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Hicksville Students Mighty With the Pen in Essay Contest
Meet the three winners of the annual schoolwide Patriot Pen essay contest.

Hicksville Middle School students Kevin Sandoval, Maeryam Nasari and Gurseerat Walia took first, second, and third place, respectively, in the annual schoolwide Patriot Pen essay contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. This year’s theme was “The America I believe In.”
The students and their teachers, Lauren Kranz and Kevin Kerley, were honored at the VFW Hall in Hicksville.
Story by Syntax, Photo courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools: From left, Hicksville Middle School teacher Lauren Kranz, Patriot Pen essay contest winners Maeryam Nasari, Kevin Sandoval and Gurseerat Walia, and Hicksville Middle School teacher Kevin Kerley.
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