Two Park Place Middle School eighth-graders placed in the 15th annual Prodigies for Peace Writing Contest, which is part of the Snohomish County NAACP's February celebration of Black History Month and Martin Luther King, Jr.
The writing contest asks students to find connections between their lives and the people and events that shaped the civil rights movement, including today's social issues.
Monroe's Emelia Persell and Natasha White entered the contest at the suggestion of their teacher, Meagan Davis, taking first and third place in the Grades 6-8 group, respectively.
"I basically said, "I don't need anything from others to be who I need to be because that's my responsibility,' GÇ¥ said Persell, who is the daughter of Kevin and Amy Persell, in a news release. "I know down in my heart what the right thing to do is. I don't need someone else to be around making the right choices in order for me to make the right choices.GÇ¥-á
The daughter of Jason and Allison White, White wrote about how she would make the world a better place.
"I'd do it by helping if someone is being bullied, and helping in the community,GÇ¥ she said in the release. "People at my school express how they feel more than others do. And if they get bullied, they know they have people to turn to.GÇ¥
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