Local students recognized for pro-life essays
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Teacher Kristine Garsteck hands Conn-Area Catholic School student Paige Dolan an honorable mention award as part of a pro-life essay contest held by Alternatives.Yes Pregnancy Support Center in Connellsville.
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Izzy Miller, a home-schooled student from Connellsville, won third place for a pro-life essay she penned as part of a contest held by Alternatives.Yes Pregnancy Support Center in Connellsville.
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A number of students from St. John the Evangelist Regional Catholic School in Uniontown won awards as part of an essay contest held by Alternatives.Yes Pregnancy Support Center in Connellsville. Pictured, from left, are school Principal Christine Roskovensky, students Chase Goletz, Mallory Clemmer and Emmi Dedola; and Charolette Stotelmyer from Alternatives.Yes. Missing from the photo are student winners Ava Fisher and Dominic Petrovich.
A number of local student received monetary awards from Alternatives.Yes Pregnancy Support Center in Connellsville as part of the agency鈥檚 pro-life essay contest.
Students were asked to write about 鈥淩eflections on The Sanctity of Human Life.鈥�
The winning essay was written by Chase Goletz, a 7th grade student at St. John the Evangelist Regional Catholic School in Uniontown, who won $100. Eighth grade student Ava Fisher, also a St. John student, won second place and $75. Home-schooled student Izzy Miller from Connellsville won third place and received $50.
Four students were awarded honorable mentions and received $25: Paige Dolan, 6th grade at Conn-Area Catholic School in Connellsville; Mallory Clemmer, 7th grade at St. John; Emmi Dedola, 8th grade at St. John; and Dominic Petrovich, 6th grade at St. John.