North Caldwell Students Win Poetry Contest Awards

Two West Essex High School students won first and third place awards in the 32nd Annual Foreign Language Poetry Recitation Contest, which took place on May 14 at William Paterson University.

Emi Brito Kirikhira won first place in Intermediate English as a Second Language, and Max Prince won third place for Advanced Latin.

Both are juniors from North Caldwell.

More than 700 students participated in the event, representing 48 New Jersey middle and high schools, according to a release.

Photos courtesy of Allison Freeman

Photo 1: Octavio de la Suaree, chairman of the Department of Language and Cultures at William Paterson University, presents a first place award to West Essex High School junior Emi Brito Kirikhira of North Caldwell.

Photo 2: Suaree presents a third place award to WEHS junior Max Prince of North Caldwell.

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