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In May of 2024, The Kiwanis Club of Marietta Golden K proudly presented the coveted Silver Pen award to students from 5 Cobb County Elementary Schools. Fourth graders from Acworth, Addison, Powers Ferry, Rocky Mount and Tritt Elementary Schools were presented with the award. In addition, a FIFTH GRADE Silver Pen award was presented to a student from Powers Ferry Elementary School.
The awards included: A Silver Pen; $25 dollars in cash in the form of uncirculated 1 dollar coins from a US mint and an engraved plaque
The topic of the essays that the 4th grade (and 5th grade) students wrote about this year was “What They Want to be When When Grow Up.” The essays were submitted for judging at the school level, then winning essays from each school were further submitted for judging by a team of Kiwanis Club of Marietta Golden K judges. After the rigorous judging process was completed, final Silver Pen award winners from each school were announced.
As Jim Perry, past president of Kiwanis Club of Marietta Golden K stated, “There were some first this year that are worthy of note:
- We presented six awards this year, which is an all time record, adding two new schools: Addison and Powers Ferry.
- We presented the first Fifth Grade Silver Pen Award ever anywhere in the Georgia District of Kiwanis at Powers Ferry Elementary School.
- The winning student at Acworth Elementary School has been taught by a teacher who has now had four Silver Pen Award Winners!
- The mother of the winning student at Acworth Elementary School was a Key Club member when she attended North Cobb High School!
Parents, faculty, staff, and Kiwanis members were privileged to recognize these talented students who displayed their respective thinking and writing skills.
- Acworth – Elias Nunez – Pilot
- Addison – Mila Kornuth – Pro Golfer
- Powers Ferry – 4th Grade – Isaque Fernandes – Professional Soccer Player
- Powers Ferry – 5th Grade – Jaden Artiga Hernandez – Police officer
- Rocky Mount – Quinnlyn Davis – Veterinarian
- Tritt – Lucy Hostetler – Author
The Silver Pen award is a national award and everyone is extremely proud of these exceptional writers. We wholeheartedly congratulate them and we are confident that these talented writers will be successful in whatever professions they choose.
Related:
- Cobb schools announce 2024 valedictorians and salutatorians
- Mt. Bethel ES, East Side ES students win youth essay contest
- New principals named at Walton HS, Simpson MS. Murdock ES
- Cobb school board approves FY 2025 budget with raises
- Simpson MS student earns National PTA award for film
- East Cobb PTA names 2024 Margie Hatfield scholarship winners
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