEnet (roanenet.org) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) advocate for affordable, robust, and reliable high-speed internet access, equitable availability of digital devices, and training required to enhance the quality of life within Roane County, TN.
