We are pleased to announce the Winners of the 2017 YLS Civics Poster &
Essay Contest!
Essays
1st Place: Noreen Samantha Bautista, Salmon River Central School
2nd Place: Abigail Sheusi,
Holy Trinity Diocesan High School
3rd Place: Dylan Young, Half
Hollow Hills High School East
POSTERS
1st Place: Emily DePaola, Katie Bilello, and Jacqueline O’Neill, Holy Trinity Diocesan High School
2nd Place: Mary Zarba and Rose Dara, Holy Trinity Diocesan High School
3rd Place: Alexandra Francese,
Cornwall Central High School
PAST WINNERS, 2016:
Essays
1st Place: Guiliana M. Mertz, Schalmont
High School
2nd Place: Alesha Louise Heacock, Fonda-Fultonville
High School
3rd Place: Ronnie Holmes, Syracuse
Academy of Science Charter School
Posters
1st Place: John Sullivan, Somers
High School
2nd Place: Robert Weihrich II, Simon Kellrs, and Esther Jewett, Cohoes
High School
3rd Place: Khadijan Blackshear, Thomas
R. Proctor High School
Past Winners, 2014:
ESSAYS
1st Place: Christine Ma, Liverpool High School
2nd Place: Matt Foster, Sullivan West High School
3rd Place: Catherine Mattis, Liverpool High School
POSTERS
1st Place: Kelsey Durkin, Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
2nd Place: Lauren Oh, Hazel Diaz, Kristina Lovrien & Rebecca Hunt, Indian River High School
3rd Place: Keeley Paull, Lansingburgh High School
