Franz Gloria won first prize, and Sarthak Gandotra came in third. "Both students wrote beautiful essays on what freedom means to them," the school district said in a Monday Facebook post.
The VFW-sponsored Patriot's Pen contest is conducted nationwide, and over 131,000 sixth- through eighth-graders submit essays each year. Local winners can then compete at the state and national levels.
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