Winners of the Proud Dad essay contest, open to any Farmington Public Schools’ student in kindergarten through eighth grade, have been announced.

Club members received more than 147 essays on “Why I am proud of my Dad (or father-figure) and why he is proud of me.” They were judged on creativity, articulation, style and thought process.

Winners received their awards at the Pre-Fathers’s Day Celebration Picnic on Saturday, June 4, at Shiawasse Park. Teachers with five or more entries also earned awards for participation.

Essay Winners

Kindergarten
1st place Maya M. Roopnarine—Forest Elementary
2nd place Aarushi Narang—Hillside Elementary
3rd place Vrisa Odedra—Highmeadow Common Campus
 
1st Grade
1st place Matthew Kornspan—Forest Elementary
2nd place Jessica Wang—Forest Elementary
3rd place Chelsea Liu—Forest Elementary
 
2nd Grade
1st place Niranjana Magesh—Longacre Elementary
2nd place Megana Guntur—Beechview Elementary
3rd place Dana Buckhave—Kenbrook Elementary

3rd Grade
1st place Ava Short—Gill Elementary
2nd place Jenny She—Forest Elementary
3rd place Thomas Geer—Wood Creek Elementary
 
4th Grade
1st place Rebecca Grodsky—Gill Elementary
2nd place Srihari Srinivasan—Highmeadow Common Campus
3rd place Easheta Shah—Hillside Elementary
 
5th Grade
1st place Justina Jeffers—Power Upper Elementary
2nd place Prianka Subrahmanyam—Warner Upper Elementary
3rd place Veena Thamilselvan—Warner Upper Elementary
 
6th Grade
1st place Aaron Hack—Warner Upper Elementary
2nd place Mahita Beeram—Power Upper Elementary
3rd place Camryn Johns—Warner Upper Elementary
 
7th Grade
1st place Manisha Dayananda—East Middle School
2nd place Morgan Merlino—East Middle School
3rd place Alanna Hunter—East Middle School
 
8th Grade
1st place Alisha Kumar—Dunckel Middle School
2nd place Chelsea Savage—East Middle School
3rd place Tim Carter—Dunckel Middle School

Teachers with five or more entries included: Mrs. Farber—Warner Upper Elementary, Mrs. Vertress—Forest Elementary, Mrs. Payne—Power Upper Elementary, Mrs. Lyons—Warner Upper Elementary and Ms.Shamammi—East Middle School.