Area Middle and High Schools Students Win Earth Day Essay Contest at University s
The winners of The University of Scranton Earth Day Essay Contest were announced at the Evening of Environmental Science event, which was held in the Loyola Science Center this month. Nearly 70 students competed in the contest that addressed this year’s theme of “Pennsylvania Energy and Our Environment.”
Three students from Holy Rosary School, Duryea, won awards in the seventh to eighth grade category. Olivia Sennett came in first place, Hunter Acernese came in second place and Cole Ferranti came in third place.
In the ninth to 12th grade category, Hannah Carr of Holy Cross High School, Dunmore, came in first place, Claudio Sobejano and Lula Campbell of Scranton Preparatory School tied for second place, and Declan Tokash of Holy Cross High School and Claire Sunday of Scranton Preparatory School tied for third place.
The Evening of Environmental Science featured interactive, hands-on activities for students and demonstrations run by University students, as well as a display of essays submitted for the contest.
The event was hosted by the University’s student Sustainability Club.
The event was among nearly a dozen organized by The University of Scranton’s Office of Sustainability in April to celebrate Earth Day.
Information about next year’s essay contest will be posted to the University’s Sustainability webpage in January 2018.
Eight students in grades seven through 12 won awards in this year’s University of Scranton Earth Day Essay Contest, with this year’s theme being “Pennsylvania Energy and Our Environment.” From left: essay contest winners in the high school category Claudio Sobejano, second place, Scranton Prep; Hannah Carr, first place, Holy Cross High School; and Declan Tokash, third place, Holy Cross High School; and in the 7th and 8th grade category: Olivia Sennett, first place, and Cole Ferranti, third place, both from Holy Rosary School; and University of Scranton students sophomore Meg Barr of Lititz; junior Leandra Hylton of Middlefield, Connecticut; sophomore Joseph Delmar of Flourtown; senior Gabrielle Hammel of Bethlehem; and senior Lauran Kwock of Somerset, New Jersey; and Mark Murphy, director of sustainability at the University. Absent from the photo are essay contest winners in the 7th and 8th grade category Hunter Acernese, second place, Holy Rosary School; and in the high school category Lula Campbell, tied for second place, and Claire Sunday, tied for third place, both from Scranton Prep.
