Student Essay Contest
To celebrate National Preservation Month, May 2009,
Preservation Dallas launched the Restore-Reuse-Recycle: Essay
Competition for students, ages 8-15, in Public and Private Schools
located within the City of Dallas and the Park Cities. This program
was made possible by a grant from the Sprint Foundation.
After careful review and consideration it is our pleasure
to announce the winners of the competition.
- 1st Place (School) - St. Thomas
Aquinas
- 1st Place (Instructor) - Susan
Strandberg
- 1st Place - Allison Chaffin and
Tjaarda Plas-Nunez
- 2nd Place - Conlan Navin and
Nicholas Chatto
- Award of Merit - Ashley
Austin, Claudia Vlasminsky, Whitney Walker, and Claire Evans
1st and 2nd place winning Essays (click to view)
Allison Chaffin – Save
Crozier Tech!
Tjaarda Plas-Nunez - Crozier
Tech
Nicholas Chatto – What
Makes Dallas Different
Conlan Navin – This
Place Matters! Union Bankers Building
Awards Ceremony was held at the new Trinity River Audubon
Center. On June 22nd. The Trinity River Audubon Center is the flagship
Center for Audubon’s education and conservation initiatives in
Texas.
Along with the winning essays, others submitted were of
exceptional caliber and demonstrated a clear grasp of the importance
of preservation. Here are some excerpts from other essays (Click
to view)
