Student Contests

2012 Leo & Antonia Gershanov Memorial Student Essay Contest

Taking a Stand:  Individual Action, Global Impact

The ten finalists, Illinois high school students whose entries received the highest scores, along with their teachers and schools, were recognized on Sunday, May 6, during a public ceremony held at the Illinois Holocaust Museum.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS:

Pictured from L to R: 
Lauren Buckley, Ji Hyun Jenny Kim, Sanjay Rao, Tom Kuczek, Maria Kokkinias, Emanuel Dallas, Kaitlyn Schwenk, Joanne Dynak, Maire McManamon and Nikoleta Giannakopoulos.

 

We wish to thank the more than 300 high school students from throughout Illinois who participated and offer our special congratulations to the winners.

1st Place

Emanuel Rubin Dallas, Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Grade 10
Teacher:  Mrs. Betsy Gutstein

2nd Place

Tom Jan Kuczek, Ridgewood High School, Norridge, Grade 12
Teacher:  Mr. Andrew Anastasiades

3rd Place

Joanne Dynak, Ridgewood High School, Norridge, Grade 12
Teacher:  Mr. Thomas Parrillo

finalists

Lauren Elyse Buckley, Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Grade 12
Teacher:  Ms. Susan Gorman

Nikoleta Giannakopoulos, Ridgewood High School, Norridge, Grade 12
Teacher:  Mrs. Mavis Netterstrom

Ji Hyun Kim, William Fremd High School, Palatine, Grade 10
Teacher:  Mr. Russell Anderson

Maria Kokkinias, Ridgewood High School, Norridge, Grade 12
Teacher:  Mr. Thomas Parrillo

Maire Peggy McManamon, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Chicago, Grade 9
Teacher:  Mr. Jeffrey Scheur

Sanjay Santosh Rao, Metea Valley High School, Aurora, Grade 9
Teacher:  Mr. Donald Pankuch

Kaitlyn Ann Schwenk, Christian Life High School, Rockford, Grade 11
Teacher:  Mrs. Janet Patterson