Syracuse Student Wins 500 Festival Education Program Essay Contest
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INDIANAPOLIS – The 500 Festival announced recently the winner of the 2012 Education Program Essay Contest is Adrianna Clark from Syracuse Elementary School.
The 500 Festival received nearly 1,000 entries from fourth-grade students across the state who were enrolled in the 500 Festival & Indianapolis 500® Education Program, presented by Indiana University Health.
The prompt for the essay contest asked students to imagine they had been selected to recommend a grand marshal for the IPL 500 Festival Parade. For this parade, the grand marshal may be a Hoosier from the past or the present. Who would you choose? Why does this Hoosier deserve to be grand marshal for the IPL 500 Festival Parade? The 300-word essays were judged on the basis of focused ideas, compelling word choice, strong voice and standard writing principles.
For her essay, Clark will receive a 500 Festival gift pack including four tickets to the IPL 500 Festival Parade and four tickets to the Indianapolis 500®. Syracuse Elementary teacher Kris Long will also receive two qualification tickets and two tickets to the IPL 500 Festival Parade.
