Bergenfield Student Wins Hispanic Heritage Month Essay Contest

BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Emily Hughes, an eighth-grade student at Roy W. Brown Middle School, was the first-place winner in Optimum Community and Olympusat's 8th Annual Hispanic Heritage Essay Contest.

Bergenfield eighth-grader Emily Hughes took first place in Optimum Community and Olympusat's 8th Annual Hispanic Heritage Essay Contest.
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Ken Davis

02/20/2016 4:30 a.m.

During the presentation, Hughes read aloud her winning essay about Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope.

Students in the tri-state area were invited to submit an essay of 500 words or less and to name a Latino, past or present, with whom they would choose to spend a day and explain why.

Hughes' essay was chosen from more than 400 in the middle school category, and she was awarded a laptop computer, as well as a proclamation from special guest Mayor Norman Schmelz.

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