Winners of the 2009 Sallie Markham Michie Essay Contest were recently announced by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Magna Carta Dames. Twenty of the contest’s 36 winners are students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.
The purpose of this annual essay contest is to challenge students in grades five through 12 to research and write about historical events and civic and governmental roles in the history and development of North Carolina and the United States.
The contest is funded by the Sallie Markham Michie Trust, which provides awards ranging from $25 to $4,000. The contest is in its 13th year and is open to students in Orange and Chatham counties.
Winners are: Matthieu Sieredzki, sophomore at Chapel Hill High; Sophie To, freshman at East Chapel Hill High; Katherine Whang, freshman at East Chapel Hill High; Emily Goldstein, eighth-grader at Smith Middle; Anna Claire Smith, seventh-grader at Culbreth Middle; Nadeem Ramadan, sixth-grader at Phillips Middle; Emily Fox, fifth-grader at Carrboro Elementary; Caroline Smith, fifth-grader at Frank Porter Graham Elementary; Clara To, fifth-grader at Rashkis Elementary; and Ellison Carmichael, Kathik Kaundiny, Clara Breeden, August Moore, Sienna Zueo, Hunter Pearce, Kees Benkendorfer, Aleta Groh Donald, Anne Whitsel, and Annie Huang, all fifth-graders at Estes Hills Elementary.