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Merrick Avenue Student Earns First Place In Essay Contest

Hailey Weiss placed first for her essay on the American Revolution, and Jack Peppel earned an honorable mention.

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From left, Christina Cone, social studies chairperson at both Merrick Avenue Middle School and Sanford H. Calhoun High School, students Jack Peppel and Hailey Weiss, social studies teacher Joe Amador and Principal Katelyn Dunn.
From left, Christina Cone, social studies chairperson at both Merrick Avenue Middle School and Sanford H. Calhoun High School, students Jack Peppel and Hailey Weiss, social studies teacher Joe Amador and Principal Katelyn Dunn. (Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District)

MERRICK, NY — In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre, a pivotal event that paved the way to the American Revolution, Merrick Avenue Middle School students in Joe Amador's seventh grade social studies class submitted essays to the American History Essay Contest sponsored by the Colonel Gilbert Potter Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution based in Amityville. And one of his students won the contest.

Hailey Weiss won first place and her essay has been entered into a statewide competition. She also earned a cash prize. Additionally, Jack Peppel’s essay received commendation and he too will be honored with a certificate.

“The students were tasked with imagining they were living in Boston and, after witnessing the events of March 5, 1770, they were to describe their family's discussion about the Boston Massacre and what role it played in organizing the colonists against the British king and Parliament,” Amador explained.

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