KofC 9368 Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest
Winners Announced and Advance
Congratulations to all for a successful Knights of Columbus Catholic Citizenship Essay
Contest! The essay contest is available to all councils and is a good way to get young people
exposed to several of our key values: Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism.
The theme of the essay is “The Importance of Religious Freedom”. The contest is open to boys and girls in grades 8 – 12.
Planning of the contest kicked off in August and included defining the rules, communicating to various other St. William organizations, and selecting judges. Initial judging is performed at the council level. Winning essays are forwarded to the district where judging will be completed in January. Winning essays will continue on to the State Judging in Feb. / Mar. and to International judging in April.
Council #9368 had tremendous response and received 29 essays. The top three KC #9368
winners for each grade will receive a certificate. Winners are as follows:
9th Grade
1. Emma Roberts
2. Andrea Valencia
3. Kaitlyn Watson
8th Grade
1. Ben Hoang
2. Liam Gall
3. Hannah Blood
Congratulations to the winners and good luck at the next level
