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Smithtown HS West Student Wins Essay Contest

The student will receive a $2,000 scholarship after winning the Mildred Smith Scholarship Essay. Congratulations!

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L-R: Smithtown High School West Assistant Principal Annemarie Freund, social studies teacher Joan Havranek, Eva Supa and Director of Social Studies Charles Benvenuto.
L-R: Smithtown High School West Assistant Principal Annemarie Freund, social studies teacher Joan Havranek, Eva Supa and Director of Social Studies Charles Benvenuto. (Courtesy of Smithtown Central School District)

SMITHTOWN, NY — Eva Supa, a student at Smithtown High School West, won this year's Mildred Smith Scholarship Essay, sponsored by the Smithtown Historical Society, the school district announced.

Supa will be awarded a $2,000 scholarship for her essay addressing the theme: "The Immigrant Experience in Smithtown."

Supa did extensive research in the L.I. Room at the Smithtown Library, and wrote about the history of Irish immigrants in Kings Park.

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