{"id":57154,"date":"2015-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-honors-gandhi-essay-contest-winners\/"},"modified":"2015-05-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T00:00:00","slug":"uri-honors-gandhi-essay-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/05\/uri-honors-gandhi-essay-contest-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 honors Gandhi essay contest winners"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 8, 2015 \u2013 Megan Miranda, an eighth grader from Mount St. Charles Academy in Woonsocket won first place in the fifth annual 8th Grade Gandhi Essay Contest sponsored by the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies at the 溏心vlog免费B站. <\/p>\n


\nWinning 8th grade essayists and community service activists were recognized during a recent award ceremony held in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Multicultural Center. <\/p>\n


\nThe essays offered personal reflections on a quote from Gandhi the famed Indian nonviolent activist. Students were asked to explain what the quote, \u201cif we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children,\u201d means to them.<\/p>\n

The contest received 159 entries from eighth graders at 15 public and private schools. While 22 of the top 159 essayists were recognized, the top three were presented with cash prizes. <\/p>\n


\nJessica Rogers from Burrillville Middle School, and George Saban Jr., from Dr. Edward A. Ricci Middle School in North Providence were awarded with second place. Third place was awarded to Atticus Duncan of Narragansett Pier Middle School. <\/p>\n


\nIn addition, the Gandhi Compassionate and Selfless Service award was presented to four 8th graders who, in the last year, exemplified admirable youthful idealism through compassionate activities that benefited their school and community members. Students were nominated by their teachers and counselors for their service to others in their schools and communities and their excellent character.<\/p>\n


\nHailey Chapman from Tiverton Middle School, Patrick Him from Gilbert Stuart Middle School, Jillian Brosofsky from Nathan Bishop Middle School, and Mercedes Otero from Segue Institute for Learning all received the award. <\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 Gandhi Essay Contest Finalists 2014:

\nMegan Miranda, Mount St. Charles Academy, Woonsocket

\nOlivia Charbonneau, Mount St. Charles Academy
Jordan Remillard, Mount St. Charles Academy

\nRachel Mercier, Mount St. Charles Academy

\nAndrew Goyette, Mount St. Charles Academy

\nGianna Crispino, Mount St. Charles Academy

\nJessica Rogers, Burrillville Middle School, Harrisville

\nGeorge Saban Jr., Dr. Edward A. Ricci Middle School, North Providence

\nAtticus Duncan, Narragansett Pier Middle School

\nMaia Johnson, Narragansett Pier Middle School

\nOwen McCadden, Narragansett Pier Middle School

\nGrace St. Jean, Narragansett Pier Middle School

\nIsabel Chamberlain, Narragansett Pier Middle School

\nTeddy Anderson, St. Michael\u2019s Country Day School, Newport

\nMason Savaria, Winman Junior High School, Warwick

\nElise Sacoccia, Winman Junior High School

\nMarissa Stern, Winman Junior High School

\nAlyssa O\u2019Keefe, Winman Junior High School

\nHannah Tillotson, Winman Junior High School

\nRiya Sen, Archie R. Cole Middle School, East Greenwich

\nAlexandra Lee, Archie R. Cole Middle School

\nDante A\u2019Vant, Sacred Heart School, Providence<\/p>\n


\nGandhi Award for Compassion and Selfless Service<\/p>\n


\nHailey Chapman, Tiverton Middle School, Tiverton

\nPatrick Him, Gilbert Stuart Middle School, Providence

\nJillian Brosofsky, Nathan Bishop Middle School, Providence

\nMercedes Otero, Segue Institute for Learning, Central Falls<\/p>\n


\nThis release was written by Caitlin Musselman, a 溏心vlog免费B站 Marketing and Communications intern and a public relations and political science major.<\/p>\n


\nPictured Above:<\/p>\n


\nFirst place winner Megan Miranda from Mount St. Charles Academy in Woonsocket.<\/p>\n


\nSecond place winner George Saban Jr. from Dr. Edward A. Ricci Middle School in North Providence.<\/p>\n


\nSecond place winner Jessica Rogers from Burrillville Middle School in Harrisville.<\/p>\n


\nThird place winner Atticus Duncan from Narragansett Pier Middle School in Narragansett. <\/p>\n


\nPosing with each winner is 溏心vlog免费B站 Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies Director Paul Bueno de Mesquita and professor of psychology.<\/p>\n


\nPhotos by Mike Salerno Photography <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 8, 2015 \u2013 Megan Miranda, an eighth grader from Mount St. Charles Academy in Woonsocket won first place in the fifth annual 8th Grade Gandhi Essay Contest sponsored by the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies at the 溏心vlog免费B站. Winning 8th grade essayists and community service activists […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}