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Roseville Council to Honor Essay Contest Winners
Nicholas Behrens, of Roseville Area Middle School, wins first place and $100 in the Roseville Human Rights Commission's student essay competition.
The Roseville City Council on Monday night ( March 18) is scheduled to recognize the winners of the city Human Rights Commission's annual essay contest for area middle-school students.
Nicholas Behrens, an eighth-grade student at Parkview Center School, won the contest from among more than 180 essay entries, according to the city of Rosevillle. Taught by Lucas Ebert, Behrens will receive $100 and his essay will be entered in the League of Human Rights Commissions statewide contest, the city said.
Second and third-place finishers,respectively, in the essay contest were Grace Smith and Rose Wagner. Both are eighth graders at Parkview Center School and are taught by Ebert.
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To read Behrens' winning essay, click on to this link. Other winning essays can be found by clicking onto the Human Rights Commission's web page.Â
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