FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. Twelve Florida middle and high school students were honored recently for the award-winning essays, poems, artwork and films – all focusing on the horrors of the Holocaust. Judges chose their work from more 1,000 entries submitted in the Fourth Annual Holocaust Reflection Contest, co-sponsored by Nova Southeastern University(NSU) and the nonprofit Holocaust Learning and Education Fund, Inc.

History of the Holocaust is a mandated part of Florida middle and high school students’ curriculum. All the winning projects can be viewed on the Holocaust Reflection Contestwebsite.

Winners included:

High School

ESSAY/POEM

• First Place – Kairaluchi Oraedu, Vanguard High School
• Second Place – Jennifer Juarez, Terra Environmental Research Institute

ART

• First Place – Sophia Irias, Florida Christian School
• Second Place – Emma Rome, Liberty Christian Preparatory School

FILM

• First Place – Madison Creevay, Barbara Coleman Senior High School
• Second Place – Julie Arciola, North Broward Preparatory Schools

Middle School

ESSAY/POEM

• First Place – Paola Chapilliquen, Falcon Cove Middle School
• Second Place – David Posnack Jewish Day School

ART

• First Place – Olivia Lobaina, Florida Christian School
• Second Place – Christopher Rodriguez, Florida Christian School

FILM

• First Place – Jonathan Tamen, Nautilus Middle School
• Second Place – Annabel Seidemann, Omni Middle School

First-place winners in each category were awarded $1000 each, and their respective teachers and schools received $500 each. Second-place winners in each category received $250 each.

“It’s important that we do not forget the lessons from the past,” said NSU President Dr. George Hanbury. “Holocaust Education is vital for our young people to help future generations avoid the atrocities of the past. We are extremely grateful to Craig and Barbara Weiner for the support and resources they have made available to NSU

 

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