- Date
- 1983-03
- Kind
- Award
- Where
- Beaver Island Community School
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Community School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Dana Sue Gillespie, Chris Speck, and Jane Petrak won first, second, and third place in Beaver Island Community School’s 1982–83 America & Me Essay Contest. Gillespie’s first-place essay advanced to the statewide competition.
Evidence limits
The Beacon establishes the local awards and advancement notice, not the statewide outcome or an independent contest record.
Sources
- Reports Dana Sue Gillespie first, Chris Speck second, and Jane Petrak third in the school's 14th annual local contest; all received certificates, Gillespie's name was to be placed on a school plaque, and her essay advanced to state competition. It does not document the statewide outcome. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1983-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the contest results.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island students win local America & Me essay awards, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-america-and-me-essay-contest-1983/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Community School America & Me results, Beaver Beacon, March 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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