Annual Garaventa Center High School Essay Contest, April 12

April 8, 2016

congratulations DT The Garaventa Center has announced winners of its annual High School Essay Contest. The theme this year was “The Playlist of My Life.” Congratulations to the winners:

Kaitee Steiert, St. Mary’s Academy, Portland
Sage Taylor, Jesuit High School, Portland

Congratulations as well to those receiving honorable mentions:

Grace Hermes, St. Mary’s Academy, Portland
Hanna Lilly, St. Mary’s Academy, Portland
Sarah Zepeda, Tri-Cities Prep HS, Pasco, Wash.

All are welcome to attend the awards ceremony and accompanying lecture “Love and Mercy in the Maelstrom: Images of Family in Modern Cinema,” on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 3 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 120. Podcasts of the two winning essays will be posted on the Garaventa Center website by April 20 at sites.up.edu/garaventa.

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