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Hicksville Middle School Students Named Patriot Pen Winners

Three students from Hicksville Middle School have been selected winners in the VFW's essay contest.

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Hicksville Middle School students named as winners in the 2020 Patriot Pen Contest include, from left to right, first place winner Najwa Sahar, Lina Rguigue who won second place, and Talib Shah who won third place.
Hicksville Middle School students named as winners in the 2020 Patriot Pen Contest include, from left to right, first place winner Najwa Sahar, Lina Rguigue who won second place, and Talib Shah who won third place. (Hicksville Public Schools)

HICKSVILLE, NY—The William M. Grouse Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3211 in Hicksville has named three Hicksville Middle School students winners in its annual Patriot Pen contest.

Seventh grader Najwa Sahar was selected as the first place winner, with eighth grader Lina Rguigue and seventh grader Talib Shah taking second and third place, respectively. The students were guided in the process by teachers Joseph Hartig and Kevin Boyle.

As part of the contest, which is designed to foster patriotism by allowing students the opportunity to express their opinions, the students wrote essays under the theme, “What is patriotism to me?” The essays were then read by members of the VFW Post who selected the essays based on their content.

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